Chapter 1181 - Can I Admit Defeat?
The hum of a sword rang out, startling everyone present.
A moment later, they watched as the gold-robed man’s head rolled off his shoulders.
The stump of his neck was perfectly flat and smooth.
Splurt!
Bright red, scalding blood sprayed from the stump.
Moments later, both the golden-robed man’s corpse and the severed head flying through the air were reduced to ash.
This strange manner of death startled everyone present, and they visibly lost their cool.
“Who did that!?”
The experts of the Studio of the Heart were alarmed, furious, and instantly on guard.
That man in golden robes had been a mid-stage Profound Unity Emperor, yet he’d died out of nowhere. Who wouldn’t have been alarmed?
The old man in hemp’s expression darkened, and his eyes flashed like lightning as he scanned the surrounding area.
Over on the shoreside black boulder, the red-robed man with the fishing rod remained seated, but the depths of his eyes shone with murderous intent.
But someone actually dared to ambush them?
They were seeking death!!
It was amidst this deathly silent, oppressive atmosphere that soft laughter rang out.
“You called Su Xuanjun a bastard? I’m afraid you had to pay for that with your life.” Su Yi sauntered over from beneath the distant dome of heaven, his hands behind his back.
Su Xuanjun!?
There was a disturbance amongst the group as their expressions shifted once more.
That woman who’d only just escaped disaster widened her eyes, then shouted, “It really is His Excellency Su! I once witnessed his peerless bearing from afar. I watched as he slaughtered an entire group of enemies. There’s no mistaking him!”
The captive cultivators were instantly excited.
His Excellency Su!!
They felt much as convicts on death row might after grasping a thread of hope!
“He’s Su Xuanjun? The reincarnation of the Temple Master?”
The experts of the Studio of the Heart looked like they found this difficult to believe. They couldn’t even imagine what Su Yi was doing here.
“Don’t get excited too quickly. Do you really think Su Xuanjun’s arrival is enough to save your life?” the red-robed man on the shore said without so much as turning to face the group. He said slowly, “Kill the prisoners first, then teach Su Xuanjun a lesson.”
One sentence, and all of the captive cultivators panicked. The blood drained from their faces.
The hemp-clad elder swept his gaze across the experts of the Studio of the Heart and bellowed, “Do it!”
Boom!
There were seventeen Studio of the Heart experts in total, and all of them attacked without the slightest hesitation.
Quick as they were, the sword qi that had appeared out of nowhere was even faster.
It was densely packed, as if the waters of the river of heaven had burst through a dam, dazzling as they poured onto the world below.
A moment later, all seventeen experts of the Studio of the Heart died, their bodies exploding and their souls dispersed.
One attack, and he’d destroyed the whole group. Bloody and tyrannical!
The hemp-clad elder’s eyes bulged, and his soul practically left his body. Even his teeth clattered.
In the blink of an eye, seventeen Profound Unity Emperors had been executed!
This was unquestionably far too terrifying.
Even the captive cultivators stood there, shocked. His Excellency Su is... so ferocious!!
“You call that... teaching me a lesson? Hah...” Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh.
He walked over and stood in front of the captives. contemporary romance
“What a useless bunch!” The red-robed man on the boulder snorted coldly. His displeasure was obvious.
He rose, then turned to look at Su Yi, his eyes blazing like twin suns. “I heard that Luo Zihong lost to you just a few hours ago. Why didn’t you kill him?”
“Do you think I’m incompetent?” asked Su Yi.
The red-robed man shook his head. “No, I just think the Temple Master’s reincarnation isn’t as impressive as rumors say.”
Su Yi laughed, pressed his fingers into a sword, and gently brushed them through the air.
Splurt!
Several hundred feet away, the hemp-clad elder’s head flew through the air.
In the last moments before his death, his face filled with bewilderment. Weren’t they in the middle-of a stand-off? Weren’t you two just talking with each other? How could you just attack out of nowhere!?
Su Yi then said coldly, “Look: I’ve killed everyone you had with you. If you think I’m insufficiently impressive, you’re welcome to try me for yourself.”
The red-robed man’s expression darkened, and his eyes surged with murderous intent.
But in the end, he suppressed his fury and said emphatically, “Next time I see you, I’ll cut your corpse into ten thousand pieces!”
Whoosh!
He’d only just said this when he blurred into arc of light and streaked into the skies.
This was entirely unexpected.
Who’d have guessed that a World King of the Studio of the Heart would turn tail and flee from Su Yi, too afraid to even fight first? To think he’d seemed so calm and domineering just moments prior!
“There won’t be a next time.” Su Yi disappeared into thin air.
Whoosh!
Sword qi streaked through the air.
Darkness descended upon heaven and earth, and the illusory Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared above the landscape.
Like a curtain blotting out the sun.
Several tens of thousands of feet away, the man in red robes came to an abrupt halt and swung his fist.
Boom!
His fist force was like a raging tidal wave swathed in the destructive power of his Laws.
But in the blink of an eye, the dim power of reincarnation reduced it to nothingness.
“What...!?” The red-robed man’s expression shifted dramatically.
He dared not hesitate any further. He immediately drew a golden knife about a foot long and swung with all his might.
Boom!
A golden flood dragon surged out of the blade. It was fully a thousand feet long and lifelike, manifested completely out of the explosive power of the Laws.
“Nothing but a worm!”
Su Yi appeared out of nowhere, and the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos struck with unstoppable sword intent, cleaving the golden flood dragon into pieces.
As if an immortal had descended to slay the flood dragon!
The red-robed man coughed up blood, his alarm and fury intensifying.
The entire area was enveloped in the dim power of reincarnation. There was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
“Shameless! You’re just the Temple Master’s reincarnation, and you couldn’t even kill Luo Zihong. Who are you to speak so impetuously?” He gnashed his teeth, swung his golden blade, and attacked Su Yi.
Luo Zihong had escaped. He refused to believe he couldn’t do the same!
“Who am I? The man who’s about to kill you, that’s who.” Su Yi chuckled, swung his sword, and attacked.
Boom!
A grand battle broke out.
In the blink of an eye, the red-robed man was covered in bleeding wounds.
He found this difficult to believe.
After all, his cultivation was no weaker than the mid-stage Heavenly Longevity Realm Luo Zihong’s, and his true combat prowess was actually a bit better.
Yet when he clashed with the mid-stage Profound Unity Realm Su Yi, he found himself at a disadvantage right from the start. He practically couldn’t fight back!
“Whetstones ought to know their place. If I weren’t still in the Profound Unity Realm, someone like you wouldn’t even be worth drawing my sword for,” Su Yi said airily, as if commenting on the weather.
But his opponent found his words deeply humiliating.
“Even if I die, I’m taking you down with me, dammit!” The red-robed man bellowed and went all out, disregarding his own survival as he activated his trump card.
This put enormous pressure on Su Yi, but he also found it extremely satisfying.
Opponents like this were exactly what he needed. This way, he could enjoy a good, fierce battle and let it temper his cultivation base.
Alas, it wasn’t long before the red-robed man couldn’t hold out any longer.
His wounds were too severe, and terror and despair were written all over his face. Even if you’d hit him over the head, he could never have imagined that a Profound Unity Realm cultivator could be this heaven-defying.
Suddenly, he shouted in a quavering voice, “Your Excellency the Temple Master, is it too late to admit defeat?”
He really didn’t want to die, so he cast aside all concern for his face and dignity and begged for mercy.
This left the distant captives wide-eyed and tongue-tied. He’s a World King! Yet he’s admitting defeat and begging for mercy so humbly?!
“I’m willing to give you every treasure I have on me. I’m willing to serve as your whetstone. I’m willing to do whatever you want!” begged the man in red robes.
“Truly? You’ll do whatever I say?” Su Yi suddenly lowered his sword.
“I mean every word!” The red-robed man nodded hurriedly.
“Then die,” ordered Su Yi.
“....”
He suddenly realized that Su Yi was toying with him. He couldn’t help but shout, “Your Excellency the Temple Master, must you truly kill us all? I’m telling you, Luo Zihong has already started building an alliance. It won’t be long before they’ll...”
He’d only just said this when the sword light of reincarnation flashed, piercing his throat!
Boom!
The power of reincarnation burst forth, swallowing him up like an abyss. Both his body and his soul were instantly destroyed.
“When will I be able to kill mid-stage Heavenly Longevity World Kings without relying on the power of reincarnation?” Su Yi let out a long breath of turbid air.
This time, he was worried that the red-robed man would flee, so he directly drew upon the power of reincarnation, and he held nothing back. Only then did he successfully cut his opponent down.
But Su Yi was well aware that if a group of similar World Kings surrounded him, he’d have little choice but to flee.
There was nothing for it; the disparity between their cultivations was far too huge. One-on-one was fine, but against a group, he’d have little hope of victory without the Sword of the Nine Hells.
As Su Yi pondered, he returned to the lakeshore.
“Your Excellency Su, thank you so much for saving our lives!”
The captive local cultivators immediately rushed over, their faces full of gratitude and delight.
“I just happened to be passing by, and it was no effort at all,” Su Yi said casually. “You’d best take this opportunity to leave. Get out of the Graveyard of Fallen Immortals right away.”
“Errr...” The cultivators all looked glum. One of them, an elder, said bitterly, “Your Excellency Su, to tell the truth, even with the experts of the stars beyond dead, with our power, I’m afraid we won’t be able to leave this place alive...”
At first, they’d impulsively come here in search of good fortune.
But after truly arriving here, they realized on a visceral level just how perilous and terrifying the greatest forbidden zone in all the Wilds was.
“That's fair. Here, take this. You’ll be fine so long as you follow the marked path.” Su Yi took out a jade slip and tossed it to them.
“Thank you so much, Your Excellency Su! Thank you so much!” The former captives practically went mad with delight. Some of them even flung themselves to the ground and kowtowed!
“Quick, go on.” Su Yi waved them away, and before long, that group of local cultivators had rushed off.
What surprised Su Yi was that when they left, they stopped to gather the bodies of the cultivators the experts of the Studio of the Heart had killed. They said they’d take them each back to their families so that they could rest in peace.
What rare strength of character. It was worth stepping in to save them, thought Su Yi.
He then proceeded toward the lakeside boulder.
The golden fishing rod was still there, as well as a table, chairs, and a fish basket. Three Yin Dragon Carp swam inside.
After a single glance, Su Yi gazed at the lake of lava.
The lava churned, its flames soaring into the heavens. A cluster of Nine-Color Divine Lotuses grew in the lake’s center, multicolored and resplendent.
Beneath the lotuses, he could dimly discern a school of Yin Dragon Carp swimming in and out of view.
“This good fortune belongs to me.” A hint of a smile appeared on Su Yi’s lips. He really hadn’t acted in vain.
With this good fortune, he might well be able to raise his cultivation to a whole new level!
