Chapter 653: Flashy and Over-the-Top
Jiang Li asked a question, and the two men dared not refuse to answer.
“We were originally both Foundation Establishment cultivators who were betrayed by our fellow sect members. At the brink of death, we were summoned to the Saha Land by the Lord of Saha and began a long series of life-and-death trials.”
“The content of the life-and-death trials is random. Sometimes we are tasked with saving people, other times with killing.”
“We traveled through various star systems, witnessed all kinds of civilizations, and completed the life-and-death trials.”
“Finally, after we passed the eighty-first life-and-death trial, the Lord of Saha allowed us to leave and return to the Qingfeng Star System.”
“By that time, the two of us had become the only two Unity Stage cultivators in the Qingfeng Star System, unmatched by anyone. With nothing better to do, we decided to spar.”
“Have you ever seen the Lord of Saha?”
One of the Unity Stage cultivators nodded, “We have. The Lord of Saha was shrouded in a mist, his voice muddy with a trace of confusion. He asked us if we knew his origins.”
“And did you know?”
“Of course we didn’t. The Lord of Saha’s methods surpass the Human Reincarnation Path. He is absolutely an immortal. Our Changliu World has never produced an immortal.”
“I see.”
Seeing that no answers could be found from these two Unity Stage cultivators, Jiang Li simply gave them a few pointers before vanishing.
Having successfully stopped the battle between the Unity Stage cultivators, the first life-and-death trial was passed. Everyone returned to the Saha Land for reward settlement.
Hou Jun had never encountered a trial being passed this quickly before; it was like a dream.
Not to mention, this time the reward was one hundred thousand Void Points.
“S-so, that counts as passing? It was actually pretty easy,” Little Fatty said smugly, feeling that this life-and-death trial wasn’t particularly difficult.
Hou Jun thought this Little Fatty was incredibly foolish. Easy? If not for the Taoist Priest, you could stuff all your fat into it and still not pass.
“It was just good luck. This life-and-death trial was actually very dangerous, with a high possibility of severe injury. If severely injured upon arriving at the Saha Land, the Lord of Saha would use his infinite power to heal us.”
“It can be said that as long as we are still alive, no matter how severe the injury, the Lord of Saha can bring us back.”
Suddenly, one of them loudly asked, “Lord of Saha, may I ask how we can completely leave the Saha Land?”
This was also the question everyone cared about most.
The aged voice of the Lord of Saha rang out from all directions, echoing through the void, sounding vast and boundless, “Pass eighty-one trials, comprehend the meaning of life, and you may leave this place.”
A gigantic eye, as if the heavens themselves had opened their eyes, opened above everyone’s heads, an extremely shocking sight.
The Lord of Saha spoke again, causing the altar to shake as if from an earthquake, trembling unsteadily, “Or, you can tell me, who am I?”
“Who are you? You don’t even show your true face, how are we supposed to know who you are?” someone, a newborn calf unafraid of the tiger, who had muddled through the first trial, felt this Lord of Saha wasn’t such a big deal.
“See me?” The Lord of Saha laughed heartily, thinking this ant was incredibly bold.
“Then don’t regret it.”
Hou Jun was terrified. These people truly didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth.
He now only prayed that when the Lord of Saha grew angry, he wouldn’t be implicated.
Tap, tap, tap… Discordant footsteps sounded on the altar.
A figure shrouded in chaotic black mist slowly walked towards the crowd. Two points of light flickered within the black mist, the eyes of the Lord of Saha.
Suffocation, an absolute sense of suffocation surged towards everyone, like being tied to a boulder and sunk to the seabed. Accompanying the suffocation was a pressure that felt like it was crushing their internal organs flat.
“Cough—”
Everyone knelt weakly on the ground, coughing dryly without end.
“My power is something even I cannot fully control. You have merely seen my form. If you were to see my face, you would die instantly,” the Lord of Saha mocked their ignorance.
“Enough, stop pretending to be mysterious. You can’t even control your own aura, yet you’re still smug.”
A lazy voice rang out, like sweet dew falling from heaven, dissolving everyone’s suffering.
Jiang Li made his move, isolating the influence of the Lord of Saha’s aura on the crowd.
“Outsider, you truly are an unpredictable existence.”
The Lord of Saha had always been cautiously probing Jiang Li, but with no results. He had been considering when to directly test him, just hadn’t decided on the timing.
Since the day has presented itself, why wait for another? The Lord of Saha stopped considering other options and directly made his move, forming a hand gesture as if placing a game piece, gently dropping one down.
The void seemed to come alive, twisting and deforming, gathering power onto the Lord of Saha.
The Lord of Saha was powerful. His move immediately caused space to tremble, the void to shatter, and Astral Winds to surge.
The Great Daos resonated in harmony, deafeningly loud, making one want to prostrate in worship.
The immortal beast statues on the altar seemed to come alive, roaring at the heavens, capable of devouring the sky and swallowing the earth.
Demonic heads emerged from the altar, faces ferocious, bearing evil smiles, sweeping across heaven and earth.
Although these were mere phenomena, they seemed both real and illusory, difficult to distinguish, possessing power equivalent to reality.
The Lord of Saha was like a lofty deity residing high above in the Nine Heavens, using all living beings as chess pieces, placing them at will, indifferent to all things.
His placement of a piece was to determine the universe; no one could resist.
Several cubes stacked upon Jiang Li, each cube representing the weight of a world. The Lord of Saha wanted to crush Jiang Li with the weight of several worlds!
“Once, a fellow who called himself a Celestial Immortal showed off his power in front of me. I severely injured him with one move, sent him packing, and he was too scared to ever come back. I’d like to see how you compare to a Celestial Immortal?”
Hou Jun was horrified. The Lord of Saha’s strength exceeded his imagination.
Even if he didn’t know the ranks of immortals, judging by the title, a Celestial Immortal was no ordinary immortal.
In contrast, on Jiang Li’s side, there were no complex movements. He simply stretched out a hand, took a step forward, and pinned the seemingly invincible Lord of Saha to the ground.
The cubes representing the weight of worlds had not the slightest effect on him!
“Are you bullying me because my spatial Dao isn’t well learned?”
What resonance of the Great Daos, what roars of immortal beasts, what dance of demons—all these phenomena vanished without a trace.
“All flash, no substance.”
Hou Jun wanted to gouge his own eyes out. The shock in his heart was beyond words.
The Lord of Saha, spoken of in hushed tones among his peers as surpassing immortals, with unfathomable methods, nearly becoming a forbidden term, was actually subdued so simply, without even a shred of room for resistance.
Just who exactly was this Taoist Priest?
Jiang Li gave his arm a slight shake, dispersing the black chaotic mists shrouding the Lord of Saha.
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
The Lord of Saha had delicate, handsome features and actually bore some resemblance to the Divine Vault Sovereign.
Moreover, the Lord of Saha had just employed the spatial Dao, not using immortal power, similar to the Brahma Tower.
“Who are you?”
Pinned to the ground, the Lord of Saha said helplessly, “If I knew who I was, I wouldn’t be asking you.”
The Lord of Saha had never suffered such great indignity before—exchanging a bunch of cultivation techniques that looked impressive but were actually useless for Void Points, having his stock bought out completely, and then getting beaten up in his own territory.