History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474
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Thinking about this, all the Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners could not help but feel pained.
This youth whom the longtime Elders of the Radiant Light Sect had once viewed with great importance had been used as a blade after his death to stab the Radiant Light Sect a good one.
That Copper Men Island Elder appeared rather awkward as he descended into silence, his gaze shifting between Yan Zhaoge and Nong Yuxuan.
With such substantial evidence, there was no real way for him to support the Radiant Light Sect.
Of course, truthfully speaking, he too felt admiration towards the talented, capable Yan Zhaoge.
However, this Heaven’s favoured son was currently still far incomparable to the Radiant Light Sect in terms of importance.
One was a youth with an unprecedented future ahead of him yet still had much room for growth. The other was the Radiant Light Sect who possessed a high-grade Sacred Artifact as well as many Seeing Divinity Martial Saints.
Between the Radiant Light Sect and Yan Zhaoge, Copper Men Island would undoubtedly still choose the former.
With such a gap in strength and cultivation base, brute force could crush justice, something coming to be justifiable and right even whilst unfounded. It was merely a matter of silencing another party and destroying the evidence.
However, the Dim Darkness Sect and the North Sea Sword Pavilion might not think this way, with it being especially so for the former who definitely would not let things go so easily.
With these two sects present, he would not be able to support the Radiant Light Sect even if he had the intention of doing so.
The North Sea Sword Pavilion’s Elder Qi now said slowly, “Young Master Yan broke the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation and saved our sect’s Grinding Sword Region from harm. This old man is extremely grateful for this.”
His words were equivalent to stamping things down in stone.
The person who had broken the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation was Yan Zhaoge, not Nong Yuxuan.
Everyone was sighing, “The North Sea Sword Pavilion is still so unflinching in its style…”
Nong Yuxuan was the most outstanding figure of the Radiant Light Sect’s senior generation, already having been a Heaven’s favoured son whose fame had shaken the Royal Reed Sea in the times of his youth. Currently, he was gradually growing to be an important pillar of the Radiant Light Sect.
He was one of the figures who represented the Radiant Light Sect. Even the Grand Xuan Dynasty had noted his significance there. The Radiant Light Sect was definitely providing him with much support.
On the contrary, through the Radiant Light Sect’s intentional efforts, while Yan Zhaoge’s background still remained unclear, it had gradually been exposed.
The Radiant Light Sect said that Yan Zhaoge came from the lower worlds, not having any major backers of note.
Of course, not everyone believed what the Radiant Light Sect said. It was just that they all had their own doubts somewhat.
Under such circumstances, the North Sea Sword Pavilion’s decision was virtually equivalent to not being fearful of offending the Radiant Light Sect as they supported and upheld justice for Yan Zhaoge who had no one behind him, exposing Nong Yuxuan’s action of having unethically stolen his credit.
Unlike the Dim Darkness Sect, the North Sea Sword Pavilion had possessed a normal relationship with the Radiant Light Sect before this.
There were virtually no benefits to be seen here, or any evident ones at the very least. The two sides had also not interacted much and formed ties before this.
It was completely due to their debt of gratitude to Yan Zhaoge in his breaking of the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation.
Looking at those of the Radiant Light Sect, Elder Qi continued, “This old man will report this matter to our Pavilion Lord as well as your clan’s Chief Luo as it happened, leaving the decision on how to handle it for them to decide.”
Hearing his words, the Copper Men Island martial practitioners exchanged glances.
Elder Qi clearly intended to segregate the Radiant Light Sect’s and Nong Yuxuan’s actions here.
They would not target the Radiant Light Sect, just targeting Nong Yuxuan alone. This would at least leave the Radiant Light Sect with a pedestal to step down from in all its entirety, just destroying the reputation of Nong Yuxuan alone.
While however much he spoke of the two as separate entities, Nong Yuxuan was still a prominent figure of the Radiant Light Sect, Elder Qi was still being rather flexible in his verdict as compared to the usual tough, unflinching style of the North Sea Sword Pavilion.
Those of Copper Men Island exchanged looks, no longer speaking.
The Dim Darkness Sect martial practitioners slowly nodded as well.
The anti-Xuan rebellion held the utmost priority. They would be very happy to wreck the Radiant Light Sect’s reputation. However, falling out completely with the Radiant Light Sect with the Grand Xuan Dynasty still yet to be brought down was not something that they would be willing to see.
Yan Zhaoge’s expression did not change much, showing no anger or happiness as he just nodded slightly towards Elder Qi, “The tyrannical Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation could have wrought massive destruction upon all the lifeforms of the North Sea. The Grand Xuan is brutal and despotic. This Yan acted against it in a fit of righteous fury. Elder Qi is polite.”
He did not speak much, instead looking towards Nong Yuxuan and the others as if he was smiling whilst also not.
Indeed, Nong Yuxuan remained staring at him all this time, not even glancing towards Elder Qi and the others as he seemed not to have heard Elder Qi’s words at all.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 669: Squaring off
HSSB669: Squaring off
Staring at Yan Zhaoge, Nong Yuxuan spoke after a while, “I didn’t think that you would have a Heaven Spying Orb. It was my miscalculation.”
“Still, that’s also fine. As long as I can lure you out, my target has already been achieved.”
Nong Yuxuan stepped into the air, striding towards Yan Zhaoge, “As compared to this, everything else is inconsequential.”
Those of the North Sea Sword Pavilion and the Dim Darkness Sect all roared, “What are you doing?”
The other Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners all followed Nong Yuxuan who said, “Elder Qi, how this matter will be dealt with and whether it will be reported to your sect’s Pavilion Lord Gu can be talked about later on. Please leave for now. My Radiant Light Sect has some matters to handle.”
“As compared to the so-called credit, as compared to debts of gratitude, capturing or killing this person is actually the most important thing to me.”
He stared fixatedly at Yan Zhaoge.
Elder Qi and the others were greatly enraged, “You even intend to commit murder in front of us?”
As they spoke, a powerful aura suddenly appeared over the distant horizon, instantly getting near.
Feeling that powerful aura, Elder Qi and the others all felt momentarily suffocated, “…Seeing Divinity Martial Saint! You actually called for a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint to act just for the sake of dealing with a Martial Grandmaster?!”
Everyone instinctively felt that it was not just some simple enmity which existed between Yan Zhaoge and the Radiant Light Sect.
There were even deeper issues underlying this. Thus, the Radiant Light Sect was adamant on suppressing the North Sea Sword Pavilion and the Dim Darkness Sect based on strength now, not minding destroying their relationship with them just so that they could take Yan Zhaoge down.
It was currently a crucial moment in the battle against the Grand Xuan Dynasty, with the Radiant Light Sect’s own headquarters currently facing threat as well.
Every single one of their peak experts was very important as they had to concentrate their full forces as much as possible.
Even so, the Radiant Light Sect had still unexpectedly dispatched a Seeing D
ivinity Martial Saint, appearing as though they were set on succeeding in this venture no matter what, despite all else.
Nong Yuxuan strode towards Yan Zhaoge, “From the moment you couldn’t hold back and came to the Heavenly Inheritance Region, your fate had already been decided, that of death!”
That Dim Darkness Sect Elder snorted coldly, “Good, with our major foe right before us, in order to stand against the Grand Xuan Dynasty, we all wish that we can use our experts above the third level of the Martial Saint realm as if they were two rather than one. At such a time, you people actually are still in the mood to come over and act dominant here!”
A Radiant Light Sect Elder chortled, “Shut up obediently, hound without a home. Otherwise, we will take care of you Dim Darkness Sect people who deceived their Masters and ended their ancestors along with him as well.”
“Without an Immortal Bridge Martial Saint or a high-grade Sacred Artifact, you people have merely been surviving up till now with the help of your concealed main altar. Otherwise, our sect would long since have trampled down your Dim Darkness Sect.”
“Now that your main altar has fallen, what is there still worth mentioning about you? Our anti-Xuan forces depend on our sect, on the North Sea Sword Pavilion, and even the Copper Men Island has a final basis for reliance. Meanwhile, you Dim Darkness Sect are merely here to fill in the numbers!”
That Dim Darkness Sect Elder was greatly enraged, “Preposterous!”
Now, however, a powerful aura had already enveloped the heavens and the earth.
The bright golden sun illuminated overhead with infinite brightness as a blazing hot entity that caused one to feel trapped in a furnace, with all white and blurry before their eyes as they were unable to see anything.
Yan Zhaoge raised his brows. This fourth level Martial Saint of the early Seeing Divinity stage was clearly an old acquaintance.
While strictly speaking, they had only truly met once before, Yan Zhaoge had already been greatly familiar with this enemy before him since long ago.
This Seeing Divinity Martial Saint who was domineeringly reigning over the Heavenly Inheritance Region was clearly the Purple Sun Martial Saint Zhang Chao of the Eight Extremities World, a past Chief of the Sacred Sun Clan who had ascended to this World beyond Worlds after his cultivation base had surpassed the third level of this Martial Saint realm.
Elder Qi’s expression was stern, “Starlight Nong, you overstep your bounds. The Heavenly Inheritance Region is our sect’s territory at the end of the day.”
With that said, there was no further need for words.
Elder Qi directly patted his scabbard beside him, a broadsword flying out and landing in his hands.
With just a thought on his part, streaks of sword-light arose in all directions in the vast region of sea above the Heavenly Inheritance Region.
As the sword-lights intermingled, they swiftly formed a massive formation.
The cold, biting sword-light suffused the surrounding area, stirring the deep sea down below even as it shot straight into the clouds up above.
Now, the sword domain that resembled the Grinding Hut Region was temporarily transported to this location.
While its scale and might were much lower as compared to the true Grinding Hut Region sword domain, controlled by Elder Qi, it still manifested shocking power and might.
The vast oceanic waves that swept through the heavens and the earth merged with the terrifying, indestructible sword-qi, forming a world of the sword together.
The great golden sun descended from the air, streaks of golden light clashing unceasingly with the sword-qi of the sword domain.
The sword domain was shaking as great winds and rains seemed to surge within.
The great golden sun was also disintegrating bit by bit.
However, Zhang Chao showed no intention of stopping at all as each punch of his was faster and heavier than the previous.
Zhang Chao often did not dodge even the vast, mighty sword-lights unleashed by Elder Qi with the help of the sword domain. Instead, he met attack with attack, trading injury for injury as he really went all out in his blows.
Nong Yuxuan and the other Radiant Light Sect martial practitioners went directly for Yan Zhaoge within the sword domain.
Their attacks interfered with the circulation of the sword domain, messing up the formation.
Beneath both external and internal influences, the sword domain of the Heavenly Inheritance Region shook.
As the power of the sword domain deteriorated, it was no longer so easy for Elder Qi to deal with Zhang Chao.
While the sword dao of the North Sea Sword Pavilion was momentous and majestic as well as intricate to the extreme, as one of the greatest experts in the entire history of the Eight Extremities World, Zhang Chao possessed outstanding strength as well.
Even if they were clashing at the same cultivation level, it was still uncertain whether Elder Qi might definitely be able to defeat Zhang Chao.
Now that he possessed superior strength, victory was not something that could be decided so simply.
Elder Qi’s expression was severe as he sent out a sword-light, sweeping towards Yan Zhaoge.
Seeing that he had no ill intentions, Yan Zhaoge did not resist, letting himself be swept along by the sword-light.
Then, Yan Zhaoge’s figure vanished amidst the grand formation, flowing along with its light along with the guidance of the sword-qi as he was actually about to be sent directly out of this Region.
Outside the sword domain, Zhang Chao wanted to pursue him, but the grand formation instantly counterattacked at this moment.
Elder Qi merged with his sword, shooting into the air with his sword targeting Zhang Chao straight on, blocking his path.
However, within the grand formation, Nong Yuxuan and the others were not entangling with the martial practitioners of the Dim Darkness Sect and the North Sea Sword Pavilion.
With Nong Yuxuan opening the path, they were actually barging straight out of the area.
As Nong Yuxuan was proficient in formations, he was shockingly even more at ease than Yue Baoqi and the other North Sea Sword Pavilion martial practitioners now.
Elder Qi saw Nong Yuxuan carrying a magnetic compass whose needle shook unceasingly, pointing out a direction for him.
Zhang Chao was instead not in a rush now as he switched to suppressing Elder Qi and the others, allowing Nong Yuxuan’s group to pursue Yan Zhaoge without interference.
While Yan Zhaoge had been sent far away by Elder Qi’s sword-light, he did not relax, “It will not be that easy.”
Indeed, just as he thought this, powerful light lit up in the distance once more, illuminating the heavens and the earth.
Outside of the Heavenly Inheritance Region, the Radiant Light Sect shockingly had another fourth level Martial Saint, an expert of the early Seeing Divinity stage, specifically lying in wait!
This time, it was a longtime Elder of the Radiant Light Sect’s direct lineage, the Lord of the Sun Moon Hall Elder Chen Song.
Behind him, Nong Yuxuan’s group was also ferociously catching up to him.
“Hearing news that I was the one who broke the formation, it would have been fine if you had tolerated it. Since you failed to do so and dared to appear, you are destined to die today,” Nong Yuxuan stared at Yan Zhaoge, “From that very first moment that you appeared in the Heavenly Inheritance Region, all means of escape were already no longer available to you.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 670: Precisely fitting my intentions
HSSB670: Precisely fitting my intentions
Never would Elder Qi and the others of the Heavenly Inheritance Region have thought that in order to deal with Yan Zhaoge, the Radiant Light Sect had actually dispatched two Seeing Divinity experts.
Apart from Zhang Chao who remained behind in the Heavenly Inheritance Region to suppress Elder Qi and the others, another Radiant Light Sect Elder of the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm, Cheng Song, had ar
rived here as well, specifically waiting in ambush for Yan Zhaoge to appear.
Elder Qi and the others did not know that the Radiant Light Sect had indeed gone all out this time, being dead set on capturing Yan Zhaoge for good.
It was not just because of the accumulated enmities between them both new and old. It was more because of Yan Zhaoge possibly bearing the high-grade Sacred Artifact, the Extreme Yang Seal.
They would not fail!
Halting, Yan Zhaoge saw the powerful light grow increasingly brighter in the distance before a golden sun and a silver moon flickered intermittently as they arose from the surface of the sea.
The sun and the moon interchanged as they arose slowly, manifesting the variations between yin and yang and brightness and darkness as their strong power fluctuations intimidated one’s heart.
Unlike Deng Sen previously who had been suppressed by the power of dimensions to only possess the power of a late Merging Avatar Martial Saint back in the Eight Extremities World whilst having been an early Seeing Divinity Martial Saint, Cheng Song could currently unleash all his power in the World Beyond Worlds as a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint who had broken through space, seeing true divinity.
The sun and moon above Cheng Song’s head appeared before Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge could detect acupoints of his body leaping.
Unlike martial practitioners below the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm when the shaking of one’s acupoints only mattered to them, the shaking of the acupoints of Cheng Song’s body actually seemed to resonate with the flickering stars of the sky that were bright at times yet dark at others.
Meanwhile, the power contained within the leaping of his acupoints was also far from comparable to that of a Merging Avatar Martial Saint.
Cheng Song glanced indifferently at Yan Zhaoge, not speaking as he directly clawed out towards him.
The sun and moon above his head disappeared as the shocking scene of a sun rising and a moon descending appeared on his palm.
As that palm was unleashed, Yan Zhaoge felt as if the heavens were obscured and the sun concealed before his very eyes.