Chapter 193: Don’t Move!
The Sword Master’s Dao Imprint entered Ye Guan.
The sudden change caused everyone to be frozen in place.
The Sword Master’s Dao Imprint actually rebelled and abandoned its owner?
Quite a few of Lu Tian’s supporters felt a bit fearful at the underlying implication behind the sudden turn of events. Meanwhile, the Head Military Official glared hatefully at Ye Guan. He clenched his fists until his nails dug into his palms, drawing blood.
The elders of Time Paradise boisterously laughed. Look! Who’s the true Chosen One?
Lu Tian was in disbelief as he glared at Ye Guan. He had realized that he had lost his connection to the Sword Master’s Dao Imprint; he could no longer feel it. In other words, he had completely lost the Sword Master’s Dao Imprint.
How is this possible?
Panic rose from the depths of Lu Tian’s heart. The Sword Master’s Dao Imprint was one of his biggest trump cards!
However, the Sword Master’s Dao Imprint actually rebelled against him and jumped ships toward Ye Guan.
Lu Tian’s heart was gripped with both panic and fear.
Just then, a mysterious voice echoed in his head. “A cultivator has to remain unafraid upon facing an unexpected situation while they’re on their path to the summit of the Great Dao.
”A special existence is probably inside Ye Guan, and they must have been the one who whisked the Sword Master’s Dao Imprint away.”
A special existence! Lu Tian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He looked at Ye Guan.
Ye Guan was staring at Lu Tian, but he didn’t say anything as he stomped lightly.
Crackle!
Thunder crackled as Ye Guan transformed into a ray of light and rushed toward Lu Tian.
Ye Guan abandoned all thoughts about the Sword Master’s Dao Imprint; he decided to bury Lu Tian first before anything else. He streaked across the Life or Death Stage as he made his way toward Lu Tian, and every inch of space that stood in his way was torn apart as if it were a piece of paper.
Lu Tian’s pupils constricted. However, he didn’t even attempt to dodge as Ye Guan’s sword eventually appeared a few inches away from his forehead.
Ye Guan used his twenty swords at the same time to unleash a devastating move.
Boom!
A dazzling sword light struck Lu Tian’s forehead, but under everyone’s shocked gazes, Ye Guan was the one who was sent flying, and he flew at least a few hundred meters away from Lu Tian.
The onlookers stared at Lu Tian and found that he was wearing red and gold armor.
The armor was made out of indescribable unknown scales, and each scale was filled with tiny, inscrutable, ancient-looking runes. The entire armor gave off a dim ancient light, and it made its wearer look invincible.
A gilded word was emblazoned on the armor’s left breastplate—Guanxuan!
“That’s the Guanxuan Divine Armor!” an onlooker yelled in shock.
The Guanxuan Divine Armor was the most formidable Divine Armor throughout the Guanxuan Universe. Pavilion Master Qin Guan made the armor herself back when she was still fighting in the True World. The Guanxuan Divine Armor’s defensive prowess was unparalleled even in the entire Guanxuan Universe.
In other words, even ten Ye Guans wouldn’t be enough to shatter its defenses.
Chen Guanzi frowned. “Why does he have that divine armor?!”
The Guanxuan Academy had too many Guanxuan Divine Armors to count, but many of them were lost during that war many years ago.
Unfortunately, only a few Guanxuan Divine Armors survived the ordeal.
The Guanxuan Academy took great care of them and stored them properly.
The current Guanxuan Academy was no longer capable of producing a Guanxuan Divine Armor. In other words, it could be said that a Guanxuan Divine Armor was extremely precious. In fact, even the Sword Sect didn’t have one.
So how come Lu Tian has one?! Did the Head Military Official give it to him?
Chen Guanzi frowned, but he soon shook his head.
There was no way the Head Military Official had a Guanxuan Divine Armor.
Was it the Committee?
Chen Guanzi grimaced. He slowly turned to look in the direction of where the Committee members were standing. If his assumption was right, then the Committee obviously wanted Lu Tian to win at all costs!
There was no way Ye Guan could shatter the Guanxuan Divine Armor’s defenses, as even the Divine Xuanwu’s defense couldn’t compare to the Guanxuan Divine Armor.
Chen Guanzi’s gaze turned cold.
If his assumption was correct, Ye Guan was in grave danger.
Chen Guanzi stared at Ye Guan for quite a while before saying, “Cao Bai!”
Cao Bai looked at Chen Guanzi and asked, “First Senior Brother, what do you want me to do?”
Chen Guanzi said indifferently, “Get ready to summon the Ancestor.”
Cao Bai’s eyes widened as he froze at where he stood. Summon the Ancestor?
The Sword Sect’s ancestor was none other than Sword Master Qingshan.
Li Banzhi frowned slightly upon seeing the Guanxuan Divine Armor. She was truly surprised to see Lu Tian wearing it.
Who gave that to Lu Tian? Li Banzhi pondered silently.
The Guanxuan Divine Armor definitely wasn’t from the Head Military Official. His status was too low for him to own one. However, if it wasn’t the Head Military Official, who could it be?
Li Banzhi stared at Lu Tian. After a while, she muttered to herself, “We underestimated his backer.”
She turned slightly and asked, “Is Lady Mu here yet?”
An You bowed slightly and replied, “She’s moving as fast as possible.”
Li Banzhi went silent. Moments later, she said, “Be prepared to activate the Guanxuan Array at any moment.”
An You was stunned. The Guanxuan Array?
The Guanxuan Array was an array that Pavilion Master Qin Guan had made for the Guanxuan Academy. She had gathered the elites of the Immortal Treasures Pavilion just to construct the array.
It was created to protect the Guanxuan Academy from Divine Spirits.
The elites of the Guanxuan Universe had been keeping the Divine Spirits at bay in the Xuzhen Battlefield, so the Guanxuan Array had never been used even once.
However, Li Banzhi was actually preparing to activate the Guanxuan Array.
An You was understandably shocked. However, he didn’t question her orders and retreated to carry them out.
It seemed that things were more serious than he initially thought.
Li Banzhi stared at Ye Guan on the Life or Death Stage, and her gaze turned cold as she said, “I really want to see who is daring enough to try and hurt you!”
The Head Military Official’s expression turned complicated upon seeing the Guanxuan Divine Armor that Lu Tian was wearing.
How could he not tell that Lu Tian had another backer? In fact, Lu Tian’s hidden backer was stronger than the Head Military Official! It wasn’t really strange, as only those who were truly strong could possibly own a Guanxuan Divine Armor.
The Head Military Official was thrilled. The Guanxuan Divine Armor’s appearance meant that Lu Tian was now truly invincible.
The Sword Master’s Qingxuan Sword was the only divine item capable of shattering the Guanxuan Divine Armor’s defenses. Of course, Ye Guan’s strange sword couldn’t possibly be the Qingxuan Sword.
In other words, the battle was pretty much over.
Lu Tian’s supporters cheered like crazy upon discovering the identity of Lu Tian’s armor.
The Guanxuan Divine Armor! That’s the strongest divine armor throughout the entire Guanxuan Universe! It’s invincible!
How could Ye Guan possibly win at this point?
Ye Guan stared intently at Lu Tian as blood trickled down his lips.
The Guanxuan Divine Armor had actually reflected a portion of his attack back to him, injuring all of his internal organs. If it hadn’t been for Ao Qianqian becoming one with him, he would have died from the collision earlier.
Ye Guan wiped his lips clean and asked, “Master Pagoda, aren’t you being a bit too stingy? I only have the Path Sword; are you really not going to give me more?”
“Fuck!” Little Pagoda cursed in the tiny pagoda, “Listen, did you hear what that little bastard said just now? What an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!”
The mysterious voice asked, “White-eyed wolf?”
Little Pagoda explained, “You’ve been telling me that I’m a bit uncultured, so I’ve been reading some books over the past few days. What do you think? I finally sound refined, right?”
After a few moments of silence, the mysterious voice replied, “Good job. Keep reading what you’re reading right now, and don’t read any more books once you’re done.”
Little Pagoda was speechless.
Meanwhile, Lu Tian glared at Ye Guan and mocked, “Ye Guan, don’t you have a divine sword? Take it out; I really want to see which is stronger—your divine sword or my Guanxuan Divine Armor?”
Ye Guan stared intently at Lu Tian before saying, “I promised Master Pagoda that I won’t use it unless necessary.”
Little Pagoda was slightly confused. When did you promise me that? What the fuck?! Is this little bastard really trying to push the blame onto me at a time like this?
“You won’t take it out?” Lu Tian scoffed, “I think you just don’t dare to take it out!”
Ye Guan was silent, seemingly hesitating.
“Come on, take it out. I don’t want you to say that I didn’t give you a chance once we’re done here.” Lu Tian urged. He pointed at his chest and taunted, “Take out that sword of yours and plunge it into my heart!”
Was Lu Tian being arrogant here? Yes, and he had the right to be arrogant.
The Guanxuan Divine Armor was the most formidable armor in the Guanxuan Universe, and only the Sword Master’s Qingxuan Sword could shatter its defenses.
Confidence without strength was arrogance, while arrogance with strength was confidence. Lu Tian obviously belonged to the latter.
Ye Guan nodded slightly and said, “My divine sword is too strong. I truly didn’t want to use it against you, but since you insist, I shall use it begrudgingly. Don’t move, okay? I’m coming!”
Swoosh!
Ye Guan abruptly disappeared.
Schwing!
A ray of sword light as quick as lightning streaked across the stage. However, Ye Guan was still wielding a Zhuxie Flying Blade rather than the Path Sword.
Soon, he arrived in front of Lu Tian. After making sure that Lu Tian couldn’t possibly avoid his sword anymore, he switched to the Path Sword and thrust it toward Lu Tian’s chest.
Lu Tian chuckled coldly while staring at Ye Guan in disdain and ridicule.
Under everyone’s gazes, the Path Sword reached the Guanxuan Divine Armor.
Rip!
A crisp tearing noise echoed, and the invincible Guanxuan Divine Armor seemed like butter that had encountered a hot knife; it caved in, and the Path Sword pierced Lu Tian’s chest.
Each and every onlooker on Trial Peak froze at the inexplicable sight.
Lu Tian’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Ye Guan retracted the Path Sword and was about to kill Lu Tian with a final slash when a terrifying aura burst out of Lu Tian.
“Watch out!” Ao Qianqian’s frantic voice echoed in Ye Guan’s head.
A dazzling golden light abruptly enveloped Lu Tian.
Boom!
The golden light shattered, and Ye Guan flew thousands of meters away.
The explosion was so terrifying that it ripped Ao Qianqian away from Ye Guan. When Ye Guan was about to hit the ground, Ao Qianqian grabbed Ye Guan and held him up to take the impact of the landing for him.
The earth shattered, and a huge crater was formed.
Ao Qianqian was holding Ye Guan up as blood poured out of her mouth. Her right hand, which she used to lift Ye Guan up, was broken in many different places. Her bone was even sticking out of her arm, but she was still holding Ye Guan up.
Ye Guan stared blankly at Ao Qianqian.
Little Pagoda softly explained, “The reason you lasted so long against such a formidable opponent many realms above you is that she has been absorbing ninety percent of the blows for you.
”You can still fight, but this lass can no longer fight with you, as she has suffered far too many serious injuries. She sustained some of her injuries long ago, and she only lasted this long because of her determination and willpower.”
“I’m sorry…” Ao Qianqian smiled weakly at Ye Guan and said, “I don’t think I can take much more.”
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T/N’s: OMG Ao Qianqian, I am rooting for her now!
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