Chapter 169: Not Worthy of the Path Sword

Get down here!

Ye Guan’s voice echoed like thunder. He had decided to challenge the Chosen One!

Was he being arrogant? No!

The people behind Lu Tian went silent.

They no longer dared to underestimate Ye Guan.

The fact that he managed to make quick work of Wu Ming meant that he possessed terrifying strength. There were no other words suitable to describe his prowess.

A deafening silence enveloped Trial Peak.

Everyone's eyes were unwittingly transfixed on Lu Tian.

Lu Tian would become the laughingstock of the Guanxuan Academy if he were to refuse Ye Guan’s open challenge.

Chen Guanzi and the other swordsmen looked at Ye Guan with pride and admiration in their eyes. They were extremely satisfied with their new junior disciple. The disciples of the Sword Sect have to be tough! So what if your opponent is the Chosen One? He can go fuck himself!

We’ll beat up those daring enough to provoke the Sword Sect.

Lu Tian chuckled. He jumped down and landed gracefully on the Life or Death Stage under everyone’s gaze.

Swoosh!

Lu Tian had just landed, but Ye Guan had already stepped out. He didn’t bother indulging in any small talk and went straight for it.

Schwing!

A ray of sword light streaked across the stage like a bolt of lightning.

The space in front of Lu Tian split open, and a sword light flew out of the rift.

Instant Death Strike!

It was an extremely fast attack, but it didn’t hit anything.

Lu Tian was no longer there.

Ye Guan turned and saw Lu Tian standing quietly three hundred meters away from him on the right. Bolts of lightning crackled around him as he stared at Ye Guan in the distance.

“Thunderclap!”

“A Simplicity-rank body cultivation technique!” someone exclaimed.

Imperial-rank body cultivation techniques were rare and extremely powerful, but there were still ranks above the Imperial rank. The rank above Imperial was Divine, and Divine-rank martial skills, divine arts, divine spells, techniques, and body cultivation techniques were even more formidable and rarer than techniques below Divine.

Even the biggest organizations throughout the universe only had a few of them.

Needless to say, Simplicity-rank techniques were even rarer than Divine!

The Guanxuan Academy was the only superpower capable of easily offering Simplicity-rank techniques. However, it was still extremely difficult to get a hold of them, even if one were a student of the Main Guanxuan Academy.

The Chosen One looked nonchalant as he cast his spells, but his spells were Simplicity-rank divine spells. He had even cast them complete mastery.

The expressions of the Sword Sect disciples fell.

Ye Guan had just joined the Sword Sect, so he still hadn’t learned any of the Sword Sect’s powerful sword techniques. In terms of techniques and cultivation realm, Ye Guan was truly at a major disadvantage.

Ye Guan stared at the calm Lu Tian. If Lu Tian had perished under his Instant Death Strike, the Guanxuan Academy would have been doomed. How could someone who had received the support of the Main Guanxuan Academy die in just a single move?

It would have been completely absurd.

Lu Tian silently stared at Ye Guan. He took a step forward and opened his palm.

A mysterious talisman appeared in his hand.

However, Ye Guan had already vanished.

A ray of sword light flashed across the stage.

Ye Guan was obviously not going to sit and wait for Lu Tian to unleash his moves.

Ye Guan’s sword arrived in front of Lu Tian in the proverbial blink of an eye. It was a sword move that shattered the spacetime rules, so it was faster than Ye Guan’s previous attack.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

However, a terrifying and inscrutable force enveloped Ye Guan’s sword just as it was a few inches away from Lu Tian’s face. The sword was suspended in mid-air and was soon restrained by countless strands of a mysterious and inscrutable energy.

Heaven and Earth Energy!

The faces of the Sword Sect’s members changed.

They were aware that Ye Guan’s speed was his strongest aspect, but the Chosen One had many different ways to deal with Ye Guan’s speed.

It was clear that the Guanxuan Academy gave the Chosen One a training regimen that focused on countering Ye Guan’s speed. They believed that Ye Guan wasn’t scary at all without his speed.

Lu Tian balled his right hand into a fist and punched out.

Boom!

Ye Guan’s sword was shattered.

“Good!” A young man wearing a brocade robe sitting on the side of the Martial Department yelled, “Senior Lu Tian, you’re invincible! Invincible!”

The young man’s words attracted countless gazes.

The young man looked down at Ye Guan and scoffed, “How dare he challenge the Chosen One when he’s so weak? What a joke!”

Cao Bai jumped down and entered the Life or Death Stage. He pointed his sword at the young man wearing a brocade robe and said, “Come down here! Let’s fight one-on-one!”

The face of the young man wearing a brocade robe changed. He glared at Cao Bai and said, “Your cultivation realm is higher than mine, are you trying to bully someone weaker than you?”

With that, a young man from the Sword Sect jumped down and entered the Life or Death Stage. He looked at the young man wearing a brocade robe and said, “I’m in the same cultivation realm as you. Come down here, and let’s fight!”

The face of the young man wearing a brocade robe turned ugly.

The young swordsman frowned and asked, “What are you doing? Hurry up and come down!”

The young man wearing a brocade robe stared at the young swordsman and said, “Senior Lu Tian and Ye Guan are currently fighting. Do you really think that it’s appropriate for you to challenge me right now?”

The young swordsman sneered and asked, “Is this the kind of people the Martial Department produces?”

The young swordsman and Cao Bai left the Life or Death Stage.

The students of the Martial Department grimaced. One of them pointed at the young man wearing a brocade robe and yelled, “He’s not from our Martial Department!”

The students of the Martial Department froze. The same student glared at the young man wearing a brocade robe and asked, “Which department are you from?”

The young man wearing a brocade robe replied, “We’re all on the same team; we’re all supporters of Senior Lu Tian!”

The student of the Martial Department shook his head and said, “You’re right, but you just embarrassed us all. Senior Lu Tian is strong, but Ye Guan isn’t weak at all.

”You shouldn’t praise someone by belittling others. There’s no point in sucking up to Senior Lu Tian brainlessly like that. The students of the Martial Department will never belittle people like what you did, as it would only make others look down on us.”

The face of the young man wearing a brocade robe darkened, but he didn’t say anything in response.

“So…” the student of the Martial Department glared at him and said, “Scram! Stop pretending like you’re one of us!”

The other students of the Martial Department glared sinisterly at the young man wearing a brocade robe. He wanted to say something, but Wu Ming glared at him as well and roared, “Get lost!”

The young man’s face turned even uglier, but he didn’t dare to say anything.

He turned around and helplessly ran away.

The students of the Martial Department were not happy about what the young man had done. They disliked the Sword Sect’s overbearingness, but they abhorred people without bottom lines.

In addition, the students of the Martial Department were now staring at Ye Guan in a new light. He had defeated Wu Ming, but he was benevolent enough to spare Wu Ming’s life.

Ye Guan was still their opponent, but they respected him in their hearts.

Wu Ming wordlessly watched the battle between Ye Guan and Lu Tian.

Lu Tian destroyed Ye Guan’s sword and stepped forward. Thunder roared beneath his feet as a terrifying lightning bolt emerged from a rift in space and flew toward Ye Guan.

Crackle!

Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed. His figure flashed, and he retreated a hundred meters away. However, he wasn’t idle while retreating. He had sent a flying sword toward Lu Tian while moving away.

Roaaar!

A dragon’s roar accompanied the sword as it made a beeline for Lu Tian.

Dragon’s Roar!

The sword was just a few inches away from Lu Tian’s forehead, but it couldn’t move anymore. The Heaven and Earth Energy had suppressed Ye Guan’s sword once more, but Ye Guan wasn’t disheartened.

He stepped forward and sent another sword.

Phoenix’s Cry!

Schwing!

Phoenix’s Cry pierced the space in front of Lu Tian, and the energy protecting the latter quivered violently as it took the brunt of the attack.

Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed.

Lu Tian’s Heaven and Earth Force was powerful, but it wasn’t invincible!

Ye Guan stepped forward once more, and multiple swords made out of sword energy manifested around Lu Tian, trapping him in place. Under everyone’s gazes, the flying swords rained down on Lu Tian.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lu Tian’s Heaven and Earth Force trembled beneath the rain of swords, and cracks appeared on its surface. It was about to shatter!

The onlookers standing on Lu Tian’s side stared at the scene with heavy looks.

Anger flashed past Lu Tian’s eyes. He flipped his right hand, and a mysterious talisman flew out. A thousand-meter-long lightning bolt descended and made a beeline for Ye Guan.

Swoosh!

Ye Guan’s figure blurred, and he vanished. Everyone thought that he had decided to retreat, but he made a break for Lu Tian instead.

Most martial skills were useless against Ye Guan because of his extreme speed, and Ye Guan had proved once again that he truly specialized in speed as he arrived in front of Lu Tian in the blink of an eye and thrust his sword toward the latter.

Boom!

The protection of the Heaven and Earth Force collapsed, but the thousand-meter-long lightning bolt finally descended.

Crackle!

The thousand-meter-long lightning bolt struck the stage, and a wave of electric current swept across the stage, enveloping both Ye Guan and Lu Tian.

The hearts of every onlooker pounded madly against their chests.

Buzz!

A buzzing noise reverberated as a ray of sword light streaked across the stage.

Crackle!

There were lightning bolts and sword lights everywhere as the two frantically retreated. They only stopped when they were about three hundred meters away from each other!

Schwing, schwing!

However, Ye Guan obviously had no plans of giving Lu Tian any time to breathe as his two swords flew toward Lu Tian just as he had stopped retreating.

A cold glint flashed past Lu Tian’s eyes.

He pointed at the two swords, and two lightning bolts flew toward the swords.

Crackle!

The lightning bolts and the swords collided with each other, creating a dazzling explosion that made even the chains around the Life or Death Stage quiver, even though they had been strengthened to accommodate Ye Guan and Lu Tian’s fight.

Ye Guan stared deeply at the Chosen One.

He had to admit that Lu Tian’s strength had improved by leaps and bounds since they fought on the Zhongtu Divine Continent. The Guanxuan Academy’s facilities and resources were indeed on a whole new level!

Lu Tian glared at Ye Guan and raised both of his hands. Cracks appeared in the three-hundred-meter-long space between them. The entire world was rendered monochrome as a terrifying and inscrutable pressure pervaded the space.

The onlookers’ faces changed at the sight. He’s about to execute an ultimate move!

The Sword Sect members stared with grim looks at Lu Tian. They also believed that Lu Tian was about to unleash an ultimate divine spell a tier above Simplicity.

Lu Tian was channeling the power of heaven and earth with his divine spell!

However, Ye Guan remained calm in the face of the horrifying power of heaven and earth. He closed his eyes slowly, and the two swords hovering next to him quivered ever so slightly as he entered the state of Man and Sword Unification.

Little Pagoda suddenly asked, “Are you not going to use the Path Sword?”

Ye Guan frowned and asked, “Master Pagoda, do you really think that a random Tom, Dick, and Harry is worthy of me using the Path Sword?”

Little Pagoda was at a complete loss for words.