First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1120 - Baffled

The crowd’s expressions shifted.

Here in the Wilds, the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Severing Formation was a peak, unparalleled killing formation.

Yet now, the Sixth Warden had torn a hole through it in a single slash!

“There really is something strange about that sword.” Su Yi got up and put away his wicker chair.

“Judging by his current situation, it seems obvious that he hasn’t overly depleted his cultivation base, and that his wounds aren’t overly serious. Rather, being suppressed has only tempered his essence, qi, and spirit, and his vitality has soared to new heights.” The Heavensdeath Demon Empress furrowed her brow.

The Sixth Warden was far more troublesome than she’d anticipated.

“Heavensdeath, I gave you an opportunity. Alas, you stubbornly refused to see the light. Do you really think allying with Su Xuanjun makes you invincible?”

The Sixth Warden walked over. His hair was a mess, and he was covered in bleeding wounds, but his momentum still shook heaven and earth, and his eyes blazed with unconcealed murderous intent.

Spirit Ashes glittered in his grip, as if it were forged out of divine gold. Misty light surged, and sword hums swept out like the tide. This only further offset how imposing his momentum was.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress held her breath, but it wasn’t the Sixth Warden’s majesty that shocked her, but rather, the utterly taboo sword intent within his sword, Spirit Ashes. It once more made her sense a potentially lethal threat.

But Su Yi’s gaze shone with a nigh imperceptible hint of strange light. “I’ll deal with this guy. Don’t intervene.”

As he spoke, he stepped forward, and the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos silently appeared in his grip.

This was his first opponent since stepping into the Profound Serenity Realm, and a terrifying foe at that.

But that was exactly what Su Yi most wanted. If his opponent was too weak, he couldn’t even be bothered to look at them. He’d just leave them up to the Heavensdeath Demon Empress.

That aside, the Sixth Warden’s sword, Spirit Ashes, had a highly distinctive, taboo aura. This drew Su Yi’s attention too.

“Today, you and Heavensdeath won’t be the only ones to die. All of the Demons’ Elysium will accompany you to the grave!”

Before his cold, cruel voice had even finished echoing through the air, the Sixth Warden swung his sword and attacked.

Boom!

Spirit Ashes cleaved through the air, and a dazzling, golden arc flashed into being, stirring up heaven and earth and shattering the skies. It was full of unstoppable momentum.

Su Yi neither fled nor dodged. Instead, he charged right in.

He raised the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos into the air and met this slash head-on.

Clang!!!

An explosion stung the ears and shook heaven and earth.

Destructive sword qi burst from the point of impact, sweeping outward and collapsing the surrounding ten thousand feet of sky.

And Su Yi was forced over a hundred feet back. The Tiny Heart of the Cosmos shook violently in his grip, and his blood and qi churned.

Mo Yu and the other old monsters of the Demons’ Elysium gasped. How mighty of an existence is His Excellency Su? A single slash actually forced him back!?

“There really is something strange about that sword.” The Heavensdeath Demon Empress looked solemn.

After the grand battle at Martial Heaven Peak, no one in this world dared underestimate the strength of Su Xuanjun’s reincarnation any longer.

It was no exaggeration to say that Su Xuanjun could kill early-stage Profound Unity Emperors even back then.

Now, after overcoming that calamitous grand tribulation, he’d stepped into the Profound Serenity Ream! His cultivation base had already transformed.

That aside, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress was well aware that the Sixth Warden’s Laws of Heavenly Prayer might well be incomparably terrifying, enough to make even Imperial Apex cultivators cautious... but she also knew they weren’t a threat to Su Xuanjun.

Despite all this, the mid-stage Profound Unity Realm Sixth Warden had forced Su Xuanjun to retreat with a single slash.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress instantly realized that the problem was with the Sixth Warden’s Dao Sword, Spirit Ashes!

“Die!” Without any wasted words, the Sixth Warden attacked Su Yi once more.

Su Yi’s expression was as calm as ever. He didn’t retreat, but the depths of his gaze blazed with the will to fight.

It had been a long, long time since he’d experienced a one-on-one duel like this. Other times, his opponent was too weak, or the timing wasn’t right.

When he faced the Sixth Warden, he felt a familiar delight for the first time in a long time. This was the joy of finding a well-matched foe.

Boom!

The entire stretch of heaven and earth was in upheaval. Sword qi spread throughout heaven and earth, shattering the skies.

Just like that, a grand battle erupted.

The Sixth Warden seemed endlessly forceful and domineering.

His cultivation base far surpassed Su Yi’s, and he too had shocking attainments in the Dao of the Sword. Combined with the power of Spirit Ashes, any one of his attacks was enough to compete with an Imperial Apex cultivator.

In the face of this onslaught, Si Yi was repeatedly forced back!

But Su Yi didn’t shrink back over this. Instead, he fought more valiantly than ever, gripping his sword and clashing with the Sixth Warden head-on.

It was an extraordinarily perilous battle. He took every blow directly, and there was no room for error. They were comparing their attainments in the Dao of the Sword with everything they had.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of clashing swords reverberated throughout the heavens in rapid succession, like the beating of a drum. Their conflict tore the sky to shreds, and the old monsters watching the duel saw stars. Their hearts beat wildly in their chests.

It was like a duel between two immortals of the sword. Both displayed attainments in the Dao of the Sword mighty enough to kill a typical Profound Unity Emperor with ease.

But the Sixth Warden had obviously seized the advantage. He repeatedly shattered Su Yi’s offensive, and he was tyrannical to the extreme.

The onlookers couldn’t help but sweat on Su Yi’s behalf.

Except for the Heavensdeath Demon Empress, who sensed something the others didn’t. She couldn’t help but murmur, “He’s actually using that guy as a whetstone...”

An indescribable astonishment coursed through her heart. Now of all times? Su Xuanjun, you’re still in the mood to polish your blade?

But the Heavensdeath Demon Empress quickly discovered that Su Yi’s aura was quietly transforming, becoming sharper and more condensed.

His essence, qi, and spirit were like a furnace repeatedly refining his cultivation base and swordsmanship. As a result, his offensive was gradually becoming sharper and more forceful.

Gradually, he pushed back against the Sixth Warden’s offensive, and the Warden’s attacks couldn’t shake Su Yi as they had in the beginning.

This change obviously put the Sixth Warden on guard. A solemn look appeared on his face.

Even after fighting all this time, he’d been unable to suppress Su Yi completely. That already made it difficult for the Sixth Warden to stay calm.

Now, as he took in Su Yi’s changes, he was increasingly aware that this didn’t bode well.

A moment later, he no longer hesitated to use his killer move!

Boom!

Spirit Ashes burst with appalling golden light. That taboo, terrifying sword intent seemed fully awakened, and he unleashed it without holding anything back.

The sword’s power instantly soared to unbelievable heights!

This is bad! Mo Yu and the other old monsters’ expressions shifted as they recognized the Sixth Warden’s taboo sword intent. This was what he’d broken through the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Severing Formation with earlier.

Now, this power had appeared once more.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress held her breath, and she felt a prickling pain on her skin. Her beautiful eyes instinctively narrowed. It’s that taboo power again!

It was obvious that the Sixth Warden was running out of patience, and he’d decided to use his trump card to determine victory and defeat in a single exchange.

Boom!

Heaven and earth were in upheaval, and the surrounding skies were in disarray.

Glittering, radiant sword light dyed the skies golden.

When the Sixth Warden swung his sword, a thousand-foot streak of sword qi suddenly erupted forth, suppressing and splitting the skies.

That unstoppable sword force seemed intent on destroying the world!

In that moment, both the Heavensdeath Demon Empress and the old monsters of the Demons’ Elysium were visibly flabbergasted. All of them felt the same way.

That sword intent was strong beyond imagination, strong enough to execute every last one of them!

In the face of this slash, Su Yi’s robes billowed around him, but he looked as calm as ever. Only the depths of his gaze shone with a hint of the strange light.

Earlier, when the Sixth Warden used that taboo sword intent to break through the formation, he sensed something a bit unusual.

Now, as the Sixth Warden’s slash descended, Su Yi understood just what had seemed off.

The taboo sword intent within that slash was actually stimulating the Sword of the Nine Hells. It was quivering within his sea of consciousness.

This was Su Yi’s first time experiencing this since his reincarnation!

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yi swung his sword.

Clang!

The Tiny Heart of the Cosmos let out a clear hum, and a mysterious aura arose from its translucent blade, giving it an additional, unsurpassed majesty.

A stifling, terrifying atmosphere suddenly descended upon heaven and earth. The mountains and rivers trembled, the skies swayed, and the earth shook.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded——

The Sixth Warden’s thousand-foot streak of sword qi suddenly trembled, and the taboo sword intent covering it shot out, like a swallow returning to its nest. It departed the Warden’s sword qi and fused into Su Yi’s sword qi of its own volition!

This sudden development made the Sixth Warden’s eyes bulge. He almost couldn’t believe what he was seeing. What... What’s happening!?

But before he could come to his senses...

Bang!!

That thousand-foot streak of sword qi collapsed, as flimsy as paper mache.

And Su Yi’s slash cut through the skies and descended.

“Shit!” The Sixth Warden completely lost his cool. It was too late to dodge, so he swung his sword with all his might and blocked.

Crunch!

Spirit Ashes split into pieces, and the Sixth Warden was cut down where he stood. After his fleshly body was ripped open, he was incinerated into ash, and his soul dissipated.

Even the space he’d once occupied had been replaced by a spatial rift. The sight startled both the eyes and the heart!

That slash was far too tyrannical. The Sixth Warden didn’t even have time to scream before he was reduced to ash. Not even a corpse remained.

When they witnessed this, Mo Yu and the others were so astonished that they couldn’t help but fall into a daze and break out in cold sweats.

Too terrifying!

A Warden strong enough to shake even an Imperial Apex Emperor had been cut down in a single slash. Nothing remained of him but ashes!

“Although I knew there was no way he’d win a clash of trump cards, this is still a bit... a bit too ferocious...” The Heavensdeath Demon Empress felt dizzy too.

It was only now that she realized that Su Yi had been completely confident right from the start. That was why he found it in himself to use the Sixth Warden as a whetstone to polish his cultivation base!

As for the Sixth Warden? It might have seemed like his cultivation base was terrifying and that his methods were heaven-defying, but without Spirit Ashes, he wasn’t even worth looking at.

Even his final slash, after losing the support of that taboo sword intent, looked as if it had lost its soul. There was nothing overtly special about it.

Heaven and earth churned, and the air was in turmoil.

Su Yi wasn’t particularly emotional about killing the Sixth Warden. It was just as the Heavensdeath Demon Empress had guessed: to Su Yi, the mid-stage Profound Unity Realm Sixth Warden wasn’t even worth looking at unless he was wielding Spirit Ashes.

It was the sword that Su Yi attached great importance to, not the man who'd wielded it!

He immediately gathered up the pieces of Spirit Ashes and examined them closely.

In that final clash, the Sixth Warden had used a seemingly taboo sword intent, only for it to turn traitor and fuse into Su Yi’s attack. This strange development left even Su Yi baffled.