NOVGO.NET Chapter 2497 - Leaving an Escape Route
Chapter 2497 – Leaving an Escape Route
The Three Purities Daoist Court was the leading faction of the Spirit Firmament Divine Continent. Their foundations ran far too deep for any ordinary person to shake them.
Even just the killing formations protecting their territories were enough to slay Nine-Tribulation Master Gods with ease!
They could even trap those experts who’d touched the threshold of the River of Destiny.
Throughout the ages, none had dared provoke them at their gates, because doing so was no different from suicide.
Yet now, Su Yi was here to do just that!
Everyone in the Three Purities Daoist Court naturally knew what kind of person Su Yi was, but none of them thought he could shake the Three Purities Daoist Court by himself!
An austere atmosphere permeated heaven and earth.
The formation’s power coursed through the Three Purities Daoist Court in waves as all eyes converged on Su Yi.
Everyone in the sect seethed with murderous intent, but Su Yi wasn’t at all concerned. He was as composed as ever.
“I won’t attack today,” said Su Yi. “But the Three Purities Daoist Court shall be flattened before the day is through.”
He pointed to the east of the Three Purities Daoist Court. “Every debt has its debtor. I have always disdained to attack the innocent, so I’ll leave those uninvolved a path to life. They’re free to leave at any time.
“But all who’ve reached the Undying Realm must die! If any Master Gods try to escape through the east, I’ll seal that escape route off completely!”
With that, he casually clapped his hands. “Those are my plans. Did you get all that?”
He spoke as if issuing a decree, laying everything out in the open. He wasn’t hiding anything!
Everyone in the Three Purities Daoist Court was astonished. They exchanged glances. Where does he get the courage to reveal his plans like that?He’s simply sick in the head!
Wan Zitian looked thoughtful. He could roughly guess what Su Yi was trying to accomplish.
He was deliberately leaving an escape route for his enemies. It was much like how, when you laid siege to a city, you didn’t seal the whole place off. After all, if the defenders found themselves surrounded and with no hope of escape, they’d fight to the bitter end.
Better to leave them a thread of hope. Then, in the face of despair, they’d instinctively choose to flee rather than fight!
Of course, Wan Zitian knew that he was perhaps jumping to conclusions. After all, Su Yi really did disdain to attack the innocent and uninvolved; that was common knowledge throughout the God Domain.
“You say you aren’t going to attack us. Don’t tell me you’re relying on Wan Zitian to destroy the entire Three Purities Daoist Court by himself?” Master God Yun He’s eyes flashed like swords.
“Of course not,” Su Yi said casually. “In the past, you and the Dipankara Buddha joined forces with numerous others to defeat me. Now, I’m going to give you a taste of your own medicine.”
“This should have happened a long time ago!” A burst of hearty laughter resounded throughout heaven and earth. “Last time, in the Hazy Sea Forbidden Zone, we let those two old codgers escape, much to my frustration. This time, they can forget about escaping!”
The voice was like the clear, impassioned hum of a sword. It shattered the layers of cloud.
A thin figure descended from the heavens with shocking murderous intent and boundless divine majesty.
This was none other than Wen Qingfeng.
Others appeared after him, one after another.
“Daoist Brother Fuyou, this time, you should just stand back and watch the show.”
“I’ve always wanted to crush Ol’ Yun He’s lair. Now, the time has finally come!”
“When the fighting begins, I want to kill Yun Xiao myself. Don’t even try to compete with me!”
Ji Heng, Jian Dushan, You Jingkong…
The dozen or so old-timers who’d returned from the Boundless Battlefield alive were all present. All of them were unparalleled figures who’d climbed over a mountain of corpses and waded through a sea of blood to reach their current heights. They were far beyond ordinary Nine-Tribulation Master Gods.
Their auras alone were enough to throw the entire stretch of heaven and earth into upheaval. The sky wailed continuously.
Throughout the Three Purities Daoist Court, countless hearts shook, and countless expressions shifted.
Over a dozen legendary, unparalleled, ruthless experts had arrived. Who would dare to disregard such a threat?
Yun Xiao’s brow furrowed. Yun He’s expression darkened. They didn’t even need to think to know that Su Yi had prepared thoroughly for this!
“Is that all you got?” Yun He said coldly. “Those old codgers alone won’t necessarily be enough to break the formation protecting our gates, let alone destroy our sect entirely! That’s nothing but the raving of a madman!”
“Your foundation isn’t even worth a fart. I can break it by myself!” said a clear, crisp voice.
Immediately afterward, an adorable little boy appeared out of nowhere, holding a black umbrella aloft.
This was none other than the River Child!
“That’s the spirit of the natural order that killed Liuxiang Hen!” Master God Yun He’s eyes narrowed as he recognized the River Child.
“Is this enough to defeat you now?” laughed Wan Zitian.
Yun He snorted coldly. “If we really fight, it’s hard to say who’ll win, but I can say with certainty that even if we suffer heavy casualties, many of you will die, too!”
Yun Xiao said expressionlessly, “It might be rude to say this, but a force like this is far from sufficient to threaten the survival of the Three Purities Daoist Court.”
Su Yi laughed. “We’lll just have to try it and see.”
With that, he placed his wicker chair in midair and, as tens of thousands of people watched, casually leaned back and took out a jug of wine.
As if he were preparing to watch a show.
His leisurely bearing was an affront to the dignity of everyone in the Three Purities Daoist Court. They glowered. This is just too much. He obviously doesn’t take us at all seriously!
The Three Purities Daoist Court was one of the strongest factions in the God Domain. When had anyone ever belittled them like this?
Yun He’s brow furrowed. “The Dark Days of Legend will be upon us in just a few more years. Why fight to the death now?”
Su Yi said flatly, “I still haven’t gotten back at you for the battle at Skybright Mountain, much less for what happened in the Ruins of Supreme Emergence, the Hazy Sea Forbidden Zone, or the Tianxiu Sword Shrine. Which of these battles wasn’t the Three Purities Daoist Court involved in? The actions of the past bear fruit in the present. Haven’t you brought all of this onto yourself?”
Yun He fell silent, his heart full of complicated emotions.
They’d targeted Su Yi on so many occasions, only to fail each and every time. It was bad enough that they’d failed to kill him, and even worse that they’d let him grow and grow to reach his current heights.
Who could have anticipated how strong he’d become?
“And all of that is even before factoring in the blood debts of my past lives. It’s time to end things,” said Su Yi. “You think I’m acting prematurely, but I think I’ve chosen the perfect timing.”
“Attack,” said Su Yi, stretching languidly in his chair. “Let’s get this over with quickly.”
He couldn’t be bothered to say any more on the matter.
“Got it!” Wen Qingfeng and the others shouted their assent.
But it was the River Child who reacted the quickest. He shot through the air and charged at the Three Purities Daoist Court.
“Activate!” roared Yun He.
Boom!
The formation rumbled, erupting with endless profound light. It swept through the nine heavens like a fiery windstorm.
The River Child stretched out his hand and tapped.
Suddenly, a river flowing in reverse appeared in midair. It was full of a strange, mystical power of annihilation that bore straight towards the mountain-protecting formation.
A heaven-shaking impact followed, and the churning divine flames exploded in midair.
It was visible to the naked eye. Wherever the Reverse-Flow River passed, the formation’s power broke, ground away to nothingness. It couldn’t block the river in any way.
Beyond the sect’s gates, the experts of the Three Purities Daoist Court watched in surprise. The weaker disciples completely lost their cool, their hearts overcome with panic.
Who could have imagined that a child would be strong enough to shake their mountain-protecting killing formation!?
“Senior Apprentice Brother, I can’t make contact with the Dipankara Buddha. The Angler and the others aren’t responding either,” Yun He transmitted gravely.
Yun Xiao sighed. “Who’d risk a blood-soaked battle with Su Yi at this juncture? Junior Apprentice Brother, you shouldn’t place your hopes in them any longer.”
His gaze filled with calm determination. “We’ve been cultivating all this time. It isn’t like we haven’t faced life-or-death peril before. What is there to fear?”
He paused, then swept his gaze across the familiar faces gathered around them. In the end, he waved. “Let those uninvolved in this enmity leave.”
Yun He nodded, then commanded, “Everyone in the sect, heed my orders! Those beneath the Undying Realm are to leave through the eastern gate immediately! From this moment forth, you are no longer affiliated with the Three Purities Daoist Court in any way. Your future is now up to fate!”
Everyone was astonished. The battle hasn’t even begun, but… the ancestor is already commanding us to flee? Don’t tell me… that the higher-ups aren’t confident that we can win?
An indescribable sense of terror and grief washed over the entire sect.
Kaboom!
The formation rumbled and boomed, shaking both heaven and earth as it stirred up a current of dazzling divine flames. However, it couldn’t block the River Child’s attacks.
The formation was mighty enough to slay Nine-Tribulation Master Gods with ease, but now, the River Child had thrown it into upheaval, dealing massive damage!
Anyone at all perceptive could tell that it wouldn’t last much longer!!
“Quick!” Master God Yun He roared frantically. “With we old-timers here, there’s no need for the rest of you to risk your lives. Run! Hurry up and run!”
His voice boomed like thunder, echoing far and wide.
The disciples forced down their grief and panic and hurriedly got started. All of them flooded toward the eastern gate, the place where Su Yi had deliberately left them a path to life.
At first, none of them had taken this path to life seriously. They’d assumed Su Yi was leaving it open purely to humiliate them.
But now… they had no other choice! Even the ancestors were commanding them to flee. Who could have refused?
“Daoist Brother Fuyou, are we really going to let those people escape?” asked Wen Qingfeng.
Su Yi said softly, “This is what makes me different from them. I’ve always been a man of my word, and they knew it. Otherwise, Ol’ Yun He and the others wouldn’t dare command the disciples to flee.”
Wen Qingfeng didn’t ask again. This was a battle to the death, but even now, even Su Yi’s bitter foes trusted his character. Who wouldn’t have respected someone with a reputation like that?
After all, they were willing to follow Su Yi into battle, even at great risk to their own lives, on account of that same reputation!
“When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Once we’ve ripped the Three Purities Daoist Court up by the roots, who among those small fries will dare to proclaim themselves disciples of the Three Purities Daoist Court?” Su Yi took a sip of wine. “And who… will dare to seek revenge against us?
“Reality is cruel, and even among those striving for the Grand Dao, only a few can truly disregard their fear of death.”
As he said this, a heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The River Child had broken the Three Purities Daoist Court’s mountain-protecting formation!
A rain of light scattered as the scenery within the sect came into view.