CHAPTER 980: CHAPTER 978: FLASHY MOVES

"Are we leaving?"

"Of course, they already told us that outsiders should leave quickly. We have no ties with the Xilo Cosmic Empire and the Noah Cosmic Empire. Do we still need to stay here and guard the city with them?"

"Exactly! I heard that even the weakest of the Ritian Sect can match a Level Six Life Form in combat. They have thousands of people, and there are only five here. How can we fight?"

"Didn’t you see earlier? The first member of the Ritian Sect who arrived casually used some kind of black flame to burn several people from the Xilo Cosmic Empire to death—it was practically a massacre."

"Really? Then let’s hurry up and slip away; I don’t want to accidentally get killed amidst the chaos."

Upon hearing this news, the whole city turned into chaos. Aside from those extremely confident in their own strength, everyone fled Xino City, anticipating it would soon become a living hell.

"Hmph, coward!" In response to these scenes, Qi Ya and his team just gave a cold laugh. Although Zhang Menglong and the others had many powerful fighters, and they only had five Level Six Life Forms, that didn’t necessarily mean they would lose.

A few minutes later, this city hosting nearly 20 million treasure hunters suddenly became deserted, leaving only over ten thousand treasure hunters from the Xilo Cosmic Empire and the Noah Cosmic Empire to face off against Zhang Menglong and his group.

"I’ll give you one more chance," Zhang Menglong said coldly. "Release the captives, pay compensation. Anyone who injured my people will end themselves, then get out!"

"Such big talk, but let’s see if you have what it takes!"

A Level Six Life Form from the Xilo Cosmic Empire stepped forward, holding a giant battle sword over three meters long, seemingly a Level Six Martial Weapon.

"That’s Yatok! The genius ranked eighth on the Summit Ranking!" said one of the treasure hunters watching from not too far away, instantly naming him.

"He’s Yatok? I’ve heard of him. That Level Six Martial Weapon in his hand was taken from a Level Six Life Form when he was merely a Level Five Peak Life Form."

"Really?"

"He’s the direct disciple of the Xilo Cosmic Empire’s king. It’s said he practiced a very powerful martial arts scripture, even serving in the army for a hundred thousand years. During those years, who knows how many he’s killed? He even has a nickname: Sword Demon."

"A martial arts scripture that requires killing to practice? How sinister!"

"With that Level Six Martial Weapon and the martial arts scripture, I heard he once challenged a Level Six Intermediate Life Form and ended in a draw!"

"The Ritian Sect is in trouble this time!"

"Yeah, they might have many powerful people, but it’s not always possible to use numbers to overpower the few. In a one-on-one fight, they’re bound to lose."

...

"Yatok? Sounds pretty strong," Zhang Menglong smirked. "Who’s going in?"

"Dean, I’ll go!"

"No way, I’ll go!"

"Why the hell is it always you?"

The people from the Super God Academy actually started bickering again.

"What do they mean? They’re not retreating, but itching to go first?"

"Don’t they know who Yatok is? Even Level Six Intermediate Life Forms are helpless against him!"

"They’re just fearless like newborn calves. I heard they come from a Level Five Elementary civilization, probably just ignorant and fearless."

"I’ve seen this scene before!" said a treasure hunter who had initially witnessed Su Xin use the Death Bible to annihilate them. At the time, they harbored the same thought, but he soon experienced a nightmare.

"Dice roll, whoever rolls the highest goes!"

To everyone’s shock, those thousands actually opened their artificial intelligence and began randomly tossing a dice with thousands of sides marked with numbers.

"Hahaha, 7628, I got the highest!"

"Damn it! Crap!"

"Not playing anymore! What kind of luck is this!"

"Can you hurry up? I’m in pain here!" yelled Yang Lin, hanging on the city wall with all his might. "Are you here to rescue me or just flaunt yourselves? Damn it!"

"Hahaha, sorry, sorry, hold on a bit more, we’ll rescue you soon!"

The winning youth stepped forward, one of the earliest students to join the Super God Academy, from an Ancient Martial Arts Family known for swordsmanship, seemingly named Jiang Yuyun.

"I’ll be your opponent!" Jiang Yuyun stepped up with a slender sword in hand, also a Level Six Martial Weapon!

"What’s your name?"

"Sword Demon, Dugu Qiubai!" Jiang Yuyun replied.

"His nickname is also Sword Demon?"

"Dugu Qiubai? Does that mean he’s never lost and wants to taste defeat?"

"That name is too arrogant!"

"A duel between two Sword Demons, interesting. One Level Six Elementary Life Form, and the other merely Level Five Elementary. If he weren’t from the Ritian Sect, I’d surely think he’s crazy."

"You dare call yourself Sword Demon?" Yatok’s face twisted with a bloodthirsty expression, a reddish bloody aura burning around him. "I never pull punches in a fight; prepare to die!"

"Boom!" The giant sword erupted with intense blood light, his aura swelling to a terrifying level.

Yatok wielded his giant sword, slashing down at Jiang Yuyun, concentrating power in the blade equivalent to compressing tons of TNT into one point, capable of destroying a continent upon explosion!

"Dugu Nine Swords, Sword Breaking Style!"

Jiang Yuyun calmly uttered seven words, and at that moment, all onlookers saw only a flash of sword light—it was a strike of endless profundity that seemed to pierce the starry sky, penetrated the galaxy.

Yatok’s body came to a sudden halt, his scarlet eyes wide open as though he’d just witnessed the most unbelievable thing in the world.

Moments later, his body fell directly from the air, red veins dispersed—he was already dead!

"I’ve trained in Dugu Nine Swords; how dare you use swordsmanship before me? This flashy stuff, what’s the use?" Jiang Yuyun sheathed his sword. "Tui! Couldn’t block one strike, trash! Next!"

"What next, one person per sword, change!"

"What change, one person per life! I haven’t used mine yet!"

"Bullshit!"

The battle had only just ended as the Ritian Sect people started arguing again.

Yang Lin: "Damn it!"

...

"What just happened?" The treasure hunters watching hadn’t seen anything clearly, yet the eighth-ranked person on the Summit Ranking was dead just like that?

"It’s unbelievable, I just saw a flash of sword light, and the battle was over!"

"He should have just thrust a single sword forward, right? Was it some advanced swordsmanship scripture? I heard Ritian Sect is full of advanced martial arts scripture, and they sell it casually."

"This... isn’t a swordsmanship scripture, it’s the Laws of the Sword Dao..." The remaining four Level Six Life Forms twitched their lips.

Jiang Yuyun’s sword strike seemed plain but held the deepest essence of swordsmanship, usable only by those who have comprehended the Laws of the Sword Dao—apart from that person named Kres, they surprisingly had a second person who understood the Laws!

"No, possibly not just the second!" A terrifying thought arose in their minds: perhaps every Level Five Life Form in the Ritian Sect had comprehended the Laws!

Among these thousands, there were a good two to three hundred Level Five Life Forms—if all these individuals were like this Sword Demon, Dugu Qiubai, what chance did they have to fight?