In the end, there was undisguised pride in Li Lan’s tone.

“Being the head of Tranquility Academy, you spinelessly abandoned your dignity and surrendered to a foreign force, even to the extent of acting as a servant of the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect. You worked hard to destroy the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect but failed in the end. What is there to be proud of? My father, Uncle Tang, and Martial Uncle Qingshan are the real heroes of the generation. You’re just a stepping stone for their glory. Ten years, a hundred years, or even ten thousand years later, when people talk about what happened in Snow Province, they would only do so to sing praises, and you’ll end up being the pathetic one to be despised and laughed at.”

Fang Xiaoan’s mind went blank. “That’s impossible!”

He couldn’t believe that all of this would come to pass.

If what Li Lan said was true, then he had indeed suffered a crushing defeat in the competition against Li Jianyi.

“Why is it impossible?” said a strange voice heard from a distance.

It was Ding Hao, still inside the Fifteen Stars Demon Formation.

Everyone turned to the battle that had lasted for almost an entire day.

At some point, Ding Hao had stopped punching.

By this time, the seemingly tireless monster had finally relented. His clothes were soaked with sweat; his forehead was covered with bean-sized beads of sweat and his hair was drenched. His whole body was steaming, enshrouded in wisps of white mist.

Although Li Xianglai and the other experts who had formed the Fifteen Stars Demon Formation looked rather distressed, they were much more composed than Ding Hao.

It occurred to Fang Xiaoan when he saw this, “He can’t hold for much longer…”

Was Ding Hao finally going to lose?

He didn’t expect that before he died, he’d be able to finally see Ding Hao’s demise. “Hahaha, what a great surprise. As long as Ding Hao dies, I’ll die without regrets, even if I’m smashed to pieces.”

If Li Jianyi and the other old guys learned about Ding Hao’s death in the netherworld, they would be in great pain, wouldn’t they?

In the air, Li Xianglai shouted at Li Lan, who was controlling The Mighty, “Let go of Head Fang Xiaoan. Otherwise, I will use the Fifteen Stars Demon Formation to kill Ding Hao in an instant.”

Ding Hao’s terrible strength had finally been used up. Li Xianglai was very confident that he could kill Ding Hao in an instant if he launched the formation’s killing array.

However, the presence of The Mighty still posed a threat to him.

He wanted to use Ding Hao as a bargaining chip against Li Lan to demand the release of Fang Xiaoan. Li Xianglai was different from people like Han Yangjian. He was more visionary and knowledgeable. He wanted to secretly get the divine treasures hidden in the back mountain of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect, so he had to rely on the locals from Snow Province. Fang Xiaoan was obviously an ideal candidate.

Moreover, bargaining with Ding Hao’s life, he might be able to get the formidable stone Puppet of War in front of him.

The Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect seemed to be once again in control of the situation.

Fang Xiaoan was stunned for a moment, and then he became overjoyed. He saw the hope of survival again.

At this moment, he couldn’t help laughing out loud with undisguised pride and excitement.

However—

“Senior Brother Ding, it’s been an entire day. Have you had enough fun?” Li Lan didn’t even look at Li Xianglai. Instead, she said to Ding Hao with a little anger, “It’s almost time. We still have a lot of things to do. Stop fooling around.”

What kind of tone was that?

Everyone was puzzled.

After a second, Ding Hao laughed and stretched himself. “Haha, Xiao Lan, don’t speak ill of me. I just used their formation to temper some mixed forces in my body. Hahaha, good, game over it is.”

A burst of a thunder-like explosion came out of his bones.

Jade and purple light flashed out his body and filled the air. At this moment, many people could see with their naked eyes that 20 silver primitive patterns and 20 purple dragon-shaped patterns shone with unparalleled light, like forty stars.

At this very moment, Ding Hao’s whole momentum was instantly changed.

Golden light flashed over his body and the powerful Heaven Fire Qi disappeared in an instant.

With a gleam, the rusted sword appeared in Ding Hao’s hand.

Ding Hao, who had regained his composure, held the rusted sword and looked serious. “I’ve already given you a chance. Unfortunately, you didn’t cherish it. Since that’s the case, you can now join the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect in hell.”

A dazzling silver light glowed from the rusted sword.

Then, the scarlet rusty long sword suddenly burst out with endless silver light. The rusts covering the surface of the sword seemed to be alive, detaching and rising in the air one by one, circumventing the jade-like blade at a high speed, showing a horrifying power. Every fleck of rust carried the aura of a peak master, and the jade-like blade was even more terrifying.

From the sword emanated an indescribably majestic aura.

The aura was spread in all directions like a hurricane.

The 15 Martial Emperor Realm experts in the Fifteen Stars Demon Formation were instantly terrified. They felt an overwhelming pressure and a surging force beyond their power. The connection between them had begun to break…

“Is this… a supreme weapon? How does he possess such power?”

Li Xianglai’s mind went blank. He was almost scared out of his wits.

It was definitely a bolt from the blue.

Ding Hao actually had a supreme weapon?

In this way, not only would he and his followers die… would the entire Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect also face a fatal crisis?

Li Xianglai shouted immediately. He knew that he had to give in. Otherwise, he would get into great trouble so he was making the last effort. “Ding Hao, wait a minute. We can talk. I know a big secret about the back mountain of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect…”

Unfortunately, Ding Hao slightly shook his head. “But I don’t want to talk to you now.”

Ding Hao made his move before Li Xianglai could react.

He gently waved the sword in his hand.

“Boom!”

A silver light silently cut through the sky.

The world seemed to have changed color in a split second.

Any one of the fifteen Martial Emperor Realm experts in the sky could dominate the Snow Province. They were famous even in the Sword Province. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have become friends with Li Xianglai. Unfortunately, they had no time to react. Before they could even blink their eyes, they became like ice crystals falling into magma, burning instantly into the most basic particles and disappearing from this world. There was no trace left, as if they had never existed.

It was surreal.

In the distance, Fang Xiaoan’s face froze.

He had never been as desperate as he was then.

He knew that he would never be able to see the death of Ding Hao and the extermination of the Swordsmanship-seeking Sect in his lifetime.

The Tranquility Academy was also doomed.

Fang Xiaoan roared and spat out a mouthful of blood. He died of indignation. “Oh, how I regret this…”

In the distance.

On the ice peak, the mysterious man who had been hiding in the purple light was unable to contain his surprise. Bright lights burst out of his eyes. After being stunned for a long time came a sigh; he turned into a purple light and flew up, disappearing into the distant sky.

On the other ice peak, the fat man with protruding ears and the tall slim young man with a sword were also stunned at this moment.

“That’s… that is indeed a Supreme Weapon. I didn’t expect that Ding Hao would have such a trump card on hand. From now on, except for you-know-who, I’m afraid no one in the Northern Region will be able to keep him in check!”

“We’ve underestimated this kid and we must inform the sect as soon as possible. He can single handedly rival a super sect with the Supreme Weapon in his possession! No matter what, we must not provoke him in the future!”

The two of them smiled at each other. The fact was a pure shock for them.

“In this case, we will have to change our plan. Ding Hao’s strength is already comparable to that of the super sect master and can compete with the major forces. We have to make some compromise!”

“True. Besides, he is still so young. No one knows how much he’ll achieve in the future. He might even become another human war god!”

“Damn it, this guy has already outshone us. It’s difficult to accept.”

“We’re lucky to be friends with him. Otherwise, we would have been scared to death!”

“You don’t have to belittle yourself. However powerful the Supreme Weapon is, it is an external object, not his cultivation. With Ding Hao’s capability, I’m afraid that it’ll require a considerable Qi consumption to activate this weapon. He can’t activate such power without ending up exhausted!”

“That’s true.”

After the conversation, the shock in their hearts faded a little, but they could still feel their scalps tingling.

Snow Province was just a small savage place in the Northern Region. How could it produce such an unprecedented genius?

Not only had Ding Hao unparalleled aptitude in martial arts but also the incredible luck to obtain a Supreme Weapon. Even those super sects in the Northern Region—which had existed for tens of millions of years—might not have a treasure of this level. The strike of a Supreme Weapon was equivalent to the majestic power of a War God, which could destroy everything in the world.

Could it be that Ding Hao had been bestowed with the luck that the Human Clan in Snow Province had accumulated for tens of millions of years?

At the same time.

Feng Chao, who was confronting Xie Jieyu, was also petrified at this moment.

Her power made him shudder.

He had been to the periphery of the Holy Palace of Mysterious Frost and was lucky to hear the preaching of the God of War of Mysterious Frost in the Northern Region that day. With his status, he had not been qualified to attend the ceremony. However, it was already a great honor for him to observe from hundreds of miles away. The trace of aura he felt at that time was the same as what he had felt from Ding Hao’s rusted sword, which was simply beyond what humans could muster.