Firmament Sword

Seeing this, Xu Luo didn’t hesitate and flew out right after him.

Everyone in the room exchanged glances. The Guardian’s eyelids drooped, making him look as if he were about to fall asleep.

As for Du Qingteng’s servant, just as Xu Luo had predicted, he no longer dared to bare his teeth at Yu Tianying and the others.

He knew very well that Du Qingteng might look out for him, but the Guardian definitely wouldn’t.

His life and death had nothing to do with the Guardian.

If he provoked them again, they would likely attack him as a group. He was all talk; if he really had to fight all of them at once, he would be instantly pulverized.

He was at least self-aware enough to realize that.

Yu Tianying and the others paid the young servant no mind. No matter how impressive he acted, he was just a servant. They all flew out to watch the battle in the sky.

And at this very moment, a great battle had already erupted between the two in the sky!

It was true they had a mutual respect, but Du Qingteng was by no means willing to settle for a draw with someone at the Peak of Great Saint Realm. Thus, once he soared into the high heavens, free from all constraints, he completely unleashed his power and attacked Xu Luo with killing intent.

Xu Luo showed no weakness. He now had a faint understanding of why Du Qingteng’s Guardian hadn’t intervened. ’Even the finest raw jade needs to be carved and polished before it can become a masterpiece.’

A young prodigy like Du Qingteng could hardly find a worthy opponent among his peers.

’Now that he’s met me, someone who can fight him on equal footing, I bet that Guardian is more pleased than anything else, right?’

As he thought this, Xu Luo and Du Qingteng began to trade blows using spiritual arts.

The moment Du Qingteng reached the sky, he summoned a square inkstone. The inkstone still contained a small amount of ink, and as soon as it was summoned, all the ink spilled out, transforming into thousands of ink-colored flying swords!

They blotted out the sky as they shot toward Xu Luo.

Xu Luo snorted and immediately summoned the *Southern Wilderness Scripture*.

He didn’t use the *Soul Scripture* Stele, nor the Bronze Divine Hall. The Bronze Divine Hall, in particular, was Xu Luo’s true trump card—a genuine superweapon that almost no one knew he possessed.

”Beyond the South Sea, west of the Chishui River, east of the shifting sands, there is a beast with a head on both its left and right, called the Tī. There are three azure beasts side-by-side, called the Shuangshuang.”

Xu Luo recited this aloud, and the sky above suddenly underwent a dramatic change.

The void twisted and warped, transforming into a vast Illusion Realm.

A boundless sea appeared. Guided by Xu Luo’s Divine Thought, monstrous waves surged and a great flood threatened to drown the heavens!

It crashed directly toward Du Qingteng’s thousands of ink-colored flying swords!

RUMBLE!

The flying swords were instantly engulfed by the vast, raging sea.

In the blink of an eye, they vanished without a trace.

”What the hell! What kind of spiritual art is this?” Du Qingteng cried out, then roared, ”Sever!”

BUZZ!

The thousands of ink-colored flying swords instantly expanded, finally coalescing into a single, immense ink-colored sword that slashed down at the surging waves!

The giant waves parted in an instant, cleaved in two by the Ink-Colored Greatsword!

Immediately after, the Ink-Colored Greatsword flew directly toward Xu Luo.

A river of blood, like a celestial river pouring down from the heavens, radiated a shocking bloody aura as it rushed toward the Ink-Colored Greatsword!

HISS! HISS!

The corrosive power of the blood river directly dissolved the Ink-Colored Greatsword!

Du Qingteng roared. With a wave of his hand, the greatsword, which had reverted to ink, flowed back into his inkstone. Seeing that a significant portion had been worn away by the river of blood, he felt a sharp pang of regret.

Gritting his teeth, he summoned a Fountain Pen with a green shaft. The pen flew above the inkstone, dipped itself in a drop of ink, and wrote the character for ”Sever” in the void.

The moment this character appeared, the heavens and the earth trembled. A vast, formless killing intent instantly enveloped Xu Luo!

”Hahaha, have a taste of Master Du’s ultimate technique!” Du Qingteng laughed heartily.

”Who’s afraid of whom?” Xu Luo barked. A sea of sand once again appeared in the void.

This was a terrifying quicksand, forming an immense and horrifying whirlpool in the void, like a giant beast opening its maw to devour everything!

The character for ”Sever” in the sky, which radiated a terrifying killing intent, instantly shattered!

The quicksand crumbled along with it.

Xu Luo shouted coldly, ”Try this!”

An enormous creature instantly appeared in the void. The beast had two heads and a ferocious appearance. It opened its bloody maws and lunged to swallow the Square Ancient Inkstone in the sky!

The Ancient Inkstone, radiating an ancient aura, refused to show weakness and smashed down on the two-headed beast.

BANG!

One of the two-headed beast’s heads was directly smashed to pieces.

But its other head swallowed the Square Ancient Inkstone in a single gulp.

In that instant, Xu Luo unleashed his incomparably powerful Divine Thought and shouted, ”Refine!”

The one-headed beast roared, and a raging True Flame ignited within its body!

Du Qingteng said angrily, ”You dare refine my Divine Inkstone? Watch me break your art!”

The green-shafted Fountain Pen transformed into a long spear, pierced through the beast’s head, found the Square Ancient Inkstone, and wrote the character for ”Die.”

”Explode!” Du Qingteng roared.

BOOM!

The beast’s remaining head violently exploded.

But the aura of the Square Ancient Inkstone had weakened to a precarious state.

With a wave of his hand, Du Qingteng recalled both the Square Ancient Inkstone and the Fountain Pen. He then stopped fighting and looked at Xu Luo. ”What kind of monster are you? Ancient Celestial Valley? Or the Eternal River? I’ve never heard of them having a successor like you.”

At this moment, Yu Tianying and the others, who were watching the battle from high in the sky, were all dumbfounded.

Tang Xiao, who also possessed an ancient scripture, was especially stunned. He stared blankly at Xu Luo and murmured, ”My *Great Wilderness Scripture*... I’ve had it for a long time, and I still can’t wield this kind of power. Senior Brother Luo has only had his for a few days... and he can already use it to this extent. Is he even human?”

Ming Youyue and the others were cheering loudly. That Du Qingteng had been far too arrogant just now. Even if he was the successor of one of the three great Holy Lands, his arrogance was completely unbearable.

’Thank goodness... Senior Brother Luo Tian stepped in and knocked him down a peg!’

The Guardian and the young servant had also flown up into the sky. The Guardian gazed at the ancient scripture above Xu Luo’s head, his eyes growing even more profound. He glanced into the distance and suddenly spoke, ”So, a disciple of Celestial Brilliance walks the earth.”

From the distant sky, an aged voice responded, ”Mr. Ding... It has been twenty-three thousand years since we last parted. Are you well?”

Du Qingteng’s Guardian slowly flew higher into the sky. A faint smile appeared on his previously emotionless face as he said, ”I am still well. And Mr. Shen has finally broken through to this level. Congratulations!”

The aged voice chuckled. ”After all these years, I never thought Mr. Ding would become a Guardian for Weiyu Mountain. This young man is quite impressive!”

”Haha, and you are no different, Mr. Shen. Escorting the younger generation is probably the only thing we old folks can do anymore,” said Du Qingteng’s Guardian. ”This junior from your Celestial Brilliance... is also very impressive!”

”Since we’ve found each other, why don’t we find a place to share a drink?” Shen Ru, the ancestor from Celestial Brilliance, extended the invitation.

No one else made a sound. Although Xie Wanrou was also present, she remained silent. Despite having already advanced to the rank of Celestial Venerable, she was a true junior in front of these individuals and had no right to speak.

Du Qingteng’s Guardian, Ding Lie, nodded. ”To share a drink with an old friend sounds wonderful!”

With that, his figure instantly vanished from the void.

Over on the other side, Xu Luo recalled the *Southern Wilderness Scripture* and looked at Du Qingteng. ”Baldy, you want to go another round?”

”Baldy? Fuck, you dare call me baldy? Master Du will fight you to the death!” The anger that had just subsided in Du Qingteng flared up once more.

’This kid is just too damn hateful!’

’His combat power is astonishingly strong. He’s clearly only in the Great Saint Realm, yet he can ignore my supreme aura and fight me to a standstill.’

’And on top of that, the woman I like is interested in this pretty boy.’ Du Qingteng had been holding in a bellyful of frustration that he hadn’t been able to vent.

Now that he saw his opponent daring to provoke him again, how could he possibly endure it? He let out a roar and charged forward once more.

The fight here didn’t just startle their two parties. Many people in Qingchuan Ancient City were also alarmed and flew high into the sky to watch from a distance.

Among them was a group from the Jin Family, with Jin Ming in their midst.

After seeing how powerful Xu Luo was, a cold light flickered in Jin Ming’s eyes. He couldn’t help but recall the most humiliating day of his life.

He, the great Senior Brother of Celestial Brilliance, had been treated like a ragged doll, swung around, and thrashed...

Every time he remembered that scene, the hatred in Jin Ming’s heart grew deeper. If he ever had the chance, he wouldn’t hesitate to tear Luo Tian to shreds to appease the hatred in his heart.

”This person is very strong. Ranged attacks, close combat... he’s outstanding at both!”

Someone in the crowd of onlookers was analyzing Xu Luo.

”Those spiritual arts he just used seem to come from an ancient scripture. To possess such a scripture... he definitely isn’t from some ordinary sect.”

”Look at his bearing... he might be a Heavenly Brilliance Disciple!”

High in the sky, some people were discussing this in low voices.

Listening to this, Jin Ming felt a sour taste in his mouth. ’Originally... I should have been the one receiving this praise!’

’And... that ancient scripture, I’ve seen it before... Back then, I wanted to comprehend it, but that old bastard Xiahou Kaiyuan said... I wasn’t capable of comprehending it!’

’He clearly... just didn’t want to give it to me!’

’Damn it!’

Jin Ming’s eyes turned slightly red as he ground his teeth. Then, he muttered, ”But... all of this will end very soon!”

’The strongest of Celestial Brilliance’s younger generation, are they?... I’ll make sure all of you die in those ancient ruins!’

Thinking this, Jin Ming ground his teeth and silently departed from the high sky.

He didn’t want to watch any longer, nor was there any need to. Although he was no match for Luo Tian, the person the Jin Family had found this time... could easily kill Luo Tian in an instant!

”The successor of Weiyu Mountain... is nothing special after all!” Jin Ming took one last look at the two people battling high in the sky, then vanished into the void.

Meanwhile, Xu Luo and Du Qingteng were fighting fiercely.

But in reality, the two were communicating via Divine Thought!

”Kid, you’ve been targeted, hahahaha!” Du Qingteng’s Divine Thought was filled with schadenfreude.

”Someone from the Jin Family? There’s a man among them who was expelled from our sect. I imagine he hates us now, doesn’t he?” Xu Luo replied nonchalantly.

”Do you want my help?” Du Qingteng asked through the transmission.

”Am I worthy?” Xu Luo retorted with a grin.

”Beat me... and you will be!” Du Qingteng sent back a Divine Thought, then roared as he channeled the energy of heaven and earth, condensing it into a formless greatsword that descended from the Cangqiong, slashing toward Xu Luo.