Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 304: Chapter 300: Golden Cicada Takes Action

As the Corpse Ghost Daoist struck, an immense pressure came crashing down.

”AHHH!”

Instantly, some Martial Artists shrieked as their bodies were crushed to dust.

This was merely the aftershock rippling outward. Even one-thousandth of the power was enough to kill them.

The Domain Power of a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert was more than ten times stronger than that of the Earth Martial Realm. If an Earth Martial Realm’s Domain was an egg, then a Heaven-Reaching Realm’s was steel tempered a hundred times over.

’Is this the Heaven-Reaching Realm?’

Countless hearts trembled with fear. Even the three great Earth Martial Realm experts were filled with awe.

Before witnessing such strength, they had believed Ning Jiang might have a trump card to counter the Corpse Ghost Daoist. But now, many of them were wavering.

In the face of such terrifying power, even if Ning Jiang’s previous Array had been ten times stronger, it would have been effortlessly annihilated.

All eyes were fixed on Ning Jiang. ’What other trump cards could he possibly have at a time like this?’

”Sigh.”

An ethereal sigh, seeming to come from the edge of the sky yet as if right beside them, suddenly rang out, echoing throughout the space.

”What’s that?”

All eyes turned to see a picture scroll unfurled in the sky, shimmering with a boundless white light. The moment it appeared, the Corpse Ghost Daoist’s imposing aura was shattered.

”Eh? This picture scroll... It looks like the one from our trial inside the Profound Celestial Ancient Hall!”

Duan Lengya and the others present were all astonished, having recognized the scroll’s origin.

’Just as I thought. His trump card is related to the Profound Celestial Ancient Hall.’

’I wonder what kind of power this scroll holds?’

”Who might you be, Your Excellency?” Inside the coffin, the Corpse Ghost Daoist’s voice held a hint of surprise.

”Stand down. This is not a place for you to run wild.”

The scroll floated high in the air, facing the coffin from a distance. The voice that came from it was light and clear. Although they couldn’t see the speaker, the image of a man with a transcendent, otherworldly air seemed to appear in everyone’s mind.

What was even more shocking was that the speaker seemed to be treating the Corpse Ghost Daoist like an unruly junior, telling him to back down and stop misbehaving.

A suffocating pressure radiated from the Corpse Ghost Daoist’s coffin, leaving many unable to breathe.

”Make me stand down? Who do you think you are? You’re just a remnant soul residing in a picture scroll. So what if you were a Celestial Martial Realm expert?”

The Corpse Ghost Daoist snorted coldly. He could see that the scroll merely housed a remnant soul.

’A mere remnant soul probably has less than one percent of its power at its peak. Even if it’s the remnant soul of a Celestial Martial Realm expert, I have nothing to fear.’

Besides, he was the great and mighty Corpse Ghost Daoist. If word got out that he’d been scared off by a picture scroll, what would become of his reputation? The entire Six Eastern Provinces would surely mock him.

The stronger one became, the more one cared about face.

The Corpse Ghost Daoist spat out four words, his killing intent flaring. ”Block me and die!”

”So be it. I haven’t been active for a thousand years. I suppose I can treat this as a light warm-up.”

The voice from within the scroll shocked everyone around.

’He hasn’t been active for a thousand years?’

’Just how ancient is this person? What are his origins?’

The Corpse Ghost Daoist sneered. ”It seems your original body perished long ago, leaving only this remnant soul.”

In that case, he had even fewer worries. Otherwise, he would have been concerned that an expert of this caliber would come to seek revenge on him later.

”Kill.”

The Corpse Ghost Daoist struck first. The entire world instantly darkened, and a monstrous hand materialized, pressing down toward the scroll.

On the scroll, the light grew brighter and brighter. Gradually, a slightly transparent, illusory figure stepped out. It was a handsome young man dressed in white, with an otherworldly air.

He flicked his sleeve, and a vast power, like mountains and seas, surged outward.

BANG.

The giant hand shattered, turning to nothingness.

Then, his gaze landed on the blood-red coffin. The coffin seemed unable to withstand his gaze, trembling as if it was about to crack and fall apart.

”Come out. Though I am but a remnant soul, if you don’t use your full strength, I’m afraid this will be over very quickly.”

This man was none other than Golden Cicada!

He was also the greatest trump card Ning Jiang had prepared to deal with the Corpse Ghost Daoist.

”Hmph. Since you’re looking for death, I will grant you your wish.”

RUMBLE!

A terrifying wave of power shot out from the blood coffin, surging into the sky like a straight pillar of smoke, blowing away the clouds and revealing the starry heavens.

Following that, everyone felt as if an incomparably terrifying Fierce Beast was slowly awakening within the blood-red coffin.

It was terrifying beyond belief, its mountain-like pressure blanketing the land.

BANG!

With a loud roar, the ground for dozens of miles around suddenly sank three inches, as if struck by a giant palm.

Countless people were forced to their knees. Even Divinity Transformation Realm experts couldn’t remain standing and were nearly shaken to death.

The vast undulation, like a great ocean, filled heaven and earth.

’Is *this* the full power of a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert?’

Countless people stared, dumbfounded.

CLANG!

The blood coffin shuddered, and the tightly shut lid flew off with a bang. A foot stepped out from within. On that foot, the skin was dry and wrinkled, and its nails were unnaturally long and sharp.

The moment this foot appeared, an icy chill filled the air as winds rose and clouds stirred.

Following that, a shriveled body walked out of the blood coffin. His skin was a ghastly, deathly pale, like that of a corpse. A dense aura of death clung to him, as though he had one foot in Hell, yet he still stood firm in the mortal world.

Half-man, half-ghost!

The moment he appeared, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for a hundred miles around instantly began to boil, as if welcoming its master.

Everyone felt as if they had been instantly stripped away from the world. Whether they were Divinity Transformation Realm experts or as strong as the Earth Martial Realm, they could no longer absorb a single trace of Spiritual Qi. The entire world seemed to have become that man’s domain.

’So this is the Domain of a Heaven-Reaching Realm expert. It completely seals everything and can freely draw upon the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for their own use.’

The onlookers were shocked beyond measure.

Spiritual Qi filled the space between heaven and earth, though it was usually quite thin.

For a Martial Artist to engage in Cultivation, they still had to rely on Spirit Veins. In places with Spirit Veins, the concentration of Spiritual Qi was at least ten times greater. Only in such an environment could one’s Cultivation speed increase.

But Heaven-Reaching Realm experts could control the Spiritual Qi in a hundred-mile radius. The Spiritual Qi in such a vast area might be thin, but once it was all gathered, the change in quantity was enough to induce a change in quality!

When experts of this Realm fought, they didn’t have to worry about consuming their internal Spiritual Qi at all.

Unlike other Martial Artists, whose Spiritual Qi would be depleted if they fought for too long—a fate that even those in the Earth Martial Realm could not avoid.

At this moment, Yue Wenfu and the others all had deathly pale faces.

”A mere remnant soul forcing me to reveal my true self is indeed impressive. But since you dare to make an enemy of me, your Divine Spirit will be utterly annihilated!”

The Corpse Ghost Daoist stood there, his pitch-black eyes gazing over.

CRACKLE.

It was as if two bolts of lightning flashed through the void. His gaze alone contained immense might. Many of the Martial Artists weren’t even meeting his eyes, yet they still felt a mountain-like pressure crashing down on them, almost suffocating them.