First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1843 - Blood-Stained Robes

He wouldn’t mind teaching Su Yi a lesson? Fan Zhui felt a massive weight lift from his shoulders. That’s fine. All’s good so long as they don’t fight to the death.

But against all expectations, Xi Ning laughed coldly. “I urge you to take that back.”

Luo Tiandu said with exasperation, “A’Ning, Qing Wu told me that Fellow Daoist Su is incomparably heaven-defying and that he can suppress Great Martial Stage experts, but that doesn’t mean you can look down on me, does it?”

He suddenly moved several hundred feet back, his eyes glinting like knives, and locked onto the distant Su Yi. “I’ve always said what’s on my mind, even when it’s grating to the ears, and I’ve always disdained resorting to mental games. Let’s fight! I said I’d just teach you a little lesson, so I promise not to kill you!”

Boom!

His sleeves billowed around him, and his entire body surged with electric light. He stood in the air, lotuses silently condensing out of lightning beneath his feet.

He’d obviously suppressed his power down to the Great Martial Stage, but his terrifying majesty was greater than even a Great Unity Stage cultivator like Fan Zhui!

Su Yi’s eyes shone with a hint of strange light. It was just as Xi Ning had said; Luo Tiandu really was an unparalleled figure. His extraordinary qualities were obvious to Su Yi from his aura alone.

Fan Zhui thought to himself, Fortunately, Luo Tiandu has to be cautious of divine misfortune, and cannot use his true cultivation base. If he could... Who knows what would happen?

Luo Tiandu was the most favored son of the ancient Luo Family and a rare genius with a heaven-defying bloodline and shocking talent. Moreover, he’d cultivated alongside a deity from a young age. His cultivation base was absolutely shockingly terrifying.

The ancient Luo Family had trained him as their divine son for a long time. There was no way he wouldn’t one day become a god!

But then, Su Yi shook his head. “If you’re only using that much of your cultivation base, you’ll lose beyond a doubt.”

Luo Tiandu burst into laughter. “Let’s see if you can force me to reveal my true abilities!” 

All Su Yi had to say to that was, “Oh.”

Then, without another word, he rolled up his sleeves, stepped into the air, and approached Luo Tiandu.

Whoosh!

His clothing billowed around him, and his long hair fluttered in the wind. A dense, inscrutable sword intent rose from his tall, upright figure, like bamboo shoots sprouting up after spring rains.

When he took his eighth step forward, that sword intent pierced the dome of heaven, making the firmament tremble and the sky wail. The surrounding thousand miles of ocean churned as if boiling over, and the sound of crashing waves filled the air.

From a distance, he was like a god of the sword marching into battle!

Fan Zhui’s heart shook, and he couldn’t help but be ashamed of his own unsightliness.

He was from the God Domain, and he was a Great Unity Stage expert in his own right, but he had no choice but to admit that Su Yi’s imposing presence put almost suffocating pressure on him.

At the same time, Luo Tiandu’s knife-sharp eyes silently focused. Is such power really possible for an Immortal King? He really is heaven-defying!

Such powerful Immortal Kings are practically unheard of even in the God Domain!!

But…

Luo Tiandu suddenly let out a burst of laughter, and before Su Yi could take his ninth step, Luo Tiandu attacked.

Kcch!    

He shot forward like a beam of Dao Light tearing through the ancient darkness. His cultivation base gathered in his palm, and he swung his hand through the air like a saber.

The sky split like canvas. Endless electric light illuminated the nine heavens, stinging the onlookers’ eyes so badly that they couldn’t open them.

All of his forceful, tyrannical power was on display in this attack.

It was just too quick, unparalleled in sharpness, and tyrannical beyond measure! 

Xi Ning’s heart clenched.

Luo Tiandu was a famous madman in the God Domain, but in the eyes of many of the gods, he was a top genius when it came to combat. This was just one attack, but he’d seized the ideal moment with wondrous, perfect timing. He struck the moment Su Yi unleashed the attack he’d been building, seizing the advantage!

Su Yi’s gaze remained as calm as the waters of an ancient well. He merely raised his right hand into the air, like a god hefting a mountain, and flung it to the ground.

The sky collapsed on all sides. 

One thousand miles of ocean split and burst, the waves practically evaporating into mist.

Terrifying sword qi and electric light crisscrossed, sweeping through the sky.

Luo Tiandu staggered as tyrannical sword qi almost sent him flying!

His eyes filled with astonishment. “That Qing Wu woman deceived me! With strength like that, you can even threaten Great Unity experts!”

He’d crossed paths with Qing Wu earlier to ask about what had happened in the Dragon Palace, but Qing Wu’s description obviously didn’t match the strength Su Yi had on display.

Su Yi didn’t waste any time on talk. He shot through the sky and swung his fist.

In that moment, his momentum transformed, becoming fiercer, like an unparalleled divine sword flying through the air. Wherever he passed, heaven and earth collapsed. Nothing could stand in his way!

Luo Tiandu’s eyes glinted with imposing light. His qi boomed like thunder, and he didn't pause even for half a second. He too charged straight into the fray with unparalleled valiance.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had clashed dozens of times.

Every time they clashed, the dome of heaven trembled, and the surrounding ocean rumbled. Their battle seemed to burn the heavens and boil the seas. The resulting disturbance spread far into the distance.

It was like the eruption of an undersea volcano, a horrifying vision of destruction.

Xi Ning and Fan Zhui had long since moved further away.

When he saw this unparalleled grand battle, Fan Zhui was repeatedly overcome with astonishment. Luo Tiandu was obviously suppressing his cultivation base, but even as a Great Martial cultivator, he made most Great Unity cultivators pale by comparison.

How heaven-defying was that?

But Su Yi was even more unreasonable. He was a mid-stage Immortal King, yet the power he had on display was enough to contend with Great Unity cultivators too!

It was simply perverse! 

A battle like this was unique and unprecedented even in the God Domain, let alone the Immortal Realm. It would have been dazzling in any era!

He cannot suppress Fellow Daoist Su with his current Great Martial Stage power, but if both of them were in the Great Profound Stage, Luo Tiandu would have lost a long time ago… Xi Ning thought to herself. 

She understood Luo Tiandu’s abilities, so she wasn’t surprised by his heaven-defying display of strength.

But Su Yi was different. This was her first time truly seeing his terrifying strength with her own eyes; before, he’d used external power or taboo abilities.

But now, relying purely on his own abilities, he was holding out in this fierce battle against Luo Tiandu!

Xi Ning couldn’t even imagine how strong Su Yi would be after stepping into the Great Realm.

Bang!!

Suddenly, a heart-palpitating, heavy impact rang out. Su Yi’s punch blasted through Luo Tiandu’s defenses, sending him flying.

Immediately afterward, Su Yi charged ahead, swung his palm, and pressed down.

It all happened in one smooth movement. It was immediately obvious that if his palm strike hit its mark, Luo Tiandu wouldn’t just be injured; he’d find himself completely on the passive and helplessly pummeled. 

At this critical juncture, Luo Tiandu laughed coldly. His blood and qi surged, transforming into a diagram of lightning destroying the world. The diagram bore down from on high.

This was his innate divine ability——Endless Lightning, Eternal Stillness!

This unique talent originated from Luo Tiandu’s bloodline. It was a natural power over lightning, and with it, he could kill Great Unity cultivators even while restricted to the Great Martial Stage.

Kaboom!

Heaven and earth swayed.

When Su Yi’s palm strike was blocked, he swayed on his feet.

“Die!” Luo Tiandu seized the opportunity to launch a powerful counterattack.

The lightning diagram was extraordinarily terrifying already, but now, it suddenly expanded. It was like an enormous electric city descending upon Su Yi. 

Countless lightning spirits seemed to roar within the city’s walls, their cries shaking the nine heavens and the ten earths.

Explosive electric Laws poured down like a waterfall, accompanying the city’s descent. The sky tore, and the surface of the water caved in, forming a massive chasm.

“Luo Tiandu even used Endless Lightning, Eternal Silence. It seems Fellow Daoist Su is putting enormous pressure on him.” Xi Ning’s eyes flashed and rippled with strange light.

“Not bad!” The depths of Su Yi’s gaze shone with undisguised admiration. His will to fight had thoroughly ignited.

They were enemies, but there was no denying Luo Tiandu’s heaven-defying strength. He was the strongest of the divine children Su Yi had encountered thus far!

Boom!

Even as Su Yi pondered, he didn’t hold back. All of his powers of the Grand Dao were on full display in his swordsmanship. A dazzling, stingingly bright, thirty-foot streak of sword qi condensed in his hand.

Endless Lightning, Eternal Silence was like a massive electric city descending upon the world below.

But when Su Yi swung this streak of sword qi, the entire “city” split!

Kaboom!  

Churning lightning ran rampant. Although Luo Tiandu dodged in time, the sword force brushed him, making him stagger back, and it left a bloody gash on his skin, so deep that even the bones were visible!

“You… actually injured me?” Luo Tiandu looked flabbergasted.

A moment later, his astonishment gave way to the blazing will to fight. His aura transformed, becoming fierce, unrestrained, and tinged with madness.

He hadn’t lost his temper.

Rather, his will to fight had thoroughly ignited him, and he cast aside all his scattered thoughts and reservations, entering a borderline maddened state.

His will to fight burned. He fought like a frenzied god!

Even though his cultivation base was still restricted to the Grand Martial Stage, his imposing aura was far greater than before!

This was why they called Luo Tiandu “Madman Luo.”

It was also the reason they called him “unparalleled!”

“Frenzied Demon Battle Intent!” Xi Ning’s heart shook, and her eyes narrowed.

This was one of Luo Tiandu’s ultimate killer abilities, and he wouldn’t use it lightly.

There was no doubt about it. Su Yi’s strength had thoroughly provoked Luo Tiandu. He no longer held back. Instead, he used the true strength he’d been keeping in reserve!

At the same time, Su Yi sensed Luo Tiandu’s transformation, but it didn’t startle him. On the contrary, it delighted him. It seems… this guy’s got a trick or two up his sleeves!

“Die!” Luo Tiandu shot through the air, endless lightning pouring down around him. It condensed into nine rings of divine lightning around him, making him seem indestructible, as if no attack could possibly reach him.

When he attacked, it was as explosive as if he’d flown into a rage. This put intense pressure on Su Yi!

Without the slightest hesitation, he hesitated no further. Su Yi gripped that streak of sword qi, leaped through the air, and attacked.

One slash, and heaven and earth plunged into darkness. Visions of the six paths of reincarnation rose and fell, and all of creation was plunged into the mysterious cycle of reincarnation.

This strike smoothly crushed Luo Tiandu’s strongest attack, collapsing it inch by inch.

Bang!!!

Luo Tiandu retreated in a hurry.

All nine divine lightning wheels manifested of the Laws of the Grand Dao split and broke. Even Luo Tiandu suffered the impact, and countless minute tears appeared all over his skin.

His clothes were instantly stained red!