First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1894: Nothing Works

As this conversation echoed through the air, countless onlookers watched in astonishment as one godlike figure after another appeared beneath the dome of heaven. All of them emanated the characteristic energy fluctuations of the Great Profound Stage.

In the end, including Old Ghost Mu, a full eighteen Great Profound powerhouses appeared. All of them looked different, but they had one important thing in common: all were existences at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao. These were the strongest experts beneath the god level!

They were practically legends by this point. No one had seen them ever since the Age of Fallen Immortals. Yet now, these legends had appeared once more, and moreover, eighteen of them had appeared at once!

The distant onlookers were completely dumbstruck. Everyone felt as if someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over their heads, and they felt chills in their hands and feet.

Those who’d only just gotten excited over Su Yi’s strength froze, their hearts sinking into the pits of their stomachs.

No one could deny that Qi Nie and the others had made ample preparations. They hadn’t just called eighty-one Great Unity experts into battle; they’d even arranged for a full eighteen mighty Great Profound experts to oversee the situation.

Eighteen! The number alone was enough to make the crowd give into despair.

After all, even one Great Profound expert had enough power to travel the forty-nine provinces of the Immortal Realm with impunity. Experts of this caliber could destroy even top orthodoxies with ease. Yet now, eighteen of them were marching into battle together. Who wouldn’t have been terrified?

“It’s over. This is the greatest threat His Excellency the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign has faced yet,” someone said, their heart fraught with worry.

Prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, thirty-two unparalleled Immortal Sovereigns ambushed and surrounded Wang Ye, leading to his death.

Now, something very similar had happened.

Sure, there were “only” eighteen of them this time, but the crowd still saw Su Yi as an Immortal King. That was the crux of the matter!

“Hey, now that I look at them… who are they? Why haven’t I seen any of them before?” someone asked in confusion.

Actually, many of those present were confused about that. The eighteen Great Profound experts’ faces were entirely unfamiliar. Not even the oldest cultivators among the crowd recognized them.

Who are they? I’ve never even heard of them, let alone seen them!

Meanwhile, on Cloudsoar Peak, everyone was instantly excited.

Qi Nie, Xuan Zhong, Nan Qujiu, and the others felt reassured. All of them broke into cold smiles. We knew the reincarnation of the Tyrant was coming. Of course we made thorough preparations!

This was one of the killer weapons they’d prepared!

It was just a pity that those eighty-one Great Unity cultivators had been defeated so quickly. Their casualties were so heavy that the sect leaders couldn’t bring themselves to be happy.

Meanwhile, Su Yi had already concluded that the eighteen Great Unity experts were divine emissaries confined during the Primeval Era. It was just that now, they were working under the divine children who’d descended into the Immortal Realm.

All of this confirmed what Xi Ning had told him earlier: the divine children might have agreed not to get involved personally, but they’d still sent their emissaries to participate on their behalf. This was within the bounds of Su Yi’s expectations.

The only thing that made Su Yi frown was that, just as Chu Shentong said, Wang Ye’s greatest enemies were nowhere to be found. There was no doubt about it. His old enemies knew that with the divine children’s forces in the mix, they wouldn’t benefit in any way, even if they did participate. Moreover, if they got directly involved, it’d be hard to predict whether they’d emerge alive or dead. Add that to the imminent arrival of the Path of Divinity, the moment they’d been waiting for all this time, and they had no desire to participate.

Su Yi found this rather disappointing.

“Young Friend Su, what do you think of our lineup now?” An old man in a tall hat and old-fashioned clothes smiled from beneath the dome of heaven. The other seventeen Great Profound cultivators appeared behind him, but they were in no rush to attack. Instead, they clustered around Su Yi, thoroughly surrounding him.

Su Yi looked askance at the old man. “Those who lower themselves by becoming the gods’ dogs are nothing more than that, unsightly dogs.”

His light, airy words were like an ice pick thrust ruthlessly into the Great Profound experts’ hearts. Without exception, their expressions shifted.

‘The gods’ dogs?’ The distant onlookers were in uproar. They finally understood who these people were. So, these old-timers are divine emissaries!

“What? Not convinced?” Su Yi said flatly, making no effort to conceal his disdain. “What’s really unsightly is how, after all your years of confinement, you’ve got no hotbloodedness left. All that remains is servility. Now, you’ve regained your ‘freedom’ only to serve the so-called divine children. How ridiculous is that? And how pitiful?”

The eighteen Great Unity Stage powerhouses practically exploded in anger. Their expressions darkened.

When you killed someone, you had to kill their heart first. And indeed, Su Yi was doing just that!

A moment later, Su Yi sharply changed tacks. He said flatly, “Of course, I can see that you’re in no rush to attack. You must want to further probe my abilities. After all, those idiotic Great Unity cultivators died too quickly, preventing you from getting a clear understanding of my strength.”

The divine emissaries’ expressions shifted. Su Yi was right on the mark. The eighty-one Great Unity experts were indeed sent into battle for the express purpose of probing Su Yi’s limits. None of them had anticipated that they’d die so quickly. The Great Profound cultivators didn’t even have time to rush to their aid!

They were up against someone whose cultivation base they had no way of gauging. Not even these Great Profound Stage experts would dare lower their guard.

“Don't worry, I have no reason to hide this from you,” said Su Yi. He took out a jug of wine and drank with relish before continuing, “The eighteen of you combined won’t even be enough to slow me down.”

His words were barbed, without the slightest politeness. His contemptuous pride was bone deep!

The distant onlookers’ eyes widened, and their jaws hung slack. Even if you’d hit them over the head, they would never have guessed that Su Yi would be so domineering even in the face of such a threatening lineup.

But this was what really got their blood boiling!!

Li Xiehu, the Sword Fanatic, and the other objectors’ eyes lit up with reverent fervor. This was how a man was supposed to be!

In contrast, the Great Profound cultivators’ expressions were as dark as the burnt bottom of a pan. Their hair and beards bristled with anger, and they felt as if their dignity were being trampled on.

Su Yi was used to such things, and he was entirely unperturbed. “Of course, you people still aren’t the grand finale of today’s Immortal Peach Assembly.”

He scanned the group, then said, “So heed my advice and quit acting as others’ dogs, alright?”

His “advice” was like ten thousand swords to the heart. The Great Profound cultivators were overcome with irrepressible rage.

Qi Nie, Xuan Zhong, and the others watched with wide eyes. Don’t tell me Su Yi’s gone insane? How could he possibly be so brazen as to insult Great Profound cultivators like this?

Is that any way to give someone advice? It was just insults and blatant provocation!

Suddenly, a calm voice boomed like a morning bell or an evening drum. “You needn’t hesitate. Snuff out the heretic.”

No one could tell where the voice originated from, yet it boomed throughout heaven and earth with enormous force and majesty.

“Got it!” The eighteen Great Profound experts nodded their assent.

Su Yi nodded to himself. Just as I thought. There are divine children overseeing things in secret, aren’t there?

Before he could wrap his head around it, the Great Profound cultivators surrounding him attacked in full force.

“Get him!”

“Kill that little wretch!”

…Roars echoed through the air. The Great Profound experts had long since suppressed bellies full of fire, and now, they unleashed the full extent of their rage.

Kaboom!

Immortal treasures took to the skies, and divine radiance ran rampant. @@novelbin@@

One shifted on his feet and expanded until he was one hundred thousand feet tall. A waterfall of the power of the Laws poured down, making him seem like a tyrannical primordial demon god. With a swing of his fist, he shattered the sky.

Another opened his mouth and an immortal sword whooshed forth, filling the sky with sword light brimming with unstoppable Great Profound Laws. Sword force blanketed heaven and earth.

Another controlled the wind and lightning, creating an electric domain that blotted out the sun.

Another gripped a halberd, his body erupting with divine flames as he struck like lightning.

Eighteen Great Profound experts each displayed their unparalleled strength. When they attacked together, an apocalyptic, endlessly terrifying flood of power descended.

The onlookers felt chills course through them. They were overwhelmed with panic. Fortunately, the entire stretch of heaven and earth was already covered in the power of the Skyless Darkness Divine Formation. It was like a separate, self-contained world, so none of the Great Profound experts’ power reached the crowd.

Otherwise, despite the distance, they’d inevitably have suffered the aftershock, and the surrounding thirty thousand miles of mountains and rivers would have surely ceased to exist.

Boom!!!

Su Yi stood amidst the darkness, completely enveloped in that explosive, turbulent flood of destructive power.

A swath of boundless radiance stung the crowd’s eyes so badly that they couldn’t even open them. Even Qi Nie, Xuan Zhong, and the other higher-ups couldn’t see anything, and they in no way dared investigate with their divine sense.

If they tried, they’d inevitably suffer a terrifying backlash!

“Is Su Yi dead?” Nan Wujiu couldn’t help but ask.

“Not even an expert of the same level could have withstood the joint attack of eighteen Great Profound experts. How could an Immortal King possibly have survived?” someone said with staunch conviction.

“Hah, after all that mad, pompous boasting, he didn’t even manage to struggle. They blasted him to smithereens…” someone said with a cold laugh. He felt a massive weight lift from his shoulders.

“His Excellency the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign surely isn’t…” The distant onlookers’ faces paled, their hearts full of irrepressible despair.

But the eighteen Great Profound experts found this rather strange. All eighteen of them had worked together to unleash that strike, but Su Yi didn’t dodge. And he didn’t fight back, either.

It was as if he’d been scared out of their wits. He’d simply let them pummel them with their treasures and secret arts!

The Great Profound experts almost dared not believe it. Inwardly, they asked, Was that really the best you could do?

“There’s no denying it. The kid’s bark was a hell of a lot worse than his bite,” jeered a Great Profound expert.

But then, someone else cried out, “He… He… isn’t dead!”

The smoke and mist gradually dissipated, and the current of destructive power stilled. When everyone’s field of vision cleared up, an unbelievable scene greeted them——

A tall figure stood upright beneath the darkened skies, unmoving. Every inch of his skin emanated the resplendent light of the Dao, and a perfectly complete Grand Dao Domain circulated around him, like an abyss or the pits of hell, vast beyond measure and unfathomably deep.

Some of the destructive power had yet to disperse. It surged around him, but it couldn’t damage him in the slightest.

The sky collapsed around him, but none of their abilities reached him. He was undying and indestructible.

His perfectly intact blue robes billowed in the wind.

Su Yi!

He hadn’t just survived the combined onslaught of eighteen Great Profound experts. He wasn’t even scratched.

He stood there like a boulder; his clothes weren’t even dirty, and he didn’t have so much as a hair out of place!

The sight left the onlookers completely tongue-tied. All of them were overcome with astonishment.