Chapter 229: Haoran Righteous Qi, The Break!

"Heaven and Earth possess a righteous Qi, which manifests in various forms; below it becomes rivers and mountains, above it becomes the sun and stars!"

Accompanying those sharp, piercing sword lights was a vast, desolate song that resounded through the clouds of Heaven and Earth.

As those sword lights swirled, three thousand miles of mountains and rivers were filled with their radiance; amidst the surging sword light, even the demonic Qi that had left many powerhouses of the Human Race feeling helpless was, at this moment, continuously retreating.

"This is?"

Even with Gu Nianmo's state of mind and cultivation, upon seeing those flashing sword lights and sensing the aura flowing with them, he could not help but rise and pace.

As for Ziwu, who was beside Gu Nianmo, he was looking at those dozen or so sword lights in utter disbelief.

Whether it was he or Gu Nianmo, both had peered through the sword light to see something deeper within.

That sword light was sharp and indeed a top-tier method of slaughter in this world, but if that were all, it would not have been enough to shake two Heavenly Human Dao Lords like Gu Nianmo and Ziwu.

What shook them was the righteous Qi contained within the sword light! It was the righteous Qi of "I shall go forward even if there are thousands of people against me," the Qi of laughing heartily without fear of life or death even when Heaven and Earth are overturned! The demonic Qi retreated; it was not retreating from the sword lights, but clearly from that righteous Qi, or as it should be called, Vast Noble Righteous Qi! "Interesting, interesting, truly too interesting!"

"I originally thought that what could restrain the demonic Qi should be the Merit Qi from my father's other path."

"That Chaotianque has already confirmed this point; Merit Qi and demonic Qi are mutually generative and restrictive."

"But I never imagined that there would still be such figures among the Human Race, and that there would still be such... Vast Noble Righteous Qi?"

There was no panic on Gu Nianmo's face; as his gaze shifted to the figures atop those sword lights, the appreciation in his eyes and words was barely concealed.

This time he was truly shaken; he could see that this kind of righteous Qi had nothing to do with anything else—it only concerned the heart! This meant that the Human Race had used their own way to find a means, unique to the Human Race, to restrain demonic Qi!

Not only Gu Nianmo, but at this moment, on a mountain in the Northern Border, three or five faint shadows were standing on the peak, gazing at the scenes unfolding in the distance.

Who else could these three or five figures be but Gu Jiangming's family? Gu Jiangming had said he wanted to see the current mettle of the Human Race, but with the war in the Northern Border reaching such a tragic state, and added to Gu Mingyue's repeated requests, Gu Jiangming finally let Jiu Jiu bring the thoughts of the group to the Northern Border battlefield.

When those sword heroes, filled with Vast Noble Righteous Qi, pointed their swords toward the Northern Border, Gu Jiangming also felt a great shock in his heart.

"Vast Noble Righteous Qi!"

"The Human Race has truly given me a tremendous surprise this time!"

Under Gu Mingyue's divine ability, Gu Jiangming's divine sense took on a flesh-and-blood body no different from an ordinary person's. It was not just Gu Jiangming; at this moment, Long Xi, Jiu Jiu, and even Liu Moran had looks of shock.

"Father, I felt Big Brother's aura..."

"And the aura of that old turtle from back then..."

Compared to the shock of Gu Jiangming and the others, Gu Mingyue's focus at this moment was not on the Vast Noble Righteous Qi.

When the Shushan sword heroes appeared with such Vast Noble Righteous Qi, the emotions of the Heavenly Human Dao Lords Gu Nianmo and Ziwu were inevitably shaken; if it were before, this bit of agitation would have been fine.

But Gu Jiangming's family was currently a mere thirty million miles from the Northern Border, and Gu Mingyue was also a Heavenly Human Dao Lord who had passed the Three Tribulations.

That slight leakage of aura from Gu Nianmo and Ziwu was exactly what Gu Mingyue had sensed!

"Hmm?"

Following Gu Mingyue's words, Liu Moran immediately shifted her gaze away from the Shushan sword heroes; after all, no matter how powerful the Shushan sword heroes were, they would not recognize her as their master's wife.

Gu Nianmo was Liu Moran's own son, and hearing Gu Mingyue say she felt Gu Nianmo's aura, Liu Moran was obviously the most concerned! "Your big brother must have been startled too!"

"Shushan didn't just shock me this time; your big brother probably didn't expect the Human Race to produce such Vast Noble Righteous Qi!" Gu Jiangming was not very surprised when he heard Gu Mingyue say she felt Gu Nianmo's aura.

With the emergence of the Transformation Magic, Gu Jiangming had already determined that Gu Nianmo was the mastermind; at this moment, it was merely arriving at Gu Nianmo's doorstep.

Gu Jiangming even knew that his son had likely sensed their auras as well.

"Kill!!!"

In the distance, between Heaven and Earth, a dozen sword lights swept across, turning into sharp streams of light as they charged into the battlefield.

As those dozen sword lights crisscrossed, one could see that the lowest cultivation level of their masters was the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Mid-Stage, and there was even a quasi-Supreme sword hero among them!

On the battlefield, the sword lights were like cold stars, and the demons roared in terror like grass by the roadside.

But Gu Nianmo, who had directed all of this, was now staring fixedly at Ziwu beside him! "You sensed it too, didn't you?"

As Gu Nianmo looked at Ziwu, only surging killing intent could be seen in his eyes.

He did not ask what Ziwu had sensed; with the emergence of Vast Noble Righteous Qi, they were not the only ones whose auras leaked out in their shock.

"............"

Silence, a deathly silence.

Ziwu, who had always acted like a loyal follower of Gu Nianmo and had even stood on the side of the Human Race, remained speechless when faced with Gu Nianmo's questioning!

"I know you can contact the Great Wilderness, contact that master of mine."

"Hand the thing over to me, and for the sake of our past relationship, I can still let you live!"

Gu Nianmo was not hiding his killing intent now; the emergence of Vast Noble Righteous Qi could only be considered an unexpected development for Gu Nianmo.

But the leakage of the auras of Gu Jiangming, Gu Mingyue, Jiu Jiu, Long Xi, and even his own mother forced Gu Nianmo to uncover some tacitly understood matters.

Gu Nianmo could figure out with his eyes closed that since his Dao Fruit was being targeted, there must be a mole by his side.

At first, Gu Nianmo suspected the old Dragon King, but the relationship between the old Dragon King and him was clear; to put it bluntly, they were family, even if the old Dragon King was not very happy with his cheap son-in-law.

But Gu Nianmo was clear that even though his own strength was greater than the old Dragon King's, the old Dragon King had always treated him as a junior of the family.

"When did you find out?"

"And, what exactly is your family hiding?"

Facing the surging killing intent in Gu Nianmo's eyes, Ziwu, who had always thought alongside Gu Nianmo, did not say anything more this time; he just stared intensely at Gu Nianmo before him, asking the thing he most wanted to know.

"When you broke through, I knew you were not of one mind with me!"

"Being able to break through to a Pseudo-Heavenly Human had already completely exhausted your final foundation, yet you still broke through!"

"Not only that, after you broke through, your cultivation speed did not slow down; instead, it became faster, as if the path you were walking was not your own at all!"

"The most important point: you haven't slept for sixty thousand years!"

(End of chapter)