Volume 1, Chapter 440 – Fall

Shi Lan looked up at the azure giant god before her, unable to keep a trace of regret from rising in her heart.

The speed at which her cultivation had grown was already astonishingly fast, yet before an opponent of this level, she still had no power to fight back at all.

She was still far, far away from the realm of a Supreme.

However…

Sensing the mockery in the Giant Spirit King’s eyes, Shi Lan suddenly smiled.

“How many years have you lived through in your cultivation up to now?”

“This king has already been in the Dao for tens of thousands of years.”

That question seemed to stir some emotion in the Giant Spirit King. Looking down at Shi Lan, he spoke with a pity that seemed to see through everything:

“Perhaps you once believed yourself to be one of heaven’s favored, chosen by the system, destined in this life to be extraordinary. But in truth, you are nothing more than a common mortal being used by others. Pitiful…”

He had thought those words would make the expression of the ant before him waver, or leave her in disbelief.

But to his surprise, Shi Lan’s expression remained calm, and her smile did not fade.

“Beneath the Heavenly Dao, all people are mere mortals. You and I are both common creatures. But if I were your age, I would kill you as easily as slaughtering pigs and dogs.”

The smile at the corner of the Giant Spirit King’s mouth vanished abruptly, and divine light surged in his eyes. He had clearly been enraged.

Boom!

The azure giant palm came crashing down like a mountain, and the void instantly collapsed.

Shi Lan did not move in the slightest, nor did she open a spacetime passage. The Sword Emperor’s Dao Fruit within her sea of consciousness was trembling, and above the vault of heaven over her head, a strangely familiar aura had already appeared.

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Hummm…

A sword light fell from the highest heavens. The killing intent of sword qi flooded the entire world, and the laws rang as they vibrated, clanging like the roars of dragons and tigers.

The sun and moon lost their color, leaving only that single resplendent sword light. This sword seemed not to belong to the mortal world; it severed time and space.

Crack!

The azure giant palm was severed cleanly at the wrist, and Supreme blood poured down like an overturned torrent of rain.

There was not the slightest smell of blood between heaven and earth. Instead, the air was filled with a strange fragrance, and the world’s vital energy surged wildly. Countless spiritual treasures and precious medicines burst from the ground, bathed in Supreme blood and radiating soft rosy light.

The power contained within a Supreme’s body was simply too terrifying. Their blood held unimaginable might.

“Roar!”

A bellow spilled from the Giant Spirit King’s throat as he pulled back and retreated violently, lifting his eyes to the sky.

A gray-robed figure stood in midair. He looked no older than twenty, holding a gray longsword in his arms. His sword-like brows swept into his temples, and there was not the slightest ripple in his clear eyes.

Shi Lan, who had already retreated a long way off, could not help but let out a breath of relief when she saw the figure in the air.

Since parting with Wuxu in the Boundless Demon Domain, she had never seen him again. This reunion was completely beyond her expectations. If the Sword Emperor’s Dao Fruit had not sensed his arrival, she would already have been trying to open a spacetime passage just now.

She did not know exactly how strong Wuxu was, but the scene before her had already made the answer clear. As the sword spirit of a Sovereign Weapon left behind by an ancient Sword Dao Supreme of Lingyang, his strength had already completely surpassed that of ordinary Supremes.

“You are…”

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The Giant Spirit King had only just gotten out half a sentence when the gray sword in Wuxu’s hand left its sheath once more. Its blade was like autumn water, as though the flow of years itself coursed over it.

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A streak of azure divine radiance flashed past, and the Giant Spirit King’s body suddenly swelled. In an instant, it expanded to billions of zhang, standing shoulder to shoulder with the sun and moon like a god-king, its enormous shadow blanketing vast stretches of land.

Shhk!

There was not the slightest trace of emotion in Wuxu’s eyes. His blade slashed out, piercing through heaven and earth. World-ending thunder exploded through the void like the coming of doomsday. The radiance blotted out the ages and shook past and present alike.

The sharpness of a Sword Dao Supreme filled the cosmos. Even beyond the starry sky, heaven-piercing sword light could be seen everywhere.

A tyrannical aura sealed heaven and earth. Wherever the sword pointed, it was as though a sovereign were suppressing the universe.

The Giant Spirit King stood frozen in place. The mysterious Dao patterns flowing over his body instantly came to a standstill. His eyes were full of horror, and waves surged through his heart. His face was filled with utter disbelief.

He was an invincible Supreme, one who had been in the Dao for tens of thousands of years and ruled the cosmos. Yet now he had become an ant to be butchered at will, without even the strength to resist.

How similar this situation was to the one just moments ago. In an instant, the extremes had reversed.

His eyes were bloodshot. Within his enormous head, light flashed as his nascent soul was pinned to the spirit platform by an invisible hand, unable to escape.

Rip!

That divine body stretching billions of li was as fragile as paper before the blade, and was instantly torn apart into two halves.

Rumble!

Bloody lightning split the sky, and a rain of blood descended from heaven.

When a Supreme who had attained the Dao fell, and their Dao Fruit shattered, the world would inevitably give rise to terrifying phenomena.

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At the instant Wuxu entered the world, the other four Supremes on the other side of the continent had already sensed it.

Sharp fluctuations echoed through heaven and earth. Before the Supremes had even managed to react, blood rain had already begun to drift down from the sky.

Among the group, the Giant Spirit King’s strength had ranked among the upper tier. Yet in the span of barely two snap-finger moments, a Supreme had fallen, without even a chance to flee.

How horrifying was that?

“Who exactly entered the world?!”

“Why was there no warning? What in the world is Yang Fuji doing?!”

The expressions of the four instantly turned grave. The mission given by the Reincarnation Hall was still ongoing. They had no right to refuse it. This battle had to continue.

“What do we do now?”

Emperor Yuan’s expression was somewhat ugly. Earlier, even when facing many Supremes, he had remained calm, but now the danger of falling himself was right before his eyes. How could he possibly remain composed?

“The newcomer killed the Giant Spirit King in two moves. His strength has already surpassed our level. Either we call for reinforcements, or we wait to die!”

Cloud Saint had already weighed the situation and shook his head.

“I do happen to have some friendship with Saint Lord Liuyun, but the price for his intervention is not low…”

“Staying alive comes first. Call for help!”

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“Many thanks, Senior, for saving me.”

After glancing at the Giant Spirit King’s enormous corpse, Shi Lan stepped forward and bowed.

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“I sensed the fluctuations of Guiyun’s Dao Fruit, so I came.”

Wuxu frowned slightly and gave a brief explanation, confusion lingering in his expression.

“Why did you not accept Guiyun’s inheritance?”

He had originally believed that Guiyun’s Dao Fruit had found a suitable successor, and only then had he left Lingyang with peace of mind.

When Shi Lan snapped the longsword he had given her, he had felt it at once, but at the time he had been entangled in too many affairs and had no way to return to Lingyang immediately.

Later, when information arrived from his incarnation confirming that Shi Lan was unharmed, he continued wandering through the starry sky.

It was only two days ago, when the fluctuations of Guiyun’s Dao Fruit reappeared in the world, that he became full of doubt and thought Shi Lan had encountered some mishap again. Only then did he hurriedly set aside all his affairs and rush here with all his strength.

“The Dao of Sovereign Guiyun does not suit me.”

Shi Lan shook her head, then flipped her hand and took out the Sword Emperor’s Dao Fruit, offering it before Wuxu.

“Since Senior is here in person today, why not take back the inheritance and choose another successor?”

This Dao Fruit was of no real use in her hands. She might as well return it to its rightful owner.

Wuxu stared at the tiny sword in Shi Lan’s hand and said nothing for a long time. After a while, he let out a sigh and looked at Shi Lan.

“Guiyun chose you. Then naturally, this Dao Fruit should remain with you…”

But the moment the words left his mouth, Wuxu suddenly froze, then said in disbelief:

“You stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm?!”