Chapter 1407: Call for Reinforcements

Just as Ye Guan's sword was about to hit Sui Gujin, a shadow suddenly shot out from beside her, moving like a bolt of lightning as it crashed into him.

Boom!

A dazzling burst of sword light scattered like water droplets, and Ye Guan was sent flying hundreds of meters away. The moment he landed, a sword made out of sword energy appeared in his empty hand. Looking up, he saw a middle-aged man standing in front of Sui Gujin.

He was Imperial Guard Officer Yuan Wu.

Yuan Wu met Ye Guan's eyes with a calm expression, but his right hand had split open with blood trickling down his arm.

Even he couldn't completely withstand Ye Guan's sword strike.

Everyone present was shaken.

Ye Guan's strength was already impressive before, but now, it was just unbelievable.

He had surpassed an ordinary Immortal Emperor.

Qiu Nie and Fu Yue revealed grave expressions.

They assumed Ye Guan was backed by a powerful civilization, but they hadn't been too concerned. After all, no single civilization in existence could challenge them. If the three of them were to work together, they wouldn't stand a chance at all.

Any of the three civilizations of the Old Lands alone was enough to sweep through all opposition. But now, they were beginning to realize something was wrong—Ye Guan's strength defied common sense.

From a distance, Ye Guan stared at Sui Gujin, his expression dark.

He had deliberately concealed his strength, intending to control her. But she had remained unnervingly calm. His instincts told him that even without Yuan Wu's intervention, he might not have been able to subdue her.

Without hesitation, he leaped into the air, wielding his Qingxuan Sword to cut through spacetime. He disappeared into a spacetime tunnel in the blink of an eye.

Since he couldn't win, he decided to escape.

There was no shame in a tactical retreat.

"You think you can run?!" Qiu Nie roared and flung a divine mirror into the sky. The mirror trembled violently before releasing a brilliant divine light. In the blink of an eye, it locked onto Ye Guan's location.

Suddenly, the spacetime tunnel around Ye Guan was engulfed by countless freezing flames reflected from the mirror. The flames rapidly dissolved everything in their path.

Ye Guan's expression shifted. He slashed his sword, sending layers of sword light surging forward, but to his shock, the flames remained untouched.

He stomped down hard, sending another powerful sword strike forward. The Qingxuan Sword led the charge, forcefully carving an opening in the mirror's light. As he rushed through, he spotted the mirror hovering in the sky ahead.

The Old God's Mirror.

A divine artifact once wielded by the Old God, it possessed unparalleled power. Among all divine treasures of the Old Lands, it ranked in the top five.

Once activated, it could release millions of meters of freezing flames, revealing and dissolving everything in its path.

Ye Guan's gaze locked onto the mirror.

In a flash, he disappeared and reappeared, his sword striking straight for it.

At the same moment, the mirror trembled, unleashing a freezing flame pillar toward him.

Boom!

A deafening explosion shook the battlefield as countless sword lights and freezing flames clashed, spreading outward like tidal waves and obliterating everything in their wake.

Ye Guan was forced to a halt. The Qingxuan Sword barely held back the freezing flames, yet his body had already begun to smolder.

His expression turned fierce. Clutching his sword tightly, he unleashed his Invincible Sword Intent. The moment both sword intents merged, the Qingxuan Sword trembled violently before cleaving through the freezing flames and striking the Old God's Mirror.

Crack!

A sharp, splintering sound echoed. Cracks spread across the mirror's surface as freezing flames leaked out chaotically.

Qiu Nie's face contorted in shock. Seeing Ye Guan raise his sword for another strike, he panicked and quickly reached out.

"Come back!"

The Old God's Mirror transformed into a streak of cold light, going back into his hand. Looking at the now heavily damaged artifact, his face was full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

But by then, Ye Guan had already vanished into the depths of the starry sky.

"You're not getting away!" Fu Yue roared, finally making a move. With a wave of his hand, a dark light streaked across the sky, moving at incredible speed. Within moments, it caught up to Ye Guan in a spacetime tunnel.

When the dark light descended, the tunnel around him suddenly filled with a radiant divine light, causing the tunnel to collapse and vanish into nothingness.

Ye Guan was forced to stop. Turning sharply, he swung his sword, slicing the incoming dark light apart. But the impact sent him reeling backward.

When he steadied himself, he found himself trapped. Thick, dark red chains as large as pillars had appeared around him, sealing off the star field like a cage.

His expression darkened.

"Running?" someone asked from the side.

"If we let you escape from right under the noses of our three civilizations, we'd be a laughingstock."

Ye Guan slowly turned his gaze toward Qiu Nie.

Qiu Nie smirked and was about to say something when Ye Guan suddenly disappeared.

Swoosh!

A sword flew toward him.

Qiu Nie saw that and sneered, "You think I'm easy prey?"

With a flick of his hand, the spacetime before him shattered, revealing a swirling vortex of pure darkness that devoured Ye Guan's sword light.

The next moment, however, another sword light burst forth from within the vortex, forcing its way through.

Boom!

Qiu Nie was sent flying away.

Ye Guan prepared to follow up with another strike, but before he could, a massive wave of dark light surged toward him. The speed was terrifying, so fast that he had no chance to react.

With no time to counter, he could only brace himself, crossing his sword in front of him to block.

The sword light shielded him, and his sword energy managed to resist the crushing assault.

Just then, an overwhelming presence surged from behind.

Qiu Nie had attacked once again!

Ye Guan clenched his sword tightly. With an explosion of two types of Sword Intent, he shattered the dark light, then pivoted and slashed backward.

Boom!

Another explosion rocked the battlefield, sending Qiu Nie flying once more.

Before Ye Guan could breathe, however, dozens of beams of light shot toward him. He quickly raised his sword in defense.

Boom!

The powerful attacks struck his Qingxuan Sword, forcing him to retreat. The attacker was none other than Fu Yue. At some point, he donned a suit of mecha armor, a pure-grade Immortal-rank armor.

Ye Guan's grip tightened around his sword.

He looked around and saw that dark red chains locked down the spacetime around him. He could break through them, but it would take time. Evidently, his opponents wouldn't just stand by and watch him do that.

Moreover, beyond the chains, he could sense hidden auras lurking.

There were more elites coming for his life.

His gaze shifted toward Sui Gujin.

Sui Gujin's eyes were closed in thought.

Sensing Ye Guan's gaze, she opened her eyes and met his gaze.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Don't bother trying to capture me," she said blandly, "You're not strong enough to do that."

Ye Guan stared at her.

"All this effort just to deal with me, don't you think you're going a little overboard?"

Sui Gujin looked at him and coolly replied, "When a lion hunts a rabbit, it still goes all out."

Ye Guan's expression darkened.

Sui Gujin added, "I know that what you've shown so far isn't your full strength. You still haven't used the power of your three bloodlines. If you unleash them along with that sword of yours, you should be able to easily slay an Immortal Emperor.

"And if you further tap into your faith power, even an Emperor Lord, someone above the Immortal Emperor Realm, won't be able to do anything to you. In fact, you might even be able to stand against an Immortal Emperor Lord."

The crowd around them was already shaken to their core.

Damn it! After all this fighting, he still hasn't gone all out?

A Supreme Emperor killing an Immortal Emperor was already a monstrous feat. From Sui Gujin's words, however, this wasn't even the full strength of the young swordsman.

His true limit could allow him to fight on equal footing with an Emperor Lord—no, an Immortal Emperor Lord, which was a realm higher than the Emperor Lord Realm.

The Immortal Emperor Lord realm... Even in the Old Lands, while it wasn't the absolute peak, it was still the domain of top-tier elites. There were only a handful of Immortal Emperor Lords across the Old Lands.

And no one doubted Sui Gujin's words, because this woman never lied.

In the distance, Qiu Nie and Fu Yue exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock and gravity. After their clashes with Ye Guan, they could clearly sense that he had never gone all out.

He was still hiding his true strength.

It was obvious. He wanted to lull them into a false sense of security before taking Sui Gujin by surprise. Unfortunately for him, Sui Gujin was even more terrifying.

Before her, Ye Guan's intentions were completely laid bare.

At that moment, Sui Gujin spoke again, her voice calm and deliberate. "If you choose to burn your fleshly body and soul, your strength might rise a bit more.

"In other words, your absolute limit should be on par with an Immortal Emperor Lord. That's impressive, but unfortunately, that isn't our limit; it's your limit. In other words, you have no chance of winning."

"No..." Sui Gujin said, "that's not quite right. You do have a chance."

Ye Guan still had a chance of winning?!

The crowd was stunned. How come?

"Haha!" Qiu Nie burst into laughter. "I see it now. His chance lies in the people behind him."

He cast a mocking look at Ye Guan and smirked. "Kid, let's not waste time. Call for reinforcements. Tell your backers to come here. Don't worry, we won't stop you.

"In fact, if they need time to get here, we can give you a little extra time. Three days or even five days, it doesn't matter. We can give you as much time as you want!

Hahaha!

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