Boom! Crash! Rumble!
The moment the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One landed on Sishui Sect’s defensive formation, it immediately triggered an intensely powerful energy fluctuation.
Then, with a resounding crack, Sishui Sect’s defensive formation shattered on impact.
Although their defensive formation was formidable, it was nothing in the face of the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.
Because of this, the people of Sishui Sect realized in despair that their defensive formation was completely useless.
Now, they were facing the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One head-on.
Its overwhelming force pushed many of them to the brink of utter despair.
“No, please no!!”
“Ah! I don’t want to die—don’t kill me!!”
“Save me! Patriarch, please save me!!”
At that moment, countless people were screaming for their lives.
They longed for their Patriarch, for their sect’s elders, to rescue them.
But those hopes were nothing more than wishful thinking.
Because even their Patriarch and elders were facing extreme danger themselves.
Although the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One wasn’t aimed solely at them, they too felt an intense, overwhelming threat.
The moment that threat appeared, they didn’t hesitate to pull out their defensive treasures and pour all their energy into defending themselves.
They desperately hoped to buy themselves a chance to survive.
But even with their defensive treasures, they were no match for the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.
On the first sword strike—their treasures merely trembled slightly.
On the second—their treasures shuddered violently.
On the third—the sound of cracking echoed directly from their treasures.
Crack!!
That sound of shattering treasures rang clearly in the ears of those who held them, filling the Patriarch and elders of Sishui Sect with utter despair.
And so, they let out anguished cries:
“No! Please, no!!”
If their defensive treasures failed, they would have to rely solely on their own bodies to withstand the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.
For them, that would be an incredibly dangerous situation.
So fear gripped them tightly.
But even with their fear, the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One didn’t stop.
When the fourth sword strike landed on them, they were blasted away by the sword intent.
At the same time, deep gashes that reached the bone were carved into their bodies, along with lingering sword intent that wouldn’t fade.
Then came the fifth strike.
In Ye Wushuang’s eyes, the Divine Dragon Empress’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to One was like a barrage of massive missiles, relentlessly bombing Sishui Sect.
Countless buildings and cultivators within Sishui Sect were instantly slashed apart by the Divine Dragon Empress’s sword intent.
Under her bombardment, Sishui Sect was reduced to rubble in no time.
Five breaths later, the once towering, magnificent, and spirit-energy-rich Sishui Sect had become nothing but a field of ruins.
Their buildings couldn’t withstand the Divine Dragon Empress’s bombing at all.
And the cultivators inside were effortlessly obliterated by her sword intent.
In just five short breaths, the bustling, noisy Sishui Sect fell completely silent.
It felt as if everyone inside was dead—not even a chicken or dog remained alive.
Every cultivator who witnessed this scene had their eyes wide open in shock.
These people had seen powerful cultivators before, but someone as overwhelmingly powerful as the Divine Dragon Empress? That was something they had truly never witnessed.
Because of this, they were especially stunned.
And this shock instilled in them a deep, intense fear of the Divine Dragon Empress.
They silently warned themselves with all their might: never, ever provoke the Divine Dragon Empress. Otherwise, their fate would be absolutely miserable.
Even their families and relatives might suffer disaster because of it.
However, what surprised everyone was that the Divine Dragon Empress didn’t leave quickly after destroying Sishui Sect with a single move.
Instead, she kept staring at the ruins, as if watching for something.
Many people didn’t understand why she was staring like that.
But as she watched, a sound suddenly came from the rubble.
“Cough, cough! So you noticed me after all. I thought I might actually slip away unnoticed!!”
Hearing this voice, everyone was startled.
Then they looked toward where the sound came from and saw a person struggling to stand up in the ruins.
That person was none other than the Patriarch of Sishui Sect.
At this moment, the Patriarch had none of his former dignity or dominance. His body was covered in wounds—he looked exactly like a defeated rooster.
This was a side of the Sishui Sect Patriarch that none of the nearby forces had ever seen before.
But one thing everyone could be sure of: Sishui Sect was finished.
Even though their Patriarch was still alive for now, with the Divine Dragon Empress here, he wouldn’t survive much longer. He was about to die.
And this wasn’t just known to others—the Patriarch himself knew it too.
Because of this, his eyes turned bloodshot, filled with hatred.
“Since my son and my Sishui Sect have both died at your hands, then today, you will be buried along with them!!”
The Sishui Sect Patriarch roared furiously, then shot toward the Divine Dragon Empress at breakneck speed.
At the same time, his aura swelled to an extremely powerful level.
It felt exactly like a balloon being blown up too fast—on the verge of bursting.
That about-to-burst balloon made many people feel terrified.
What the Sishui Sect Patriarch was doing was precisely that terrifying thing.
He wanted to self-destruct and take the Divine Dragon Empress down with him.
The self-destruction of a Quasi-Emperor realm expert is incredibly powerful—so powerful that even an Invincible Supreme might not be able to withstand it head-on.
The Patriarch knew that the Divine Dragon Empress wasn’t a true Invincible Supreme.
So he believed that his self-destruction would surely cost the Divine Dragon Empress her life.
Driven by this belief, he rushed toward her without any regard for his own safety.
Then, he prepared to detonate himself.
But just as he reached the Divine Dragon Empress’s side, her figure blurred past him and reappeared extremely far away.
By now, the Sishui Sect Patriarch was already on the verge of exploding. In the next breath, his self-destruction would be complete.
But at this critical moment, the Divine Dragon Empress had vanished right before his eyes—throwing him into sheer panic.
In his final moment before the explosion, he was still desperately searching for her figure.
“Your speed is too slow.”
As if reading his thoughts, the Divine Dragon Empress’s voice sounded in the Patriarch’s ears at the very last instant before his self-destruction.
Only then did he realize that the Divine Dragon Empress had already appeared far, far away—well beyond the range of his explosion.
The next moment, he exploded thunderously.
