First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 968: Fighting With All They’ve Got

The third Jailer to fall was a decrepit old man.

When Abstruse Celestial separated his head from his shoulders, the unmatched power bursting from the blade destroyed his body and soul in an instant.

Not even bones remained!

He killed his opponent with a snap of his fingers, as if they were made of rotten wood.

Barely any time had passed at all, but three Jailers had already perished!

This scene was astonishing, but more than that, it threw the battlefield into chaos.

A mere Spiritual Revolution Realm young man displayed power terrifying beyond imagination. Who wouldn’t have been surprised? Who wouldn’t have been terrified?

The other Jailers were still locked in furious combat, and all of their expressions filled with deep-seated dread. Their attacks became more conservative, and they were instantly on guard.

This dramatically decreased the pressure on Liu Changsheng, Zhan Beiqi, and the others.

However, they had ample experience on the battlefield, and they didn’t relax. Instead, they seized the opportunity to launch a counter-offensive!

“Junior Apprentice Brother, Fellow Daoist Wang, help me hold them back!” bellowed Liu Changsheng.

The Mad Sword Netherworld Sovereign famous throughout the Netherworld couldn’t help but feel inwardly rueful.

On the way here, he’d asked Su Yi how he planned to neutralize this impending crisis.

However, Su Yi didn’t seem at all interested in the question. He just said that all they needed to do was cooperate with him to restrict their opponents, and that he’d take care of the killing himself.

At the time, Liu Changsheng was flabbergasted and confused. He even suspected that Su Yi was ignorant of the height of the heavens or the depths of the earth.

But how could Liu Changsheng not understand by now?

“Quick, restrict their movements! Whatever we do, we can’t let them escape!” Wang Chonglu’s roar boomed like thunder.

The Demon Generals boiled over with killing intent and fought with everything they had.

Off in the distance, the red-robed Hong Ying said with a mix of alarm and surprise, “Your Excellency, why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”

The Netherworld King twisted a lock of blue hair growing from her temples and said with a faint smile. “Had I told you this earlier, how could this battle have taken place?”

“You…” Hong Ying’s heart sank as he realized he’d been tricked.

But he still couldn’t understand it, and his gaze was sinister. “Your Excellency, how is this any different from betraying the sect? Don’t forget: those who violate their Grand Dao Oaths are doomed to die and have their Daos extinguished.”

The Netherworld King jeered. Her gaze shifted, and she said gently, “Since I dared do this, how could I possibly be afraid of the backlash of my Grand Dao Oath?”

Hong Ying looked at her in obvious disbelief. “Aren’t you afraid of death?”

She laughed. “What do you think?”

Meanwhile, a miserable shriek resounded from the distant battlefield once more.

Yet another Jailer had fallen!

This bloody scene provoked Hong Ying so thoroughly that the veins bulged on his forehead. He set aside all other concerns, pressed down on the air, and charged explosively forward.

Four Jailers had been killed in the blink of an eye. How could Hong Ying tolerate this?

Boom!

His red robes billowed around him, and his entire body burst with black firelight. His mid-stage Profound Serenity cultivation interwove with the Laws of Heavenly Prayer, fusing into an utterly destructive, terrifying force.

The entire stretch of heaven and earth shook, and the skies showed signs of collapse.

Off in the distance, Liu Changsheng and the others held their breath, and their expressions shifted.

Strong! The Far Shore’s calamitous power of the Grand Dao really is taboo! Ye Luo’s eyes flashed, and his heart shook.

Watching Hong Ying attack from afar, even Ye Luo felt immense pressure bear down on him.

But it was then that leisurely, charming laughter rang out.

“Hong Ying, you really are stupid. Don’t tell me that even now, you’ve yet to realize who’s really trying to kill you?”

Before this voice finished echoing through the air, a streak of blood-red divine light flashed into being, ripping through the skies as it shot explosively toward Hong Ying.

The Netherworld King had attacked!

She dealt an utterly tyrannical blow right off the bat.

Hong Ying’s body suddenly stiffened, and he activated his trump card without the slightest hesitation.

“Activate!”

He bellowed, and a black seal swept through the air, bursting with appalling divine light.

Upon closer inspection, it was only about the size of a fist, and it was perfectly cubical. Its base had the word “Buddha” carved on it in wormlike, contorted Dao Markings.

Bang!!!

Its rumbling shook both heaven and earth.

The black seal forcefully blocked the Netherworld’s crimson divine radiance. When the two powers clashed, their point of impact erupted with terrifying waves of destructive power that swept outward.

Thud thud thud!

Even though Hong Ying blocked her attack, he staggered backward in midair, and his face paled. It hurt so much that he almost coughed up blood.

Everyone was flabbergasted. None of them had anticipated this sudden development.

Internal conflict? Ye Luo’s eyebrows rose. He, too, felt a bit caught off guard.

It was truly unbelievable.

Who could have anticipated that in this bloody, perilous grand battle, the two strongest experts of the Far Shore would fight amongst themselves?

Liu Changsheng, Zhan Beiqi, and the others could never have anticipated this development.

Even the three remaining Jailers felt completely caught off guard. This came as an enormous shock, and disbelief was written all over their faces.

After all, as experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilion, all of them had sworn an oath upon entering the sect. No matter who they were, anyone who chose to betray the sect was sure to suffer the backlash of their Grand Dao Oath and perish on the spot.

Yet now, the Seventh Warden had betrayed them!

It was then that Su Yi shot forward, sword swinging.

He struck three times in rapid succession, quick as lightning.

Splurt, splurt, splurt!

Practically simultaneously, three muffled impacts rang out.

Bloody gashes appeared on the throats of all three remaining Jailers.

A moment later, their bodies exploded, and their souls scattered.

As of now, all seven of the Jailers Hong Ying had brought with him had died in battle!

This bloody scene caused a commotion among all who saw it.

Meanwhile, Su Yi’s gaze had already turned toward the distant Netherworld King. He smiled, “I just knew you wouldn’t just sit back and watch.”

The Netherworld King laughed. “This is what they mean by tacit understanding.”

Hong Ying was so angry that his lungs practically exploded, and his eyes practically burst.

By now, how could he fail to realize that this whole battle was actually an exquisitely prepared trap the Seventh Warden had placed just for him?

The others reacted too, and their expressions turned a bit strange.

So, that guy long since teamed up with that terrifying woman… Wang Chonglu was inwardly wistful, and he felt his horizons broadening.

Liu Changsheng, Zhan Beiqi, and the others sighed in relief.

All seven of the Jailers had fallen.

Only one opponent remained on the battlefield!

It didn’t feel quite real; they almost felt as if they were dreaming.

Before the battle broke out, who could have anticipated that the one to turn the tides would be a Spiritual Revolution Realm youth like Su Yi?

Or that the Jailers would fall beneath his sword like wheat beneath a farmer’s scythe?

Even more unbelievably, even that stunning, terrifying woman standing amongst their enemies had long since joined forces with Su Yi in secret!

Even though Liu Changsheng and company had experienced their fair share of wind and waves, these unbelievable scenes playing out in rapid succession left them repeatedly stunned.

“It seems that today’s business deal… really might not pan out…” Ye Luo rubbed his cheeks. Everything he’d just seen was like a series of crisp slaps across the face, and it left his cheeks red and stinging.

Especially the way he’d teased and disdained Su Yi. Thinking back on it now, he felt awkward and ashamed.

Embarrassing!

The smell of blood permeated the air, and the waves churned.

Destructive energy fluctuations still rippled through the sky.

All eyes converged on Hong Ying.

Hong Ying had obviously realized his predicament. Despite his anger, he calmed himself down and started planning his escape.

The Netherworld King’s beautiful eyes flashed, and she said softly, “The Grand Heavenly Libationer actually lent you a treasure like the Buddha’s Seal of Life and Death?”

Hong Ying’s gaze was icy, fierce, and imposing. “Seventh Warden, do you really plan to betray the sect!?”

The Netherworld King’s beautiful eyes shone with disdain, and she attacked directly; she couldn’t even be bothered to speak to him.

Boom!

Her fair hand beckoned, and a rain of blood-red light fell.

“Go!” Hong Ying activated the black seal and attacked the Netherworld King.

A grand battle broke out.

The crowd’s hearts shook.

Both the Netherworld King’s power and Hong Ying’s display of strength were unimaginably mighty and terrifying. Both were far beyond the Jailers.

Even Liu Changsheng and Zhan Beiqi looked utterly grave. They realized that, had Hong Ying fought from the start, they couldn’t possibly have fought back!

But it was then that Su Yi suddenly stepped forth and shot into the fray.

“Shit!” Hong Ying’s expression shifted. He’d already sensed that Su Yi could counter the Laws of Heavenly Prayer, so his heart clenched when he saw Su Yi charge over.

I have to get out of here as soon as possible!

Hong Ying gnashed his teeth, visibly steeled himself, and activated his entire cultivation base.

Boom!

The object the Netherworld King called the Buddha’s Seal of Life and Death suddenly rumbled with the sound of the Dao and surged with dazzling light. Shockingly, it broke right through the Netherworld King’s attempts to hold Hong Ying back.

A moment later, Hong Ying blurred into a streak of light and attempted to flee.

Zhan Beiqi suddenly swung his saber.

Whoosh!

Fierce, tyrannical saber qi swept through the sky, like a natural chasm in the air.

“Scram!” Hong Ying bellowed and slammed the Buddha’s Seal of Life and Death down, shattering the saber qi trying to hold him back.

But immediately afterward, Liu Changsheng swung his sword and attacked.

And then, Wang Chonglu activated and thrust his purple spear.

There was no doubt about it: no one planned to give Hong Ying a chance to flee!

This left Hong Ying both alarmed and furious. He poured his energy into his treasures like mad and attempted to break free.

But then, the Netherworld King attacked again, and Zhan Beiqi, Liu Changsheng, and the others joined forces to seal off all possible escape routes.

There was nowhere left to run!

Hong Ying’s eyes were instantly bloodshot. His qi ran wild, and he rasped, “Even if I die, I’m taking you all down with me!”

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, his cultivation base seemed to catch ablaze, and his aura soared!

“The Art of Refining Blood and Burning the Dao!” The Netherworld king’s pupils constricted, and she shouted, “Quick, run!”

This was one of the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s forbidden techniques. It sacrificed the user’s life force and cultivation base, but in exchange, it granted them an explosive burst of destructive power that was terrifying beyond limit.

Never mind experts of the same cultivation; if Hong Ying attacked them in this state, even those of stronger cultivations would suffer unimaginably dire consequences.

Everyone’s expressions shifted.

“Want to run? You’re too late!” Hong Ying threw back his head and burst into laughter. He was utterly frenzied.

Boom!

He suddenly activated the Buddha’s Seal of Life and Death. An utterly destructive energy fluctuation swept out in all directions.

In that moment, heaven and earth seemed to collapse, and everything dimmed.

The Netherworld King, Liu Changsheng, and Zhan Beiqi stiffened from head to toe. They felt as if they’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

It was too late to flee.

This attack had already locked them down completely.

Even Ye Luo, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt his hair stand on end. His expression shifted dramatically.

But it was then that a strange and inscrutable sword hum reverberated through Hong Ying’s ears.