Chapter 1481 - Monopolization

The crowd was obviously stunned. They hadn’t anticipated that Su Yi would point his spear at the Northern Abyss and Western Chill Star Domains even as the Southern Flame Star Domain experts viewed him with enmity.

“Our position is simple,” a thin, purple-haired young man from the Western Chill Star Domain said coldly. “If you don’t want to die, you’d best not provoke us.”

Over in the Northern Abyss Star Domain’s camp, a white-robed man smiled faintly, then said softly, “Scram!”

Boom!

Uproarious laughter ensued.

“A young man from the Eastern Profound Star Domain dares ask us our stance? How ludicrous is that?” someone shook his head.

“Perhaps he thinks the Third Battleground is a place for rational discussion? Hahaha!” someone threw back their head and laughed.

“I’ve spent my whole life cultivating, but I’ve never seen anyone so foolish and reckless! Have you?” said someone, laughing so hard he couldn’t close his mouth.

The entire canyon was boisterous and full of revelry.

Even many of the Southern Flame Star Domain experts laughed.

This Eastern Profound Star Domain kid really knows nothing of the height of the heavens or the depths of the earth!

But it was as if Su Yi didn’t even notice. He just walked right into the canyon.

“I’m different from you,” said Su Yi, his soft voice echoing clearly throughout the crowd’s ears. “From this moment forth, this territory is mine and mine alone. If you’re not convinced, I’ll kill you.”

Everyone present frowned, and the uproarious laughter disappeared. Everyone looked at Su Yi in surprise, as if they were looking at a madman.

Who but a madman would say something so deranged?

Su Yi’s expression remained as calm as ever. He continued, entirely perturbed, “Right, those who insulted me must pay with their lives.”

“‘Pay with our lives?’ Haha, does this prey seriously think we refrained from attacking earlier because we’re afraid of him?” An old man from the Western Chill Star Domain couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head.

Su Yi glanced at him. “Let’s start with you, then.”

Before this light, airy declaration finished echoing through the air, a streak of sword qi appeared out of nowhere and shot right toward the old man.

Splurt!

Fresh blood splattered the air.

A gaping hole appeared through the old man’s forehead. A moment later, he toppled over backwards.

Complete silence ensued. The crowd’s smiles froze in place.

None of them had anticipated that despite entering the canyon alone, Su Yi would be so domineering as to attack!

Furthermore, his slash was so terrifying that many of them visibly lost their composure.

“You’re seeking death!”

A group rose, all of them surging with murderous intent. These were the old man’s companions, and there were more than ten of them.

All of them took out their treasures and charged at Su Yi.

“Ants trying to shake a tree.” Su Yi took a step forward.

Boom!

The entire canyon shook as a streak of radiant sword qi whooshed through the air.

A dozen Nascent Divinity Transcendents fell like crops beneath a scythe. All of them exploded in place.

Even their treasures burst into countless fragments as that sword qi swept past them.

Blood splattered, tinging the air red.

In the blink of an eye, one of the Western Chill Star Domain’s camps had been completely wiped out!

This bloody scene swept through the canyon like a frigid gale. Everyone shuddered, their bodies stiffening.

No one could remain seated. All of them shot to their feet and readied themselves for battle.

The way they looked at Su Yi had changed completely!

Only a valiant warrior would brave a raging current. This was no ignorant, brazen fool. No, this was obviously a terrifying, unrivaled expert!

“Sir, you’ve already proven your strength, and you’ve already cleared a place for yourself. You’re welcome to occupy it; none of us will stand in your way,” a gray-robed elder said gravely.

Su Yi ignored him, instead gazing at the white-robed man from the Northern Abyss Star Domain.

He was the one who’d smiled before and softly, gently told Su Yi to scram, provoking widespread laughter.

The white-robed man instantly stiffened. Inwardly, he cried out,

Shit!

Out loud, he said, “Earlier, I was blind to have offended you. I’m willing to apologize and...”

Before he could finish, Su Yi raised his hand and tapped the air.

Bang!!

The white-robed man exploded into countless pieces. Chunks of flesh scattered, splattering his companions. Their expressions filled with astonishment, and they hurriedly stepped back.

“Paying for your crimes with your life is the best apology you could give me,” said Su Yi. He scanned the area, then looked at the gray-robed middle-aged man. “Tell me, do I seem ridiculous to you now?”

The gray-robed middle-aged man’s expression shifted dramatically, and he bellowed, “Do you have any idea who we work for? If you don’t want to die...”

Su Yi waved his sleeves through the air, as casually as if he were sweeping the dust off his clothes.

The middle-aged man and all seven of his Nascent Divinity Realm companions exploded into ash.

The young man in blue slew Transcendents as if he were slaughtering chickens. Everyone present was terrified out of their wits. Countless onlookers’ courage failed them, and their hearts and bodies quivered with fright.

“Retreat! Hurry up and retreat!” someone bellowed, then immediately led his followers into the air in an attempt to flee the canyon.

But they’d only just gotten started when a dense swath of sword qi descended, enveloping and destroying them instantaneously.

Dense, bloody mist tinged the entire stretch of sky red.

Su Yi brushed off his clothes and said flatly, “Don’t be afraid. I’m no indiscriminate killer. Once those who spoke out of turn have paid with their lives, I’ll naturally leave the rest of you a path to life.”

The crowd looked at each other. Throughout the canyon, the atmosphere was already as tense as could be.

“Get him!” someone bellowed. He was the man in black, the one who’d said he’d never seen such a brazen fool in all his life. He even asked the others if they’d seen anyone so “foolish” before.

But now, he was obviously frantic as he led his allies into battle!

However, his struggles were destined to be in vain.

Su Yi stretched out his hand and pressed down on the air.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled, and the mountains and rivers shook.

The old man in black and his allies had been crushed into puddles of blood!

Everyone was increasingly frantic, so terrified that the blood drained from their faces and their teeth chattered.

These were experts daring enough to occupy territory in Azure Dragon Ridge as soon as the Domain Boundary Battlefield opened. Naturally, not one of them was ordinary.

In a sense, everyone here was a peak expert of their respective star domain. Back home, they’d have been prominent elites of the Nascent Divinity Realm.

Yet now, Su Yi’s tyrannical, cold cruelty and bloodthirsty methods had scared them out of their wits!

“And you! You were right, earlier. To Domain Boundary Battlefield really is no place for a rational discussion.” Su Yi fixed his gaze on the person who’d laughed earlier, an effeminate man in silver.

He was instantly scared out of his wits, and he said in a quavering voice. “Since you agree with what I said, might you perhaps...”

Splurt!

A streak of sword qi exploded into being, sending his head flying through the air. Astonishment was written all over his face.

“We both agree that this is no place for rational discussion, so why beg for mercy?” Su Yi laughed dryly.

The atmosphere was as stifled as could be. Everyone felt suffocated.

Flee?

Everyone who’d attempted to flee had been slain on the spot. Not one had made it out alive!

Fight with their lives on the line?

They’d be no different from moths to the flame. Someone had tried that, but they only died even more horribly!

Beg for mercy?

Those who’d insulted Su Yi had begged for mercy, hadn’t they? But they were still slain on the spot! Everyone felt helplessness, terror, and despair, as if they were a flock of lambs awaiting slaughter!

“Sir, earlier, I never spoke out of turn!” A man shrieked. He sensed Su Yi’s gaze, and his entire body quivered with flight.

Su Yi stretched out and flicked his fingers, and the man split, then disintegrated into ash.

“Just now, your laughter was the most grating of all,” Su Yi whispered.

“....”

The crowd was silent. All the while, Su Yi seemed calm and casual, his expression showing neither joy nor sorrow.

“Does anyone still have any objections to me occupying this whole place myself?” Su Yi looked around.

The crowd lowered their heads. None of them dared meet his gaze.

“Since you have no objections, you can leave.” Su Yi waved them away and proceeded further into the canyon, where the Nascent Divinity Source was densest.

The remaining experts were stunned, as if they dared not believe it.

After all, this was the Domain Boundary Battlefield, where everyone was prey and everyone was a predator!

Who’d let their prey—and the merit they represented—go when they had an absolute advantage?

It was only after they saw Su Yi sit cross-legged to cultivate that the crowd dared believe him. All of them scampered out of the canyon.

All of them were so frantic that they almost cursed their parents for not giving them extra legs.

When all of them had left the canyon, Su Yi’s calm voice suddenly rang out.

“You’re welcome to call for help if you want, but if there’s a next time, you won’t be as lucky.”

The crowd shuddered, their expressions shifting and uncertain.

Before long, all of them scampered off, emptying the canyon. Only Su Yi remained.

The mists churned, and tribulation lightning rumbled and boomed. From time to time, thunderbolts struck the canyon, scattering electricity and making Su Yi’s seated figure flicker in and out of view.

Whoosh~

As Su Yi circulated his cultivation base, the Nascent Divinity Source permeating the canyon surged toward him from all sides.

He absorbed it all in a never-ending stream, as if he were a bottomless hole.

Su Yi could clearly sense that although his cultivation base hadn’t advanced, his mastery of his powers of the Grand Dao was advancing at speeds visible to the naked eye!

Not bad. I didn’t suppress my cultivation base for this in vain! At this rate, I’ll temper my powers of the Grand Dao to the very limits of the Manifesting Mortality Realm within two months!

Su Yi found this quite gratifying.

Improving his comprehension of the Grand Dao was nowhere near as simple as raising his cultivation.

Especially since the Laws of Reincarnation and Profound Ruin were each incomparably inscrutable and difficult to master. It was hard to make any major breakthroughs quickly.

But this was different. As he absorbed more and more Nascent Divinity Source, his master of these powers of the Grand Dao underwent an obvious tempering and sublimation!

Meanwhile, as Su Yi focused on his cultivation, word of the massacre in the canyon sent a wave of uproar sweeping across the entire Third Battleground.

....

Deep within a swamp.

Celestial Bi Ning of the Western Chill Star Domain couldn’t help but exclaim, “Someone from the Eastern Profound Star Domain was actually that strong?”

Her delicate brow furrowed in disbelief.

She’d come to this swamp in search of a rare immortal medicine, but before she found it, word of the battle in Azure Dragon Ridge reached her ears.

She realized the severity of the problem, and she couldn’t help but set aside the task at hand.

After a moment’s thought, she reached a decision. “Pass on my orders. Everyone is to gather at Azure Dragon Ridge!”