novelraw Chapter 1602 - 122: Still Have the Nerve to Say That!
Chapter 1602 - 122: Still Have the Nerve to Say That!
"Kid, you’re quite eloquent. Let’s see if you can still maintain such composure when facing numerous Saint Heirs."
"Just make sure you don’t end up wetting your pants in fear!"
An elder snorted coldly.
Zhou Yan completely ignored these elders, his gaze turned toward the beautiful young Female Sect Master.
Such a brazen stare was something even the Female Sect Master in the white silk dress couldn’t withstand.
This Zhou Yan is too audacious.
"We don’t have the top treasure that could guarantee your survival, but we don’t want you to make a fool of yourself either. Therefore, we’re giving you an additional Heavenly Mechanism Soul Token. Combined with the other, it can unleash the Heavenly Mechanism Killing Path—Heavenly Dao Kill, with combat power equivalent to the third to fourth layer of the Soul Condensation Realm for a brief period.
However, most of these Saint Heirs and Holy Daughters possess a realm of around the fifth level of the Soul Condensation Realm, so even with this, you’re no match. But, at least it saves some face for the Sect."
"But, don’t be too happy. Once you deploy this technique, your body might suffer severe damage!"
"This way, your future might become even more difficult. Yet, you can choose to accept or refuse."
The Female Sect Master in the white silk dress said.
"Heavenly Dao Kill?"
"What kind of attack is that?"
Zhou Yan inquired.
"It’s an ancient killing aura derived from the Heavenly Mechanism Skill."
"It’s an ancient killing aura from the Heavenly Mechanism Skill."
The Female Sect Master in the white silk dress explained.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, let me see it.
The Female Sect Master in the white silk dress nodded, her eyes showing a trace of helplessness and guilt.
But then, she looked toward Zhuge Xiye.
Zhuge Xiye was evidently hesitant.
She looked at the Female Sect Master in the white silk dress and said, "Sect Master, isn’t this a bit... a bit too much?"
The Female Sect Master in the white silk dress sighed and said, "The emergence of a Senior Brother position represents the rising trend of our Heavenly Mechanism Sect. Many Holy Lands will never allow this to happen. Haven’t you noticed, Xi Ye, your presence has already made many Holy Lands uncomfortable?
The reason they arrived so quickly this time, don’t you know why?
I have already warned Zhou Yan to abandon this position, but he insisted on taking it, now, since he has such intentions, he can only bear this risk."
"Zhou Yan, let me ask you once more, do you truly wish to accept the Heavenly Mechanism Soul Token?"
"Let me take a look, I want to see how remarkable this Heavenly Dao Kill is."
Zhou Yan said.
His attitude was entirely indifferent.
Such an attitude is seen by the other elders as extremely arrogant and frivolous.
Yet they ultimately said nothing, instead holding back in silence.
After all, once Zhou Yan accepts, it signifies he’s not far from death.
Though their status prohibits calculating against a disciple, if the matter of the Senior Brother position was announced to the world and completed, it would be fine, that would be Zhou Yan’s luck.
But now, within three hours, numerous Holy Lands have come to witness, making it difficult to stay low-key.
Hence, this choice is also a choice born of helplessness.
Zhuge Xiye hesitated but then sighed, bringing the Ten Thousand Soul Token to Zhou Yan’s side, and handed the token to Zhou Yan, saying, "Take care."
"Mm, don’t worry."
Zhou Yan said casually.
After receiving the Heavenly Mechanism Soul Token, Zhou Yan took a few glances and immediately understood.
This bears the Sword Soul killing aura of the Nine Changes of the Sword Void Realm!
How powerful is this killing aura?
Zhou Yan understood and immediately brought out another Heavenly Mechanism Token and clapped it, soul energy stirred, and the Sword Soul of Nine Changes suddenly dove into Zhou Yan’s soul.
Zhou Yan’s soul shuddered, as if awakening the Sword Soul, instantly becoming extremely powerful.
Zhou Yan wielded the Crystal Ancient Sword, suddenly thrusting a sword in the air.
"Buzz—"
The void suddenly trembled, a terrifying Sword Soul aura slashed out almost an immortal trajectory.
That killing aura reached the attack level of the Void Soul Realm.
However, Zhou Yan’s move exhausted all the potential of the Sword Soul, and suddenly, all his powerful aura and so forth dissipated.
Within an instant, due to the vibration of his soul, Zhou Yan’s face paled a bit.
"Uh—"
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect Master was dumbfounded.
Zhuge Xiye was stunned.
Even the nine elders almost had their eyes pop out.
Then, "puff puff—" two sounds.
Two elders immediately spurted blood in anger.
"What a disgrace!"
"What a brat!"
"This is the end, to use it at this time, how foolish must one be..."
"Forget it, Heaven abandons our Heavenly Mechanism Sect."
"Let him be, let him be disgraced, let him do as he pleases, anyway, he’s exhausted his potential, going to die."
...
At this moment, everyone was nearly entirely disheartened.
Zhou Yan now realized that these people treated this Sword Soul as their hope.
And his momentary impulse led to using the Sword Soul, causing all of them to feel utterly despondent.
Such a mentality, character, clearly won’t do!
Zhou Yan glanced lightly at these elders and said, "Rest assured, if those Saint Heirs and Holy Daughters don’t behave, I will slaughter a few of them. I could use some Holy Blood for body refinement."
He spoke coldly.
"Ignorant."
"Idiot!"
"Sect Master, there’s no need to worry about that boy who doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth, it’s useless."
A few elders said, shaking their heads and sighing, their eyes full of disappointment.
This time, they were truly disappointed.
However, the female Sect Master in a white gauze dress watched Zhou Yan and said, "You’re unwell, no need to participate in the announcement ceremony, go rest, eat if you should, play if you wish, enjoy your remaining days."
"Xi Ye, come with me to the Heavenly Mechanism Battlefield."
"Yes, Sect Master."
Zhuge Xiye sighed, completely ignoring Zhou Yan.
"Since I’m going to die, let me see how powerful your Saint Masters, Saint Heirs, and Holy Daughters really are, let this minor character broaden his horizons."
Zhou Yan said sarcastically.
Being ignored again and again, he no longer wanted to argue.
"Fine, if you want to go, I’ll take you."
The female Sect Master in a white gauze dress said calmly.
Then, without doing anything else, she simply left the great hall alone.
Soon, the nine elders left one after another.
Afterward, Zhuge Xiye began to walk away, but she didn’t wait for Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan silently followed alone.
Leaving the great hall, the female Sect Master enveloped Zhou Yan and the group of nine elders with Heavenly Mechanism Power, and in an instant, they vanished from the place.
Analyzing this method in his heart, Zhou Yan combined it with his weak new knowledge of Heavenly Mechanism Power and derived it.
"Is this Heavenly Mechanism Reverse Movement Technique? It resembles a trend of singularity change, seems simple."
Contemplating for a moment, he realized he learned this method.
With this method, could short-distance instantaneous movement be possible?
"Originally, I was unsure if I could contend with those Saint Heirs and Holy Daughters, but with such a movement technique, there’s no suspense anymore."
Zhou Yan felt much more assured, and then he began to recall how the Heavenly Dao Kill of the Sword Soul released power and killing intent in this world.
This process is incredibly complex and difficult for anyone.
But Zhou Yan had walked through the previous era, so for him, it wasn’t as difficult.
"In the Heavenly Mechanism Soul Token, there was no inherent killing intent, but two combined Heavenly Mechanism Soul Tokens formed a unique Heavenly Mechanism Power, which then activated this force.
Once this force forms, it possesses the ability to kill, so it’s unrelated to energy forms, but rather, related to... shielding of rules.
So is the Ten Thousand Soul Heavenly Mechanism Token shielding the Heavenly Mechanism process, or perhaps reversing some rules?"
Analyzing this, Zhou Yan took out the token that had combined into one Ten Thousand Soul Heavenly Mechanism Token, carefully observing the sculptural changes.
The sculptural changes weren’t significant, but there were obvious splits in a few places.
The ’卍’ rune had split, losing its surrounding form, but when assembled again, it scattered instantly.
"Dao Sheng Yi?"
"Three births all things?"
"Or Chaos returning to Unity?"
Zhou Yan condensed two unique soul auras, forming this rune, which suddenly combined in his brow.
His brow lightly shuddered, and Zhou Yan felt the invisible mark on his brow tremble slightly.
With just a slight shudder, heaven and earth suddenly sank, and all the Heavenly Mechanism Skills of the flying female Sect Master in a white gauze dress failed entirely.
With a "buzz," nearly everyone almost fell from the void.
"Hm? Heavenly Mechanism interruption? A sign of calamity, or is there a mutation?"
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect Master abruptly activated Heavenly Mechanism Power, picking up everyone again, then immediately spoke with conviction.
All nine elders almost simultaneously turned their gaze to Zhou Yan, unsurprisingly, thinking Zhou Yan brought a terrible disaster.
"Or, is a Saint Master showing off his methods to us or testing this ’Senior Brother’s’ ability?"
The female Sect Master added.
Then, she began to derive again, but just as she started, her face turned pale, nearly suffering backlash.
"This—terrifying, seems completely unable to derive Heavenly Mechanism anymore."
She sighed softly, looking at Zhou Yan with a deep sense of helplessness.
"Xi Ye, let’s make an agreement."
Zhou Yan said.
"What agreement?"
"Today, if I conclude perfectly, or leave you all speechless, fulfilling all your hopes, then become my maid for a few days and explain to me the knowledge of all the Heavenly Mechanism Skills you know, and guide me to truly enter the gate of cultivation."
Zhou Yan said.
"Are you joking?"
Zhuge Xiye said coldly.
"At this moment, you still have the face to say such a thing!"