Chapter 343: I Don’t Want To See Him Die
Four Great Destiny Sovereigns!
As he observed the formidable lineup, Ye Guan's face darkened. The fact that the Eternal Sovereign had dispatched four Great Destiny Sovereigns to kill him had truly caught him off guard. His cultivation base was too low compared to them, so how could he possibly contend with such an overwhelming lineup?
Adding to the unexpected turn of events was the Adjudication Sword Master's intervention. Ye Guan regarded the Adjudication Sword Master with a complex mix of emotions and asked, "What brings you here?"
The Adjudication Sword Master didn't even glance at him as she coldly declared, "To witness your demise."
Her words were cold, but Ye Guan found a subtle warmth in them, and the discovery made him smile.
The Adjudication Sword Master shot him an icy glare. "What's funny? There's nothing funny about this situation."
Ye Guan responded sincerely, "You disrupted Cirou's plans."
Turning away, the Adjudication Sword Master stared into the distance with an emotionless visage. "I'll fight those four, and you can make your escape."
Before Ye Guan could speak, the Adjudication Sword Master softly warned, "Don't feign act like you're strong. If you stay here, you're definitely going to die.”
Shaking his head, Ye Guan met the Adjudication Sword Master's ire with a calm expression.
"Stubborn and foolish," the Sword Master grumbled.
Ye Guan's gaze shifted toward Sovereign Mang in the distance.
"What's going to happen to you if I leave?"
The Adjudication Sword Master turned toward him, but she didn't respond.
Sovereign Mang broke the silence and asked, "What kind of game is your True Universe playing?"
The Adjudication Sword Master turned toward Sovereign Mang.
Sovereign Mang asked, "Adjudication Sword Master, did Lady Cirou not inform you of her alliance with our Eternal Civilization?"
The Adjudication Sword Master stared intently at Sovereign Mang.
"Her allegiance has nothing to do with me," she said.
"It appears that your True Universe lacks unity," Sovereign Mang said with narrowed eyes.
"We can just kill her if she remains adamant on saving him. Why waste words with her?” said Sovereign Xuan. His words echoed throughout the starry sky, and he suddenly vanished.
The other two also made their moves, while Sovereign Mang quickly followed suit.
Facing the terrifying assault of four Great Destiny Sovereigns, Ye Guan felt as though he was facing four immovable mountains. Just their combined aura was enough to obliterate a few worlds.
The Adjudication Sword Master's gaze turned cold. She took a step forward and gestured with her fingers.
"Open!" she roared and slashed out with her finger sword.
A sharp sword flew out from her glabella, and it made a beeline for Sovereign Mang.
The attack sent Sovereign Mang tumbling backward.
The Adjudication Sword Master quickly followed out, and a myriad of sword lights erupted, forcing the three Great Destiny Sovereigns to retreat.
The four Great Destiny Sovereigns were left astonished and uneasy.
They hadn't expected the Adjudication Sword Master's overwhelming strength. She glared coldly at the four Great Destiny Sovereigns with a sword made out of her sword intent in her hands.
She exuded a terrifying sword might that Ye Guan left Ye Guan deeply surprised.
Ye Guan initially thought that he was on par with the Adjudication Sword Master, but it finally became clear to him that the gap between them was incredibly huge, and she had held back during their previous fights.
Otherwise, he would have already died ten times.
A mix of complex emotions surged within Ye Guan.
The Adjudication Sword Master suddenly grabbed Ye Guan's shoulder and dragged him away with her across the starry sky.
Sovereign Mang's expression turned cold, and he roared, "Chase them!"
His words had yet to finish echoing when they all transformed into streaks of light that chased after the Adjudication Sword Master.
The Adjudication Sword Master tore through the fabric of spacetime, guiding Ye Guan toward the Guanxuan Universe inside the spacetime tunnel. Ye Guan turned toward the Adjudication Sword Master next to him. Her skin was as fair as snow, and her facial features were perfect, devoid of any flaws. Even though only half of her face was visible to him, he still couldn't take his eyes off his breathtaking beauty.
The Adjudication Sword Master seemed to have sensed his gaze as she suddenly turned her head toward him and asked, sounding furious, "What are you staring at?"
Ye Guan retracted his gaze and looked into the distance without uttering a word. The Adjudication Sword Master glared at him and said, "I saved you just because I didn't want you to die by such despicable means. Don't read too much into it, understand?"
Ye Guan nodded, "I know. You want to kill me with your own hands."
The Adjudication Sword Master coldly replied, "As long as you understand."
Ye Guan suddenly chuckled. The Adjudication Sword Master was furious, "What are you laughing at? Is there something funny about what I said? Laugh again, and I'll stab you to death!"
Ye Guan hastily said, "Okay, okay. I won't laugh anymore."
The Adjudication Sword Master glared fiercely at Ye Guan, and then she turned to look toward the distant edge of the starry sky. She fell silent upon sensing the four Destiny Sovereigns' pursuit. After a while, she asked, "Can you contact someone from your Guanxuan Universe?"
Ye Guan shook his head and replied, "This place is too far away from the Guanxuan Universe."
The Adjudication Sword Master furrowed her delicate eyebrows.
Ye Guan was about to say something when he noticed that she had come to a stop.
"What's wrong?" Ye Guan asked.
The Adjudication Sword Master silently gazed into the distance.
Ye Guan turned to look and found an old man not too far away from them. The old man was dressed in Daoist robes with a horsetail whisk in hand. His aura seemed like it had become one with the starry sky, and it was enough clues for Ye Guan to know that the old man was an expert.
Two Great Destiny Sovereigns were standing in front of the old man. Just then, Sovereign Mang and the other Great Destiny Sovereigns appeared a kilometer away from Ye Guan and the Adjudication Sword Master.
Six Great Destiny Sovereigns and an old fogey... Ye Guan frowned deeply. The Eternal Sovereign had twelve Great Destiny Sovereigns, and he had dispatched half of them just to kill him.
Wait! Ye Guan's brows knitted. The Eternal Sovereign was exceedingly prideful and confident. It was unlikely that he would go to such lengths to deal with a mere Ye Guan. In other words, Cirou had to have said something to the Eternal Sovereign.
Her words—whatever they were—had made the Eternal Sovereign take him seriously.
Ye Guan felt bitter. He had never been wary of Cirou because it seemed like she had been in the tiny pagoda for a long time. He always thought that Cirou was there to assist him at the behest of his father. Indeed, she had assisted him for quite a while.
However, he truly didn't expect the depths of Cirou's schemes.
Did Father place her by my side to increase the difficulty of my life? Ye Guan genuinely felt that his grandfather had been too lenient with his father many years ago. The Yang Family members were getting tougher and tougher, so his grandfather should have given his father more hardships.
The old man stared at the Adjudication Sword Master and smiled before asking, "Adjudication Sword Master, did Cirou not inform you of the alliance between your True Universe and our Eternal Civilization?"
The Adjudication Sword Master stared at the old man and asked, "Is it really necessary to dispatch so many Great Destiny Sovereigns just to kill a Peak Immortal Realm cultivator?"
The old man made a sidelong glance at Ye Guan and chuckled. "Young Master Ye is not an ordinary Peak Immortal Realm cultivator. Of course, this is all thanks to Lady Cirou's words. He could have escaped if we had only sent one Great Destiny Sovereign."
Ye Guan's expression darkened. He was right. His days ahead were undoubtedly going to be even more challenging because Cirou knew everything there was to know about him.
Just then, the old man continued. "Adjudication Sword Master, we don't want to be enemies with the True Universe, so if you wish to leave, you can do so at any time. If you don't want to leave, then we'll have to apologize in advance for offending you."
The Adjudication Sword Master turned to Ye Guan and whispered, "Can you just go?"
Ye Guan stared at the Adjudication Sword Master and said, "I want to leave. If I go, they will come after me, which means that I won't be in danger. However, I'm afraid that you'll desperately try to stop them from chasing me if I were to do that."
The Adjudication Sword Master looked away and spat coldly. "You have a wild imagination. I won't risk my life for you."
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile and clenched his fist.
Boom!
Ye Guan's aura surged crazily after activating the Sword Master's Dao Imprint. The Sword Master's Dao Imprint allowed him to temporarily reach the Time Immortal Realm. However, Ye Guan wasn't done just yet—he activated the Lightning God Imprint and the Divine Tree of Nature.
Ye Guan's aura reached unprecedented heights in the blink of an eye.
The old man's eyes narrowed in astonishment, and he exclaimed, "The Sword Master's Dao Imprint!"
They had come here to kill Ye Guan and plunder his divine items. Every piece of divine item on Ye Guan was a godly divine item of unparalleled value. The Sword Master's Dao Imprint was especially overpowered as it allowed one to break even the Great Daoist Brush Master's seals.
In fact, their main objective here was the Sword Master's Dao Imprint.
All of a sudden, Ye Guan reached out for the Adjudication Sword Master's face.
This time, the Adjudication Sword Master didn't kick up a fuss, nor did she look away.
Ye Guan suddenly stopped when it was just half an inch away from her face.
In the end, Ye Guan retracted his hand and stared deeply at her. He had so many words that he wanted to say to her, but he could only say two words.
"Thank you," he said. His figure turned blurry as lightning erupted beneath his feet. A thunderous boom echoed afterward as he vanished into a beam of sword light that rushed toward the distance.
"Cirou, True Selflessness, I know you two are here. Don't let her intervene again," Ye Guan said, leaving these words behind as he disappeared.
The old man and the Great Destiny Sovereigns ignored the Adjudication Sword Master and chased after Ye Guan.
The Adjudication Sword Master's eyes flickered with cold killing intent. She bent her knees and was about to jump into the air to chase after them when Cirou and True Selflessness suddenly appeared next to her.
The Adjudication Sword Master glanced at the two women and frowned.
Cirou stared deeply at the Adjudication Sword Master and said, "Why are you going this far for him? You... don't tell me that you like him!"
True Selflessness frowned. She cast a doubtful gaze at the Adjudication Sword Master upon sensing that something was awry. Initially, she hadn't entertained such thoughts, but Cirou's words hinted at a troubling reality.
The Adjudication Sword Master paid no attention to Cirou's remarks.
She started walking away, but Cirou swiftly stopped her. She glared at the Adjudication Sword Master and shouted, "Have you lost your mind?! Did you actually fall for him? Do you not know that his goal is to annihilate the True Universe?!"
The Adjudication Sword Master was quiet. Eventually, she decided to speak and said, “Didn’t you say that he's handsome?”
Cirou was frustrated and furious. "Calling him handsome is just... Cijing, please don't let your feelings cloud your judgment. He's far from reliable. I've been with him long enough to know that. He's not just flirtatious; he's also fickle and unreliable."
Undeterred, the Adjudication Sword Master continued walking away.
Just then, a mysterious force enveloped her.
The Adjudication Sword Master turned to Cirou and asked, "Do you really think that attacking me now will change anything?"
Cirou's cold gaze seemed to dig into the Adjudication Sword Master as she said, "He holds a grudge against the Eternal Civilization, and our True Universe can take advantage of that. Anyone else can rescue him, but not you.
"You have to remember who you are—you're a divine spirit of the True Universe, the Head Commander of the Jin Guards, and you're from the Stone Village. Are you truly willing to betray the True Universe, the Stone Village, and Big Sister for one man?"
The Adjudication Sword Master glared coldly at Cirou. Her words were like sharp knives piercing her heart. Cijing spoke before Cirou could say something, and she sounded like she was pleading as she said, "I don't want to see him die."
“Ah...” Cirou was dumbstruck. “How can you fall for him? How can you—”
Cirou interrupted herself and stared wide-eyed at the Adjudication Sword Master.
“Eternal Secret Realm. What happened there? You two...” she muttered.
The Adjudication Sword Master stared at the fuming Cirou and said, “You're right! He's an enemy of the True Universe, and you didn't do anything wrong by scheming against an enemy. We're enemies, so everything is justified, but...”
The Adjudication Sword Master turned toward the distance and continued. “I still want to save him!”
“Why?! Why?!” Cirou shouted; she couldn't quite accept it.
“I don’t want to see him get bullied!” the Adjudication Sword Master exclaimed and smiled wryly. Then, she turned into a beam of sword light that disappeared into the distance.
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