King of Ten Thousand Years

Inside the giant hall.

Luo Tian emerged from the Five-Colored Light Gate.

The hall was empty.

’They’re all gone?’

Luo Tian had no idea what had happened here after Lü Hongyi came out, but not a single person remained.

He didn’t linger. He quickly departed, boarded a Void Ship, and slowly ascended to the sea’s surface, arriving at Thief King Island.

Luo Tian took out the Void Chain Pearl.

Crushing the pearl would teleport him away directly.

He could also use it to determine how much time was left before this space closed.

’Another two or three days,’ Luo Tian determined.

He decided to spend the last two or three days exploring Thief King Island. He might even find some treasure.

...

「On the coast of Thief King Island.」

A team of four was cutting up materials and dividing the spoils after killing several Giant Crab Demon Beasts.

Among them was a disciple of the Tai Yuan Sect, dressed in the uniform of an Auditor Disciple—it was Qi Yuntian.

He had not entered the underwater Thief King’s Palace.

”Yu Yao, what’s your background, really? The Martial City Spirit Hall doesn’t just hand out spots to anyone.”

Qi Yuntian looked at a veiled woman in white.

He had some impression of her. She was the dark horse from the Celestial Pride Conference and seemed to have a close relationship with Luo Tian.

But Qi Yuntian felt that Yu Yao’s background was anything but ordinary.

”It would be useless for you to know,” the woman in white said flatly.

Just then, Qi Yuntian took out his Identity Token. After receiving a message, he sighed.

”Luo Tian... died in the Thief King’s Palace,” he said to the woman in white.

The woman in white, who had been cutting up the materials, froze. Her hands and body went rigid.

”He stumbled into the Treasure Land while trying to stop the Undead Thief Lü Hongyi and was killed by her,” Qi Yuntian continued.

He, too, felt it was a shame.

”No, he wouldn’t die,” the woman in white suddenly cried out, her voice trembling.

Qi Yuntian didn’t reply, now even more certain that the relationship between Luo Tian and this woman was not simple.

”You two, stop chatting and hurry up with the materials. The smell of blood will attract other Demon Beasts soon,” the other two members of the team urged.

They were all young geniuses who had entered this place through the Martial City Spirit Hall.

Suddenly, the expressions of the four changed as they all looked to the west.

A five-person team was slowly approaching.

It was a team from the Sea Demon Palace.

”Hand over all your treasures!”

The leader was a black-armored man with a vicious aura. His Cultivation was at the Peak of the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer.

”What are you standing around for?”

”If you don’t want to hand over your treasures, then hand over your lives!”

The other disciples from the Sea Demon Palace all shouted in unison.

Qi Yuntian and the others looked grave.

The one with the highest Cultivation among them was a Cyan Robed Swordsman at the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer.

Qi Yuntian’s current Cultivation was at the Earth Element Realm Seventh Layer, the woman in white was at the Earth Element Realm Eighth Layer, and the last person was at the Peak of the Seventh Layer.

But all five members of the Sea Demon Palace team had Cultivations around the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer!

Their leader, the black-armored man, had even reached the Peak of the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer. They held an absolute advantage in both numbers and individual strength!

”Members of the Sea Demon Palace, this place is about to close. Don’t push things too far,” the Cyan Robed Swordsman said with a frown.

”What if I enjoy pushing things too far?” a green-robed man from the Sea Demon Palace team stepped forward.

He didn’t waste words, swinging his saber directly, intending to use his strength to force them into submission.

BOOM! SHIIING!

A continuous wave of dark green light, shaped like a massive fan, descended from the sky with an imperious aura.

The Cyan Robed Swordsman drew his sword like lightning. A swift bolt of cyan lightning burst forth, its Thunder Power shaking the surroundings!

But the instant their attacks clashed, the sinister, dark green saber light shattered the Sword Qi and crushed it!

The Cyan Robed Swordsman’s expression turned grave.

The green-robed man’s Cultivation was also at the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer, but he was far stronger!

CLANG! CLANG! BOOM!

Saber light and Sword Qi collided, setting off a chain of explosions.

In just ten moves, the Cyan Robed Swordsman was defeated by the green-robed man.

”Now, are you going to hand over your treasures? Or your head?” the green-robed man said mockingly.

”Sigh...” The Cyan Robed Swordsman sighed helplessly and handed over his Storage Space.

SHIING!

The next instant, the green-robed man swung his saber, sending the Cyan Robed Swordsman flying forty or fifty meters. It left a massive, bloody gash across his chest, even severing several ribs.

”You...” The Cyan Robed Swordsman’s face changed drastically.

He had handed over his Storage Space, yet the other party still wanted his life!

If he hadn’t formed a True Essence Shield just in time, he would likely be dead!

”Foolish!” the black-armored man sneered.

’Just robbing them will create enemies. Isn’t it better to kill them too? Uproot the weeds and be done with it for good?’

”Kill them all, but leave the girl. Let me have a taste!” the black-armored man ordered coldly, his gaze turning to the woman in white, his eyes filled with lust.

But the woman in white’s eyes had lost their focus. She was like a puppet, devoid of any Spiritual quality.

She murmured with a dazed expression, ”Have you been to the Thief King’s Palace?”

The black-armored man looked surprised.

’Why is this little human girl suddenly asking about that?’

However, he hadn’t entered the Thief King’s Palace. That was precisely why he wanted to plunder more treasures before this place closed.

”Do you know Luo Tian? Is he dead?” the woman in white asked, her voice devoid of emotion.

”Luo Tian?”

The green-robed man’s expression instantly darkened!

He had run into Luo Tian right after entering this place.

But he had been inexplicably surrounded by Black Crystal Bees, allowing Luo Tian to escape.

To top it off, his luck was terrible; he was forcibly controlled by Lü Hanye and reduced to one of the thieves’ underlings.

When Lü Hanye was beaten half to death by Lü Hongyi in the Thief King’s Treasure Hall, he took the opportunity to escape and, with Teng Yuanxing’s help, broke free from Lü Hanye’s control.

”Of course he’s dead. A mere Peak of the Earth Element Realm Fifth Layer daring to enter the treacherous Thief King’s Palace to fight for treasure? He was courting death,” the green-robed man sneered.

Although he hadn’t seen Luo Tian’s body, his death was practically an accepted fact among all the major factions.

After hearing this, the woman in white closed her eyes, her face filled with grief.

But just then, a resonant voice called out from the distance, ”Who did you say is dead?”

The green-robed man looked over and saw a person and a bird slowly flying toward them.

His pupils shrank, and his face filled with horror!

’Luo Tian? Didn’t Luo Tian die? Is this an imposter? Or a ghost?’

”This god remembers you, you ugly freak! You stole this god’s Three Elements Fruit, so give it back!” the Crow squawked.

Hearing this, the green-robed man was instantly certain. This was Luo Tian; his pet was still as arrogant and foul-mouthed as ever.

”Luo Tian, you’re not dead?” Qi Yuntian blurted out in astonishment.

The woman in white also looked up sharply, her gaze fixed on Luo Tian. The light returned to her beautiful eyes, and a smile appeared on her tear-streaked, snow-white, jade-like face.

”Scram!” Luo Tian glared coldly at the green-robed man and the other Sea Demon Palace disciples, letting out a sharp cry.

After a moment of silence, several bursts of derisive laughter followed.

”Hahaha! Not much strength, but you’ve certainly got guts!” A savage smile appeared on the black-armored man’s face.

”Luo Tian, I don’t know how you’re still alive, but you’re just as eager to die as you were before!” the green-robed man sneered.

Luo Tian’s appearance changed nothing about the current situation!

It just gave them one more piece of prey, nothing more.

SWOOSH!

In a flash, the green-robed man’s figure flickered and closed in on Luo Tian, bringing down his saber with a fierce and violent momentum!

He had suffered a setback at Luo Tian’s hands right after entering the Thief King’s Space, and he’d been wanting to vent his frustration ever since!

”Sigh...” The Cyan Robed Swordsman sighed.

He had thought there might be a chance to survive, but Luo Tian’s Cultivation was too low. He couldn’t possibly save them.

He feared that once the green-robed man’s saber fell, Luo Tian would be split in two.

But in the next instant, the Cyan Robed Swordsman’s gaze froze, revealing his astonishment!

Luo Tian’s expression was cold and severe as he suddenly drew his sword!

SHIIING!

It was as if a sharp, swift whirlwind had howled past. The green-robed man’s terrifying saber light was cut to pieces and scattered to the wind!

’That sword strike...’ The Cyan Robed Swordsman’s mind trembled violently.

As a fellow swordsman, he could deeply sense the transcendent nature of Luo Tian’s strike. It gave him much insight, yet there was also much he couldn’t comprehend!

’Just what level has this young man’s Sword Skill and Sword Dao Realm reached?’

”Hm? You broke through?”

The green-robed man noticed that Luo Tian’s Cultivation seemed to have reached the Peak of the Earth Element Realm Sixth Layer.

In his eyes, this level of Cultivation was still nothing to look at, but the speed of Luo Tian’s improvement seemed a bit too fast.

”If you don’t scram now, you won’t be leaving at all,” Luo Tian said coldly.

”Stop posturing in front of me!”

The green-robed man’s expression was frosty, and a vicious glint erupted in his eyes as he attacked again.

’So what if Luo Tian broke through? I’m at the Earth Element Realm Ninth Layer!’

SHIING!

A sinister, dark green saber light swiftly descended and struck Luo Tian.

But what it struck was only an afterimage. Luo Tian’s figure dissipated with the wind.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian transformed into wind, ethereal and formless, appearing to the green-robed man’s left.

’Such astounding speed!’ The green-robed man paled in shock when he finally reacted.

Luo Tian had not yet practiced the Thief King’s Body Technique, Moon Shadow Escape Heaven. However, when the treasures were being divided, he had chosen a pair of ancient cyan boots with speed-enhancing abilities.

The boost from these shoes was much more significant than that of the Celestial Silver Feather Robe, which was, after all, a Defensive Treasure Artifact.

And because of this, Luo Tian’s speed had risen to another level.

”Wind Rises!”

Luo Tian swung his sword, and his shockingly sharp Sword Momentum, which soared to the heavens, kicked up a terrifying whirlwind torrent!

The green-robed man had been careless. By the time he reacted, it was too late to defend!

SHICK! SHICK!

The formless, chaotic whirlwind blew past, and the green-robed man’s body was sliced into several pieces that scattered to the ground!

A one-hit kill!

The entire area fell silent!