Chapter 670: Guhe: Where’s My Sword?
A vast aura spread from Jiang Liu to all four directions in the Chaos. The Chaos Star Formation was provided by Xing Ya and it had the similar function as the Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation, although it was purer. This formation connected the billions of stars, condensing their light to one point before erupting on their target.
When Jiang Liu was fighting against the resurrected master of the Palm Sword Cliff, he received perfusion from the willow branch in the backyard of the four-part architecture, allowing him to withstand tremendous pressure. Thus, he was chosen to be in the middle of the formation. There was, of course, another more important reason for him being in the middle—he was the personal woodcutter of the expert and had received much guidance from him. The energy formed through the connecting power of a billion stars was truly terrifying.
Cultivator Junjun, Goddess Nuwa, Yang Jing, Xiao Chengfeng, the Empath Sect, the Hundred Flower Sect, the White Cloud Sect, and many other Heavenly Realm fighters, Chaos Daluo Golden Immortals, and Saints combined their power just like a hundred rivers flowing into an ocean. The energy combined was mighty, ferocious, and synergistic.
“God won’t accept the birth of Jiang Liu Er, but my sword cultivation’s still historical like the long night. Come to me, sword!” Jiang Liu was completely bathed in a glow. His powerful mana was imbued with a terrifying force that induced the Wisdom aura to swirl around him. The power he had now was akin to the combat power of an Elite.
He let out a loud roar and the sword on his back took flight. The Sword Qi spread within a radius of 30,000 miles, transformed into an arc of rainbow light, shooting toward Guhe. Jiang Liu nearly spewed blood from all the effort. ‘D*mn, this is using more energy than I thought it would. I should get all the credit for all this awesomeness.’
Guhe furrowed his brow and was attracted by Jiang Liu’s line. He had never expected the tiny seventh dimension to have two fighters who liked to act cool. He was actually both impressed and frightened at the same time. However, he soon reminded himself that they were nothing but ants, so how dare they act cool? They would pay with their lives for this.
He fixed his gaze on Jiang Liu and the boundless Sword Qi rushing toward him. His eyes flashed purple and gold as terrifying energy erupted. “Plunder and Slaughter, Seven Style! Gaze Killing!” Indescribable high-handed energy moved wherever Guhe gazed and immediately neutralized the Sword Qi. It continued to sweep over Jiang Liu.
“Ahh!!” screamed Jiang Liu painfully as his blood sprayed everywhere. However, he had the support of Wisdom and his wounds were immediately healed by the boundless Wisdom light swirling around him. The others connected to him in the Chaos Star Formation did not fare better than him as the attack was divided between them. Even Cultivator Junjun went pale in the face as blood gushed out of him. Some of the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Guards who had not even reached the Quasi-Saint level were immediately turned into fine mists of blood. The sight of blood and lumpy flesh floating in the Chaos was eye-piercing and pitiful. It was a tale as old as time—survival of the fittest.
Jiang Liu’s eyes suddenly became red. They had entrusted their power to him and yet, he did not manage to protect them. He felt deeply ashamed about it. ‘If only I was stronger. If only I can attain an ultimate spell that could defeat Guhe,’ he thought. “Three thousand visitors are full of flowers, fourteen states froze over, with one stroke of the sword.” His Sword Qi formed into a terrifying force as he possessed the power of a Wisdom Elite. The poem held deeper meaning for him and the light from his sword could light up the whole Chaos.
His mind kept replaying the scene of Li Nianfan writing this poem. Every brush stroke overflowed with sword intent—capricious, domineering, murderous, arrogance, and more. He had always known that there was something extraordinary about the poem but it was not until now that he discovered he had far underestimated the value of the poem. It was as if he had not even stepped across the threshold of the door.
The poem was filled to the brim with the aura of Wisdom, meaning it was attached with a Wisdom ultimate spell! Under the fine spray of blood, his heart filled with anger and murderous intent. His sword hummed lightly and started to vibrate non-stop. A wave of Power of Wisdom gathered in his sword, distorting the Chaos.
“Big Bang Extinction!” shouted Jiang Liu. Wherever his sword light passed, everything in its path, including the laws of the universe and space itself, was instantly annihilated. There was nothing left to see except for the high-handed sword light. Its destructive power caused the void to be distorted as if wanting to break Guhe into a million little pieces.
“Ah! Plunder and Slaughter, Seven Style! Fist Killing!” roared Guhe with a grim face though there was still no sign of fear in his eyes. Instead, there was a maniacal glint in his eyes as he raised his fist against the sword light. The sword light blanketed the sky and shot down from the void like a pillar of light, colliding against Guhe’s iron fist and disappearing with a blink.
At the same time, Daji and Fire Phoenix attacked Guhe from both sides. Their fire and ice attacks were imbued with the terrifying aura of Wisdom and the intention to kill.
“Is that all your dimension has to offer? Three measly Wisdom Elites? Haha, I can’t wait to see how you all try to kill me.” Guhe seemed to become more excited when surrounded by the three of them. His golden-purple eyes flashed with bloodlust as a demoniac aura overflowed from his body. “Isn’t the Soul Master on your side as well? Where is she? Why don’t you call her here so I can devour all of you together!” He was very confident that he alone could take out all of the Wisdom Elites in the seventh dimension.
One could not say he was delusional for his power was evident. He still held the upper hand when it was three against one. There was a madness to him as if the more he was backed into a corner, the more powerful he would become. “You don’t know the meaning of a massacre! When I was still a fighter of the Heavenly Realm, I had already devoured all the beings in the first dimension. I devoured their blood, their flesh, and their bones and thus, entered the realm of the Wisdom Elite. I’ve gone on a crusade against the seventh dimension for countless years. Every time, I was on the brink of death but in the end, all of my opponents were devoured by me. Soon, you’ll all know what it feels like to have your blood, flesh, and bones to be devoured by me!”
He laughed maniacally. His heart of slaughter had been awakened, making him even more maniacal and increasing his combat power. “Devour Heaven and Earth!” His body became like a black hole and a wave of terrible aura descended.
Everyone’s hearts jumped at the same time for they all had the premonition that Guhe was about to unleash a terrifying ultimate spell. Daji, Fire Phoenix, and Jiang Liu were about to fall back. However, they discovered that they were bound by three chains made up of a gray gas that was flowing out from Guhe’s body. The chains wrapped around their bodies at lightning speed and suppressed their energy, dragging them toward Guhe.
Guhe’s hair flew all around him and green veins popped out all over his body. He was laughing sinisterly and one could see his fangs glinting with the anticipation of devouring them. Cultivator Junjun and the others’ faces fell when they recognized the attack. The attack was a signature move of the Eldritchs. They remembered when the Eldritchs brought out a Sky Swallowing Idol in their previous battle which could devour everyone in its path. Guhe was probably going to use the same domineering attack which viewed everything between Heaven and Earth as its prey.
“Eternal Ice Age!” Daji’s face was icy cold. She raised her hand and an icy blue light beam shot out from the ring on her fourth finger and landed straight on Guhe. Immediately, a layer of frost appeared over his body and got thicker by the second. “Big Bang Extinction!” Jiang Liu induced all of his power and used the same Wisdom Elite ultimate spell again. A mighty sword light immediately shot down from the void on Guhe’s head.
Guhe was not deterred. He raised both of his hands and pointed each at Daji and Jiang Liu. “Plunder and Slaughter, Seven Style! Fist Killing!” he shouted majestically. However, before he could finalize his attack, a dazzling golden light imbued with an aura of destruction shot across the border and pierced through his heart. He did not even have the time to deflect the attack before he knew what was going on.
The dazzling golden light was immediately followed by two more dazzling golden lights. They, too, pierced straight through his chest and stomach. It was a very fancy way of slaughtering someone and Guhe was indeed heavily injured. The attacks came from Fire Phoenix who had used the jewelry given by Li Nianfan to her on the night of their wedding.
Guhe could not believe that he had been injured by a Wisdom Ultimate Treasure. He was trembling all over though his Origins of Life was still intact. He had been careless. He was so focused on taking down Daji and Jiang Liu that he had forgotten about the existence of Fire Phoenix. He did not expect her to have the trick of Wisdom Ultimate Treasure—a treasure that could decimate the Origins of Life of a Wisdom Elite—up her sleeves. His body began to split open from the three wounds that were dripping with blood. Jiang Liu and Daji were determined not to give him a chance to retaliate, so they sent out another sword light and ice attack to freeze every part of his body.
“Don’t even for a second think you can kill me for my body’s unkillable!” Guhe’s body became battered under the non-stop attack but he was right, he could not die. He let out a loud roar and the wounds on his body were instantly healed by his mighty energy and aura from his Origins of Life. Seeing this, everyone’s hearts fell to the bottom. ‘Is he really unkillable?’ they thought with shock.
“I’ll make you pay for this!” shouted Guhe maniacally. He dragged his battered body away from the battleground, and ignoring the pain shooting his body, he raised his hand and shouted, “Extermination Demon Sword, where are you? Come forth to me now!” His tone was very confident and his aura showed no signs of weakening, nor did his murderous intent. He knew he would be able to turn things around with his trump card—the Extermination Demon Sword.
This sword had a murderous intent thicker than Wisdom Ultimate Treasures. It was his go-to sword for conducting a massacre for it could unleash the ultimate potential of his ultimate spell to cut down all enemies with a single stroke. It was a demon sword second to none.
However, he furrowed his brows when there was still no response from the sword after a while. This had never happened before in all the years he had been using it. Daji, Fire Phoenix, and Jiang Liu were in no mood to wait for his sword to appear, so they rushed forward to attack him again.
“Extermination Demon Sword, come forth to me now!” he shouted as he dodged their attacks. Still, the sword did not come. He began to panic. “Where’s my sword?” he shouted his question at Daji and the rest. “Where’s my sword?!” The only response he got from them was their merciless ultimate spell attacks.
Guhe’s face darkened as he tried to escape with difficulty. He closed his eyes to better sense the Extermination Demon Sword’s aura. Once sensed, his eyes shot open and shone brightly. “I’ve found it! It’s there!” He then flew toward the direction of where the Extermination Demon Sword was without skipping a beat. It did not matter what the Extermination Demon Sword was suppressed by, for there was no stopping them once they had been reunited. The distance was nothing to him as he flew toward the Area of the Gods at the speed of light.
“Oh no, he’s going in the direction of where the expert is!”
“We must stop him!”
“He’s going to cause a disturbance to the expert!”
Everyone was panicking wildly.
Daji and Fire Phoenix quickly sent out all their attacks at their disposal, even at the expense of burning their Power of Blood, to try to stop Guhe. One terrifying attack after another was aimed at Guhe which caused the Chaos to shake. However, their attacks were futile for Guhe showed no sign of slowing down. He just kept going and going.
“Hahaha, you can’t stop me! You’ll know the meaning of true despair once I’m reunited with my Extermination Demon Sword!” he said maniacally.
“Sh*t!”
“Hurry!”
Daji and Fire Phoenix’s anxiety level had reached its peak. They hated themselves for being so weak even as blood was already trickling from the corners of their lips.
The rest of the group was worried as well. They were not worried about Guhe reuniting with his sword, for death was a better alternative than Guhe causing a disturbance to the expert who was in a state of the ultimate existence in all of the dimensions. They could not imagine the consequences they would need to face should the expert be forcibly taken out from his state. Even dying a hundred times over would not be able to assuage their guilt.
They would have given Guhe his sword when he asked for it if they knew things were going to turn out like this. They should not have left the sword at the expert’s place. At the thought of this, they were immediately filled with regret. ‘It’s all our fault for being so useless. Expert! Please, forgive us!’
Nighttime had completely descended on the Area of the Gods. In the sky, a brilliant light was shooting down like a falling star.
Back at the four-part architecture, Qin Manyun, Shi Tuqin, Nanan, and Dragin were standing in the yard with determined faces. “We might not be Guhe’s match but we should do our very best to stall him so Goddess Daji and Goddess Fire Phoenix can take over from us. It’ll be our life’s greatest honor if we succeed in that.”
“Let’s go. We shouldn’t let Guhe get any closer.” Immediately, the four girls shot up to the sky in a trail of light.
At the same time, the Extermination Demon Sword which had been left at the corner was moving slightly. It slowly floated up in the air, spun around one time, and shot to the sky as well.
“Extermination Demon Sword, come forth to me! Come forth to me!” shouted Guhe excitedly when he sensed their distance from each other closing in. He laughed coldly when he saw Qin Manyu and the other three girls coming toward him. “More fools who think they can stop me!”
He was about to attack them when he saw another light beam coming toward him. It instantly overtook the four girls. “Hahaha, finally my sword’s coming to me!” He was overjoyed as he looked at the sword with the expression of one looking at their own child. He opened his arms wide to welcome his sword.
“Argh!” The sword did not stop when it neared him. Instead, it continued on its path until it pierced through Guhe’s chest. He gave out a low groan as he looked down at his chest, unable to process the sight of his sword buried deep in his chest. That was until he saw a yellowed paper with a picture of an old monk sitting in a cross-legged position attached to it. The old monk lowered his eyes and with an expression of mercy, he said, “Amitabha, benefactor, I’ve come.”