Chapter 424 - 421: Five-Colored Sword Array

Chapter 424: Chapter 421: Five-Colored Sword Array

"No way. This is the treasure left behind by the Sun Sword Saint. Are we really just going to leave?" Fatty said, looking reluctant.

Feng Hao retorted, "Our objectives are the Demon Seal and the Sun Sword Saint’s inheritance. We can let them fight over these trifles."

"But we’re already here! We can’t just leave empty-handed, can we?" Fatty said.

Xie Kuangfeng and his sister, who were standing nearby, came over. He frowned and added his analysis, "Brother Feng is right. Our top priority right now is to stop the demon. Besides, this palace is in a remote location. There probably isn’t anything valuable inside."

"You’re right. Let’s go meet up with the others as soon as possible," Fatty said, nodding in resignation.

Seeing that no one else had any objections, Feng Hao finally turned to Xi Yueyao beside him. "Yao Girl, what do you think?"

Xi Yueyao pouted and mulled it over for a moment before saying thoughtfully, "I think it’s better to find my sister too. I have a bad feeling about this palace. It feels dangerous inside."

Hearing Yao Girl say that, Feng Hao’s last reservations vanished. ’Can’t be helped. Her luck is just too good. Following her intuition is never the wrong move.’

"Alright, then. Everyone, head directly to the seal’s location. Mufeng, you keep a constant watch on the young lady’s position," Feng Hao ordered with a wave of his hand.

"No problem." Li Mufeng nodded, accepting the command.

Then, to the astonishment of the members of the War and Magic Alliance and the Ghost Realm, Feng Hao’s group turned and left without a second glance.

This struck the people from the War and Magic Alliance and the Ghost Realm as very odd. It was as if three parties had discovered a treasure trove at the same time and were plotting how to seize it, only for one of them to suddenly and inexplicably walk away. Anyone would find that strange.

"Huh? Why did that group from the Five Provinces Academy just leave?" a few elite disciples from the War and Magic Alliance asked in surprise.

Beixing Ran stared intently in the direction they had gone, her expression shifting. "Hmph! That wretched couple is as cunning as they come. They must have realized they couldn’t compete with us and decided to give up."

"True. An academy is just an academy, after all. They can’t compare to a real sect like ours," the others beside her chuckled.

On the other side, the members of the Ghost Realm had also noticed the departure of Feng Hao’s group. Their leader, Hu Xun, frowned deeply, completely unable to fathom Feng Hao’s reasoning.

He remembered Feng Hao and Xi Yueyao from the incident in Rongcheng. Even though they were only at the fourth rank, he didn’t underestimate them in the slightest.

After all, one of them had connections to the Old City Lord, and the other was the niece of a special envoy from the Holy Hall. It didn’t take a genius to know they weren’t simple.

"Senior Brother, were they scared off?" a Ghost Realm disciple next to him asked, confused.

Hu Xun mulled it over and shook his head. "I don’t think so. If they were afraid of us, they would have left much earlier, not waited for Feng Hao to arrive before deciding to go."

"Then what do you mean, Senior Brother?"

"I suspect Feng Hao might have discovered another treasure vault. But judging from the direction they’re heading, it’s also possible they’re going for the Demon Seal," Hu Xun said pensively. "Forget it. Let’s not worry about them for now. We’ll secure this palace first."

...

In the central region of the Daoist Heaven and Earth lay the place where the Sun Sword Saint’s Genetic Tree was rooted. This was also the location of the Demon Seal.

From a distance, an immense, fluorescent green tree stood at the center of the world, appearing to connect the heavens and the earth.

Five sword phantoms of different colors floated around the giant tree. Arranged in a formation based on the five elements’ cycle of generation and destruction, they sealed off a vast area around the tree. A five-colored magical light swirled and rose, making the fluorescent green tree look especially dazzling.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Within the Five-Colored Sword Array, a ferocious and terrifying demon was pinned to the ground by a massive Golden Longsword. Grayish-black Demonic Qi seeped out along the blade, coalescing into countless monstrous phantoms that frantically battered the array’s containment.

Under the violent assault, the Five-Colored Sword Array began to tremble faintly, a clear sign of its instability.

Meanwhile, a large crowd of young prodigies had already gathered outside the Sword Array. Disciples from every major sect were present, with the exception of the War and Magic Alliance and the Ghost Realm.

Surprisingly, these people weren’t rushing to deal with the failing seal. Instead, their attention was focused entirely on a massive, dilapidated palace not far away.

"This must be the Black Light Sword Saint’s final resting place. The lost inheritances of our Thousand Blades Valley must be inside."

Dugu Xiao of the Thousand Blades Valley team was over level seventy and thus hadn’t entered. The group was currently led by a level sixty-eight Mage named Yu Zhefeng, one of the greatest geniuses of his generation in the valley, second only to Dugu Xiao.

As disciples of Thousand Blades Valley, Yu Xiaoxiao and Zhou Chen were naturally among them.

Zhou Chen hadn’t been with Thousand Blades Valley for long, so he was unfamiliar with its history. "Why would our Thousand Blades Valley’s legacy be inside the Black Light Sword Saint’s Daoist Heaven and Earth?"

"You may not know this, Junior Brother, but the Black Light Sword Saint slew countless of our Thousand Blades Valley ancestors back in the day, causing many of our Sword Dao legacies to be lost. Now that we have this opportunity, we must naturally reclaim them. That’s why Elder Wenjian had us come here," Yu Zhefeng explained.

Hearing this, Zhou Chen gasped. "So, the Black Light Sword Saint is an enemy of Thousand Blades Valley!" he said in disbelief.

Yu Xiaoxiao shook her head and explained, "I wouldn’t go so far as to call him an enemy. Thousand Blades Valley bears some of the responsibility for the conflict back then. Besides, while the Black Light Sword Saint was wild and unruly, he was truly a righteous man. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sacrificed himself to seal the demon."

"Actually, the Sun Sword Saint is one of the only Sword Dao Masters that our Thousand Blades Valley truly respects. If we could obtain his inheritance on this trip, it would be a monumental boon for our sect."

"I see," Zhou Chen nodded pensively, his gaze toward the ruined palace now filled with excitement.

Just like Thousand Blades Valley, the elite disciples from the Federation and the Holy Hall were also eyeing the dilapidated palace. After all, it was a Sword Dao legacy powerful enough to have outshone even Thousand Blades Valley in its prime; its strength was easy to imagine.

Over with Xiyue Frost, she was standing with Man Tiaotiao, Yun Jiansong, Bai Yin, and the others. Unlike the members of the other sects, they were more concerned with the state of the Demon Seal.

"Miss Shuang’Er, you should come with us. It would be safer," a member of the Holy Hall’s Knight Order said as he approached.

Xiyue Frost frowned slightly. "No, thank you. I’m representing the Five Provinces Academy right now."

"That’s... not ideal, is it?" the lead Golden-haired Holy Knight said, looking troubled. "If anything were to happen to Miss Shuang’Er, we would have a hard time explaining it to the Special Envoy."

"It’s fine. I will explain it to my aunt," Xiyue Frost said calmly.

Seeing that Xiyue Frost’s mind was made up, the Golden-haired Holy Knight could only shake his head helplessly before leading his group of Holy Knights to charge toward the ruined palace.

At the same time, the Federation and Thousand Blades Valley also began to move, swarming toward the ruined palace.

"Xiaoshuang, what do we do now? Should we go in, or wait for Feng Hao and the others to get here?" Man Tiaotiao asked with a frown.

Xiyue Frost glanced at the others, her eyes finally resting on the Five-Colored Sword Array. "I think dealing with the seal is more important. Judging by its fluctuations, I’m afraid it won’t hold for much longer."