Chapter 266: The Jiangchen Clan (1/2)
The sudden turn of events prompted sighs of relief from the crowd.
“That’s the aura of the Sword of Chaos…. It’s found its wielder,” Lu Yun muttered at the sight of dissipating energy before losing consciousness. He’d completely exhausted himself in a prolonged fight against four opponents. He wouldn’t have been their match, if it weren’t for the help from the Dao Flower.
Although Lu Yun had disrupted monsters’ great dao, the dao weapons in their hands remained extremely dangerous. Any moment of carelessness would end in his death, so he’d pushed himself to the limit with every strike. Even with his inner energy exhausted, he’d persisted, finally overcoming the monsters and three of the bloodstained paths.
Up in the air, the Dao Flower had finished blooming. Immortal melodies descended and reached every world. Now restored, the void realm bridged the gap in the severed path of cultivation, settling back in perfectly. The pristine path gradually faded into the world, along with the fully-bloomed Dao Flower.
Radiating white brilliance, Qing Han, Wu Tulong, Zi Chen, and Mo Qitian sat cross-legged in the air and entered a strange trance. Violetgrave, the Sugato Sword, and four black axes lay quiet on the ground.
Although most cultivators were staring at the disappearing Dao Flower and path of cultivation, many were also drawn to the six great weapons. The black axes seemed archaic, but they belonged to the hairy monsters. Many had seen what they were capable of in the great struggle that had ended only moments prior. Lu Yun had gone from not being the monsters’ match to overpowering them after picking up one of the axes, so there must be some powerful heritage in it.
Violetgrave might be a ninth-rank treasure, but it could rival the black axes. That was proof enough that the sword couldn’t be a regular treasure. As for the Sugato Sword, known as the greatest man-made treasure in the world, it could cut through even connate-grade treasures.
At this moment, all of them laid still on the ground and Lu Yun was completely insesenate.
Swoosh!
An immortal bound to Lu Yun’s side and grabbed at the Sugato Sword. A sudden hum was his only warning before he was thrown back, and a faint, crimson figure slowly emerged in midair.
“It’s Aoxue!” Immortals who were going to make a dash for the treasures grimaced.
Aoxue had earned her fame and shaken the world by blockading the Qing paradise entrance for a month and defeating all august immortals of the clan. However, no one connected her to the dragon princess from ten thousand years ago. With her blood dragon constitution concealed by the Tome of Life and Death, she seemed perfectly human. Her presence alone was enough to deter the immortals.
In Dusk Province, high-level immortals had to keep their cultivation sealed, so they didn’t have the confidence to face Aoxue in such a state.
“How dare you get in my way, Aoxue?!” Bouncing back to his feet, the person Aoxue had sent flying was only an empyrean immortal. Aureate sparkles around him suggested that some treasure had protected him from any real damage and also indicated his impressive background. Ordinary treasures wouldn’t have offered so much defense against one of the dragon princess’ blows.
Aoxue frostily stood guard by Lu Yun’s side without a word. Lu Yun had used up all their healing and qi replenishing pills, so he’d have to rely on himself to recover.
“How shameless can someone be!” loudly cursed a hotheaded immortal. “Lu Yun has just fought off otherworldly monsters and shattered those strange, bloodstained paths for the good of all. Now that he’s unconscious from the severity of his injuries, someone wants to steal his treasures?!”
“Hmph!” the empyrean immortal huffed. “It’s my transgression for trying to take his treasures. I apologize!” But a sneer tugged at his lips next. “Those four axes, however, are unclaimed. Therefore, it’s none of your business if I take them, is it, Aoxue?”
He strode toward one of the axes as he spoke.