Chapter 1219: Chapter 1217: Incredibly Mysterious
Back in the land of Fate, the six legendary warriors of the South Sea mentioned the Overlapping Land, and neither Qin Elder and his two companions nor the five masters from Miaojiang found it surprising.
Later, Shi Xiaole specifically asked Qin Elder, and only then did he learn that the Overlying Land was connected not only to the ten most dangerous places in the world but also to the Triangular Sea Region.
And those fake Sky Origin Realm masters were able to smoothly enter and exit the Overlapping Land through the Triangular Sea Region.
According to Qin Elder, there were also fake Sky Origin Realm masters from outside the sky in the Overlapping Land, so they had to be extremely careful in their actions.
Meng Chou and the others were hearing about these secrets for the first time and were naturally stunned. Led by Shi Xiaole, the group quickly left the desert and headed deeper into the Overlapping Land.
...
This was an incredibly majestic building, primarily red and yellow, built against a mountain, and its highest point reached over five hundred meters. Compared to it, the temple from beyond the skies could only be called dilapidated.
This was the Nine Heavens Palace, one of the most powerful factions stationed in the Overlapping Land from beyond the skies.
Deep in the Nine Heavens Palace.
A group of people was being tortured severely, and others were subjected to extremely cruel mental punishments. Yet, even though life was worse than death, not a single one submitted and begged for mercy.
"The Meng and Shi clans do not have cowards who fear death!"
"Come on, if a member of the Liu Family from Affectionate Island utters a peep, he is no true man."
"The Yang Family Old Clan from Yang Town will not let you off, even in death!"
Hearing these mocking and arrogant words, the clan leader of the Murong Clan, Murong Wuguo, sneered, "If you do not tell where your ancestral land is, I will kill your companions one by one right in front of you. Do it."
Shick shick shick.
Like chopping vegetables, the heads of the men who had just shouted the loudest rolled to the ground, their splattered blood spraying on the faces of bystanders and causing a wave of bloodcurdling roars.
Murong Wuguo watched all this with an icy gaze.
Although his mental fortitude had reached twenty-two percent, it was still insufficient to break the spiritual prohibitions passed down by the clans unless a real Sky Origin Realm master came.
Unfortunately, at that time, the world of East Victory could not accommodate such beings.
But it would be soon. It was said that the great beings from beyond the skies had made preparations, just waiting for the moment of their descent. Then, they would launch a full-scale assault on the world of East Victory!
Before that, though, they had to deal with the nine traitorous groups that had sided with East Victory, to avoid being held back by them later on.
"Speak, and you can live; refuse, and you will go to your deaths one by one. Kill them, do not stop!"
Considering the urgency of the situation, Murong Wuguo gave the cold-blooded command with a stern expression.
Head after head fell to the ground, spreading the scent of blood throughout the dungeon. Curses, shouts of anger, and fierce cries mixed together, making the place seem like a hell on earth.
Among the bound and doomed, an old man laughed heartily, "Young brother Yan Zhenning, it seems you’ll be keeping this old man company in death soon."
The middle-aged man beside him, dressed in ragged clothes and extraordinarily handsome, was indeed Yan Zhenning. He also laughed, "Old brother, to die alongside many brothers and sisters from great families is also a joy of this world, isn’t it?"
Uncle Wang laughed and cried, a tear falling from the corner of his eye, "It’s a pity, before dying, I couldn’t see my young brother once more. I heard he has left the Colorless Realm."
Originally, when Shi Xiaole mistakenly entered the Colorless Realm, Uncle Wang failed to kill the Soul Mountain Sword Demon and after searching repeatedly, later found out that the Triangular Sea Region was related to the Colorless Realm, and they rushed to the East Sea.
Years passed, and they lost the Purple Wood Sword Emperor and his daughter, and then were unexpectedly swept up in the great battle between Affectionate Island and the Murong Clan. As members of the peace faction from beyond the skies, the two naturally did not shrink back.
It was also at this time, from the mouths of some, they learned that Shi Xiaole had already made an appearance.
Yan Zhenning murmured, "I only hope, if one day Young Hero Shi meets my wife and daughter, he can look after them for me. I have wronged them."
Boom boom boom...
As they were speaking, the entire dungeon began to shake.
"Someone dares to attack the Nine Heavens Palace? They’ve got nerve. I want to see who it is."
Murong Wuguo’s face changed, and he flew out of the Nine Heavens Palace.
Two other men whose presences were not weaker than Murong Wuguo’s also flew out. They were the clan leaders of the Ge Clan, Ge Dingbang, and the Dongguo Clan, Dongguo Wangqing.
The three clans, under the Nine Heavens Palace in the lands beyond, had a very close relationship.
"I wondered who it was. It turns out to be the two losers under me. I regretted letting you escape before, but I didn’t expect you to deliver yourselves to my doorstep," Murong Wuguo sneered upon seeing several people standing outside the Array System, his gaze shifting to the figure in green clothes, Shi Xiaole, whose eyes revealed a slight change.
"If I’m not mistaken, you must be the so-called Master of Fate, Shi Xiaole, the remnant of the Meng and Shi clans. How laughable! The natives of East Victory worship you as the ultimate idol. I wonder what their reaction will be upon learning your true identity."
Dongguo Wangqing was fat, and his squinted eyes emitted a very sharp light.
Ge Dingbang, on the other hand, gripped the hilt of his sword at his waist, the corner of his mouth curving into a mocking smile.
The land of Fate was said to be full of opportunities, but having gained the favor of their superiors, they too reaped great benefits. Their strengths had increased tremendously over the years, and they had already broken through to the mid-phase of eleven percent in the Supreme Martial Arts. How would they fear Shi Xiaole?
Especially now that everyone said that Shi Xiaole was the number one swordsman in the world, this irritated Ge Dingbang, a swordsman himself, who wished to take his place.
"Release them," said Shi Xiaole.
"Release whom?"
Murong Wuguo wore a sinister smile as he retorted.
"There was a guy named Murong Di whom I killed, and he told me that you captured a group of people."
Shi Xiaole said indifferently.
The smile vanished, and Murong Wuguo’s face filled with gloom as he coldly shouted, "I want you dead, Nine Stars Consecutive Palm Skill!"
The sky suddenly darkened, and nine huge stars aligned in a straight line while plummeting down. Within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, the void emitted a cacophonous cracking sound, unable to bear the pressure.
Compared to Murong Di, Murong Wuguo’s Palm Skill was even more fierce and powerful, and his strength was also a notch higher, not inferior to Xuanyuan Di, who came from the Land of Fate.
"Sky-shocking Sword!"
Four completely contrasting Sword Qi trajectories intertwined around Shi Xiaole, merging into one sword strike that he swiftly unleashed.
Bang!
In the midst of the explosive wave, a streak of sword light suddenly appeared, splitting heaven and earth into two distinct halves. The residual forces from the clash of the two great masters brushed past the edge of the sword and immediately snapped like a strand of hair.
It was Ge Dingbang who made the move.
"Abyssal Arrow!"
Before the sword light could hit Shi Xiaole, a thirty-foot-long arrow of light, like a cruising missile, appeared from behind and shot towards Shi Xiaole; the void shattered where the arrow passed, like a despairing abyss.
This was Dongguo Wangqing’s killing move.
Palm, sword, and arrow – all this was eerily similar to the scene Shi Xiaole witnessed at the Zrin Kingdom Ancestral Altar (Chapter 1073), except the perpetrators at the time were stronger than these three.
"Be careful!"
Meng Chou and Shi Fu’s complexions changed drastically, but given their current state, they could hardly assist Shi Xiaole, let alone approach the center of the battle.
Just as Shi Xiaole was about to be hit, a surge of Sword Qi spontaneously formed, creating an invisible spiral sword vortex that enveloped a three-yard radius around Shi Xiaole.
Under the influence of this spiral sword vortex, the residual palm force veered off. Although the sword light cut straight through, its speed dropped, and strands of Sword Qi were dispersed and absorbed into the vortex.
The arrow of light was the fastest, and as Shi Xiaole dodged sideways, the arrow was a mere three inches from him. The force it emitted collided with the Sword Qi on Shi Xiaole’s body, producing a tremendous metallic friction sound, and the void twisted violently.
Sword Realm!
Back at the peak of Heavenly Sword Peak, Shi Xiaole had already perfected his Sword Realm, making it independent of his sword moves and significantly increasing its power, but it was still not enough to withstand the combined strikes of three great masters.
At that moment, a scene that countless swordsmen of future generations would remember repeatedly occurred.
Shi Xiaole, pushing his power to the limit, swiftly unleashed a second "Sky-shocking Sword," not aimed at the enemy, but precisely striking the arrow of light.
Clang!
The sword force attached to the arrow, combined with two other forces pushed by the Sword Realm, made this arrow extraordinarily powerful. Against all expectations, it directly pierced through the Array System of Nine Heavens Palace.
That was the Array System’s weak point Shi Xiaole had already identified!
He knew well that with his power, he couldn’t break the grand array in a short time, so he cleverly borrowed the strength of the other three great masters to achieve his goal.
All of this seemed easy, but in the critical moment, any slight mishandling of power could detonate it and destroy him instead.
To everyone around, Shi Xiaole, who accomplished all this, could only be described as otherworldly.
Without time for shock, as soon as the Array System broke, following the plan discussed earlier, Meng Chou and Shi Fu, along with several other masters, charged into Nine Heavens Palace.
"Die!"
Strictly speaking, Murong Wuguo and his two companions could only be considered outsiders to Nine Heavens Palace, where there were masters inside not weaker than them, and two in fact.
Two formidable currents of Vigorous Air, one from the left and one from the right, ambushed Meng Chou and the others, as if the heaven and earth were about to be annihilated.
In the nick of time, a stunning, green arrow burst forth, carrying Meng Chou and the others at high speed through the Vigorous Air currents – it was the "Heartbroken Small Arrow" secretly activated by Shi Xiaole.
With a boom!
The vast and impregnable dungeon of Nine Heavens Palace, spanning tens of thousands of meters, was destroyed in an instant, exploding into the sky as rubble, and the masters of Nine Heavens Palace inside were pierced by the scattered arrow silk.
"Chief Meng!"
"Chief Shi!"
"Liu Feng, it’s you..."
The people in the dungeon were completely unaware of what had happened until they saw Meng Chou and the others and the Affectionate Island youth, with some acquaintances shouting out one after another.
But many were terrified by the scene in the distance.
They saw a young man, appearing to be eighteen or nineteen, in a green robe, waving a long sword, single-handedly battling five of the great masters from Nine Heavens Palace!
The term "peerless" means to overshadow the world, not necessarily unbeatable, but at least very rare to find an opponent. A battle like this, even one against two couldn’t last long; facing three usually meant certain defeat.
And now, someone was fighting one against five and still holding on, an occurrence so unprecedented and amazing that it was unprecedented and unmatched in history.
"It’s the young master!"
Uncle Wang and Yan Zhenning’s eyes widened in disbelief at what they were witnessing.
