Chapter 563: Timelight Tower (2/2)

Therefore, Fangyang Xing had killed every immortal outside, Zhang Shuo had been the last of them.

Swoosh!

Fangyang Xing’s sword moved as soon as he finished talking, stabbing at Lu Yun’s forehead with impressive precision, steadiness, and ruthlessness.

“So quick!” Lu Yun reflexively threw Violetgrave into the air to block the attack, but a second and third slash swept over him like tidal waves before he could even recover his breath.

Too quick and too vicious!

He had to rely on instinct to barely block Fangyang Xing’s attacks. Caught on the back foot, he gave way defensively and his breathing grew labored. Blood streaked down his fingers.

Lu Yun had yet to meet an opponent like Fangyang Xing since his arrival in the world of immortals. The silver scarlet ape had simply overpowered him with raw power, while Fangyang Xing was not only more powerful, but also more skilled with the sword. Lu Yun’s mind barely had any time to react to the motions.

Bam!

A mighty push smashed Lu Yun into the silver summit, splattering fresh blood everywhere.

“Sword dao. So you’ve touched upon the doorframe to the way of the sword.” Fangyang Xing lowered his sword, his gaze flickering with unexplained emotions. “I really don’t want to kill you, but... you must die today.”

He moved again, his speed growing threefold. “I may not have weathered my tribulation, but the strength of a void-ascended immortal is still beyond your comprehension!”

A single slash descended upon Lu Yun with overwhelming, incontrovertible power. To his horror, he realized that he couldn’t dodge the attack.

The slash seemed to have become one with the air. No matter where Lu Yun dodged, no matter how he blocked with his sword, he could neither stop nor evade the attack. He could only take it head on.

Clang!

The shadow of a golden bell emerged beside Lu Yun. Fangyang Xing’s powerful attack slammed into the bell, triggering a burst of brilliant gold and knocking him a dozen steps backward..

“Ah, a dao immortal treasure refined by a false immortal.” Lifting an eyebrow, he sniffed derisively.

The Arcane Golden Bell appeared in its true form beneath Lu Yun’s feet. Ugly cracks snaked through the signature treasure of the Qing Clan, a sign that it’d been… destroyed.

Fangyang Xing had demolished a dao immortal treasure with a single slash!

Lu Yun’s expression turned broodingly dark. If he hadn’t summoned the bell at the last moment just now, he would’ve been killed.

I won’t even have the chance to react once he passes his tribulation. I’d be dead as soon as the thought occurs to me. The gap between us is too great.

Lu Yun’s heart still quailed from the destruction of the dao-grade treasure. The Arcane Golden Bell was a defensive item that should’ve been almost invincible. But it’d cracked so easily beneath Fangyang Xing’s attack, even though he wasn’t a true immortal yet.

His combat arts are flawless, the full strength of which can only be brought to bear by a void-ascended immortal.

More importantly, even though the Arcane Golden Bell was so powerful that it stumped even origin dao immortals, it was nothing but a false immortal treasure in the eyes of void-ascended immortals. It’d been forged by the Qing ancestor himself—a powerful man, but a false immortal nonetheless.

Ascending to the dao immortal realm meant nothing without experiencing the void realm, making the immortal dao within the bell incomplete.

Fangyang Xing stalked toward Lu Yun, sword raised at the ready.

“I will let you live if you erase this memory yourself.” Fangyang Xing looked at Lu Yun. “You are an initiate in the path of sword dao. It is not your dao, but that makes you a rare talent even by the standards of the Firmament Palace. We highly value people like you.”

Fangyang Xing’s words hit a nerve and Lu Yun’s heart skipped a beat. “There are other cultivators in the Firmament Palace who have discovered sword dao?”

“What do you think? Anyone who has trod the path of sword dao throughout history comes to the palace.” Fangyang Xing smiled faintly. “Erase your memory, and I will guarantee your entrance to the Firmament Palace upon your death.”

Lu Yun’s expression darkened. “After my death?”

“Naturally, you will die.” Fangyang Xing glanced at Violetgrave. “Not only because you’re the owner of Violetgrave, but also because you’re a genius. As the top genius of the world of immortals, your fate is already written. You will die.

“Of course, you will die here and now if you don’t erase your memory of the tower, and your soul will be scattered, depriving you of a chance to reincarnate!” The sword in his raised hand glowed a faint blue. “I walk the path of sword dao as well—void sword dao!”

1. Regular immortals are also being called false immortals in the new world orde