Firmament Sword

But he failed to see it. Chu Tianlie, the old ancestor of the Blazing Fire Sect, was currently struggling to save his own skin. How could he possibly spare the energy to rescue him?

SHK!

A beam of light grazed past Chuxiong’s body, severing one of his arms.

”AARGH!”

Chuxiong let out an agonized scream as blood gushed from his shoulder. The warm liquid pulsed with powerful energy, and the severed arm exploded with a BANG in midair!

Yang Qingchuan’s strike was so swift that Chuxiong couldn’t even disperse his own power in time!

SHK!

Another beam of light severed one of Chuxiong’s legs, which then burst apart!

Chuxiong’s body began to fall from the sky.

Yang Qingchuan spat out another mouthful of blood, looking as though he had suffered a grievous injury, but his eyes shot out a piercingly cold light!

This life-for-a-life fighting style had allowed him to comprehend many things on the brink of death!

”Die!”

Yang Qingchuan spat out another mouthful of blood. The light behind him flared up again, and three beams of light directly sliced Chuxiong’s body into three pieces!

The Sect Leader of the Blazing Fire Sect was slain on the spot!

Ah Pu...

Yang Qingchuan consecutively spat out five or six mouthfuls of blood. His whole body swayed, on the verge of collapse, barely managing to float in mid-air. It looked as though he might fall from the sky at any moment.

But at this very moment, not a single person from the Blazing Fire Sect dared to charge forward and fight him!

’This Dharma Heaven and Earth... it’s just too devastating!’

The two were clearly of similar strength, yet Chuxiong had been brutally cut down!

Looking again at the Blazing Fire Sect’s old ancestor, Chu Tianlie, in the sky, he was in a pathetic state, entangled in a fight with another figure and clearly at a disadvantage!

”He’s clearly not even in the Divine Power Realm... How can he be so powerful?”

Chu Tianlie had watched helplessly as Chuxiong was brutally killed, but he was completely unable to spare any energy to intervene. His heart sank to the pit of his stomach as his eyes fixed on Xu Luo. ”I’ve never seen you before... You’re definitely not from the Starlight Sect! Who in the world are you? Why are you meddling in this?”

”Does it matter who I am?” Xu Luo smiled faintly. Treading with the Shaking Light Step, he fought Chu Tianlie with remarkable ease and flair. A brilliant light radiated from his body, and without even unleashing his Dharma Heaven and Earth, he forced Chu Tianlie to retreat again and again!

”Meddling? I felt like it!”

”To think... you’d be so treacherous as to set an ambush!” Chu Tianlie’s eyes were nearly splitting with rage as he roared, almost losing his sanity to fury.

”Hahahaha... Old man, you’ve got to be kidding me! You bring a mob to wipe out our sect, attack your juniors without any regard for your status, and you have the gall to call others treacherous? I’ve never seen anyone as shameless as you!” Xu Luo said. ”Have you lost your mind?”

”You are nothing but treacherous!” Chu Tianlie roared. Because of his previous defeat at Hualong Mountain, he was like a powder keg, ready to explode at the slightest spark. At this moment, he felt an immense frustration and had lost all reason.

Deep down, Chu Tianlie was also extremely shocked. ’How could the Starlight Sect, which was originally of average strength, suddenly become so powerful?’

’Not only had Yang Qingchuan suddenly unleashed such a terrifying Dharma Heaven and Earth to slay Chuxiong, but this frightening young man had also appeared. What was going on?’

Xu Luo, however, was completely at ease. He paid no mind to Chu Tianlie’s questions and had no intention of answering them.

Besides, Xu Luo had already recognized from Chu Tianlie’s voice that he was the one who had fought the terrifying creature at Hualong Mountain that day. ’He had to suppress a laugh. If this old man knew that I was the one who beat him to the punch and took all the treasures, he’d probably go mad with rage on the spot, wouldn’t he?’

Yang Qingchuan had thought that the Starlight Sect was finished today, that it would truly be wiped from the Southern Celestial Divine Continent. But when he saw that figure blocking Chu Tianlie and even gaining the upper hand, his heart felt like it had gone straight from hell to heaven. The relief was sublime!

Words could no longer describe his current feelings!

Probably no one could have imagined that what was supposed to be a one-sided slaughter with no surprises would turn out like this.

The powerhouses from the Blazing Fire Sect, even more so, couldn’t believe that this scene was real!

’Our Sect Leader has been slain, and our old ancestor is being held back. What... what do we do now?’

Yang Qingchuan made that decision for them!

”Starlight Sect Disciples, hear my command! Counterattack!” Yang Qingchuan roared, forcibly suppressing the injuries in his body. ”For the homes behind us, so they are not trampled! For our families and children! For our dignity! Counterattack! Counterattack! Counterattack!”

”Counterattack!”

”Kill them!”

”Fight them to the death!”

”Slaughter these dogs from the Blazing Fire Sect!”

”Their Sect Leader was taken out by ours! What the hell is there to be afraid of?”

”Look, their old ancestor is getting his ass kicked! Go! Waste these Blazing Fire dogs!”

At this moment, everyone in the Starlight Sect, from top to bottom, ignited like a roaring flame. The unbelievable outcome of the battle had injected them with boundless confidence!

The siblings Yang Ming and Yang Dan, along with a group of Transformation Realm Powerhouses, swarmed towards the enemy!

Unlike the Blazing Fire Sect disciples, who were already a scattered mess, the Transformation Realm Martial Artists of the Starlight Sect were tightly united. They surged forward as one, directly charging individual Transformation Realm Martial Artists from the other side!

The result was obvious. No matter how powerful a Transformation Realm Powerhouse was, they were no match for an entire group of them.

If Chuxiong were still alive, if Chu Tianlie hadn’t been stopped, the outcome would definitely not have been like this!

With several times the number of Transformation Realm Powerhouses, it would have been child’s play for the Blazing Fire Sect to annihilate the Starlight Sect!

However, the scales of victory had now tipped in the Starlight Sect’s favor. The Transformation Realm Powerhouses of the Blazing Fire Sect were practically scared out of their wits. How could they have any will left to fight?

It’s unknown which Transformation Realm Martial Artist was the first to turn and flee, but it triggered a chain reaction. At that moment, almost all the disciples of the Blazing Fire Sect... fled in disarray!

”Kill them! Run them down! Every one you kill counts!”

Having been bullied by the Blazing Fire Sect for far too long, the Starlight Sect disciples finally unleashed the hatred buried deep in their hearts, frantically chasing down the members of the Blazing Fire Sect.

In the sky, Xu Luo chuckled. ”Old man, see that? Sometimes, strength isn’t the deciding factor in a victory. Look at your sect. They’re fine when they have the upper hand, but the moment things go south, they run faster than anyone... I’m really curious, is your Blazing Fire Sect really a major sect of the Southern Celestial Divine Continent? Are you sure... those people fleeing down there are all Transformation Realm Martial Artists? And not just a disorderly mob?”

Chu Tianlie was so angry he almost wanted to spit blood. This young man before him was simply infuriating. Not only was his strength astonishing, but his mouth was also incredibly venomous.

”Ah, you’re silent. I’ll take that as a yes. You know, this might not be a bad thing. What’s the point of a sect like that? Look... if they’d banded together to fight back, the Starlight Sect still wouldn’t have been a match for them. They should understand that, right? But now... they’re all fleeing in different directions. Hmm, ’scurrying away like rats’ paints a better picture!”

”Where are the Elders? The Deacons? Or is it that in your Blazing Fire Sect, aside from the Sect Leader, everyone else is a piece of shit? Oh... wait, your Sect Leader was a piece of shit too... He clearly had plenty of chances to escape just now, but instead he was like an enraged, red-eyed bull in heat...”

”He knew his opponent was fighting for his life, yet he arrogantly thought he could dodge that kind of terrifying attack... Tsk tsk, what a... moron!”

WAH! Chu Tianlie spat out a mouthful of blood and glared furiously at Xu Luo. ”You little brat... haven’t you said enough? You better remember this! When this old ancestor decides to leave, no one can stop me! If you have the guts, stay here for the rest of your life! Otherwise, I will slaughter everyone in the Starlight Sect... to avenge my descendants!”

”You want to leave... and no one can stop you? Then why haven’t you run away yet? Weren’t you trying to flee just a moment ago?” Xu Luo mercilessly exposed Chu Tianlie’s lie, grinning as he said, ”Actually, I’m not done talking. There’s something... I’ve been hesitating to tell you.”

The two went back and forth. Although they were talking, the movements of their hands didn’t slow in the slightest, as they constantly aimed for each other’s vital points.

Chu Tianlie’s eyes shot out a chilling light as he said coldly, ”Don’t forget, no matter how strong you are... you’re only at the Peak of Transformation Realm, while I am a great power of the Divine Power Realm! The suppression between realms... if I decide to risk my life, you are no match for me! At worst... we’ll both go down together!”

”Haha, that line sounds so familiar. I think one of our guys said that just now. How did you steal it in the blink of an eye? You’ll have to pay for that!” With his Seven Star Sword, Xu Luo slashed out a long sword beam. The beam, filled with endless killing intent, grazed past Chu Tianlie’s scalp, shearing off a large patch of his hair.

Chu Tianlie broke out in a cold sweat from the shock. He sucked in a sharp breath and his figure hastily retreated backward.

”Don’t run!” Xu Luo stomped with his Shaking Light Step, giving relentless chase.

”I’ll fight you to the death!” Chu Tianlie had never been so humiliated in his entire life. His resentment for the young man before him had reached its peak, and he was ready to risk it all.

”Fighting to the death is perfect!” Xu Luo laughed loudly. Suddenly, the aura around his body surged!

”Suppress!” Xu Luo suddenly roared!

BANG!

Chu Tianlie felt as if his Sea of Spiritual Consciousness had been struck by lightning. The intense pain made him completely lose his ability to think for a moment!

Xu Luo had been spouting nonsense at him for so long, desperately taunting Chu Tianlie with his words, just waiting for this very moment when his emotions were in turmoil!

When the Jade Balance Demon Sound was unleashed, Chu Tianlie fell right into the trap!

”Five-Star Dharma Aspect!”

Behind Xu Luo, five massive stars with majestic auras finally rose!

They pressed down directly towards Chu Tianlie!

It all happened too suddenly... too fast!

By the time Chu Tianlie came to his senses, the five colossal, menacing stars were already bearing down on his head!

”AARGH!” Chu Tianlie let out an incredibly unwilling roar, his voice like rolling thunder. His powerful Divine Power Realm body, however, was now cracking and splintering like a spiderweb!

At the last moment, just as Chu Tianlie was about to mobilize all the energy in his Dantian to protect himself, a sentence suddenly reached his ears.

”Old man, you know? At Hualong Mountain... that person was me! Thanks for luring that Jiao Long away!”

”Ah Pu... You’ve angered me to death!” Chu Tianlie spat out a mouthful of blood. The last bit of strength he had painstakingly gathered instantly dissipated. His entire body, as if weathered by the wind, was directly crushed and disintegrated by the five great stars!

Not even... a single drop of blood remained!

He died a miserable death on the spot!

A powerhouse of his generation in the Southern Celestial Divine Continent had thus fallen.

Xu Luo finally let out a long breath. He gave a deep look at Chu Tianlie’s dismembered body falling from the sky, sighed softly, and shook his head. ”Though there was no enmity between us, you unfortunately tried to kill someone to whom I owe a debt... I could not let you live!”

With that, Xu Luo glanced at the Starlight Sect behind him, gave a faint smile, and, treading on the Shaking Light Step, instantly vanished into the void.