Chapter 418: The Shocked Guyue

Taba Yu'er looked at Duan Fengyun and said with a face full of anger:

"Duan Fengyun, don't be arrogant. I believe that one day, you will definitely be defeated by Jing Chou."

Duan Fengyun spread his hands and said with an indifferent expression:

"I accept your challenge at any time.

But I do not believe that a useless prince like Chen Jingchou can defeat me."

Duan Fengyun looked at Chen Jingchou, then looked at the Sword Fifteen behind Chen Jingchou. A bright idea struck Duan Fengyun, and he grabbed Sword Fifteen directly.

Duan Fengyun would certainly not leave the other part of the Xuanyuan Sword with Chen Jingchou.

He, Duan Fengyun, would now, in his capacity as a personal disciple of Xuanyuan Huangdi, strip Chen Jingchou of his Earth Emperor Destiny.

With him, Duan Fengyun, here to resist the Demon Realm, there was no need for a good-for-nothing like Chen Jingchou.

Seeing Duan Fengyun take away Sword Fifteen, Taba Yu'er shouted:

"Duan Fengyun, what are you taking Jing Chou's Sword Fifteen for?"

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"If a man cannot even protect the sword in his hand, then he has no qualifications to wield a sword.

Wait until the day Chen Jingchou can defeat me before coming to ask me for his Sword Fifteen back."

As soon as Duan Fengyun's words fell, Sword Fifteen flew straight out of its scabbard, wanting to fly toward Chen Jingchou.

Duan Fengyun, with quick eyes and fast hands, grabbed Sword Fifteen directly. Sword Fifteen had originally been struggling continuously in Duan Fengyun's hand.

But when Sword Fifteen felt the powerful aura on Duan Fengyun and a presence that Sword Fifteen found incomparably familiar, Sword Fifteen instantly quieted down.

Duan Fengyun stroked Sword Fifteen and said:

"Sword Fifteen, you have met the wrong master; your master cannot unleash your true power.

From today on, you shall follow me. I will let the world see your true power, Sword Fifteen."

Sword Fifteen seemed to understand Duan Fengyun's words, vibrating joyfully in Duan Fengyun's hand.

Seeing that Sword Fifteen had actually submitted to Duan Fengyun, and then looking at the silent Guyue Xianren, the Diren Tribe Queen, and others nearby, Taba Yu'er now completely understood one thing.

Taba Yu'er now knew that even if Chen Jingchou performed as well as he could, in the hearts of Guyue Xianren and the Diren Tribe Queen, he was still inferior to Duan Fengyun.

Even with Chen Jingchou being humiliated like this by Duan Fengyun, neither Guyue Xianren nor the Diren Tribe Queen said a single word.

Taba Yu'er used all her strength to help Chen Jingchou up and said to the crowd present:

"Everyone, Jing Chou and I will take our leave now!

Duan Fengyun, the grievances between you and Jing Chou will be settled by Jing Chou one by one in the future."

In truth, Taba Yu'er still had words left unsaid in her heart. She had originally wanted to lash out at Guyue Xianren, the Diren Tribe Queen, and the others, but she remembered that this was someone else's territory; if she said something that offended them, she didn't know if she would even be able to leave.

After so many events, the once willful and impulsive Taba Yu'er, who acted without thinking, had grown up; she now had to consider the consequences of her actions.

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Duan Fengyun brandished Sword Fifteen and laughed:

"I, Duan Fengyun, welcome your challenge at any time.

However, you must pass a message to Chen Jingchou: he should not come looking for me when he is not confident.

I am not a person who shows mercy to anyone; if he doesn't want to lose his life, he should try his best not to provoke me."

Taba Yu'er did not answer Yuwen Tuo's question. After nodding to Guyue Xianren, the Diren Tribe Queen, and Ran Weng, she helped Chen Jingchou leave the Di Ren Zu Tribe.

The Diren Tribe Queen looked at Guyue Xianren and asked:

"Guyue, didn't you say that Chen Jingchou is the Earth Emperor and the hope for saving the Human Realm in the future?

Why did you let Taba Yu'er take Chen Jingchou away?"

Guyue Xianren looked at Chen Jingchou being helped away and shook his head.

Guyue thought to himself:

"Chen Jingchou, oh Chen Jingchou, why did you have to go and provoke that brat Duan Fengyun for no reason?

Now that your Earth Emperor Destiny has been stripped away, you, this prince of the Chen Dynasty, are destined to be a good-for-nothing forever." Just moments ago, when Guyue Xianren saw Duan Fengyun seize Chen Jingchou's Sword Fifteen, Guyue Xianren was shocked to discover that Chen Jingchou's Earth Emperor Destiny had actually vanished.

This meant that Chen Jingchou was no longer the Earth Emperor, and Guyue Xianren no longer had the duty to instruct Chen Jingchou.

Guyue Xianren shook his head and was in no rush to answer the Diren Tribe Queen's question.

He looked at the Diren Tribe guards standing to the side and spoke:

"You may all withdraw!"

After the irrelevant people had all left, Guyue Xianren walked to Duan Fengyun's side and said:

"Brat Duan, you shouldn't have done that just now. After this maneuver of yours, Chen Jingchou has completely lost his qualifications as the Earth Emperor.

Now that the Human Realm no longer has an Earth Emperor, how are we supposed to deal with the Demon Lord?"

Duan Fengyun retorted with a laugh:

"What? That useless Chen Jingchou has lost his Earth Emperor Destiny? That is truly wonderful.

If I had to let that guy become the Earth Emperor and even let him use the Xuanyuan Sword, I would rather die than allow it.

As for the matter of resisting the Demon Realm, Old Man Guyue, you don't need to be afraid; just leave it to me and Yuwen Tuo.

I forgot to tell you, before we came here, we had already taken care of the Fire Protector and the Earth Protector among the Demon Realm Five Protectors.

Half of the Demon Lord's right-hand men have already been taken down by us!"

"What!"

Hearing that Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo had taken care of the Fire Protector and the Earth Protector among the Demon Realm Five Protectors, Guyue said with a face full of shock.

Ran Weng and the Diren Tribe Queen did not know the background of the Demon Realm Five Protectors. Seeing Guyue's expression, the Diren Tribe Queen asked:

"Guyue, what kind of people are these Demon Realm Five Protectors? Why do you look so shocked?"

After Guyue swallowed his saliva, he said:

"You do not know the status of these Demon Realm Five Protectors in the Demon Realm.

To give an analogy, their role is just like that of Yinglong by the side of the Yellow Emperor.

During the great war between the Human Realm and the Demon Realm back then, apart from the Demon Lord, the Demon Realm Five Protectors were the top combat power of the Demon Realm.

At that time, many people died miserably at their hands. The five of them each represented the Five Elements, and the Five Elements Must-Kill Array they formed was terrifyingly powerful. Back then, apart from the Yellow Emperor and Yinglong who managed to walk out, no one else succeeded in walking out of the Five Elements Must-Kill Array."

After Guyue finished speaking, he looked at Duan Fengyun and asked with an expression of disbelief:

"Duan Fengyun, tell me quickly, how did you encounter the Demon Realm Five Protectors, and how did you eliminate the Fire Protector and the Earth Protector?

I think they should not have used the Five Elements Must-Kill Array."

Duan Fengyun laughed and said:

"Old man Guyue, you are wrong; the five of them—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—did use the Five Elements Must-Kill Array.

At that time, Yuwen Tuo and I went to his Situ Gong Mansion, and I did not expect that the five of them would possess the bodies of Yuwen Tuo's Twelve Immortal Dao Army.

He and I engaged in a fierce battle with the five of them, and in the end, I used the Slash Heaven Sword Drawing Technique to severely injure them.

Actually, I originally had the opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

After I eliminated the Fire Protector, the Earth Protector used his life to block me, allowing the three of them—Metal, Wood, and Water—to escape.

Otherwise, the Demon Realm Five Protectors would have already become dust in history."

Looking at Duan Fengyun's indifferent words, Guyue said with a look of frustration that he could not turn iron into steel:

"Duan Fengyun, do you know that you missed a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity?

Do you know how many people of the Human Realm died miserably at the hands of the Demon Realm Five Protectors during the great war between the Human Realm and the Demon Realm back then?

If you had eliminated all five of them this time, the strength of the Demon Realm would have been greatly discounted, and when the Demon Realm invades the Human Realm, the Demon Lord would not dare to act unscrupulously.

Duan Fengyun, this was truly a great opportunity."

During the great war between the Human Realm and the Demon Realm back then, Guyue was still a white fox, and he had witnessed the tragic state of those days with his own eyes.

Now that he learned Duan Fengyun had actually missed such a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, Guyue was extremely pained.

Duan Fengyun comforted him with a smile:

"Old man Guyue, do not feel regret.

Isn't it just that three protectors remain?

After a while, I will bring their heads to you and let you have a good look.

By the way, old man Guyue, look at what this is!"

Duan Fengyun mysteriously took a piece of mud out from his bosom and dangled it before Guyue's eyes.

Ran Weng, who was on the side, said dismissively:

"Isn't that just a lump of mud?

Did you take this from the vegetable garden of this guy Guyue?

When Guyue found out you touched the treasures in his vegetable garden back then, he was so angry he wanted to hang you up and beat you."

Guyue rolled his eyes at Ran Weng; this guy was bringing up things that should not be brought up.

Guyue looked at the lump of mud in Duan Fengyun's hand, and after some thought, he guessed:

"Could this be Breathing Soil?"

Duan Fengyun nodded and said:

"This is indeed Breathing Soil!

Old man Guyue, didn't you say I destroyed your vegetable garden?

I am giving you a piece of Breathing Soil now; I believe that with this piece of Breathing Soil here, the Spirit Energy in your vegetable garden will increase quite a bit.

How about it, are you no longer angry at me for destroying your vegetable garden?"

Duan Fengyun placed the Breathing Soil into Guyue's hand. Guyue took the Breathing Soil and felt that there was actually a faint trace of Spirit Sense inside it.

Guyue looked at Duan Fengyun; he did not believe that Duan Fengyun did not know there was Spirit Sense inside.

Guyue then combined this with what Duan Fengyun just said about them eliminating the Fire Protector and the Earth Protector, and Guyue pointed at the Breathing Soil and said in shock:

"Legend has it that the Earth Protector was a piece of Breathing Soil that gained sentience and cultivated.

Duan Fengyun, this... could this be the true form of that Earth Protector?"

Duan Fengyun nodded and said:

"Correct, this is indeed the true form of the Earth Protector; now it is all for you, Immortal, to dispose of."

After hearing this, Guyue looked at the Breathing Soil in his hand with a complex expression, and in the end, Guyue took action to wipe away the last remaining Spirit Sense within the Breathing Soil.

Although the Earth Protector had slaughtered countless members of the Human Race during the great war between the Human Realm and the Demon Realm back then, the Earth Protector was, after all, a formidable figure, though Guyue the Immortal still sent him to his release.

Regarding the choice of Guyue the Immortal, Duan Fengyun did not make any indication.

He had just said that he had already given this piece of Breathing Soil to Guyue, so this piece of Breathing Soil belonged to Guyue to dispose of.

Guyue tucked the Breathing Soil into his bosom, turned his head to look at Duan Fengyun, and said:

"Duan Fengyun, the Earth Protector's true form is here?

Then what about the Fire Protector?

I remember he should be Nanming Li Fire that gained sentience, show him to me quickly!"

The Fire Protector had long since been devoured by the Spirit of Zhurong, allowing the Spirit of Zhurong to advance to the Vermilion Bird Fire; how could Duan Fengyun still produce the Nanming Li Fire?

Duan Fengyun deliberately changed the subject and said:

"What is it, old man Guyue? You took the Breathing Soil and that is not enough, now you want my other trophy?

I tell you, no way!"

Guyue laughed and said:

"I do not want your trophy; I am reminding you that you must check clearly and not let the Fire Protector and the others leave behind a single trace of Spirit Sense."

"They are all divine objects that have gained sentience; once they have the chance to escape, they will recover very quickly."

Duan Fengyun laughed to himself:

"He has already been suppressed by my Zhurong spirit through Refining, how could he possibly escape!"

Duan Fengyun nodded with a serious expression and said:

"Old man, rest assured, I will not let him escape.

I have already found a place to dispose of him.

However, old man Guyue, I have just paid off the debt I owed for your vegetable garden, shouldn't you give me the thing I want now!"

Duan Fengyun had already given the necessary greetings and shown the proper courtesy; it was now time for him to get straight to the point and state his purpose.