Chapter 212: Still More Fun to Crush the Weak

At this moment, locking eyes with Lu Yang's smiling gaze, Duobao Tongzi's sense of crisis surged violently, as if he saw his own end.

Yet the first emotion that arose within him was not terror.

It was mockery.

'Just you? You want to kill me?'

How could a True Person at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment be so easily killed? Besides, although Duobao Tongzi hailed from a small sect, he was, after all, a True Person with a lineage.

Ordinary scattered cultivators, lacking orthodoxy, would once they obtained a fragment of inheritance, devote themselves solely to bitter cultivation regardless of flaws, resulting in their innate divine arts and talent divine arts specializing in only one domain; while powerful, they possessed more flaws, and once found by others, they would easily meet death and their Dao would vanish.

A typical example was Wu Cang.

Regretlessly, the path of Foundation Establishment was set and could not be changed, so scattered cultivators mostly only flourished for a time, utterly unable to compare with famous great sects.

After all, who could start over?

In contrast, Duobao Daoren was different.

He was a direct disciple of the Divine Treasure Cliff, rising all the way to the position of Zhang Sect, so the divine arts he cultivated naturally could not be riddled with flaws like those of scattered cultivators.

The next second, Duobao Daoren twisted his body in place.

"【Traverse the World】!"

This talent divine art belonged to the 【Zhao Yang】 position in Cheng Tian Gang; it was a Gui Water divine art, also a divine art of evasion, capable of using the qi of earth and wood to vanish and flee.

Now that Duobao Daoren had unleashed it, he was immediately about to escape.

However, the next second, his movement suddenly halted; in a daze, he seemed to see a great mountain press down from thin air, and the brilliant radiance of his divine arts rapidly vanished.

【Bao Shou Shan】!

Unconditionally sealing a talent divine art or a mystery of an innate divine art, it almost instantly plunged Duobao Daoren into an even more dangerous situation.

On Lu Yang's brow, a spiritual light had already appeared.

【Star River Sword Pill】!

This too was a relic given to him by Ye Xingfeng of the Sword Pavilion; although severely damaged, with only the 【Break Obstacles】 mystery remaining of the three divine mysteries, it was still peerlessly sharp.

Under the sword light, Duobao Daoren could not help but squint his eyes; his eyes stung with tears from the sword light, and his skin transmitted a pain like needle pricks; this was merely the effect of staring directly at the Sword Pill; if Lu Yang truly struck with this sword, he would surely die without a doubt!

In a flash, Duobao Daoren could think of only one thing.

The next second, a crimson spiritual sword appeared in his hand, radiating light as well, blocking the sword light Lu Yang had unleashed.

【A Bi Sword】!

"Hahaha, demon! In the end, human calculation cannot match heavenly calculation!"

At this moment, Duobao Tongzi's heart was filled with joy: "You never expected that the spiritual treasure originally used to trap me would instead save my life, did you?"

With a spiritual sword in hand, what was there to fear?

Even if Lu Yang struck with a sword, he would merely strike back; even if he fell into a disadvantage and was no match, he would not be beheaded by the opponent's single sword strike.

With this thought, Duobao Tongzi immediately poured his magic power desperately into the sword.

And the 【A Bi Sword】 transformed into a gold-swallowing beast, crazily devouring Duobao Tongzi's magic power, while the sword light it displayed grew increasingly magnificent and vast.

—All of this was but an instant.

The next second, the Five Elements True Person had once again opened the 【Primordial Five Elements Umbrella】 to resist Yinshan and the others, while the others came to aid Duobao Tongzi.

"Kill!"

In an instant, it was still six True Persons joining hands; the surging, flood-like radiance overwhelmed everything, shattered divine sense, and the surroundings once again plunged into darkness.

However, when everything returned to clarity, everyone stood stunned in place.

Lu Yang was gone.

Immediately, Yun He Xianzi of the Climbing Cloud Sect, her beautiful eyes full of shock, looked at Duobao Tongzi: "Duobao... why didn't you draw your sword just now?"

Everyone glanced over and realized that just now, it should have been a combined attack by all, yet Duobao Tongzi, who should have acted most of all, stood dazed in place; the 【A Bi Sword】 in his hand radiated brilliant light, yet he did not draw his sword, but remained stuck in place in a stalemate.

"Something is wrong... I... I cannot control it...!"

Duobao Tongzi, covered in sweat, desperately suppressed the 【A Bi Sword】 in his hand, then helplessly watched as a third mystery appeared on the sword.

【Famous Artifact】.

From the very beginning, ownership of the 【A Bi Sword】 had always remained in Lu Yang's hands; unless he voluntarily relinquished it, no matter how much it was refined, it was all illusion.

Duobao Tongzi finally understood.

The 【A Bi Sword】 was merely playing with him; everything was the master's command.

"... Beast!"

Duobao Tongzi let out a roar of unwillingness; alas, most of his magic power had been poured into the 【A Bi Sword】, and now he was utterly powerless to stop it.

The next second, the 【A Bi Sword】's blade reversed.

—Pointing at Diao Long Weng.

"... Huh?"

At this moment, Diao Long Weng's spiritual perception and thinking suffered a massive disconnect. Logically, being pointed at by a sword blade was dangerous no matter how one thought about it, yet his spiritual perception repeatedly reminded him that there was no problem, no danger, that he was safe now, and that everything was his illusion...

Until a sword light pierced his crown.

"Pfft!"

The sword light silently passed through his skull, traveling downward, splitting his brow, nose bridge, lips and teeth, neck, chest and abdomen, lower limbs...

Almost simultaneously, the 【A Bi Sword】 unsheathed!

A flash of crimson sword light vanished, becoming the final straw that broke the camel's back; Diao Long Weng did not even have time to summon a spiritual treasure or unleash a divine art!

At this very moment, only one thought remained in his heart:

'Why me?'

I was cautious enough; I was not the first to pursue and kill the opponent; I was not the one who spoke harsh words; from start to finish, I was the most low-key.

Yet you killed me!

Why!?

I refuse to accept it!

Countless resentments and hatreds rose from the Heart of the Dragon-Fishing Old Man, only to be severed by a single sword strike, revealing the figure of Lu Yang, whose entire body flowed with the radiance of divine arts.

That was a brand-new radiance of a divine art.

Even Yinshan True Person, upon seeing this divine art, wore an expression of shock, looking at Lu Yang, who stood with a smile, with a gaze of disbelief.

"The second innate divine art...?"

【Star-Hiding Radiance】!

To be precise, it was not the second one, but a simulation created using 【Imperial Mansion Golden Script Dushu True Edict】, yet it became Lu Yang's killing move at the critical moment!

【Star-Hiding Radiance】: precisely when yang fire is born and yin fire recedes, when the rising sun emerges and the stars hide; even clear cause and effect struggle to reveal their light. It can obscure cause and effect, qi mechanisms, and blind the crisis-sensing intuition of a Foundation Establishment True Person. Thus, Duobao Tongzi could perceive the killing intent, while the Dragon-Fishing Old Man had not the slightest reaction!

From the very beginning, Lu Yang's target was him.

The Dragon-Fishing Old Man himself was puzzled, but in Lu Yang's view, this was the simplest choice possible: because among everyone present, only he was a rogue cultivator.

Rogue cultivators are the easiest to kill; if not you, then who?

Even so, to cover all bases, Lu Yang still employed 【Imperial Mansion Golden Script Dushu True Edict】, temporarily boosting his cultivation to the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

Beyond that, the contingency of 【Abyss Sword】 was also activated.

Seemingly casual and effortless, yet in reality he had gone all out, striking on two fronts simultaneously; only thus could he, before the eyes of all, slay the Dragon-Fishing Old Man with a single sword strike!

The next second, only a loud crash was heard!

"Boom!"

The magical body of the Dragon-Fishing Old Man exploded with a thunderous crash; sword light shattered every drop of flesh and blood, and the Dao Foundation was utterly devoured by 【Abyss Sword】, leaving nothing wasted.

Bathed in the sky-filling flowing light transformed from his fall, Lu Yang narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

"Indeed, crushing the weak is still the most fun."

Without 【Star-Hiding Radiance】 to blind the intuition, he might not have been able to slay the Dragon-Fishing Old Man, but with 【Star-Hiding Radiance】, everything flowed naturally to its conclusion.

Ultimately, it was because of the boost from 【Imperial Mansion Golden Script Dushu True Edict】 that his realm was higher.

Using strength to bully the weak naturally yields success everywhere!

Challenging those of higher levels should lead to unstoppable triumph!

(End of this chapter)