178 The Western Paradise Heavenly King (2/2)
Lord Judas appeared to be indignant, ”If I close an eye to it then I am not a hero!”
Alice said coldly, ”Unfortunately when you have intervened, none will survive whatever so!”
Lord Judas laughed maddening, ”Since they didn't behave themselves, what does it matter if I end their lives?”
Skylord Jun, the Immortal Saint of Swords, Lord Supreme and all the other immortal practitioners turned ashen when he laughed. It was because his laughter seemed to have an invisible grabbling hold on them.
Yi Ping said coldly, ”Isn't that a little too inhumane?”
Lord Judas looked at him coldly, ”You want to fight me? If you want to be a hero then you must be prepare to pay the price for a hero. You must know that there are some that you cannot afford to offend even if you are a hero and I am one of them.”
Yi Ping replied quietly, ”You may be powerful alone but I doubt that you are able to deal with all of us alone!”
Alice nodded, ”Even if you are a Heavenly King, you won't be able to escape unscathed!”
Lord Judas laughed as he stared at them, ”If I fight headlong with you then I may not be able to win but what if I just kill the weak ones among you?”
At that everyone turned pale.
Yi Ping immediately said as he took a step forward, ”Then don't blame me as well!”
Lord Judas looked at this Yi Ping. It was a little pity to kill him because he was emanating an air of righteousness that was rarely seen or else he would have already skewered him outright!
So he said rudely, ”Young fellow. You are getting on my good patience. Don't think that you have a divine sword in your hand, you think you are fit to talk to me. This is your last chance. Get my dear Alice to talk to me. Do you know how ancient I am in the Immortal Realm? You are just a puny celestial. Let me ask you, how many years did you spend before you ascend to the Celestial Realm? And how many years have you been in the Celestial Realm?”
Yi Ping stammered, ”I…”
Lord Judas was secretly smiling. It was because the first generation immortals were the oldest of all creations and incredible ancient. A celestial was just like an infant in front of him!
Alice knew that Lord Judas was trying to mock Yi Ping so she said gently to Yi Ping, ”You don't have to answer him. He is really a mean fellow. We are many and need not be afraid of him. He should be the one that is afraid of us instead!”
Lord Judas laughed, ”I am afraid of you? If I am afraid, why don't all of you give it a try now…”
Yi Ping said, ”Senior! I know that I am just a junior and have only just embarked as an immortal practitioner and my cultivation isn't as profound as you. I have only practiced for three years before I have ascended to the Celestial Realm and have been in the Celestial Realm for only a year.”
All of a sudden Lord Judas froze on the spot as he stared at Yi Ping, ”What did you say? You only take four years to become an immortal practitioner? You are an immortal practitioner now?!”
Yi Ping said firmly, ”That is right!”
Immediately the Immortal Saint of Swords, the Lord Supreme, the other immortals and even Isa, Xiang, Aiel, Han Lin and many others who had only recently been acquainted with him in the Celestial Realm were all looking at him with stunned silence!
Four years were an extremely short time.
The Immortal Saint of Swords looked at Yunzi, who nodded to him before she said. ”That is right. We have all attained as immortal practitioners now.”
The Lord Supreme asked Yu'Er and Mei'Er hastily, ”My daughters, you have found the Immortal Practice?”
Yu'Er shook her head, ”But we have an accident encounter. Father, we will explain to you later.”
Mei'Er nodded gently as she looked at Lord Judas, ”The most important thing at hand is to deal with him first.”
Lord Judas roared aloud, ”Alice! Is that true?”
Alice nodded gently. It was because she had remembered that Yi Ping and most of his group were not even golden celestials when they had entered the Astronomic Stellar Formation…
Yi Ping said, ”Will Senior please leave?”
Lord Judas was trembling as he stared at Yi Ping. This time he began to appraise this group seriously. All of a sudden he had noticed that the divine sword that was in Lie Qing's hand was the Eternal Light. And when he had noticed the Eternal Light, he had also noticed the Blessed Heaven Divine Sword that was in Ye Yin's hand!
He smiled weakly as he pointed at Lie Qing and Ye Yin, ”Who is the Martial Emperor Heavenly King and the Ceremonial Saint Sword Heavenly King to you?”
Lie Qing and Ye Yin refused to answer him.
Lord Judas growled angrily, ”Very good! I have been away for a long time and now everyone seems to have forgotten how they ought to be respectful to the Heavenly Kings!”
He tilted backward but all of a sudden he was upon Lie Qing in the next instant!
Lie Qing hastily displayed the Invincible Divine Force to meet his challenge!
There was a thunderous martial shockwave when Lord Judas and Lie Qing had exchanged a blow!
Just before Lie Qing was knocked back, she had displayed the Slashing Crucifixion, the second technique of the Flawless Sword Energy Techniques as multiple sword energies struck Lord Judas.
At the same time Shen Xingyue had also struck a quick slash at Lord Judas!
Lord Judas was startled as he stared blankly at Lie Qing, ”The Invincible Divine Force! The Flawless Sword Energies Techniques! Maiden, who are you…”
But before he could compose himself, Yi Ping was already on him with the two Celestial Alices, followed by Shen Xingyue, Ye Yin, Alice and Isa.
Lie Qing cough softly and there was blood on the tip of her lip as she thought, ”I have already mustered up my Invisible Divine Force to the tenth invincible level but yet I cannot even handle a single blow from him…”
Lele called out panicky to her, ”Sister Qing'Er, are you alright?”
Lie Qing replied softly, ”Lele, he is a dangerous foe. You must exercise full caution…”
In the meantime, the rest was startled that Yi Ping could actually cause this Western Paradise Heavenly King to be beaten off and they were now engaging furiously as they scurried to the edge of the imposing cliffs.
In a blink of an eye, they had exchanged dozens of blows.
Lingfeng the Heaveness was about to join the fray when Asura stopped her sternly, ”Everyone stay back! More doesn't mean better. Moreover he is luring them to the side of the cliff where he could maximum his advantage. If you go there now, you will only be hindering them. So watch first.”
She nodded reluctantly. It was because she knew that the Goddess Asura was right. This Western Paradise Heavenly King could fight the Lord Supreme and the rest without faltering. His martial skills must indeed be formidable. If she wanted to help Yi Ping then she must observe his strokes for possible weakness.
The Lord Supreme, the Immortal Saint of Swords and many of the injured immortals made use of this short breather to recuperate as much of their strength as possible while several of the immortals had make use of this distraction to get away!
Skylord Jun quickly said the Goddess Asura, ”The Arhat Practitioners have nothing to do with the Zen Practitioners. As you can see, this is not a good time to talk.”
And he quickly disappeared.
He was quickly followed by the rest of the immortals who had all departed in a different direction!
Youxue said coldly, ”And they did not even say a thank you and now we have to clear their mess!”
Yunzi smiled weakly as she continued to watch the fights.
The Goddess Asura was slightly relieved that the immortals had left on the sly. It was because she was wary of their intentions and had remained behind. But because they were gone now, she was now free to join in the fight against the Western Paradise Heavenly King!
She smiled at Youxue and the rest, ”I don't mind them. These immortals are also wary of the Goddess Theocracy. And if it wasn't for the sudden appearance of the Heavenly kings in the Stellar Sanctuary, I would have gone after them without a second thought too.”
She paused for a while before saying, ”Wait here!”
She had joined the battle with Yi Ping.
The Lord Supreme and the Immortal Saint of the Swords waited until the Goddess Asura had left before they asked at the same time, ”They are all true immortals?!”
Yu'E, Mei'Er, Yunzi, Lele, Lingfeng and Youxue nodded…
Suddenly they were interrupted by earthshaking shockwaves as Yi Ping and the Western Paradise Heavenly King slammed into the cliff at the same time!
Lord Judas was stunned by Yi Ping's martial strength and his ability to hold his ground against him!
In ten blinks of an eye, they had exchanged more than two hundred strokes before Ye Yin, Shen Xingyue, Alice, Isa and Xiang had once again joined hands against him.
Because Yi Ping was like an impassable barrier that was always in front of him, this gave Ye Yin, Shen Xingyue, Alice, Isa and Xiang plenty of chances to be more on the offensive. After Asura had joined in against him, he found himself more on the defensive.
He was so startled that he asked, ”What swordplay is that?”
It was because he had never seen a swordplay that could flawlessly defend and attack at the same time. Moreover, he had the advantage of being unarmed and he could have easily dealt Yi Ping a blow but he had not!
It was the same theory as a spear versus a sword. While the spear had a longer reach, it was useless against a sword at point blank.
Yi Ping had the advantage of a first strike but that did not mean he had an advantage against an experienced unarmed fighter. Moreover, ambidextrous wielding was even more difficult to use and required room for maneuvers.
Yi Ping did not reply as he blocked the blows of the Western Paradise Heavenly King and unleashed dozens of whirling sword strokes against his opponent while shouting, ”Asper Continuous! Heavens Forward Stance! Heavens Encompassing Stroke!”
But these were not the only things that Lord Judas was startled with. He had used his fingers to tap the sides of Yi Ping's swords and was astonished to feel the emanating martial force of the Martial Emperor Unifying Force but at the same time he could also feel mini shockwaves of the Pangu Intricate Energy.
He was so hopping mad that he gave a great martial loud that was so earthshaking that Yi Ping, Alice, Isa, Asura, Ye Yin, Shen Xingyue and Xiang were all thrown off balance!
In that blink of an eye, Lord Judas had turned completely golden and there were nine bursts of hovering golden wisps around him.
Lie Qing was so startled that she gasped with surprise, ”The Invincible Divine Force! He actually knows the Invincible Divine Force! His Invincible Divine Force is golden in color?”
Lord Judas had clearly heard her even though they were quite a considerable distance away, ”Yes, indeed this is the Invincible Divine Force!”
Immediately an imposing suffocating presence could be felt in the entire vicinity.
Alice coughed out weakly, ”Yi Ping! Everyone! Be on our alert. He is fighting for real now!”
Yi Ping broke into cold sweat. He had already been fighting with all his strength and both his arms were trembling and Alice was warning them that Lord Judas was only now fighting for real…
He murmured softly, ”He is not fighting for real earlier?”
Lord Judas laughed and all of a sudden, a light slammed down from the Heavens and there was a golden rod in his hand, ”My precious Golden Rod of the Divine Pillar, how long has it been since I have last used you in my battles?”