Martial Dao: Peace by Force

Chapter 217: Chapter 161: Magnificent Female Sword Immortal

But the Broken Sword didn’t dare to charge toward the darkness in the distance. Something there seemed to terrify it, so it could only circle the mountain forest, trying to shake off its pursuers.

Just as it was about to be caught by the True Monarch Statue, the Broken Sword grew frantic. But then it seemed to discover something and immediately became cocky again, its momentum flaring.

VMMMMM!!!

A resonant hum from the sword rang out, shaking heaven and earth.

All the Moonlight in the mountain forest trembled violently at the sound.

Wan Ze stopped abruptly.

He looked up.

In mid-air, a figure appeared like a celestial being, treading on the moon as she came.

’That’s... a young woman?!!’

Her white robes were purer than snow, her sleeves fluttering in the wind. Her long hair cascaded like a waterfall as she stood suspended in the air, peerlessly elegant. A faint halo enveloped her, making her look like a celestial fairy born from the Moonlight, so beautiful it was suffocating.

The woman slowly extended her hand.

The pathetically fleeing Broken Sword shot into her hand with a SWOOSH, letting out an excited hum.

Wan Ze was stunned.

The Faceless True Monarch Statue also stopped in mid-air, the space around it trembling as if in a show of anger.

”Sword Immortals... really exist in this world?” Wan Ze murmured to himself.

He looked at the figure suspended in the air and was suddenly intrigued.

’This form of Cultivation seems a lot more interesting than the Martial Dao.’

The woman gripped the sword and swung it with casual grace.

A brilliant flash of sword-light slashed down!

The sword-light was so magnificent it illuminated the entire night sky.

The single slash cleaved through all the crimson Moonlight, and for a moment, the world was filled with nothing but blinding white light.

The Faceless True Monarch Statue rumbled, letting out a silent roar as it charged forward to meet the strike head-on.

BOOM!!!

The sword-light exploded!

The True Monarch Statue was instantly sent flying, crashing and tumbling through the mountain forest, snapping innumerable trees and raising a massive cloud of dust.

’Damn, she’s strong!’

A chill ran down Wan Ze’s spine.

This was the first time he had seen a Cultivator from this world in action.

This level of Power was completely beyond his comprehension.

!

He quietly took a step back.

He couldn’t help but glance at the Broken Sword.

’Dammit, I was so close.’

’That Broken Sword was supposed to be my great opportunity...’

But just as he was preparing to slip away, he saw the Broken Sword tremble in the woman’s hand, its tip pointing through the void toward him.

’How arrogant!’

The young woman looked over in the direction the Broken Sword was pointing.

Only now did Wan Ze get a clear look at her face...

His breath caught in his throat!

Because on that gorgeous face, where her eyes should have been, were two black, bloody sockets!

There were no eyeballs, no sclera—just two bottomless voids, staring fixedly in his direction!

’Shit!’

’I’m seeing a real fucking ghost!’

The hair on Wan Ze’s body stood on end, and he immediately tried to sever his connection to his Spiritual Form!

However...

BOOM!

A huge figure suddenly blocked his path.

The Faceless True Monarch Statue had returned at some unknown point and now stood before him like a great mountain, shielding him completely.

Wan Ze was dumbfounded.

What left him even more gobsmacked was that the statue’s hand, held behind its back... its index finger twitched.

’It was clearly telling me: Get into the temple, fast.’

A warmth spread through Wan Ze’s heart.

’You’re a real one, bro!’

”Take care of yourself, big bro!”

Wan Ze yelled, and with a single thought, severed his connection to the Spiritual Form.

SWISH!

His figure vanished instantly.

In the dead-silent mountain forest, all that remained was the young woman, the Broken Sword in her hand still pointing accusingly where Wan Ze had vanished, and the Faceless True Monarch Statue standing its ground like a great mountain.

The moment Wan Ze vanished, the ”gazes” of all three converged on the spot where he had been.

The air froze.

The young woman gripped her sword, her bloody sockets staring intently at the spot where Wan Ze had disappeared.

The Broken Sword’s trembling also stopped, as if in incomprehension.

The True Monarch Statue didn’t move.

Then...

The young woman suddenly scanned her surroundings.

Nothing!

He was nowhere!

That person was gone, as if he had completely evaporated from this world!

’But... how could that be!!!!’

The Moonlight around her churned violently as a furious aura erupted, causing the entire mountain forest to tremble.

The Broken Sword trembled in her hand.

In the distance, the Faceless True Monarch Statue remained motionless, but on its featureless face, a faint, almost imperceptible hint of... confusion seemed to appear.

’Something felt wrong.’

...

Wan Ze sat on the edge of his bed and took a deep breath.

He calmed himself and, with a slight frown, began to process the incredible experience he had just been through.

A sentient Broken Sword?

A flying Faceless True Monarch Statue?

And that peerlessly elegant Female Sword Immortal who had lost her eyes...

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it all seemed.

This was his first time encountering ”other people” in that mysterious world.

Although, no matter how he looked at it, that Female Sword Immortal didn’t seem human.

”Looks like I still need to be careful.”

He muttered to himself, his gaze falling to his own hands.

The memory of the bone-chilling cold from touching the True Monarch Statue was still fresh. His Evil Suppression Value had dropped significantly, but the Six Hidden Secret Fruit he’d received in exchange was undeniably tempting.

Also...

’Why did that True Monarch Statue choose to protect me?’

Wan Ze couldn’t figure it out.

He and the stone statue were complete strangers; they couldn’t even be considered ”acquaintances.”

But when facing the Female Sword Immortal, the True Monarch Statue had clearly been protecting him.

Wan Ze sat in silence for a long time before finally making a decision.

’I’ll try one more time.’

He closed his eyes and activated his Spiritual Form.

VMMMMM!!!

The instant his consciousness sank into that world, Wan Ze was on high alert.

He appeared in the same place as before: the edge of the mountain forest, where the ground was scorched black and the crimson moon hung high in the sky.

The arrival point hadn’t changed.

Just as Wan Ze was about to observe his surroundings...

SWOOSH!

The sound of something tearing through the air came from the distance!

Like a dog that had caught the scent of meat, the Broken Sword spotted him almost instantly. It shot toward him, its blade vibrating, moving with the speed of a lightning bolt.