818 Destiny Is With Me! (1/2)
It was the man who shared a conversation with Yun Yang earlier — Mr. Nian!
Before Ji Lingxi could utter a single word, Mr. Nian had already vanished with the corpse in hand.
Not giving the slightest care to his three other subordinates who had been caught in a fierce and precarious battle — one where the slightest misstep would lead to total annihilation.
As Yun Yang's saber sprang forward, Spring was forced to retreat thirty feet away. ”Mr. Nian, there are so many men here — are you just going to observe as a mere guest? The stances of both sides are pretty clear, and this fatal exchange is bound to happen sooner or later anyway, so why not come forward and relish in this fight?” He called out with a chuckle.
Mr. Nian's voice could be heard from afar. ”No matter what, we should give you a form of respect you deserve as Supreme Cloud in this final battle. It is known that true justice is hard to attain in feuds of the martial world; however, in this ultimate battle where Lord Supreme Cloud himself had personally invited us to, not only have my forces cast the spiritual restraining formation around this area to gain the upper hand, we have more men on our side. There is no honor in bullying a lone man with our masses, so, see this as a way to create a fairer, more well-balanced environment for the fight. Perhaps this is something we can offer in return.”
”Fair? Hoho, no matter how fair it is, this is still simply bullying a lone man like me with your masses — why is there a need to deceive yourselves? All this pretending will only invoke scorn.” Yun Yang smiled slightly.
There was a hint of amusement in Mr. Nian's voice. ”Whether or not we're lying to ourselves — that's up to you to decide. In this battle, it is true that our grand strategy was to swarm you with our numbers and finish this up as quickly as possible. However, Spring had volunteered to weigh your worth first, Lord Supreme Cloud, so as the chief of the Tower, of course, I would have to fulfill the wishes of my dear minister — by letting him use his own strategies to fight you.”
”To live or to die — there will be no regrets.”
”Why would one be afraid, even if he dies from this? The dead will be gone. Those who were lucky enough to survive — the whole lot of you — will you just stand by idly and watch this unfold before your eyes?” said Yun Yang with no small amount of emotion.
Mr. Nian's voice sounded calm and composed. ”That is how it is, be it to live or die. Even if they die here and now, that is the choice of Spring and his minions. This is the decision of our entire stronghold — not only it is a form of respect to you, but it is also a form of respect to our own life and death.”
”One should be responsible for their own choices after entering the battlefield, regardless of what had transpired in the past. Even though we might be anxious to the deepest parts of our beings right now, any further discussion must wait until a true victor emerges from this battle.”
”I understand. If that is so, let me send these three on their way. I can't stand seeing you lot feeling troubled like this — allow me to relieve you of your miseries!” Yun Yang declared.
His saber technique encountered a swift change before his voice could grow fainter. The glow of the saber permeated the space around it, rippling outwards like waves of light, bathing the entire scene in no time at all.
The saber was unforgiving and the Dao showed no mercy; one form two styles, appearing like torrential waters!
A low hum broke the silence, followed by a resplendent display of the saber's glow.
A strange feeling suddenly dawned within the three men before him. In this time and moment, the being before them was not a man at all, but the magnificent power of the Dao that they had been seeking their entire lives!
Without exception, the practitioners that had chosen to embark on this path could only depend on their own efforts to go against the natural order and swim against the currents!
They could not afford the slightest misstep.
Any mistake made would not be granted with even the slightest mercy.
This had always been the maxim of the practice — a maxim not unfamiliar to all top practitioners!
However, at this exact moment, the three other men were struck by a sudden epiphany. The path they had embarked on was wrong from the very start!
Even if they had persevered until this moment, there was no longer any motivation to go on — there was no future ahead for them!
The Spring Bearer had a sudden look of despair upon his face. ”Wrong? This path I walk, is wrong? Have I sinned so much?” He howled towards the skies.
In the midst of his shrieks, he suddenly lapsed into a daze, momentarily entranced.
A waterfall-like flash had already grazed his body during this slight instance of inattentiveness.
His torso could be seen splitting into two halves. The top half of the body arced diagonally through the air and landed on the ground, yet he did not feel the pain at all, but merely raised his head, directing his woes towards the skies, ”Was I really wrong? Then, what is right?”
Before he could finish, the slain torso toppled to the ground, never to utter a sound again.
The imaginary path of Dao suddenly divided in a flash. In two hits — clang— clang — the two envoys first suffered the force of the blow before the blood began to run down their bodies. The injuries they suffered were quite severe, but because of the bones of God they wore upon themselves, they did not perish instantly, for their bodies were more resistant than that of a normal man's.
However, they still looked lost. ”Wrong? How can it be wrong?” They murmured, perplexed.
Yun Yang snorted disdainfully. ”The presence of the Nine Supremes was driven by Dao and prompted by destiny. You, the Four Seasons Tower, went against the natural order of things — how can this be the right way?”