First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2367 – Resisting a Taboo Treasure

The woman in white swung her golden knife. It was as quick as a beam of flowing light, and when it struck, its edge erupted with stinging divine radiance.

It was incomparably forceful.

The man in armor was even more terrifying. He took to the sky, swinging his silver spear with ferocity. Blood-red light filled the sky.

Both of them were comparable in strength to Nine-Tribulation Master Gods, and they’d attacked together, suddenly and out of nowhere. This was unquestionably terrifying.

The River Child was instantly solemn. He tried to extricate himself from battle and rush to Su Yi’s aid.

However, Qingyang Feng saw right through him and activated his taboo treasure’s power, using it to suppress the River Child and prevent him from leaving.

Meanwhile, Su Yi stood in place, unmoving. He just raised his fingertip, and a bundle of divine flame rose, scattering chaos light.

With him at its center, ten thousand feet of sky burned like paper. Soon, it was riddled with holes.

The woman in white and the man in armor were charging explosively when their hearts shook and their hair stood on end. An indescribably terrifying sense of an impending lethal threat washed over them, and they retreated rapidly almost on instinct.

Boom!

The space around Su Yi was originally shrouded in misty, inscrutable light when it suddenly shattered.

The clear sunlight of the outside world flooded in through the gap, illuminating the space around Su Yi and bathing him in its radiance.

“This…” The River Child and Qingyang Feng were stunned.

The black sun hanging beneath the dome of heaven had erupted with inscrutable light, enveloping the entirety of Sunset Perch Island.

Yet now, a ten-thousand-foot rift had torn open with Su Yi at its center.

Thus, while it might have looked like Su Yi was standing on Sunset Perch Island, in truth, he’d left the black sun’s effective range. He now stood within the bounds of the God Domain’s territory!

“Dammit! He actually managed to break the Deep Blue Seastone’s power!” roared the armored man.

His heart filled with lingering terror. If he hadn’t dodged in time and had instead continued hurtling toward Su Yi, he would unquestionably have suffered a backlash from the Laws of the outside world!

The consequences of that would have been far too terrifying.

“If I’m not mistaken, that bundle of flames is the Epoch Spark!” said the woman in white, her face as cold as ice.

She was from a spacetime forbidden zone, just like Qingyang Feng and the man in armor. They shouldn’t have been able to appear in the present day, but they could appear safely on Sunset Perch Island entirely thanks to Qingyang Feng’s Deep Blue Seastone.

But the moment they were exposed to the outside world, they’d suffer a terrifying backlash of the Laws!

This was what they were most afraid of.

There was no doubt about it. Su Yi was using the Epoch Spark to break the Deep Blue Seastone’s obscuring power.

This prevented the experts of spacetime forbidden zones from attacking freely for fear of hurting themselves.

“Your Excellency, I would never have guessed you had a killer weapon like that up your sleeves!” the River Child said with delight. “In that case, I really don’t need to worry about a thing!”

“I told you earlier, didn’t I?” said Su Yi, a bit exasperated. “You can fight to your heart’s content without fear.”

“Got it!” The River Child said excitedly, waving his fists about.

Su Yi, meanwhile, gripped the Epoch Spark and walked forward.

It was like a lamp amidst the darkness of heaven and earth.

Su Yi was like a torch. Wherever he went, chaos flames melted away the darkness, and the sunlight of the outside world flooded in through the cracks.

The Deep Blue Seastone was indeed a wondrous taboo treasure, but its power couldn’t withstand the searing heat of the Epoch Spark.

This was what they meant when they said that everything had its weakness.

The woman in white and the man in armor could no longer remain calm. They repeatedly moved further away.

Because Su Yi was headed right for them, and he brought with him the light of the outside world!

“Despicable!” spat the woman in white.

“You’re the despicable ones!” cursed the River Child as he fought Qingyang Feng. “We agreed to fight one-on-one, only for you to attack His Excellency. Who are you to accuse others of being despicable, you bitch?”

The woman was ashamed and angry. Murderous intent surged around her, but she didn’t dare to fight the River Child head-on.

The most frustrating part was that when Su Yi approached, she and the armored man had no choice but to scamper this way and that for fear of the Laws of the outside world.

“Fellow Daoist Su, might we end this battle here?” said Qingyang Feng. He could tell that this didn’t bode well.

They’d come here relying primarily on the Deep Blue Seastone, but Su Yi could obviously counter it. That made the situation far more dangerous.

“You really are a wimp! And a coward!” the River Child said with a cold laugh.

Kaboom!

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But then, Su Yi suddenly gripped the Epoch Spark and charged at Qingyang Feng.

Qingyang Feng’s heart sank, and his composure finally wavered. He roared, “Descend!”

The Deep Blue Seastone had been hanging overhead like a black sun, but now, it suddenly descended upon the River Child. Its terrifying power was enough to make one’s heart shake.

At a critical juncture, Su Yi raised and waved his hand. The Epoch Spark whooshed through the air, scattering endless chaos flames and forcing the Deep Blue Seastone back.

The River Child seized the opportunity to strike. One simple punch later, and he’d sent Qingyang Feng flying backward.

Kaboom!

The inscrutable mist obscuring Sunset Perch Island collapsed.

There was no doubt about it. The Epoch Spark suppressed the Deep Blue Seastone’s power, making it much harder for it to obscure Sunset Perch Island.

This presented a severe threat to Qingyang Feng and his companions.

“Activate!” Qingyang Feng bellowed, and the Deep Blue Seastone surged with inscrutable, misty light. It immediately wrapped around him, the woman in white, and the man in armor, obscuring them from their surroundings.

Gasps arose from the outside world. The mists around Sunset Perch Island had receded, so the island had come back into view. The distant onlookers could now see the fierce battle raging on the shore.

“Fellow Daoist Su, how about we end this here?” Qingyang Feng said again.

His formerly amiable expression was now utterly dark.

The Deep Blue Seastone had been the lynchpin of this operation. Now that it was no longer effective, Qingyang Feng felt the urge to retreat.

“We’ll have to see if you’re capable of ending this,” Su Yi said calmly.

He now stood beside the River Child, and he was using the Epoch Spark’s power to disguise the River Child’s aura.

There was no denying it. Taking the Deep Blue Seastone out of the equation imperiled the River Child, just like it did Qingyang Feng and his allies.

But… that was no problem for Su Yi.

Because he had numerous methods of hiding the River Child from the Laws!

The situation had turned on its head. Now, he was the one in control!

Qingyang Feng obviously realized this, too. His brow was tightly furrowed. “This whole time, all we wanted was to work with you. Why take things so far?”

Su Yi disregarded him, then glanced down at the River Child. “We’ve got to kill at least one of them this time. Choose your target for yourself.”

The River Child swept his gaze across the three of them, then said, “Your Excellency, I want to kill them all!”

Su Yi inclined his head. “It’s up to you.”

He passed the Epoch Spark to the River Child and said, “Here, I’ll lend this to you.”

“Okay!” The River Child visibly perked up. His eyes were cold and dark, and his aura was increasingly terrifying.

Qingyang Feng and the others heard every word of this conversation. It enraged and astonished them, but more than that, it told them that there was no room left for discussion!

And seeing Su Yi entrust the Epoch Spark to the River Child made them sense an unprecedented crisis!

“Fellow Daoist Su, your stubbornness has deeply disappointed me!” said Qingyang Feng, his expression dark and his tone icy and terrifying.

Boom!

The River Child attacked directly. The Epoch Spark floated above his head, and he stepped forward, fist swinging, striking with the force of an avalanche or tidal wave. His murderous intent shook the world, throwing heaven and earth into disarray.

Qingyang Feng and his companions exchanged glances. Their eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and they attacked together.

Boom!

A grand battle erupted. Sunset Perch Island swayed, and the surrounding seas churned, stirring up massive waves.

A flood of destructive power swept outward, startling every last one of the onlookers. All of them retreated further away.

A battle of this level was far too terrifying, as terrifying as it got in the present day. Who would have dared to draw near?

The River Child fought one against three with unparalleled valiance. The Epoch Spark hovered above his head, and his adorable little face was utterly cruel and brutal.

Within moments, Qingyang Feng and the others were all badly injured!

It wasn’t just that their strengths were lacking compared to the River Child. The Epoch Spark countered the Deep Blue Seastone, too!

Besides, both the woman in white and the man in armor had gone into this battle already injured.

Given the circumstances, how could they possibly be a match for the River Child?

Su Yi stood in the distance, watching the battle. He even felt relaxed enough to take out a gourd of wine and drink.

“Fellow Daoists of the Endless Dao Alliance, hurry up and seize this opportunity to take Su Yi down!” Qingyang Feng bellowed, his voice booming in all ten directions.

But no one responded.

Su Yi laughed dryly. “You’re using these factions, but aren’t they using you too? There’s… zero chance they’ll stick out their necks for you.”

Su Yi had already seen through this death trap in its entirety. Factions like Divine Billows Palace just wanted to sit back and watch tigers fight from a safe distance; they in no way wanted to join the battle personally.

That is, unless Su Yi and Qingyang Feng both left their battle badly injured. Perhaps then Divine Billows Palace would swoop in to loot a burning house.

Unfortunately for them, the opportunity they were waiting for wouldn’t come!

Kaboom!

The grand battle raged with ever greater intensity. Qingyang Feng and the others unleashed every method at their disposal, including their trump cards.

But without exception, the River Child destroyed their attacks!

Their injuries were getting worse and worse. All of them looked wretched, and all of them were covered in blood.

“Die!” The River Child was thoroughly enjoying himself. He suddenly charged, breaking their joint offensive, and swung his fist at the man in armor.

This is bad! The armored man’s pupils constricted, and his face filled with despair.

His wounds were far too severe, and he needed the Deep Blue Seastone’s protection, so he couldn’t dodge. Without it, even if he managed to dodge this strike, he’d suffer a backlash from the Laws.

But if he chose to clash with the River Child head-on… he’d die beyond a doubt!

In this moment of crisis, his armor wriggled, then erupted with a bloody, baleful aura that manifested an indistinct, ethereal figure.

He was like a ruler of the nine heavens, valiant and fierce, with a pointed beard and martial bearing. His hands formed seals, and he suddenly swung his fist.

Boom!!

The River Child’s punch had been all but certain to kill its target, yet now, it was blocked. The River Child was even forced backward.

Everyone was stunned.

Su Yi’s brow furrowed slightly. He could tell that this was the armored man’s true life-saving trump card.

An incomparably mighty, terrifying avatar of will!