Chapter 165 - 100: All Living Beings’ Fortune (Part 2)
Chapter 165: Chapter 100: All Living Beings’ Fortune (Part 2)
His spine was ramrod straight.
His eyes were like cold stars.
He stood with his hands clasped behind his back.
He stood tall between heaven and earth, surrounded by a boundless blizzard, as if he were the master of this wind and snow, and of the world itself.
In all of Great Liang, aside from *that one*, who else could possibly possess such a presence?
"He is..."
At this thought...
The True Essence Minor Grandmaster of the Imperial Guard was so scared his whole body trembled, nearly frightened out of his wits.
’In front of this man, I actually tried to show off my paltry understanding of wind and snow? I was even going to strike him with my sword! Am I insane?!’
"Ah!"
"I’ve been knocked out!"
The Imperial Guard Junior Grandmaster fell stiffly to the ground, looking for all the world as if he’d been knocked unconscious.
"Bastard!"
"Someone actually dares to storm the execution grounds?"
"Call for backup! Kill him!"
"Let’s show him that our Imperial Guard is full of hidden masters, not to be trifled with..."
"Yeah! Get backup!"
Dozens of Imperial Guards grew agitated.
A young Imperial Guard, cursing under his breath, pulled a signal flare from within his armor and was about to light it.
SLAP!
A vicious slap landed on his face.
"Who was that?"
The young Imperial Guard was furious, but when he saw clearly who had hit him, he froze, his face a mask of bewilderment and confusion.
The Imperial Guard Junior Grandmaster, who had been unconscious just a moment ago, had suddenly leaped up, jumped thirty feet, and slapped him across the face.
"Guard Captain..."
The young Imperial Guard opened his mouth, wanting to ask.
"No!"
"You’re supposed to be *my* Guard Captain."
"What did the Imperial Guard ever do to you that you’d want to bring ruin upon all our brothers?"
"I’m unconscious."
"You’re all supposed to be escorting me to the infirmary, understand?"
This Imperial Guard Junior Grandmaster was trembling from head to toe.
It was both anger and fear.
The man on the Beheading Platform... perhaps someone in this world could afford to offend him, but it certainly wasn’t them.
"Pardon our transgression."
The Imperial Guard Junior Grandmaster bowed deeply to Su Chen on the platform.
"Let’s go!"
"All of you, quickly, escort me to the infirmary."
At his command, he led away the dozen or so Imperial Guards.
「In an instant.」
The area around the Beheading Platform became much emptier.
The surrounding crowd was stunned.
What just happened?
Weren’t they about to execute the Killing Fisherman?
Why did the Imperial Guard retreat?
"Doctor Xuu..."
Huzi’s mouth hung open, his face a picture of pure shock.
Although his eyes had been gouged out, he was a Second Grade cultivator. His other senses were sharp, and he had a vague idea of what had just transpired.
It seemed like the Imperial Guard had clashed with Doctor Xuu.
The other party had the aura of a First Grade.
And yet they had inexplicably retreated?
’Isn’t Doctor Xuu just a plain, unremarkable physician from the clinic, with mediocre skills, just biding his time to die?’
’What was going on?’
’That was a First Grade cultivator!’
’Unless a Grandmaster makes a move...’
’...a First Grade is the highest level of combat power you’ll ever see.’
"Insolence!"
"How dare you!"
"This is the Beheading Platform!"
"It represents the authority of the Court! To defy the Court and break the law with martial force is a capital offense! Great Liang is under the protection of the Wind Snow Sword Immortal..."
At this moment, the Executioner on the Beheading Platform still hadn’t grasped the severity of the situation. He slammed his hand on the table in anger, even using Su Chen’s own title to try and intimidate Su Chen.
His words were still spoken with a surprising amount of confidence.
"Only with my recognition can they be considered the Court."
Su Chen’s tone was light, as if he were merely stating a fact.
"Audacious!"
"Who do you think you are?"
"The Wind Snow Sword Immortal?!"
Hearing this, the Executioner actually laughed in anger. He sneered at Su Chen, his tone dripping with ridicule.
Su Chen did not respond.
Instead, on the side of the street, a man carrying a wine gourd who had been watching the show for a while now finally couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
"Hahaha."
"Well, who else would he be?"
"Who did you think he was?"
"Interesting."
"It’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone use a man’s own title to threaten him. Haven’t you noticed? The snow has started to change..."
The Executioner, only about thirty and in the prime of his life, looked at Su Chen, who had yet to grant anyone a single glance. A storm of shock and terror raged in his heart.
At that moment, the crowd also began to cry out in alarm.
"Look at the snow!"
"Snow Dragons!"
"So many Snow Dragons!"
The wind howled and the snow drifted down.
In this silver-clad world of the Imperial City, one after another, Snow Dragons emerged from the blizzard, perching atop the city walls or the palace pavilions.
They were packed together.
Numbering in the hundreds, even thousands.
Each Snow Dragon was a killing move, each carrying an embodiment of wind-and-snow intent powerful enough to make a Peak expert tremble and a Grandmaster’s blood run cold!
The Wind Snow Sword Immortal!
Only the Wind Snow Sword Immortal could display such a divine, almost magical cultivation technique of wind and snow, something akin to an Immortal Technique.
"He... he really is the Wind Snow Sword Immortal?!"
A mixture of shock and terror gripped the Executioner. He felt as if his eyes were about to split from their sockets, and the intense fear nearly scared the soul from his body.
’I’d also taken money and benefits from this whole corrupt enterprise in the Imperial City.’
’Why didn’t we just cut out this Killing Fisherman’s tongue?!’
’Why did we have to have a public beheading and cause such a huge commotion! A secret execution would have been fine.’
’And another thing...’
’Why on earth would this Killing Fisherman, a lowlife who defected from the Cao Gang, know the renowned Wind Snow Sword Immortal?’
"It’s over."
"Everything is over."
The Executioner collapsed bonelessly to the ground.
Their whole group, entrenched in the Imperial City, were all powerful and influential figures, with even a Grandmaster from the Celestial Alliance involved. But so what?
Before the Wind Snow Sword Immortal, power was but dust. Even a Grandmaster who stood at the apex of the world was nothing more than an ant he could crush at will.
"The Sword Immortal, it’s really the Sword Immortal!"
"Save us."
"We have no more grain."
The masses gathered, a tide of people like mountains and seas, shouting Su Chen’s name as if this Sword Immortal were truly an omnipotent Immortal from the heavens.
"The Wind Snow Sword Immortal has appeared again."