“Bang!”
Long Bodhisattva’s fist suddenly enlarged several hundred times, like a massive cannonball, slamming violently into that enormous sword shadow.
With one punch, the void shattered.
The powerful shockwave spread out, and without exception, the mountain peaks within a thousand metres radius exploded into fragments.
The spectating Yin-Yang Sect disciples were so frightened that they retreated in horror.
“Puff!”
The towering sword shadow shattered instantly, and immediately after, Su Monyan spat blood and flew backwards, crashing through the grand and imposing city wall.
As for Long Bodhisattva, he stood in place, with nine cave heavens floating behind him. His aura was immense, like that of a heavenly deity.
A moment later.
“Cough cough…”
From beneath the shattered city wall came a bout of coughing. After a while, Su Monyan crawled up from the rubble.
At this moment, Su Monyan had lost all his previous elegance. His hair was dishevelled, his face bruised and swollen, his white robes stained red with blood and torn to shreds, with wounds everywhere on his body.
“I lost?” Su Monyan looked dazed. It had been a long time since he last tasted defeat.
“No, I am the eighteenth holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect. I cannot lose!”
With this thought, Su Monyan tried to gather his momentum again, but as soon as his true qi began to circulate, he coughed violently.
“Cough cough…”
Crimson blood trickled down from the corner of Su Monyan’s mouth. His body could scarcely stand steady.
“You are indeed impressive, but unfortunately, you encountered me.”
“No one at the cave heaven realm is my match. Geniuses like you will only serve as stepping stones on my path to fame and glory.”
“Given that you are a holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect, I will spare your life.”
“Be gone!”
Long Bodhisattva said coldly. If it were anyone else, he would have struck without mercy, but towards Su Monyan, he felt some trepidation.
What he dreaded was not Su Monyan’s strength, but his background.
Su Monyan was a holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect. Killing him would surely provoke pursuit from the sect’s powerhouses.
Though Long Bodhisattva was arrogant, he understood that at present, he did not yet have the qualifications to challenge a top sect like the Yin-Yang Sect.
Little did he know that Ye Qiu had borrowed his name to kill many from the Yin-Yang Sect, and now the sect was hunting him.
Su Monyan used his long sword to prop up his body and looked at Long Bodhisattva. “I admit it. You are very powerful. I am not your opponent. But you should not have provoked our Yin-Yang Sect.”
“The people of our Yin-Yang Sect are not for you to kill at will.”
“Anyone who challenges the Yin-Yang Sect meets a miserable end.”
Hearing this, Long Bodhisattva grew somewhat angry. He thought to himself, I merely challenged you. When did I ever challenge the Yin-Yang Sect?
Long Bodhisattva said, “I do not understand what you mean.”
“Do not understand? Long Bodhisattva, oh Long Bodhisattva, you are quite the actor.” Su Monyan said, “Even though I lost, today, you cannot leave.”
“What do you mean?” Long Bodhisattva glanced at the distant Yin-Yang Sect disciples with disdain. “You want to kill me? Do not be naive. With you, a defeated subordinate, and a bunch of small fry, you cannot kill me.”
Su Monyan’s face darkened. “Long Bodhisattva, it seems you have forgotten my status.”
“Are you not just a holy son of the Yin-Yang Sect? What is so remarkable about that?” Long Bodhisattva said. “If I joined the Yin-Yang Sect, I could become a holy son too, and the strongest one at that.”
Su Monyan laughed and said, “Long Bodhisattva, it appears you do not yet know that every holy son of a sect has powerhouses protecting them.”
What!
Long Bodhisattva’s expression changed.
At that moment, an elder appeared eerily beside Su Monyan.
The elder wore black robes, with all white hair and beard, emanating an extremely powerful aura.
Long Bodhisattva merely glanced at him and felt his soul trembling. This was absolute realm suppression.
“This man is a nascent soul realm powerhouse!”
Long Bodhisattva was alarmed inwardly and felt the urge to retreat. As soon as he moved his foot, he immediately sensed another powerful aura locking onto him. Turning his head, he saw a figure materialise from the air.
This was a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man had a square face, his hair bound with a golden crown, and a divine sword slung diagonally across his back. Though he stood with hands behind his back, a “clang clang” of sword hums emanated from his body.
“Another nascent soul realm powerhouse!”
Long Bodhisattva’s face grew grave.
“Hee hee hee.”
Suddenly, a shrill and piercing cackle echoed through the skies, sending chills through everyone’s body.
Long Bodhisattva turned back and saw a short and frail old woman walking towards them.
The old woman was thin and hunched, wearing a black cloth hat on her head and leaning on a tree-root staff. She was dressed in a large red floral jacket.
She appeared utterly decrepit, yet she stepped through the void as if on solid ground.
Long Bodhisattva noticed that the hand with which the old woman gripped the staff was like cracked old pine bark, full of fissures, very rough, which also indicated that she was extremely old.
“Eighteenth holy son, this old one did not arrive late, did she?” As the old woman spoke, her two shrivelled lips pursed and moved, revealing incomplete teeth.
Her face was like a wrinkled old tree bark, criss-crossed with gullies.
“Senior, you arrived just in time.” Su Monyan said.
At this moment, the sword-bearing middle-aged man and the elder both bowed slightly towards the old woman.
Evidently, the old woman’s status in the Yin-Yang Sect was not low.
The old woman halted her steps in the void and smiled. “This old one received the message from the eighteenth holy son and hurried through the night. Even so, she travelled over ten million li and finally reached here. Fortunately, she did not come late.”
Long Bodhisattva was shocked once more inwardly. She travelled over ten million li in one night?
“Damn it, this old hag is also a nascent soul realm powerhouse, and her cultivation is at least mid-nascent soul.”
Just as Long Bodhisattva thought this, he heard the old woman say, “This old one has been in seclusion for many years, with her realm stagnant all along. This time, coming out to breathe fresh air and see the scenery has brought some insights. It should not be long before she breaks through to the divine communication realm.”
What? This old hag is about to break through to the divine communication realm?
Does that not mean she is currently at nascent soul peak?
At this moment, Long Bodhisattva wished he could dismember Su Monyan into pieces. You bastard, I merely challenged you, yet you summoned three nascent soul powerhouses against me. No martial virtue!
“You are Long Bodhisattva?” The old woman looked at Long Bodhisattva and said chillingly, “Do you know your crimes?”
“What crimes have I committed?” Long Bodhisattva retorted.
“Hmph, unrepentant even at death’s door. The Sixth Elder was right. You are even more detestable than that Ye Wushuang.”
The old woman’s voice contained icy killing intent. Long Bodhisattva felt as if needles were pricking his scalp.
Almost simultaneously, the other two nascent soul powerhouses also fixed their gazes on Long Bodhisattva.
Su Monyan said, “Long Bodhisattva, at this point, why not surrender at once?”
Want to capture me? In your dreams.
Long Bodhisattva swiftly pulled half a stone disc from his sleeve. The next second, the stone disc erupted in brilliant white light.
“Saintly array pattern?”
The old woman realised Long Bodhisattva intended to flee and immediately struck.
