Ye Guan had just turned his head when a woman already stood before him. She wore a pale purple long dress, a red sash tied at her waist. Her slender waist could be encircled with one hand. Her ink-black hair cascaded like flowing clouds, falling to her waist. She was truly peerless in elegance and grace.
In the woman’s hand, she held a sword.
A sword cultivator?
Ye Guan was stunned.
At that moment, the woman suddenly thrust her sword forward.
It was a very calm strike, without any sword intent or momentum, but—
Boom!
The moment ‘Lu Tian’ reached her, he was instantly forced back a thousand zhang by this single sword.
After ‘Lu Tian’ stopped, he glanced at his right hand. In the centre of his palm was a deep sword mark.
‘Lu Tian’ narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at the woman holding the sword in the distance and gave a light laugh. “So it is Mu Tiandao, the fourth sword of the mortal world!”
Mu Tiandao!
The fourth sword of the mortal world. In truth, she should now be considered the fifth sword of the mortal world!
Of course, that was not important!
What mattered was her attainment in the way of the sword. As long as the first four swords did not appear, she was invincible.
When Mu Niannian appeared, Li Ban Zhi, who stood nearby, immediately let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, for safety’s sake, she had informed Mu Niannian back then and asked her to return to hold the line. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
The number of powerhouses the True World had sent today was simply far too many.
Mu Niannian glanced at ‘Lu Tian’. Just as ‘Lu Tian’ was about to speak, Mu Niannian suddenly raised her hand and struck with another sword.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, before anyone could react, ‘Lu Tian’ was forced back another thousand zhang!
When he stopped this time, his right arm suddenly fell from the shoulder. Blood sprayed out like a fountain.
‘Lu Tian’ narrowed his eyes. He looked at Mu Niannian. Just as he was about to speak, Mu Niannian struck with yet another sword.
Boom!
‘Lu Tian’ retreated another thousand zhang!
This time, when he stopped, his left arm also fell away. Blood gushed forth, a horrifying sight.
Two swords, two arms severed!
Yet ‘Lu Tian’ actually laughed. “As expected of the one who once followed the Human Sword Lord to slaughter her way into my True World. Impressive. Truly impressive!”
Boom!
As his voice fell, ‘Lu Tian’s’ body trembled violently. Then, a middle-aged man slowly floated out from within ‘Lu Tian’s’ body.
The middle-aged man wore luxurious robes. His full head of white hair was unbound, gently drifting in the wind. Between his brows carried an aura of natural authority without anger.
His hands were intact!
Below him, however, Lu Tian had lost both arms.
Lu Tian’s face looked extremely ugly. Why was it he who had been injured?
Mu Niannian stared at the middle-aged man. “Among the nine great divine emperors of the True World’s Town Heaven Gate, eight have been beaten by me. I suppose you must not be the last one.”
The middle-aged man smiled. “I am the tenth. The one who advanced first. Taihe Divine Emperor!”
As he spoke, he gave a slight smile. “I never expected Mu Tiandao would appear today. Very well. I have long wanted to fight Mu Tiandao. Please grant me guidance.”
As his voice fell, he suddenly took a step forward. In an instant, the entire world became illusory, then began to extinguish bit by bit.
Seeing this scene, the faces of all the powerhouses who had been fighting around them changed dramatically. They immediately stopped and retreated violently at the same time.
Beside Ye Guan, the Shadow Woman suddenly spread her right hand and pressed down gently. In that instant, the spacetime around her and Ye Guan was enveloped by a mysterious power.
At that moment, the Taihe Divine Emperor suddenly clenched his right hand tightly. Countless mysterious great daos instantly surged from heaven and earth, then poured into the centre of his right palm.
Hand grasping the daos of the myriad heavens!
In this moment, the entire Little Guan Continent began to tremble violently. The area within nearly a million li around Guanxuan Academy started to extinguish inch by inch.
Everyone was horrified!
Seeing this scene, however, Ye Guan beside the Shadow Woman felt his blood surge with excitement!
A true powerhouse!
This was what a top-tier powerhouse between heaven and earth looked like!
He had to admit, his previous horizons had truly been too narrow.
Splitting a mountain? What was that?
In the future, he wanted to split the heavens!
The heavens: “…”
Just then, the Taihe Divine Emperor suddenly looked towards Mu Niannian. He grinned, then smashed out a fierce punch.
Boom!
Suddenly, a fist imprint containing countless great daos swept across the field, heading straight for Mu Niannian.
Mu Niannian’s expression remained calm. She suddenly took a step forward and thrust out a sword.
Still that calm sword!
Boom!
With this thrust, the fist imprint was immediately forced to a halt in place by the sword. Yet the surrounding heaven and earth began to burn and extinguish at that moment.
Mu Niannian narrowed her eyes slightly and slashed down with another sword.
Boom!
The fist imprint shattered completely!
But right then, a terrifying force suddenly swept across the field.
Mu Niannian thrust out another sword.
This sword struck directly against a fist beam.
Boom!
In an instant, heaven and earth were extinguished, plunging into pitch darkness.
Yet in front of Mu Niannian, the Taihe Divine Emperor was forced back several thousand zhang. However, Mu Niannian did not press her advantage to pursue!
In several exchanges, she had never pursued!
Seeing this, Ye Guan’s face immediately darkened. He glanced around, then looked at the Shadow Woman beside him. “Big Sister Shadow, there are still god-level powerhouses around us. And they may be even stronger than this Taihe Divine Emperor!”
The Shadow Woman asked, “How can you tell?”
Ye Guan looked at the distant Mu Niannian and said gravely, “This Mu Tiandao had several chances to press the advantage and pursue, but she did not. Moreover, she has always stayed very close to me. Clearly, she is guarding against a god in the shadows.”
He paused for a moment, then continued, “If I am not mistaken, the reason Taihe Divine Emperor acted was because an even stronger god-level powerhouse has arrived. He wanted to lure Mu Tiandao into attacking proactively. Once Mu Tiandao took the initiative to attack, the god in the shadows would immediately strike at me. He simply did not expect that Mu Tiandao would not fall for his trap!”
There really is a god in the shadows!
The Shadow Woman frowned slightly. She slowly closed her eyes and sensed the surroundings. After a moment, she shook her head. “I cannot sense anything!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan’s face darkened.
If even this Shadow Woman big sister could not sense it, then there was only one explanation: the god in the shadows must be incredibly powerful.
Thinking of this, Ye Guan asked in his heart, “Tower Master, how strong is that god in the shadows?”
Little Tower replied, “Strong!”
So there really is one!
Ye Guan hesitated for a moment, then said, “Tower Master, there is a god powerhouse in the shadows. Why didn’t you remind me?”
Little Tower said, “You are so clever. Even without me reminding you, you would have guessed it.”
Ye Guan had black lines all over his face. “But what if I hadn’t guessed it?”
Little Tower said, “What does that have to do with me? If you get beaten to death, there is nothing I can do about it either. After all, I am just a tower!”
Ye Guan fell silent.
It was over!
Tower Master had started slacking off.
In the distance, the Taihe Divine Emperor stared at Mu Niannian without speaking.
Clearly, this woman had already seen through his true intentions.
At that moment, Mu Niannian suddenly said, “All powerhouses of Guanxuan Academy, retreat immediately to behind the young master!”
Hearing Mu Niannian’s words, all the Guanxuan Academy powerhouses in the field did not hesitate at all. They quickly retreated behind Ye Guan.
Mu Niannian suddenly turned and slashed with a sword.
Sizzle!
Heaven and earth were directly torn apart. A thousand-zhang-wide spacetime tunnel appeared before Ye Guan and the others.
Mu Niannian looked at Ye Guan. “Take them to the Zhou Realm. Protect them well. They should not participate in this kind of battle.”
The people who remained in Guanxuan Academy were actually those who temporarily did not yet qualify to go to the True Void Battlefield. Only when their strength reached a certain level could they head to the True Void Battlefield. Yet now, these people from Guanxuan Academy had to face the most elite powerhouses from the god world!
This was definitely not acceptable!
Moreover, these people in the academy could be said to represent the future of the academy. If they all died here, the academy’s future would suffer a severe break in continuity.
This time, Ye Guan did not waste any words. He immediately said, “Let’s go!”
With that, he turned and walked towards the spacetime tunnel.
The others in the field also hurriedly followed.
But right then, a divine lord in the distance suddenly said, “You want to leave?”
As he spoke, he was about to act. At that moment, a sword light suddenly flashed across the field.
Sizzle!
Before the divine lord could react, his brow was pierced straight through.
Mu Niannian turned her head and coldly glanced at those gods. “Try moving again!”
The gods looked at Mu Niannian. Their expressions were extremely grave.
They were all very familiar with this Mu Tiandao.
Back then, she had followed the Human Sword Lord to slaughter her way into the True World. In that battle, the Human Sword Lord became famous in a single fight. And among those who became famous alongside him was Mu Tiandao.
It was precisely that battle that forced the entire True World to truly take the Guanxuan Universe seriously for the first time!
In all of history, it was the first time the True World had been invaded by outsiders. It was said that in that battle, the Human Sword Lord had slain over a million gods… among them, over a thousand divine emperors had fallen.
Of course, that was only once.
After that battle, no one from the Guanxuan Universe had ever managed to fight their way into the True World again.
Mu Niannian suddenly looked towards Chen Guanzi, who was about to enter the spacetime tunnel. “Sword Sect’s Chen Guanzi!”
Chen Guanzi looked towards Mu Niannian. Mu Niannian stared at him. “If a powerhouse above divine emperor appears, summon the ancestors immediately!”
Summon the ancestors!
This was the final trump card of the Sword Sect.
However, because Ye Xuan had once made an agreement with the True Void World that powerhouses above the God-Breaking Realm were not allowed to act, this trump card of the Sword Sect was also restricted.
Moreover, in that battle back then, the Azure Robe Sword Lord, Heavenly Mandate, and Carefree Sword Cultivator had all chosen not to act for the sake of Ye Xuan’s God-Breaking. Three million years later, no one could guarantee whether the Azure Robe Sword Lord would descend.
But she felt that if the son would not help and the grandson would not help either, then there really was no need to change the surname back.
From now on, they could just keep the surname Ye!
Hearing Mu Niannian’s words, Chen Guanzi gave a slight nod. Then, leading the group of sword cultivators behind him, he disappeared into the distance.
Mu Niannian raised her head to look at Tian Xiu and Qi Bi Tian in the sky. “Miss Tian Xiu, I must trouble you and the others to stay here with me to hold the rear.”
Tian Xiu nodded. “Very well!”
In truth, they could not leave either. Their opponents were also very strong.
Right now, both sides were holding each other back. What remained was to see whose reinforcements would arrive first.
In the distance, the Taihe Divine Emperor stared at Mu Niannian. Mu Niannian, together with Tian Xiu, Qi Bi Tian, and the others, guarded the entrance to the spacetime tunnel.
For a moment, both sides reached a deadlock.
Qi Bi Tian suddenly asked, “Miss Niannian, why have the people from the True Void World still not arrived to provide support?”
Mu Niannian shook her head. “They cannot come anymore!”
Qi Bi Tian was stunned.
Mu Niannian said softly, “The moment they learned Ye Guan’s true identity, the True World would immediately launch a full-scale assault to pin down Aro and the others in the True Void World!”
Qi Bi Tian frowned slightly. “If no one from the True Void World can come to provide support, and once the True World’s powerhouses arrive as reinforcements, then the little fellow and the others…”
Mu Niannian said, “There is still another reinforcement!”
Qi Bi Tian was surprised. “Who?”
Mu Niannian said softly, “Never underestimate a mother at any time. In today’s situation, his mother must have anticipated it. So… just watch!”
Qin Guan!
In that battle back then, this woman had also slaughtered her way into the True World!
Moreover, she had killed even more gods than the Human Sword Lord!
Others killed one by one.
But she was different. She killed in swathes!
