That night, Long Bodhisattva had a beautiful dream.
In the dream, he overthrew all the cave heaven realm experts in the cultivation world. Whether they were the holy sons of the major sects or genius prodigies, they were all trampled under his feet.
In the end, his name resounded throughout the entire cultivation world.
“Heaven would not have given birth to me, Long Bodhisattva, and the cultivation world would be in eternal night!”
Hum.
Suddenly, a chilling aura blanketed the sky and earth. Long Bodhisattva, who was asleep, abruptly opened his eyes.
“Has one of the Yin-Yang Sect’s holy sons arrived?”
Long Bodhisattva was somewhat excited. He walked to the window and looked down, discovering a youth in white clothes standing below.
The youth carried a long sword on his back and was handsome like jade. Behind him followed three cave heaven initial stage powerhouses and over a hundred Yin-Yang Sect disciples, precisely those from the previous night.
The youth seemed to sense something and looked up at Long Bodhisattva, his gaze like eternal cold ice.
Long Bodhisattva was as arrogant as ever and shouted, “Who are you? State your name!”
The youth said, “I am Su Monyan, the eighteenth holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect.”
At this moment, one of the cave heaven initial stage powerhouses behind Su Monyan shouted, “Long Bodhisattva, with the eighteenth holy son’s gracious arrival, why do you not surrender at once?”
Long Bodhisattva looked at that cave heaven realm powerhouse with utter disdain and said, “You are nothing but a waste. If you dare prattle on in front of me again, beware lest I smash your mouth to pieces.”
“You.” That cave heaven initial stage powerhouse turned livid with rage upon hearing this and was about to speak again when Su Monyan interrupted him.
Su Monyan looked coldly at Long Bodhisattva and said, “So you are Long Bodhisattva? Indeed very arrogant.”
“Do you dare to fight outside the city?”
Long Bodhisattva replied, “Why not fight here? Why go outside the city?”
Su Monyan said, “I fear that once my sword qi erupts, this city will be destroyed.”
“Oh, even more arrogant than me?” Long Bodhisattva grew interested and said, “Then let us fight outside the city. Allow me to witness just how formidable your sword qi truly is.”
Su Monyan turned and flew towards the outskirts of the city, with Long Bodhisattva following closely behind.
As for those Yin-Yang Sect disciples, they all hurried after them as well.
They arrived outside the city.
The two exchanged no idle words and struck directly.
Su Monyan’s body turned into a streak of flowing light as he charged forward, his fist blasting fiercely towards Long Bodhisattva.
The momentum was earth-shaking.
“Boom!”
Long Bodhisattva met it with a punch of his own. Terrifying power swept through the eight directions, colliding against Su Monyan’s fist.
“Clang!”
The two fists clashed, resounding like a thunderclap from the heavens. The fluctuations emanating from their bodies levelled the ground within a hundred metres around them
Trees a hundred metres away snapped in unison, and the surrounding stones were swept into the air, reduced to powder.
This first clash was merely a probe.
“Retreat quickly.” The Yin-Yang Sect disciples, witnessing this scene, were terrified and rapidly withdrew a thousand metres.
“Not bad power.” Long Bodhisattva looked at Su Monyan, grinned, and continued, “But still far inferior to mine.”
Hmph!
Su Monyan snorted coldly. For his second punch, immense power erupted like the wrath of world destruction, spreading forth with devastating force and causing the surrounding void to tremble violently.
This punch was enough to shatter an entire mountain peak.
“Well met!”
Long Bodhisattva roared loudly, shaking the firmament. His body transformed into a gale of wind, slamming fiercely against Su Monyan’s fist.
“Boom!”
In that instant, the violent collision caused the void to collapse. The radiating shockwave directly razed three mountain peaks hundreds of metres away to the ground.
“Again!”
Long Bodhisattva had come out this time precisely to challenge the geniuses of the major sects. Having finally encountered a holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect, his battle intent surged uncontrollably.
“Boom!”
Long Bodhisattva shot forth like a cannonball, tearing through the void. His right fist carried heaven-shaking might as it smashed ruthlessly towards Su Monyan.
Su Monyan’s expression grew solemn. Though this was still a probe, he felt immense pressure from Long Bodhisattva.
“Roar!”
Su Monyan roared, channelling his power and swiftly countering.
The next second.
“Bang!”
Su Monyan was sent flying horizontally, crashing to the ground hundreds of metres away and spitting blood.
“What, the eighteenth holy son has been defeated?”
In the distance, the spectating Yin-Yang Sect disciples were each chilled to the bone in shock.
“That Long Bodhisattva is too monstrous!”
“No wonder he is so arrogant; his strength is truly terrifying!”
“Disaster. If the eighteenth holy son cannot hold back Long Bodhisattva, what are we to do?”
At this point, one of the cave heaven initial stage powerhouses said, “Do not panic. The eighteenth holy son has not truly lost; that was merely mutual probing. Next, the eighteenth holy son will get serious.”
Long Bodhisattva looked at Su Monyan with disdain and said, “Is this all the ability of the Yin-Yang Sect’s holy son? How disappointing.”
“Do not be so smug. I am not skilled in fist arts to begin with. Next, I will let you witness my swordsmanship.” Su Monyan stood up from the ground, his right hand reaching behind to grasp the sword hilt.
Clang.
The long sword was unsheathed.
In an instant, Su Monyan seemed like a completely different person. His eyes were exceedingly sharp, his body brimming with endless edge, as if he were a divine sword incarnate.
“Nine Nether Sword Canon!”
Su Monyan’s voice pierced gold and cracked stone, echoing through the skies. The next moment, streaks of peerless sword light burst forth from his long sword.
Over ten thousand in number!
Each strand of sword qi stretched dozens of feet long, radiating razor-sharp brilliance and surging with murderous intent that pierced the heavens.
If Ye Qiu were present, he would certainly find this sword strikingly similar to his own Killing Life Technique, but its power was countless times greater than the Killing Life Technique.
Looking out, the void was filled densely with sword qi, murderous aura permeating everywhere, making one feel as if they had descended into the nine netherworlds, utterly horrified.
“A bit interesting.” Long Bodhisattva narrowed his eyes.
Su Monyan took a step, appearing in the void, surrounded by the ten thousand strands of sword qi, his killing intent world-shaking.
He looked down imperiously at Long Bodhisattva and said coldly, “With the Nine Nether Sword Canon, I once defeated over a hundred fellow disciples and ultimately became the eighteenth holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect.”
“Long Bodhisattva, savour it well!”
As his words fell, Su Monyan slashed down with his sword.
In that instant, the ten thousand sword qi lashed out in unison, cleaving heaven and earth, immediately engulfing Long Bodhisattva below.
This was an exceedingly terrifying offensive method.
“Clang clang clang.”
The incisive sword qi streaked like bolts of lightning, erupting in dazzling radiance, as if intent on cleaving the very earth asunder.
“Now this is more like the prowess of a holy son.”
Far from alarmed, Long Bodhisattva rejoiced and immediately launched his counterattack.
His method of retaliation was simple: both hands swung in fists, broad and unrestrained, causing the void to quake.
Long Bodhisattva was like a war god, invincible in all directions, his body exuding a wild and ferocious aura.
He advanced relentlessly, and the encircling sword qi shattered under his fists before it could even draw near.
“Bang bang bang!”
Long Bodhisattva’s fists seemed indestructible; not a single strand of sword qi could withstand him.
Just as it seemed the ten thousand sword intents were about to be utterly extinguished, Su Monyan swung his long sword once more.
“Clang!”
The sword’s hum shook the heavens.
In that instant, a hundred thousand sword qi materialised in the void, forming a forest of towering swords.
