“Too fierce!”
Ye Qiu was practically shaking with excitement. He had never dreamt that Gu Du Wudi, single-handedly, could force three saints to their knees.
“Worthy of the Sword Saint of Shushan, truly unrivalled beneath the heavens.” Long-browed Zhenren was equally stunned.
Everyone else simply stared at Gu Du Wudi in dumb silence, too terrified to speak.
Gu Du Wudi stood atop that strand of sword qi as though he had climbed to the peak of Mount Tai itself, gazing down upon all lesser mountains. His invincible demeanour was on full display.
This was an eternal tableau.
No matter how many years passed, this scene would remain engraved in people’s hearts, never to fade.
“Ah…”
The three saints’ bodies were on the verge of being crushed to pieces by the sword qi. They threw their heads back and roared, brimming with humiliation.
“Trash will always be trash. Even becoming saints cannot change your trash nature.”
Gu Du Wudi spoke coldly. Just as he prepared to stamp down and end the three saints, Wuji Tianzun’s voice rang out.
“Gu Du Wudi, release them!”
“In light of the effort you have put into your cultivation, this seat will spare your life.”
“So long as you bring Ye Changsheng and join our Yin-Yang Sect, all past enmity will be wiped away.”
Wuji Tianzun stood with hands clasped behind his back, his robes fluttering without wind, his aura transcendent.
Yet Gu Du Wudi’s reply was only four words.
“Who the hell are you?”
The instant the words left his mouth, his foot came crashing down.
“Dong!”
In that moment, divine light exploded beneath his foot. Terrifying power flooded the sword qi, instantly multiplying its strength thousands, millions of times over.
Swish!
At that very instant, Wuji Tianzun appeared behind the three saints. With just two fingers, he calmly halted the descending sword qi, his expression serene.
“What?”
The crowd was stunned.
They had all witnessed Gu Du Wudi’s power, yet none had expected Wuji Tianzun to block that sword qi with only two fingers.
A faint change crossed Gu Du Wudi’s face, a trace of gravity flashing deep in his eyes.
“With this seat here, you cannot kill them.”
As Wuji Tianzun spoke, his two fingers suddenly blazed with boundless light. In a flash, the sword qi disintegrated completely.
The three saints immediately scrambled to their feet and hurriedly took shelter behind Wuji Tianzun.
“Many thanks, Heavenly Venerable.”
The three saints expressed their gratitude. Had Wuji Tianzun not intervened in time, they would already have perished.
Although being forced to kneel was an unbearable disgrace, none dared attack Gu Du Wudi again. Their gazes towards him were now filled with fear.
Wuji Tianzun looked at Gu Du Wudi and said, “You are merely an ordinary saint, yet you can wield the combat strength of a Great Saint. This seat admires you.”
“Join the Yin-Yang Sect. This seat will treat you well.”
“For your sake, this seat can spare Ye Changsheng’s life and even appoint him divine son of the Yin-Yang Sect. What do you say?”
Wuji Tianzun’s move was clever. If Ye Qiu joined the Yin-Yang Sect, the treasures on him would eventually fall into his hands.
Moreover, he would gain Gu Du Wudi, this extraordinarily powerful sword saint, giving him far greater confidence when destroying the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Two birds with one stone. Delightful.
Yet how could he know that Gu Du Wudi had once been the sect leader of the Shushan Sword Sect? How could a sect leader ever bow to serve another?
Furthermore, Gu Du Wudi could see perfectly well that Wuji Tianzun harboured ill intentions.
“It is not impossible for me to join the Yin-Yang Sect.” Gu Du Wudi’s tone shifted. “However, I have one condition.”
Hearing this, Wuji Tianzun’s expression eased. He smiled and said, “Let alone one condition, this seat would agree to a hundred.”
“No, I only need you to accept one.” Gu Du Wudi replied, “I want to be the leader of the Yin-Yang Sect.”
If you become leader, what becomes of this seat?
Your subordinate?
In your dreams!
Wuji Tianzun’s face instantly darkened. He glared at Gu Du Wudi with malice and said coldly, “That joke is not the least bit funny.”
“Which of your eyes saw me joking?” Gu Du Wudi answered, “I am completely serious.”
He had already decided: if Wuji Tianzun agreed, the first thing he would do upon becoming sect leader would be to disband the Yin-Yang Sect.
Wuji Tianzun declared, “This seat will never hand over the position of sect leader. Choose another condition.”
“Very well, another condition then.” Gu Du Wudi continued, “You become my subordinate.”
Bloody hell, how is that different?
This seat is the leader of the Yin-Yang Sect. If I become your subordinate, does the leadership not still fall to you?
“Are you mocking this seat?”
Wuji Tianzun’s voice grew colder still. “Gu Du Wudi, this seat pities the effort you expended reaching the saint realm and thinks it a waste to kill you. Do not be ungrateful. Do not assume this seat cannot slay you.”
Gu Du Wudi declared proudly, “If you want to kill me, then act. Stop chattering like a woman. I am only afraid you lack the ability.”
“Courting death!” Wuji Tianzun snorted coldly. The void rippled violently, as though an ancient primordial beast had awakened. His aura reached a terrifying extreme.
The cultivators sheltered within Yun Shan’s array felt their primordial spirits on the verge of shattering, as if sharp daggers were scraping their bones, flaying every inch of flesh. Agony coursed through their bodies.
One could only imagine their fate without Yun Shan’s protective array.
And all this was merely the aura Wuji Tianzun released. He had not yet struck.
“Retreat!”
Yun Shan barked. With a flick of his long sleeve, the array and everyone within it were instantly transported a hundred li away.
Yun Shan continued retreating with Yun Xi, Lin Daniiao, Mo Tianji, and Wu Qianfan. He pointed a finger, and a gigantic mirror appeared in the void. Every movement of Gu Du Wudi and Wuji Tianzun was reflected clearly upon it.
Yun Shan did this so the lower-cultivation cultivators present could still watch the battle. Otherwise, with their strength, they would be unable to see anything happening a hundred li distant.
The three saints who had hidden behind Wuji Tianzun turned pale and struggled to breathe the moment they sensed his aura. Without hesitation, they transformed into three streaks of light and fled ten thousand metres away.
“So this is the power of a Great Saint? Absolutely horrifying.” Li Chaohui was overwhelmed with shock.
An Zaitian said, “The Heavenly Venerable broke through to the Great Saint realm a thousand years ago. After so many years of accumulation, his combat strength has probably reached the peak of the Great Saint level.”
“That Gu Du Wudi is only an ordinary saint, yet his combat power also reaches Great Saint level. Still, before a genuine Great Saint like the Heavenly Venerable, he will not last long. Gu Du Wudi is doomed.”
Nangong Jingyun gazed at Wuji Tianzun with open adoration and said proudly, “Only a man like this is worthy of sleeping with me, hee hee hee…”
“Rumble!”
Suddenly, the Ninth Heaven shook without cease, as though the firmament itself were about to shatter.
Immediately afterwards, eight colossal heaven-supporting pillars abruptly materialised from the void.
