Chapter 192 - 110: Turbulent Winds and Clouds
Chapter 192: Chapter 110: Turbulent Winds and Clouds
"That’s true."
"You’re just an ordinary doctor. You don’t practice cultivation, so what could you possibly know about the prestige of the Martial Arts List?"
The maidservant huffed, ignored Su Chen, and ducked back inside.
And so,
only Su Chen and Gusu Yue remained outside the carriage.
Gusu Yue, after determining that Su Chen posed no threat, closed his eyes to rest, not saying a word.
Su Chen was happy with the silence. He sat on his Sword Box, occasionally taking a sip of the Celestial Will Wine from his Heaven-Slaying Sword Gourd while enjoying the passing scenery.
Soon,
night fell.
In the distance, Celestial Song City was faintly visible.
However,
the entire city, which stretched for a hundred miles, was eerily silent.
Faintly, almost imperceptibly,
Su Chen caught the thick scent of blood.
"Did you offend someone?"
Su Chen suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean?"
Gusu Yue frowned, now fully awake, his heart tightening slightly.
"Someone doesn’t want you to continue on your journey," Su Chen said.
"Nonsense."
"You should get out!"
Gusu Yue shouted coldly, then kicked Su Chen out.
An instant later,
with Gusu Yue at the reins, the carriage shot into Celestial Song City at a terrifying speed.
BOOM!
In that instant, the pungent, overwhelming stench of blood surged forth.
"Miss Su!"
A vicious look appeared in Gusu Yue’s eyes as he struck the inside of the carriage with his palm.
"Kill!"
From all directions in Celestial Song City, cries to kill rang out.
Thousands of soldiers in Black Dragon Armor swarmed in, surrounding them layer by layer.
Their leader was, surprisingly, a Grandmaster.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Elder Yue!"
"Do you dare betray the Sword Cleansing Pool?"
The carriage exploded.
A woman in a fiery red dress, her aura cool and detached, landed steadily with her maidservant in her grasp. She stared coldly at Gusu Yue, her eyes filled with disbelief that this Elder Yue, who had been loyal for seventy years, would actually betray the Sword Cleansing Pool.
"The meaning?"
"It means I’m going to kill you!"
"Then I will borrow your identity to get close to the Emperor of Daqian and awaken the true self of our Black Abyss Ancestor!"
"I am a hidden agent of the Black Abyss, planted in the Sword Cleansing Pool for seventy years. When the Black Abyss was destroyed, I had lost all hope. I never thought a day would come when I would be needed again. Even if death is certain, I will take this gamble."
Gusu Yue sneered.
"So you’re a remnant of the Black Abyss."
"Just you?"
"You think you’re worthy of shaking the peace and prosperity built by His Majesty the heroic Emperor and that Sword Immortal? Ridiculous! Your own Ancestor doesn’t even recognize you anymore..."
Su Xue let out a cold laugh.
She thrust out her palm.
BOOM!
Five streams of Sword Qi erupted from her five fingers, slashing horizontally to annihilate Gusu Yue.
A Second-Grade Fury Gang was naturally no match for a First-Grade opponent.
And so,
the Grandmaster made his move.
"Remnants of the Black Abyss?"
"Not entirely."
"We are Zhou People, also gathered here. Our purpose is to overturn heaven and earth before the Immortal Arrival, to reverse the world and return the universe to the Orthodoxy of our Great Zhou..."
"The Wind Snow Sword Immortal is already dead!"
"As for that heroic ruler, the truly awakened Black Abyss Ancestor Zhuo will deal with him when the time comes. We are willing to take this gamble. As for you, a mere First-Grade cultivator, you will leave your life here."
That Grandmaster was a white-haired youth dressed in an ink robe.
He didn’t move a muscle, merely fixing his gaze on Lady Shui for an instant.
BOOM!
The five streams of Sword Qi were instantly annihilated.
PTUI!
The figure in fiery red robes spat blood and was sent flying backward.
This was, shockingly, a Third Realm powerhouse: Self as Dragon!
He even had one foot in the Merging Realm.
He could be considered one of the strongest Acquired Perfection Grandmasters below the Sub-Innate level.
"Young Miss!"
The maidservant cried out in grief, stumbling as she ran over.
’Am I... going to die here?’
Su Xue fell into despair.
Lying in a pool of blood, she had never felt such hopelessness.
Even with her immense talent and desperate cultivation, she had only reached First-Grade Cultivation, comprehended Sword Intent, and taken her first steps toward the Peak. She was simply no match for a true powerhouse, a Grandmaster.
The gap between First Grade and Grandmaster was simply too vast.
She didn’t know how that Sword Immortal and the three renowned sovereigns of this era had managed to slay Grandmasters while only at the First Grade.
’First on the List of Prodigies... how laughable.’
Su Xue closed her eyes. A surge of Sword Qi was erupting within her.
She was preparing to take them down with her.
No matter what, she could not let these people succeed. She couldn’t allow any mishaps during her audience with His Majesty the Emperor in the capital as a representative of the Sword Cleansing Pool!
The Sword Cleansing Pool could not withstand another crisis.
Even in death, she could not leave behind an intact body for these traitors to use to impersonate her.
"Self-destruction!"
"It’s the Sword Body Self-Destruction Technique."
"Stop her!"
"That technique to refine her into a Corpse Puppet requires a complete body..."
Gusu Yue shouted frantically.
Just then,
a hand pressed down on Su Xue’s shoulder.
In an instant,
Su Xue felt the Qi inside her vanish.
’What’s happening?’
’Who is it?!’
Su Xue was horrified.
But when she opened her eyes, she could only see a hazy figure.
"Go to sleep."
"What happens next... is going to be very bloody..."
a low voice whispered.
Instantly, both she and her maidservant fell unconscious.
"Sir, how did you get in here!"
The Grandmaster of Great Zhou, the white-haired youth, had eyes filled with apprehension.
’When did this person arrive? I didn’t notice a thing. Could he be a Grandmaster?!’
But according to their plan, the Grandmasters of the Sword Cleansing Pool were either dead or crippled. She shouldn’t have had a Grandmaster escort.
Just then,
a sneer rang out.
"Well, look who it is."
"So it’s you, kid!"
"A mortal who doesn’t even practice cultivation dares to get involved in this mess!"
"You truly have a death wish!"
Gusu Yue revealed a savage grin.
Others might not know this kid’s background, but how could he not?