Chapter 607: Let Daddy Give You a Hug

Watching Yu Liancheng slowly step out from the shadows, the Great Master's expression changed slightly. He considered himself one of the world's supreme experts, believing that apart from his deadbeat father and elder brother, no one could rival him. Furthermore, the Myriad Ways of All-Encompassing contains the Dao of Vigilance, capable of sensing every movement within a hundred-foot radius; that this person could hide in the dark without being detected meant his strength was truly unfathomable.

"I have seen your Fear-Inducing List; to be able to know so many secrets, could it be that you were sent by that old thing?" Although waves were churning in Xiao Aoshi's heart, his expression quickly returned to composure.

Although the cultivation of the person before him might not be inferior to his own, that move, Love of the Peerless City, must have consumed too much of his True Qi and physical strength. Coupled with this bloodbath at the Xuanhua Firm, he was merely strong on the outside but weak on the inside, so why fear him?

As for the "old thing" in Xiao Aoshi's mouth, it was naturally that four-thousand-year-old old turtle, Xiao Sanxiao.

This speculation was not without basis; to be able to compile the Fear-Inducing List and discern countless secrets between heaven and earth, the only one capable of such a feat was likely that old turtle, Xiao Sanxiao.

What's more, Yu Liancheng's cultivation was far too astonishing.

If not for the meticulous training of that old thing, how could such a shocking and peerless expert appear out of thin air in this world?

"Rest assured, I have no relation to him," Yu Liancheng chuckled.

Xiao Aoshi said indifferently, "Oh, since you have no relation to him, why not join forces with me? When that time comes, the common people of this world will be nothing more than something in the palm of our hands—life and death, glory and wealth, all within our grasp. Wouldn't that be delightful?"

"Idiot, if I beat you and Xiao Jingtian to death, this world will be in my palm alone. Why would I need to split the world with you two?" Yu Liancheng chuckled, "To be honest, I am very curious: is the reason you and Xiao Jingtian are pushing for the Millennium Great Calamity truly an arrangement by that old turtle Xiao Sanxiao, or are you two just lacking fatherly love and going through a rebellious phase?"

There was a reason why these two brothers, Xiao Aoshi and Xiao Jingtian, were dedicated to pushing for the Millennium Great Calamity.

Back then, Xiao Sanxiao had, by chance, married a mortal woman. Not long after Xiao Aoshi and Xiao Jingtian were born, Xiao Sanxiao felt uneasy, sensing that a Millennium Great Calamity was about to occur in the human world, so he temporarily parted ways with his wife and two sons, leaving the Myriad Ways of All-Encompassing and the Mixed Heaven Four Absolutes to his wife.

Unexpectedly, he was gone for fifteen years. By the time he returned, his wife had died of lovesickness years ago. As for his two sons, they had set up their own households, each having mastered a supreme art, and harbored resentment toward Xiao Sanxiao.

Knowing that his two sons were obsessed and had entered the path of the Demon, Xiao Sanxiao decided to cripple them.

However, at the final moment, due to a moment of mercy, he was ambushed and severely wounded by Xiao Aoshi and Xiao Jingtian. The two then fled far overseas, hiding in Dongying, not daring to set foot on the land of Shenzhou. But this also made the two brothers determined to follow the mandate of heaven, push for the Millennium Great Calamity, and destroy the Central Plains Divine Prefecture.

To be honest, that such a terrifying existence as Xiao Sanxiao, who was immortal and looked down upon the changes of the world, would actually stage a drama of father and son turning against each other was truly laughable.

And having lived for four thousand years with profound martial arts, would he really have no sense of his beloved wife's death?

Yet, before leaving his wife, he left behind the two supreme divine arts of the Myriad Ways of All-Encompassing and the Mixed Heaven Four Absolutes. And in the end, through a twist of fate, he let his two sons escape to Dongying?

Whether all of this was a coincidence or truly pushed by that old turtle from the shadows is hard to say.

"I have come this time to resolve the Millennium Great Calamity. If you are truly pushing for the Great Calamity because you lack fatherly love," Yu Liancheng rubbed his chin, showing a look of hesitation and struggle, and only after a long while did he slowly say, "Then I shall be your father and compensate for the fatherly love that Xiao Sanxiao lacked back then."

As he spoke, he opened his arms, revealing a look of kindness: "Tian'er, come over and let Daddy give you a hug."

"Damn you, you're courting death!"

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The others had strange expressions, and the Great Master Xiao Aoshi was even more furious.

As his thoughts stirred, the entire room was instantly filled with endless Sword Intent, which surged like a tidal wave, pouring toward Yu Liancheng.

Xiao Aoshi's attainments in swordsmanship were not low, by no means inferior to the current Wuming or Mu Yingxiong. But he never used a sword, because he had already created a peerless sword technique—the Consciousness-Only Sword Intent.

With a single thought, he transformed intent into a sword; every strand of Sword Intent had the power to shatter gold and split stone. And since this sword was transformed from thought, once it struck someone, it could sweep away the opponent's fighting spirit entirely.

Yu Liancheng let out a cold snort, and Sword Intent permeated from his body. Particles of dust, almost invisible, floated up.

Each particle of dust contained sharp, baleful energy, as if transformed into divine swords filled with Sword Qi, piercing the airflow and crashing against the incoming strands of Consciousness-Only Sword Intent.

Bang, bang, bang...

For a time, the Consciousness-Only Sword Intent collided with the dust, the force constantly exploding. The scattered Sword Qi swept across the room like a tidal wave; the tables and chairs in the room could not withstand such Sword Qi and were instantly ground into powder and debris.

Hayato Tianyin and the experts of the Hidden Sword Stream all opened their Protective True Qi to shield themselves. Fortunately, they were all experts of the age, and the scattered Sword Qi alone could not harm them.

"Xiao Aoshi, my son. Stop testing me; bring out your Myriad Ways of All-Encompassing," Yu Liancheng chuckled coldly after neutralizing the Consciousness-Only Sword Intent.

The Great Master snorted coldly. He held his palm upright, using it as a blade, and slashed suddenly.

The Myriad Ways of All-Encompassing can accommodate various, even mutually exclusive, martial arts for one's own use, which is why Xiao Aoshi was proficient in countless martial arts of the world. And every martial art could be brought to its extreme. This "blade" strike was like the opening of heaven and earth, descending from the sky; the massive blade light transformed into a ribbon of silk, as if descending from the nine heavens.

In the face of this blade Qi capable of crushing all things, even Yu Liancheng felt a slight pressure. What truly made him prepare for a serious battle was that the blade Qi fused yin and yang, forming the two poles, leaving no openings.

In the face of this overwhelming blade Qi, Yu Liancheng also held his palm upright as a blade and slashed diagonally upward.

He used a Demonic Blade technique; black demonic energy roared and swept out, even manifesting the images of fierce ghosts and Yezha, clashing with the yin-yang blade Qi. In an instant, the two blade energies collided, erupting into a frenzy of blade Qi.

Boom!

In the next breath, the blade Qi swirled wildly.

The entire hall seemed to have weathered millions of years of erosion, turning into fine powder in the cold wind and drifting away.

This strike was truly too astonishing. Among the experts brought by the Great Master, except for Hayato Tianyin, who had recovered most of his injuries, the others were all pale-faced, staggering backward, and some even vomited blood.

A jade-green figure darted out from the hall, her pretty face also pale.

It was Di Er Meng.

She had also been hiding in the hall.

Previously, the Fourth Master had been killed by her blade, but because Yu Liancheng's aura was too strong, like a roaring ocean, it made the others subconsciously ignore this young girl.