Chapter 1398 - Gai Youdi, Like a Dead Dog

Gai Youdi was both shocked and furious.

After entering the Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm, he established the Eclipse Alliance with his big brother, Gai Huang. Eclipse City became their base, they recruited countless experts, and their name spread far and wide across the realm.

Yet now, his Eclipse Alliance, his joy and pride, had suffered heavy casualties, and Gai Youdi himself was on the brink of death.

Facing Chen Fan’s sword, his very soul trembled. A Void Immortal brat had pushed a third-stage half-immortal realm expert to this point.

Rage surged in his chest, but it was useless; strength ruled all, and weakness meant enduring the beating.

Snarling, he pulled back his golden spear, absorbing endless primeval qi as he retreated; power surged within the weapon until, with a sudden thrust, he tore open the sky and counterattacked.

Boom!

Another terrifying explosion rang out.

Boom, boom, boom!

The two of them exchanged about a dozen moves in an instant, each move fatal and exceptionally terrifying.

However, Gai Youdi failed to hold his ground against Chen Fan at full strength. He was pushed back constantly, spewing fresh blood.

“It’s finished! The Eclipse Alliance is done for. Bian Yun was cut down, and Gai Youdi won’t last long alone. Where exactly did this monster come from? He’s only in the early-stage Void Immortal level, but he’s so terrifyingly powerful. If his cultivation rises any further, it’ll be outright overkill!”

“I’m afraid Gai Youdi won’t hold much longer. Once he falls, the alliance will crumble completely. I can’t even imagine the look on Gai Huang’s face when he returns to find everything he built reduced to dust.”

“Gai Huang is a sixth-stage half-immortal realm expert. If he found out that the alliance he had worked so hard to build was destroyed, he would be enraged. He will chase that one responsible to the ends of the world!”

The cityfolk whispered anxiously, their voices tinged with rueful sighs.

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Although the Eclipse Alliance was not the strongest force in the entire Immortal Conferral Ancient Realm, with a sixth-stage half-immortal like Gai Huang, as well as Gai Youdi and Bian Yun at third-stage, their strength was nothing to scoff at. They held fame and influence; no ordinary cultivator dared to provoke them lightly.

Who could have imagined that, all because of Pang Gantian and the others, the mighty Eclipse Alliance now teetered on the edge of annihilation?

“It’s time to end this, Gai Youdi! Your alliance and I never had any deep grudges, but you arrogant imbeciles just had to provoke me. You deserve to die!” Chen Fan shouted coldly. The Sky Breaking Sword in his hand let out a cry, blossoming with terrifying sword light that tore through the sky majestically, like a river of sword light surging wildly.

“Damn it, you’re dead for sure when my big brother comes back!”

Gai Youdi was under immense pressure. Facing Chen Fan’s sword, fear appeared on his face.

At this time, he was cursing at the ancestors of Pang Gantian and the others. They just had to provoke such a freak. Inwardly, he cursed the ancestors of Pang Gantian and the others. Why did they have to provoke such a monstrous freak?

Heaven and earth changed colors. One moment, the skies were clear; the next, dark clouds surged overhead. The world darkened, steeped in the destructive sword intent Chen Fan had summoned.

Before the strike even landed, Gai Youdi felt the suffocating weight of it pressing down on his soul.

“What power... How could his sword Dao be this powerful!”

“Heavens! Am I imagining it? I feel like heaven and earth are weeping under this attack.”

“The saber art he displayed earlier was already ferocious—terrifying, even—domineering to the extreme. Yet now, his sword Dao is just as powerful... It’s beyond imagination. He’s a true master of both saber and sword!”

Inside Eclipse City, countless gazes were fixed blankly on the sword that seemed poised to crush heaven and earth; hearts pounded, trembling under its majesty.

Gai Youdi’s expression twisted. The sword qi swirling in the surroundings had torn his attacks apart; his attacks couldn’t even reach the sword of light flashing in the sky.

The pressure bore down on him so heavily that he nearly fell to his knees. His true primeval erupted wildly, resisting with all its might, as his pride would never allow him to kneel.

He was a half-immortal realm expert! A noble cultivator at the third stage! What was Chen Fan in comparison? He was only an early-stage Void Immortal martial artist. To kneel here would be an eternal stain, branded onto his life’s pillar of shame, never to be washed away.

“He’s only a Void Immortal, how could he be this powerful!” Gai Youdi’s eyes were bloodshot. His meridians bulged out as he tried his best to resist. “It’s all or nothing! I can’t accept this. I’m a half-immortal! How can I die here!” His roar exploded into a wave of sonic blades, each shrieking toward Chen Fan.

At first glance, they were mere sound-made swords. But a closer look revealed the truth: every blade was condensed from law power, each shimmering with flickering rules of heaven and earth. Any one of them could heavily wound a Void Immortal expert.

Pushing himself to the limit, Gai Youdi ignited his very law power, flooding the sonic swords with devastating force. They broke through the protective layer of sword qi flowing around Chen Fan, rushing straight to him in an instant.

The dozens of sonic swords seemed unassuming; if caught off guard, even an expert of equal level could be grievously wounded in Gai Youdi’s hands.

Now, Gai Youdi was at the end of his road. Such methods were extremely powerful, but could only be used as a trump card. After using it, his cultivation level would regress. It was a move that harmed him as much as his opponent.

But what choice did he have? If he didn’t gamble everything, Chen Fan’s sword would claim his life.

He was terrified. Truly terrified.

At that moment, he finally understood a brutal truth: in this world, only overwhelming strength reigned supreme. His status might have allowed him to act tyrannically until now, but all of it was worthless when faced with a power that cared nothing for titles. Before absolute strength, he was nothing more than fragile paper, waiting to be torn apart.

Rumble!

Just as those sonic swords were about to land on Chen Fan’s face, he finally moved. The colossal sword of light above his head shot forward at his command.

The sonic swords were instantly destroyed, erased into nothingness. It swept toward Gai Youdi unstoppably. Although it didn’t seem very fast, it carried a terrifying momentum that momentarily froze him in place.

It wasn’t hesitation. He literally could not move. The sword intent had locked him down, binding his body like chains of fate.

Boom!

An earth-shattering collision and explosion erupted, spreading out instantly.

Huge cracks appeared on the city walls that have been reinforced countless times over the years under the force of the terrifying collision.

“

Ah

!”

A wretched scream echoed from the heart of the blast.

Then, silence.

From the smoke and rubble, a lone figure emerged. Chen Fan strode forward, one hand gripping Gai Youdi by the neck. The once-imposing third-stage half-immortal now dangled like a chick in an eagle’s talons, his breath ragged, his body limp. His robes hung in tatters, blood streaking his form.

Although he was still alive, he was barely breathing. He was held up in Chen Fan’s hand like a dead dog.