Chapter 366: Arrogant at First, Respectful Later
Southern Frontier, Myriad Poison Cult Main Altar.
Inside the spacious main hall, several old men with heads full of white hair looked at a pile of minced meat in front of them with ugly expressions, glancing at each other in dismay.
“Long Wu and Hui Gu are dead!”
“The Life Gu shattered; they couldn’t even be saved. Their souls scattered and entered the Netherworld. Even if they can reappear in the human world, they won’t be the same people from the past.”
The eyes of the Myriad Poison Cult elders were filled with shock and anger. After all, as the hegemon of the Southern Frontier, they were long accustomed to doing whatever they wanted to the various tribes and descendants of the Southern Frontier, taking whatever they demanded. Let alone Perfected Ones, even disciples under their sect rarely died violent deaths. Yet now, they had suffered such a big loss.
“…It’s the Sword Pavilion.”
“The hidden spy in the Sword Pavilion sent news saying that Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon sent his newly Foundation Establishment disciple over. Could it be that he killed Long Wu and Hui Gu?”
“Just reached Foundation Establishment?”
“How is that possible?”
“It’s not entirely impossible… Have you forgotten the nature of the Sword Pavilion? Said to be newly Foundation Establishment, but in reality, it’s eighty percent likely an old Foundation Establishment cultivator returning…”
“Oh, then it’s not surprising…”
The [Life Gu] of the Myriad Poison Cult was a marvelous method containing a bit of the Perfected One’s true spirit, which could be used to guide the soul at critical moments.
Logically speaking, even if Perfected One Long Wu and Perfected One Hui Gu died outside, under the guidance of the Life Gu, they should at least be able to preserve a sliver of life. Reincarnating and starting over in the future, after a hundred or eighty years, there might be a chance to return to the Foundation Establishment position. However, the current situation was that even their souls were not preserved.
Such fierce and baleful killing methods.
Besides the Sword Pavilion, probably only the other three powers of equal fame could do it… Thinking of this, the expressions of the Myriad Poison Cult elders became even uglier.
“Whatever. If we can’t afford to provoke them, can’t we hide?”
“No matter how powerful that Sword Pavilion Perfected One is, he isn’t a Great Sword Cultivator. With the Cult Leader presiding over us, I reckon he wouldn’t dare to come to the Sacred Mountain openly to trouble us.”
“Just tolerate him for these few years.”
“Given time, when the [Myriad Tribulation Gu] is completely refined and the Cult Leader’s Divine Ability is perfected, we won’t have to live looking at the Sword Pavilion’s expression anymore…”
While a Myriad Poison Cult elder was still speaking words of comfort to relieve the aggrieved feelings in their hearts, he suddenly sensed something and looked up towards the direction outside the mountain gate.
In the distance, a sword cry rang out!
Clang!
The sword cry exploded in the sky, earth-shattering like thunder. The sound waves oscillated, even stirring up visible ripples wherever they passed.
Rumble!
Instantly, array light patterns lit up around the Myriad Poison Cult Main Altar. Clearly, the Mountain Protection Array sensed danger and activated autonomously. However, as the sword cry fell, these array patterns trembled violently, then began to disintegrate in large patches, showing signs of cracking!
With this crack, the Myriad Poison Cult was immediately in imminent danger!
Seeing this, the expressions of the Myriad Poison Cult elders changed drastically. They hurriedly manifested their Dao Foundations one after another to re-condense the broken array patterns.
“What method is this?”
“[Sword Qi Thunder Sound]… Is it that newly Foundation Establishment sword cultivator from the Sword Pavilion? Killing Long Wu and Hui Gu wasn’t enough; he actually dares to kill his way to the Sacred Mountain?”
“Such guts!”
The faces of the Myriad Poison Cult elders were filled with shock and rage, especially the elder who just claimed the opponent wouldn’t dare to attack the mountain gate directly no matter what.
At this moment, in their perception, it was as if an extra sun had appeared outside the Sacred Mountain. The sword cry was the blazing sunlight it emitted, filling the universe and agitating the world. Cultivators below Foundation Establishment couldn’t even survive in such an environment; just listening to it would shatter their bodies and bones!
“Where is the Myriad Poison Cult Leader?”
Above the vault of the sky, Lu Yang merged with the sword light. Every word he spat out was like thunder emerging from the mountains, smashing onto the Myriad Poison Cult mountain gate below.
My mastery of [Sword Qi Thunder Sound] is becoming more proficient…
Although it was only the First Realm of [Sword Dao], its power was already comparable to the [Imperial Mountain-Shifting Orthodox Method] Lu Yang once mastered, comparable to a Foundation Establishment Dao Technique.
If he took another step forward to the level of [Sword Heart Illuminating Clarity].
It would probably rival an Innate Divine Ability.
Truly overpowered…
No wonder sword cultivators were unparalleled in combat before. Just like the Great Void Divine Abilities bestowed by [Wu You Heaven], how could others fight when you had one more Divine Ability than them?
However, soon Lu Yang thought again— Although it’s overpowered, the one who is overpowered now is me.
That was a different matter.
After all, sword cultivation also tested aptitude and effort greatly. Putting aside utility and power, the fact that he could have today was mostly due to hard work and sweat!
“I am the contemporary Sword Seed of the Sword Pavilion, Ming He. I act on my Master’s orders to investigate the abduction of commoners in Jiangnan.”
“Myriad Poison Cult Leader, come out to see me!”
Lu Yang spoke again, unscrupulously activating [Sword Qi Thunder Sound]. Faintly, he seemed to grasp some of the essential meaning of [Sword Heart Illuminating Clarity].
Just then.
“Little Friend, you’ve gone a bit too far.”
As the voice fell, a moon-white magnificent light rose slowly from the mountains within the Myriad Poison Cult, transforming into a crescent moon suspended quietly between heaven and earth.
A cool voice drifted over faintly. Wherever it passed, all sword cries were calmed down. However, this wasn’t because the opponent had higher attainment in [Sword Dao], but purely because the realm was higher. Using force to suppress others, relying on the spiritual power and stature of a Great Perfected One, she forcibly extinguished Lu Yang’s Sword Qi.
Immediately after, a beautiful figure appeared quietly.
She wore the silver-adorned colorful clothes unique to the Southern Frontier descendants and a pleated skirt with magnificent embroidery. A pair of bare feet, white with a hint of pink, stepped in mid-air.
But the most striking thing was her appearance.
That exquisite look didn’t seem like a natural creation at all. Every inch of skin seemed to have been meticulously carved, describable only as flawless perfection.
However, Lu Yang thought nothing of it.
After all, as far as he knew, there was a kind of [Beauty Gu] in the Myriad Poison Cult specifically used to correct appearances. Even the ugliest woman could use it to cultivate into a beauty.
Lu Yang looked her up and down, then said indifferently, “You are the Myriad Poison Cult Leader?”
“It is this seat.”
The woman in white was named [Long Yue], a Great Perfected One at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. At this moment, her pretty face contained anger as she said coldly, “I wonder what business the Sword Pavilion Perfected One has here?”
“Two things.”
Lu Yang held up two fingers and said calmly, “First, I encountered two Perfected Ones of your esteemed Cult on the way and have already sent them to join the Sword Pavilion.”
Just this one sentence made Long Yue’s pretty face sink.
Join the Sword Pavilion?
Looking across the entire Jiangnan, who didn’t know this was the Sword Pavilion’s synonym for killing people? Usually, it didn’t feel like much, but hearing it now, one truly knew the humiliation!
Do I still have to thank you?
“Second.” Lu Yang completely ignored Long Yue’s expression and continued, “I came here this time on orders to investigate the abduction of Jiangnan commoners.”
“The Myriad Poison Cult is under heavy suspicion.”
“Open the mountain gate immediately, surrender, and accept my investigation.”
Lu Yang spoke with utter dominance, making Long Yue’s chest heave with anger: “Surrender… It would be more appropriate for Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon to say this!”
On what basis?
“Do you really think that by killing Long Wu and Hui Gu, you can look down on the people of the world?” Thinking of this, Long Yue laughed long and loud, murderous intent revealed in her laughter:
“Good! Then…”
Before her voice fell, a sword cry rang out!
Lu Yang’s expression was calm. The enhancement of [Tribulation Wave] acted on his body immediately, and his aura at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection broke through the bottleneck in an instant.
In the next second, the sword cry stopped abruptly.
Although it was only for an instant.
It still made Long Yue’s expression freeze on the spot. Her fair neck moved slightly. In the blink of an eye, a smile had already appeared on her flawless pretty face:
“…Then please come inside for a talk, Fellow Daoist.”
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