Chapter 1221: The Great Battle at Heaven-Severing Mountain, Lu Ding and Lei Xiao Join the Battlefield!

People from every faction were arriving.

Everyone had a temper.

When people with old grudges crossed paths, a fight was inevitable.

Not necessarily a fight to the death or to determine who was superior, but they definitely had to trade a few insults, stoke their anger, and then throw down!!!

Lei Xiao led Lu Ding over, and along the way, the two of them encountered countless battles.

Lei Xiao was practically itching to join in.

If Lu Ding had not been there, she would have jumped into every fight she saw. It had nothing to do with grudges or benefits, she simply enjoyed fighting!

Wherever there was a fight,

there Lei Xiao would be.

She was seriously addicted!!!

They continued until they reached the outer region near the opening point of Thunder Roar Hall.

People were fleeing from inside the opening point of Thunder Roar Hall toward the outside.

Explosions erupted in rapid succession behind them.

Lu Ding used Celestial Shift to intercept a panicked young man running away and asked, “Young man, what happened? Wasn’t Thunder Roar Hall supposed to open?”

“Why is everyone running outside?”

The young man who had been stopped glanced behind him, then at Lu Ding in front of him. His expression turned vicious. “Get out of the way! They’re about to catch up with us, let me go!!!!”

Lei Xiao: !!!!

“How dare you tell Brother Lu to get lost!? You son of a bitch!!!”

She immediately flew over from a distance and kicked the man, sending him embedded into the mountain.

Then she casually grabbed a female cultivator who had witnessed her flying kick and demanded, “You, tell Brother Lu what happened inside, or I’ll kill you!!!!”

Lu Ding at least showed some courtesy to strangers.

After all, he had standards.

Lei Xiao, on the other hand, simply did whatever she pleased. Whoever the other person was, she would curse their mother first.

Even if they had not provoked her, the moment she became displeased,

even the Jade Emperor himself would have to take her “your mother” first.

The female cultivator trembled. “In... inside, the Salvation Alliance and the various factions of Myriad Demons Gathering are clearing the area. They refuse to allow rogue cultivators or cultivators from smaller factions weaker than them to enter Thunder Roar Hall and seek opportunities.”

“People from Gouchen Hall, along with factions such as the Clear Wind Sect, are trying to stop them. They have already started fighting inside.”

When Lu Ding heard this, it was Gouchen Hall again, and the Salvation Alliance again. They were all “familiar faces” he had heard of but never met.

The former had accepted Shen Yingxia, the woman who had taken Fatty’s heart, into its ranks, while the latter was a purely demonic organization!!!

Naturally, Lu Ding would not let them have an easy time. With such a lively scene,

he absolutely had to join in.

He called to Lei Xiao, “Let’s go!”

Lu Ding vanished with Celestial Shift. Lei Xiao released the female cultivator in her hand and shot away like a streak of lightning, flashing past like a meteor. “Brother Lu, wait for me.”

Two figures, one ahead of the other.

At this moment,

up ahead,

the battle had already descended into total chaos.

On Gouchen Hall’s side, three men and two women were surrounded deep within the enemy ranks.

On the Clear Wind Sect’s side, four people had formed a formation. Sword light moved with the wind, leaving no trace even across a thousand miles.

There were also powerful rogue cultivators and experts from minor factions on every side, each of them fighting ferociously.

That was not to say that the people from Myriad Demons Gathering and the Salvation Alliance were weak. On the contrary, demonic energy surged into the heavens from both factions, while devilish energy blotted out the sky.

Their battle pulverized the surrounding mountain ranges and vaporized them. The winding, undulating terrain became a flat, bottomless pit. The emerald green covering the mountains was gone, replaced by a muddy yellow expanse across the ground.

A strangely handsome man from Myriad Demons Gathering spoke. “Why bother, Clear Wind Swordmaster? We never said we would stop the Clear Wind Sect from entering. We merely drove away some irritating and noisy ants. There is no need to fight to the death, is there?”

The Clear Wind Swordmaster wore a long robe and held a three-foot-long jade-green treasured sword. The wind of heaven and earth gathered around him as he leveled his sword. “The Thunder Roar Hall secret realm does not belong solely to Myriad Demons Gathering. Everyone should have a share. I am a member of the human race, so how could I stand by and watch you indulge your subordinates in slaughtering innocent people!?”

“The righteous energy of the clear heavens and earth surges forth. I wield my sword to purge demons and wickedness. Heavenly Demon, if you turn back from the wrong path, I will stop. If you remain stubbornly lost, then between you and me, one will die and one will live!”

The Heavenly Demon looked helpless.

The two had once been acquainted. Back then, the Clear Wind Swordmaster was not yet a swordmaster, and he was not yet the Heavenly Demon he was now. The two of them had once fought side by side.

At that time, the Heavenly Demon had gone to war with his own kind for a human girl who had helped him survive his human tribulation.

The Clear Wind Swordmaster, who had drawn his sword upon encountering injustice, had come to his aid. Only because of that could he protect the girl and ensure she remained unharmed. That battle also allowed Myriad Demons Gathering to see the Heavenly Demon’s potential and talent. They showed him mercy and accepted him into the Heavenly Demon Assembly.

The Clear Wind Swordmaster had also made his fearsome reputation during that battle.

Later, the girl unfortunately suffered a cultivation deviation and died. The Heavenly Demon buried her in Taogu. Every year on the anniversary of her death, one human and one demon would go to her grave to drink and recount everything that had happened to them over the past year.

However, because they stood on different sides, the two had to part at dawn and wait until the following year.

Such a relationship, both enemy and friend, had now brought them to the point of crossing blades because of their differing positions.

The Heavenly Demon spoke. “Do not make things difficult for me. You know that Immortal Linjiang dislikes noise. I have to clear the area.”

It sounded like an attempt to persuade him, but he was actually revealing information. Immortal Linjiang of Myriad Demons Gathering was coming, so it would be wiser to stop while he could. The Clear Wind Swordmaster could not defeat her.

The Clear Wind Swordmaster would not listen, nor did he want to. Not every situation was suitable for weighing gains and losses. He swept his sword across. “Enough talk. Fight!!!!”

The battle began again!!!!

Nearby,

Gouchen Hall faced the Salvation Alliance.

A man wearing armor with a sinister head on its shoulders used his arm guard to withstand the woman’s slash. After retreating half a step, he withdrew to a safe distance and looked at the woman wielding two chain-linked blades. “Miss Mu, if you continue stubbornly down this path, I will truly have my men surround you and kill you all!”

“Even if this reaches the Third Sovereign, I will have a perfectly valid reason. You had better know when to stop. Do not think you can take advantage just because you once shared a connection with the Third Sovereign!”

Mu Xuecheng swung her twin blades. “You had better watch your mouth. What do you mean, we shared a connection? He merely escorted me for part of the journey. I did not know he was a demon, that is all. I am human, and he is a demonic creature. If his identity had not been exposed outside Gouchen Hall back then, I might still be kept in the dark even today!!!”

Hearing this, the man in sinister armor truly felt that the Third Sovereign had been treated unfairly by his own woman’s words.

Disgusting!!!

When the Third Sovereign was young in this lifetime, he had formed a connection with Mu Xuecheng. He had escorted her all the way from a distant land to Gouchen Hall so she could reunite with her family.

They had endured countless hardships along the way and fought battles both large and small. Yet when they finally reached Gouchen Hall, the Third Sovereign had let down his guard, believing that with his methods, Gouchen Hall should not be able to discover that he was a demonic creature.

As a result,

Gouchen Hall saw through him and immediately attacked. If the Third Sovereign had not kept a backup plan, he would probably be known as the Fourth Sovereign by now!

The matter could be summarized in a single sentence, but all its twists and turns would be difficult to finish recording in an entire book.

All that gratitude and all those shared experiences had earned him the woman’s declaration, “I am human, and he is a demonic creature.”

The armored general grew agitated. “You are human, that much is true, but you have no human heart at all!!!!!”

“Our lord is not someone who demands repayment for favors, but you should still possess some gratitude. Instead, you speak like this. You ungrateful wretch, even if our lord punishes me afterward, I will still kill you, you vile woman, today!!!!”

“Unseal!!!!”

Boom!!!!!

A terrifying aura erupted from the armored general. His armor shattered and floated away, completely releasing the terrifying power that had been bound within it.

He charged forward with astonishing ferocity.

Lu Ding had just arrived. His ears were sharp, and he happened to hear the phrase “ungrateful wretch.”

That touched one of his deepest taboos. In this life, Lu Ding hated ungrateful wretches most of all.

Lei Xiao arrived right after him.

She rubbed her fists, eager to try, and looked at the factions engaged in the chaotic battle. Excitedly, she asked, “Brother Lu, who are we helping? Who are we hitting?”

The twin pupils within Lu Ding’s eye sockets shifted as he surveyed the battlefield.

He understood the situation in an instant. “Other than Gouchen Hall, help anyone you can. Other than the Clear Wind Sect, kill any demonic creatures you can. If a human provokes you, hit them!”

As Lu Ding spoke, he flicked back his scholar’s sleeve, revealing his left hand gripping Black Devours Sun.

“Charge!!!!”

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