The seemingly frail Sword Saint Guixu blocked in front of everyone, displaying the demeanor of a legendary figure of the Cangyun Star System in full.
Jun Changxiao was shocked while simultaneously deciding in his heart to forge a friendship transcending generations with this senior!
“Huh?”
“You’re not injured?”
The Blade Edge Fleet Commander’s voice carried surprise.
According to the message sent from above, Sword Saint Guixu had not only lost to Jialuo King but had also been severely wounded. How could he now seem perfectly fine?
This point.
Pei Song also didn’t understand.
When Senior Sword Saint returned, his face was pale. At a glance, he was clearly seriously injured. Then after briefly giving a few instructions, he went into seclusion.
“Although this old man has injuries.” Sword Saint Guixu kept both hands resting on his sword, saying indifferently, “Dealing with you small fries is still possible.”
His voice was steady, his sword momentum profound.
“Senior is awesome!” Jun Changxiao seized the opportunity to say.
Sword Saint Guixu then said, “You must be my disciple Zhou Hong’s sect master?”
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao cupped his hands and declared loudly, “Eternal Ages Sect Master and Jun Alliance Leader Jun Changxiao pays respects to Senior Sword Saint!”
No matter what, he was still a junior. Using the word ‘pays respects’ was perfectly appropriate.
“At such a young age, already leading a sect. Truly, heroes emerge young since ancient times.” Sword Saint Guixu nodded in praise.
“Senior flatters me.”
One had to admit, when Jun Changxiao was humble, he was very humble.
Conversely, when he was high-profile, he was very high-profile, even breaking free from the category of ‘human.’
“What brings Sect Master Jun all this way to my Guixu World?”
Sword Guixu continued to emanate a legendary aura throughout, which made Jun Changxiao admire him even more. So without beating around the bush, he got straight to the point, “The Heavenly Demon Emperor brings disaster to the universe. I request Senior to join my Jun Alliance so we may join hands to eliminate evil demons and heretics and safeguard the peace of all under heaven.”
Clear and resonant, powerful and forceful.
“…”
Gu Tianxing was speechless.
With a great enemy before them, this fellow was still thinking about recruitment.
“What Sect Master Jun says is correct.” Sword Saint Guixu agreed, “The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s intention to destroy the Upper Layer Universe is known by all. We must join hands to contend with him in order to safeguard the peace of all under heaven.”
Jun Changxiao was delighted.
A legend was worthy of being a legend—when facing major issues of right and wrong, he was completely unambiguous.
“Since this is so.” Sword Saint Guixu continued, “Why doesn’t Sect Master Jun lead his disciples to join my Sword Alliance instead?”
“…”
Jun Changxiao was immediately dumbfounded.
I came to recruit you, not to be recruited by you!
“Both of you.”
Just then, the Blade Edge Fleet Commander interrupted the two men’s conversation, his voice icy as he said, “Chatting and laughing here—are you not taking this fleet commander seriously?”
“Hmph.”
Jun Changxiao sneered, “Senior, leave these small fries to this seat. Please step back.”
“Alright.”
Sword Guixu nimbly stepped back several paces, handing the showing-off stage over to him.
“…”
Jun Changxiao was dumbfounded.
I was just being polite—how did he actually step back!
No choice. Since the words were already spoken, he could only steel himself and walk forward to face off against dozens of warships.
Forget it.
Since he wanted to recruit such a legendary powerhouse, he must use his strength to move him.
“Everyone stand back!”
Jun Changxiao roared, “I’m going to get serious!”
Gu Tianxing and the others hurriedly moved aside.
At this moment, if the Guixu World were compared to a showing-off stage, then Jun Changxiao alone facing dozens of high-specification warships presented an extremely magnificent scene.
“Swish!”
The pocket-sized blade appeared between his fingers.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Jun Changxiao’s black hair danced in the wind, revealing that knife-carved face which also became more vivid and realistic.
“A blade cultivator?”
Sword Saint Guixu said.
As a veteran powerhouse, he had skill in reading people.
However, in reading Jun Changxiao, apart from being somewhat irritating and somewhat base, he couldn’t see anything else.
Sword Guixu absolutely did not believe this boy was someone base to his very bones. He must have something different, only hidden deeper than others.
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
The dozens of warships gathered in the heavens, at their bottom hatch sections, once again protruded many cannon barrel-like objects.
They all locked onto Jun Changxiao in unison, with heavenly and earthly attributes continuously gathering at the cannon mouths.
Jun Changxiao had clashed with the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s fleet more than once or twice. Most of the time, he dispatched large numbers of subordinates. Now that cannon mouths and barrels were frequently emerging, it rather had the feeling of a bomber.
Actually, the warships encountered before belonged to regular combat troops, while this Blade Edge Fleet belonged to elite forces. They didn’t carry many soldiers, but their strength lay in having many devices driven by special arrays—cannon batteries whose main function was destruction.
“Those who oppose Our Emperor.”
The fleet commander’s icy voice rang out, “All must die.”
“Buzz!”
“Buzz!”
In an instant, the cannon mouths of dozens of warships flashed with radiance as the surrounding heavenly and earthly attributes were instantly extracted.
“Beep beep beep!”
“Beep beep beep!”
Inside the Eternal Ages vessel, the star map’s heavenly and earthly attribute concentration values instantly dropped to zero.
Actually, even without looking at the data, just from the naked eye alone, one could clearly see that because the heavenly and earthly attributes were being frantically absorbed, the surroundings seemed to become shriveled.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
The radiance gathering at the cannon mouths became increasingly brilliant, bursting forth with extremely powerful energy ripples.
“…”
Everyone’s expressions gradually became solemn, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads.
The dazzling streams of light gathering at the bottoms of dozens of warships brought them enormous threat. They could even sense that a bombardment scene even more terrifying than before was about to unfold.
“Nephew…”
Gu Tianxing called out, but seeing Jun Changxiao standing proudly in front, emanating an iron-boned momentum, he ultimately swallowed back the words that had reached his lips.
His intuition told him that daring to directly face so many warships, he must have absolute confidence.
“Uncle.”
“Senior Sword Saint.”
“Everyone present.”
Jun Changxiao turned his face toward them and said, “Jun has no grand ambitions in his life, nor does he want to be a hero. He only hopes to peacefully manage his sect and give his disciples a home where they can cultivate.”
Don’t laugh.
Dog Leftover had always thought this way.
“However…”
Jun Changxiao’s facial expression suddenly became serious as he declared clearly and resolutely, “The rise and fall of the universe is the responsibility of every man.”
“Today the Heavenly Demon Emperor brings disaster to the common people. As one among them, Jun should shed blood and sacrifice his head for this heaven and earth. Even if body dies and dao dissipates, there will be no shame before heaven and earth!”
Hearing this, Sword Saint Guixu’s eyes showed approval.
“Then you can die and dissipate along with heaven and earth.” The Blade Edge Fleet Commander said coldly.
“Boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom boom boom!”
In an instant, the cannon batteries within each warship spewed out the long-accumulated energy, roaring forth with power that shook the very fabric of space.
From Jun Changxiao’s perspective, in the heavens directly ahead, intercontinental missile-like streams of light pressed down from different angles, carrying the power of heavenly and earthly attributes that instantly compressed and tore apart everything.
“…”
Everyone was horrified and dismayed.
What level of arrays had these warships gathered that they could burst forth with such terrifying energy!
“Far from it.”
Inside the Eternal Ages vessel, Elder Taixuan held his head and said, “Our technology compared to theirs is far from it!”
Unlike this tech enthusiast, the sect’s leadership and disciples were all worried about their sect master. Because those streams of light tearing apart everything were all locked onto him. If these exploded here, the consequences were unimaginable!
“Sect Master!”
Liu Wanshi’s and Yao Mengying’s eyes reddened.
The two women silently took out mourning clothes, waiting for the bombs to explode on the spot before putting them on.
“Clang—”
However, the moment the missile-like streams of light bombarded down in brilliant glory, a sword-drawing sound abruptly rang out, overpowering the streams of light’s tearing of space with its whistling sound—so crisp, so ethereal.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
Vast sword momentum surged forth madly like tides.
Sword Saint Guixu watched Jun Changxiao with a dumbstruck expression, watching that blade evolve from pocket-sized form into a massive broken sword.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
At the same time, attributes like crimson flames enveloped Jun Changxiao’s entire body.
His eyes gradually became sharp and fierce, the characters ‘Wang’ and ‘Ba’ appearing on his face respectively. He suddenly raised his sword high and declared, “The day the broken sword reappears, the time when Wang and Ba return!”
The momentum, the special effects.
Were rendered to the extreme.
The various streams of light pressing in from all directions seemed restrained by some power, suddenly slowing down, and the heavenly and earthly attributes gathered at the warheads also weakened significantly.
If the current area were described as a deflated balloon, at this moment, with attributes continuously returning, it began to inflate until it recovered to its former saturated state.
What was the reason?
The unsealing of the fifth form of the Inescapable Blade.
Was it just controlling the cannonballs?
No.
The good show was just beginning.
One could only see Jun Changxiao enveloped in crimson radiance swing his arm, and the massive broken sword slashed upward from below.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
Where the sword qi and sword momentum passed, all the seemingly frozen cannonballs exploded. The entire sky was like festival time when every household sets off firecrackers and fireworks—gorgeous and brilliant.
“How is this possible…” Inside the main warship, the fleet commander stood up in shock, then stiffly turned his head to see Jun Changxiao enveloped in crimson flames standing outside the window, gently resting the massive sword on his shoulder.
“Beep beep beep!”
“Beep beep beep!”
Alarm sounds rang out in the cockpit, and the star map along with various data suddenly went dark.
“Commander!”
A crew member said in terror, “The Blade Edge’s propulsion devices are paralyz—”
He stopped mid-sentence because he saw a vertical crack appear on the commander’s forehead, then… extend down along his nose.
Cracked!
The commander cracked!
“Bang!”
Right at this moment, the Blade Edge Fleet Commander exploded with a thunderous blast, blood and flesh splattering on the walls.
With his demise, cracks continued spreading across the warship’s floor, like a cucumber being sliced open from the front!
From this, one could see that the warship’s internal systems were paralyzed because Jun Changxiao had slashed it, and it just so happened to pass through the commander’s body.
“Rumble!”
“Rumble!”
The two halves of the warship crashed to the ground.
Perhaps due to the materials and the speed of the slash being fast enough, it didn’t trigger a massive explosion.
“Thank goodness!”
Elder Taixuan said with relief.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Just then, Jun Changxiao, wielding the fifth form of the Inescapable Blade, transformed into countless afterimages flying back and forth, until finally standing with sword horizontal in the heavens, behind him warships after warships collapsed and slowly fell.
Thus far.
Dozens of bombardment-type warships were all eliminated.
Elder Taixuan, witnessing this, clutched his chest and howled internally, “Not even leaving me one intact!”
The most heartbroken was Jing Zhixiao.
Earlier, operating the Xiaotian Demon Slayer and destroying several warships had gotten her assigned to toilet cleaning duty. Now the sect master had destroyed even more advanced warships. How should this… be explained!
“The sect master did it to shock Senior Guixu, to shock the Night King Alliance, which is why he used such domineering methods to destroy all the warships.” Young Master Yuan said solemnly with respect.
“…”
Hall Master Zi clenched his fist.
I burst my clothes to shock the enemy too!
I don’t expect your admiration, but don’t settle accounts and fine me afterward!
…
Guixu World.
Sword momentum ran rampant wildly.
Jun Changxiao stood in the heavens like a deity, Wang and Ba qi permeating heaven and earth.
Actually, he had unsealed it once before and even sent the top-tier Feng Wanli into the Heaven Origin Prison Suppressing Pagoda. Logically, everyone had witnessed the special effects and presence before, so why did it seem even more shocking this time?
Very simple.
There was an audience on site!
As the saying goes, returning home in glory without going back is like walking in brocade at night.
Without spectators as foils, even if he sliced apart the Upper Layer Universe, the atmosphere couldn’t be expressed!
Honestly speaking, Jun Changxiao wielding his sword and eliminating the entire fleet with lightning speed truly brought tremendous shock to Gu Tianxing and the others.
Although he didn’t want to overuse memes, at this moment, everyone’s evaluation of Dog Leftover was truly—terrifyingly formidable!
Especially Sword Saint Guixu.
His turbid eyes were filled with shock, and his withered fingers trembled uncontrollably.
Using the sword to eliminate enemies.
Even the Sword Saint was shocked until his hands trembled.
For any person, this would be enough to brag about for a lifetime.
“Senior.”
Jun Changxiao withdrew the Inescapable Blade, cupped his hands, and said, “I’ve made a fool of myself.”
“…”
Everyone’s mouths twitched.
Effortlessly destroying so many warships—you’re not making a fool of yourself, you’re presenting a jaw-dropping spectacular scene!
“Hmph!”
The Night King Alliance powerhouse said coldly, “We’re leaving!”
Jun Changxiao’s powerful performance made him feel fear, so he couldn’t care about settling accounts anymore but had to leave the Guixu World as quickly as possible.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The Night King Alliance’s powerhouses left one after another.
However, while merging into the spatial barrier, they heard Jun Changxiao say, “Go back and tell your Night King that to eliminate the Heavenly Demon Emperor who brings disaster to the common people, joining my Jun Alliance is the righteous path.”
“Heh.”
The Night King Alliance powerhouse sneered, then they all ran faster than each other, afraid that running too slowly would get them sliced apart by that fellow’s sword.
…
In the bamboo grove.
Zhou Hong stood before his fellow disciples, a rare smile appearing on his face.
Having cultivated sword dao in the Guixu World for two years, he constantly missed the sect. Today his fellow disciples had all come, so naturally he was very happy.
“Junior Brother Zhou.”
Su Xiaomo sat nearby, smiling and saying, “How’s your sword dao progressing?”
“Not bad.” Zhou Hong said.
Su Xiaomo stood up, patted his bottom, and said, “Want to spar?”
“Better not.”
Zhou Hong said, “I’m afraid Senior Brother will be deeply discouraged.”
“Oh my!”
Su Xiaomo said, “Getting a bit arrogant, aren’t you?”
“If you don’t like it, fight him.” Ye Xingchen instigated.
“…”
Su Xiaomo smiled awkwardly. “I don’t have time to spar. Junior Brother Ye, if you want to fight, why not try yourself?”
Among the Eternal Ages Sect’s core disciples, although Zhou Hong didn’t have many scenes, he primarily cultivated sword dao and always gave people a feeling of unfathomable depth. So in a real spar, he didn’t have much confidence.
“Not interested.”
Ye Xingchen said indifferently.
Everyone laughed.
Junior Brother Ye’s “not interested” actually meant he wasn’t confident.
“Strange.”
Su Xiaomo looked toward the distant bamboo house, changing the subject, “The sect master went in over an hour ago. Why hasn’t he come out yet?”
“Probably discussing sword dao with Senior Sword Saint.” Li Qingyang said.
…
Bamboo house.
The layout was simple, plain and unadorned.
Jun Changxiao sat cross-legged before the table, gently sipping tea and praising, “Not bad!”
Sword Guixu sat beside him, refilling his cup once more.
A dignified legendary Sword Saint actually took the initiative to pour tea for a junior. If this got out, it would definitely shock the entire Cangyun Star System.
“Senior.”
Jun Changxiao said with a bitter smile, “I’ve drunk dozens of cups already. Can we get to the main topic?”
“Alright.”
Sword Guixu put down the teapot, his expression solemn as he looked over and asked, “May I ask who Sect Master Jun’s master is?”
Jun Changxiao’s earlier powerful performance, to laymen, was just watching excitement. But to an insider like him, it was absolutely watching the craft.
“Uh…”
After a brief silence, Jun Changxiao said, “The Seven Profound Saint.”
“What?!”
Sword Saint Guixu stood up and exclaimed, “Sect Master Jun’s master is the Martial Dao Myth?”
“Correct.”
Jun Changxiao’s face showed an expression of wanting to hide it but being unable to—in short, very conflicted, very uncomfortable.
“…”
Sword Saint Guixu’s expression changed again and again.
As a legendary-level powerhouse like him, his ability to control emotions should be very strong, but at this moment his heartbeat accelerated and his breathing became rapid.
The Seven Profound Saint!
That was an existence regarded as the Martial Dao Myth by the living beings of the Upper Layer Universe!
“Sect Master Jun!”
Sword Guixu calmed down, his voice trembling as he said, “That broken sword of yours is…”
“The Seven Profound Sacred Sword.”
Jun Changxiao made up a name.
Sword Guixu immediately deduced from the two characters ‘Seven Profound’ that this must be the Martial Dao Myth’s sword artifact. He excitedly said, “Since Sect Master Jun can inherit Senior Seven Profound’s sword artifact, you can certainly inherit…” He paused, then said, “The Xuanyuan Divine Sword!”
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