Chapter 941 - 850: The Greatest Background
All were shocked, incredulously watching the man bearing the coffin on his back!
Who was this person?
Not only could he traverse the Sword Domain with ease, but he had also peeled the face off a generation’s Sword Spiritual King with just a few words?
This was simply terrifying.
Even Dugu Yuqing’s eyes narrowed at that moment.
He saw clearly that when the man spoke, a strand of exquisitely refined Sword Qi sliced across the face of Dugu Songsi!
It neatly peeled off his face without harming any other flesh or bone.
This man’s control over the Sword Dao…
Was extremely fearsome.
Moreover, aside from this man, he couldn’t help but glance at the coffin on the man’s back.
At this moment, he had an intense feeling.
As if the one sleeping within that coffin…
Was another self!
“Woof… No need to go out looking, this one has come to our door…”
Big Black Dog couldn’t help but speak, staring at the man, with an extremely grave expression in his dog eyes, and murmured:
“This guy is slightly stronger than Luo Xingchen and Qingcheng… Most likely has already ‘seen a ghost’…”
Wu Dade was somewhat confused, and said, “Dead Dog, what is ‘seeing a ghost’?”
Big Black Dog suddenly looked smug in his dog eyes and said:
“Human Pet, seeing as how you died early in those years, this emperor will tell you… After ascending the path, one naturally encounters ghosts!”
“You definitely haven’t seen one, woof, but the monk surely has, otherwise, he wouldn’t have stepped out of the Nirvana Realm… As for others, it’s unclear.”
Big Black Dog continued.
But Wu Dade was even more baffled.
What kind of ghostly talk was this…
Ascending the path? Seeing ghosts?
At this moment.
The man bearing the coffin, paying no heed to the gazes of the crowd, waved his hand, and Dugu Songsi’s face skin landed in his palm.
The man looked at the “face skin” in his hand, slightly smiled, and said:
“How nice, I can patch up my shoe with this.”
He actually bent down and wrapped the face skin around the corner of his worn-out cloth shoe.
“But… wrapping only one foot doesn’t seem to match, shoes, they come in pairs.”
The man spoke, his gaze inadvertently shifting towards Dugu Songming.
Upon seeing this, Dugu Songming’s face went pale, as he threw away the sword in his hands, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground, frantically covering his face with his hands!
“Please no… Mighty one, I beg for your mercy!”
“We were blind not to recognize Mount Tai, please spare this humble one, leave me with a face, I beg of you!”
He was truly afraid.
The realm and strength of the other party were far above their own.
He had surpassed the Spirit King!
It was highly likely that he was… Open-gate Level!
In this world, the number of open-gate level masters he knew of was limited, when had such a powerhouse appeared?
Unheard of, unseen!
Seeing this, the rest of the Dugu Clan quickly followed suit and knelt down as well!
All feared having their face skin cut off.
Even Dugu Daosi, left with only a head, was shivering, daring not say a word, wishing he could bury his head in the ground.
The coffin-bearing man, upon seeing this, laughed and said:
“Enough, your face skin looks quite thin, peeling it off would not be warm.”
Upon hearing this, Dugu Songming finally let out a long sigh of relief and said:
“What the mighty one said is true, my face skin won’t keep warm… It really won’t keep warm, the quality is too poor!”
The coffin-bearing man, however, sighed again and said:
“But… you’re so weak, why do you practice the sword too?”
“You ultimately lack self-awareness… You have taken the wrong path.”
Hearing this, Dugu Songming’s heart suddenly tensed up again.
What did this powerful character intend to do?!
“If you are going to help, help all the way, I will help you back onto the right path!”
The coffin-bearing man said, suddenly waving his hand.
All the people of the Dugu Clan were swept by it.
In that instant, everyone was extremely tense, fearing suffering the pain of “peeling”.
“Hm? What’s going on… We, we haven’t been injured?”
But everyone was immediately puzzled.
They were all uninjured.
“No, this isn’t right…”
Suddenly, Dugu Songming’s face changed, and he said,
“My Sword Dao cultivation level…vanished like smoke in thin air?!”
“No… How could I have forgotten everything about the Sword Dao in my mind, all the insights, cultivation techniques?”
Despair was written all over his face!
What in the world was happening…
As soon as he said this, everyone from the Dugu Clan came to the same realization.
“No… My Sword Dao cultivation level has disappeared too…”
“I’ve forgotten all the methods of using a sword…”
“Why do I feel so alienated from the sword, even a bit of revulsion… Have I never truly liked the Sword Dao?”
Panic seized everyone in that moment.
Their cultivation levels were completely severed, forgetting the Sword Dao they had practiced all their lives, everything had vanished from their minds…
For a cultivator, this was no less than an apocalypse!
“No…”
“Why has this happened… I don’t want to become a cripple!”
“Woohoo… Is this a dream? A terrible nightmare…”
The crowd wailed and burst into tears.
“Why weep… This is such a joyful thing…”
However, the coffin-bearing man just shook his head and stared at them, saying:
“You should be happy; your lives have finally been liberated from the darkest path. From now on, you can enjoy a carefree existence, no longer troubled by the Sword Dao.”
He looked over at Dugu Songming and continued:
“How is it? How does this feeling of liberation feel, exhilarating?”
Dugu Songming felt utterly devastated at this moment, his will to live nearly extinguished.
His eyes were full of sorrow, tears flowed unchecked, his face numb, but he dared not defy the coffin-bearing man and could only squeeze out the word:
“Exhilarating…”
Hearing this, the coffin-bearing man was overjoyed and said:
“At least you have some brains left, knowing what true happiness is.”
But then, a voice brimming with grief and indignation cried out:
“I refuse to accept this!”
The speaker was none other than Dugu Daosi, reduced to nothing but a head.
Although he was only left with a head, he too hadn’t escaped the coffin bearer’s cruel hand.
Sword Dao forgotten, cultivation level wasted!
His eyes were bloodshot as he said:
“You’ve cut away everything we had with our Sword Dao, why didn’t you do the same to them?!”
He looked towards Dugu Yuqing, Chen Yue, and the others.
Upon hearing this, the coffin-bearing man glanced at Dugu Yuqing, laughed, and said:
“Don’t you see? I wouldn’t dare!”
“They have backing, and a terrifying one at that. In the face of such people, one must be polite, or else you wouldn’t even know how you died.”
Everyone from the Dugu Clan was shocked by this revelation, as if they had seen a ghost.
What?
Those country bumpkins, they have a powerful backing?
What kind of background could make a powerful figure like the coffin bearer wary?
“Background?! Damn it, our background is the Ultimate Being, our Dugu Clan’s ancestor is in the Sacrificial Temple… Aren’t you afraid?!”
Dugu Daosi couldn’t hold back any longer!
Comparing backgrounds?
Their Dugu Clan was from the very pinnacle of the True Ancestors, who could compete with them?
Yet here was the coffin bearer, having neutralized them entirely.
Yet he was afraid of the background these country bumpkins had… Could their backing be even greater than that of the Dugu Clan?!
The coffin bearer replied:
“Ultimate Being? Qualified to be called a background?”
The coffin bearer shook his head and said:
“Well… it’s true that your Dugu clan does have some background.”
“But unfortunately, you’ve all offended your own background.”
He pointed at Dugu Yuqing and said:
“He is your greatest background!”