Chapter 784 – Decay Sword Intent! (1/2)

Ding Shaoyao and the Sword Spirit seemed like they were facing a powerful enemy when they saw Nether Maiden. The Sword Spirit even intended to attack right away. However, she was stopped by Ding Shaoyao.

“She only needs an instant and all of us will die here!” said Ding Shaoyao. After all, Nether Maiden just had to notify the experts of the Hallowed Grounds, and then Supreme Exalt He and the other Supreme Exalt would be here. At that time, they wouldn’t have even the slightest chance at survival. Because Yang Ye wouldn’t be able to utilize the Sword Domain again!

Nether Maiden glanced at Ding Shaoyao and said, “Reincarnation of fate and destiny. I never expected you to actually be able to resist the temptation of strength. How rare!”

Ding Shaoyao’s expression changed slightly. Meanwhile, Nether Maiden’s gaze shot towards Yang Ye. Her brows knit together slightly when she saw Yang Ye’s white hair, and she said, “That’s the price he had to pay for forcefully utilizing the Sword Domain?”

Suddenly, Yang Ye opened his eyes.

She asked, “What did you comprehend?”

Yang Ye flicked with his finger, and then a strand of sword intent shot out from the tip of his finger.

Nether Maiden’s expression changed when she saw it, and she actually flashed off and didn’t dare collide head on with it!

The sword intent struck a huge tree in the distance, and it pierced through it with ease. However, just like Nether Maiden, the Sword Spirit and Ding Shaoyao’s eyes carried shock within them.

Because the huge tree had actually withered in an instant, and then it transformed into a pile of dirt!

“The energy of the Laws!” Nether Maiden’s voice carried a strand of seriousness.

Yang Ye opened his palm, and a strand of sword intent appeared there. The sword intent couldn’t be seen with the eye, but it could be felt. Yang Ye said while he felt the sword intent in his palm, “Earlier, at the instant my body was filled with Death Energy, I truly felt what death was like. It was a very strange feeling. A truly bizarre feeling. It was something that could only be sensed yet is impossible to describe.” When he spoke up to this point, Yang Ye flicked with his finger again, and the sword intent in his palm pierced through another huge tree over 300m away.

Just like the previous tree, it instantly withered before transforming into a pile of dirt!

Yang Ye said, “Everything in this world has a moment of decay. It’s a supreme Law of the Heaven Dao, and it’s a law that has remained for eternity. From now on, this sword intent of mine will be called Decay Sword Intent.”

“Decay Sword Intent!” The Sword Spirit was overjoyed, “There are millions of Laws and Daos in the world. While I don’t know how strong that Decay Laws of yours is, it’s definitely up there at the top!”

Nether Maiden said, “Your sword intent contains the energy of decay, and it carries the strength of the Grand Dao. Besides those few supreme experts, anyone else in this world would die upon contact with it!”

“What about you?” asked Yang Ye.

She replied, “What do you think?”

Yang Ye answered, “It can’t kill you. However, you didn’t dare to collide head on with it just now. In other words, it can pose a threat to you. Right?”

“Yes!” Nether Maiden said, “If you activate the Sword Domain and suffuse it with the energy of decay, then I would run as far as I can from you. However, you don’t seem to be able to activate the Sword Domain now!

Yang Ye asked, “Are you here to kill me?”

She replied, “You wouldn’t be standing here unharmed if I’d come to kill you, right?”

Yang Ye gazed at her for a short while, and then he said, “Actually, I really don’t want to be enemies with you. You want to leave for the Outer Heavens, and I can help you get there. But the precondition is that you’re not with the Hallowed Grounds. If you stay with them, then I’m truly afraid that I might really treat you as my enemy one day.”

Nether Maiden remained silent for a short while, and then she said, “We won’t be able to leave this world without killing the defiant profounders!”

“You’re mistaken!” Yang Ye explained, “Firstly, you’re absolutely incapable of killing all the defiant profounders. Even if you can… just ask yourself this. How many of you would be still alive? Even if Profounder Continent joins forces with the Hallowed Grounds, it would still be impossible to annihilate the defiant profounders. At the very least, both sides would suffer heavy casualties. At that time, we wouldn’t be able to resist the Outer Heavens at all!”

Nether Maiden remained silent.

Yang Ye continued, “Do you know what the Hallowed Grounds and the Defiant Profounders are planning? They want to form a pillar of blood. You definitely don’t know what that is, so let me explain. They desire the deaths of all the inhabitants of Profounder Continents and all the useless people beneath the Half-Saint Realm in the Hallowed Grounds. In the end, they intend to utilize the blood, resentment, and baleful energy from the deaths of tens of billions to break open the Heavenpath. In other words, everyone beneath the Half-Saint Realm will have to die. Understand?”

Nether Maiden’s pupils constricted, “Is that true?”

Yang Ye answered, “Do you think that I would lie to you?”

Disbelief appeared in her eyes.

Yang Ye continued, “Just think about it. Did the experts in the Ancient City of Hallows leave the city to rescue the others outside the city when the defiant profounders started slaughtering them? No! Not a single expert left the city. Of course, you can say that the defiant profounders are too strong, and those experts didn’t want to make unnecessary sacrifices. But do you believe such a reason? If those 2 Supreme Exalts and the other supreme experts of the Hallowed Grounds were to leave the city, then would ordinary defiant profounders even be capable of stopping them?”

The Sword Spirit spoke as well, “The Hallowed Grounds will only keep the Half-Saints and those about to become Half-Saints alive. As for the others, only death awaits them. Of course, while you’re only at the Exalt Realm, I believe that the Hallowed Grounds will absolutely not allow you to die. So, you can join them and use the lives of countless people in exchange for a chance at your own survival!”

Nether Maiden stood silently on the spot for a long time, and then she turned around and walked away. However, she suddenly stopped moving after walking a short distance, and she said, “It doesn’t matter to me regardless of how many people die. However, I refuse to sacrifice others in exchange for a chance at survival, and I refuse to entrust my hopes onto others. I’ll enter into closed door cultivation once I return to the Ancient City of Hallows, and I’ll attain the Half-Saint Realm as quickly as possible. At that time, my life wouldn’t have been fated to end if I’m able to charge out into the Outer Heavens; if I fail, then it was my fate as well. Good luck to you too!”

Her figure transformed into a ray of light that vanished into the horizon.