Chapter 1719 - Coiled God Ridge

Whoosh!

Zhou Feng and the other three Immortal Kings shot through the air and retreated with all their might, but it wasn’t long before they came to an abrupt halt.

A swarm of hideous, ferocious mosquitos blocked their path. Each was the size of a millstone, and each had six pairs of wings. The swarm was so enormous that it blanketed both heaven and earth.

Zhou Feng and company changed directions and dashed off without hesitation, but before long, their expressions shifted once more.

Yet another group of terrifying life forms appeared before them. These were demon spirits bathed in blood-red lightning. Every last one of them was a thousand feet tall with a monstrous aura.

Zhou Feng and the others changed directions once more, only to discover one group of terrifying creatures after another. They’d sealed the place off completely!

The four of them broke out in cold sweats, and their hearts sank. We fell for it! The moment we entered this place, we fell into a meticulously prepared deathtrap!

“No wonder you fled into the Abyss of Dark Fog! So, you’d been planning this all along!”

Zhou Feng’s face was ashen and unsightly. He instantly understood why the ape had sealed the entrance. He was working with Shen Mu, just like all of these strange lifeforms!!

“You’re wrong.” Su Yi shook his head. “I’m different from you. I disdain relying on external force to bully others, and I won’t ask for help if I can resolve something on my own. As I said earlier, so long as you don’t run, I’ll give you an opportunity for a fair fight.”

The Immortal Kings exchanged glances.

“Truly?” someone said gravely.

Su Yi swept his gaze across the horde of strange creatures and chuckled. “Do you have any other choice?”

The Immortal Kings’ expressions were unsightly, but he was right! They were completely surrounded. They had no choice!

“No matter what, we have to do everything in our power to capture Shen Mu!” transmitted Zhou Feng.

The others nodded, their gazes ruthless. If they captured Shen Mu, these malevolent creatures would be too afraid of hurting him to attack them. They’d be able to escape this predicament with ease!

“Get him!” Zhou Feng bellowed and led the charge. His three companions each took out their treasures and attacked in full force.

Su Yi smiled in the distance, stepped into the air, and swung his sword.

Boom!

Just like that, a grand battle broke out. The entire area was thrown into upheaval.

Numerous strange creatures watched from afar, but none of them dared try anything. They were there simply to lock the place down and force Zhou Feng and the others to give up all thoughts of escape. This way, they’d focus all of their efforts on defeating Su Yi!

But just nine snaps of the fingers later, one of the Immortal Kings was cleaved open!

Thirteen snaps of the fingers later, yet another died a brutal death as tyrannical sword qi crushed his skull.

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Seventeen snaps of the fingers later, agonized cries shook the heavens as the third Immortal King died. His death was even more brutal; dense sword qi sliced him to ribbons!

Zhou Feng was the only one left.

His face was full of despair. He was on the verge of mental collapse.

He finally understood why Su Yi had chosen to fight them alone. It was simple; he didn’t need those strange creatures’ help. He could kill Immortal Kings like them by himself!

“Shen Mu…” Zhou Feng seemed to realize that he wasn’t getting out of this one. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could finish his sentence…

Splurt!

The Sword of the Human Realm pierced his skull, right between the eyes.

His eyes bulged. Bitterness was written all over his face.

A moment later, his entire body disintegrated, his flesh crumbling like wood shavings and scattering to the winds.

Now, all four Immortal Kings of the Profound Blue Daoist Sect were dead!

“Three early-stage Immortal Kings and one mid-stage Immortal King. Together, they were just barely stronger than Wu Ting, an Immortal King with a Dao Domain.” Su Yi shook his head. This particular battle ended quickly, and it wasn’t much of a threat.

He’d once more paid a bit of a price for his victory, but yet again, none of his wounds were serious.

Su Yi set this most recent battle aside and looked around. The terrifying life forms stiffened beneath his gaze and lowered their heads. Some folded their wings, while others prostrated on the ground. All of them quivered with terror and unease.

Su Yi turned and left without another word. After he disappeared from view, the throng of strange creatures felt a massive weight lift from their shoulders.

“No one is to try to claim the Sovereign’s trophies!” Suddenly, an ancient, dwarven corpse stepped forth, cleared his throat, and said, “The banquet can now begin!”

The strange creatures charged onto the battlefield. The Immortal Kings’ flesh and souls became the most delicious, scrumptious of feasts.

But no one dared touch the treasures they’d left behind. Before long, the skeletal bird and swarm of black ants arrived to gather them.

…

Four hours later.

Boom!

Sword qi swept through the air, and the mountains and rivers shook. By the time the curtain fell, Su Yi’s wounds were extremely severe, and he had numerous startling, bleeding gashes. In several places, even his bones were visible.

But all three Immortal Kings of Qianyuan Sword House were dead!

Su Yi rubbed his face. Sword qi had swept past it, almost piercing his skull.

Of course, sometimes, being even slightly off made a huge difference. In the end, this wound amounted to nothing at all.

“Sword cultivators really do have exceptional strength of character. They were worthy of my respect.” Su Yi sighed. The three Immortal Kings he’d just killed were older-generation experts of the Dao of the Sword. Each was stronger than the one before, and one of them had condensed a Sword Domain.

A Sword Domain was just an Immortal King Dao Domain, but specific to sword cultivators.

Su Yi had paid a heavy price for this victory. He won in the end, but he’d severely depleted his energy, and he was covered in wounds. He promptly sought out a remote place to treat his injuries.

It was just as he’d told Wu Ting. The Abyss of Dark Fog really might as well have been his own backyard!

A day later, Su Yi awoke from his meditation. He could tell that he’d progressed once more!

Not bad, not bad! All this fighting and bloodshed really is the best possible way to temper and advance my cultivation.

His bitter struggles and brutal injuries were all a rare and precious form of tempering.

Furthermore, combat was key to a sword cultivator’s growth!

Su Yi got up, stretched, and got back to work.

He wasn’t at all worried about the possibility of his enemies fleeing. This was the Abyss of Dark Fog. Even Great Realm experts could forget about escaping once trapped inside!

Su Yi spent the next three days either locked in combat or meditating to treat his injuries.

By the end of the third day, seven Immortal Kings of two different factions were dead.

Meng Zhe, too!

This Immortal King assassin of the Church of Divine Flame had hidden in the caves and shadows, unmoving, his aura completely withdrawn. He obviously hoped to turtle up for a while to avoid the area’s omnipresent dangers.

Alas, although Meng Zhe didn’t know it, the strange creatures of the Abyss of Dark Fog saw everything he did. He remained alive and well for the simple reason that Su Yi wanted to kill him himself.

In the end, when Su Yi just so happened to pass his hiding place, he took a moment to end his old opponent once and for all.

In the last moments before his death, bewilderment and astonishment were written all over his face. He couldn’t even imagine how Su Yi had found him.

Su Yi naturally didn’t explain.

Everything had gone extremely smoothly since he’d started “closing the net.” At least, in a sense. Su Yi had faced many potentially lethal dangers along the way.

One of the Immortal Kings chose self-destruction in the face of despair, hoping to bring Su Yi down with him. He’d dealt massive damage, and he’d almost damaged Su Yi’s foundations in the Grand Dao.

Another Immortal King used his trump card, a Great Realm talisman as strong as a Great Realm expert’s full-force attack.

Su Yi had had no choice but to draw on the Sword of the Nine Hell’s aura. Even then, he only just barely managed to block this enormous threat, and the impact left him badly injured.

If he fought one-on-one, relying purely on his own strength, Su Yi could kill mid-stage Immortal Kings! Even against a group, he could take them down eventually. It just came at a cost.

But in a true life-or-death struggle, what Immortal King didn’t have a few killer weapons or life-saving trump cards up his sleeves?

His pursuers were all particularly ruthless, too. All of them had waded through an ocean of blood and climbed a mountain of corpses to reach their current level. Each was a more troublesome opponent than the one before.

Given the circumstances, despite Su Yi’s numerous abilities, he repeatedly faced danger, and there was no avoiding injuries.

But it was thanks to this brutal, life-or-death struggle that he repeatedly tempered his cultivation base, excavating and unleashing his latent potential.

It hadn’t been long since he’d reached the mid-stage Void Realm, but in just a few short days, his freshly broken-through cultivation base advanced considerably. At this rate, it wouldn’t be long until he reached the late-stage Void Realm!

Only four camps remain: the Church of Supreme Oneness, the Church of the Pure One, the Endless Swords Immortal Sect, and Jade Firmament Immortal Palace, thought Su Yi.

A dark bronze mirror floated above his palm. It reflected different areas of the Abyss of Dark Fog.

Suddenly, a skeletal bird soared in from the distant skies and said with the utmost respect, “Your Excellency, I just received word that Immortal Kings of the Endless Swords Immortal Sect, Jade Firmament Immortal Palace, and the Church of Supreme Oneness have all gathered in Coiled God Ridge. I suspect that they’ve formed an alliance.”

Su Yi was briefly stunned. He glanced at one of the spots reflected in the mirror.

Coiled God Ridge!

This was a precipitously steep mountain and a highly dangerous place.

“So, they chose to forge an alliance. It seems they sensed the danger and no longer dare to fight separately,” Su Yi said thoughtfully. This was to be expected. He’d killed several camps of Immortal Kings already, and there was no hiding something like that. It was entirely reasonable that the remaining camps would choose to join forces.

“What about the two from the Church of the Pure One?” asked Su Yi.

The skeletal bird said hurriedly, “They’re hurrying to Coiled God Ridge too. I suspect they plan to join the other three factions’ alliance.”

“I’ll start with them, then,” decided Su Yi. “It’s about time I had a chat with that woman anyway.”

The plainly dressed woman floated into his sea of consciousness.

Su Yi recognized her as a member of the Misty God Mountain Gong Family a long time ago, when the Immortal Kings first started pursuing him!