"Die! You're asking for death!"
Yang Hao roared. The moment the four fell, he crushed the Taiping talisman in his hand!
The Taiping talisman in his hand, upon being crushed by Yang Hao, emitted a faint golden light, like stars scattered across the sky!
Instantly, an indescribable pressure enveloped Shu Commandery, forcing countless people to bow their heads.
The terrifying, oppressive atmosphere contrasted sharply with the faint golden light.
The golden light draped over the sky of Shu Commandery, thunderclouds churned, and the heavens boomed. Yang Hao, at the center of the golden light, appeared divine and unfathomable.
*Hum hum!*
The world thundered, and lightning crackled!
"This..."
"What happened!"
"What did you do!"
...
Xu Fei, suspended high above, suddenly trembled. A colossal pressure, like Mount Tai crushing down, slammed him into the ground. The earth quaked, and a sound like a bell awakened the entire populace of Shu Commandery!
"What is that?"
Everyone looked up at the golden light in disbelief. The Sword Gate expert, a half-step Grandmaster, a being of seemingly divine power, was sent plummeting into an abyss without the slightest ability to resist.
*BOOM!!*
A pit dozens of feet deep, with crisscrossing fissures, crawled across the entire training ground!
Xu Fei's face turned crimson. He strained with all his might to straighten his back. The immense pressure was something he had never felt even from his Sect Master elder brother.
The golden light scattered, soaring into the sky. In an instant, winds and clouds surged, like a brilliant river of stars. The invisible pressure that had enveloped Shu Commandery instantly vanished!
*Hum!*
A layer of golden light exploded, and boundless might rippled through the void.
*Crack crack crack!*
The buildings in the training ground collapsed instantly, airwaves rolled, and the fissures centered on Xu Fei let out another sound.
Xu Fei's face changed drastically!
*Crackle crackle!*
His entire body made the crisp sound of bones. Xu Fei fell to his knees, his eyes bloodshot, his face flushed red, veins bulging.
In Xu Fei's eyes, the entire training ground at this moment was like a living hell!
His body began to show spiderweb-like cracks, emitting a faint crimson hue.
"With my primal energy, I merge with the creation of heaven and earth..."
"The Yellow Heaven shall fall, what existence does the Blue Heaven have... "
A furious roar exploded over Shu Commandery, its sound wave sweeping for a thousand miles, like divine thunder from the Nine Heavens, smiting the earth!
As soon as the words fell.
A figure clad in a yellow Taoist robe, thin and gaunt, with a yellow turban on his head and holding a nine-sectioned staff, descended like a god.
He slowly stepped out from within a golden light.
"Great Teacher of the Virtuous!"
Cheng Yaojin and the other three looked up. Zhang Jiao, suspended in the heavens, took a deep breath, a mixture of shock and relief from a thousand-pound burden lifted.
The four, with smiles, let go and collapsed, utterly spent.
"Pfft!"
Zhang Jiao walked on air. With every step he took, Xu Fei felt as if thousands of mountains were bearing down on him!
He spat out a mouthful of blood, his body trembling, his face a mask of horror, his eyes wide with fear as he looked at the man in the yellow robe.
He sensed an explosive power, a power that could easily crush him. Even from his Sect Master, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Dipper Sect, he had never felt such world-destroying strength!
"Who is this? Why has he descended here!"
"Could it be!"
His heart trembled. Could it be related to Yang Hao crushing that yellow paper!
Xu Fei stared at Yang Hao in terror. At this moment, he was afraid. Even if his Sect Master himself had arrived, he wouldn't be able to retreat safely.
The entire Wu Kingdom had been deceived. This Yang family harbored a great terror!
"Greetings, My Lord!"
Zhang Jiao bowed slightly.
"That's!"
Why did he call the Prefect "My Lord"!
The soldiers on the training ground looked on in disbelief. Who was Xu Fei? He was a half-step Grandmaster who could toy with Shu Commandery's five innate powerhouses with a mere wave of his hand!
This man in the yellow robe, with just his appearance and the outward release of his energy, had caused the arrogant, high-and-mighty half-step Grandmaster of the Sword Gate to lose half his fate!
And he called the Prefect "My Lord"!
"Great Teacher of the Virtuous."
Yang Hao looked at Zhang Jiao in the void and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"My Lord, I am merely a Great Teacher of the Virtuous. This is just a talisman I drew casually. Please do not address me as such; I am unworthy, utterly unworthy!"
Zhang Jiao bowed slightly.
"My Lord, my time is short, so I shall not dally with you!"
Zhang Jiao bowed his head in salutation.
Zhang Jiao turned and looked down at Xu Fei, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Who are you?"
Xu Fei stammered.
"Who I am is not important. What's important is how you die!"
Zhang Jiao stroked his beard indifferently.
"The Sword Gate has provoked without cause, time and again. I, under the command of the Lord of Reincarnation, decree your immediate execution!"
Zhang Jiao said coldly, his eyes narrowed, radiating killing intent!
He wrote with his left middle finger in the air, "Immediate Execution!"
*Bang!*
The four characters shattered and dissipated.
In the void, a yellow turbaned giant, ten feet tall, bare-chested, wielding a three-foot steel knife, appeared before Xu Fei in the blink of an eye!
*Crack!*
Lightning flashed, thunder boomed, and Xu Fei's head rolled to the ground!
Xu Fei, a half-step Grandmaster of the Sword Gate, a figure of great renown in the Wu Kingdom, vanished thus!
"Ding! Slaying a half-step Grandmaster, gained 10,000 slaughter points!"
*Hum!*
Suddenly, a golden sword flashed across Xu Fei's mind, streaking across the sky and fleeing into the distance!
"Where do you think you're going!!"
Zhang Jiao then vanished and pursued.
In the Sword Gate's Sword Storage Pavilion, spiritual light flashed, and a golden sword shot out, heading towards the mountaintop!
Lan Feng, the Sect Master of the Sword Gate, sat cross-legged in the Sword Gate plaza, with numerous Sword Gate disciples arrayed on either side.
From afar, golden light appeared, and a golden sword quickly flew into the plaza before dissipating.
"Who?"
Lan Feng stared blankly at the path the golden sword had traced.
Golden light permeated the air, and Zhang Jiao's figure appeared.
"Who are you!"
Lan Feng looked warily at Zhang Jiao, his sword humming at his waist!
"The Yang Family of Shu Commandery!"
Zhang Jiao said coldly.
A martial artist who had just entered the Grandmaster realm was not even considered by Zhang Jiao.
"The Yang Family?"
Lan Feng asked, puzzled.
"The details of what happened are no longer important. Survive one of my moves, and I will spare you!"
As soon as he spoke, Zhang Jiao stepped forward. A golden figure, creating waves of heat, ten feet tall, unleashed a punch!
The sound waves surged, clearing the air!
With a single punch, the Sword Gate disciples coughed up blood and were sent flying backward!
Lan Feng quickly circulated his primal energy, holding his long sword horizontally before him.
A blue shield of light covered several yards in front of him.
*Boom!*
The Sword Gate echoed with a deafening roar that shook the heavens, and the great hall rumbled!
"Pfft!"
The blue shield shattered!
Lan Feng spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying dozens of yards before his momentum was slowly absorbed by Zhang Jiao's punch.
"Not bad!"
Zhang Jiao said, and his body suddenly dissipated!
A sheet of yellow paper appeared and slowly drifted down.
Lan Feng picked it up and stared at the calligraphy, mesmerized!
"Unfathomable!"
Lan Feng took a deep breath and murmured, his pale face filled with shock.
"Effective immediately, the Sword Gate shall withdraw from Shu Commandery. Those who disobey will be executed!"
Lan Feng declared, then vanished from the plaza!