Firmament Sword

However, Master Tao said that the Elder Holy Beast was not only wise but actually very open-minded. Above all, it would absolutely despise anyone who tried to obscure heavenly secrets and disrupt the rules of the Small World.

Although Xu Luo was still a little uncertain, feeling this Ancient Peach Tree wasn’t exactly reliable, he decided to take the risk.

’After all, I’m someone who’s met a Holy Beast before!’

’Wasn’t that aging Thunder Beast from the Ancient Emperor Tribe ruins also an Elder Holy Beast that had lived for countless years?’

It was for this very reason that Xu Luo dared to come. Any other person would probably hear the words ”Holy Beast” and their first reaction would be to run as far away as possible. Who would dare to show up on its doorstep willingly?

”Lord Holy Beast, Tao Pingping requests an audience!”

After much effort, the two finally climbed halfway up the Great Snow Mountain and passed through a sea of clouds. The Ancient Peach Tree then revealed its true form and sent a Divine Thought toward the towering summit.

For a long while, there was no response.

Xu Luo glanced at the Ancient Peach Tree. He said nothing, but his look was full of doubt.

Master Tao felt a little awkward. It refused to believe the Elder Holy Beast was dead, so it prepared to send another Divine Thought to request an audience.

Just then, a rumbling sound suddenly echoed from the summit.

Xu Luo’s expression changed abruptly. ”This is bad,” he said. ”An avalanche!”

Master Tao was also stunned. It looked up to see a line of snow descending from the cloud-piercing peak of Saint God Mountain, hurtling down at an incredible speed!

Meanwhile, the rumbling grew louder. Vast sheets of snow began to join the descending line, sweeping downward like the sky itself was collapsing!

”Good heavens, it really is an avalanche! Run!” Master Tao shouted without a shred of integrity. With a WHOOSH, it shot off into the sea of clouds.

”Wait!”

”Wait for what?! Forget your cultivation level—even someone at the Peak of Transformation Realm would be killed by an avalanche like this! Dharma Heaven and Earth is useless against this kind of natural power!” Master Tao shrieked, already thousands of meters away. ”Why aren’t you running? You want to die?”

Xu Luo watched the snow wave, like a tsunami, draw closer and closer, his gaze fixed on a white line cresting the deluge!

”What is that? A Jiao Long?” Xu Luo was truly shocked.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t seen colossal creatures before. The giant golden bird, the giant white python, and the giant black tiger from the battle over the Chaos Peaches were all as massive as mountains. Yet, compared to this great serpent, they all seemed so insignificant!

That snow line, at first glance, didn’t seem like much. But as it got closer, Xu Luo finally confirmed that it was a living creature!

It was at least tens of thousands of meters long!

”What kind of colossal beast is this!” Xu Luo exclaimed. He had to admit that at this moment, his legs felt a little weak.

A colossal, pure-white creature with two horns on its head and four limbs beneath its body was riding the wave of snow, hurtling toward Xu Luo.

A single claw of this draconic white creature was as large as a mountain!

It was simply too big. In front of it, Xu Luo was as insignificant as a speck of dust.

But Xu Luo had a distinct feeling that this thing was coming for him.

Because he felt as if he was being targeted, he didn’t shamelessly flee like Tao Pingping.

’After all, wasn’t the whole reason I came to Saint God Mountain to meet the Elder Holy Beast?’

As the snow wave approached, Xu Luo could even see this colossal creature look in his direction, and in its enormous eyes, there seemed to be a hint of playfulness.

”This is... the Elder Holy Beast?” The corner of Xu Luo’s mouth twitched as he sensed a very clear emotion from its giant eyes.

He still stood there without moving, because he had a feeling that the other party... had no ill intent!

If there were real danger, the three awakened Star Souls in his body would have warned him long ago. But until now, the three Star Souls had not stirred at all.

This was precisely what made Xu Luo decide to take a gamble.

The Ancient Peach Tree had already fled a great distance, stopping far away in the sea of clouds to look back in Xu Luo’s direction. At the same time, it also saw the Jiao Long riding the snow wave and couldn’t help but exclaim, ”Lord Holy Beast, it’s Lord Holy Beast!”

The snow wave, tens of thousands of meters high, lunged before Xu Luo like a giant peak, its deafening roar sounding like the end of the world!

In the next moment, it would bury Xu Luo completely.

WHOOSH!

When the snow wave was just a few meters from Xu Luo, the roaring came to an abrupt halt!

The wave of snow, as if frozen in an instant, stopped right in front of Xu Luo. A biting cold instantly enveloped him.

At the same time, a middle-aged man’s voice, tinged with surprise, drifted over. ”You’ve got guts, little one. Did you know I wouldn’t kill you? Or were your legs too weak from fear to run?”

”Lord Holy Beast! Tao Pingping greets Your Lordship!” Seeing that the danger had passed, the Ancient Peach Tree instantly rushed back. A purple light flared from its body, and it seemed extremely excited.

Xu Luo scoffed internally. ’If this guy could take human form like Song Banban, I bet its expression would be sickeningly fawning right now.’

”Isn’t this the Chaos Peach Tree that was trapped back then? Finally free? And you’ve started following this little fellow? Not bad, not bad. You have a good eye.”

Following the voice, a middle-aged man in all white with shoulder-length black hair appeared out of thin air in front of Xu Luo. His eyes were as deep as a starry sky. With his hands behind his back, he looked at Xu Luo with a faint, unreadable smile.

Looking at this middle-aged man, Xu Luo was suddenly reminded of Young Master Feng from his years in the Imperial Capital. Although this man looked much older than Young Master Feng, his face was similarly too handsome to be human... though, in fact, he wasn’t human.

His aura was also incredibly noble, and there seemed to be a hazy quality about him, as if you would forget his face the moment you looked away.

Xu Luo suppressed his shock and bowed to the white-robed man. ”Senior,” he said with a wry smile, ”it’s not that I’m bold. For one, I felt that you wouldn’t harm an insignificant person like me. For two... my legs were indeed a little weak. I couldn’t run.”

”HAHAHAHA!” The white-robed man laughed heartily, glancing at the Chaos Peach Tree beside them. ”See? He’s much more honest than you!”

”Heh... heh...” The Ancient Peach Tree gave a dry laugh, not daring to argue.

”No need to sell yourself short, little one. I wouldn’t dare do anything to you,” the middle-aged man said to Xu Luo after teasing the Ancient Peach Tree.

Then he sized up Xu Luo with great interest, clicking his tongue in praise. ”As expected of the legendary... Heh, truly different!”

He left his sentence hanging. Xu Luo wanted to ask what he meant, but didn’t dare. The man’s display of power just now had been too terrifying.

Afterward, the middle-aged man gave the Ancient Peach Tree a profound look and said out of the blue, ”You have a good eye.”

Master Tao giggled foolishly, completely lacking its usual arrogance.

Xu Luo looked at the man, confused. The man smiled faintly, his almost supernaturally handsome face holding a mysterious grin. ”I already know why you’re here,” he said. ”Now, let me show you something.”

As he spoke, the man pointed a finger in the air, and a rippling image instantly appeared.

Xu Luo looked at the image and was suddenly startled, because the ones who appeared were none other than the four elders from before!

They were grabbing a very young-looking sect disciple and interrogating him. Then, their voices followed.

”That kid’s name is Xu Luo? He’s from the secular world?” The one asking was the dwarf elder, and his face was full of anger.

The sage-like elder’s face was also ashen. He couldn’t believe that after all his years, he had been so thoroughly duped.

”Yes, he’s from the Cangqiong Kingdom. I heard he’s the son of a noble, and his father is the Grand General of the Cangqiong Kingdom...” The young disciple trembled, seemingly terrified.

”I didn’t ask you that! I’m asking you, what’s different about him?” the dwarf elder barked coldly.

”He, he seems very strong, stronger than, than the talented disciples from our major sects. Several talented disciples from major sects have suffered at his hands. Other than that, I haven’t noticed anything different...” the young disciple stammered in reply.

”Damn it, I asked what’s DIFFERENT about him!” The dwarf elder was extremely irritable and raised his hand as if to strike.

”Wait, Third Brother, let me ask him.” The slightly plump elder stopped the dwarf elder, then looked at the young disciple with a kind face. ”Think carefully,” he asked with a smile. ”Does he have any Cultivation Techniques that are different from others?”

”Well...” The young sect disciple frowned slightly, then said, ”I remember now! I think I heard someone from the Jade Balance Sect say that Xu Luo is skilled in a type of attack that directly affects Spiritual Power. A single shout can make people dizzy. I think even an Elder from the Jade Balance Sect was dazed by his shout...”

”Son of a bitch!” the dwarf elder cursed.

The muscles on the slightly plump elder’s face twitched violently. ”First Brother,” he said, ”we really were tricked.”

The hunchbacked elder gritted his teeth. ”What a cunning little brat!”

The sage-like elder was still frowning. ”But when I performed my divination, this kid’s background was a chaotic blur, just like that situation we encountered thirty years ago. It shouldn’t have been wrong!”

”First Brother, don’t you get it? That kid obtained the Chaos Peach Tree, so he must have an even more incredible Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact on him! Obscuring heavenly secrets wouldn’t be that difficult for him. Think about how we got in here!” the dwarf elder said loudly.

The sage-like elder was stunned for a moment, then gave a bitter smile. ”Indeed. That incident back then affected us too deeply, so much so that... I didn’t dare to take the gamble. It seems we were tricked by that kid.”

”I’m so pissed off! The next time I see him, I’ll definitely tear that little bastard to pieces!” the dwarf elder raged.

”Next time we see him, we can’t let him escape!” the hunchbacked elder said coldly.

The slightly plump elder smiled faintly. ”Don’t worry, he can’t escape. After he leaves this Small World, he can’t possibly depart immediately. Now that we know his identity, how could he possibly escape our grasp?”

Xu Luo’s expression turned ugly. He hadn’t expected them to uncover his background so quickly. And by the looks of it, they had no intention of letting him go.

”Well?” the white-robed man asked, looking at Xu Luo with a smile.

Xu Luo immediately clasped his fists and bowed. ”Please advise me, Senior!”