Chapter 0821: Secrets of the Long Family

Chapter 821: The Long Family's Secret

The arrogant square-jawed middle-aged man frowned when he saw the blade Qin Yun had drawn. "This is your weapon? Aren’t you supposed to be from a great clan? Why are you using such a piece of junk?"

With a look of disdain, he walked over and grabbed Qin Yun’s Soul Sacred Blade, sneering, "This piece of trash—"

Before he could finish, he sensed the ferocious, terrifying energy surging within the Soul Sacred Blade.

Just as fear gripped him, Qin Yun swung the blade fiercely!

*Schlick!*

The Soul Sacred Blade swept horizontally, severing the square-faced man’s head and devouring his soul instantly.

This startled the Martial King from the Long Family, while the other Martial Kings from the Lingyun Sect flew into a rage—someone had dared to kill in their territory!

"You… you’ve got a death wish!" one of the veteran Martial Kings roared as he charged forward.

Qin Yun suddenly vanished, evading the elder’s attack before slashing toward the Long Family’s Martial King.

The Long Family’s Martial King was no slouch either. He dodged swiftly and dashed toward the wall, fleeing the room and flying outside.

Qin Yun immediately pursued.

The other veteran Martial Kings, seeing Qin Yun’s terrifying strength, feared the Long Family’s Martial King might not hold his own and followed in haste.

If a member of the Long Family died here, the Lingyun Sect would pay dearly.

After all, this was Tenglong Province—Long Family territory.

Once Qin Yun burst outside, the Long Family’s Martial King summoned a huge golden greatsword—a Dao Artifact.

But in Qin Yun’s eyes, it was just a second-rate weapon!

"Your strength is impressive. I’ll give you that much!" the Long Family’s Martial King sneered. "But at best, you’re only at the peak of the Mysterious Martial Realm! Against a Martial King, you stand no chance!"

As he spoke, the Long Family’s Martial King flashed to Qin Yun’s side, his greatsword descending with a dragon-like roar. Golden sword energy, razor-sharp like a meat-cleaving wind, engulfed Qin Yun.

Qin Yun’s body vibrated with concussive force, dispersing the sword wind before raising his blade to block the falling greatsword.

*Klang!*

A crisp metallic ring erupted alongside a surge of energy, rattling the buildings beneath them.

The veteran Martial Kings of the Lingyun Sect were stunned by Qin Yun’s power. They never expected a young man to possess strength rivaling a Long Family Martial King.

What terrified them more was the visible notch now on the Long Family’s greatsword!

"Take him down together!" one of the Lingyun Sect’s elders shouted urgently.

Qin Yun sensed a powerful aura surging from behind and instantly activated the Instant Shadow Step, disappearing completely—even his presence concealed momentarily.

The veteran Martial Kings who had just flown over stood stunned as Qin Yun disappeared before their eyes.

Suddenly, they sensed someone behind them!

Whipping their heads around, they saw a dark energy blade flash toward them!

The battle had reached its climax! Qin Yun had appeared behind the veteran Martial Kings, his blade slicing through the air with terrifying speed—cleaving through them in one slash.

The bodies of those Martial Kings were split in half, their severed halves falling to the ground.

Those old Martial Kings had trained for decades to become Martial Kings, yet against an extraordinary peak Profound Martial Realm expert like Qin Yun, they were no match and got wiped out instantly!

Even as their severed bodies hit the ground, they weren’t dead yet—only badly wounded and unable to continue fighting.

The Martial King from the Long family, witnessing Qin Yun’s terrifying strength, felt a surge of fear.

"You just wait!"

The Long family’s Martial King snapped before turning into a golden streak, fleeing into the distance.

Qin Yun swiftly pulled out his jet-black Lion King Cannon and let loose a blast at the distant Long family Martial King.

ROAR!

A black lion’s head, the size of a bucket, shot out from the cannon’s barrel with a thunderous roar, charging toward the fleeing Martial King.

BOOM!

In an instant, the black lion’s head caught up and slammed into the Long family’s Martial King dead-on.

Finally, Qin Yun dashed forward using the Instant Shadow Step, covering the distance in an instant.

The Long family’s Martial King’s back was struck, leaving gruesome scorch marks.

As he sensed Qin Yun approaching, he tried to dodge—only to hear a sharp *SNAP!*

Qin Yun jabbed his fingers forward, unleashing the EarthPiercing Shatterstrike Finger.

The violent force of the strike like a bolt of black lightning, infused with dense martial power, shrieking through the air and leaving behind a fan-shaped black mist.

"AHH!"

The Long family’s Martial King let out a bloodcurdling scream as his body was pierced by the black lightning-like force.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Yun flew past and delivered a powerful kick, sending the Long family’s Martial King sent flying back.

BANG!

The Long family’s Martial King was kicked back from afar, crashing onto the bodies of the old Martial Kings and killing one on impact.

The remaining old Martial Kings, now only with their upper bodies and severely wounded, dragged themselves along the ground, desperately begging for mercy.

"Just who do you think you are? Opposing our Long family will only bring you a terrible end!" the Long family’s Martial King spat blood in terror.

None of them had expected that a mere peak Profound Martial Realm youth could scatter and crush their group of Martial Kings—this kind of power was downright terrifying.

Qin Yun flew back, and as he descended from the sky, his legs pulsed with tremoring Divine Arts.

Upon landing, waves of concussive power pressed downward, crushing the old Martial Kings into gory chunks.

The Long family’s Martial King also met a gruesome end, his final moments filled with agonized screams.

Qin Yun collected their martial souls and Dao Pills, then burned their remains with fire before returning to the room.

The Lu father and son were too terrified by Qin Yun’s display of power to utter a word.

"Why are there Long family members here?" Qin Yun asked curiously. "I heard that Long family members have been spotted nearby, but I don’t know what they’re up to!" Old Lu replied, his injuries having improved somewhat.

"You guys should break up the Lingyun Sect! Since the Long Family’s around here, they'll surely try to enslave you. You’d better get out of here fast!" Qin Yun said.

Old Lu and Lu Shaowen nodded eagerly and kept thanking Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei flew away from the small sect, flying the same way the Long Family’s Martial King had gone earlier.

"Brother, you're so amazing with the Lion King Cannon! When you return, you gotta get Sister Linglong to make me one!" Xiao Yuemei giggled.

"No problem!" Qin Yun laughed.

"If the Long Family’s out here in the middle of nowhere, they must be after something. Let's go check it out!" Xiao Yuemei said. "Right now, we’re deep in the mountains of Tenglong Province. The energy’s weak here, and we’re miles from civilization."

At night, Xiao Yuemei took out her magical mirror, covered in shimmering dots of light.

"There are many people nearby!" Xiao Yuemei said, explaining that each dot stood for a Martial Soul.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei quickly descended into the forest below.

After landing, Xiao Yuemei peered at the mirror and muttered, "There’s gotta be hundreds of them over there!"

"Several hundred? All from the Long Family? That's quite a number!" Qin Yun remarked.

"Mm, I wonder how strong they are!" Xiao Yuemei chuckled softly. "They must be searching for something! Those Long Family jerks picked a fight—now they’ll pay!"

Xiao Yuemei used the mirror to guide them, moving carefully through the mountain forest.

The mountains were dead silent at night, devoid of even birds or beasts—weird for a place like this.

Before long, Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei neared the area with people.

They could hear loud voices up ahead.

Qin Yun held Xiao Yuemei's hand, turning them invisible, his Hidden Mystery Talisman masking their energy.

Up ahead, blinding lights flared.

As they approached, they saw that mountains had been dug out, leaving a huge crater.

Above the pit hovered several enormous flying ships.

Beasts patrolled the skies overhead.

"Brother, what are they doing?" Xiao Yuemei asked, eyeing the giant pit with curiosity.

"Seems like they’re digging something out!" Qin Yun also watched but couldn't discern anything.

Just then, a group of people began flying around, and thick cables dropped from the massive ships.

Xiao Yuemei whispered, "They’re hauling something up!"

Qin Yun nodded.

Sure enough, the ships began rising slowly.

A massive black chest was pulled into the air.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei were both secretly shocked. The colossal black crate was over a thousand meters in length and width, incredibly huge.

Yet it wasn’t heavy, otherwise, those sky galleons wouldn’t have been able to lift it so easily.

“Who knows what’s inside!” Xiao Yuemei was extremely curious, burning with curiosity to rush over and open the giant box.

“We'll see soon enough!” Qin Yun said. “Something this big probably won’t be directly stored in a storage treasure!”

Qin Yun's mind raced with possibilities about the contents of the enormous box.

The surface of the black box looked very old, likely something from a long time ago.

The several sky galleons painstakingly transported the massive black box through the night, escorted by numerous Long Clan members above, below, and on all sides.

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei followed closely behind.

As dawn broke, the sky galleons surged forward.

“Yuemei, is the direction they’re heading toward Dragon King's City?” Qin Yun asked.

Dragon King's City was the largest city in Tenglong Province and also the headquarters of the Long Clan there.

“No!” Xiao Yuemei shook her head. “Dragon King's City isn’t in that direction!”

Qin Yun and Xiao Yuemei had no choice but to continue following.

Among the hundreds of Long Clan members, there was one Half-Immortal, several Emperor Wu, and dozens of Martial Kings. The other Martial Lords at the *Xuanwu Realm* mounted small draconic lizards, patrolling the surroundings.

Deploying such a force to protect the box demonstrated the clan's extraordinary regard for it.

“Brother, there’s a soul inside that box!” Xiao Yuemei suddenly said. “My mirror revealed traces of a soul!”