Stranger Danger

Wen Anran nodded. “You are quite knowledgeable, warrior Ye. That is correct. They are the ‘Northern Dipper Demon Subjugation’ and ‘Seven Killing Demon Slaying’ of the ‘True Martial Demon Subjugation Sword Scripture’.”

“No wonder they’re so powerful,” Ye Qing sighed. The “True Martial Demon Subjugation Sword Scripture” was a foundational martial art invented by the founder of the True Martial Sect, the one they called the True Martial Demon Subjugation Great Emperor. A martial art that could uplift a warrior all the way to Sage stage, it was one of the central pillars that uplifted the True Martial Sect to godlike status together with the “Pure Yang Boundless Temple Art”, “Supreme Yin Boundless Art”, “Supreme Ultimate Stratagems of Nature”, “True Martial Seven Swords of Interceptions” and more.

In fact, the “True Martial Demon Subjugation Sword Scripture” was the martial art that saw the True Martial Demon Subjugation Great Emperor all the way to sagehood back in the day. It boasted such killing potency that it went against the natural order, meaning that the world itself conspired to minimize the number of warriors who practiced it, if not wipe it from existence outright. Therefore, its practice requirements were unbelievably stringent, and few people practiced it.

That said, everyone who managed to grasp the “True Martial Demon Subjugation Sword Scripture” was a world famous genius whose name was etched into the annals of history. Five hundred years ago, the Demon Subjugating True Lord had slain every heretic within 1,500 kilometers of a region and singlehandedly stomped the reputation of the unorthodox sects and the Dark Ways into the mud.

Three hundred years ago, the Boundless Sage Manifesting True Lord rose above the nine heavens, sliced open the heavenly gate with his sword, slew the remnants of the ancient Heavens such that headless bodies bled a river of blood.

And finally, the current third-placed warrior on the Earth Champions Ranking, Yu Beidou the Demon Sweeping Trueman, “swept” nine Heavenly Demons out of existence and slew so many evils with a single dark iron sword that the very mention of his name struck the fear of heavens in both heretics and Strangers with his murderous power.

As a result, the jianghu people and especially the heretics and Strangers loathed and feared the “True Martial Demon Subjugation Sword Scripture” to the bone.

Of course, Ye Qing had never witnessed its power with his own eyes. He had only heard about it from passing stories and rumors… until now.

“You flatter me, warrior Ye. My cultivation level is limited, so I am unable to unleash Demon Subjugation or Demon Slaying’s true power. I was only able to destroy the Fortune Beckoners’ foundation via borrowing the power of the stars.”