Chapter 305: Battle at the Peak

The will of that Son of Heaven descended upon the Daluo Sect through Xiang Yunshu.

Inside the Grand Void Hall, the expressions of the many powerhouses of the Daluo Sect changed one after another.

True Person Qingxu's decision to seal the mountain for ten years had already caused much dissatisfaction; even among the peak masters and elders who stood on his side, not everyone was willing to support his decision to seal the mountain.

Under these circumstances, True Person Xiang Yunshu arriving with the will of the Son of Heaven was forcing everyone to make a choice.

Should they continue to follow True Person Qingxu and seal the mountain for ten years?

Or should they let the Daluo Sect change its Sect Master and embark on a different path from now on?

The greatest difficulty here was actually that Long Hu represented the martial artist faction.

The three Daoist sects had always held techniques in high regard, and the Sect Masters through the ages had all been True Persons; there had never been a precedent for a martial artist to head a sect.

No one knew what would happen in the future once this precedent was set.

"Then let us vote. Those who agree to conduct the Dao Lineage Joint Verification, raise your hands."

Inside the Grand Void Hall, True Person Qingxu sat back down in his seat and said calmly.

Previously, his voice had contained obvious anger, but at this moment, no joy or anger could be discerned at all.

"I agree to conduct the Dao Lineage Joint Verification."

"I also agree."

"I also agree."

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The many martial arts powerhouses who had walked into the Grand Void Hall along with Long Hu raised their hands one after another.

Soon, two Grandmasters and eleven Martial Arts Masters all raised their hands to indicate their agreement to the Dao Lineage Joint Verification.

The two Grandmasters were peak masters, and there was also one Martial Arts Master who was a peak master; the rest were elders, totaling 14.5 votes.

Subsequently, the True Persons of the Daluo Sect began to raise their hands; a total of five people raised their hands, among whom three were peak masters!

They were all people who firmly did not want to seal the mountain, totaling 6.5 votes.

True Person Qingyun's gaze swept across the faces of those who had raised their hands one by one, and finally looked at Long Hu:

"Adding the vote of Supreme Elder Long Hu, there are a total of 23.5 votes in agreement, which is not enough votes. I announce that this resolution."

"Wait a moment!"

Just at this moment, a voice interrupted True Person Qingyun.

True Person Qingyun frowned, his gaze looking coldly at the person who had spoken—True Person Qingxia!

True Person Qingxia stepped out from the crowd and looked at True Person Qingxu, who was sitting upright in his seat:

"Sect Master Senior Brother, I have a question."

"Qingxia!"

"Let her ask."

True Person Qingyun wanted to interrupt True Person Qingxia, but was stopped by True Person Qingxu.

True Person Qingxu looked at True Person Qingxia: "What do you want to ask?"

Qingxia gritted her teeth and looked straight at him: "Do you regret killing Senior Brother Qingding?"

Hearing this question, the people present had different expressions.

True Person Qingding had orchestrated this elixir-loss incident and had even deceived the Emperor, which was why True Person Qingxu had to announce sealing the mountain for ten years to provide an explanation.

He was the culprit of this incident; it was only right and proper for True Person Qingxu to kill him!

It could even be said that True Person Qingxu killing True Person Qingding on the spot was the best way to handle it, because it preserved the face of the Daluo Sect.

Otherwise, if True Person Qingding had been handed over to the imperial court for public execution, where would the face of the Daoist ancestral court be?

Therefore, the question True Person Qingxia asked seemed very inappropriate.

Qingxu looked at Qingxia calmly and said word by word:

"Killing him was for the future of the Daluo Sect; I do not regret it!"

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, True Person Qingxia smiled miserably, and then firmly raised her own hand:

"I agree to conduct the Dao Lineage Joint Verification!"

"Qingxia, you?!"

True Person Qingyun pointed at True Person Qingxia in a rage.

True Person Qingxia was the peak master of Luoxia Peak, responsible for all external affairs of the Daluo Sect.

It could be said that she was the 'face' of the Daluo Sect.

Such an important position could naturally only be held by a trusted aide.

True Person Qingxia was True Person Qingxu's trusted aide and also an important figure in the technique faction!

That was why True Person Qingyun was so furious at her 'defection'.

Inside the great hall, following True Person Qingxia's 'defection', several True Persons who had already been wavering suddenly became shaken.

"I also agree to hold the Dao Lineage Joint Verification!"

A Martial Arts Master suddenly spoke up.

This person was named Qingyan, and he was one of those who had led the team to Tianqu University along with Qingxia back then.

This Martial Arts Master had originally stood on True Person Qingxu's side, but at this moment, he changed his stance because True Person Qingxia had raised her hand.

"Qingyan."

True Person Qingyun looked at Qingyan with some helplessness.

In fact, all the high-level members of the Daluo Sect knew that Qingyan had been infatuated with Qingxia for many years.

It was just that he had never received a response from Qingxia.

"I also agree to hold the Dao Lineage Joint Verification!"

"I also agree."

It was two more Martial Arts Masters who chose to raise their hands because of Qingyan raising his hand.

These two had a very deep friendship with Qingyan and were true friends through life and death.

In this way, adding True Person Qingxia, the peak master, a total of 4.5 more votes were added.

"Total votes 28, resolution passed!"

Long Hu looked at True Person Qingyun and said in a cold tone.

True Person Qingyun was furious, but could do nothing about it.

"Good."

True Person Qingxu, sitting upright in his seat, stood up calmly.

Following this movement of his, everyone in the great hall had a feeling that the world was shaking.

It was as if True Person Qingxu was the center of the world, and following his movement, the entire world moved along with him!

Inside the hall, only Long Hu and Xiang Yunshu, these two peak powerhouses of the same level, remained calm and composed.

"Since everyone agrees to the Dao Lineage Joint Verification, and the people from the Shangqing Sect and the Yuhua Sect are also present, then let us begin."

True Person Qingxu looked at Long Hu, "I have also not sought guidance from Uncle-Master for a long time."

Long Hu's black hair moved without wind, and a sound like muffled thunder came from his tall body.

Hum hum hum hum hum hum!!

"Very well! You and I shall have a battle on the Cloud Sea Terrace."

Long Hu said loudly.

At this moment, his momentum seemed to have overturned the entire Grand Void Hall, becoming a giant standing between heaven and earth!

The Cloud Sea Terrace was the huge plaza that Li Fei and the others had passed through before coming here.

The plaza was shrouded in clouds and mist, and all around was a sea of clouds, hence it was named the Cloud Sea Terrace.

Soon, everyone in the great hall arrived at the Cloud Sea Terrace.

At this time, hundreds of Daluo Sect disciples had already gathered on the plaza; these disciples had all come spontaneously after hearing the sound of the Dao-Listening Bell.

They really wanted to know what exactly had happened.

Seeing True Person Qingxu and the others arrive at the plaza, the hundreds of Daluo disciples hurriedly bowed:

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

True Person Qingxu's gaze swept across the disciples present, his expression solemn:

"Today, I shall have a competition here with the sect's Supreme Elder Long Hu, a Dao Lineage Joint Verification. The winner shall serve as the Sect Master of this sect!"

Whoosh—

As his voice fell, the scene was in an uproar.

The many Daluo Sect disciples simply could not believe their ears!

But in this matter, no one cared about their wishes.

Under the orders of the various elders, all the Daluo disciples on the plaza retreated behind these elders.

Qingxu and Long Hu walked to the center of the plaza, less than two hundred meters apart.

For a Martial Saint, this distance was no different from being close at hand.

This was actually very disadvantageous for a sorcerer.

But True Person Qingxu did not mind this, and did not feel at all that he was at a disadvantage.

"Qingxu, actually you have done a good job as Sect Master all these years."

Long Hu looked at True Person Qingxu and did not rush to make a move, "But you have taken the wrong path, and I cannot watch the Daluo Sect be led by you onto the wrong path!"

True Person Qingxu's Daoist robe was blown loudly by the gale, and he looked at Long Hu calmly:

"At the realm you and I have reached, what meaning is there in discussing right and wrong? In the end, one must speak with power."

Peak powerhouses who could walk step by step to the peak of their respective paths were naturally very confident.

Because they had all reached today through countless successes, they simply would not doubt themselves.

Long Hu thought that True Person Qingxu had taken the wrong path, but True Person Qingxu would only think that the other party was the one who was wrong.

Therefore, at their realm, discussing right and wrong no longer had any meaning; possessing enough power to maintain one's own 'correctness' was what was most important.

Whoever was stronger was the one who was right!

"Hahahaha!"

Long Hu laughed upon hearing this, his laughter setting off a gale that blew away all the clouds and mist on the plaza:

"Good, then let us see who among us is truly right!"

While he was speaking, he took a step forward and threw a punch at True Person Qingxu through the air.

Mortal Martial Saint VS Contemporary True Person!

One was at the peak of the martial path, the other was at the pinnacle of the technique path.

A true battle at the peak!

Long Hu's punch was like the sun rising in the east, shining for ten thousand miles!

In an instant, everyone present seemed to see a real sun rising on the plaza, generating infinite light and heat.

Except for a few people, everyone else was forced to close their eyes, unable to look directly at the center of the plaza.

Li Fei tried hard to open his eyes to look ahead, while simultaneously sensing Long Hu's punch with all his might.

It was like using tender skin to forcibly grasp a red-hot branding iron; even just watching the battle would cause heavy damage!

Fortunately, Li Fei had the Myriad Blood Bead, which allowed him to perceive everything before him just like the few powerhouses present.

The Dao Strength 【Infinite Bright Fire】 he practiced could also bring infinite light and heat to people, but compared to Long Hu's punch at this moment, it was like a candle flame to the bright moon!

Even if he could not see too many details clearly, watching such a punch from the sidelines still benefited Li Fei greatly.

Li Fei could feel an invisible, magnificent, and great power forming on the plaza, almost encompassing the entire plaza within it.

"Martial Path Domain!"

Having 'observed' the Ancestor's stone carvings and personally experienced the battle between the Ancestor Emperor and the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Dragon, Li Fei immediately realized that this was the formation of a Martial Path Domain.

Compared to the chaotic, twisted, bizarre, and constantly changing world of the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Dragon, the Martial Path Domain before him felt to Li Fei like a scorching world.

It seemed as if there was really a sun inside!

He could not feel the details inside, and could only make some most intuitive comparisons:

Long Hu's Martial Path Domain should be even more powerful than that of the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Dragon, a ninth-grade exotic beast!

Rumble rumble rumble—

Sounds of thunder rang out above the sea of clouds, and the sea of clouds outside the plaza surged crazily.

The sea of clouds within a thousand miles was stirred up!

A streak of sword light descended from the sky, as if coming from the nine heavens, extending all the way to beneath the nine netherworlds—

Splitting heaven and earth!

Li Fei's eyes lit up.

He was too familiar with this streak of sword light!

He had been slashed to death by this streak of sword light countless times in that dream.

This was the sword light slashed out by True Person Qingxu wielding his own Dao sword.

"What a Nine Heavens Lei Sha Sword!"

True Person Xiang Yunshu, who was watching the battle, praised.

From True Person to True Person, from the True Spirit Realm to the True One Realm, the most fundamental and most important point was to refine one's own life-bound magic treasure into a life-bound magic treasure.

From a magic tool to a magic treasure, from acquired to innate, thereby nurturing the rules of the Great Dao!

True Person Qingxu had many magic tools, but only one magic treasure, which was this Nine Heavens Lei Sha Sword.

The Daluo Sect's thunder techniques were the best in the world, not only possessing the strongest thunder-attribute Dao foundation 【Myriad Thunder Controller】, but also possessing the strongest thunder technique—the Nine Heavens Cave-Abyss Thunder Technique.

True Person Qingxu refined the magic treasure Nine Heavens Lei Sha Sword, which was hailed as one of the three magic treasures most suitable for the 'Nine Heavens Cave-Abyss Thunder Technique' in the Daluo Sect in eight hundred years!

The sword light split Long Hu's Martial Path Domain, split this scorching world, and also split the sun inside it.

Subsequently, streaks of purple thunder were generated, turning into long snakes, turning into flood dragons, turning into mountain peaks, turning into lakes.

In the blink of an eye, Long Hu's Martial Path Domain was broken, and in its place was a world composed of thunder!

Destruction and rebirth, world-ending and world-creating, everything was completed in an instant.

This was the Nine Heavens Cave-Abyss Thunder Technique!

At this time, True Person Qingxu had already disappeared, and only Long Hu remained in the center of the plaza.

Long Hu was like a red-copper giant standing between heaven and earth, standing on the spot and letting streaks of thunder strike his body, yet he remained unmoved.

After these thunderbolts struck his body, they were like refined steel, turning into a pool of molten iron.

In just a few breaths of time, the liquid at his feet accumulated more and more, eventually turning into a thunder pool, with new thunder generated from within.

True Person Qingxu had formed his own cycle within this thunder world; if he wanted, he could drive the thunder to attack Long Hu for three days and three nights!

With the power of the two, they could easily destroy this plaza.

But under their peak control, not even a single brick or stone of the entire Cloud Sea Terrace was damaged!

Only the surging sea of clouds outside the plaza and the light on the plaza, which was so scorching that even Martial Arts Masters found it difficult to look directly at, spoke of the power of the two peak powerhouses.

"Truly invigorating!"

Long Hu laughed wantonly.

He tore with both hands in front of him, and the entire thunder world shook violently, then was forcibly torn apart!

But before Long Hu could rush out of this world, a streak of sword light was generated in this 'crack', forcing Long Hu back again, and then the torn world quickly healed, returning to its original state.

The next second, Long Hu disappeared.

Or rather, with Li Fei's perception ability, he was completely unable to capture the other party's figure.

He could only see the thunder world before him crack again and again, and heal again and again.

Streaks of sword light were constantly generated.

Even if just watching from the sidelines, because Li Fei had to forcibly use his intent power to perceive, the blood souls within the Myriad Blood Bead were constantly decreasing!

He actually could not understand this level of battle.

He could not see who had the upper hand, and could not see how the two sides were clashing.

But he could understand the human heart.

If it were only Long Hu unilaterally initiating the Dao Lineage Joint Verification and competing with True Person Qingxu.

Then the outcome would still be unknown.

But the Imperial Preceptor had arrived in person, which clearly meant that the imperial court was involved behind this matter.

This showed that the imperial court had considerable confidence in Long Hu defeating Qingxu!

After the two sides had been deadlocked for more than ten minutes, Long Hu suddenly revealed his figure.

There were more than ten sword marks on his body, and golden blood was flowing out!

Streaks of thunder were still flickering at these wounds, preventing the wounds from healing.

Although he looked very disheveled, there was a smile on Long Hu's face.

He suddenly turned around and threw a punch at a certain spot on the right.

Boom!

A huge 'passage' was blasted out of the thunder world, and a larger hole appeared in the sea of clouds above the plaza.

The next second, True Person Qingxu appeared in that hole, his Daoist robe torn and his belt broken!

It was naturally impossible for him to fight a Martial Saint in close quarters, so he had hidden his figure from the beginning of the battle, hiding in the dark and using techniques to fight Long Hu.

Yet he did not expect to be accurately found by the other party.

"It should be over; it is not good to keep the guests waiting too long."

Long Hu said so.

There will be another chapter around 12 o'clock.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 306 =====