Firmament Sword

”Brother Xia, thanks!” Xu Luo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Large Lobster arrive.

Although they had once fought a great battle, there was no animosity between them. On the contrary, their inability to determine a winner had fostered a sense of mutual admiration.

That was why the Large Lobster had righteously come to Xu Luo’s aid when he saw he was in trouble.

”Pah! Call me Brother Long. I’m not here to help you. This bunch of turtle bastards are no good! Some bastards from the Divine Domain came looking for trouble with Master Xia in the past!” The Large Lobster had a wild personality and spoke without any filter.

”Screw you! If you’re going to curse, then curse, but can you not use the ’turtle bastard’ insult?”

A watery mist filled the sky as a great turtle, several thousand feet in diameter, flew in from the distant east.

The turtle was fiery red all over, like a blazing cloud drifting in from the horizon. It emanated incredibly powerful energy fluctuations.

However, this great turtle was clearly not very reliable either. The words it spoke made one want to laugh.

Although it spoke unreliably, the great turtle’s methods of attack were not weak in the slightest. Its movements seemed slow and leisurely, yet it was as if it were swimming through the river of time. Reaching one of the experts from the Divine Domain, its enormous head struck out like lightning and swallowed him in a single bite.

After that, it smacked its lips and grumbled, ”Not even enough to get stuck in Master Gui’s teeth!”

”You old turtle bastard... and you little shrimp, you’re looking for death!” The strongest expert from the Divine Domain was about to go mad. They had descended to the Lower Realm... originally to kill the bastard child Li Yueru had left in the Mortal World. They never expected to be ambushed like this.

Before, they could have never imagined that the Lower Realm, which they completely looked down upon, could produce such powerful beings!

One Beidou’s Eighth Star was already enough to give them a headache. Now, a Large Lobster and an old turtle bastard had appeared out of nowhere...

”I’m a goddamn tortoise! Not a turtle bastard!” The Fiery Red Giant Turtle had a foul temper and swatted a claw toward the figure.

Seven of them had descended to the Lower Realm in total. Xu Luo had slain and refined two, the Large Lobster had crushed one to death with its claw, and the great turtle had swallowed another.

In the blink of an eye, only three of the experts from the Divine Domain remained.

The strongest expert from the Divine Domain roared, sending a fist flying toward the great turtle’s claw.

THUD!

The punch was like striking a massive drum, letting out a deep, resounding boom.

”Aiyah, that hurt! It’s killing Master Gui!” The great turtle abruptly retracted its claw. Not only that, but its other three claws and its head all pulled back, leaving only a gigantic, fiery red shell hanging in the void like a scarlet cloud.

The strongest expert from the Divine Domain gritted his teeth, viciously shaking his fist. Then, his figure flashed, and he suddenly appeared on the great turtle’s back, ruthlessly attacking its bright red shell.

He utterly loathed this giant turtle bastard. Even if it meant getting injured, he had to take care of this damn thing first.

”Rotten shrimp, aren’t you going to come save Master Gui?” A panicked voice came from inside the great turtle’s shell.

’Despite the crisis, Xu Luo felt the urge to laugh. This great turtle and the Large Lobster are a real pair of jokers. And it’s truly rare to see such a powerful being so afraid of death.’

”Your shell is so tough, he won’t be able to break it anytime soon!” the Large Lobster said while fiercely battling another powerful expert from the Divine Domain. ”Just hold on for a bit! I’ll come save you after I finish this guy off!”

Over on his side, Xu Luo was also facing an expert from the Divine Domain. His opponent was very strong, with an aura that surpassed a Half-Saint, seemingly on the verge of reaching the Saint Realm.

Xu Luo was also struggling in his fight. He wanted to help the great turtle, but he couldn’t be in two places at once.

”Aiyah, you damn little bug! You’ve angered Master Gui!” the great turtle suddenly let out a furious roar. Countless natural runes lit up on its fiery red shell, and a transparent red flame suddenly ignited.

The expert from the Divine Domain, who had been desperately trying to shatter its shell, was horrified. He instantly shot off the shell and retreated into the void, staring at the great turtle with suspicion and uncertainty.

”You stinking turtle bastard... how do you have the aura of the Black Tortoise? Could it be... you’re its descendant?”

”None of your damn business!” the great turtle retorted rudely. Its body wreathed in terrifying transparent flames, it charged toward the expert from the Divine Domain. ”I already told you, Master Gui is a tortoise, not a turtle bastard! You’re the stinking turtle bastard! Your whole family is full of stinking turtle bastards!”

This flame was the great turtle’s life-force fire, which it would not use lightly. When it burned, it could even cause the void to collapse, and not even the Heaven and Earth Laws could stop it.

The strongest expert from the Divine Domain suddenly shouted, ”Team up! Kill this turtle first!”

He could see that if this continued, their whole group would likely be wiped out here. This was just the beginning, and a Large Lobster and an old turtle bastard had already shown up. Who knew if a giant crab or a giant cockroach would appear next?

Deeper within his heart, he had a faint, ominous premonition. It seemed this land was not a blessed one for them!

His strength had already reached the Saint Realm. Although he was only at the initial stage, he believed it was more than enough to look down on all living beings in this Lower Realm, which he thought had no real experts.

Who would have thought that he would suffer such a heavy blow the moment he set foot in this land he’d dismissed?

Now, that premonition in his heart grew stronger. The loss of four companions had sounded an alarm, filling him with a strong sense of crisis.

This group was highly disciplined and had excellent coordination. As soon as their leader spoke, the other two who were fighting the Large Lobster and Xu Luo turned without hesitation and attacked the Fiery Red Giant Turtle.

The Fiery Red Giant Turtle, which had been chasing the strongest expert, let out a strange cry. Its four limbs and head instantly retracted, and it cried out for help.

Xu Luo couldn’t help but laugh. At the same time, he gritted his teeth and summoned the Bronze Divine Hall!

This was his true, greatest trump card!

It was a priceless treasure refined in his previous life. He originally didn’t want to bring it out so early, but the situation was critical, forcing him to summon the Bronze Divine Hall.

The power of an entire world suddenly appeared in this one. In the sky, a vast tribulation cloud formed almost instantly. The laws of this land simply would not permit the existence of a power that could destroy its balance!

When the Bronze Divine Hall first appeared, the last Great Saint of the Ancient Emperor Tribe had suppressed it, so the Heaven and Earth Laws had not manifested. But things were different now.

Xu Luo didn’t have the power to suppress the Bronze Divine Hall’s aura, so he had to end this fight quickly.

The moment the Bronze Divine Hall appeared, the three experts from the Divine Domain turned pale with fright. Without a moment’s hesitation, they fled toward the high heavens!

But at this point, how could Xu Luo possibly allow them to escape?

He directly forced out three drops of his blood essence and shot them into the Bronze Divine Hall, roaring, ”Suppress!”

BANG!

BANG!

With two loud bangs, the bodies of the two slightly weaker experts, who were close to the Saint Realm, exploded. High in the sky, they turned into two balls of brilliant light, the impact of which scattered the newly formed tribulation cloud.

The body of the other expert, the strongest of the three, also began to crack inch by inch. His incomparably tough physical body became covered in countless fissures, like a spiderweb.

”No!” he let out an indignant roar, but it was useless.

Before the Bronze Divine Hall, before the power of an entire world, even an expert at the Saint Realm could not withstand it!

CRACK!

CRACK!

The sound of shattering constantly came from his body. Finally, the strongest expert from the Divine Domain let out one last roar as his body exploded, turning into countless motes of energy that dissipated at the peak of Cangqiong.

He had been just one step away. By sacrificing a hundred years of cultivation, he could have torn open the void and returned to the Divine Domain...

A will full of indignation spread across the peak of Cangqiong.

Xu Luo coughed, spitting out a mouthful of blood as he recalled the Bronze Divine Hall. His entire spirit was utterly drained, and he barely managed to stay standing in the void.

Then, Xu Luo cupped his fists toward the Large Lobster and the Fiery Red Giant Turtle. ”I will never forget your righteous assistance today for as long as I live!”

The Fiery Red Giant Turtle had been screaming in terror when the Bronze Divine Hall appeared. Now that it sensed the calm, it cautiously stuck its head out a little, revealing two enormous eyes that stared at Xu Luo.

The Large Lobster was also flabbergasted. Looking at Xu Luo, it said in astonishment, ”If you had pulled that thing out when you were fighting Master Xia, I’m afraid Master Xia would have been eaten by you long ago...”

Xu Luo swallowed, his mouth twitching. He muttered, ”Large Lobster... would indeed be delicious!”

”Get lost!” the Large Lobster cursed. ”Look at the pathetic state you’re in now. Master Xia could whip you to death with a single feeler!”

The Fiery Red Giant Turtle looked at Xu Luo with a bit of greed and nodded vigorously. ”Yeah, this kid would definitely taste better than the one Master Gui swallowed earlier!”

”You old turtle bastard, don’t get any funny ideas. Don’t you recognize who he is?” The Large Lobster flew over and rapped the Fiery Red Giant Turtle’s shell with its giant pincer, producing a dull thud.

The great turtle shrieked, ”Rotten shrimp, you dare speak to Master Gui like that? You got a death wish?”

”Master Xia only has a shell, no skin!” the Large Lobster sneered.

”Alright, alright! Master Gui was just thinking, just thinking!” the great turtle grumbled, knowing it was in the wrong. ”Can’t I even think about it?”

Xu Luo gave the Large Lobster a strange look and asked, ”Do you two know who I am?”

”Tsk, Beidou’s Eighth Star. Even though we live in the ocean, we’re not that ignorant, are we?” The Large Lobster reared up, its voice tinged with pride.

The Fiery Red Giant Turtle said in a muffled voice, ”Back when you roamed this world, me and the rotten shrimp were just two ordinary Spirit Beasts of the sea. We were often bullied by powerful creatures, living day to day in constant peril. It was you, Star Monarch, who rescued us from a crisis once. So, we owe you, Star Monarch, a massive debt of gratitude!”

Hearing this, Xu Luo was filled with emotion. Although he had awakened some of the Eighth Star’s memories, they were incomplete. He didn’t recall ever crossing paths with these two ocean creatures.

’Perhaps, for the former Beidou’s Eighth Star, it was just a casual act at the time, something he didn’t give a second thought.’

But after countless cycles of reincarnation, this piece of karma had been resolved.

’The power of karma truly is the most powerful force in this world! Even after endless reincarnations, it will one day manifest,’ Xu Luo couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

But regardless, if not for the help of the Large Lobster and the great turtle today, Xu Luo couldn’t say for certain that he would have been able to retreat unscathed, even with the Bronze Divine Hall in his possession.

Therefore, Xu Luo once again sincerely thanked the Large Lobster and the great turtle.