Invincible Dad-Chapter 600: Here Comes the Sword_1

Earth.

Hua Country.

The Sky Ranking of the Shushan Dragon Vein.

Every day, a large number of Martial Artists came to the Sword Ranking to comprehend the wisps of fundamental insight left behind by countless predecessors. Many had breakthroughs here, so it was also known as the Origin of the Martial Dao!

Even in the dead of night, a great number of Martial Artists were still sitting cross-legged near the base of the mountain where the Sky Ranking was located, basking in the essence of heaven and earth.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenager suddenly blinked. "The Sky Ranking is glowing!"

All the surrounding Martial Artists instinctively opened their eyes and then froze in shock.

The Sky Ranking was indeed glowing. Every single name on the mountain peak brightened, radiating a pristine white light. At the same time, from different corners of the Shushan Dragon Vein, seven faint pillars of light soared into the sky.

They were the seven Martial Ancestors who had inscribed their names on the Sky Ranking. Their Boundaries were all above the Eighth Grade, and one of them was even at the peak of the Ninth Grade. They were primarily responsible for guarding the Shushan Dragon Vein and preventing any accidents.

The seven of them were momentarily stunned. Then, as a realization dawned on them, their expressions changed dramatically.

At least three Watchmen were always stationed in Chang'an City for many reasons, but the most important one was this—the three Watchmen could unleash a single sword strike when Chang'an City fell!

This one strike was the Sky Ranking itself, and it was also the accumulated fortune of Hua Country's three hundred years of Martial Dao!

Not far from the Sky Ranking stood the Sword Ranking, where many Martial Ancestors above the Seventh Grade also gathered. Light began to emanate from many of them, and without hesitation, they flew toward the nearest Martial Dao Association in the Shushan Dragon Vein.

Xu Die tilted her head, sensing a magnificent Sword Intent shooting up into the sky.

「East Sea City.」

Gao He, the President of the Martial Dao Association, was startled from his sleep. He looked down at the light glowing on his body, his face turning pale.

「In the mountains on the outskirts of Hangcheng.」 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

A Ninth Grade peak Martial Ancestor walked out from his seclusion and let out a long, mournful howl.

The same scene unfolded in many places across Hua Country. Six Watchmen, over a hundred Ninth Grade Martial Ancestors and Divine Gate Realm warriors, and countless Eighth and Ninth Grade powerhouses all gazed anxiously toward the bright star in the sky, their expressions filled with an indescribable urgency.

Suddenly, the Sky Ranking, which had been flickering with innumerable names, retracted all its light. Then, a terrifying Sword Intent slashed out.

「On a beach near Mount Haitang.」

Tens of thousands of disciples from the Three Sects and Eight Pavilions had gathered here. They too saw the Piercing Sword Intent, and it chilled them to the bone. Daoist Chi Huo, the Pavilion Master of the Red Fire Pavilion, was especially shaken, his face changing drastically. "Chang'an City might have..."

He couldn't finish his sentence.

Mo Lian, the Sect Master of the Dao Sect, completed it for him. "It might have been breached."

"Was my Formation broken?" Sect Master Shen Xun of the Formation Sect asked, his expression grave. "That's the Unbounded Formation, an endlessly cycling, indestructible defense. It can withstand the attacks of 10,000 Moon Clan members. If six Watchmen were garrisoning it, it could block 20,000!"

"And what if 30,000, 50,000, or even 100,000 Moon Clan members come?" Mo Lian replied, turning his head sharply.

"..."

Shen Xun was silent for a long moment before finally speaking. "It couldn't be stopped. Even if all twelve Watchmen gathered, with me personally overseeing it, we absolutely could not defend against that."

After a pause, Shen Xun gritted his teeth. "I must go reinforce Chang'an!"

"Then what about Xu Lai on Mount Haitang? He's in league with the Moon Clan," Daoist Chi Huo asked anxiously.

"We'll split up."

With those words, Shen Xun hastily departed with the members of the Formation Sect. The Dao Sect, Lingyun Pavilion, Heavenly Snow Pavilion, and Thunderstrike Pavilion left at the same time.

But very soon, Shen Xun and the others returned in despair. The Teleportation Array to Chang'an City had been destroyed.

Their hearts filled with indescribable sorrow and rage. They knew that once Chang'an City fell, Earth would be plunged into the countless fires of war. Their Three Sects and Eight Pavilions could seal their Barriers and isolate themselves from the world, but what about the ordinary people living on this land?

"Xu Lai might be involved in this," the Pavilion Master of the Red Fire Pavilion declared, his pre-existing anger now boiling over with killing intent. "At dawn, we execute the traitor to the Human Race, Xu Lai!"

***

「Within Haitang Court.」

Xu Lai, who was deeply asleep while holding his wife Ruan Tang, opened his eyes. He raised an eyebrow slightly, not because of the group of ants at the foot of the mountain, but because he was gazing at the piercing Sword Intent in the night sky. He couldn't help but murmur in admiration, "Not bad. It's just a pity. Who knows how many centuries it will be before that sword can be drawn again."

Earth's Spiritual Energy had slowly begun to reawaken recently, but in the past, it was an abandoned Cultivation Planet. Very few Earth Cultivators had ever broken through their internal shackles to reach the Golden Core Realm. There wasn't a single native Cultivator who had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Even Xu Yanyang, the most astonishing talent in the three-hundred-year history of the Martial Dao, had been stuck at the peak of Golden Core.

And yet, from this abandoned planet, from Hua Country, came a sword strike that was the culmination of three hundred years of the Martial Dao.

It could slay someone at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!

***

「Inside Chang'an City.」

Following the orders of the Moon Clan Crown Prince, Ji Gui, the slaughter continued. Zhang Henshui, Zhao Wumian, Xu Wandao, and the others were all burning their life force, fighting to the death against the Moon Clan's assault.

But the disparity in numbers was simply too great.

Nearly 40,000 Moon Clan members had entered the city. They had not only destroyed the Teleportation Array but had also partially broken through the main Starlight Defense Formation arranged by Ruan Lan.

One-tenth of Ruan Lan's hair had already turned white—a sign of her life force being consumed. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't repair the Formation faster than it was being destroyed.

"How much longer?" Zhang Suzi yelled, bathed in blood. Her Boundary showed faint signs of breaking through to the peak of the Divine Gate Realm—an enhancement brought on by burning her own life force. However, she couldn't fully control this new power and could only defend passively.

"Five minutes..." Ruan Lan's voice was choked with sobs.

Zhang Suzi didn't press her further. She suddenly turned, a brilliant smile on her face. "Fairy, your five minutes are here."

"Huh?" Ruan Lan was stunned.

With Chang'an breached and its martial artists either dead or gravely injured, who was left to buy her time? Even Xu Yiyi, who was still gripping her sword, was showing signs of exhaustion, the paleness of her small face heart-wrenching to behold.

"Stop your futile resistance," Crown Prince Ji Gui called out coldly from a mile outside the city. "I'll give you swine three breaths' time to consider surrender. If you refuse, I will slaughter this entire city today, leaving no one ali—"

Before he could finish, the leader of the Upper Crescent Moon Clan's expression changed drastically. "Crown Prince, that light... that beam of light!"

"What light?" Ji Gui asked with impatience, turning his head to look. At that instant, he saw a piercing golden light speeding toward them from the aqua-blue planet.

How fast was it? No one knew.

Ji Gui was only stunned for a moment before the golden light was already above Chang'an City. Only then did he get a clear look. The golden light was a very strange sword that also looked like a mountain.

"That sword is coming... Crown Prince, run!" The Upper Crescent Moon Clan leader's scalp prickled in terror. He instinctively crushed a bead the size of a fingernail, and their figures vanished from their position a mile outside the city.

The next moment, the Sword Intent, having crossed the vast distance of nearly 400,000 kilometers, fell without a sound.

—

Beneath this Sword Intent, the heavens and earth lost their color. Time and space seemed to freeze. The terrifying presence made the faces of all the Moon Clan members in Chang'an City change dramatically. They wanted to flee, but it was already too late.