“Uh—”
Jiang Yi struggled and crawled to his feet, grimacing in pain as he groaned a few times and looked about. The only thing that captured his attention was a Sword Emanations Race being kneeling in front of him. Jiang Yi was frightened badly. Coupled with the serious injuries he had, his knees weakened as he collapsed on the ground again.
Buzz!
Jiang Yi’s reaction was very fast as Merged Flames lit up in his hands as a pearl appeared in his palm and hordes of yellow sand worms gushed out. He also woke up the once-again sleep Heaven-Swallowing Beast violently. On his other hand, the Fire Dragon Sword appeared as well. Jiang Yi used all he had at his disposal this time. The Sword Emanations Race had scared him witless, and he instinctively wanted to protect himself.
Buzz!
The moment the Fire Dragon Sword appeared, Jiang Yi discovered a problem. It was shaking violently and sending out a buzzing noise. Jiang Yi was very familiar with this situation; he had encountered it a few times!
“Uh…”
Jiang Yi’s gaze turned towards the kneeling Sword Emanations Race being as his eyes were filled with even more surprise. This Sword Emanations Race being was also shaking just like the Fire Dragon Sword, the same as when the Fire Dragon Sword came close to the Fire Spirit Pearl back then, and when the Mystic Divine Saber interacted with the Fire Dragon Sword.
How is this possible? Could the Sword Emanations Race be one of the seven parts of the Fire Dragon Sword?
A huge question surfaced in Jiang Yi’s brain as he felt overwhelmed and dazzled. A few hundred million Sword Emanations Race beings were within this Sword Emanations Mystic Realm. These Sword Emanations Race beings had been around for at least ten thousand years and were infamous for their fierce and brutal nature. Just a while ago, Jiang Yi and Qi Qingchen had almost been killed by them. Now, one of the Sword Emanations Race beings had suddenly appeared and seemed to form a connection with the Fire Dragon Sword? How could Jiang Yi believe this?
No, wait! This Sword Emanations Race being is slightly different!
Jiang Yi once again sized up the Sword Emanations Race being in front of him. He realized that its body was slightly redder, and the bone spurs on its back were blood-red. Could this be the ruler of the Sword Emanations Race and the other Sword Emanations Race beings were all clones of it?
Buzz!
The Fire Dragon Sword started to shake even more violently; it was starting to feel a little uncontrollable. Jiang Yi did not think much as he instinctively let go of the Fire Dragon Sword, wanting to see what would happen.
Swish!
The Fire Dragon Sword flew forward and directly towards the Sword Emanations King. After that, something that stunned Poison Spirit, You Tianni, and the others even more happened: the Fire Dragon Sword and Sword Emanations King flew up together and then clashed against each other, producing a piercing red light. Everyone could not see what exactly was happening.
After a moment, the red light slowly grew weaker. However, the Sword Emanations King had actually vanished while a treasure sword emanating a divine light remained in midair. This treasure sword was one-third of a meter longer while the sword hilt and blade had ten additional red bone spurs attached to it. The three dragon patterns on the sword had also become four!
As expected!
Jiang Yi’s eyes lit up like stars as he was extremely agitated. The Sword Emanations Race was indeed a part of the Fire Dragon Sword! The fourth part of the Fire Dragon Sword had surfaced and had successfully merged with the main sword body!
This sword’s aura has become so much stronger!
Jiang Yi gulped as he exclaimed. The Fire Dragon Sword’s original aura was comparable to that of a superior-grade divine artifact; now, it felt as if it was even stronger than a supreme-grade divine artifact. Jiang Yi did not hesitate as he stretched a hand to grab hold of the Fire Dragon Sword.
Clang-clang!
Another strange thing happened as the Fire Dragon Sword started to vibrate and tried to escape from Jiang Yi’s grip. It was just like that year when the Mystic Divine Saber had merged with the Fire Dragon Sword; it seemed unwilling to be subdued by Jiang Yi.
“Are you trying to rebel?”
Jiang Yi’s eyes flashed coldly as he held onto the Fire Dragon Sword desperately. At the same time, the Xiaozhuan characters in his mind flashed and came forward, and he injected them into the Fire Dragon Sword. This time, the Fire Dragon Sword was swiftly subdued; and Jiang Yi regained its mental connection to the sword once again.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The Fire Dragon Sword was shining brightly as four dragons swam about on it as new Xiaozhuan characters surfaced and glowed brightly. Finally, these Xiaozhuan characters followed those that came from Jiang Yi and reentered Jiang Yi’s mind. At the same time, unknown instruction floated in his mind.
“A new cultivation technique has appeared! Hahahah!”
Jiang Yi arranged and reorganized the new Xiaozhuan characters and the instruction that he had received and suddenly raised the Fire Dragon Sword high in the skies, shouting out in jubilation. A million Sword Emanations Race beings were rushing towards him, and here he was, shouting in glee like a maniac. This scene was extremely out of place.
“Young… Young Lord!”
Poison Spirit did not know what had happened; he only knew that this Young Lord was too formidable and mystical. However, this was not the time to admire Jiang Yi; the Sword Emanations Race beings were almost catching up with them as Poison Spirit swallowed a mouthful of blood and sent a voice transmission: “Young Lord, hurry up and flee! The Sword Emanations Race army has arrived!”
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The Sword Emanations King’s speed was much faster, and hence it had taken a while for the normal Sword Emanations Race beings to catch up. At this time, a patch of red clouds was funneling forward a hundred thousand feet to the west of Jiang Yi. Their fierce killing aura enveloped a hundred thousand feet-radius; even the winds stopped blowing and the river water stopped flowing.
“Escape?”
The corner of Jiang Yi’s mouth was still filled with residual blood. His gaze turned to Poison Spirit as he smiled and said, “Why do we need to flee?”
Swish!
Jiang Yi flew and shot towards Poison Spirit. He stood upright brazenly as he said, “Poison Spirit, don’t worry. These Sword Emanations Race beings would not harm us. I am the Sword Emanations Race’s King!”
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Countless Sword Emanations Race beings surged forward and then surrounded Jiang Yi. However, not one dared to attack as they stood silently, upright in midair, surrounding Jiang Yi. They were just like soldiers protecting their general.
“This…”
Poison Spirit thought about what he had just witnessed as his eyes lit up. His blood-splattered and half-exploded body trembled incessantly as he pointed and said, “Young Lord, You Tianni and company are concealed there. The general is still in their hands! Yi Wu and company are there as well…”
“En?”
Jiang Yi’s eyes grew cold as he waved a hand and the Fire Dragon Sword lit up. Immediately, a million Sword Emanations Race beings flew over and surrounded that area. The restrictions there shook slightly. However, You Tianni and the others did not dare to move. They were probably also at a loss and not sure what to do.
Clang-clang!
Jiang Yi waved his Fire Dragon Sword maniacally in the air as it released a terrifying screeching sound. As this sound rang out, Sword Emanations Race beings in a five-million-kilometer-radius swiftly all started gathering here. More and more Sword Emanations Race beings surrounded the Deception Formation layer by layer. However, no one attacked; all of them just stood there silently.
“What should we do? What should we do? What should we do?”
You Tianni and company looked as if they had seen a ghost. The Sword Emanations King had arrived just now, and so no one dared to move. They all had a feeling that no one was the Sword Emanations King’s match. If they acted rashly, everyone was going to die here.
However, the situation now seemed to be worse!
Jiang Yi had taken out his sword that… actually swallowed the Sword Emanations King? Jiang Yi had then become the Sword Emanations King? He could now control a million Sword Emanations Race beings? If it wasn’t for the fierce killing aura emanating in the surroundings, everyone would think that they were dreaming; the situation was so unreal!
The Sword Emanations Race had existed for over ten thousand years. Numerous King-Ranked formidable martial artists had come here to investigate and knew of the Sword Emanations King’s existence. However, no one knew where the Sword Emanations Race originated from and what beings they were, much less think about controlling them. Who was Jiang Yi? Why was his weapon able to swallow the Sword Emanations King? What right or might did he have to control the Sword Emanations Race?
It was ridiculous, absurd, and laughable!
These few words resounded in everyone’s brains. However, they were not idiots; they knew that this was not the time to think about this.
They had to think of a way out of here quickly; more Sword Emanations Race beings were gathering by the second. If they didn’t act fast—besides Yi Wu and his three Phantom Race companions, everyone else would be trapped and killed here. Jiang Yi’s Fire Dragon Sword had swallowed the Sword Emanations King, resulting in Yi Wu and his three companions starting to doubt if they could actually survive today.
After they discussed for a while using voice transmissions, everyone reached a consensus. This was all very bizarre; the soundest way forward now was to kill Jiang Yi and snatch his evil sword!