Chapter 1 The Hidden Moon Amidst Northern Winds and Snowy Gales

The barely visible lone moon hung amidst the northern winds and snowy gales.

In the faint moonlight and the faint reflection of the snowflakes, a roughly made raft drifted over, its speed neither fast nor slow, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present, including Wu Er and Lin Yanbai.

On the raft was an old man whose age was impossible to discern. His back was hunched, and his hair and eyebrows were white, yet he possessed not the slightest hint of senility. Instead, he exuded a vigor like the rising sun.

His face was ruddy, his eyes profound, and he carried an aura as heavy as a mountain and as vast as the sea.

An old man?

Middle-aged?

Or a youth?

For a time, none of the cultivators could discern what kind of person he was.

‘Who is this person?’

Lin Yanbai and the Blade Slave were both shocked and uncertain, frantically searching their minds for information about this old man.

But they found nothing.

They couldn't recall ever offending such an old man, and moreover, they had never seen such a person in Dingtian City, or even the entire Dingtian Prefecture!

Who is this person?!

Why is he carrying such undisguised killing intent?

Whoosh~

In the night wind, An Qisheng slowly raised his head, his gaze beneath his white brows sweeping across everyone in the entire river, without exception, with no escape.

Changing his physical form was naturally no problem for him. He couldn't possibly appear before others as a child.

After all, the waves that his strength would cause if placed on a child less than a year old would be very, very large.

Because even in the Myriad Sun World, throughout the past thirty million years, there had never been such a powerful ‘infant’.

Blade Slave, Lin Yanbai, and Wu Er...

Many people in Blue Water City had seen these individuals, and even if they hadn't, the auras of these three stood out among the hundreds of people present, easily visible at a glance.

Especially Wu Er, the number one true disciple of Jingyang Mountain, whose aura was extremely fierce. Even from dozens of miles away, one could feel the arrogance rushing towards them.

This person's arrogance was deeply ingrained, and his cold gaze made no attempt to conceal his emotions.

And he had the capital to be arrogant.

Since arriving in this world, Wu Er was the strongest person he had seen, surpassing even Blue Water Immortal by a level. Having condensed the ‘Grand Year Body (Tai Sui Shen)’, he was far from comparable to Yu Qianshan, who had suffered a Qi deviation for forty years.

"This old fellow..."

Wu Er raised an eyebrow slightly. His battle heart was clear, and he could clearly sense a faint sense of danger.

However, after seeing his appearance clearly, he felt relieved.

There was an old saying in the world, ‘Better to deceive a young man than to deceive an old white-haired man.’ Young people might have great potential in the future, but these old fellows might already have it now.

Especially in the cultivation world, none of the old fellows who had lived for a long time were easy to deal with.

"Lin Yanbai?"

It was a question, but the tone was certain. An Qisheng's faint gaze fell on Lin Yanbai.

"Who are you?"

The composure on Lin Yanbai's face could not be maintained, and his fingers gripping the railing were already tense.

An expert!

Another expert!

Wu Er's eyes were above his head, and anyone he considered an expert must not be an ordinary person. In fact, the visitor's aura was vast and ancient, and it was clear at a glance that he was not weak.

Where had he offended such an expert?

Clang clang clang clang~

Compared to Wu Er's oppressive aura, An Qisheng's killing intent was undisguised.

Under the surge of killing intent, many of the Lin family's experts also drew their swords and unsheathed their blades, and the intent of weapons and slaughter immediately frightened the surrounding guests and courtesans who were still in a daze.

For a time, they fled in a sorry state, not daring to linger in the slightest.

Fortunately, the Tianding Kingdom, or rather the entire Myriad Sun World, favored martial arts. Even those who had not embarked on the path of cultivation mostly knew a few boxing techniques.

At this time, they fled in a sorry state, scattering in all directions like a flock of ducks returning home.

"Wu Er?"

An Qisheng ignored him, his gaze falling on the black-armored man whose aura was like raging flames: "There's no need to distinguish who came first or later, whoever kills him gets him."

"You're so old, and you still want to compete with me?"

The black-armored man narrowed his eyes, then laughed, his voice rolling in like waves, the vast sound waves hitting all directions: "Then let's go!"

The two only glanced at each other from afar, and seemed to already know each other's intentions, and reached a consensus in a short sentence.

It seemed as if they were about to attack in the next instant.

"Wu Er, old thief!"

The atmosphere was about to explode, and Lin Yanbai finally tore off his mask and let out a sinister long howl: "Everyone attack, at any cost!"

Boom!

Almost at the moment when Lin Yanbai let out a long howl, all the Lin family experts protecting him attacked at the same time, blades and swords coming out together, launching attacks towards An Qisheng and Wu Er on either side, like death warriors.

Clang clang clang clang~

The light of swords whistled, the light of blades was like a forest, blood energy surged, tides rose and fell.

These people were all experts who had been cultivated by the Lin family for generations, spending huge resources. Except for a few like Lin Gou who had only refined their forms, most of them had already condensed their spiritual aspects (ling xiang)!

This attack was launched with the determination to burn everything together.

The sound of blades and swords was not as fast as their killing moves!

If someone were to watch from high in the sky, they would see a group of experts divided into two groups, stepping into the air together, pulling out more than a hundred sonic boom clouds stretching for dozens of miles, and fiercely killing An Qisheng and Wu Er!

"Second Master, take care."

The black-clothed Blade Slave took a deep look at Lin Yanbai, turned his body, and arrived first, traversing through the shadows of dozens of blades and swords. The black blade held in his five fingers cut through the air in the night.

He was the first to kill An Qisheng!

He had condensed the Yin Serpent Dharma Body, and was the most sensitive to danger. As early as when the two appeared one after another, he had already discovered that the most terrifying danger did not come from Wu Er, but from the mysterious man with white hair and eyebrows!

He vaguely felt that if he escaped this time, Wu Er would no longer attack, but the white-haired mysterious man was different. He would pursue him relentlessly!

Therefore, he strode across the sky, not attacking Wu Er, who seemed stronger on the surface, but killing An Qisheng.

He could sense An Qisheng's terror, and also knew that even if he took the lead, he would only have one chance to attack.

After that, whether he lived or died, he would not be able to attack again.

Therefore, in a low roar, his whole body's blood energy boiled, and the bones of his body seemed to disappear in an instant. He squeezed himself, as if transformed into a boneless snake.

The snake danced in the sky, and the speed of the dark black blade suddenly increased tenfold. The light of the blade pulled out by just one person seemed to fill the entire night!

It blocked in front of An Qisheng, as if to block every angle of his pursuit.

"Blade Slave!"

At the same time, Lin Yanbai gritted his teeth, his feet shook, and he smashed through the ship's cabin, disappearing in place, avoiding the direct lock of their eyes.

He directly fled, without the slightest hesitation!

Roar~

Just at the moment when the Blade Slave killed An Qisheng, a roar like an elephant's hiss and a dragon's roar also sounded among the group of death warriors who killed Wu Er.

A man in black let out a long roar.

His whole body swelled up like being inflated, his blood energy rolled, outlining a monster that looked like a dragon and an elephant, directly killing Wu Er.

True Form Dragon Elephant!

It was said that this was a monster born from the union of a dragon and an elephant. Its pure physique even surpassed that of a dragon and an elephant. It was a top-notch True Form Diagram!

The only flaw was that this True Form Diagram did not have a follow-up method for condensing spiritual aspects. Even this Dragon Elephant True Form Diagram itself had never been successfully walked through by anyone.

It was suspected that it lacked the most core thing, so that cultivation of this method could only stay at the True Form forever, and there was no possibility of reaching the Dao in one realm.

But under various restrictions, this Dragon Elephant True Form belonged to the top among all the True Form Diagrams in Dongzhou. Its pure physique could even be compared to some legendary peerless True Form Diagrams.

"What a loyal dog protecting its master, it's a pity you didn't condense the Dragon Elephant True Form..."

Listening to the faint sound of blades in the void, Wu Er's eyes moved slightly, and the halberd held horizontally at his side only raised slightly.

A casual slash!

Boom!

The air waves surged and rolled, and this halberd pressed down horizontally, as if a meteor had fallen into the great river, instantly stirring up tens of thousands of pounds of river water.

But the countless river waters did not scatter in all directions, nor did they rise into the sky.

Instead, it seemed to have been subjected to some enormous pulling force, rushing towards the halberd at a terrifying speed that broke the sound barrier!

"Ah!"

Almost at the same time, the dozens of people who rushed towards Wu Er all felt a huge and terrifying pulling force, like a black hole in front of them, any resistance would collapse.

In a way that seemed extremely strange to anyone, they crashed into the halberd, as if committing suicide!

Chih chih!

Blood flowed like scattered sand.

Wu Er held the halberd horizontally in front, stepping forward step by step, his pace calm and indifferent, and the many death warriors who rushed towards him crashed to their deaths under the halberd.

So cruel, so irresistible.

For a time, all the people fleeing on both sides were horrified, looking at the tall figure holding the halberd, as if they saw a demon god in the world!

Wu Er raised his eyebrows, but his eyes suddenly shrank.

His ears stood up together and closed tightly with a 'snap'.

......

In the instant before Wu Er attacked, the dozens of spiritual aspect death warriors also brazenly burned their blood energy, launching a desperate attack towards An Qisheng with the Blade Slave.

They seemed fearless, and they were not stingy with their bodies at all. They attacked with killing moves, sweeping across in the most crazy posture.

Killing intent filled the night, colder than the whistling north wind.

Whoosh~

An Qisheng sat cross-legged on the raft, his expression calm.

More than half a year, which seemed insignificant to many people, was enough for An Qisheng to completely adapt to this world.

Adapt to this world of martial arts.

He was still in the True Form, but his True Form had already reached the third level, which was equivalent to the strength of the ‘Transformation Body (Hua Ti)’ in this world!

His physique had undergone the most drastic transformation since his two lives, spanning four worlds!

In just half a year, his physique, his physical strength, had surpassed anything he had ever had before!

Faced with these many spiritual aspect cultivators, he no longer had the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Whoosh~

An Qisheng's expression was calm. It was not until the killing intent rolled in like a tide that he slowly opened his mouth and uttered a single word:

"Scram!!!"

Whoosh~

The moment this word was uttered, it was as if he had spat out the most terrifying thunder.

No, it could no longer be described as thunder. It was as if the most terrifying storm in the universe had been compressed to the extreme, and spat out with his opening mouth!

Boom!

The void vibrated, the air currents boiled, and a visible white gas ignited the void, bursting out with substantial divine light.

Rolling sound waves surged.

In an instant, the entire Moon Secluded River boiled, and immeasurable waves of water rose into the sky, as if this wide river, which could accommodate a hundred painted boats side by side, had been lifted up entirely by this roar!

Terrifying!

Terrifying!

Everyone who had already fled to the shore inadvertently turned their heads and saw an indescribably terrifying shockwave, like tens of millions of ancient behemoths running wild and trampling around at the same time.

"I......"

The Blade Slave, who had burned his blood energy and unleashed all his means, only felt a pain in his ears and his vision turned black. In an instant, he had already been swallowed by the tide of sound waves.

As early as the moment An Qisheng opened his mouth, he had already felt a huge crisis, but everything was in vain.

The moment the sound waves exploded, he did not even have the slightest resistance, and was directly shattered by the sound, his bones and flesh ceased to exist!

And that sound wave did not seem to weaken too much, and in an instant, it had already met the many Lin family death warriors who had unleashed all their means, summoned all their spiritual aspects, and squeezed out all their blood energy to launch an attack!

Rumble!

The mountains and rivers changed color, and the rivers boiled.

Large swaths of the light of swords and blades collapsed, and those pieces of good magic weapon-level divine weapons instantly lost their color and were shattered into complete fragments along with those pieces of the light of swords and blades.

And those many Lin family death warriors were shattered on the spot before they could even make a sound, turning into clusters of blood mist, and were swallowed by the terrifying air waves set off by the fierce sound waves.

Blown without a trace!

A loud roar killed all the Lin family death warriors, and among them was a ‘God Transformation (Hua Shen)’ cultivator who had condensed a ‘Dharma Body (Fa Ti)’!

Shock!

The sound waves rumbled and spread, causing the minds of everyone on both sides to hum, their eyes to turn black, and their hearts to be incomparably horrified.

But all of this was not over yet.

After that sound wave burst out and killed all the death warriors, it gathered and merged countless Gang winds and air currents as if it had spirituality.

The invisible sound wave air currents naturally transformed into a substantial divine sword, at the moment when Wu Er's ears closed, his feet paused, and his pupils shrank.

With one sword, he cut open the riverbed, which had been briefly restored to the light of day due to countless river waters surging into the sky, revealing Lin Yanbai, who was frantically fleeing under dozens of feet of the riverbed!

Crash~

Tens of millions of pounds of river water crashed down like waterfalls, drenching Lin Yanbai, whose face was pale, but who was motionless as if struck by lightning.

He felt an indescribable killing intent locking onto him, making him nowhere to hide, and daring not to escape.

Because, there was nowhere to escape!

Amidst the ‘crackling’ sound of the river water like rain, Lin Yanbai took a deep breath, walked out of the riverbed, and looked at An Qisheng with an extremely ugly face, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Who exactly are you?!"

An Qisheng was still sitting cross-legged on the raft, letting the waves roll and the air currents surge, but remaining as steady as a mountain. Hearing this, he pondered slightly, and spat out the name of this body:

"Yuan Yang."