# Chapter 2065: The Pei Family's Panic
Pei Yu was a newly rising genius of the Pei Family, exceptionally talented. In just over a year's time, he had soared straight upward, his ranking breaking into the thirteenth seat on the Emperor's List. He was at the height of his fame, and many predicted he had a chance to impact the top five seats of the Emperor's List in the future, standing shoulder to shoulder with Pei Donglai, earning him the family's focused cultivation.
However, on a lake pleasure boat, he was killed with a single sword strike. The murderer, having taken his life, gracefully stepped across the lake and departed. The genius Pei Yu was slain without even a trace of ability to counterattack.
Although this matter was far from comparable to Lin Feng's annihilation of Ji Shang, it still stirred up minor waves in Holy City Province. But for the Pei Family, it was like an earthquake. This was their most outstanding figure in recent years. Having just entered the world and appeared in everyone's sight, he was cut down by a single sword strike. What an utter disgrace! Moreover, the opponent was also a Martial Emperor realm expert.
What shook the Pei Family even more was that this incident was merely the beginning.
Three days later, Pei Dongqing, a young member of the Pei Family, was killed by a single sword strike while drinking at a wine tavern.
Five days later, eight geniuses of the Pei Family, while traveling to a certain location for training, were all annihilated by sword strikes. Every single one was killed with one sword, clean and decisive, without exception. Yet the Pei Family did not even know who their enemy was.
Finally, the young experts of the Pei Family who went out were accompanied by Emperor realm figures or carried Imperial Artifacts on their persons, ready to seek out the culprit.
However, two days later, on that same lake, two Great Emperor realm experts and four Martial Emperor young masters were all annihilated. They even had Imperial Artifacts on them. The killer was still dressed in white robes, carrying an ancient sword on his back. According to witnesses, the man's complexion was somewhat yellow, appearing slightly unhealthy, but his strength was terrifying enough to inspire fear, formidable to a shocking degree.
Within one month, the Pei Family had already lost eight Great Emperors and thirty Martial Emperor experts slain. When this news spread, it was no longer just the Pei Family that was shaken—the entire Holy City Province was rocked. How powerful was the Pei Family? When their members were continuously being killed, even Heavenly Emperor realm figures began to pay attention, ready to make a move at any time. Yet in one month, such a tragic slaughter had still occurred. This was simply unimaginable. Only once had the killer nearly been encountered by a Pei Family Heavenly Emperor realm expert, but because he was a step too late, the killer blended into the crowd, and the Heavenly Emperor realm expert was unable to find him. Enraged, that Pei Family Heavenly Emperor slapped to death quite a few innocent people.
At this moment, the entire Holy City Province was discussing and guessing: who exactly was this terrifying swordsman targeting the Pei Family? It was said that his cultivation was only at the Martial Emperor realm, but his sword was unstoppable. When the sword was drawn, it was certain to take life, its power boundless. Eight Great Emperor realm experts had already fallen—though these were eight Great Emperors who had not yet comprehended the Dao. The killer seemed to deliberately seek out these weaker Great Emperor figures to strike.
People also began to speculate that since this person could prevent Great Emperors from escaping, it meant his sword either killed in a single blow or was extremely fast, faster than ordinary Great Emperors.
Inside a great hall of the Pei Family, the atmosphere was oppressive. Everyone was silent, not daring to speak. Their gazes were all fixed on the leading expert.
This matter had even alarmed the Pei Family's patriarch, who had been in seclusion.
A few Martial Emperor realm experts, the Pei Family would not care about. But several dozen? And what if several Great Emperors were added to that? Moreover, this matter was not over yet. Who knew how many Pei Family members would be assassinated if this was not dealt with? If all the Martial Emperor realm figures were annihilated, the Pei Family would suffer a terrible gap.
"Who has my Pei Family offended recently?" At this moment, the Pei Family patriarch asked coldly. He could not figure out who was targeting them.
"In recent years, the only ones my Pei Family has offended are the War King Academy," the subordinate said. In the past, the Four Great Ancient Saint Clans had besieged the War King Academy, trying to capture Lin Feng, which had naturally offended the War King Academy.
"If we're talking about specific individuals, then it's Lin Feng. Offending Lin Feng naturally means offending the forces behind him. However, this person targeting our Pei Family is said to be only at the Martial Emperor realm, yet he can kill Emperor realm figures and cut down Pei Yu with one sword. His talent goes without saying. I truly cannot think of anyone else besides Lin Feng."
At this moment, someone spoke coldly. The others' expressions froze.
"Your meaning is that the person is Lin Feng? But I've heard reports that this person is not Lin Feng."
"In Holy City Province, disguise techniques that are powerful enough are not surprising. Although this person only uses a sword, don't forget that Lin Feng's attainments in the Sword Dao are also very formidable."
The Pei Family patriarch was silent for a moment, then said, "In that case, go gather some of my Pei Family's Martial Emperor and Great Emperor realm members. We will imprint our divine thoughts into their minds."
"En, good." Everyone nodded. This was the only option. Whether it was Lin Feng or not, they had to first drag the killer out.
The vast Holy City Province was far from being limited to the Pei Family guessing who the killer was. Everyone was waiting, waiting to see how the Pei Family would counterattack. Having so many of their experts killed by a Martial Emperor figure was an absolute disgrace to them.
On this day, many Pei Family members stepped out of the family compound, flashing toward various directions in Holy City Province. Among them was one named Pei Zhu. This person was also somewhat famous in Holy City Province, another Pei Family expert ranked on the Emperor's List. At this moment, he was walking along a street, casually looking around, just like any other day, as if nothing would happen.
"Chi!" Suddenly, a sword intent spread out, abruptly descending from the crowd, directly enveloping his body. At this moment, Pei Zhu's expression stiffened slightly. He took a deep breath. It had appeared.
"Chi, chi..." A sword light seemed to pierce through from the void, killing toward him. However, Pei Zhu's palms trembled, and a terrifying force crushed outward. The people around him seemed to sense this violent power and quickly dodged out of the way. At the same time, countless formless swords seemed to appear from the void, all slashing toward Pei Zhu.
In a distant place, there was a figure in white robes, his expression calm, an ancient sword on his back. It seemed as if all the power was emanating from him.
"It appeared." Pei Zhu's expression froze. Suddenly, a terrifying aura shot out from between his eyebrows. When the white-robed man saw this, he directly fled, as fast as lightning.
"Hmph, where do you think you're going?" That beam of light directly transformed into a human figure, stepping forward toward the white-robed figure, murderous intent surging. The crowd immediately scattered and dodged.
The white-robed figure fled madly, as if forgetting everything else. Pei Zhu destroyed the attacks, a cold smile in his eyes. The opponent had finally appeared.
But at that very moment, a gust of wind howled past. Pei Zhu's expression stiffened. He suddenly turned to look to his side, and then he saw an afterimage pouncing toward him, its speed reaching the extreme.
"Not good." Pei Zhu's face turned pale. His body retreated wildly, but it was useless. The opponent was too fast, instantly rushing in front of him. In an instant, Pei Zhu's figure disappeared from the ground, vanishing together with that afterimage.
In another direction, the transformed expert figure finally caught up to the white-robed figure. With a casual punch, he blasted the figure apart. However, he felt no sense of accomplishment. Instead, he paused, turned around, and looked into the distance. Pei Zhu's figure was already gone.
"A clone. Damn it." This person's expression stiffened. His body rushed back, but where was Pei Zhu's figure? He had already vanished without a trace.
"Cunning." This person's palm trembled, and the buildings around him wildly exploded and collapsed. This wisp of divine thought had transformed into an expert's body, showing how terrifying his strength was. Yet Lin Feng had captured Pei Zhu right in front of him.
Not long after, in another direction, another Pei Family young man was strolling through the void. But at that moment, formless sword lights slashed down from the void. That sword light seemed to come from an extremely distant place. The Pei Family expert blasted the sword light apart, but the next moment, endless sword intent seemed to kill toward him—a terrifying array of swords, forcing the Pei Family expert to retreat.
"Chi!" Behind him, another sword light seemed to come from the void. The Pei Family expert's face turned pale. Countless formless sword lights slashed from unknown directions, their source invisible. Finally, a light flashed from between his eyebrows, transforming into an expert figure. But the moment this person appeared, the Pei Family young man was torn apart by the sword light. Then, everything vanished without a trace, as if no one had ever been there.
"Who!" The expert formed from divine thought roared. His terrifying divine thought spread in all directions, but he saw many identical figures flashing away in different directions. He could only chase in one direction. The one he defeated was just a clone. It seemed that without the main body appearing, relying on just a wisp of divine thought to find the killer would be difficult.
There were also Pei Family members who, because their strength was insufficient, were directly split in two by a sword coming from beyond the heavens, without even time to react.
Thus, in the following month, the Pei Family's nightmare seemed to continue. Even though the patriarch had begun to take it seriously, it still could not be calmed. Many Martial Emperor realm young figures were killed. The Pei Family had fallen into complete panic. The younger generation even dared not set foot outside the Pei Family, for they did not know if they would be able to return.
The Pei Family was terrified, trembling. They had never imagined that they would be pushed to such an extent by a person said to be only at the Martial Emperor realm!