Episode 73: Fierce Battle! Swordsmen Repair!

  "Hiss——" In the night, a dazzling silver sword light flashed, swooshing down to intercept and slash, as if even the air was cut through. This showed that the swordsman's skills were profound, having already reached an extremely high level.

  As he saw the sword slicing through the air, Huang Hu truly felt his heart and gallbladder shattering. At this moment, even if his cultivation wasn't comparable to his opponent's, he still couldn't help but understand that the old Daoist in front of him was absolutely a super strong being at the Scattered Immortal level, rivaling the powerful existence of their Golden Peng Demon King.

  The old Taoist's sword, just the sword energy alone, was already tens of meters long, relying solely on the pure sword energy cultivated by himself. The momentum was swift and sudden, like a flash of lightning. Huang Hu's cultivation was insufficient, and at this moment, he was at a critical juncture where his old strength had been exhausted and his new strength had not yet emerged. To say nothing of counterattacking, even wanting to dodge was impossible.

  "My goodness, this old Taoist from Shu Mountain must have gone crazy!" Huang Hu's heart was filled with malice as he threw the sword behind him far away. In an instant, he took out his Thunderbolt Mallet and a dazzling flash of lightning crackled and flashed by, ready to engage in a fierce battle.

  However, the gap in strength between the two was indeed too great, and Huang Hu's vigorous swing of his Thunderbolt Mace still couldn't withstand the old Daoist's sharp sword energy. Just as he was about to be cut down by the old Daoist's sword, suddenly a fierce light burst forth from the void not far away, followed by a dazzling cyan sword light that swept across the sky and violently collided with the old Daoist's unstoppable sword energy.

  "Clang!" The crisp, clear sound of the silver bottle bursting, like a dense string of firecrackers on New Year's Eve. Two dazzling sword lights, one blue and one silver, intersected for only an instant, but had already clashed hundreds of times. The rolling sword energy surged forth, immediately splashing across the silent night sky with a multitude of flowing starlight.

  "What person?!" This time it was the old Taoist's turn to be shocked and bewildered. He only felt his sword light dim, a low hum of sword energy entering his ears, and a huge counter-shock force sending his body flying tens of meters away. In an instant, he couldn't help but be greatly shocked and pale.

  Huang Hu saw the situation and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He immediately set up a gust of strange wind and fled, forgetting about Fan Zhuo. Although Huang Hu seemed like a rough and impulsive person, he was actually very good at reading the situation. Since he saw the old Taoist appear, he knew that today would be difficult, so he had already planned to run away.

  Now, another expert has arrived, allowing him to narrowly escape the old Taoist's sword. It's clear what's going on, and it's likely that the next thing will be a confrontation between two powerful scattered immortal experts. This is not something that a mere 800-year-old demon like him can handle. So, he immediately ran away without looking back, and that small foreign bat demon was no longer important. After all, the sky is big and the earth is big, but one's own life is even bigger.

  The person who made the move was naturally Li Yan. To say that he and Huang Hu had no particular friendship, but he appreciated Huang Hu's scolding of Fan Zhong earlier, and since his rebirth, it was the first time he met a cultivator in the Scattered Immortal Realm, seeing the old Taoist's sword energy was fierce, he couldn't help but feel a strong desire to compete.

  The way of the Scattered Immortals, exists in carefree wandering. From the start, it's been about acting on one's thoughts. Li Yan didn't have any reservations, and with a wave of his hand, he concealed his face and drew out the Xian Sword. Although it was still sheathed, a flash of blue light seemed to appear out of thin air, tearing through the sky and clashing fiercely with the old Daoist.

  In a flash, Li Yan made his move, but he was not fully prepared, and even with the powerful sword in hand, he couldn't bring out its full force. He felt a huge backlash from the sword as it transmitted the old Daoist's counterattack. Ignoring the old man's question, Li Yan raised his hand, and the sword in his hand suddenly burst into at least thirty-six sharp, cyan-colored sword energies that shot towards the old Daoist like a whirlwind, who stood still in mid-air with his robes fluttering as if he were an immortal.

  Although the Xianjian sword had not been unsheathed, it was after all a treasure of heaven and earth, not ordinary. He wielded thirty-six swords in a manner like a mountain flood bursting forth, one wave of sharp sword energy following another, whistling as they tore through the void, layer upon layer, and from afar it seemed as if a mighty wave had suddenly burst out of the sky.

  "What a sharp swordsmanship? You are also a sword cultivator!" The old Taoist's cultivation was indeed not weak, and he managed to withstand Li Yan's thirty-six sword energies that were as swift as lightning and as vast as the sky. However, in the end, it was still no match for Li Yan's possession of the treasure of heaven and earth. Every time he blocked a sword, he couldn't help but retreat one meter, and at the same time, his mouth couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. But by the time his voice fell, he had already retreated to over a hundred meters away.

  Since ancient times, the sword energy of Jian Xiu has been exceptionally pure and cannot be compared to ordinary cultivators. Although Li Yan is not the most authentic sword cultivator, he is not weaker than any other sword cultivator of the same level. Moreover, this old Taoist priest's cultivation may be high, but it's not necessarily stronger than Li Yan's. Adding the power of the Xian Jian sword, a treasure of heaven and earth, makes him even more formidable, making it impossible to resist, which is not surprising at all.

  "You are a sword cultivator of the Shu Mountain Sect. I, on the other hand, am quite curious about the current state of the cultivation world!" Li Yan had never met a Loose Immortal-level cultivator before, let alone a rare sword cultivator. He wasn't about to let him off easily. With a flick of his wrist, the Xuanxian Sword in his hand began to revolve, transforming into countless streams of sword light that danced and weaved as he engaged in a lively battle with the old Daoist.

  "Huh? This old Taoist's methods are surprisingly similar to those of the Taiqing lineage's top masters. Could it be that the so-called Three Pure Ones recorded on this planet actually existed, or was it just a high-ranking master from the Three Pure Ones lineage who had also reached this planet and left behind a legacy?" The more Li Yan fought with the old Taoist, the more his doubts grew, and he couldn't help but feel extremely frustrated by all the secrets hidden within.

  Unbeknownst to him, the old Taoist was also shocked to death at this time. Two hundred years ago, he finally broke through the boundary and passed the third heavenly tribulation. Since then, he has been in seclusion in the Shu Mountain secret mansion. As a result, when he came out of seclusion a few days ago, he found that the world had changed greatly, and the Shu Mountain Sect was gone, not even leaving a mountain gate behind. This really shocked him, and after investigating, he didn't find anything, so he hastily left Shu Mountain and entered the mortal world.

  He had a powerful cultivation, but unfortunately, after being in seclusion for two hundred years, his understanding of the current mundane world was not as good as Li Yan's who had been reborn. In just a few days, he found that except for a few cultivators with lower cultivation levels, he hadn't encountered even one expert. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel shocked and puzzled.

  Tonight, he passed by Longtan City, but unexpectedly, he immediately felt a burst of evil and strange demonic energy. Immediately after, there were several more bursts of powerful energy. At that moment, the sense of justice in his heart burst forth, and he wanted to do what the Shushan Sect did best: quell demons and exorcise evil spirits!

  He chased all the way, and as a result, he met a Western bat demon on the mountain top, as well as a tiger demon with 800 years of Taoist practice. Unexpectedly, before he could succeed, he encountered another master whose cultivation was not under his own, and they fought non-stop.

  Both were masters of the Scattered Immortal level, with formidable strength, and it goes without saying that this battle was earth-shattering. Not only did the mountains and forests in this area tremble, but also the ground shook for hundreds of miles around, as if an earthquake was about to occur, with a majestic momentum.

  Li Yan unfolded the Zhou Tianjian Road, with his body as the center, a series of sharp and unparalleled blue sword lights appeared on his rolling and flying body, conjuring up a piece of hazy starry void, shrouding the surrounding sky.

  No swordsman would ever doubt the power of his flying sword, despite knowing that his opponent's strength was formidable. However, the old Taoist still firmly adhered to the principle that a swordsman should never retreat in battle. As one man and one sword became as one, countless sword auras flashed like shooting stars, colliding with Li Yan's fierce sword aura without any fancy moves.

  Two men were fighting with great enthusiasm, when suddenly in the distant sky, a golden cloud gathered, and in the blink of an eye, it had already moved to their location.

  Right after that, a long whistle pierced the air: "Where did this cultivator come from, daring to engage in a chaotic battle within the jurisdiction of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance..."