"What a jerk. I was almost fooled by the guy's solemn appearance. I thought that Master Righteous One had really failed and unfortunately perished!"
"The guy was so pretentious that even I was convinced just now. I thought that he was more or less trustworthy. I didn't know that he was just bluffing!"
"Is — is the guy trying to fish for fame in such a way? He doesn't know anything at all. He is just taking a wild gamble. If Master Righteous One had unfortunately failed, he would have bragged about himself! "
"Shameless. You can't be more shameless. Is the leader of the Great Qian Dynasty and the grand leader of the Grand Mystery Sect going to be insulted like that?"
"Where are the disciples of the Grand Mystery Sect? Where are the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty? What kind of place is the Dragon Spring Meeting? How can such a desolate barbarian be so presumptuous?"
The high-level Cultivators on the Grand Mystery Sect's side and the unaffiliated Cultivators who were invited by the Purple Pole Sword Sect to help were all gnashing their teeth in hatred.
Li Yao's appearance just now was too confusing. They really thought that he was an unworldly expert who had trained hard for a hundred years and shocked the world!
They did not know that he was such a guy. Judging from the situation, his series of actions when he was watching the battle in the inner circle might have been a fluke. Had he been lucky?
Immediately, countless high-level Cultivators who were deeply associated with the Grand Mystery Sect stared at Li Yao with sharper eyes, with intense killing intent!
The Yuanying sword Cultivators on the Purple Pole Sword Sect's side were somewhat at a loss, too.
Honestly speaking, they were sincerely trying to recruit Li Yao, and they believed that he did have astounding accomplishments.
However, Li Yao's words were too inappropriate. They wanted to help him, but they did not know where to start!
Li Yao, on the other hand, was dumbfounded. He was still dwelling in his own world and could not figure out what was going on. He did not absorb the gossip around him at all, either.
"It doesn't make sense. My judgment was absolutely correct. How can this be?"
"Qi Zhongdao clearly deserved to die. Yan Liren's attack, that attack …"
Suddenly, Li Yao shuddered as if he had just woken up from a dream. His eyes sharpened as he strode towards the center of the Sword Testing Field.
"What is this guy trying to do?"
"Still trying to play tricks?!"
The Cultivators around were both shocked and infuriated. The high-level Cultivators of the Grand Mystery Sect, in particular, were all rubbing their fists and glaring at Li Yao angrily. They could not wait to slay the nonsense guy right now!
Very soon, two Cultivators walked out of the crowd and blocked Li Yao's way. They said unkindly, "Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture …"
They were none other than Xie Xinghuo, an elder of the Spiritual Mountain Sect who had a conflict with Li Yao just now, and 'Senior Uncle Liao' of the Qishan Sect, who was also a member of the Grand Mystery Sect.
The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, had cold smiles on their faces. Like a pair of red-hot iron pincers, they ruthlessly clamped down on Li Yao.
"This is none of your business. Get lost!"
Staring at the folds at the center of the Sword Testing Field, Li Yao did not bother to look at the two of them at all. He opened his fingers like the claws of an eagle and grabbed their shoulders as quickly as lightning. The two of them seemed to have been pierced through by the claws and were immediately unable to move anymore. Then, Li Yao shook his arms and broke the joints on their bodies, before he tossed them almost a hundred meters away.
"Not good!"
Several Cultivators flew out of the crowd, trying to catch the two of them, but the two of them seemed to be covered in a mysterious, electrified shell that repelled all the help.
After a splat, the two of them fell to the ground and screamed like pigs being butchered!
"He has …"
Everybody was shocked into silence. Nobody dared to believe what they were seeing!
Right when they thought that 'Master Spiritual Vulture' was just a shameless scoundrel who was fishing for fame, Li Yao had picked up two experts in the Core Formation Stage like an eagle picking up chicks, tossed them out, and smashed them to the ground. Other people could not even rescue them!
Under the banner of the Grand Mystery Sect, the leaders and elders of the five major sects, including the Grand Mystery Sect, all stared at Li Yao in bewilderment for a long time. Then, they slowly turned around and looked at Qi Zhongdao with glittering eyes.
Qi Zhongdao was emotionless, but his dark face was gradually replaced by paleness. His lips shivered for a long time, but he did not say anything in the end. He simply took out fragrant pills from a bright green calabash and swallowed them. Thunders were echoing inside his stomach!
Li Yao threw away the two experts in the Core Formation Stage and dashed forward. Like a weird bird made of lightning, he landed on a lone peak at the center of the Sword Testing Field!
'Sword Maniac' Yan Liren, the general of the defeated army, was wriggling his slightly clumsy body and climbing up another peak, ready to return to his side.
Li Yao happened to block his way.
Li Yao and Yan Liren, two men who were also covered in blood and looked like a mess, were confronting each other in silence above two enormous tides on the ground.
Before the first wave was over, another wave was rising. The aura and killing intent spreading out of their confrontation seemed to be even sharper, more intense, and more agitated than when Yan Liren and Qi Zhongdao were confronting each other!
All the Cultivators on both the Grand Mystery Sect's side and the Purple Pole Sword Sect's side were greatly surprised. Nobody knew what the mysterious' Master Spiritual Vulture 'was up to.
Li Yao did not say anything but stared at Yan Liren for a long time, especially the excessively splendid short sword that had been hanging on the guy's waist for a long time.
Yan Liren did not seem to be surprised by Li Yao's sudden attack. At this moment, the 'Sword Maniac' finally observed Li Yao carefully and carefully.
His eyes seemed to be observing a very interesting sword pillar!
The two of them observed each other for a long time. When whispers were about to burst out again, Li Yao suddenly opened his mouth. "Why did you lose?"
It was truly a question that could not have been more ridiculous.
Was it not perfectly normal for him to lose the battle against Iron Saint Qi Zhongdao, the 'leader of the Great Qian Cultivators', when he was suppressed by the Heaven Flipping Seal, the ultimate treasure in the world?
It was already a good thing that he was able to retreat in one piece and keep his life!
The Cultivators nearby finally could not hold it back any longer. Murmurs were echoing nonstop.
Yan Liren, on the other hand, tilted his head and considered the question carefully. After thinking for a long time, while wiping the blood stains on his face with his sleeve, he said, "Qi Zhongdao's Cultivation is slightly higher than mine. If I want to win, I have to kill him!"
Green fire was seething inside Li Yao's pure black eyes. The green spot at the center of his eyebrow released thorny stripes that spread to his eyes. "You don't want to kill him?"
"Senior Brother Leader did not allow me to kill him."
Yan Liren replied dutifully like a child in a school. "Senior Brother Leader said that, although Qi Zhongdao was standing on our opposite side, he was a man of rules. Only if he was in charge of the situation could the Dragon Spring Meeting go on!
"If I slashed Qi Zhongdao in one attack, I would naturally be able to reap the benefits right now. But in that case, chances were that some unruly people would take over.
"Senior Brother Leader said that the world of Cultivators was in a mess right now, and Qi Zhongdao was the only one who could manage the situation. Without such a pillar as Qi Zhongdao, it would only be more chaotic, and the world would fall apart. Nobody would benefit at all!
"Therefore, Senior Brother Leader told me in advance that I should not kill Qi Zhongdao unless it was absolutely necessary. It would not matter even if I failed."
Everybody exclaimed in shock after hearing his words.
What was the meaning of this? Yan Liren's words were too exaggerated. It was as if the leader of the Great Qian Cultivators was someone that he could kill whenever he wanted!
Had he been holding back in the battle just now?
How was it possible?
Many high-level Cultivators were mumbling to themselves, but they still could not help but look at Qi Zhongdao suspiciously.
Qi Zhongdao was still emotionless, as if his face was covered in an iron shell. There was no telling whether or not Yan Liren's compliments had any effect on him.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes. "You did not kill him. Were you not scared that he would kill you?"
Yan Liren smiled. "He can't kill me."
Li Yao's eyes narrowed more and more, like two shining sabers. "Are you suggesting that you have complete control over the rhythm of the sword test and that you can control Qi Zhongdao's life and death, but Qi Zhongdao cannot control yours?"
Yan Liren tilted his head and thought for a moment before he nodded. "Yes."
All the Cultivators nearby were rendered speechless.
"You said just now that Qi Zhongdao's Cultivation was slightly higher than yours, but you could still kill him?" Li Yao asked.
"Yes," Yan Liren said.
"It's like how your Cultivation may be on par with mine, if not higher, but I can still kill you if you don't run away."
"Huh?"
His words made the voices of the Cultivators nearby explode again after they had rested for a moment.
Whatever the outcome of the battle just now was, Yan Liren was an unparalleled, top-tier sword Cultivator who was definitely among the top ten experts of the Ancient Sages Sector!
He — he was saying that Master Spiritual Vulture's cultivation was on par with his, and even — even slightly higher than his?
"What … are the two of them talking about exactly?"
The heads of many knowledgeable high-level Cultivators went blank. Everything that was happening in front of their eyes was the most unbelievable scene that they had ever seen in their hundreds of years of training!
Yan Liren's words made the fighting will in Li Yao's eyes even more intense. His eyes moved from Yan Liren's big face to the glittering short sword on his waist, as he said, "There's something that I don't quite understand.
"Before you and Qi Zhongdao fought, I sensed that you were more likely to win.
"When your black sword exploded and released the iron sand and black fog to interfere with the Heaven Flipping Seal during the battle, I also sensed an unstoppable sword aura that could slay deities and devils!
"That was why I mistakenly thought that Qi Zhongdao had been executed by you!
"However, after I thought about it carefully, I realized that, although the three primeval swords were very powerful, you had only just finished the bonding and hadn't melded with them yet. It was impossible for you to kill Qi Zhongdao with the three swords!
"It was contradictory to my prediction in the beginning!
"Therefore, I boldly speculated that you had a fourth sword, which was the strongest sword of the Great Qian Sword Saint that was above the three primeval swords!"
"…"
The Cultivators of other sects were so shocked that they could not react at all.
Even most of the true disciples of the Purple Pole Sword Sect had never heard of it before. They were all dumbfounded and staring at Li Yao and Yan Liren in disbelief!
Yan Liren was silent. He observed Li Yao's neck carefully. His eyes, which were as sharp as a scalpel, seemed to be able to pierce through the skin and the fat and peel off Li Yao's carotid arteries, nerves, and cervical vertebrae.
Staring at Yan Liren's waist, Li Yao said slowly, one word after another, "Flying Thunder Cave of the Broken Intestine Mountain. If I may be so bold, Master Spiritual Vulture would like to witness the Sword Maniac's fourth sword!"
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