by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The others nodded, and rays of divine light shot toward Long Chen.
“Fuck, they really did attack!” Long Chen couldn’t keep acting and hastily blocked with Evilmoon. As a result, those multiple probing blows sent him flying. Even if they were just probing blows, they were the attacks of Netherpassage experts. If they had been real attacks, he would have lost his life.
Long Chen was sent flying, and the lightning dragon behind him, who endured the majority of the attack power, exploded.
“It’s a fake! Little bastard, die!”
Although the lightning dragon immediately condensed once more after exploding, those Netherpassage experts didn’t sense any spatial fluctuations. In other words, the so-called spatial channel that the lightning dragon had condensed before was completely fake.
Thinking of how Long Chen had embarrassed them to the point that they didn’t dare to take a single step forward, they were infuriated.
“Damnable bastards, let’s see if you can still act so tough now!”
“We should skin them, remove their bones, and refine their souls, making it so they can never reincarnate!”
“Little brats, die!”
Those Netherpassage experts were fully angered, while the Dragonblood Legion’s people were dumbfounded. Only now did they find out that they had provoked a disaster.
“Idiots, come if you have any guts. Your daddy Long will receive you.” Long Chen wiped away some blood on his mouth. He rested Evilmoon on his shoulder without the slightest fear.
“Brat, you still dare to act tough?!”
One of the Netherpassage experts wearing the robes of the Corrupt path immediately charged forward.
Long Chen still had a disdainful expression on his face, and Evilmoon was resting on his shoulder lazily. Just like that, he lightly stared as this Netherpassage expert charged at him.
“Die!” That expert was infuriated, and suddenly, he put away his divine item, reaching out for Long Chen with his bare hand. Although he cried for death, he actually wanted to capture him alive.
Suddenly, divine light erupted through the void, and a tower descended from the heavens, unleashing a ray of light.
The Corrupt Netherpassage expert was struck by the tower and exploded into blood mist. Even his Yuan Spirit dissipated.
“Hehe, you’re finally here.” Long Chen sighed with relief.
“The Xuantian Tower!”
Startled cries rang out as this giant tower descended. It slowly spun, unleashing waves of divine light that forced back those Netherpassage experts.
“Xuan Master!” The Dragonblood warriors let out delighted cries. Two figures materialized on the Xuantian Tower. It was Li Tianxuan and the old patriarch.
The most shocking thing was that at some unknown point, Li Tianxuan had actually advanced to the Netherpassage realm. He had life and death energy flowing around him, and he appeared completely calm as well as confident.
“Hmph, so what if you’ve come? Do you think you can block all of us? Attack!”
One of the ancient race experts shouted and immediately launched an attack on the Xuantian Tower.
The Xuantian Tower’s waves of divine light enveloped the Dragonblood Legion and the Martial Heaven Alliance’s people, drawing them into the Xuantian Tower. The divine light then flowed out, blocking the crazed attacks of the Netherpassage experts.
“The Xuantian Tower is said to be number one in defense, excluding the five supreme divine items. It should be no problem for it to block you for a while,” said Li Tianxuan lightly atop the Xuantian Tower.
The Netherpassage experts crazily attacked, and the Xuantian Tower was shuddering, but they were still unable to break its divine light barrier. The name of number one in defense was not for nothing.
“You’ve even used your karmic luck divine item. Aren’t you afraid of the Xuantian Dao Sect being destroyed?!” shouted one of the Corrupt experts hatefully.
A divine item like the Xuantian Tower that was used to maintain a sect’s karmic luck usually couldn’t leave the sect. If the karmic luck divine pool was damaged during the time that the divine item left the sect, that would spell disaster.
The Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect was an example. Its divine pool had been destroyed by Long Chen, causing its karmic luck to dissipate. As a result, the quality of its divine item plummeted until it finally vanished from this world.
The Xuantian Tower was the same. If someone took advantage of this time to attack the Xuantian Dao Sect and destroy its divine pool, then it would have lost its foundation. The Xuantian Dao Sect would slowly disappear from this world, while the Xuantian Tower would gradually lose its power.
“There’s no need for you to worry about it. If you want, you can alert your fellow Corrupt experts to attack the Xuantian Dao Sect,” said Li Tianxuan.
With the current grand formation protecting the Xuantain Dao Sect, even without the Xuantian Tower, it could handle other people’s sneak attacks. After all, that grand formation was something that Long Chen had built up with all his wealth. Its power was definitely shocking. It was just that no one else knew of its power yet.
“Don’t scatter your attacks! Concentrate them. I’ll count to three. Follow me-”
That expert had just started shouting when a sword slashed down from the sky. A giant sword-image tore through the sky, and although that Netherpassage expert immediately sensed it, he was cut in two along with his divine item.
“Shameless bastards, you dare to bully my children? All of you can die!”
A white-haired man appeared in front of everyone, looking like a furious lion.
He held a large sword in his hand. Killing intent was surging out of him, and after slaying one Netherpassage expert, he didn’t stop. He continued attacking the others.
“Old man!” Long Chen was delighted. This was the leader of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, Wu Guangyuan. He had actually managed to advance to the Netherpassage realm.
“Hehe, you sent out a distress signal, but I did the same. It’s just that our old man was one step slower,” said Bao Buping.
As soon as Long Chen had sensed something wrong, he had activated a secret distress signal that the Xuantian Tower would immediately sense.
Before everyone had entered the Yin Yang World, Li Tianxuan had felt that things would be exceptionally dangerous, so he had specifically told Meng Qi to give that distress signal to Long Chen.
He had secretly left the sect with the Xuantian Tower, just to prevent the worst-case scenario. The reality showed that Li Tianxuan’s cautiousness had been necessary.
As for Bao Buping, he had also sent out a distress signal. When he had entered the Yin Yang World, the old man had yet to come out of seclusion. However, the distress signal had to be sent so that at least Boss Bao and the others would know how they died and avenge them.
Hence, they were also surprised to see the old man here. He had charged over using some secret technique.
One of the ancient race Netherpassage experts started a fierce fight against the old man, however, they had only just clashed when the old man cut him in two as well.
“That’s… the Heaven Splitting Blade!” Startled cries rang out. The Xuantian Tower was claimed to be number one in defense, while the Heaven Splitting Blade was claimed to be number one in offense. Even divine items could be cut by it.
Chapter 1916 Neither Side Giving An Inch
Having advanced to the Netherpassage realm, the old man’s power had skyrocketed. The Heaven Splitting Blade was roaring like a wild beast aching to slaughter.
All the other divine items that were raised against it were cut in two by the Heaven Splitting Blade. The old man’s power was explosive, and each strike of his sword killed its target. He attacked seven times, killing seven Netherpassage experts.
“Heavens, is he a god? He’s crazy!” The Martial Heaven Alliance’s disciples were all dumbfounded. They had never seen someone like this, who slew Netherpassage experts so easily.
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No one was able to stop the old man with the Heaven Splitting Blade. Terrified, they knew fleeing was their only choice.
“Split the Heavens 8!” The old man roared and a fierce sword-image appeared, shaking the world. Space twisted so wildly that it was impossible to see anything.
The only thing they could hear was rumbling. It was like heaven and earth had been split. They gradually returned to their senses, and their vision was restored. Their realm wasn’t even high enough to see that attack.
After that attack, all they saw was seven figures tumbling back, wildly spurting blood. Their divine items had crumbled in their hands.
The other Netherpassage experts had vanished. Even Li Tianxuan and the patriarch were startled.
Li Tianxuan sighed, “The nine forms of Split the Heavens would make even ghosts and gods flee. This kind of power is unstoppable.”
The current old man was like a tiger off his mountain, a dragon soaring out of the sea. Although he had just advanced to the Netherpassage realm, with the Heaven Splitting Blade in his hand, he was dominating these experienced Netherpassage experts.
One of the Xuan Beast experts tried to stabilize himself as he tumbled back, but then a ray of Sword Qi severed his head.
A pale hand caught the head, and a woman appeared in the air, her sword stained with blood. Pointing her sword at the other Netherpassage experts, she shouted, “Surrender and I’ll spare your lives.”
Upon seeing that woman, Ye Lingshan was delighted. It was her master, the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance, Qu Jianying.
Behind Qu Jianying was a group of over ten Netherpassage experts who surrounded these people.
“Even if you surrender, you’ll still die.”
However, the old man didn’t listen and continued to attack the heavily injured Netherpassage experts. Each slash of his blade took one of their lives, and they were all killed.
On his own, the old man had killed almost all the Netherpassage experts. He was a bit out of breath, but the bloodstains on him made him appear even more domineering.
The old man stabbed the Heaven Splitting Blade into the ground. Leaning on it, he looked at Qu Jianying without saying anything.
“This again.” Long Chen clapped his head, feeling a headache coming on. These two could never get along.
“You… hmph, so after advancing to the Netherpassage realm, you think you can go against me?!” Qu Jianying roared furiously. The old man wasn’t giving her any face.
“Your words are stupid. First of all, even without advancing to the Netherpassage realm, I could still go against you. Second, these idiots insulted my children. What’s wrong with the elder standing up for the children? Could it be that I have to be like a certain coward who doesn't dare to say anything even after their own disciples are killed?” snorted the old man disdainfully.
“What do you think you’re saying?!” raged Qu Jianying.
“Hey, let’s all calm down. Don’t you think two seniors shouting at each other is a bit unsuitable in front of a hundred thousand disciples?”
Long Chen hastily flew forward, trying to mediate things. These two seemed to get worse tempers as they got older. If they were to really start fighting, that would be a giant joke.
Only then did Qu Jianying notice that over a hundred thousand disciples of the Martial Heaven Alliance were staring at them oddly.
Taking a deep breath, she said, “Some people forget past favors, even forgetting just who to thank for advancing to the Netherpassage realm.”
Qu Jianying’s eyes reddened slightly. She had made painstaking efforts to help the old man, but in the end, it was Long Chen who had managed to convince the old man to use her help.
Now, the old man had advanced to the Netherpassage realm, and if he didn’t want to listen to her, fine. But he actually went against her, putting her in such an embarrassing situation in front of so many people. She felt a bit aggrieved.
The old man’s expression immediately changed, and he was about to retort. “I-”
However, Long Chen hastily grabbed him, saying, “Alright, now isn’t the time to argue about this. There’s been major events in the Yin Yang World, so we have to hurry up. Discussing the important matters take precedence.”
“If you want to discuss something, discuss it yourselves. I’m just an old man, and there’s nothing for me to say. In any case, it won’t matter what I say. I’m leaving, and if you need something, just send me a message. The Heaven Splitting Battle Sect will fight.”
After saying that, the old man beckoned to Bao Buping and Chang Hao. The Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s disciples could only follow the old man as he left. Bao Buping and Chang Hao helplessly waved goodbye.
Long Chen smiled. “Alliance head, you shouldn’t argue with him. You know he has a temper. You heard what he said, as long as the Martial Heaven Alliance goes to war, he will join in. He just has a bad way of showing it.”
The old man was truly too stubborn, but the alliance head herself wasn’t much better off in that regard. She knew that he had that kind of temper but was still instantly provoked. As for the old man, seeing Qu Jianying aggrieved because of him, he had clearly felt guilty yet refused to lower his head. Was saying a few nice words really that difficult?
The old man didn’t even ask Long Chen what had happened in the Yin Yang World before leaving. He clearly didn’t want to stay here.
The Heaven Splitting Battle Sect’s people, from top to bottom, all had very direct characters. If they liked you, they would be willing to give their lives for you. If they didn’t like you, they wouldn’t even look at you. So their characters didn’t make them get along with the rest of the world.
Qu Jianying looked at the stubborn back of the old man as he left. Her mouth opened and shut a few times, but she didn’t say anything in the end.
“Let’s go. We can talk once we’re back at the Martial Heaven Alliance.” Qu Jianying waved her hand, bringing them back to the headquarters. With Qu Jianying and the others’ protection, they were finally returning.
Upon returning to the headquarters, the disciples finally relaxed. They felt like they had just gone through tribulation and been reborn. Some of the female disciples were even crying. The feeling of living was good.
Although they hadn’t felt fear in that intense battle to the death, that was because in that situation, they couldn’t afford to do so. Now that it was over, a lingering fear appeared.
On the other hand, the Dragonblood Legion’s people were all calm as if they hadn’t gone through anything at all. That made the Martial Heaven Alliance’s disciples feel even greater admiration for them.
They were true warriors. That intense slaughter was something that the Dragonblood Legion was already used to.
The young disciples began conversing with the Dragonblood warriors with great reverence. The headquarters became very lively.
“You should be the brilliant disciple of Daoist Heavenly Feather of the Divine Ice Palace.” Once they were back, Qu Jianying turned toward Ye Zhiqiu.
“I don’t dare to accept that praise, but yes, my master is Daoist Heavenly Feather. Ye Zhiqiu greets the alliance head.” Ye Zhiqiu bowed slightly.
Qu Jianying smiled. “It seems Daoist Heavenly Feather is still my senior…”
“Then does that mean I can call you senior apprentice-sister in the future?” Long Chen’s eyes suddenly brightened.
“Little brat, you dare to take advantage of me? Are you itching for a beating?” cursed Qu Jianying.
“How can it count as taking advantage? According to reason, Ye Zhiqiu is from the same generation as me and even my lover. Her master is your senior, so she should call you senior apprentice-sister, as should I,” said Long Chen.
“You… you little brat, which relation matters more, my relation with the old man or her master?”
“Well… that’s true. Then how about while Zhiqiu is present, I’ll call you senior apprentice-sister, and while she’s not, I’l
l call you based on the old man’s relationship with you…”
“Brat, you really are the same as that old bastard! As expected, the master raises the same kind of disciple!”
“Cough…” Li Tianxuan suddenly had a coughing fit, and the patriarch had a bitter smile. It seemed that even they had been included in this cursing.
“I’m not talking about you two. I’m talking about that old bastard who’s like a dung-covered rock, stinky and hard.” Only then did Qu Jianying recall that Long Chen wasn’t just a disciple of the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect but also the Xuantian Dao Sect.
Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Ye Lingshan, and the others all covered a smile.
“You, keep your mouth shut! I’ll handle you later.” Qu Jianying didn’t give Long Chen any chance to keep quibbling. She turned to Mo Nian. “The Mo family was once a blazing sun in this world. With them leading it, the ancient family alliance was a force to be reckoned with. Although the Mo family has now declined, don’t you think doing such dishonorable things all day is an embarrassment to your ancestors?”
Chapter 1917 Enemy Forces Come to Call
Qu Jianying’s tone was like a harsh elder criticizing her own child. Although it was harsh, she wasn’t treating Mo Nian as an outsider.
Mo Nian innocently said, “I don’t embarrass my ancestors at all. If anything, they would be proud of me for unearthing the remnants of our lost history. I’m bringing back the remnants of the immortals for the Martial Heaven Continent’s development…”
“Alright, you can stop. As expected, birds of a feather flock together. No wonder you’re so close to that fellow Long Chen. You shouldn’t learn from him,” said Qu Jianying, who couldn’t be bothered to continue listening to Mo Nian’s quibbling.
Mo Nian immediately said, “Senior, you really understand me. In truth, I was once an incomparably pure and motivated youth. I had such dreams… but then I encountered Long Chen. Ah, I can’t say any more, I’m going to cry…”
Mo Nian’s aggrieved expression immediately made Long Chen rage. “You were the bad sort from the start, so what does it have to do with me? Who do you think you’re trying to blame?”