Chapter 244: The Simplest Truth of Dao (1/2)

Lu Yun’s sword surged in power and manifested an ocean of sword aura. He stood at its heart, wreathed by endless sword energy.

“Ready?” grated the voice. “I can give you some time to prepare, or you may cultivate another thousand years.”

Frowning, Lu Yun looked over his shoulder before realization dawned. Just like in hell, passage of time on this misty white path was essentially frozen. A thousand years here would be but the blink of an eye outside.

“No need.” He turned back with a cool response. “I don’t need to make any preparations in order to kill you.”

He couldn’t comprehend what this space was; in fact, a sense of surreality had descended as soon as he set foot on the white path. However, that didn’t affect his intent to bulldoze all obstacles. He would kill this furry monster!

If he didn’t, the cultivation path would never be restored. Previous geniuses who’d attempted the fix had left their footprints behind as splatters of blood on the path, and they’d not yet dried!

Qing Han, Wu Tulong, Zi Chen, and Mo Qitian were all focused on repairing the void realm and couldn’t tear their attention away from the task at hand. They’d be lambs to the slaughter if the monster reached them.

Without another word, the hairy monster lunged at Lu Yun with its bloody axe, moving so quickly that it became a blur. There were no tricks or flourishes, just a simple and unassuming swing that seemed to embody some sort of heavenly dao.

The greatest dao was of the simplest form! One swing was enough to kill a man!

Sword energy churned and a giant dragon roared within the ocean of swords.

Vast Dragon Seaturner!

When the cerulean sword dragon met the axe head-on, the snarling dragon vanished in a silent puff while the black flash of the axe continued on without stopping, aimed at Lu Yun. Peng from Kun and Starstream Stroke followed up with their own blows at the black light.

The two sword techniques that’d so shocked the world of immortals and defeated all comers seemed incomparably fragile in the face of that simple axe attack. It was a swing that incorporated the dao itself.

Clink!

Clang!

The kunpeng and stream of stars simultaneously shattered as well. Moreover, the axe had split Lu Yun’s sword ocean. Volatile power cascaded through the opening and bore down on Lu Yun with a torrent of great ferocity.

Clash!

He’d leveled the Sugato Sword in front of him to block the coming attack, and sparks sprayed from the sword in the brutal collision. Heat rising in his chest, he flew off his feet and crashed to the ground. However, the tower remained intact and the Sugato Sword still gleamed with light.

But when Lu Yun tried to struggle to his feet, he slumped back down to the ground. The attack had been so powerful that it not only hacked through his sword aura, but also injured him with the tremendous impact, preventing him from recovering his stance.

So powerful!

If he hadn’t been tempering his body with a daily regime of elemental power after Qing Han’s suggestion, that attack would’ve crushed him.

“You have taken one hit from me. That makes you stronger than those I’ve killed before,” spoke the hairy monster, or not at all. The voice itself seemed to be an illusion. It moved again, raising its great axe for another swing. Still just a simple stroke, the move was three times more powerful than its previous attack.

An enormous mountain loomed over Lu Yun. At that moment, he didn’t feel like a cultivator who could soar into the sky and dive under the earth. He was just a mere mortal, one that could die so easily.

“Open!!” Roaring ferociously, Lu Yun released the Sugato Sword and channeled all of his inner energy into the weapon. It rotated with a hum and expanded violently, transforming into a pagoda three hundred meters in height to shield its master.

Bam!

At almost the same time, the monster’s axe clashed with the newly transformed sword. The pagoda trembled, flying out backwards as the sword intent it was comprised of scattered. Lu Yun was blasted away with the pagoda, his body covered in blood.

Bloodlust shone in the eyes covered by the monster’s matted hair. How dare a nascent realm weakling survive two attacks?! It’d encountered cultivators with great defensive treasures before, but it was still able to kill them with a single blow, tearing through them with the impact of its hit alone.

“Roar!!” Snarling, its black hair shifted to a dark crimson and the hand around its axe turned into the claw of a beast.

Another axe stroke!

One that, despite its unbearable crudeness, contained an unstoppable force that pierced through the sky like a man chopping firewood. It was the strength of a cultivator rather than an immortal, of that Lu Yun was sure of. Yet this simple attack had already left him helpless and severely injured.