novelraw Chapter 367 - 327: Evil Sword Battles Ancestor Emperor
Chapter 367 - 327: Evil Sword Battles Ancestor Emperor
The thousand-year-old Evil Sword has resurfaced today.
It remains the same—looking down on everyone equally.
Even the so-called Moon Country Ancestor Emperor!
The four strands of Emperor Monarch’s Divine Thought within Qin Xuexiao seemed utterly exposed before it.
This demeanor of the opponent left the Heir of Prince Rui astonished.
After all, although the Ancestor Emperor had been deceased for several centuries, the status of these few strands of Divine Thought was immensely powerful!
Moreover, one of the strands within him was the most important main soul among the ten strands!
But in the eyes of "Xu Ziqing"?
It seemed nothing mattered.
Since the Dao Ancestor’s passing, there has been no one in this world who could suppress it.
Counting the days, only that detestable kid ever made it suffer a setback.
What Ancestor Emperor, what once was Great Perfection of the Ninth Realm.
If the nine restrictions of the Evil Sword were all lifted, even the Ninth Realm Great Perfection could be slain!
Weren’t multiple Ninth Realm powerhouses unable to suppress it back then?
More importantly, after "Xu Ziqing" lifted the sword into the air, he didn’t strike immediately.
It was waiting.
Or rather, it disdained to strike at this moment.
Qin Xuexiao only heard a sigh echoing within his mind.
This sigh contained a sense of the vicissitudes of time.
"Sigh—."
"After all these years, it’s time to stretch the bones a little."
This made him realize that he should take that elixir.
Next, what he needed to do was....
——Invite the Ancestor to possess him!
The four strands of Divine Thought instantly enveloped Qin Xuexiao’s entire Sea of Consciousness!
A blood-red barrier thus surrounded his Sea of Consciousness.
The next moment, Qin Xuexiao lost all control over his body.
However, unlike Xu Ziqing, he didn’t fall into a brief slumber.
He remained conscious, and his Divine Sense could still explore the external world.
He merely transformed from an active participant into a spectator.
On the stage, Qin Xuexiao was wearing a purple-black robe.
After matching outfits with Chu Huaixu, the first thing he did upon returning to his nation was to find the Artifact Refining Grandmaster to modify the design.
At this moment, many felt that the Young Master seemed like a different person.
His eyes and aura had changed.
He slowly raised the long spear in his hand, lowering his gaze to it.
This spear was once the Ancestor Emperor’s Lifebound Object.
This peerless dual cultivator in gun and sword, once traversed the world wielding it.
His left hand slowly brushed over the spear’s body, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.
Chu Huaixu observed this scene, and understood in his heart: "The current scene is entirely a sub-in for a fight."
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On the high platform, the top-tier Great Cultivators of the Profound Yellow Realm showed hints of unusual expressions.
No one expected to witness such a scene in their lifetime.
To see the Daoist Ancestor Sword battling the Moon Country Ancestor Emperor in the Third Realm’s East and West Continent Competition!
In truth, according to the Competition’s explicit rules, such proxy battles were not permitted.
Unfortunately, the purpose of the East and West Continent Competition is precisely to select the strongest overall contender in this realm to enter the Origin Spirit Realm.
As long as it looked legitimate on the surface, no one would delve deeper into it.
The most crucial factor remains the great calamity of heaven and earth.
It’s like wrapping this meal in dumplings just for some vinegar!
The two substitute fighters on this stage, if at their peak back in the day, the combined force of everyone on the high platform wouldn’t be enough against them.
So these people all held their breaths, watching intently with lowered eyes.
Only to see "Qin Xuexiao," holding the Imperial Moon, float upwards.
How could the dignified Ancestor Emperor accept being looked down upon by another?
"Xu Ziqing," wielding the Bronze Sword, likewise rose into the air as well.
Who would have thought that the opening display would be such a seemingly childish scene?
Even those on the high platform had to look up.
And the first to make a move was the Ancestor Emperor.
At this moment, the purple moon’s phantom behind him was solidifying continuously.
It was unknown what kind of secret technique this was, absorbing the nation’s Power of Fortune from within the Imperial Capital!
This power, through the purple moon’s phantom, became available for his use.
Half entered his body, the other entered the Super Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Imperial Moon.
Moreover, the purple moon’s phantom kept expanding, soon enlarging to several dozen feet!
With a move of the spear, purple flames swiped across the sky.
In contrast, "Xu Ziqing" appeared much more "unadorned" on his side.
Apart from black and dark green currents swirling around the sword, there was nothing else.
Facing the incoming purple flames, he merely raised his hand and casually swept forward with a sword.
No technique, not any kind of Technique.
Just the simplest lifting of the long sword, then a forward sweep.
Watching from below, Chu Huaixu suddenly realized something.
"The Bronze Sword substitute, it doesn’t know any Techniques!"
Previous East Continent’s leader struggles were the same.
There was no way around it; the Sword Spirit is, after all, just a Sword Spirit.
It is a sword itself; it has never practiced swordsmanship!
This puzzled Chu Huaixu somewhat.
He found this point very contradictory.
He even thought the character setting in "Borrowed Sword" was contradictory.
Although he couldn’t do divination, he vaguely inferred something from this matter.
"If Xiaoxu’s savior path relied purely on this Evil Sword as a proxy, why would his character setting need to be Comprehension 10?"
"The primary trait of Comprehension 10 is learning Techniques incredibly fast, even self-optimizing, and later being able to self-create Techniques!"
"But this is entirely useless when substituted by the Sword Spirit."
"Unless the latter part is..."
He squinted his eyes, speculating that the Dao Ancestor might have a backup plan within the restriction of the Bronze Sword.
Or rather, there’s still a secret hidden here!
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High in the sky, the two stand-ins were locked in a fierce battle.
The crowd below, looking up, began to question their own understanding of the world.
"Are we really watching the Third Realm competition?"
"The way they’re fighting in the air and the power they’re unleashing, it feels like a Great Cultivator’s battle!"
Yes, many felt they were witnessing a showdown between Great Cultivators!
In fact, it was indeed approaching that level.
Chu Huaixu watched the purple lunar shadow behind Qin Xuexiao, surprised that he was using the country’s Power of Fortune to counter the devouring of the Evil Qi.
"Indeed, for such a large country, monopolizing an entire continent, the fortune it holds is quite terrifying, like a vast ocean."
"Even if the Evil Qi can devour more, it has only opened three restrictions so far."
"Moreover, this battle won’t last much longer."
"From an overall perspective, it can only devour a very small portion in a short time."
"The Ancestor Emperor has a vast family fortune, as if he’s fighting with his family assets."
Chu Huaixu thought to himself, feeling a bit envious.
Now he felt that players calling Qin Xuexiao "Family Background 10" made sense.
Damn it, what kind of Profound Yellow Batman are you, Moon Country Bruce Wayne!
But he also noticed that the Ancestor Emperor was quite unaccustomed to using Qin Xuexiao’s body.
There was no help for it, to him... it was too weak!
How could it be so weak?
The Gun Heart inside him was also a Pseudo Realm.
The Ancestor Emperor was naturally unaccustomed to this.
But deep down, the desire to possess had begun to grow more urgent.
After being a ghost for hundreds of years, he thought after all this time, he could wait a bit longer, believing he had enough patience.
But now, after briefly having a body, it was like a dangerously addictive poison!
He could breathe again.
He could feel his heartbeat, his pulse.
He had touch once more and could speak to others.
He felt the wind and the warmth of the flame.
Even the pain from the shockwave earlier felt exhilarating!
"The feeling of being alive is truly wonderful!"
A glint of greed flashed in the Ancestor Emperor’s eyes.
This made him more determined in his thoughts.
"I must win this competition, and must have Xuanxiao refine the Profound Yellow Origin Fragment soon!"
"I, truly, cannot wait any longer!"
In the next moment, the long spear moved.
As this gun emerged, even Xiahou Yue, the National Guardian on the high platform, couldn’t help but focus his gaze.
"This is... the Ancestor Emperor’s famed ultimate skill!"
"Celestial Level Spear Technique—’Azure Moon Across the River’!"
It is said that in those days, the spear’s qi was like a cold moon crossing a great river, majestic and vast, hence the name.
And under that spear, the flowing waters of the great river also stopped for a full ten breaths.
Of course, when facing such a legendary Celestial Level Technique, "Xu Ziqing" showed no reaction.
All this flashy display, he couldn’t understand it at all!
The Sword Spirit of the Bronze Sword only sensed that this spear was much stronger than the previous ones, nothing more.
Meanwhile, in the palm of the young man’s right hand, a golden light began to grow increasingly dazzling.
The two-colored aura swirling around the sword body became denser.
Only now did the Sword Spirit begin to actively control the Evil Qi, preventing it from absorbing the Power of Fortune.
Instead, it surged towards this spear’s force and towards "Qin Xuexiao"!
Chu Huaixu observed this scene and became even more aware of the Bronze Sword’s shortcomings.
The Great Cultivators on the high platform probably realized it too.
This sword is essentially an Evil Sword.
Its rare awakening had one purpose only—to devour!
Having been confined on the mountain for a thousand years, it was naturally starving.
It wouldn’t act from a righteous standpoint.
Now it controlled Xu Ziqing’s body.
The delicious Power of Fortune, it was busy devouring it.
As for the outcome of the current arena battle, it didn’t really care.
In simple terms, what does the sword care? What does it have to do with this sword?
At the moment, the reason why it turned the Evil Qi against "Qin Xuexiao" was purely because the Sword Spirit found the Ancestor Emperor somewhat unpleasant.
This ghost and this evil sword both had a high and mighty stance, naturally finding each other annoying.
The reason why the Bronze Sword was suitable to conquer the Origin Spirit Realm was purely because the little world within was both real and unreal.
The ancient trees Chu Huaixu once collided with would shortly self-repair, the real-unreal small world had self-restoration.
This small heaven-and-earth stuck between reality and illusion—it couldn’t be devoured.
So, inside there, the only thing the Evil Qi could devour was the cultivators of Kunlun Cave Heaven.
Its disobedience didn’t matter, because at that time it had no choice.
Different monkeys require different tethering methods.
This is the method for an Evil Sword.
Without a doubt, the Ancestor Emperor had realized this long ago, thus letting it continuously devour the Power of Fortune.
Except he never expected that the sword would stop indulging in this feast and instead set its sights on him.
The spear’s force spanned the sky, creating a bridge made of blazing purple flames in midair.
But that volatile and domineering power was truly intimidating.
"Xu Ziqing" held the Bronze Sword, casually swung it again, pretending to be casual, but it was indeed genuinely casual in its swing.
The sword struck the "bridge."
He continued stepping forward in the void, and with each step he took, the "bridge" collapsed a little more.
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