"You … You …" The disbelief in the young man's eyes was incredibly strong. Not even in his dreams did he expect that in just a few breaths, he would not be able to fight back at all, and his life would be in Su Ming's hands.
In fact, the mighty pressure spreading out from Su Ming's body might not have spread out, but it was enough to make the young man in green feel suffocated.
Su Ming's words might have been calm, but the murderous intent in them was so cold that there was even a hint of bloodthirst in them. All of this caused a bang to go off in the young man's head, and he instantly turned pale. He suddenly realized just how laughable he had been. He was like a lamb challenging a dragon and thinking that he was stronger than it.
It was especially so when … Su Ming had clearly ignored him in the beginning. He had only managed to catch up to death after he swallowed the secret medicine and activated his speed.
"I …" The young man in green shuddered. He was just about to speak.
"It's a pity that time is up." Su Ming shook his head and loosened his grip on the young man's neck slightly. At the instant the young man in green managed to catch his breath, Su Ming's two fingers on his right hand moved like lightning and swept across the young man's neck as his body moved.
The green flying sword held between Su Ming's fingers instantly sliced through the young man's neck. Blood gushed out, and a head flew into the air. When it spun in midair, disbelief still lingered in its eyes.
Su Ming's expression remained as calm as ever. He squeezed the two fingers on his right hand, and with a crack, the green flying sword shattered into pieces. When it fell to the ground, he turned his head sideways and cast a glance at the sky to his right before averting his gaze. He took a step forward and returned to the warship.
It was as if nothing had happened just now, as if the corpse and flying sword fragments that fell to the ground were just an illusion. Su Ming stood on the spot indifferently and left into the distance with the warship.
What was left behind were the shocked gazes of the near ten thousand cultivators in the land, along with a deathly silence.
When Su Ming's hundreds of battleships disappeared into the distance without a trace, an uproar immediately rose in the land. The buzzing sounds of discussions rose and fell, and the sky to the right which Su Ming had seen before he left distorted, and three people walked out.
At the center of the trio was a middle-aged man. He was dressed in a blue robe and had a tall crown on his head. His expression was awe-inspiring, and his imposing manner caused an invisible presence to surround him.
Behind him were two old men. At that moment, both of them had dark expressions on their faces as they looked in the direction Su Ming had left.
"Very strong. The rumors were not exaggerated. Forget one Dao Fei Feng, even if there were ten or a hundred of him, they would not be a match for this person."
'Even the Sect Elder Chamber has remained silent about this matter. It's clear just how great Dao Kong's level of cultivation is and how great his influence is.'
"Your Highness, you shouldn't have sent someone to test us … That person's eyes clearly showed that he had discovered us before he left."
The two old men behind the middle-aged man spoke in a deep voice.
The middle-aged man looked at the sky in which Su Ming was disappearing into the distance. After a moment of pensive silence, he asked languidly, "How confident are the two of you if you want to kill this person?"
The two old men were silent for a moment before one of them said, "Without that Almighty by his side, without Xu Hui in the way, and without the nine old Frail Darknesses forming the Rune, we will need to borrow a sealing treasure to kill this person. We will also need the help of three other people in Solar Kalpa Realm. We will need five people to kill him."
"How confident are you?" The middle-aged man frowned.
"Ninety percent," the other old man said calmly, and there was a hint of pride on his face.
"Ninety percent is still too little. If we kill this person, we cannot allow any accidents to happen, or else if he doesn't die and takes revenge, it will be a huge headache. Is there a way to be absolutely certain that we can kill this person?" The middle-aged man shook his head.
"There is. We can invite an Almighty. Even if it's just an Almighty who has just stepped into Solar Kalpa Realm, we will be absolutely certain that we can easily kill this person, but the prerequisite is that he doesn't have that Almighty's follower by his side," the person to the left of the two old men said in a ghastly manner.
"Let's see how threatening this person will be. If there's truly a need, we can invite a senior who has been in Almighty Realm for many years. It will be a bit troublesome, but there is a senior who has just stepped into Almighty Realm." The middle-aged man smiled faintly. His expression made it seem as if he could completely control Su Ming's fate. It was as if he wanted to see whether Su Ming's actions would pose a threat to him. If he did, then he would kill him.
He felt that he was completely confident in his ability to do so.
"So what if you have an Almighty's follower? Dao Kong, you don't have enough power. Your grandfather is no longer an executive Sect Master. He's already in isolation, and who knows how many years later it will be before he wakes up again. Without a foundation and without someone to rely on, what right do you have to become a Dynast who stands on equal footing with us?!"
The middle-aged man smiled coldly. He turned around and disappeared into the air. The middle-aged man had his own reasons for saying that he should not have sent anyone to provoke Su Ming.
'I want to use that stupid Dao Fei Xian. With his level of cultivation and status, it'll be best if he can humiliate Dao Kong, but if he can't and is instead gravely injured by Dao Kong, then the other Dynasts will know Dao Kong's level of cultivation.
'If someone dies, then this will be even better. I believe that my competitors who stand on equal footing with me will also start paying attention to Dao Kong. If that's the case … I'll be able to divert everyone's attention, and I'll be able to breathe a sigh of relief.'
As the middle-aged man left and the near ten thousand cultivators in the land spread out, the scene of Su Ming killing Dao Fei Xian was immediately spread through the entire land using the Art of Communication.
Su Ming stood on the warship with a calm expression. He looked at the mountains and rivers, the sky, and the land, not paying any attention to the thin Ma Fei beside him. At that moment, she was looking at him with a strange gaze.
The mountains, rivers, and land slowly fused with Dao Kong's memories in Su Ming's mind, causing him to become much more familiar with the place. Several hours later, Su Ming and the hundreds of warships arrived at another Relocation Rune under the ground at the center of the continent.
This Relocation Rune was not connected to the world outside. Instead, it was used by the continents in the planes within Morning Dao Sect. As the Relocation Rune shone, after a moment, the Relocation Rune on the sixty-third continent among the ninety-nine continents shone, and Su Ming and his group walked out.
The sky was blue, the land was vast, and there was even an ocean in the distance. All of these things were incredibly clear in Su Ming's memories. This was Dao Kong's homeland, and it was also the place where he grew up. It was also the homeland of the cultivators who followed him.
When Su Ming and his group appeared, voices fused together to form a wave of sound that instantly spread out from all directions.
"Welcome back, Dynast Dao Kong!" The voices were so loud that they came from at least several hundreds of thousands of people. There were nearly five hundred thousand cultivators outside the Rune, and they were packed densely together. There was no end to them, and all of them were kneeling on the ground. There was excitement on their faces as they went to greet their Paragons.
Dao Kong was the master of this continent. He was in the past, and once he became a Dynast, he became the undisputed master of this land.
There were hundreds of direct descendants of Morning Dao Sect in the crowd. All of them belonged to Dao Kong's line of descent, and they stared at Dao Kong in excitement. They believed that if Dao Kong could secure his position as a Dynast, then their line of descent would rise to power in Morning Dao Sect.
Su Ming cast his gaze on the people approaching the place. He noticed that he could recognize all the names of the people from Morning Dao Sect. He stared into the distance at the lineup of five hundred thousand cultivators, and once again, Su Ming was shocked by how huge Morning Dao Sect was.
This was just one of the ninety-nine continents. If he counted all of them together, then it would be the vast power of five hundred million cultivators. This was not even counting the nine hundred and ninety-nine continents beneath them. The people living there were members of the branch families who were slightly weaker than the direct descendants, as well as a large number of races.
If he counted all of them together, it would be difficult for Su Ming to estimate just how deep Morning Dao Sect's foundation was.
'Morning Dao Sect hasn't mobilized all of their forces for this battle. Why are they doing this? Could it be that they're waiting for something, or perhaps … they're using this battle … to train their disciples?' A barely noticeable glint shone in Su Ming's eyes.
As the hundreds of thousands of people welcomed him respectfully, Su Ming's battleships descended on the ground. As they descended, the ground trembled, and the cultivators on them flew out. This was their homeland. They had followed Dao Kong to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence and had not returned for more than one thousand years. At that moment, they returned, and slight excitement appeared on their faces.
"Let's go to the Council of Sect Elders." Su Ming swept his gaze across the area, then with a single move, he charged into the sky. Since Xu Hui and the others were not direct descendants, they did not have plates, and it was difficult for them to have the right to enter the Council of Sect Elders. Clearly, the thin Ma Fei had such a plate. She sized up Su Ming a few times, but did not ask anything along the way. She simply followed beside him. As they flew, an invisible barrier appeared at the extreme end of the sky and blocked Su Ming's path.
There was a gentle, mighty pressure spreading out from the barrier, but even though it was gentle, it still made Su Ming's pupils shrink at the instant he sensed it. This mighty pressure was equivalent to the power of an Almighty in Fate Realm, and it was not something an ordinary person could easily pass through.
By the looks of it, it covered the entire sky, the endless sky above the ninety-nine continents.
Su Ming's expression remained as calm as ever. When the gentle power touched his Constellation Robe, it instantly shone with starlight and negated the gentle power, causing the barrier to disappear. The thin Ma Fei by his side brought out a blue plate. It shone, and once blue light spread out from it, it covered her entire body and moved through the barrier.
Su Ming continued rising. At the instant he walked out of the invisible barrier, he saw a white sky. The entire sky was white, and when he cast his gaze over it, he saw nine continents. All of them were incredibly huge, and they surrounded each other to form a gigantic ring.
At the center of each continent was a five-colored light flowing about. It formed a gigantic pillar of light that charged into the white sky above. Su Ming could clearly see quite a number of dragon-shaped beasts swimming around the nine pillars of light on the nine continents.
"Nine continents, nine pillars of light. Those are the nine Striking Lands of Morning Dao Sect. There are nine trials of different levels, and all the disciples who can clear them will receive incredibly great rewards," Ma Fei said softly by his side. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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