Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 770 - 5
Chapter 770: Chapter 5
From thousands of miles away, the sky above the Shushan mountain range was completely enveloped by a vast expanse of dark clouds.
The clouds were so dense that sunlight was entirely blocked out, suggesting the massive force of an impending storm.
Above the Emei Golden Summit, the assembly of swordsmen recoiled in hesitation, save for Ling Yunpo, shrouded in black aura, standing mid-air with a cold gaze fixed on Elder Minghua below and the Long Eyebrow Immortal before him.
Just moments ago, the Long Eyebrow Immortal had suddenly made a move, using the Dual Polarity Dust Sword to parry the Tai Yin Suming Sword.
“Does the immortal wish to stop me?” Ling Yunpo asked indifferently.
His mere utterance conjured a robust gloomy wind, causing the robes of the Shushan Peak Masters below to flutter wildly, their forms tottering as if about to fall.
By now, if anyone still could not recognize the Tai Yin Suming Sword, then the title of Shushan Sword Immortal would indeed be unworthy.
“Do you intend to betray the Sect?” the Long Eyebrow Immortal asked sharply, his anger surging to his head as his sword pointed in question.
Ling Yunpo let out a cold laugh, raising his arm as the Tai Yin Suming Sword ascended into the sky, its body as black as ink as if it could swallow the radiance of the sun and the moon.
“Elder Minghua, I must kill him. If the immortal insists on obstructing me, then please, receive my sword,” Ling Yunpo declared.
As he spoke with such coldness, everyone felt as if the Tai Yin Suming Sword had suddenly become a great vortex, voraciously absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
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The murderous aura emanating from Ling Yunpo rapidly climbed, almost overwhelming all the Peak Masters present—they then realized, this man was serious!
Heavens! The Tai Yin Sword Master had reappeared after more than a hundred thousand years, and his first act was to draw his sword against the Sect Guardian Immortal of Shushan!
Ling Yunpo’s face bore no expression, neither joy nor sorrow, as he simply swung his arm in a light flourish, without employing any sword control technique, and hacked down with one simple sword strike.
The Long Eyebrow Immortal spurred his True Yuan, and the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation was laid out in an instant. Countless Sword Qi coalesced into an impenetrable barrier above Emei, protecting the various Peak Masters and Elders below.
However, with a single slash of the Tai Yin Suming Sword, the barrier of Sword Qi was split apart, followed by the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation shattering with a thunderous crack.
The residual Sword Qi shot chaotically in all directions, forcing the Peak Masters and Elders to draw their swords in defense, resulting in utter disarray.
Unaffected, Ling Yunpo raised his sword once more.
The second sword strike!
The Long Eyebrow Immortal lifted the Dual Polarity Dust Sword, and under the resonance of Qi, he could hear his own sword, overburdened, wailing continuously.
Although the Dual Polarity Dust Sword was a top-rank Immortal Sword, the Tai Yin Suming Sword transcended the category of immortal swords as a Divine Artifact.
It was a struggle to parry one strike with all his might; another slash, and then a third… the sword would certainly break without a doubt.
Yet, the Long Eyebrow Immortal had no other choice.
In the face of the Tai Yin Suming Sword, even an immortal found it hard to cope; were it a Nascent Soul Elder who had yet to attain Feather Transformation, they would surely be cut down like livestock.
Nearly all the Peak Masters and Elders of Shushan were presently at the Emei Golden Summit. Should the Tai Yin Sword Master manage to land a blow, the Shushan Shangqing Faction might as well declare its end.
Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation, once more!
This time, the Sword Qi was much sparser, not due to a lack of strength in the Long Eyebrow Immortal, but because the Dual Polarity Dust Sword could no longer withstand the strain.
Seeing the Long Eyebrow Immortal showing signs of fatigue, the Peak Masters and Elders below couldn’t help but feel a sense of fear and despair.
If we had known it was the Tai Yin Sword Master in person, why bother witnessing the Immortal’s demonstration? Now we’ve mistakenly entered the Thunder Pond, with slim chances of survival!
All or nothing!
A multitude of Sword Lights suddenly soared, evidently the many Peak Masters and Elders unwilling to sit idly by, all stimulating their Immortal Swords to rise and fill the gaps in the Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation.
Another strike came down, with the force of the Tai Yin Sword Qi this time even more potent than before, by a third.
The Dual Polarity Dust Sword Formation collapsed with a thunderous crash, followed by the sudden extinguishing of countless sword lights, as many elders spat out blood, their Life-bound Sword Artifacts damaged, their bodies heavily wounded, they fell to the ground, unable to get up.
The remaining Sword Qi, undiminished in strength, surged toward the area behind everyone… No! That direction was—
At the edge of the Sky’s End Plaza, Elder Ming Hua had already achieved Man-Sword Unity, the sword light speeding towards the interior of the Shushan Ancestral Master Hall.
With his insight, he naturally realized that Tai Yin Sword Master was too formidable with the cheats activated, and that the combined strength of the Shushan Sect was no match.
Staying any longer meant death for everyone, or an early execution by the Tai Yin Sword Master… Taking advantage of Long Eyebrow Immortal’s ability to restrain the adversary, if he didn’t flee now, when would he?
He had just rushed into the Ancestral Master Hall when infinite Sword Qi followed, destroying his activated Protective Dharma Treasure, Life-bound Sword Artifact, his own body, along with the majestic and grand Shushan Ancestral Master Hall and the many sword steles that recorded the myriad illustrious accomplishments of Shushan ancestors, all torn asunder in the ferocious Sword Qi!
Witnessing the Ancestral Master Hall collapse with a booming sound, Long Eyebrow Immortal’s face turned ashen, while the Peak Masters were half in despair and half in shock and anger.
The despair lay in the very existence of the Ancestral Master Hall, which for the Shushan Shangqing Faction was nearly equivalent to the Sect’s lineage.
If even the Ancestral Master Hall could be split by a single sword strike, how could the Shushan Shangqing Faction not be doomed?
The shock and anger were because everyone was jointly resisting the Tai Yin Sword Master while Elder Ming Hua sneakily fled for his life, even thinking of using the Ancestral Master Hall as cover—his heart deserved condemnation!
Long Eyebrow Immortal, however, showed no anger, only pain.
In his eyes, every Peak Master was a pillar of the Shushan Shangqing Faction. How could they possibly betray the Sect?
It was for this reason that he had scoffed at Ling Yunpo’s accusations—it wasn’t due to any bias against Ling Yunpo.
But now, Elder Ming Hua had fled behind everyone’s backs, quietly abandoning the Sect, which was undeniably a slap in Long Eyebrow Immortal’s face.
If Elder Ming Hua could abandon the Sect, could he indeed be a traitor from the Demonic Path?
If he truly were a traitor, wouldn’t that mean I was misled by the traitor and wronged Qing Heng True Person…
Lost in thought, Long Eyebrow Immortal stood stunned while the Peak Masters below were already restless.
With the Ancestral Master Hall struck down by the Tai Yin Sword Master, killing us would be as easy as slaughtering chickens, wouldn’t it?
Soon someone found An Zhisu and shouted at her:
“Jiao Xiao True Person, have your Qing Heng take back his Divine Skills! Even if we Shushan have done wrong, we shouldn’t resort to violence; can’t we just talk things over peacefully?”
The fact that the men of Shushan, accustomed to drawing their swords, would speak such words as “shouldn’t resort to violence” showed the depth of their fear at being slaughtered.
An Zhisu just stood there, dumbstruck, looking up at Ling Yunpo in the sky, unable to find her voice.
She was well aware that Long Eyebrow Immortal had no intention to kill her, but the conflict between the Immortal and Ling Yunpo had escalated to such a point that reconciliation seemed almost impossible.
If she asked her junior brother to stop now and let Shushan go, might it lead to greater disaster in the future?
“Qing Heng!” shouted Long Eyebrow Immortal, his voice booming like a bell, “The many sins and responsibilities are all mine! It’s Long Eyebrow Immortal who has failed you, not the Shushan Shangqing Faction!”
“If there is blame to be assigned, come after me! Stop involving the innocent!”
Ling Yunpo confirmed that Elder Ming Hua had no life force left and was about to speak, when suddenly he noticed that Elder Leng Quan was also not among the crowd.
A sweep of his senses revealed that Leng Quan had already fled Shushan and was heading down towards Thunder Pond Plains!
Without a second thought, Ling Yunpo immediately struck downwards with a sword.
This sword strike was so mighty that it spared Long Eyebrow Immortal and the various Peak Masters, targeting the lower-positioned Elder Leng Quan instead.
The Emei Golden Summit, under the aftershocks of this Sword Qi, shook violently and boomed, splitting in two!
