Chapter 1325: Chapter 1323: The Divine Sword Recognizes Its Master
"It’s him, the Holy Young Master!"
The Immortal Scholar couldn’t believe it.
The Shi Xiaole who had been blown to ashes, not only had not died but had become a Supreme Lord in just over fifty short years. Could this be true?
Even with the Immortal Scholar’s experience and composure, he found it too incredible to be true, faker than a lie, almost absurd.
Fairy Xinluo, Red Jade Saint, and the other five Holy Envoys all had eyes red with emotion.
With the life and death of the Holy Monarch couple uncertain, the Holy Young Master was their closest kin. The appearance of Shi Xiaole greatly uplifted them, as if the Holy Monarch himself had descended, giving them a sliver of faint hope amidst their despair.
"Brother Shi, you really are, full of surprises!"
Zhang Xiangfeng’s eyes blurred, his chest swelled with a kind of intense emotion that demanded release.
The death of Shi Xiaole had, for a swordsman like him, meant the loss of the most important rival in his life, and on a personal level, the loss of his closest friend.
Over the years, although Zhang Xiangfeng had made great strides, he had always lacked a most fundamental motivation, but now, seeing that same figure in the green shirt from the past, that motivation suddenly returned.
With a storm of sword energy, Zhang Xiangfeng cut the Outer Heaven Giant he was battling into seven or eight pieces. The renowned Divine Dragon Sword Emperor, in the joy of his old friend’s return, reached another level of transcendence.
"I knew it, you weren’t dead. How could someone who could defeat me, Xuanyuan Di, die so easily."
Amidst a burst of excited, agitated laughter, the bloodied Xuanyuan Di seemed to grow in momentum rather than diminish.
Around him, spirals of reincarnation power materialized, and as Xuanyuan Di threw his punches, the power of space-time seemed to accelerate locally, turning his formidable opponent into a pile of bones.
"Father!"
If anyone in attendance was most excited, it was undoubtedly Shi Wuyou.
This man, hailed as the number one prodigy and most handsome youth, always projected a calm and steady impression. Yet now, he was smiling through his tears, a stark contrast to his usual demeanor.
Shi Wuyou would never forget the words of encouragement his father had given him, so over the years, he had been practicing desperately every day, all to fulfill his father’s last wish.
But the immense regret in his heart could not be alleviated, and who would have thought that fate would be so kind as to bring his father back.
That figure standing tall in the sky, extraordinary and unique, perfectly merged with the father in his memory, making Shi Wuyou want to shout out loud to vent the boundless joy in his heart.
"Is that Uncle Shi?"
Zhang Mengyun and the rest of the younger generation from Nine Heavens Mountain had not seen Shi Xiaole and had only heard of his legends, whether in Nine Heavens Mountain or traversing the Martial World. Now, seeing him in person, they all felt like they were in a dream.
Not long after Shi Xiaole had perfected the "Immortal Gate Sword Technique," he sensed the fluctuations of battle from the end of the Void Channel and hurried back with Yao Yuxuan, arriving just in time.
Returning to the East Victory world after many years and seeing those familiar people touched Shi Xiaole deeply with a feeling of ineffable kinship.
This place held too many memories and bonds for him; it was the place he had pledged to protect, never to be trampled by outsiders!
An unprecedented strong will and sense of responsibility surged in Shi Xiaole’s heart. After more than a hundred years, it was only now, deep inside, that he truly considered the East Victory world his home!
Whir!!
A stupendous sword cry resonated between heaven and earth.
The boundless desert in the Western Region of the Flying Horse Dynasty suddenly split open with an enormous crack, reaching millions of miles deep, as profound as a cosmic black hole.
A speck of cold light burst forth, brightening the black hole as if it were broad daylight. The next moment, the cold light transformed into a long rainbow under the sun, soaring into the clouds, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant, arriving in front of East Victory City.
Shi Xiaole spread his right hand, and the cold light emitted an even louder tremble, obediently landing in his palm. As the light faded, a long sword, three feet and six inches long, revealed itself.
The sword blade and sheath were dark gray, exuding an eternal and ancient aura. With a casual pull from Shi Xiaole, in the blink of an eye, martial artists within ten thousand li [unit of distance] felt a pain in their eyes and hurriedly closed them.
"Cold Shadow Sword!"
The Immortal Scholar and a whole host of East Victory Supreme Lords were left dumbfounded.
The Cold Shadow Sword, one of the top ten divine swords in ancient legends, possessed the might to split heaven and earth.
The ancient past was no longer detectable; the entirety of that era had been obliterated by the dust of time. So, even sixteen thousand years ago, ninety percent of people were convinced that age was a fiction made up by later generations, with no such grand and vast history.
But from the scattered records that remained, the sword in Shi Xiaole’s hand was clearly the legendary Cold Shadow Sword, which only the most extreme swordsman could command to recognize its master.
"Impossible, it can’t be him!"
If the East Victory side was overjoyed, the Outer Heaven Camp was utterly shocked.
A Supreme Lord over a hundred years old, what a joke! Even the Limitless Sword Sovereign looked extremely ugly, mixed with undeniable envy and a murderous intent that could not be concealed.
Especially seeing the divine sword, even superior to the Limitless Sword, actively seeking out Shi Xiaole, made him feel a humiliating rage at being overlooked.
"Cold Shadow."
The blinding sword light soon receded, and at the junction of blade and handle, Shi Xiaole saw two tiny characters, like the size of flies. With a flick of his finger on the blade, a resonant "clang" caused the blood of countless people to rush faster through their veins.
"From now on, let’s fight side by side."
With a light flicker of his steps, Shi Xiaole swung the Cold Shadow Sword, striking first towards the distant Limitless Sword Sovereign.
"You were lucky to escape with your life that day, but today I will surely kill you!"
The power of the Supreme condensed into the sword body, as the Limitless Sword Sovereign bellowed loudly, delivering a "Limitless" slash towards Shi Xiaole. The pitch-black sword glow surged like a rolling wave, leaving no gap whatsoever.
Hisss!
The black waves tore open a slit, which immediately mended itself, Shi Xiaole did not meet force with force, but with a gentle push of his left hand, he made use of the Array System channel to send Yao Yuxuan into East Victory City.
As the son of the Holy Empress, Shi Xiaole naturally had a thorough understanding of the "Seal Heaven Array." After finishing this task, he then turned around and truly entered the combat state.
"Boundless!"
The Limitless Sword Sovereign’s first strike unsuccessful, he immediately delivered a second. Layers upon layers of sword shadows, with a peculiar arrangement, pressed towards Shi Xiaole, ushering in an unstoppable power of the Supreme.
It was the Limitless Sword Sovereign’s newly created deadly move.
"Blood Sea Chaotic Heaven Fist!"
At the same time, the Blood Sea Old Demon shifted his target, his huge red fist bubbling with blood, each bubble popping to rupture the void, ferociously attacking Shi Xiaole.
"Mirror Birth Enemy Annihilation!"
A strange fluctuation spread, turning the void into countless mirrors, within which were Shi Xiaoles from various periods, amid the shattering sounds, an unavoidable sinister power enveloped Shi Xiaole completely.
"Sword Severing the Milky Way!"
There was also a silver blade glow, no less fierce than the blood fist and mirror attacks, killing towards Shi Xiaole from another side, with a strange and domineering force that could destroy anything in its path.
Many of the Supreme Lords from East Victory had not expected that three top Outer Heaven Supreme Lords, along with the traitor Blade Slaves Sect leader, would actually join forces to kill Shi Xiaole, abandoning their injured opponents.
But on second thought, facing this great landlord who exceeded both heaven and earth, it was not too much for the opponents to do anything. Their only worry was that the landlord would not be able to cope and would suffer greatly.
"Kill!"
Without a reminder, the Sorcerer Lord, Immortal Scholar, and Saintly Love Young Master, upon seeing the situation, immediately rallied their somewhat recovered powers and attacked the backs of their respective opponents.
Although they couldn’t threaten their adversaries, as long as they could relieve Shi Xiaole’s pressure, the goal would be achieved!
But what caused utter anxiety for these three was that the Limitless Sword Sovereign and his group completely ignored their sneak attacks. It was clear they were determined to kill Shi Xiaole despite any injuries they might sustain.
The hearts of many Supreme Lords from East Victory leapt to their throats.
"Bring it on."
Just as Shi Xiaole seemed destined to die under the relentless siege of the four, he did not dodge or even move. Holding the Cold Shadow Sword, he lunged in the most ordinary way.
Around the Cold Shadow Sword, three entirely different powers appeared, spinning and suddenly colliding. Amidst the widened eyes of onlookers, they tore through the endless void, revealing a distinctively outlined gate of light in the depths.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Something astonishing happened. The four powerful waves of attacks, along with the Supreme force, were absorbed halfway by the endless void. After grinding out numerous chaotic streams of the void, they finally dissipated into smoke.
The remaining half avoided the endless void and headed for Shi Xiaole, a layer of power that caused time and space to stagnate suddenly permeated from Shi Xiaole’s body, also a Supreme force!
The Supreme force, plainly speaking, is the force of the Supreme Great Path. It not only requires a full communication with the Supreme Great Path but also a soul body with extremely strong endurance.
In these two aspects, Shi Xiaole lacked none.
As the four forces of the Supreme cancelled each other out, Shi Xiaole ultimately fell short against the numerous foes. As his longsword flailed, the sword light had just appeared when it was shattered, followed by his body being struck, and a mist of blood exploded.
But quickly, threads of life-giving qi fell down, restoring Shi Xiaole to his peak state in the blink of an eye.
The perfectly evolved "Immortal Gate Sword Technique," since the broken endless void was still limited, obviously couldn’t absorb all of the opponent’s attack—unless he reached the perfected realm, or Shi Xiaole’s powers ascended to a higher level.
Shi Xiaole felt regret in his heart, but the recent spectacle in everyone else’s eyes was nothing short of hair-raising and shockingly astounding.
This was a battle against four top Supreme Lords. Not to mention the Limitless Sword Sovereign, even the slightly inferior Blood Sea Old Demon and Mirror Ancestor were considered unsurpassed within East Victory. One-on-one, no one could match them.
Although the Blade Slaves Sect leader was detestable, his power was no less than that of the ancestor of the Fire Stiffs.
Under the full-force siege of such a foursome, Shi Xiaole managed to block the blow with a single move, nearly without a scratch—it was more miraculous than a miracle!
"My friends, you just need to guard the breaches. I’ll hold them off. Today, let the Outer Heaven Demons suffer losses."
Channeling his powers, Shi Xiaole’s voice entered the ears of everyone on the battlefield. Coupled with the previous shock, the East Victory Camp felt the to feel as if bathed in sunlight, their spirits rising high.
In contrast, the Outer Heaven camp suddenly suffered a tremendous psychological blow and were caught off guard, instantly falling into a disadvantage.
"How is this possible? How can this be possible?"
The Limitless Sword Sovereign’s pupils contracted, his complexion ashen.
He couldn’t believe Shi Xiaole was so powerful, nor could he believe that there was someone in the world who, after cultivating for just over a hundred years, could match his hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation. Fake, it was all fake.
