Chapter 201: Mowing People Down in Swathes
Ye Guan was about to turn around when a lady appeared in front of him. She was wearing a light purple dress, and a red ribbon was wrapped around her slender waist.
Her dark black hair stretched down to her waist, and she looked extremely elegant.
She was holding a sword as well.
A swordswoman? Ye Guan froze as he stared at her.
The woman took a stance with her sword and slashed out.
It was a calm sword move with neither sword intent nor sword force, but…
Lu Tian seemed to have thrown himself toward the woman’s sword, and he was forced at least a hundred meters away.
Lu Tian looked down at his right hand and saw a deep wound in his palm.
Lu Tian’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the sword-wielding woman. Eventually, he scoffed and said, “So it’s you—the fourth strongest swordsman in the world—Mu Tiandao.”
Mu Tiandao was now the fifth strongest swordsman, but such detail wasn’t important at the moment. It was undeniable that she was a highly accomplished swordsman. She could have easily taken first if it weren’t for the four swordsmen ahead of her.
Li Banzhi heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing Mu Niannian[1] It was great that she had begged Mu Niannian for help. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The True World had sent far too many elites for them to resist.
Mu Niannian stared intently at Lu Tian.
Lu Tian was about to speak when Mu Niannian raised her hand and attacked.
The onlookers failed to catch even a glimpse of what happened next, but Lu Tian flew at least a kilometer away after taking the brunt of such a powerful attack. Lu Tian’s right arm was drooping as blood spurted out of his shoulder like a fountain.
Lu Tian stared with narrowed eyes at Mu Niannian.
“I—” he started, but Mu Niannian attacked him once more.
Boom!
Lu Tian flew by another kilometer. When he stopped, his left and right arm fell to the ground, and blood spurted out haphazardly from both wounds.
Mu Niannian had severed both of Lu Tian’s arms, but Lu Tian merely smiled and smiled. “It is no wonder you accompanied the Sword Master to infiltrate my True World back then. Impressive—very impressive indeed!”
Boom!
Lu Tian’s figure shook violently, and a middle-aged man slowly floated out of Lu Tian.
The middle-aged man had a head full of white hair, and he was clad in a long robe. He looked proud, and there wasn’t even a hint of anger in his demeanor. More importantly, his arms were intact.
Meanwhile, Lu Tian had lost both of his arms.
Lu Tian looked extremely annoyed. Why am I the one who got injured?
Mu Niannian stared deeply at the middle-aged man and said, “As far as I remember, the True World only has nine great Divine Sovereigns at the Heavenly Garrison. I’ve already defeated eight of the nine Divine Sovereigns, but I don’t think you’re the ninth.”
“I’m the tenth Divine Sovereign of the True World. It was only recently that I made a breakthrough. I’m Divine Sovereign Taihe,” said the middle-aged man with a smile. “I truly didn’t expect to meet you here, Mu Tiandao. However, it’s fine. I’ve been looking forward to fighting you for the longest time.”
The middle-aged man stepped out, and the surroundings briefly turned illusory before fading away.
The elites fighting nearby retreated at the sight.
The Shadow Maiden flicked her sleeve, enveloping both Ye Guan and her in an inscrutable, mysterious power.
Meanwhile, Divine Sovereign Taihe clenched his right hand into a fist, absorbing the surrounding Great Dao.
Grasping the Great Daos!
The universe quivered as a million kilometers of spacetime was annihilated.
It was a horrifying sight.
However, the Shadow Maiden was excited. Finally, a top cultivator!
She had to admit that she had been a frog in a tiny well, so what if she could only cut down a mountain? She would be capable of bringing down even the heavens one day.
Divine Sovereign Taihe’s gaze landed on Mu Niannian. He grinned and punched out.
Boom!
A fist imprint containing numerous Great Daos headed straight for Mu Niannian.
In response, Mu Niannian calmly thrust her sword forward.
Boom!
The sword pierced the fist imprint, but it erupted into a powerful flame that enveloped Mu Niannian’s sword.
Mu Niannian’s eyes narrowed. She retracted her sword and swung it down.
The fist imprint was finally destroyed.
A terrifying energy locked onto Mu Niannian and made a beeline for her from the side.
Mu Niannian thrust her sword toward the oncoming clump of energy.
Boom!
The entire universe dimmed significantly as the world trembled.
Divine Sovereign Taihe retreated at least a kilometer away.
Mu Niannian didn’t chase after Divine Sovereign Taihe. She had the upper hand during the exchange just now, but she decided not to capitalize on her advantage and snowball her way to victory.
Ye Guan’s expression sank. He looked around and turned to the Shadow Maiden before asking, “Dearest Sister, I think we have been surrounded by Divine Spirits more powerful than Divine Sovereign Taihe.”
The Shadow Maiden turned to Ye Guan and asked, “Why do you say do?”
Ye Guan made a sidelong glance at Mu Niannian before saying, “Mu Tiandao could have chased Divine Sovereign Taihe just now, but she remained unmoving. She’s also making sure that she’s always a certain distance away from me.
”I’m sure she’s wary of the Divine Spirits hiding in the dark.
Ye Guan paused to look around before continuing. “I think Divine Sovereign Taihe wants to distract Mu Tiandao. His goal just now was probably to lure Mu Tiandao away so that his colleagues could take advantage of that opportunity to kill me in a sneak attack.
“Unfortunately, Mu Tiandao didn’t fall for their bait.”
There are powerful Divine Spirits hiding in the dark? The Shadow Maiden frowned and closed her eyes to look around with her divine sense. Moments later, she shook her head and said, “I can’t find anyone else nearby.”
Ye Guan’s expression sank. The Shadow Maiden failed to sense them, so the lurkers had to be more powerful than the Shadow Maiden, at the very least.
With that thought in mind, Ye Guan inwardly asked, “Master Pagoda, are they strong?”
Little Pagoda responded, “They’re extremely strong!”
So I’m right… Ye Guan hesitated before asking, “Master Pagoda, why did you not warn me about the dangers hidden in the dark?”
“You’re smart,” Little Pagoda said before explaining, “I’m sure you would have noticed them without my warning.”
Ye Guan’s face darkened. He retorted, “What if I didn’t notice them?”
“What has that got to do with me?” Little Pagoda retorted and said, “If you die, it is what it is. There’s nothing I can do about it. I’m just a pagoda, after all.”
Ye Guan went silent. Damn it! Master Pagoda is becoming useless.
Meanwhile, Divine Sovereign Taihe was quietly staring at Mu Niannian.
However, Mu Niannian was clearly reading Divine Sovereign Taihe’s mind.
“Elites of Guanxuan!” Mu Niannian shouted, “Stand behind the Young Leader.”
The elite cultivators of the Guanxuan Academy didn’t hesitate to stand behind Ye Guan.
Just then, Mu Niannian slashed out with her sword.
Woosh!
A massive kilometer-wide rift in space split open.
Mu Niannian turned to look at Ye Guan and said, “Lead them to the Eternal World and protect them on the way. The battles here are way out of their league.”
Mu Niannian was right. The cultivators here weren’t even qualified to head to the Xuzhen Battlefield, not to mention fight these Divine Spirits from the True World.
This is bad. They can’t stay here. If they stay here, they’re just going to die. They’re the future of the Guanxuan Academy, so if they die here, the Guanxuan Academy’s future will be affected. Ye Guan thought. He didn’t bother to argue as he roared, “Let’s go!”
Ye Guan turned around and headed for the massive rift in space.
The others rushed to follow him.
“You dare run away?!” a Divine King bellowed.
He was about to take action, but a resplendent sword light streaked across the skies.
The resplendent sword light buried itself in the Divine King’s forehead, and he perished without knowing how he died.
Mu Niannian glared sinisterly at the other Divine Spirits. “I dare you to move!”
The Divine Spirits glared at Mu Tiandao[2] with grave expressions.
The Divine Spirits were aware of Mu Tiandao’s prowess.
After all, she stood by the Sword Master’s side when the Sword Master decided to attack the True World many years ago. The Sword Master made a name for himself with that incident, and so did Mu Tiandao
The incident also forced the True World to take the Guanxuan Universe seriously.
The True World had encountered invaders for the first time throughout its long history, and it was even rumored that the Sword Master had killed over a million Divine Spirits at the time, as well as over a thousand Divine Sovereigns.
Of course, it only happened once. No one from the Guanxuan Universe had been able to invade the True World since then.
Mu Tiandao turned to look at Chen Guanzi.
“Sword Sect’s Chen Guanzi!” she shouted.
Chen Guanzi turned to look at Mu Tiandao.
Mu Tiandao said, “If anyone above a Divine Sovereign appears, summon your ancestor.”
Summon our ancestor! Chen Guanzi’s expression turned grim.
Mu Tiandao had just mentioned the Sword Sect’s ultimate hidden trump card.
Ye Xuan had struck a deal with the Xuzhen World[3]many years ago, and the deal was that cultivators who had transcended couldn’t be involved in the matters of the Guanxuan Universe. In other words, it wasn’t that great of a trump card.
In addition, Sword Master Qingshan, Destiny, and the Unfettered Swordsman[4]had chosen not to fight for the sake of helping Ye Xuan transcend. To make matters worse, no one could really say for sure if Sword Master Qingshan would even answer the summons.
However, if both father and grandfather wouldn’t lend a hand to their son and grandson, then Ye Guan ought to keep using the surname Ye!
Chen Guanzi nodded slightly before disappearing with the other swordsmen.
Mu Niannian looked up at Tianxiu and Qi Bitian. “Lady Tianxiu, please support me.”
“Okay.” Lady Tianxiu nodded.
Their opponents were too strong for them to leave, so they had been buying time and were waiting to see whose reinforcements would arrive first before the other.
Meanwhile, Divine Sovereign Taihe was staring at Mu Niannian.
Mu Niannian, Lady Tianxiu, and Qi Bitian were protecting the massive rift in space behind them—the spacetime tunnel that led to the Eternal World, and both sides were at a temporary stalemate.
Qi Bitian suddenly said, “Lady Niannian, where are the reinforcements from the Xuzhen World?”
“They can’t come here…” Mu Niannian shook her head and explained, “The True World immediately attacked the Xuzhen World the moment they discovered Ye Guan’s true identity. I’m sure they did it for the sake of suppressing Ah Luo and the others.”
Qi Bitian’s brows furrowed, and she said, “If the elites of the True World arrive first, the Young—”
Mu Niannian interrupted, “We’re still going to receive reinforcements.”
Qi Bitian was confused. “Really?”
Mu Niannian nodded and said, “You shouldn’t underestimate a mother. His mother knew that something like this would happen one day, so… let’s just wait and see!”
Qin Guan had also invaded the True World back then, and she had even killed more Divine Spirits than the Sword Master.
One would usually kill people one by one, but Qin Guan was different. She mowed people down in swathes.
1. Mu Niannian is her actual name, whereas Mu Tiandao seems to be her alias. Tiandao is also the direct Chinese pinyin for Heavenly Dao…likely to her role as the Department Chief of the Heavenly Dao Department. 👈
2. Mu Tiandao here because the Divine Spirits doesn’t know that Mu Tiandao’s real name is Mu Niannian 👈
3. Yes, it seems Ye Xuan also made a deal with the top cultivator of the Xuzhen World like the deal he made with the True World. 👈
4. Veela: We've heard you loud and clear about how the Freedom Swordsman is supposed to be the Unfettered One. Unfortunately, the Freedom Swordsman is written in different characters in Chinese, and it was the reason our translator decided to translate it in a different way. However, we've already followed the first book's naming conventions with Nether Maiden and the other characters, so why not do that for the Unfettered One as well? Of course, we still have to follow the guidelines, so we decided on a compromise by using the Unfettered Swordsman rather than the Unfettered One. Thank you for your understanding!
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