Chapter 530 - 471: Fuyunzi, Crisis Strikes
However, Su Ye was currently just a prospective true disciple.
What’s more, he was a cultivator from the Outer Sea, not from the main lineage!
Beyond that,
He had revealed his Fifth-rank Divine Sense.
As a Golden Core cultivator, this was something he simply couldn’t explain.
If Fuyunzi were to inspect him more closely and discover he was already at the Late-stage Golden Core, such a rate of advancement was nothing short of terrifying!
This place was deserted, a lawless land. Fuyunzi’s actions were completely unpredictable!
’Even a saint would be hard to trust in this situation, and what’s more... I know nothing at all about this Fuyunzi’s character.’
A chill ran through Su Ye’s heart, and his eyes glinted with an icy silver. Surrendering without a fight was absolutely out of the question; it would be the same as entrusting his very life to another!
’Kill him... I’m not confident I could do it.’
’Besides, even if I could, killing a Nascent Soul from the Jade Void Sword Sect would be just too insane...’
’So... my only option is to run!’
Su Ye’s thoughts raced, and in an instant, he knew what he had to do.
The next moment,
The Ghostly Flood Dragon shimmered as its Spiritual Furnace roared to life, its speed jumping by another thirty percent!
In the sky, Fuyunzi saw that Su Ye didn’t answer and was instead using his spiritual vessel to flee. He gave a faint smile.
"Heh..."
"Looks like I’ve caught a big fish?"
"Just as my senior brother said. There are many who covet the Grotto Heaven..."
Fuyunzi muttered to himself with a smile, drawing the sword from his waist.
With a light flick, the sword flashed with a spiritual glow, and a crisp ring suddenly echoed!
ZING!
The sword’s ring resounded!
Immediately after,
An incomparably brilliant sword light slashed down from the sky. This time, it wasn’t a phantom of Sword Intent, but the real thing!
Under this one sword strike, the boundless Cloud Sea of Gang Wind seemed like a bolt of cloth under a tailor’s shears, torn into two distinctly separate halves.
WHOOSH.
The Sword Qi howled like a hurricane, sweeping for miles.
The entire sea region trembled under the might of this one sword strike!
The power of a single sword strike was actually this immense!
’Nascent Soul!’
’This is a Nascent Soul...’
Su Ye took a deep breath. This was not the first time he had faced the pressure of a Nascent Soul.
During the previous battle in Volcano State, Yuan Lan of the Star Casting Hall had also attacked him. But back then, Li Jinhua was by his side, along with a group of teammates to share the firepower!
This time, however, Fuyunzi’s sword strike wasn’t dispersed in any way; it was aimed solely at him!
Su Ye could even feel that although both were Early-stage Nascent Soul, Fuyunzi’s sword strike was more than just a notch stronger than Yuan Lan’s had been!
After all, when it came to the Sword Dao, the Jade Void Sword Sect was the crown of the Yaoguang Islands!
’Fuyunzi’s Law is also the Sword Dao. Empowered by his Law, his supreme Sword Cultivator realm, and a Dao Artifact Level flying sword...’
Thoughts flashed through Su Ye’s mind.
Danger!
Immense danger!
If it were an ordinary Golden Core cultivator—even Golden Core Perfection true disciples from the nine inner sea sects like Han Tiantong and Lu Chen—they could do nothing but await their doom in the face of Fuyunzi’s sword strike.
The chasm between the Nascent Soul and Golden Core realms was like a heavenly moat.
Putting everything else aside,
The Sword Intent contained within this single strike was enough to suppress one’s mind—or even obliterate a cultivator’s spirit before the sword light could destroy their body!
However,
Su Ye pressed a finger to the spot between his eyebrows, his eyes glinting with an icy silver.
His Fifth-rank Divine Sense Power roared out to counter the Sword Intent, staunchly defending his mind from being overwhelmed.
CHIII!
The sword light fell, slashing into the sea’s surface.
The sea immediately split in two, revealing a chasm that plunged deep into the seabed, aimed directly at the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
SWISH!
Su Ye used his Fifth-rank Divine Sense to pilot the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
He executed an emergency turn at an unbelievable angle, narrowly—ever so narrowly—dodging Fuyunzi’s slashing sword light!
"Phew..."
Su Ye let out a long sigh of relief.
A trace of horror rose in his heart.
At that moment,
He could sense it.
Fuyunzi’s sword strike, descending from the sky and plunging into the seabed, had carved a channel several miles long!
His Sword Intent clung to the attack, and the chasm cleaved by the sea-parting sword light struggled to close, like a wound on the ocean itself.
Only after more than ten breaths did this wound finally close and disappear.
Beyond that, the number of fish, shrimp, and other demonic beasts whose minds were shattered and life forces extinguished by the shock of the sword light was simply incalculable...
’A Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator...’
Su Ye’s heart grew heavy.
Among those of the same realm, Sword Cultivators reigned supreme!
Of all the various methods, the Sword Dao was the sharpest!
As a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator from the Jade Void Sword Sect, the hegemon of Yaoguang, he was among the top tier of his kind. Once he drew his sword, heaven and earth would tremble, and gods and ghosts would flee!
At this moment,
In the sky,
Fuyunzi’s green robes fluttered, his expression nonchalant.
"So he dodged it."
Fuyunzi wasn’t surprised.
In his mind, this cultivator who was concealing his presence was, like himself, a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Dodging a sword strike, or even blocking one of his, was not worthy of surprise. It was perfectly normal.
Without a decent amount of strength, how could one dare to roam the seas and covet the Volcano Grotto Heaven?
"It’s just..."
"He’s still unwilling to show himself?"
Fuyunzi murmured, a single eyebrow raised.
He didn’t think there was any point to it.
’We are both Nascent Souls, and the Jade Void Sword Escape is unmatched in speed. Does he really think he can get away?’
Even if he could run, his identity would surely be exposed. It would be better to be more straightforward and reveal himself.
This lack of straightforwardness made Fuyunzi a little displeased.
"If that’s the case, then I’ll just have to use another sword strike..."
Fuyunzi shrugged and said nonchalantly.
SHHIIING!
"This sword is for clarity of thought!"
As the thought crossed his mind, he gave a clear cry and launched a fierce sword strike.
Unlike before, Fuyunzi’s sword light was now condensed into a single line, with none of its previous grand momentum or imposing power.
But,
At the same time,
Su Ye’s heart suddenly clenched. An extreme sense of danger screamed wildly in his spiritual senses!
It was obvious that this seemingly unremarkable, simple, and restrained sword strike was, in truth, a strike capable of slaying a Nascent Soul of the same realm!
Clearly,
Fuyunzi had gotten serious!
’Not good!’
’Faced with this sword strike, my only option is...’
Suddenly,
Su Ye’s eyes transformed into an incomparably dense, deep, and mysterious pitch-black.
A dense, pitch-black color surged from his body, instantly enveloping the entire Ghostly Flood Dragon.
A Law.
—[Netherworld]—
Faced with the threat of Fuyunzi, a Sword Sect Nascent Soul, Su Ye used the only Law he had completely mastered.
The power of the Netherworld Skill covered the mortal plane, completely shrouding the Ghostly Flood Dragon. With a flash of dark brilliance, the massive spiritual vessel vanished from its spot!
CHIII!
Fuyunzi’s sword light was sharp, capable of parting the sea and severing the waves, but it struck nothing but empty space.
"Hmm?"
"What Law is this?"
Fuyunzi sheathed his sword, a look of bewilderment on his face.
His probing attack had been very successful; it had forced out his opponent’s Law... But to his astonishment, Fuyunzi realized he didn’t recognize this Law at all.
"How is that possible..."
"A complete Law... he must be a Nascent Soul True Monarch... But since when did the Yaoguang Islands have a Nascent Soul whom I have absolutely no impression of?"
Fuyunzi muttered to himself, his expression dawning with realization.
Then,
It became extremely grave.
"Could it be... one of the old monsters from the Star Casting Hall’s Demon-Suppressing Tower?"
"Or... a new Nascent Soul True Monarch they’ve cultivated?"
"Or perhaps... a remnant of the Blood Moon Demon Palace?!"
In all of the Yaoguang Islands, the faction most sensitive to traces of Blood Moon Demon Palace remnants was precisely the Jade Void Sword Sect!
The Reversed Moon War was the beginning of the Jade Void Sword Sect’s domination, and the legacy of the Blood Moon Demon Palace had also been largely acquired and claimed by them.
At this thought, Fuyunzi’s gaze sharpened abruptly.
’This won’t do!’
’This matter is of great importance. I must report it to my senior brother immediately!’
’I’ll have to ask a Divination Grandmaster to act and lock onto this unknown Nascent Soul!’
With that thought, Fuyunzi flashed as a beam of sword light and vanished over the horizon.
...
WHOOSH.
Thousands of miles away, on a patch of open sea,
A black light flickered. The Ghostly Flood Dragon suddenly materialized, crashing out of thin air and sending up a spray of waves.
"Haa..."
Su Ye’s face was pale, a wave of weakness washing over him.
Activating the Netherworld Skill to use a Teleportation Skill covering thousands of miles in one go was a feat only a Nascent Soul should be capable of.
It was only because his physical body and soul were both at the fifth rank, combined with his Nine-Method Golden Core and profound foundation, that he could withstand it.
’But...’
’Even though I escaped... there’s still trouble.’
Su Ye’s expression was grim, a coldness rising within him.