News of Daoist Sha killing the Black Heaven Sect’s former disciples caused a huge uproar in Firmament Star, attracting the attention of many.
However, none of them dared to accuse him, let alone come forward.
On the other hand.
Orthodoxies who resented Chu Kuangren like the Heavenly Golden Palace were delighted to see this, and they increased their efforts to slander his name even more.
“How can Chu Kuangren be so cruel and heartless? No matter what, these people are former disciples of the Black Heaven Sect. Why is he not interfering?”
“Tsk. It seems that in order to protect himself, he has forsaken the lives of his disciples.”
“So that’s how the Black Heaven Sect Leader does things? How deplorable.”
The voices defaming him grew every day.
Meanwhile, inside the Ancient Battlefield.
Daoist Sha looked at the sunrise in the distance and smirked. He then looked at the large group of horrified cultivators behind him and said, “It seems that your Sect Leader didn’t show up today as well. That means… all of you will have to die now.”
“Why are you doing this? We’re no longer disciples of the Black Heaven Sect, so there’s no need for Chu Kuangren to show up for us. It’ll be meaningless even if you kill every one of us here,” one of the cultivators yelled.
“Whether this works or not, it’s still worth a try.”
Daoist Sha replied.
He then lifted his hand and gathered the ferocious qi from his surroundings, preparing to kill another thousand people again.
However, a sword ray suddenly shot across!
Along with an extremely sharp aura, that incredibly bright sword ray struck toward Daoist Sha’s arm.
As the sword ray slashed its way across, Daoist Sha’s arm trembled. The sword ray did no harm to him at all.
“Oh, it looks like someone is here to die.”
The ones who arrived were two young men armed with swords.
Daoist Sha revealed a playful look on his face when he saw both of them. “Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang, ranked forty-nine and fifty-one respectively on the Soaring Dragon Leaderboard. I didn’t expect both of you would come seeking your deaths first instead of Chu Kuangren.”
“We still don’t know for sure who’s going to die.”
Nangong Huang replied indifferently.
A surge of incredibly powerful energy erupted from his body as a mighty Sage’s Aura swept out like a crashing tide.
Beside him, Murong Xuan also released his aura.
“Oh, I see you’ve become Sages. No wonder you both have the gall to look for me. However, do you think that you can rival me just because you’ve become a Sage? You should know your place!”
With a sneer, a surge of Sage’s energy several times stronger than both Nangong Huang’s and Murong Xuan’s erupted from Daoist Sha’s body.
That overbearing energy immediately suppressed both of them!
“The sky-prides in the top ten are truly extraordinary.”
Nangong Huang remarked seriously.
He had long known that both of them were no match for Daoist Sha. However, they could not stand by and do nothing!
These days, the entire Firmament Star saw Chu Kuangren and the Black Heaven Sect as a joke. The amount of slandering and defamation they got grew day by day.
Hence, they had come forward this time not to save the others.
In fact, it was to protect their orthodoxy’s image and reputation!
“Attack!”
Nangong Huang uttered as a Divine Yinyang Light swirled in his eyes and resonated with the Sacred Sword in his hand. With that, his combat strength increased to its fullest potential.
With a swing of his sword, surges of sword qi merged with Divine Yinyang Light, unleashing a powerful attack!
Murong Xuan gave it his all as well.
Large amounts of sword qi gushed out from his body and gathered in the air to form several fiery red suns in the sky!
“Nine Sol Emergence! Attack!”
The nine suns formed into a line before it struck out!
In the face of two different incoming sword qi and Daoist Rhymes, a look of disdain flashed across Daoist Sha’s face. “Both of you are too weak.”
Then, he lifted his arm to channel the ferocious qi.
A terrifying Divine Ferocious Avatar instantly appeared!
The moment the Divine Ferocious Avatar swung a punch, its domineering ferocious qi surged out and shattered both Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan’s sword qi!
Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan were forced back dozens of meters from the impact. As a consequence, they could not help but cough out blood.
Both of them had progressed rapidly throughout the past few years, so much that they were now Sages, whose foundations were enough to rival the older generation of Sages.
However, compared to sky-pride Sages like Daoist Sha who came from the Nine Heavens — orthodoxies with long-lasting lineages ̦— there was still a significant gap between them.
“How can you guys hope to fight me with that level of strength? What a joke! Well, whatever. Let’s see if Chu Kuangren will appear when I’ve killed you both as well!”
Daoist Sha urged the Divine Ferocious Avatar to attack.
At that moment, Nangong Huang took out an item.
It was a magnificent picture scroll.
The picture scroll hovered in the air and manifested into a lush scene of mountains and rivers, where countless strange bestial souls rushed out and attacked Daoist Sha.
“That’s the Craggy Ocean Tower’s Mountain River Scroll. I can’t believe it’s in their possession now.” The Sages watching that battle were very shocked.
The Mountain River Scroll was Craggy Ocean Tower’s Boundary Emperor Weapon.
After the great battle three years ago, that item fell into the hands of the Black Heaven Sect. Then, when Nangong Huang and the others ventured into the world, Elder Ruyan handed it to them.
With the help of that item, Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan’s combat strength had drastically increased.
Among those strange beasts, some were on a Sage’s level.
“Hmph, these puny tricks are meaningless!”
Daoist Sha snorted coldly as ferocious qi surged around him, and the Divine Ferocious Avatar unleashed a few punches into the void. Every punch, packed with enough power to rival even a Sage Ruler, was bound to destroy a large amount of strange bestial souls!
Not long after, the countless strange bestial souls were all wiped out.
Since the four strongest wild bestial souls inside the Mountain River Scroll were defeated by Chu Kuangren three years ago, it was no longer as powerful as before.
“What else do you two still have up your sleeves? If there’s nothing else, you will have to accept your death!”
The Divine Ferocious Avatar behind Daoist Sha rumbled the void with its ferocious qi rolling among the clouds. It frightened many of the onlooking Sages.
“Daoist Sha’s is just too strong.”
“Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan are not a match for him at all.”
“If this battle goes on, these two sky-pride Sages of the Black Heaven Sect are going to meet their end here. Will Chu Kuangren feel sad if they die?”
Some of the Sages wondered.
Meanwhile, knowing that they were not a match for Daoist Sha, both Nangong Huang and Murong Xuan exchanged glances. Then, they each took out a piece of rune.
It was a Great Shift Talisman!
Those were one of the items obtained from the Serpent Deity’s treasury.
That item was also the main reason they dared to seek Daoist Sha.
Although both of them were hotheaded, they were not stupid either. They had prepared a few measures beforehand. In the event they could not defeat their opponent, they would retreat immediately.
Having noticed their plans too, Daoist Sha’s gaze turned cold as he immediately attacked to stop their escape.
However, at that moment.
A strange energy wave suddenly appeared in the realm.
The great ones of the Firmament Star were so shocked that they all looked towards the source of the energy wave. Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
Great amounts of purple haze suddenly arose from the horizons while sounds of Daoist Rhymes reverberated. These phenomenons were also accompanied by ethereal images of kylins, divine dragons, phoenixes, white pegasus, and other divine beasts. These auspicious signs gradually covered the entire Firmament Star.
The magnificent purple haze stretched as long as fifteen kilometers!
The scene stunned every cultivator in the Firmament Star!
“It’s the purple haze that shrouds the horizon. Legend has it that this is a sign a Supreme Sage has appeared!” a Sage uttered with a trembling tone.
“Who is it? Who has become a Sage?”
“Is it one of the sky-prides on the Soaring Dragon Leaderboard?”
“The top ten sky-prides on the Soaring Dragon Leaderboard have all become Sages, so there’s no way one of them is causing this phenomenon to happen.”
“No! There’s one person left!”
Someone suddenly recalled.
“Such a phenomenon appeared when Chu Kuangren became a Sage three years ago. It’s not possible for two Supreme Sages to appear within three years. Unless…”
At that moment, countless Sages gulped.
They had figured out a possibility, and the very possibility of that happening shocked them a lot.
They were even more shocked compared to the appearance of a Supreme Sage!
“Has Chu Kuangren… broken free from the Heavenly Punishment Seal?!!”
