First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2245 – Death Is Too Good For You

Atop that unassuming little hillock.

“The old hunchback!?” The old man was furious, and his expression instantly darkened.

That fiery jade ruler belonged to an old monster who’d touched the threshold of the River of Destiny.

The old man frowned. “This is the source of your confidence? Don’t you know the consequences of someone like the old hunchback acting recklessly in the God Domain?”

Die E just said calmly, “Of course I know. That’s how the lifeless Central Divine Continent fell.”

He seemed perfectly calm and composed.

“No, you’re forgetting about the trillions of beings who lost their lives, and the countless orthodoxies lost in the destruction!” The old man’s expression was unsightly. “You… really don’t care at all, do you? Do you really want to see the Spirit Firmament Divine Continent reduced to ruin, too?”

Di E couldn’t help but laugh. “If you want to prevent that from happening, the solution is simple. Convince Su Yi to come quietly, and you’ll naturally save the inhabitants of the Spirit Firmament Divine Continent from disaster.”

The old man was so angry that his chest heaved. He couldn’t even speak.

……

“He finally attacked. Fortunately, it’s not too late.”

The Dipankara Buddha was still locked in fierce combat, but he felt much calmer.

In stark contrast, Divine Priestess Celestial Rain’s heart sank. An expert who’s touched upon the threshold of destiny has attacked!!

This development was unquestionably far too terrifying.

The Angler and the Heaven-Swallowing Toad Ancestor noticed too. The Angler laughed coldly, while the Heaven-Swallowing Toad Ancestor glowered.

……

Many of the old-timers eyeing the battle hungrily from the shadows were startled. Chills coursed through their entire bodies.

Someone who’s touched upon the River of Destiny!!

This development was like a bucket of ice water poured on their heads. None of them dared act recklessly.

……

Heaven and earth were shrouded in darkness.

The surrounding one hundred thousand miles of mountains and rivers had been reduced to rubble. Only Skybright Mountain still stood!

“Why not attack, Li Sanjiu?” asked Qi Wei. She was furious.

That fiery red jade ruler was just too terrifying!

It had destroyed the World of Samsara with which Su Yi had suppressed his enemies, but as if that weren’t bad enough, it also made him suffer a backlash.

“Young Mistress, there are numerous powerful enemies still lying in wait, yet to reveal themselves. Fellow Daoist Su’s situation is dire, but it’s not yet lethal,” Li Sanjiu said calmly. “If we attacked recklessly now, we might be able to kill a few enemies, but we’d inevitably confuse the situation and become burdens. We have to wait a while longer and seize the opportune moment!”

Qi Wei fell silent. She knew that Su Yi’s situation was incomparably perilous, and that if she couldn’t keep her cool, she’d only make trouble for him.

But…

When she saw Su Yi injured, she couldn’t help but be angry.

There was no denying it; Li Sanjiu was right on the mark. The fiery jade ruler had hurt Su Yi, but it hadn’t killed him. It had at most ruined his attempts to suppress the hostile gods.

But Su Yi wasn’t overly upset or angry. On the contrary, he’d anticipated this.

The enemies lying in wait were far more dangerous than chess pieces like Master God Yun He!

At that moment, Su Yi suddenly sensed something and gazed into the distance.

Practically simultaneously, an endlessly tyrannical, unsurpassed power condensed into a divine chain of the natural order and wrapped around Su Yi’s sheath.

Bang!

A moment later, the sheath flew from his grip, dragged away by the suddenly appearing chains.

Everyone was astonished.

Si Ming, Divine Corpse Blood Rope, Qi Wei, Li Sanjiu, and the others instinctively gazed into the sky.

They weren’t sure when, but a hunchback gripping a fiery red jade ruler stood beneath the dome of heaven. He now held Su Yi’s rusted sword sheath in his other hand.

His presence was incomparably inscrutable and mysterious, as if obscured by a layer of invisible power.

Even so, when the crowd laid eyes on him, their hearts quivered, no matter their cultivation base. All of them felt intense, terrifying pressure bearing down on them.

It was as if they weren’t looking at a person, but rather, a ruler presiding over heaven’s will!

“It really is you, old hunchback,” said Su Yi.

The old hunchback was among those who’d attempted to intercept him on his way to the God Domain via the Road of Celestial Guidance!

Now that he’d fused with Yi Daoxuan’s Dao Imprint, he naturally knew who the old hunchback was. He was one of Di E’s allies!

“Hahaha, Yi Daoxuan, do you have any cards left now? Quick, quick, quick, bring them out so I can see them!” The old hunchback laughed uproariously, full of smug pride. “If not, you’ll die today beyond a doubt!”

His voice boomed throughout the surrounding area.

Master God Yun He and the others had only just escaped disaster, and they’d yet to calm down. However, when they saw the old hunchback seize Su Yi’s mysterious sheath, they instantly relaxed.

“You can’t control that sheath,” said Su Yi, gazing at the old hunchback. “You’d best give it back to me. Otherwise, you’ll only hurt yourself.”

The old hunchback grinned. “Nothing but the ravings of a madman! This mystical taboo treasure can tear through time and space and sever the void. Now that it’s landed in my hands, it naturally belongs to me!”

He raised the sheath into the air. “If you’re so capable, take it from me yourself!”

Su Yi sighed. “Old hunchback, I really don’t want the sheath to kill you; dying like that would be too good for you. I urge you to heed my warning and give it back to me.”

The old hunchback laughed uproariously. “Look at yourself! How inept and pathetic are you? I said, if you’re capable, take it from me! Don’t even try to threaten……”

But before he could finish, his laughter came to an abrupt halt. His eyes widened, and he shrieked in terror, “No——!”

He flung the sheath away with all his might.

At least, he tried to. Strangely, it stuck to him like glue, black light emanating from the opening. It crawled up the old hunchback’s hand, wrist, and arm…

It was as if the sheath had suddenly come to life, opening its gaping maw to devour the old hunchback’s arm!

This strange scene made the onlookers’ hair stand on end.

Clang!!

The old hunchback was incomparably ruthless. He suddenly swung his fiery red jade ruler at the sheath with all his might.

But the sheath wasn’t damaged in the slightest. Worse, the ruler was left buzzing and shaking on impact.

“How is this possible!?”

The old hunchback exclaimed, visibly horrified. He gnashed his teeth and decisively swung the ruler once more, cutting off his own right arm.

Much to his dismay, the mysterious black light emanating from the sheath had already invaded his flesh, like parasitic worms.

From a distance, it was like ink traveling throughout the old hunchback’s body, spreading to every extremity. Everything it touched vanished inexplicably.

“No! No—!” The old hunchback panicked, his eyes wide with terror and his hair and beard bristling with anger. He circulated the full extent of his cultivation base and struggled like mad, his roars shaking heaven and earth.

He was an expert who’d touched the threshold of the River of Destiny! Yet there was nothing he could do to slough off the sheath’s power. On the contrary, his body was rapidly disappearing.

It was as if the sheath were eating him alive, one bite at a time!

Chills coursed down Master God Yun He and the others’ spines. They were completely freaked out, and their scalps were numb with fright.

The old hunchback was far stronger than them, and he’d only just barely joined the battle, yet he’d already met with such strange, unsettling misfortune. Who wouldn’t have been startled?

The other onlookers’ hearts quivered too. Chills coursed throughout their entire bodies.

“I said it already: I didn’t want you to die so easily. You just stubbornly refused to listen.” Su Yi shook his head, then seized the opportunity to take a few quick swigs of Seeking Something.

“Yi Daoxuan, how dare you trick this lofty one?! I’ll kill you!” roared the old hunchback. He descended from the heavens and dove at Su Yi.

However, by now, all that remained of him was his head. The rest of his body had long since been devoured.

“Die!!” He opened his mouth to bite Su Yi.

Su Yi just stood there, unmoving. He didn’t even bat an eye.

The old hunchback’s head was mere inches away when a streak of black light enveloped him completely. With that, the old man’s head vanished too, as if evaporating into thin air.

In the last moments before the old man’s death, Su Yi watched as bitterness, fury, and horror contorted the hunchback’s face.

He’d most likely never anticipated that he, an expert who’d long since touched the threshold of the River of Destiny, a terrifying existence who stood over the entire God Domain, would die because of a sword sheath.

This manner of death was far too stifling.

Bang!

The sheath fell from the air, as if it had instantly lost its spirituality and become a mere hunk of rusted scrap metal once more. It landed directly in Su Yi’s palm.

A deathly silence descended over the area. Even the birds ceased their song. Everyone felt as if invisible hands were squeezing their hearts. Chills coursed through their entire bodies.

“I said it earlier. You people are merely pawns. It’s not worth wasting my energy on you.” Su Yi glanced at Master God Yun He and the others. “You ought to understand who I’m after now, right?”

Master God Yun He and the others’ expressions shifted erratically.

Su Yi glanced down at the sheath. “I told him to return this, but he stubbornly refused to listen. This is what they mean when they say that good advice can’t save those determined to die.”

He stood there alone, his face pallid and translucent, and his blue robes stained red.

As battered as he looked, he had an invisible, terrifying air about him. The crowd’s hearts quivered uncontrollably just sensing it.

Prior to this, two Nine-Tribulation Master Gods had fallen in battle!

Now, a living fossil who’d touched upon the River of Destiny had died, too!!

All of this was Su Yi’s work. Who wouldn’t have been terrified?

“Bastard!” Over on that unassuming little hillock, Di E shot to his feet, his whole body erupting with cold murderous intent.

The old man rose too, almost simultaneously. “What? Surely you don’t intend to renege on our bet, Fellow Daoist?”

Earlier, Di E had said that according to the terms of their bet, the old man was not to intervene if Su Yi lost. Conversely, if Su Yi won, Di E would not intervene.

But now, the old hunchback’s death had obviously enraged Di E!

“I decided to make that bet with you because I was in a good mood. I’m reneging on that same bet now because I’m in a bad mood!” Di E said icily.

Boom!

He waved his sleeve through the air, and countless black talisman markings surged forth.

The old man neither dodged nor retreated, instead clashing with them head-on.

But this one attack was enough to send the old man flying backward. Even the hillock shattered beneath their feet, instantly reduced to powder!