“Ah…”
Hysterical screams echoed from the crowd.
Many people rapidly withered into skin and bones.
Although most of these people were ordinary disciples with little vital essence, their sheer numbers mattered.
For Vance Delaney, this was enough to boost his cultivation.
“Sect Master, spare us…”
“No, please…”
“Sect Master, I don’t want to die…”
The crowd’s pleas for mercy rang out.
But Vance Delaney, filled with greed, continued to absorb everyone’s vital essence without a care for their lives.
“Honey, is he the one who hurt you?” Harleen asked Billy, preparing to fly towards Vance Delaney.
“Harleen, let me go! You check Billy’s injuries!” Ivy said, then soared into the air.
“Ivy, be careful!” Harleen replied.
“No problem!” Ivy smiled faintly.
In a few breaths, she reached a spot about four or five hundred meters away from Vance Delaney in mid-air.
She didn’t attack immediately but stood there, watching him perform.
Meanwhile, those below in the air and on the ground stopped fighting, all eyes on Ivy and Vance Delaney.
“Ah…”
Screams continued below the northern gate, rising and falling without end.
The process lasted about ten minutes. A violent and sinister aura erupted from Vance Delaney.
This aura was several levels higher than before.
Clearly, after absorbing the vital essence of thousands, Vance Delaney had broken through to the sixth-rank Holy Realm!
At this moment, thousands of Blood and Devil Sects disciples lay dead.
All were in the same miserable state-emaciated and skeletal, most already lifeless.
“You used the lives of thousands of your own sect’s disciples to break through. You might be the first in this Forbidden Ruins Space to do so!” Ivy said calmly.
“They were all killed by you!” Vance Delaney snarled at Ivy.
“I will kill you, so you can pay for your sins!”
“Is that so?” Ivy replied. “Do you know why I didn’t stop you earlier?”
“I’m all ears,” Vance Delaney responded.
“Because I’ve never killed someone at the sixth-rank Holy Realm before. I wanted to try!” Ivy said again.
“You will pay for your arrogance!” Vance Delaney took a deep breath.
“Have you digested enough? Then make your move!” Ivy continued. “I advise you to give it your all because you might only get one chance!”
“Arrogant girl!” Vance Delaney roared. “Then let’s go!”
As he spoke, a mist burst forth, filled with countless swirling skull images.
Upon closer inspection, these skulls resembled the deceased Blood and Devil Sects disciples below.
The mist occasionally emitted screams and roars.
As he activated his power, a terrifying pressure enveloped the area again.
Soon, a demonic figure reappeared in the void, much larger than before.
“Take this!”
With a roar, Vance Delaney’s demonic figure stepped forward, raising a spiked club towards Ivy. The wind howled, and waves of air surged.
“Still too weak!” Ivy’s voice sounded like a death sentence in Vance Delaney’s ears.
As she spoke, her eyes narrowed, and she stepped forward, twisting her wrist with full strength.
A fiery sword light ignited the void, meeting Vance Delaney’s attack head-on.
In the next moment, the sword light passed through the demonic figure and flashed across Vance Delaney’s body.
The demonic figure shattered instantly, and Vance Delaney turned into a charred corpse as if roasted at thousands of degrees.
And then there was nothing…
The charred remains fell from the sky, shattering like Valentin Fuller’s before him.
Seeing this scene, gasps filled the air as everyone wore expressions of utter shock.
A sixth-rank Holy Realm cultivator was still destroyed with one sword strike!
Truly terrifying!
“Run!”
A shout came from the Blood and Devil Sects.
Those who had hope lost all courage to continue fighting. If they didn’t run now, when would they?
Including Barrett Fuller and Deacon Delaney, all Blood and Devil Sects members fled in all directions.
“Blood and Devil Sects are utterly despicable. Kill them all without mercy!” Billy shouted loudly below.
Then he and Harleen chased after Barrett Fuller and Deacon Delaney.
“Kill!” The Guardian Alliance and Skydragon City members shouted in unison.
What happened next was no surprise!
Barrett Fuller and Deacon Delaney hadn’t run more than two or three kilometers before Billy and Harleen caught up within hundreds of meters.
In one round, Barrett Fuller and Deacon Delaney met their end.
Billy, Harleen, and Ivy then pursued other high-ranking Blood and Devil Sects members.
The entire process lasted about twenty minutes. All tens of thousands of Blood and Devil Sects members were slain without a single survivor.
Even if these two sects’ members died ten times over, it wouldn’t be too much. Naturally, Billy and his group showed no mercy.
After dealing with the Blood and Devil Sects members, the guards began cleaning up the scene.
Billy walked towards Tristen George and the Guardian Alliance members.
Though Valentin Fuller and Vance Delaney ultimately died at Harleen’s hands today,
without the Guardian Alliance’s support midway through, Skydragon City’s casualties would have been much worse.
Meanwhile, Harleen and Ivy walked towards Stephanie Stuart and others.
“Mom, Aunt Edie!”
Harleen bowed to Stephanie Stuart and Edie Fennimore upon reaching them.
“Aunt Stephanie, Aunt Edie!” Ivy bowed as well.
Then they greeted Opal and others.
“Harleen, Ivy, we’re family. No need for so many formalities,” Stephanie Stuart smiled. “Why are you two back today? Didn’t you say it would be a year before you returned?”
Edie Fennimore and others were equally puzzled by this question.
“Aubree told us that Blood and Devil Sects might launch a full attack on Skydragon City today. We were worried, so we asked Aubree to bring us back to assist you,” Harleen explained.
“I see!” Stephanie Stuart nodded. “Where’s Aubree? Why don’t I see her?”
“Aubree said she had some matters to attend to and might be late,” Opal replied.
“Sis, do you mean you and Ivy are leaving again?” Felicia couldn’t help but ask.
“Yes!” Harleen smiled faintly.
“Harleen, Ivy, can you tell me what your cultivation levels are now?” Stout had been holding back this question for a long time.
“Yes, Harleen, what are your cultivation levels?” Judge also couldn’t help but ask.