First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2628 – The Malevolent Sword Venerate Enters the Fray

Blood permeated the air, and desperate screams shook the heavens.

Over a hundred massive, perfectly straight chasms had appeared throughout the surrounding area, like criss-crossing spatial chasms.

Gu Huaxian was dead. The Western Paradise Spirit Mark had been destroyed, her body sliced to bits amidst that tyrannical sword qi.

In the last moments before her death, she looked at Su Yi with bitterness written all over her face.

She was his enemy from his past life. She, the old hunchback, and their allies had joined forces to kill Yi Daoxuan, and they’d cooperated with the Dipankara Buddha to end Li Fuyou in the Boundless Battlefield.

She would never have guessed that today, countless years later, she’d die at the hands of their reincarnation, much less… that she’d die in such an unseemly way, crushed like an ant beneath a haphazard swing!

It wasn’t just her. Pick any of the experts here at random, and you’d find a ruling figure of the present age.

Yet now, they were swatted like flies, dying in the blink of an eye. They knew no peace even in death!

Mo Yun and the other False Eternals from spacetime Forbidden Zones found this especially hard to bear. They’d endured bitterly for countless years, finally seizing a chance to advance further during the Dark Days of Legend. Their opportunity to reach the River of Destiny and establish true foundations in the Eternal Dao had finally arrived!

Who could have imagined that they’d die here in the Borderless Mountain before they could seize it?

A lifetime of ambition and striving went up in a puff of smoke when they died. Who… could accept that?

Heaven and earth shook.

In the end, only a handful of the hundred-plus prominent experts of the two alliances remained. These included Taishu Gong, the little girl, and several other False Eternals.

However, all of them were badly injured and utterly wretched, with dread written all over their faces!

Su Yi had just launched over a hundred attacks in rapid succession, each strong enough to instill terror in their hearts. Their minds were on the verge of collapse!

It was only then that they fully grasped what Su Yi had said earlier. It was true. When Su Yi used external power, the battle ceased to be interesting!

Even working together, and even controlling an even stronger killing formation, they were crushed like ants. It was completely one-sided!

“How is this possible…?” murmured the little girl. She lacked human emotions, but she struggled to accept this result. She couldn’t even imagine how Su Yi’s hidden card could be so unbelievable.

It wasn’t just the little girl. The others couldn’t imagine how Su Yi’s sword could be so terrifying, either.

They looked at him standing in the distance, covered in bleeding wounds, and felt utterly disconsolate, as if they’d just lost their parents.

There was no greater grief than the death of the heart.

Their will to fight had taken a heavy blow, and terror had taken root in their minds. They now understood the true meaning of helplessness and despair.

“I know that this isn’t all that you prepared, but I’m afraid you’ll never get the chance to show me the rest.” Su Yi walked forward and waved his arm.

Clang!

The Sword of the Nine Hells took to the sky. It was shrouded in mystery, and none could see it clearly, nor could they discern the origins of the power surging around it.

From a distance, it seemed as formless and indescribable as chaos itself.

The little girl’s tiny frame stiffened. As a spirit of the natural order, she was unafraid to die, and she knew nothing of fear or pain.

Still, she could clearly sense that if that sword struck her, she’d be destroyed beyond a doubt!

Taishu Gong and the others’ hopes turned to ash. They couldn’t even work up the will to fight back.

But it was then that a large, fair hand appeared out of nowhere and seized the Sword of the Nine Hells by the hilt!

The Sword of the Nine Hells shook violently.

The hand holding the Sword of the Nine Hells moved, and the sword qi shifted off course. It tore open a massive rift, then collapsed.

This sudden development left everyone who saw it stunned.

It was then that the little girl, Yu Chiyang, and the others finally saw what had happened clearly. They weren’t sure when, but a figure had appeared in their midst.

It was a man with long gray hair. He looked young, and his gaze was heavy and cold. He was dressed in wide-sleeved, ink-black robes.

His skin was as fair as jade, and he was tall and thin. Even just standing there casually, he seemed to preside tyrannically over all of creation, with endless sharpness.

And he held the Sword of the Nine Hells firmly in his grip!

Who is that? Taishu Gong and the other False Eternals were stunned.

However, the little girl recognized him, and her stiff frame silently relaxed. We’re saved!

Meanwhile, Su Yi saw the gray-haired man too. His features were entirely unfamiliar, but his aura and disposition were so distinctive that Su Yi recognized him at a glance. This was the Malevolent Sword Venerate!

The incarnation of his second lifetime’s negative karma!

Last time they met, the Malevolent Sword Venerate had sent a wisp of his power to borrow Shang Qiuyuan’s body. That was how he’d fought Su Yi.

The difference was that this time, although the Malevolent Sword Venerate hadn’t sent his true body, this was his true appearance!

Once the Malevolent Sword Venerate entered the scene, the chaotic landscape stilled. Indescribably terrifying pressure swept outward, enveloping everything on all sides.

Everyone who saw him felt paltry and insignificant.

“We meet again, Su Yi.” The Malevolent Sword Venerate turned to look at Su Yi. The Sword of the Nine Hells still shook in his grip, but no matter how hard it struggled, the Malevolent Sword Venerate held it fast.

Su Yi’s brow furrowed. The Malevolent Sword Venerate had seized the Sword of the Nine Hells during their last battle, too.

However… There was no way an incarnation of negative karma like the Malevolent Sword Venerate could control a treasure like the Sword of the Nine Hells. In the end, he’d suffered a severe backlash.

Yet even after that massive setback, here he was, playing the same old tricks and attempting to control the Sword of the Nine Hells once more. Su Yi couldn’t help but find this a bit out of the ordinary.

“I have to say, you’ve improved quite quickly over the past few years,” the Malevolent Sword Venerate said calmly. “But… Can you turn things around today without the Sword of the Nine Hells?”

As he spoke, he took in Su Yi’s injuries and blood-soaked robes. He looked wretched as could be.

Off in the distance, Taishu Gong, the little girl, and the others dared not speak. They’d been consigned to supporting roles.

The Malevolent Sword Venerate’s presence was so terrifying that even just standing there, he managed to intimidate everyone present!

“Last time, the Sword of the Nine Hells hurt you. Haven’t you learned your lesson?” Su Yi said calmly, neither happy nor sad.

The Malevolent Sword Venerate shook his head. “Last time, I tried to control it. That’s why it hurt me. Things are different this time; all I need to do is suppress it and prevent you from using it.”

Su Yi’s brow furrowed. He could indeed sense that his link with the Sword of the Nine Hells was under a terrifying suppression!

Nothing of the sort had ever happened before.

“You’re an incarnation of negative karma, and this isn’t even your true body. Even without the Sword of the Nine Hells, killing you won’t be difficult,” Su Yi said calmly. “And what about you? How are you supposed to fight me while diverting your energy toward suppressing the Sword of the Nine Hells?”

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, Su Yi took a step forward, appeared in front of the Malevolent Sword Venerate, and swung his right arm like a sword.

This time, he was using the power of reincarnation, as reincarnation was a natural counter to Karmic Tribulations.

The power of reincarnation played a critical role in defeating the incarnation of the Dipankara Buddha’s negative karma, Old Man Heart Devil, too.

But Su Yi’s slash hit nothing but air. The Malevolent Sword Venerate vanished, then reappeared in the distance, far from Su Yi.

“I came here today simply to suppress this sword and ensure you have no access to external power,” the Malevolent Sword Venerate said calmly. “Once you’re dead, the sword will belong to me, but that’s not all. Everything of yours will become mine!”

He glanced at the little girl in the distance. “Why aren’t you attacking yet? How long do you plan to wait?”

Boom!

The little girl gripped her spear and attacked suddenly.

Taishu Gong and the other False Eternals joined in. The Sword of the Nine Hells had been suppressed, so this was a prime opportunity to destroy Su Yi.

They knew it, too, so they struck with all their might.

This was unquestionably perilous for Su Yi, but he remained as calm as ever, entirely unaffected. He summoned the Sword of Proximity once more and launched into fierce combat.

He’d lost access to external power. That prevented him from flattening everyone around him.

Still, Su Yi had never fixated on external power. He sought his own path, his own Dao of the Sword.

In this lifetime, he’d never once pinned his hopes for survival on external items!

So what if he’d lost access to the Sword of the Nine Hells?

He’d just have to fight without it!

Kaboom!

Heaven and earth were in chaos. Firelight swept outward.

Su Yi was indeed badly injured earlier, but unlike before, the little girl no longer posed much of a threat.

This was because without the combat formation powered by eighteen Eternal avatars of will, she was just one person. She might have been fierce, but her power was nowhere near what it had been before.

As for Taishu Gong and the other False Eternals? Su Yi didn’t need any treasures whatsoever. He could destroy them bare-handed!

The true threats were the Malevolent Sword Venerate and the possibility of other unforeseen variables.

Admittedly the Malevolent Sword Venerate was staying out of things, but Su Yi knew that whether he won or lost today would come down to whether or not he could defeat his second incarnation’s negative karma.

Fortunately, thus far, suppressing the Sword of the Nine Hells required the Malevolent Sword Venerate’s undivided attention. He couldn’t afford to participate in the battle.

I’ve got to end this as quickly as possible! thought Su Yi.

The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be.

Boom!

Su Yi swung his palm, blocking the little girl’s attack, only for Taishu Gong to attack explosively from the sidelines.

He gripped a fiery spear and attacked as if risking it all.

Splurt!

The spear left a bloody hole through Su Yi’s chest.

Taishu Gong’s pupils constricted. Even he was stunned. Did Su Yi get complacent? Or is he running out of strength? Why didn’t he defend himself? He didn’t even try to dodge!

A moment later, Taishu Gong realized what Su Yi was really after.

As the spear pierced his chest, Su Yi turned, swung his sleeve, and punched three times in rapid succession.

The first punch blasted a False Eternal’s body to bits.

The second shattered another False Eternal’s skull.

The third bore a hole through a False Eternal’s chest!

It was just three punches, and he threw them all in a single burst of effort, yet he managed to slay three False Eternals on the spot.

It was just that crisp and direct, and just that tyrannical!