First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2561 – The Metal Origin Chaotic Skies Spear

Fiend Lord Qiu Tu’s Grand Dao was utterly sinister. He could silently wander amidst the void, hiding himself in the flickering light. He was a natural assassin among chaos fiends.

From beginning to end, he never revealed so much as the slightest hint of his presence.

It was for this reason that, despite not being the strongest of the Eight Fiend Lords, he was absolutely the most dangerous.

Yet now, the moment he attacked, Su Yi blocked him as if he had precognition!

That wasn’t the extent of it, either. Su Yi crushed ten thousand feet of sky in a single step, collapsing the spatial rift. Countless streaks of sword qi erupted from the rift.

This attack had been inspired by the Malevolent Sword Venerate’s Dao-Severing Sword Cage. It shattered space, and sword qi fired through the cracks, creating a cage out of the Dao of the Sword. It could catch foes off guard and slay them with its crisscrossing strikes.

Before Fiend Lord Qiu Tu’s figure emerged from shattered space, he was enveloped by countless streaks of sword qi. His expression shifted, but he dared not give the matter any further thought. He instantly drew a shield reminiscent of a turtle shell to defend himself.

The Chaos Dao Treasure—the Profound Spirit Tyrant Shell!

As an assassin among chaos fiends, his life-saving treasures were used to defend himself, then flee.

An assassin’s survival ultimately came down to their ability to defend themselves, and the Profound Spirit Tyrant Shell was the treasure Fiend Lord Qiu Tu took the most pride in. It could block the full-force attack of a Half-Step Eternal, and stave off even the most lethal of blows.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Streaks of sword qi slammed into the shell in rapid succession, creating dazzling sparks.

In the end, all of these streaks were blocked, but the repeated impacts left Fiend Lord Qiu Tu coughing up blood, his qi practically collapsing.

His expression filled with horror. Without clashing with him head-on, he could never have guessed that this outsider sword cultivator would be so terrifying!

“Die!”

Meanwhile, Fiend Lords Xuan E, Chang Liu, and Lun Shan rushed in to rescue the trapped Fiend Lord Qiu Tu.

As confident as Su Yi was, under the circumstances, he had no choice but to dodge, because the moment he let himself get surrounded, his earlier advantage would go up in a puff of smoke.

“Go!”

Even as Su Yi retreated, he swung his sword and attacked. The Sword of Proximity clanged and hummed, scattering unstoppable sword qi so far reaching that it struck both the nine heavens above and the ten earths below.

Kaboom!

As the battle raged, a vision of destruction enveloped the entire battlefield. Divine radiance ran rampant, and treasure light whooshed through the air.

As deafening impacts rang out like thunderclaps on impact, shaking the entire Heaven-Combating Hidden Realm.

Liao Yuanshan and the other Undying Realm Master Gods had already moved further away, as had the spectating chaos fiends. None of them dared to draw near.

Astonishment was written all over their faces. A battle like this was far beyond the bounds of the Undying Realm. The combatants had reached unbelievable heights of strength.

Had this taken place in the outside world, it would have caused worldwide uproar even now, during the Dark Days of Legend.

“If that isn’t Sword Venerate Su, I’ll slit my throat on the spot!” someone murmured.

The others nodded along. None of them doubted it.

All of them were old-timers who’d lived for countless years. If they couldn’t guess their benefactor’s identity after all this, they’d have lived all that time in vain.

“But could any of you have imagined that Sword Venerate Su would have grown so strong after his years of seclusion on Sunset Perch Island?” someone sighed.

He was just too strong! He fought alone, yet he was holding his own against several Fiend Lords, each comparable to a Half-Step Eternal. None of them could have imagined such a thing.

Prior to the Dark Days of Legend, most people had thought that as strong as Su Yi was, he couldn’t possibly fight Half-Step Eternals like Di E.

Looking at it now, this perception seemed downright laughable.

It wasn’t that the populace was blind or ignorant, but that Su Yi’s strength was growing astonishingly quickly. Just a few years had passed, but he seemed like a completely different person.

You could search the entire God Domain without finding anyone else who grew so quickly!

“We’re lucky Sword Venerate Su showed up. Otherwise… I’m afraid we’d have been used as sacrificial offerings a long time ago…” someone whispered, his voice full of the utmost gratitude.

“It’s still hard to say who’ll win, and whether we’ll get out of this alive or not,” someone said solemnly. “Even so, with Sword Venerate Su here, I feel much more secure!”

That’s right. Secure!

That was how everyone felt. None of them panicked, none of them gave in to despair, and none of them were afraid.

Su Yi’s presence was so reassuring that it wouldn’t matter if the skies fell, or if they died in the end. They could at least die without regrets.

This was Su YI’s current prestige, and this was why the Dipankara Buddha had once sighed that even Su Yi’s enemies trusted him without hesitation.

This was the result of that prestige!

As the crowd’s hearts raced, the battle intensified.

Clang!!

A massive impact rang out as Su Yi swung his sword at an angle, blocking his enemies’ pincer attacks. The edge of his sword turned, and sword qi rained down from the sky, sending Fiend Lord Xuan E’s golden spear flying.

His sword qi continued, its power undiminished, and cleaved into Fiend Lord Xuan E’s body.

Bang!

Fiend Lord Xuan E was forced back, his flesh a bloody pulp. His glittering golden power of the Grand Dao almost fell apart.

Su Yi seized the opportunity to charge straight in, disregarding the enemies attacking from the sides. He just swung his sword at Fiend Lord Xuan E.

When you fought bandits, you had to take the leader down first.

Fiend Lord Xuan E was the strongest of the group, and he was the one who always managed to break Su Yi’s attacks at a critical juncture.

It would be hard to win this battle without killing him first.

Bang!!

Fiend Lord Xuan E was forced back once more, blood spurting from his tall, upright figure. His face paled, and his expression filled with bewilderment.

Su Yi, meanwhile, was under attack.

However, he couldn’t be bothered to pay it any heed. He blocked it head-on, dazzling, resplendent Dao Light floating around him to create a mysterious sword wheel.

His enemies’ treasures and divine abilities hurtled toward him, but the sword wheel blocked them all. It seemed to have neither beginning nor end; it existed in a self-sustaining, perpetual cycle.

No Dao could bypass its defenses, and no ability could break it!

The Fiend Lords were shocked and furious. They found this hard to believe. He blocked our joint offensive relying on nothing but a defensive ability?

That’s just unreasonable!

Su Yi, meanwhile, leaped through the sky and attacked Fiend Lord Xuan E once more.

All the while, his Heart Soul was gathering power.

The Sword of Proximity let out a clear, impassioned hum in his grip.

To Fiend Lord Xuan E, Su Yi seemed like a ruler presiding over the nine heavens, his presence terrifying beyond imagination.

That pressure was like a tidal wave or avalanche. It bore down on him, making his soul palpitate and his heart quiver. Prickling pain arose all over his skin.

More than ever before, Fiend Lord Xuan E felt as paltry and helpless as an ant. How… How am I supposed to fight him?

Boom!!

It was then that Su Yi suddenly launched the strike he’d been building power for.

Heaven and earth abruptly fell silent and still. All of creation dimmed, save for the sword qi descending from the heavens like the first beam of light after the first parting of primordial chaos!

In this slash, Su Yi displayed the full extent of this lifetime’s attainments in the Dao of the Sword. He poured the full strength of his cultivation base, essence, qi, and spirit into his sword.

In this slash, Su Yi unleashed the mysterious power of his Heart Soul. This was Su Yi’s first time using this unbelievable power of his Dao Heart to date.

In this slash, Su Yi intended to completely crush Fiend Lord Xuan E!

This sword force and momentum lent his attack unprecedented strength.

Fiend Lord Xuan E shook from head to toe, his expression shifting dramatically. His Dao Heart quivered, and his mind buzzed. Even his soul felt as if it were about to be cleaved open.

His essence, qi, and spirit were completely suppressed, and he struggled to circulate his divine power.

He felt like a leaf of duckweed in turbulent waters, at risk of capsizing and drowning at any moment!

His eyes went bloodshot in response to the powerful sense of impending death. Practically on instinct, he bit through the tip of his tongue and activated a forbidden technique that burned his own vital energy for fuel.

“Break!” Fiend Lord Xuan E roared. His eyes, long hair, and skin seemed to catch ablaze, all of them erupting with glittering golden blood light. A mysterious golden totem appeared at the center of his forehead.

His hands formed seals, and the golden totem on his forehead shot forth, condensing into a mysterious, spear-shaped marking.

Boom!!

As the spear marking spun, it extracted almost all of Fiend Lord Xuan E’s blood, qi, and divine power.

It instantly expanded, then struck explosively, filling the sky with golden blood light.

Heaven and earth were thrown into upheaval, and the sky was plunged into disarray. The roaring of ancient fiends seemed to emanate from the primordial chaos.

Everyone stiffened, shuddering from head to toe.

And when the chaos fiends saw this, the same thought rose unbidden to their minds.

The Metal Origin Chaos Spear!!

This was Fiend Lord Xuan E’s life-saving trump card. It sacrificed his life origin and forcefully drew upon his vitality and divine power, fusing them into his innate divine ability.

When activated, it was terrifying beyond measure. Even the Heaven-Trampling Chaos King had said that he wouldn’t dare to block an attack like that head-on.

The moment the Metal Origin Chaos Spear descended, Su Yi swung his sword to meet it.

The surrounding ninety thousand miles instantly collapsed, and the mountains and rivers were overturned!

The ground was scorched black.

The endlessly tyrannical sword qi and golden divine radiance swept through the nine heavens and the ten earths like a windstorm. It was like witnessing the descent of the apocalypse.

Everyone instantly moved further away, but the aftershock still sent them flying. Startled cries rose and fell in waves.

Even the other Fiend Lords working with Fiend Lord Xuan E retreated, but they too felt the aftershock. It was as if they stood amidst a raging tidal wave; all of them struggled to stay upright.

“Just who won that confrontation!?”

No one could guess.

Because the moment of impact shocked their souls to the point that they could no longer sense anything around them.

Clouds of dust and smoke billowed into the air. The aftershock still swept outward.

When the dust and smoke cleared, the devastated landscape came back into view.

Su Yi stood there, sword in hand, its edge pointed downward. The blade trembled violently and wailed continuously.

His Daoist robes were stained with blood, a startling sight.

And facing him from ten thousand feet away——

Fiend Lord Xuan E’s hands were frozen in place, mid-seal. His long hair was disheveled, and his face was deathly pale.

He stared intently at Su Yi, astonishment and confusion written all over his face.