You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 472 - 228: Saving the World Is Good Business (Part 3)
"Ridiculous!"
The Three-Deficient Artisan lifted the black robe from his body, revealing a broken sword hanging from his waist.
This sword, like its owner, was damaged and deficient, covered in mottled red rust. However, the half-remaining blade exuded a terrifying aura of death in Ye Qingzhou’s eyes.
This was a sword capable of bringing death!
Or rather, this broken sword itself was death!
’Sword of Dao?’
Ye Qingzhou was startled. Unlike the death and annihilation contained in the Emperor’s Sword Longyuan, the death in this broken sword leaned more towards destruction and ruin, and endless slaughter.
The Three-Deficient Artisan grasped the hilt and shouted with anger, "The Rakshasa Woman Kingdom you speak of is long dead. This so-called legacy over thousands of years is nothing but a process of decay. Now, let you, high and mighty King, experience what the wrath of the people truly looks like!"
"Take my sword!"
Destruction of the Path and Method, and the sword drawn to slay Heaven.
The Three-Deficient Artisan raised the broken sword high, using himself as kindling, to summon the resentment and fury of thousands of years from the lower-class folks of the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom, gathering it into a sword capable of slaying immortals and gods, severing heaven and splitting earth.
For thousands of years, the royal family was unjust, the nobles cruel, while the prosperity of the Martial Dao brought about a rigid class structure, which made the people of the Rakshasa Woman Kingdom suffer terribly under oppression.
Their resentment accumulated.
Their fury gathered.
Every failed uprising added new blood debts.
Now, this overwhelming resentment and fury were stirred by the Three-Deficient Artisan, suddenly transformed into a catastrophic torrent, with a power that was unmatched.
"Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!?"
Lian Huoji was startled, intending to pull out the Simurgh Phoenix Dual Blades from the altar to block the overwhelming strike from the Three-Deficient Artisan, but the sword to slay Heaven unleashed in an instant, defeating the enemy at the first strike.
She couldn’t react in time!
Slash~
Even with the Martial God Realm, it was difficult to withstand the onslaught of the Path of Death. At the moment Lian Huoji was struck by the sword, the Power of Dao on her body immediately collapsed, and her flame of life and Light of Spiritual followed, extinguished by death.
"Hahaha!"
The Three-Deficient Artisan laughed with defiance towards the sky, while his flesh began to continuously disintegrate.
Though possessing Martial Saint Cultivation, his fractured body forcibly activated the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique. Despite being able to kill a Martial God of the Heaven-Ascending Tenth Layer, he had to pay with his life, burning lifespan and vitality, a life for a life!
Ultimately, the Three-Deficient Artisan entirely dissolved, becoming a pool of blood and flesh mud.
It took a long time for those around to react.
"The Sovereign... the Sovereign is dead!"
"The Sovereign was invincible, how could they die?"
"Protect the Emperor!"
"Quickly bring the imperial physicians!"
The attending guards hurriedly rushed forward, checking Lian Huoji’s pulse, and were immediately filled with grief: "The Sovereign has passed away!"
"Mother!"
Lian Hongyin rushed forward to embrace Lian Huoji: "This is impossible! Why did this happen?"
By then, the rusted broken sword couldn’t withstand the power of the Path of Death any longer, had dissipated into dust carried away by the wind, leaving only the cold body of Lian Huoji and the fierce sword scar on her chest.
"Get away from me!"
Lian Qixia smashed the surrounding guards away, rushing to Lian Hongyin’s side, slapping her aside, then forcibly hugged Lian Huoji, while producing the already prepared Holy Phoenix Nirvana Pill.
"What are you doing?"
Lian Hongyin angrily demanded.
Angry but not choosing to act.
Lian Qixia glanced at her mother’s chest wound with dread; though mentally prepared, regret and annoyance arose, fueling irritation at Lian Hongyin’s questioning: "Useless one, stay away, don’t delay me from reviving my mother."
Watch as she squeezed her fingers tight, crushing the Holy Phoenix Nirvana Pill, with its medicinal power guided by Lian Qixia’s Divine Power flooding into Lian Huoji’s body.
As if dead wood shedding sprouts, the extinguished flame of life reignited instantaneously, even the severed Divine Spirit revived alongside.
"Cough, cough~"
Lian Huoji coughed out two mouthfuls of black blood, slowly awake, feeling dizzy and weak, barely standing stabilized with Lian Qixia’s support.
"Mother, how do you feel?"
"I... am not dead?"
Lian Huoji exhibited disbelief.
Struck by the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and still survived.
Even so, a quick onset of weakness was felt; the Holy Phoenix Nirvana Pill could revive her, but lingering death and public resentment continued to afflict her body and spirit.
Healing essentially required three to five years.
The Sovereign nearly dying brought the Divine Blade Festival to a halt, causing panic throughout the Royal Capital, fearing embroilment in the crisis.
That night, the Sovereign Lian Huoji abdicated to her eldest daughter Lian Qixia, focusing on recovery herself.
Lian Qixia ascended the throne overnight, immediately deploying forces to seal the Royal City, initiating an inquiry to uncover and punish the masterminds.
Simultaneously, Lian Qixia openly summoned Ye Qingzhou for an audience in the palace.
Ye Qingzhou gazed towards the Royal Palace direction, seeing in his eyes that the Garuda Divine Bird above the Royal Capital was somewhat different, though weaker than before, showed no signs of defeat.
At the same time, a formless celestial light shot from the Garuda Divine Bird’s eyes, falling upon Ye Qingzhou.
"Celestial Favor? Is this considered a task reward?"
Ye Qingzhou carefully felt the changes within, discovering this gift to be pure, not the former repayable ’loan,’ nodding in satisfaction: "So saving the world comes with perks like this, no wonder so many desire to be Saviors."
Under Divine Eye observation, Ye Qingzhou found his body surrounded by dense Qi fortune comparable to Lian Hongyin; akin to Merit Golden Light, although invisible and untouchable, possessed infinite subtle uses.
