Chapter 2499 - 818: One Qi Transforms Yin Yang, Challenge!
Chapter 2499: Chapter 818: One Qi Transforms Yin Yang, Challenge!
Regarding this matter, most cultivators in the Immortal City find it inexplicable.
No one knows the circumstances or origins of this Venerable Yan Hai, daring to challenge the City Lord.
Although the City Lord hasn’t shown up much for decades,
it is still widely spoken of in the Great Dream Marsh how the Great Dream City Lord slew several Third Rank Demon Kings during the beast tide, wielding a Supreme Treasure to annihilate a Fourth Rank Demon King.
However, the beast tide and the annihilation of the Fourth Rank Demon King were almost thirty years ago.
Many young cultivators in the Great Dream Immortal City, who did not experience the beast tide firsthand, feel that the story of annihilating the Fourth Rank Demon King is somewhat exaggerated and rumored.
Thus, they are very much looking forward to the City Lord accepting the challenge from Venerable Yan Hai.
This would not only be an opportunity to witness a battle between Nascent Soul Immortals but also to see the elusive City Lord in person.
"Who exactly is this Venerable Yan Hai?"
The stewards of the Four Great Immortal Sects stationed in the Great Dream Immortal City were full of confusion upon hearing this and didn’t know what to make of it.
The stewards from Qingyun Sect, Luoxia Sect, and Spirit Taming Sect even speculated that this "Venerable Yan Hai" might be a person invited by the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Given that since the Whale Hunting Banquet, the City Lord Mansion has been inactive, and has been reluctant to exert too much effort in the Liangyue War.
In such circumstances, it was normal for the Heavenly Sword Sect, as the overlord of Jiang Country, to have grievances against the Great Dream City Lord.
They might have heard that the Great Dream City Lord was seriously injured or received some other intelligence, prompting them to test the waters.
But the steward from the Heavenly Sword Sect was quite bewildered.
He hadn’t received any information from the sect.
Moreover, over the years, although the Great Dream City Lord hadn’t gone to aid in the Liangyue War, he had still provided substantial resources.
While they in the Heavenly Sword Sect did have grievances, it wasn’t to this extent.
Yet, this title of "Venerable Yan Hai" was unfamiliar to him; he couldn’t recall anyone by that name in Jiang Country, so he immediately sent a message to his sect to report this matter.
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Half a month later.
Outside the Great Dream Immortal City, an old man with a clear and thin face, wearing a deep blue magical robe, stood with his hands behind his back.
Though aged with a face full of wrinkles, his figure was upright and vigorous, with Core Formation Spirit Pressure undulating around him like water waves.
"I am Yan Hai Venerable; having heard of the Great Dream City Lord’s name, I come today to challenge and witness your divine skills."
The old man looked at the Immortal City before him and shouted, his voice as mighty as tumbling waves, echoing through the city’s great formation.
"Gasp, is this a Nascent Soul Immortal?"
"What a terrifying presence."
"I wonder if the City Lord will accept the challenge."
"He should, otherwise it would affect his reputation."
"I heard the Young City Lord went to aid in the Yue Country war; otherwise, he might have accepted this challenge."
Many cultivators from the Great Dream Immortal City came to this place to watch the fun, discussing eagerly with anticipation.
"Please, Senior Jiuye, take action."
Even though Yan Hai Venerable outside the city is a Late Stage Core Formation cultivator.
His appearance and aura revealed that he was certainly four to five hundred years old, with a severely declining physical body and essence energy.
If he were to exert full strength, Lu Quanzhen was confident he could kill him!
However, with a Nascent Soul True Lord watching from the shadows, Lu did not dare make a move.
Otherwise, just as a tribute, the Young City Lord could easily repel and kill this man, intimidating others.
The next moment.
"Clang!!!"
Lu Quanzhen heard the sound of a sword ring.
He suddenly looked up.
Only to see what appeared to be a blade of grass, transforming into an unbelievably sharp and terrifying sword light, piercing through the formation’s spiritual light between the City Lord Mansion and the Great Dream Immortal City, traversing the heavens and earth, appearing outside the Immortal City in an instant.
At that moment, everyone was shocked.
Shivers ran down their spines, as if prickles were on their backs!
This sword light was excessively fierce and imperious.
It seemed to slay all forms of existence, to massacre everyone present.
Venerable Yan Hai, seeing the suddenly appearing sword light, was filled with stark terror, scared out of his wits, and wanted to flee.
But this sword light locked onto him, and even with his mana reaching the heavens, he couldn’t escape.
"True Lord, save me!"
Despite knowing the extreme danger of this venture when he came,
confronting this unparalleled sword light, which seemed to annihilate the sun, moon, and stars, mountains, and living beings, he could not help but shiver in spirit, screaming for mercy.
Yet no True Lord came to his rescue.
The sword light illuminated the heavens and earth, shattering his Body-Protecting Magic Barrier and magical robe effortlessly, and he collapsed with a crash.
"This this this..."
"It’s the City Lord who took action!"
All present were spooked.
Even those not present, just feeling the sword light from the Great Dream Immortal City earlier, felt a chill.
"This sword light!"
In the distance, seemingly merged with sea and sky, half in the sea and half in the Great Void, Pinghai True Monarch watched this scene, eyes narrowing dramatically.
When the Solar Mysterious Light shattered Fu Hai True Monarch’s magic body, with Ling Bo True Monarch entangled by the Sea Splitting Mysterious Dragon Whale, the opponent arrived, unleashing two sword lights.
Although he didn’t observe closely.
It was evident that the previous two sword lights were different from this one.
Or rather, the previous two sword lights were far less sharp, lethal, and pure than this one.
"It’s impossible for one person to cultivate three kinds of sword techniques; this sword light is definitely not from the previous two people."
"Could it be that such a sword light isn’t the result of a sword technique but rather some talisman or treasure?"
To be able to escape into the Void at a moment’s notice, Pinghai True Monarch stayed far away, thus unable to judge the owner by the sword light.
But through observation over time and previous speculation, he convinced himself of his assumptions: the owner of the Dragon Whale earlier, and the owner of the Great Dream Immortal City, must be a lucky individual who acquired numerous Supreme Treasures.
He suspected that this sword light might be, like the earlier sword light and Solar Divine Light, unleashed by relying on some treasure.
The true strength might not be as terrifying as imagined.
Otherwise, why hide like this?
Especially since, in recent years, he gathered some information that a war had broken out in the neighboring country of Jiang.
And the City Lord of the Great Dream Immortal City never appeared to lend a hand, even provoking suppression from Jiang Country’s overlord, the Heavenly Sword Sect.
This information further validated his speculation.