Chapter 2028 - Pointing His Sword at Purple Moon Mountain

Blood-red thunder clouds permeated the dome of heaven.

The entire Fog-Shrouded Street had been reduced to rubble.

It was only then that Su Yi and his companions saw the towering mountain in the distance clearly.

It pointed into the firmament, connecting heaven and earth. Its slopes were completely shrouded in dense, explosive black fog; everything beneath it was obscured. An enormous, full purple moon appeared at the peak, casting its clear, pure purple light.

Strangely, neither the blood-red thunderclouds nor the black fog dared to approach the purple moon.

There was no doubt about it. This was Purple Moon Mountain.

“Ol’ Wang, you were incredible just now!” Ye Chunqiu walked over. He felt a bit rueful.

Earlier, he’d been convinced that Su Yi was about to lose.

He would never have guessed that Su Yi would do more than just seal Ghost God Chong Ming. He even destroyed the entire Fog-Shrouded Street!

Wu Lingchong and Li Shuang came too, but now, they couldn’t help but gaze upon Su Yi with trepidation and awe!

“It’s still too early to celebrate.” Su Yi shook his head slightly and commanded Wu Lingchong and Li Shuang to hide inside. That way, the aftershock of the battles to come wouldn’t reach them.

The two of them were all too eager to agree. There was nothing for it; they knew that they’d become burdens...

“Come on, let’s go to Purple Moon Mountain,” said Su Yi. He was already walking toward it.

“Don’t you want to rest first?” Ye Chunqiu couldn’t help but ask.

Su Yi laughed, then jeered, “Would you believe me if I said that if I revealed even the slightest hint of weakness, ‘Grandmother’ would attack without reservation and do everything in her power to destroy me?”

“....” Ye Chunqiu didn’t know what to say to that.

“Relax.” Su Yi patted his old friend on the shoulder. “They can’t do anything to me.”

But he’d barely begun his journey and had yet to even reach the mountain when the distant skies shook violently.

Boom!

A bloody halberd descended from the heavens as if it were teleporting.

Su Yi’s sleeves billowed around him, and the Sword of Proximity appeared out of nowhere, just barely blocking the attack.

Clang!!

The bloody halberd quivered and was sent flying back.

Practically simultaneously, Su Yi flashed through the air, appeared several tens of thousands of feet away, and slashed.

The air collapsed as sword qi slashed open an enormous chasm.

A dark figure staggered backward, falling out of the rift. He was stick-thin and covered in blood-red armor. His eyes were red, and his long hair was matted and disheveled.

When Su Yi’s slash forced him into view, the man’s expression shifted despite himself. He flashed through the air and vanished.

But before he’d gotten far, the dense, tyrannical chaos sword qi of the Sword of Proximity enveloped everything on all sides. There was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

“Hah!” The man in armor bellowed and swung his right arm. A thousand-foot bone treasure tower took to the sky and drew upon the blood-red lightning beneath the dome of heaven, which came crashing down with a bang.

Kaboom!

The all-encompassing sword qi instantly shattered.

But before the man in armor could sigh in relief, unparalleled sword force swept through the entire area.

This time, when Su Yi swung the Sword of Proximity, he imbued it with the power of the Sword of the Nine Hells.

Kacha!

The white bone treasure tower split into pieces.

The man in armor was split in two, and the dense power of reincarnation sword intent sealed him into a Far Shore Mark.

In the last moments before he was sealed, his eyes bulged, and his expression filled with astonishment and unwillingness. It seemed he could never have anticipated that he’d lose so quickly!

Ye Chunqiu watched from afar, so startled that he broke out in cold sweats. He recognized the man in armor: one of Grandmother’s nine Dao Protectors, Ghost God Blood River!

Ghost God Blood River’s white bone tower was known as Heavenlock Treasure Tower. Grandmother gave it to him, and with it, he could control the power of the Curse of the Ancient Gods toward his own ends. The Fog-Shrouded Street could no longer weaken him, either.

Furthermore, Ghost God Blood River’s strength wasn’t at all inferior to that of Ghost God Chong Ming.

Yet just now, Ghost God Blood River had been suppressed in a flash. It was just that crisp and direct. How could Ye Chunqiu

not

have been startled?

A moment later, he transmitted with deep-seated worry, “Ol’ Wang, be careful. The more you force yourself to use that Dao Sword, the more you’ll drain yourself. If they realize you’re about to break, you’ll really be finished!”

Su Yi took out a jug of wine, threw back his head, and drank with relish. “I have no other path left to me, so I can only face death head-on and overcome it. I’ll just have to fight my way to Purple Moon Mountain.”

Ye Chunqiu sank into silence.

Don’t tell me that he still doesn’t understand his predicament?

Grandmother has yet to take action, but she has nine terrifyingly powerful Dao Protectors under her direct command. You might have suppressed two of them, but there are still seven left!

That aside, the mountain was covered in other Ghost Gods. Their strength was inferior to that of the nine Dao Protectors, but they were still troublesome opponents.

It was thus easy to imagine how difficult and dangerous it would be for Su Yi to reach the peak.

Still, Su Yi really had no choice left! He couldn’t show weakness, nor could he show any sign of fleeing or shrinking back. If he wanted to avenge Xiao Ruyi and Xu Fushi, he had to fight his way through his enemies’ ranks without pausing to rest!

Su Yi might have seemed domineering, but in truth, he simply had no fear of death, so he’d decided to risk it all!

Kaboom!!

As Ye Chunqiu’s thoughts raced, four figures appeared reflected in the distant sky.

The first was a monk holding a blood-red lantern aloft. His hollowed-out eyes wept tears of blood.

The second was a powerfully built bald man holding a black tripod cauldron. The surging, stingingly bright, blood-red power of the Curse of the Ancient Gods surged within it.

The remaining two were a man in a crown and imperial robes, like an emperor of the mundane world, and a delicate, young-looking woman. The former held a blood-red Daoist seal, while a scroll painting revolved around the latter’s head.

The painting drew upon the blood-red lightning filling their surroundings, manifesting an enormous, blood-red whirlpool of lightning in the sky.

“Dammit! The four of them actually came together. Ol’ Wang, you must be careful. They’re...”

Ye Chunqiu looked stricken, and he opened his mouth to introduce the four of them, only for Su Yi to cut him off.

“Four soon-to-be-vanquished evil creatures. There’s no need for introductions.”

“...” Ye Chunqiu fell silent.

“Impudent!” The monk with the bleeding eye sockets laughed coldly.

He and the other three Dao Protector Ghost Gods attacked in unison.

Boom!

Their lantern, cauldron, seal, and scroll painting took to the skies simultaneously and descended upon Su Yi. The four treasures simultaneously erupted with strange and malevolent power, drawing upon the blood-red lightning in the sky to envelop the entire stretch of heaven and earth completely.

There was no denying it. The four Dao Protectors were terrifying. Moreover, they obviously knew how terrifying Su Yi was, as they struck with unstoppable force right off the bat!

Su Yi didn’t hold back either. He directly drew upon the Sword of the Nine Hells, circulated the profundities of reincarnation, and attacked.

A grand battle erupted.

Su Yi leaped into battle, breaking the four treasures’ attempts to suppress him in a single slash. A tidal wave of chaos sword qi swept outward, and a vision of a world of reincarnation descended upon the sky.

Crunch!

The blood-red lantern was the first to break. Countless cracks appeared all over it.

The monk with the bleeding eyes looked stricken, and he fought back with all his might, but in the end, it was to no avail. Su Yi swung his sword and unleashed the Transience of Naihe, suppressing and sealing him on the spot.

The other three Dao Protector Ghost Gods’ hearts quivered. They tried to drag the battle out, as they no longer dared to clash with him head-on. They thought they might be able to break him if they slowly wore him down.

But how could Su Yi possibly give them what they wanted? He didn’t have any time to waste, either.

This was when the Sword of Proximity displayed its wondrous qualities as a mysterious chaos treasure. No matter where his enemies fled or where they tried to hide, all Su Yi had to do was exert his will. Even the ends of the earth were close at hand!

“Suppress!” Su Yi turned and swung his sword. Over a thousand feet away, the fleeing bald man shook as boundless, terrifying chaos sword qi enveloped him.

Boom!

He tried to block with his tripod cauldron, only to be suppressed alongside his treasure.

“Suppress!” Practically simultaneously, Su Yi changed targets, swung his sword, and attacked the man in dragon robes.

“Retreat! Hurry up and retreat!” A startled cry rang out as the Ghost God turned and fled toward Purple Moon Mountain.

But before he’d gotten far, a perfectly round sword curtain descended like a divine mountain, slamming into him.

Reincarnation Sword Intent——the Sixth Paths Sword Wheel!

Bang!!

The man in imperial robes dissipated into ash before Su Yi could even seal him. Su Yi found this a bit of a pity.

The only remaining Ghost God, the young woman, paled with fright. When she sensed Su Yi’s gaze, she shrieked and said, “Don’t kill me. I’m willing to submit——!”

Splurt!

Before her voice had even finished echoing through the air, a streak of sword qi flashed by, boring a bloody hole through her forehead.

A moment later, her eyes bulged as the power of reincarnation sealed her away.

In just three snaps of the fingers, three of the four Dao Protector Ghost Gods had been sealed, and one had been destroyed! It all happened in one smooth series of movements, practically uninterrupted. Su Yi seemed simply unstoppable!

“Ol’ Ye, it seems it’s just as you said. The so-called ‘Dao Protectors'’ are strong because they’ve borrowed the power of the Curse of the Ancient Gods. They’re otherwise little different from ordinary Lesser Gods,” said Su Yi.

Ye Chunqiu laughed bitterly.

Ol’ Wang actually looks down on the Dao Protector Ghost Gods to such an extent?

“But how are you any different?” Ye Chunqiu said irritably. “You suppressed and killed them with such ease by relying on a taboo external power, didn’t you?”

“You’re wrong,” said Su Yi. “In a true clash of pure individual strength, Lesser Gods like them would be no more than clay chickens and porcelain dogs against me.”

“...” Ye Chunqiu didn’t know what to say.

Since when did Ol’ Wang look down on Creation Realm Lesser Gods?

A moment later, Ye Chunqiu’s heart shook, and his expression shifted. He could sense that something wasn’t right about Su Yi’s vital energy. He’d obviously overly expended himself, and he was showing signs of weakening.

Even his face had paled!

But just as Ye Chunqiu was about to say something, Su Yi waved. “Come on, let’s climb the mountain!”

They’d already reached the foot of Purple Moon Mountain. Ye Chunqiu looked up its slopes and hesitated, but in the end, he suppressed his concerns and misgivings.

“What delight is there in life? What dread is there in death? That you and I were reunited here today was already an enormous stroke of good fortune! Come on, let’s go!”

Ye Chunqiu took a deep breath, then caught up to Su Yi.