The Spatial Blade appeared again.
It appeared for only a brief instant.
Aside from Si Boyan, who detected a faint trace due to his immense mental power, no one else had any idea what had just transpired.
Dongfang You suddenly realized that he could no longer control his limbs.
It was as if his body had been disconnected from his mind.
Below his neck, he felt absolutely nothing.
In that instant, realization struck Dongfang You like lightning. His eyes widened in shock, filled with boundless unwillingness.
Agonizing pain surged through him. His vision shifted—his head slid cleanly off his neck.
Before the stunned eyes of everyone present, his severed head, along with his now headless corpse, fell through the air, accompanied by a cascade of blood.
By the time Dongfang You's head and body landed on the ground, his life force had completely vanished.
His eyes remained wide open in death—he had died without even knowing what had killed him…
Cries of shock erupted from below.
Si Boyan swiftly distanced himself from Su Xiaobai, his mental power immediately forming the strongest possible psychic barrier around his entire body.
Wu Honghe did much the same—he recoiled in terror and hastily pulled out a silver long halberd for protection.
The way they looked at Su Xiaobai was as if they had just seen a ghost. Fear flickering in their eyes. Newest update provided by novel fire.net
The entire exchange between Su Xiaobai and Dongfang You had happened in the blink of an eye.
It was like an explosion of radiant light in the sky, followed by an earth-shaking shockwave—within mere seconds, Dongfang You plummeted from the sky, his head and body separated.
Apart from Si Boyan, who barely sensed something amiss, no one else even knew what had happened!
But the outcome was clear.
The sole Ultimate Martial Commander of Base 15, the head of the Dongfang family—Dongfang You—was dead!
Dongfang Rou and Elder Feng were still in a daze.
Just moments ago, they had been trembling with anxiety over Dongfang You's threats, at a complete loss for what to do…
But in the blink of an eye, a beast tide had erupted, a terrifying force had exploded in the sky, and then… Dongfang You was dead.
Had they not seen his body split in two with their own eyes, they would have never believed that the strongest warrior of Base 15 had died so effortlessly!
And what shocked them the most was that the one who had slain Dongfang You was none other than 'Mr. Su', the man they had brought here!
They had known that Su Xiaobai was powerful.
A high-ranking martial general, capable of slaying enemies above his level.
But they had never imagined that he was this powerful!
That was a true Ultimate Martial Commander…
And yet, he had been slain just like that.
As if he were nothing more than a mere chicken…
"Senior! Please, stay calm! I had no deep ties with Dongfang You—we were nothing more than casual acquaintances!"
Si Boyan hastily explained.
He tried to maintain a composed expression, but the cold sweat forming on his forehead betrayed his inner panic—he was scared out of his mind!
If he had been somewhat confident in countering Su Xiaobai's earlier strike, the technique that actually beheaded Dongfang You was beyond his comprehension.
Even now, he had no idea what had killed Dongfang You!
That was precisely why he immediately distanced himself from any association with Dongfang You—he was terrified of being caught in the crossfire and meeting the same fate.
After all, this was a man who could effortlessly slaughter an Ultimate Martial Commander.
If Su Xiaobai wanted to kill him, there was no way he could escape!
"Senior, as you just heard, I have no connection to Dongfang You! Please understand!"
Wu Honghe quickly echoed, his heart still reeling from the shock of Dongfang You's death.
A mere Martial Commander… yet somehow this powerful?!
Even the strongest martial gods of his Wu family had never possessed such might at this level…
But Su Xiaobai had done it.
"I have no interest in you two."
Su Xiaobai spoke indifferently, examining a spatial ring in his hand—the very one he had taken from Dongfang You's falling corpse.
Dongfang You was dead.
Naturally, they belonged to Su Xiaobai now.
Si Boyan and Wu Honghe?
He couldn't care less about them.
What truly intrigued him was Dongfang You's spatial ring!
Suddenly, Su Xiaobai sensed something. His spiritual energy fluctuated slightly as he snapped his head toward the southern wall—toward the SSS-rank beast.
The commotion from Su Xiaobai and Dongfang You's battle had long since caught the attention of the distant SSS-rank beast.
Despite having no facial features, its gaze locked onto Su Xiaobai and Dongfang You's location from dozens of kilometers away.
From the rippling energy, it could tell—
The surrounding aura condensed into tiny motes of light, gathering rapidly.
The instant Su Xiaobai turned to face it, the beast unleashed a massive energy beam several meters wide!
The beam hurtled toward them in an instant.
And, of all places—Si Boyan was right in its path.
Both Su Xiaobai and Si Boyan were instantly engulfed by the fiery blast!
Si Boyan, after all, was merely an elite Martial Commander.
Even with his Psychic Warrior abilities, at best, he could hold his own against an Ultimate Martial Commander.
And defending against the attack of an SSS-rank beast?
As the energy beam dissipated, Si Boyan's entire body was charred beyond recognition.
His flesh had been burned to blackened cinders, his skin entirely reduced to ash.
His teeth were shattered, his eyes were gone—
His life force completely extinguished.
Like Dongfang You before him, his scorched corpse plummeted lifelessly to the ground.
Si Boyan's death was even more tragic.
He was unrecognizable.
Wu Honghe's face turned deathly pale.
But then—he suddenly sensed something.
His gaze snapped toward the other figure engulfed by the blast—
"Damn… that actually hurt a little!"
Su Xiaobai stood completely unscathed.
Only a few singed spots marked the edges of his clothing.
In that split second before the beam struck, he had activated every defensive technique at his disposal— Aura Shield, Qi Barrier…
And he had barely resisted the attack.
"Not only did you kill someone, but you even destroyed his spatial ring?"
Su Xiaobai glanced at Si Boyan's charred corpse.
Then, he looked at the SSS-rank beast.
His eyes burned with murderous intent.
"How am I supposed to let this slide?"
"No. 1, No. 2, No. 3… No. 9!"