Chapter 4780: The Sword Clan's Dust-Sealed Monster, One of the Seven Swords, the Sword Maniac

Ye Guchen looked up.

He did not retreat.

He simply raised the sword in his hand slowly, and swung it.

It seemed like an ordinary, unremarkable sword strike.

However, at the very moment the sword tip thrust out, an indescribable sword intent suddenly erupted.

In that sword intent, it seemed as if countless figures were demonstrating the sword way.

Some opened mountains with their swords, some severed seas with their swords, some walked the mortal world with their swords in hand, and some swept away all injustice with a single sword.

The swords of mortals, the swords of knights, the swords of kings, the swords of emperors...

Myriad sword ways, all within the mortal realm.

This sword was precisely the Human Sword Ancestor sword move that Ye Guchen had comprehended in the Human Sword Tomb.

Sword rises from the mortal realm!

Boom!

The sword light collided head-on with the colossal hand of law.

In an instant, dazzling light erupted in the void.

The colossal hand of law capable of crushing stars was actually pierced through by a sword qi, and then shattered inch by inch!

Ye Guchen's figure pierced through the sky-full of law fragments, having already closed in on the embodiment of heaven's way.

The embodiment of heaven's way seemed to also sense the danger.

The origin in its chest suddenly blazed brightly.

Countless law chains extended from the void, intertwining into a prison that trapped Ye Guchen within.

Immediately after, the prison began to contract rapidly.

Each chain contained different worldly rules.

Space, destruction, confinement, and annihilation powers erupted simultaneously, attempting to grind Ye Guchen together with the surrounding void into nothingness.

Ye Guchen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Then, his figure actually moved proactively toward the contracting prison.

The sword blade turned sideways.

Dugu Nine Swords, Breaking Sword Style!

His sword momentum suddenly changed.

The previously vast, ocean-like mortal sword intent suddenly contracted to the extreme.

All sharpness condensed onto the sword tip.

Not a single bit leaked out.

Afterward, he swung a sword.

This sword seemed to see through all flaws in the world.

Those law chains that appeared indestructible shattered directly at the moment the sword tip touched them.

One sword breaks myriad laws!

Crack!

Innumerable divine law chains shattered.

The prison laid down by the embodiment of heaven's way collapsed utterly in an instant.

Ye Guchen took a step forward, his black clothes fluttering, and the sword in his hand, the Proof-of-Dao Sword, let out a clear, resonant sword chime.

He gave the embodiment of heaven's way no chance to recover.

The second sword had already been swung!

This sword was completely different from the previous one.

The sword light swept past the void, yet did not immediately erupt with astonishing power.

Only when the sword tip swept across the body of the embodiment of heaven's way did that sword mark suddenly appear.

Immediately after, destructive sword qi surged forth from within the sword mark.

Dense cracks appeared all over the embodiment of heaven's way's body.

It tried to reassemble its body, but found itself blocked by that destructive sword qi.

It seemed as if it had been hacked to pieces.

Boom—!

The embodiment of heaven's way let out a final roar that shook the void.

Its body exploded with a bang, turning into a sky-full of law light rain.

A fist-sized mass of heaven's way origin slowly emerged from the shattered body.

Ye Guchen raised his hand and beckoned.

That mass of origin flew into his palm, which he then collected.

Thus, one embodiment of heaven's way was completely slain by him.

The entire process was clean and decisive.

Ye Guchen put away that mass of heaven's way origin.

He did not feel much joy from defeating the embodiment of heaven's way.

For him, these resources were still far from enough.

He still needed to harvest more heaven's way origin as provisions.

However, just as he was preparing to leave.

A rough, hoarse voice suddenly came from afar.

"Not bad strength."

The voice was not loud, yet it clearly pierced through the shattered starry sky and entered Ye Guchen's ears.

"If nothing unexpected happens, you must be the current heaven's pride of the Sword Clan."

"How rare—our Sword Clan's current generation actually produced someone with strength as extraordinary as yours."

Ye Guchen's gaze fell.

In the distance, a red-haired man stepped through the void and approached.

The man wore crimson robes, his hair flowing wildly, his brows and eyes bearing a hint of unrestrained wildness.

A long sword hung at his waist, its scabbard ancient and simple.

Yet on the hilt were streaks of blood-red patterns, as if it had once drunk the blood of countless powerhouses.

He came slowly, each step causing faint ripples to spread through the surrounding void.

He did not deliberately release any aura.

Yet the subtle, contained sword intent he carried was enough to influence the surrounding heaven and earth.

Upon seeing this person, Ye Guchen's expression changed slightly.

As a sword cultivator, his sensitivity told him this person was absolutely an unparalleled sword cultivator prodigy.

Moreover, he had already recognized the other's identity.

Back then, he had also heard Sword Maniac mention that the Sword Clan, even within the Immortal Land, had its own sealed prodigies.

And among them, the most outstanding were those known as the Seven Swords.

These Seven Swords were all unparalleled prodigies from the Sword Clan's history.

They were selected from among the elite of the Sword Clan's rear mountains.

And at this glance, Ye Guchen immediately recognized the man's appearance.

He should be Sword Maniac, one of the Sword Clan's Seven Swords.

He once roamed an era, famed for his wild and domineering sword path.

Though not the absolute pinnacle prodigy of that era, he still enjoyed considerable fame.

Among the Sword Clan's Seven Swords, his sword path may not be the most exquisite, but it is absolutely the most wild and domineering.

Usually speaking, if one enters the Immortal Land as a heaven's pride.

Seeing the sealed prodigy of one's own faction, one would feel a sense of relief.

After all, the Immortal Land is full of crises; having a senior from one's own faction present would also be a form of safeguard.

Yet upon seeing Sword Maniac appear, Ye Guchen's face showed no expression.

He recalled what Jun Xiaoyao had said to him when leaving the Myriad Ancient Sword Realm.

He is now the inheritor of the Sword Ancestor, his identity somewhat conspicuous.

In the Immortal Land, he will surely attract some covetous eyes.

Moreover, the Sword Ancestor's inheritance in the mortal realm holds undeniable allure for all sword cultivators.

Therefore, for Ye Guchen, the greatest threat is often not the sealed heaven's pride of other factions.

But rather the sealed heaven's pride of his own Sword Clan faction.

If they were to learn that Ye Guchen possesses the Sword Ancestor's Path-Proving Sword and Sword Embryo from the mortal realm.

Then what follows can easily be imagined.

They would not care whether Ye Guchen is one of their own.

Sword Maniac halted several hundred zhang away from Ye Guchen, his gaze fixed on the Path-Proving Sword in Ye Guchen's hand.

In his eyes, a blatant, fiery gleam appeared.

"This sword, if I am not mistaken, should be the Sword Ancestor's Path-Proving Sword from the mortal realm."

"I never expected this sword to truly reappear in the world."

Immediately, he turned his gaze to Ye Guchen.

"Could it be that you have obtained the Sword Ancestor's inheritance?"

Ye Guchen remained silent, offering no reply.

Sword Maniac did not mind, continuing on his own.

"Since you are a person of the Sword Clan, you should know the weight of this sword."

"It is the object through which the Sword Ancestor proved his Path, carrying his inheritance and karmic ties."

"With your qualifications and seniority, you are still not qualified to wield it."

Having said this, he extended one hand, his tone matter-of-fact.

"Hand it over."

"This sword…… is not something you can possess."

Sword Maniac's words were spoken as if self-evident, carrying a tone of superiority.

In his view, as one of the Sword Clan's Seven Swords.

Even if the Sword Clan's current generation produced the most prodigious heaven's pride, they would still have to bow before him.

Upon saying this, heaven and earth fell silent for a moment.

Ye Guchen stared at him, his expression cold and indifferent.

After a moment, he spat out a single word.

"Get lost!"