Cultivation Online

Chapter 2154: Familiar-Looking Sword

”Hah!” The other woman suddenly sneered out loud. ”I donʼt know how you managed to escape Gu Ruyan and Lin Canye, but youʼre in no position to help others.”

Yuan turned to face the woman and asked, ”And who are you? Are you also surnamed Gu? Or do you belong to one of the other Legacy Families?”

”You know who we are?” The woman expressed surprise at Yuanʼs words.

”Not really, but now I know youʼre with the Seven Legacy Families.”

”You know our background, yet you still want to defy us? Youʼre dumber than I thought,” said the man beside her.

Yuan shifted his gaze toward him and sneered. ”Letʼs not pretend the Seven Legacy Families are some grand power in the upper heavens. You may have been all-powerful in the lower realms, but up here, your influence is nothing special.”

”How dare you! Our families may not appear as imposing in the upper heavens, but thatʼs only because we choose not to stand out! In truth, our influence is anything but small!” the man barked.

”Shut up! Why the hell are you telling him everything?!” the woman suddenly snapped at him.

”S-Sorry... but does it really matter? Heʼs going to die soon, anyway.”

”If your friend couldnʼt kill me even with the Rod of Destruction, what can the two of you little sheep do to me?” Yuan said.

”?!?!” Their eyes went wide, astonishment all over their faces, as Yuanʼs words were nothing short of unbelievable. Gu Ruyan had a tier 2 Rod of Destruction, which could instantly kill anyone below the third level of God Ascension. Yet, the man standing before them was only a Golden Immortal. Unless Gu Ruyan missed the attack, there was simply no chance that Yuan couldʼve survived it.

”What should we do, Sister Chen? If what he says is true-”

”Zhuang Maojiang, are you an idiot?! Of course heʼs bluffing! Now hurry up and kill him! I will take care of that thieving bitch!” she shouted.

Zhuang Maojiang gave a hurried nod before drawing forth his battleaxe, then charged toward Yuan in the next instant. Expecting Zhuang Maojiang to finish Yuan quickly, the woman surnamed Chen circled around the fight and rushed toward the injured woman.

However, in their very first exchange, Yuan completely overpowered Zhuang Maojiang, sending him flying back before turning to confront the woman.

”What the hell are you doing, Zhuang Maojiang?! Stop playing around and kill him already!”

”What the ?!” Zhuang Maojiangʼs face twisted in shock as he realized he had just lost to Yuanʼs sword. His cultivation was higher, and his battleaxe should have held the advantage in direct clashes-yet he still lost, and so decisively at that.

However, the womanʼs voice jolted him back to his senses, and he forcefully shook off his shock before flying at Yuan once more. This time, he didnʼt just use raw strength.

”Heavy Dragonʼs Descent!” Zhuang Maojiang raised his battleaxe high, activating a martial technique that caused the weapon to swell in size. Once it had grown several times larger, he brought it down in a vertical slash aimed at Yuan.

”Hmph.” Yuan sneered and casually swung his sword upward, meeting Zhuang Maojiangʼs axe head-on once again. When their weapons collided, the mountains behind Yuan and the ground beneath them split apart. Yet Yuan stood perfectly fine-his grip steady, his stance unshaken, barely moving from the clash. After refining the Dragon Ancestorʼs Blood Essence, Yuanʼs raw power had skyrocketed, surpassing not only the limits of humans but even those of dragons. At this moment, there was no one who could rival him in sheer strength, and this doesnʼt even take into account his True Dragon Awakening, which would only further boost his strength.

”Scram!” Yuan swung his sword the next moment, sending Zhuang Maojiang and his axe flying into the distance.

”Impossible!” The woman surnamed Chen exclaimed after witnessing their exchange. ”Who the hell are you?!”

”I already gave you my name,” he calmly responded.

”Thatʼs not what I meant!” she cried out loud.

However, her brows suddenly twitched, and her eyes slowly widened as though she had just realized something. ”Wait a second... Yuan? Thatʼs the name of the madman who slaughtered the Lord of Spirit Heaven, along with the leaders of the Seven Legacy Families that ruled there! How are you still alive?! I was told you had been taken care of!”

”Sorry to disappoint you, but as you can see, I am very much alive.”

The woman gritted her teeth and drew her weapon-a purple sword that radiated an ominous aura that distorted the very air around it.

Yuan raised his eyebrows when he saw her familiar-looking sword, but before he could even say anything, the sword in his grasp trembled, and Zi Xuanʼs voice boomed inside his head, ”Thatʼs my sword!” The sword in the womanʼs grasp was none other than Violet Dream, one of the Exalted Blacksmithʼs earliest creations. It was also something he had given to Zi Xuan in the past. And Zi Xuan, who had been asleep this entire time, was jolted awake by its familiar aura.

”You shouldʼve stayed hidden after barely escaping with your life last time. Now that youʼve shown yourself, Iʼll make sure to finish the job,” the woman said as she leveled Violet Dream at Yuanʼs face.

”This bitch...” Zi Xuan growled, her trembling voice on the verge of erupting. ”Not only is she tainting my treasure with her filthy hands, but she dares to point it at you?! Iʼll tear her apart, limb by limb!”

”Calm down. Thereʼs no need to waste your energy on a weakling like her,” Yuan said quickly, trying to soothe her anger.

”But my Violet Dream!”

”Donʼt worry, Iʼll get it back for you.”

”Alright... but you better hurry, or I might accidentally do it myself.”

Meanwhile, the woman surnamed Chen suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and an unexplainable urge to flee seized her. Even though Zi Xuan had not emerged from the sword, her killing intent was so overwhelming that it alerted Chenʼs survival instincts. (More chapters in Buyers club for TMT)