First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1725 - Overturning Heaven and Earth

The hundred-thousand-foot-tall Huang Tuo suddenly lowered his head. The mountain-range-like black chains covering his body clattered as if in fright.

Huang Tuo’s heart shook, and his lake-sized, blood-red eyes filled with terror.

Off in the distance, the terrifying life forms’ hair stood on end. All of them were ill at ease. When Su Yi thrust his sword, their hearts filled with instinctual dread!

And when that slash fell....

The descending radiant moon and glittering stars trembled as Yu Wenqi’s Dao Domain was thrown into violent upheaval.

Boom!!

A massive, heaven-shaking impact rang out. Beneath the crowd’s disbelieving gazes, Su Yi crushed countless stars with ease and bore a hole right through the radiant full moon!

The stars clustering around the moon split, leaving the Immortal Kings wide-eyed and tongue-tied.

Yu Wenqi was overcome with astonishment, even disbelief.

Su Yi’s slash was indeed terrifyingly strong, but it shouldn’t have been anywhere near enough to stop Stars Clustered Around the Moon.

The really terrifying part was that when Su Yi’s strike landed, the impact created a brief opening in Yu Wenqi’s Sword Domain.

Although the weakness was subtle, and disappeared in a flash, Su Yi had somehow managed to seize that brief window of opportunity with incomparable precision!

One slash, and it was as if he’d sliced through the pillar holding up the sky, overturning the dome of heaven!

Boom!

The entire Dao Domain shook, then split.

Dao Domains were a manifestation of an Immortal King’s power of the Grand Dao. When it fell apart, Yu Wenqi coughed up blood. The terrifying backlash made him feel as if he’d been struck by lightning.

His foundations in the Grand Dao were badly damaged, and he staggered on his feet.

Before he could steady himself, Su Yi’s sword pierced through the sky. A moment later, its tip was right against Yu Wenqi’s throat!

Yu Wenqi paled, but there was no time to dodge. Rather, he dared not move a muscle!

The dust and smoke dissipated, and everything returned to stillness.

The Immortal Kings watching from Coiled God Ridge were dumbstruck, furious, and alarmed.

They’d long since readied themselves for battle. They were prepared to circulate the killing formation as Yu Wenqi captured Su Yi alive to prevent the sword-bearing ape from attacking.

Who’d have thought Yu Wenqi would lose even when he had an absolute advantage?

The turnaround was far too sudden, without the slightest warning. Everyone felt caught off guard.

“As expected. The moment Yu Wenqi gave him even the slightest opportunity, his fate was sealed. Even the most fleeting, momentary weakness was enough.” The sword-bearing ape let out a deep sigh.

How keen was his perception? He could tell at a glance that Su Yi’s strike was wondrously precise. Slightly slower, and it would have arrived too late. Slightly faster, and it would have arrived too soon. His accuracy was simply astonishing!

It was just as the ape thought. Going purely by strength, Su Yi wasn’t strong enough to overwhelm an opponent like Yu Wenqi.

He’d won because he was the one who invented Yu Wenqi’s legacy of the Dao of the Sword. He knew Yu Wenqi’s abilities like the back of his hand, and that let him predict his opponent's next moves.

The moment his opportunity arose, he smoothly turned the tides!

“My Sword Domain... broke so easily...” Yu Wenqi murmured in a daze, seemingly unable to accept this.

He was an Immortal King of the Dao of the Sword, and he was extraordinarily powerful, a top expert among present-day Immortal Kings of the same level.

Yet now, even his strongest ability, the Extremities of the Dao Sword Domain, had broken!

Worse, it had broken at the hands of a young man he took for an Immortal Lord! This was unquestionably far too heavy a blow.

“Why did the Endless Swords Immortal Sect join the others in targeting me?” asked Su Yi.

He was covered in bleeding wounds, and his robes were completely drenched in blood. His long hair was disheveled, and he looked utterly wretched.

Yet he held his sword perfectly straight, its tip right against Yu Wenqi’s throat, and he had a heart-shaking, contemptuous air about him.

Yu Wenqi remained silent.

“Answer me, and I’ll grant you a quick death,” said Su Yi.

It was just one light, airy sentence, yet Yu Wenqi’s expression shifted.

Splurt!

With a flash of sword light, the Sword of the Human Realm pierced Yu Wenqi’s throat.

A flick of its edge, and a bloody head flew through the air.

Yu Wenqi’s corpse split into pieces and scattered into a rain of light.

Off in the distance, the sword-bearing ape said, “He had the heart of a true sword cultivator, proud even in defeat, with no fear of death.”

He could tell at a glance that Yu Wenqi had just tried to destroy his own cultivation base and take Su Yi down with him.

But Su Yi noticed and executed him immediately!

“He’s worthy of respect, but he’s earned my hatred, too.” Su Yi lifted a jug of wine and took a deep gulp.

This had been a bitter victory. He’d taken on numerous wounds in exchange for the opportunity he needed to defeat his opponent.

Su Yi himself was fully aware that his current strength wasn’t quite enough to defeat opponents of Yu Wenqi’s level.

“Next.” Su Yi gazed into the distance.

The atmosphere on Coiled God Ridge was stifled and tense. The Immortal Kings’ expressions were dark and unsightly.

Yu Wenqi’s death came as a heavy blow. They were increasingly aware of how dire their situation was, and their hearts sank into the pits of their stomachs.

All of them felt thoroughly ill at ease beneath Su Yi’s gaze.

“Allow me,” said Xue Hongshan of the Church of Supreme Oneness. “Shen Mu” was thoroughly injured, so he figured he had a chance if he went all out.

“Don’t!” Tai Zheng called out to dissuade him. “Even if you win your duel, do you really think the ape will just let Shen Mu die?”

Xue Hongshan’s heart sank. He was worried about that exact possibility.

Su Yi said flatly, “I can assure you that he won’t get involved.”

The sword-bearing ape nodded. “That’s right.”

But no one believed them.

Tai Zheng said gravely, “If we fight one-on-one, he’ll just pick us off one at a time. Better to defend this place. At least that way we can rely on our killing formations!”

He gazed at the sword-bearing ape and the throng of strange creatures gathered in the distance.

Would they really give the Immortal Kings the chance to kill Shen Mu?

Impossible!

Even if the ape swore on his Dao Heart, they couldn’t possibly believe him!

“This is your last chance. Defeat me, and you can leave. Why not try it?” said Su Yi. He was starting to get a bit frustrated.

There was no doubt about it. The Immortal Kings were scared, and they thought the duel was a trick. None of them dared to step forth and fight him.

Tai Zheng said gravely, “Shen Mu, if you let this end here and allow us to leave in peace, we promise not to seek revenge.

“Refuse, and even if you win.... You’ll become the common foe of the entire Immortal Realm. Have you truly weighed the consequences of that?”

His voice boomed throughout heaven and earth.

Su Yi instantly lost interest. This again.

In his shoes, someone else might well choose to compromise for fear of the sects behind these Immortal Kings.

Unfortunately for them, Su Yi had never been afraid of such things.

“How about I capture them one on one, then force them to spar with you?” suggested the ape.

Su Yi shook his head. “That would be too boring."

He’d chosen to fight them one-on-one because he wanted to resolve this enmity himself, and he figured he might as well temper his Dao of the Sword while he was at it.

If the ape captured them and forced them to fight him, it’d be like chewing on a candle. He wouldn’t feel even the slightest sense of accomplishment.

“You think you can capture us? Hah! Nothing but shameless boasting!” Tai Zheng laughed coldly. “If you were really so assured of your victory, why wouldn’t you have attacked by now?”

He paused, then said slowly and clearly, “Ultimately, you too have reservations. You dare not go all out and fight to the death. Even if all of us die in battle, you’ll surely pay a grievous price for your victory!”

Su Yi fell silent.

The ape fell silent.

Even the throng of strange life forms in the distance were silent.

The atmosphere was strangely stifled.

A moment later, Su Yi couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “It seems they still think that the ‘inescapable net’ and ‘trump cards’ they’ve prepared are enough to threaten us.”

The sword-bearing ape laughed dryly. “How could they possibly understand that the outcome was settled right from the start?”

As they conversed, the Immortal Kings’ expressions turned increasingly unsightly. They felt as if their dignity were being trampled all over.

“‘Without the slightest suspense?’ If that’s true, why haven’t you attacked?” Tai Zheng said coldly.

Su Yi took out his wicker chair, sat down, and said in a dull tone, “Ol’ ape, send them on their way already.”

“Sure. This really isn’t interesting anymore,” the ape said with a nod.

A moment later, he took a step forward, his plain cloth robes swaying around him. His forceful, imposing presence spread from his ten-foot frame.

“Circulate the grand formations!” bellowed Tai Zheng.

Boom!

A moment later, the killing formations rumbled and boomed. Monstrous, misty light burst forth, stinging the eyes and blanketing the sky.

Su Yi narrowed his eyes in surprise.

The Immortal Kings had placed nineteen layers of killing formations, each with the power to trap and kill Immortal Kings!

In other words, had he recklessly charged into Coiled God Ridge, he’d have paid a grievous price, even if he drew on the Sword of the Nine Hells.

Alas...

Although the Immortal Kings didn’t know it, their “inescapable net” was nothing but empty posturing to the sword-bearing ape!

The ape’s gaze was cold and indifferent as he stretched out his hand and grabbed.

Boom!

Heaven and earth swayed on their axis. All of Coiled God Ridge swayed as the ape ripped it out of the ground!

The nineteen killing formations covering the ridge suffered a terrifying impact. All of them split and broke into pieces.

Startled cries, shrieks, and roars rang out, one after another.

The Immortal Kings had been ready to fight just moments prior, but now, they were so startled that the blood drained from their faces. All of them scampered off in panic. None of them dared linger for fear of getting swept into this.

“How is this possible!?” Tai Zheng’s hair and beard bristled with fury, and his eyes bulged as if about to pop.

Even if you’d hit him over the head, he could never have imagined that the ape was capable of this. A single gesture, and he overturned heaven and earth!

“The Great Realm! That ape is a Great Realm expert!” shrieked Xue Hongshan, terror written all over his face.

The Great Realm!!

The name was like a sudden thunderclap on a clear day. The Immortal Kings felt as if they’d been struck by lightning, and their souls practically left their bodies in sheer panic.

They finally understood how futile and ridiculous their resistance and so-called “reason to be confident” were.

In the face of a Great Realm existence, what did their trump cards and killing formations amount to?