178 The Western Paradise Heavenly King (1/2)
Yi Ping and his group arrived just in time to witness the Immortal Saint of Swords, the Lord Supreme, a dozen unknown practitioners and they were all fighting against an unknown old man at the same time!
Scattered on the ground were dozens of dead practitioners!
The fight had been fierce from the obvious wounds and injuries on them. Even though the unknown old man was fighting against fourteen fighters, it was obvious that he had the upper hand and was the verge of winning when Yi Ping and his group had barged into the scene!
And this unknown old man was fighting unarmed against everyone!
When Yi Ping saw that the unknown old man was fighting against the Lord Supreme and the Immortal Saint of Swords, he unsheathed his sword immediately and displayed several strokes against him. It was immediately followed by the rest of the group!
But no sooner had Yi Ping executed his sword strokes, he was knocked back by an invisible martial shockwave that sent him scurrying backward as he thought. ”What is this martial shockwave…”
Yu'Er had intercepted the unknown old man. It was quickly followed by Mei'Er, Shen Xingyue and Ye Yin as they quickly surrounded the Lord Supreme. She greeted her father, ”Yu'Er is late. Father, are you alright?”
The Lord Supreme smiled weakly as he coughed a bout of blood, ”Yu'Er, Mei'Er, you are here too? How is it possible for you to reach this far? We are not his match. Leave me alone and quickly flee while you can!”
Mei'Er protested, ”Father, I refuse!”
At the same time the twelve other practitioners had turned ashen were when they caught sight of Alice, Asura and the Goddess of Mercy, ”The Goddess Celestial Alice, the Goddess of Mercy!”
Alice had recognized them as immortal practitioners; they were actually consisted of two main groups of immortals, the Zen Practitioners and the Arhat Practitioners. Among the Arhat Practitioners was a Skylord Jun, who was one of the Eight Heavenly Dragon Generals.
Skylord Jun was startled to see the Goddess of Mercy who was also one of the Eight Heavenly Dragon Generals with Alice, ”You are with the Goddess Celestial Alice?…”
The reasons that they had turned ashen when they saw the Goddess Celestial Alice was because they had all sneaked into the Stellar Sanctuary on the sly. It was because the Goddess Celestial Alice and the Goddess Asura had repeatedly warned the immortal practitioners not to enter the Stellar Sanctuary!
In short, they were caught red-handed!
The Goddess of Mercy had also sneaked into the Stellar Sanctuary but why was she on the side of the Goddess Theocracy?
The Goddess of Mercy Xiang interrupted hastily, ”I will explain later. Right now, we have a common foe!”
Alice said quietly to the immortal practitioners even as she appraised the unknown old man, ”Let put all our enmities aside first.”
At the same time the Immortal Saint of Swords was startled to see Yunzi, ”Yunzi, you are here too? You are supposed to be outside the Stellar Sanctuary. Why are you here?”
Yunzi smiled weakly, ”My respects to protégé master. I will explain later. You are alright?”
The Immortal Saint of Swords quickly exercised his internal strength to cough out the bad blood as he smiled to Yunzi, ”I…am alright…Yunzi, this old man is not an ordinary opponent that we can tackle alone. You…should go as far as possible!”
Yunzi asked hastily while looking at the unknown old man, ”Who is he?”
The Immortal Saint of Swords steadied himself with his sword, ”No idea!”
Yunzi was slightly afraid. It was because she could sense that this unknown old man was actually one of the Heavenly Kings. It was because judging from the sword energies remnants that were in the surroundings, she could tell that the Immortal Saint of Swords had already executed his most powerful sword technique, the Inverting Eternal Occurrence and he had actually survived unscathed!
Therefore if he was not a Heavenly King then who was he?
The unknown old man had quickly scurried tens of steps back as his eyes beamed with delight. It was because he was looking covetously at the sight of so many divine weapons flashing in front of him and at the sight of so many heavenly maidens!
The unknown old man laughed jovially, ”What have we here? Alice, Isa, Aiel, Asura, Xiang, you are all here.”
Aiel was startled, ”You know me?”
The unknown old man laughed jovially, ”Of course I know you, Aiel. I know all the goddesses of the Immortal realm. You are all handpicked by me to be the goddesses of the Immortal Realm!”
Aiel turned pale as she stammered, ”Then you are…”
She immediately looked at Alice and Isa, who nodded at her.
Yi Ping had stepped in front of Aiel as he said coolly to the unknown old man, ”Old Senior, who are you?”
The unknown old man looked at Yi Ping with a slight amusement, ”You don't know who I am?”
Yi Ping asked as his expression darkened, ”You haven't say who you are so how would I know your name?”
The unknown old man appraised this young looking man with interest. It was because he had already noticed that this young man's martial skills were indeed profound from their brief exchanges. He was the reason why he had scurried backward all of a sudden.
There were seventeen newly arrivals and he had indeed actually recognized quite a few of them. He had noticed that they were all standing at an arm's length from each other as they displayed a defensive stance. This natural positioning indicated that that they had already reached an amicable understanding in previous group battles. While it was not a formation yet but it was nearly so!
This caused him to be taken by surprise by their formidability and caused him to appraise these newly arrivals anew!
The unknown old man laughed jovially, ”If you are trying to provoke me then you are wasting your time. As to who I am, why don't you ask my dear Alice here?”
Alice answered coldly, ”Who is your dear Alice?”
Yi Ping was a little jealous when he had heard the unknown old man calling Alice in such an intimate term so he quickly asked, ”Ziyan, who is he?”
Alice said quietly, ”He is Lord Judas of the Western Paradise, the Western Paradise Heavenly King. Yi Ping, don't fall for his wily tricks. He is extremely fond of messing up with people. He is a close aide to the Jade Emperor and if you think that the Dark Primordial and Great Ascetic Heavenly Kings are formidable, he is even more so!”
Yi Ping had already guessed that this unknown old man was a Heavenly King. Other than a Heavenly King, none was able to fight against so many super exponents at the same time and still remained unscathed!
If Alice had not warn him that this Western Paradise Heavenly King was even more dangerous than the Dark Primordial and Great Ascetic Heavenly King, he would never have guessed. It was because unlike the Dark Primordial and Great Ascetic Heavenly King who had a terrifying presence, this Western Paradise Heavenly King did not emanate any formidable presence.
It was precisely because of this now that Yi Ping was even more concerned. It was because experts that could conceal their auras were actually the most feared!
Lord Judas laughed merrily, ”My dear Goddess Celestial Alice, the most heavenly of the goddesses! You have forgotten about me so fast? How long have it been? Are you missing me? You aren't like this when you are sleeping on my lap the last time!”
Yi Ping said coldly to Lord Judas, ”I am Yi Ping. Why are you being so shameless? Ziyan…Alice will never sleep on your lap!”
Lord Judas stared at Yi Ping maliciously as he laughed coldly, ”Rascal, why don't you ask my dear Alice yourself?”
Yi Ping stole a glance at Alice but she immediately averted him. He muttered, ”It is true…”
Lord Judas laughed, ”Now you believe? Not only Alice, but Isa, Asura and Gusu Xiang as well!”
Isa, Asura and Xiang immediately lowered their glances.
Yi Ping was speechless.
Alice immediately said, ”Lord Judas, why are you here? We have all thought that you are no longer around. Why are you bullying your juniors?”
Lord Judas hummed coldly, ”So Alice, you didn't even want to pay your respects to me anymore? How the times have change now! But how can you say that I am bullying them? They are many while I am only one. Moreover…”
He pointed to the Immortal Saint of Swords, ”…moreover, this junior has the tenacity to injure me. If I don't make him pay, then I am unfit to be called the Western Paradise Heavenly King!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords smiled bitterly. It was because despite his best effort, he was only scratching this Western Paradise Heavenly King.
The Lord Supreme and the Immortal Saint of Swords were secretly looking at each other. It was because many of these practitioners were leagues above them and if their secret guess was correct, then they must be immortal practitioners.
And this Western Paradise Heavenly King must be a really eminent immortal practitioner. It was because they had noticed that even the Goddess Celestial Alice seemed to be dreading him.
They were puzzled that that there would be so many immortal practitioners around but at the same time they were also excited. It was because they had been seeking the elusive immortal practice all their lives…
Alice said coldly to the Western Paradise Heavenly King, ”But you don't look the least injured to me.”
Lord Judas immediately smiled, ”You must know that I am aching and painful all over.”
He immediately rolled up his sleeves, ”If you don't believe me then why don't you examine me?”
Alice smiled bitterly, ”I am not so foolish to get near to you!”
Lord Judas protested innocently, ”If you don't examine me then how do you know that I am not in pain or injured?”
Alice refused to answer him.
Lord Judas patted the side of his head as he looked at everyone, ”Don't tell me that the whole lots of you are going to gang up on me?”
He proceeded to pat his chest, ”Alas my poor heart! Today you are going to depart from my body! I am doomed!”
Alice smiled bitterly at his act before she said coldly, ”If you don't want us to gang up against you and if you don't want your heart to leave your body, why don't you depart from here instead?”
Lord Judas laughed, ”Yes, why didn't I think of that?”
Skylord Jun smiled bitterly, ”Yes, why don't you leave? We promise we won't pursue you.”
Lord Judas laughed merrily all of a sudden, ”No way!”
Skylord Jun smiled bitterly…
Alice said coolly, ”We have more than thirty here. You really think that you can fight us all at the same time?”
Lord Judas laughed, ”Dearest Alice, you think that I am a bad guy?”
Alice smiled weakly, ”You are not?”
Lord Judas shouted spiritedly, ”Of course I am not. You can ask them!”
He started to point at Skylord Jun, the Lord Supreme, the Immortal Saint of Swords and the rest of the immortal practitioners, ”They are killing each other when I have arrived. If I have not intervened in time, they would all have killed each other!”
Alice stared at Lord Judas and the rest of the immortal practitioners. It was obvious that the Zen Practitioners and Arhat Practitioners would natural come to blows, especially in a place like the Stellar Sanctuary.
They had all kept quiet and were lowering their glances in guilt. From their expressions, she knew that Lord Judas was not lying.
She sighed softly as she said to Lord Judas, ”So what if they are fighting? You can choose not to intervene and go along your way.”
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