Chapter 500: The Common People Resent, But I Do Not (Two-in-One)

What is that flying in the sky?

Is it a bird or a cloud?

... It's Ultraman!

Ren Yidao looked at the Three-Headed Six-Armed God Demon and the Light and Shadow Giant in the sky, unable to help but exclaim:

"How flashy!"

Why did the crooked-necked old man from my home come over here to Showcase Holiness Before Others?

He almost made it impossible for people to recognize him.

However, looking at that exquisite side-glancing stance, it was definitely the old man, no mistake.

And upon hearing Ren Yidao's exclamation, Jing Yueqin beside him also nodded in agreement: "Exactly, Senior Uncle Sikong is truly flashy!"

How old is he, why is he learning from others to have his Divine Soul leave his body; isn't he afraid of being backstabbed?

"Exactly, exactly."

This pair of junior and senior disciples didn't think at all about why Sect Leader Sikong, in his old age, would risk so much to come to the Sword Casting Hut...

Could it be for sightseeing?

Hmm, probably.

Sikong Yu!

Si! Kong! Yu!

This name, which brings such loss of face, has already become a taboo in the Southern Border Divine Dynasty; no one will mention it lightly.

It is all to seek revenge and wash away the shame.

What?

Zang Zhenyu turned his head abruptly, not knowing why Yuwen Tianye would suddenly say such discouraging words about fleeing from battle.

And while passing by, they would also be unable to help but look up at the two terrifying existences confronting each other in the sky.

Zang Zhenyu could refuse; he was the general and team leader, and the final decision-making power was in his hands.

"Your Highness, no need to panic."

When Xuan Xiao was severely injured and the blockade shattered, the people from various sects and factions, who had long been burning with anxiety, all rushed toward the Central Region at the first opportunity; they were going to save their own sect members and disciples.

The departure of Zang Zhenyu and his group was not an isolated case.

Yuwen Tianye's tone was extremely resolute; he grabbed Zang Zhenyu's arm tightly and ordered in a deep voice: "Now, go and bring everyone; we are leaving now! Immediately!"

Zang Zhenyu understood Yuwen Tianye's fear; this was not because His Highness was cowardly, but because there was a hidden story—the Divine Demon Power on the opponent's Dao God was extremely similar to that of the Southern Border Divine Dynasty, which would make them involuntarily think of His Majesty the Divine Emperor.

"..."

But looking at Yuwen Tianye's gaze, which was currently a mix of hardness and madness, he eventually gave in.

Even though that event had passed a long time ago, as people of the Divine Dynasty, no one could forget that humiliating, crushing defeat, nor could they forget that figure who had stepped on all of their heads!

It was precisely because of Sikong Yu that these people had come here.

"..."

The eyes of these people were filled with awe, envy, jealousy... and fear.

Zang Zhenyu stood in front of Yuwen Tianye, blocking the pressure from the sky for him; for a Highness with Spirit Transformation cultivation, the strength of an Asking Dao was still too powerful.

It must be that he was bored from being still for too long and wanted to go out for a stroll!

In any case, Senior Uncle Sect Leader must have his own ideas.

"Your Highness, remember, no matter who asks later, say it was my decision, understand?"

Zang Zhenyu could not accept cowardly flight becoming a stain on Yuwen Tianye, so he decided to take the blame entirely upon himself.

"You say, he is... Sikong Yu?"

On the other side, Zang Zhenyu, who had originally been protecting Yuwen Tianye and guarding the surroundings, had his expression change upon hearing the name Sikong Yu, and he looked at the sky in shock.

And after Yuwen Tianye turned away, the eyes on one of the faces of the Three-Headed Six-Armed God Demon in the sky moved, staring at his back until he had gone far away.

Yuwen Tianye was the Highness he favored most, the one most likely to become the future Divine Emperor; after this trip to Beiming, he was even more certain of this, and the Zang family was already prepared to bet all their assets on him.

Stunned by the massive impact, his voice trembled slightly, and his eyes were filled with confusion.

This, this, this...

After Zang Zhenyu added one more sentence, he turned and left without waiting for Yuwen Tianye's reply.

"He..."

He stared at the giant in the sky and said in a deep voice: "Although we are in Beiming, Sikong Yu would not dare to make a move against us."

Asking Dao!

Zang Zhenyu hesitated; if they left now, it would truly be fleeing from the battlefield!

Everything he had done by leading the team here would be meaningless, and they would become a joke, mocked by everyone.

"Yes, I will go and take everyone away now."

"Leave? Your Highness, if we leave now..."

And after the black-faced army left, Yuwen Tianye looked at his back and his lips moved, wanting to say something, but in the end, he remained silent.

"It's him!!?"

"... Leave."

"Did you not hear my words? I said... leave!"

Yuwen Tianye looked up, staring at the phantom in the sky; after a moment of confusion in his eyes, they widened, and his Double Pupil trembled slightly.

He raised his head, took one last deep look at the God Demon and the Black Tortoise confronting each other in the sky, and then, without a word, followed in Zang Zhenyu's footsteps.

It was precisely because of this similarity that Sikong Yu was able to take the top spot that year.

Asking Dao!

Still, goddamn Asking Dao!

Without the backing of Asking Dao, the foundation is ultimately insufficient.

Most people in the world think that the Heaven Realm is the pinnacle of the world, and that a sect having a Heaven Realm expert is already top-tier.

But only people like them know how vast the gap between No-Phase and Asking Dao can be.

Without an Asking Dao expert, this force can never rank among the strongest.

Not to mention, the gap between Asking Dao experts is also terrifyingly large...

No need to look far; there is a very vivid and lively example right before their eyes.

Looking solely at their aura, the Divine Demon and Black Tortoise in the sky are several times stronger than Gongye Dachang and the others; they are completely not on the same level.

It is like a strong man and a child who has just learned to walk; the gap is incredibly exaggerated.

To be able to reach such a realm, one wonders how much hardship was endured and what kind of stunning talent was possessed to finally be able to ascend to the peak.

These two experts, who are also at the height where it is cold, must be having a conversation full of profound mysteries; if one could hear it, one would surely gain something. How envious I am of those in the super sects who can listen to the teachings of such existences.

But they do not know that the conversation between the two peerless experts, who appear to be in a dangerous standoff in the high sky in their eyes, is actually very speechless at this moment.

【"It broke, didn't it? Even easier than I estimated; I didn't even use much strength."】

"Sigh... it broke."

【"Well, your plan failed. Are you still going to stop me?"】

Sikong Yu stroked his beard with a smile and teased: 【"If you are not reconciled, this old man can still play with you for a while. It just so happens that I haven't traveled far in a long time, so this little bit of time doesn't matter."】

Black Tortoise Lord shook his head and sighed silently.

"Things have reached this point; there is no benefit in stopping you anymore." He waved his hand, shaking his head and sighing: "Sikong, since you insist on interfering, then I can only wish that you do not regret it in the future."

Haha!

Sikong Yu laughed out loud twice, shaking his head while stroking his beard, and joked: 【"This old man has had many regrets over the years, but the one I regret most is not keeping you back then."】

"... Do you know who I am?"

Black Tortoise Lord was somewhat surprised, but quickly denied it, piercing through his bluff, "I have long since been reborn; my methods have not the slightest similarity to the past. You cannot possibly recognize my identity. You old thing are trying to trick me again."

【"Haha, perhaps."】

Sikong Yu stared at Black Tortoise Lord for a moment, then shook his head freely, 【"What if I know? What if I don't? We have already reached this step; there is no need to care about right or wrong."】

【"If you feel this path is right, even if I try to persuade you, you will not listen, so why should I bother persuading you?"】

He stared at Black Tortoise Lord and sighed, waving his hand, 【"Go. We have already tested it; I cannot keep you, and you cannot keep me."】

Black Tortoise Lord was silent, seemingly tacitly accepting Sikong Yu's words.

After a long time, he spoke again: "Sikong, the Butian Alliance has returned to the Earthly Realm. This is the trend of the world; you cannot stop it."

【"I already said, don't tell me this! This old man never thought about stopping it! You guys can do whatever you want, just don't bother me."】

Go! Go!

Sikong Yu waved his hand to drive them away with great disgust. When did this old man ever want to interfere with you?

I don't have the spare time for that!

"You! Aren't you worried!?"

Black Tortoise Lord was angered by his dismissive action and spoke with some frustration:

"The Heavenly Dao is flawed. Is this only a matter for my Butian Alliance? Does it have nothing to do with you?"

"You are also about to reach this step soon, about to have no hope of advancing. Do you not feel even a shred of despair!?"

After this exchange, Black Tortoise Lord had a rough understanding of Sikong Yu's current strength.

Over these years, Sikong Yu had sealed himself in the Divine Path Sect like a bitter cultivator. Although he had no astonishing breakthroughs, his own strength had made no small progress, and he was not far from the final barrier where there is no further progress to be made.

【"You say that, but isn't it not here yet? What are you anxious about? Let's talk when we get there. This old man has always been unhurried."】

Sikong Yu shook his head casually, and instead retorted proudly: 【"I actually think your way of thinking is the wrong one; you've become a bit obsessed."】 【"If you can break through, then break through; if you can't, then forget it. If you die, you die, what's the big deal?"】

【"Anyway, whether this Immortal thing happens or not, this old man doesn't care."】

!!!

"You!!!"

Black Tortoise Lord was furious, his finger pointing at Sikong Yu trembling with anger.

"You are wallowing in degradation!"

【"Say what you want, I don't care! Anyway, this old man has lived for a long time, and I can continue to live for a long time to come. As for whether I can achieve immortality, that thing doesn't have much appeal to me."】

Sikong Yu looked up to the sky and laughed, the thousand-foot Divine Soul and the three faces of the Divine Demon simultaneously emitted a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering laugh:

【"The grievances of the common people are nothing more than greed for life and fear of death."】

【"This old man has never feared death, so what is there to grieve?"】

"You!"

Black Tortoise Lord was so angry he couldn't speak, pointing at Sikong Yu repeatedly for a long time, and finally said angrily:

"Fine, fine, fine! I want to see what you will do when the day your lifespan is exhausted arrives! Whether you can really be as relaxed as you say today!"

【"Haha! That would be great! To have an old friend see me off on my final day would be a great joy in life!"】

After speaking, Sikong Yu waved his hand at Black Tortoise Lord; the three-headed Divine Demon disappeared, the Divine Soul drifted downward, and his figure gradually shrank.

【"Go, I won't see you off. This old man is going to find my Junior Martial Nephews."】

"Hmph!"

Black Tortoise Lord grunted in anger. Seeing his completely unguarded appearance, he ultimately did not make a move. He flicked his sleeves in annoyance and turned his head to look at the two people, Chunshou and the other, who were waiting behind him.

"Lord Black Tortoise, the enemy is cunning. We, cough cough... are no match." Xuan Xiao coughed twice, and the aura on his body fell again and again.

He possessed great skills in vain, but this time, due to his own arrogance and the calculations of many parties, he was unable to display them at all.

And the already furious Black Tortoise Lord, looking at Chunshou and the critically wounded Xuan Xiao, could not help but curse in anger.

"Trash!"

The Xuan Xiao Retainers were subordinate to the Black Tortoise Lord and could be considered his direct troops; he had even been holding the line for him outside, yet this fellow had ended up showing such an ugly display.

Cough!!!

The thunderous sound caused Xuan Xiao, who was already on the verge of fainting, to spit out another mouthful of blood and fall completely unconscious, only saved from falling by Chunshou, who grabbed him by the collar.

Seeing Xuan Xiao so pathetic, the Black Tortoise Lord did not even want to look at him again, simply turning his head and disappearing.

Only after he left did Chunshou raise his head and send a message to everyone.

"Mission over, everyone retreat!"

After giving the order, he turned his head to look at Gongye Dachang, who had remained in place without stepping forward and had been staring at this side, nodded at him, and then carried Xuan Xiao as he escaped into the void and disappeared.

"..."

Gongye Dachang was silent for a moment, but in the end, he shook his head.

It was not that he did not want to keep these troublemakers here, but that the Black Tortoise Lord had never given him the chance.

And ten breaths after Chunshou also departed, a loud explosion suddenly erupted from the back mountain of the Sword Casting Hut.

Boom!!!

A mountain peak in the back mountain shattered, and a heavy hammer larger than a mountain flew out from within, vibrating incessantly toward the direction in which the Black Tortoise Lord had left.

It was the Sword Casting Hut's sect-protecting Supreme Treasure—the Mountain Refining Hammer.

It was cursing.

Cursing madly!

It would not stop even after reciting every swear word it had heard in its life, repeating them over and over again.

The reason Gongye Dachang had not been able to summon the Mountain Refining Hammer earlier was simple: it had been suppressed by the Black Tortoise Lord the entire time.

Yes, when the Black Tortoise Lord was fighting Sikong Yu, he had been distracted by suppressing the Supreme Treasure, the Mountain Refining Hammer, and had also diverted a portion of his energy to seal the aura between Heaven and Earth.

And even so, he was still able to fight to a draw with the Ask Dao Peak Sikong Yu without falling behind.

It was precisely because of this that when Sikong Yu said the Black Tortoise Lord could not stop him, the Black Tortoise Lord had been so silent.

However, although Sikong Yu's Dao God already represented the vast majority of his strength and was not in his peak state, he was, after all, only using Soul Leaving the Body and could not be considered his full power.

It is unknown what kind of scene it would be if both sides fought with their full strength.

【"You ask for the result of a battle with full strength?"】

【"Heh, that would certainly be this old man displaying great divine power, easily defeating him in a crushing manner!"】

"Senior Uncle is joking again."

"That's right, that's right."

【"You two!!!"】

"Cough cough, don't be angry, Sect Leader Senior Uncle, we were just joking, right Senior Sister?"

"Eh? I wasn't joking? Was Junior Brother joking just now? Which part? How come I didn't notice..."

【"Jing! Yue! Qin!!!"】

Four thousand characters today, I will make up for the missing ones with eight thousand characters tomorrow.

I had insomnia yesterday, only slept in the morning, and after waking up, I took medicine and didn't wake up again until the afternoon.

Also, we are almost at three hundred Monthly Tickets; it is time to prepare for an extra update ()