423: Chapter 423 Defeating the Taiyi Sect Master and Demanding Compensation!

After only three breaths of stalemate, the first crack appeared on that hundred-thousand-foot-tall Taiyi Golden Venerable Dharma Idol.

Immediately after, cracks spread rapidly across its entire body like a spiderweb.

"No—!"

Yuan Xuji let out a despairing roar.

"Boom!"

The Dharma Idol exploded with a bang, turning into a sky full of golden Law fragments that dissipated into the cold starry sky.

"Puff—!"

With the Dharma Idol destroyed, Yuan Xuji suffered a severe backlash. He spat out a mouthful of Golden Immortal blood, and his entire body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

His face was filled with shock, and his eyes were brimming with unconcealable terror.

He had lost!

With just a single head-on clash, he, a veteran Golden Immortal at the Middle Stage, was actually completely crushed by a newly ascended Golden Immortal!

"Your power... not only suppresses my Law, but it's even devouring my Immortal Golden Nature?"

Yuan Xuji felt the Golden Immortal Origin within him rapidly draining away. The fear of his Origin being plundered made his whole body turn cold.

He finally understood that the Lu Yuan before him was no ordinary Golden Immortal at all, but a terrifying monster with the ability to devour others' Dao Fruits!

"Only realizing it now? It's too late."

Lu Yuan's voice rang out behind Yuan Xuji like a ghost.

The space-time extreme speed of the Xing Character Secret allowed him to cross a distance of ten thousand miles in an instant.

"Carefree Heavenly Saber! Six Paths of Reincarnation Sword!"

Lu Yuan joined his fingers into a sword, and the two supreme secret techniques perfectly fused at this moment.

With one swing, the sword light crossed the distance of space and flowed back through the trajectory of time, carrying the irresistible stripping power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"Chhi—"

Blood splattered.

"Ah!"

Yuan Xuji let out a heart-wrenching scream. He discovered with horror that his right arm had been severed at the root and was floating in the void.

Even more terrifying, the Law of Time and Reincarnation power attached to the wound were frantically preventing his severed arm from regenerating.

Even his recovery power as an Immortal Golden Immortal was useless at this moment.

Furthermore, this sword strike had not only severed his Physical Body but had also directly slashed away a hundred thousand years of his Lifespan!

"You... you dare to harm my immortal body?"

Yuan Xuji clutched his severed arm, his face as pale as paper, his eyes filled with fear and resentment as he looked at Lu Yuan.

He was afraid, truly afraid. If the fight continued, he would not only drop in Realm but might actually perish here!

"I concede! Lu Yuan, stop! I admit defeat!"

Casting aside all his dignity as a Golden Immortal, Yuan Xuji retreated repeatedly in the void, loudly begging for mercy.

Beneath the starry sky, within the Daluo Heaven, all the Cultivators watching the battle through various means fell into a deathly silence.

What had they just witnessed?

The dignified Sect Master of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, a supreme titan of the Golden Immortal Middle Stage, had actually had an arm severed by a newly ascended Golden Immortal and was begging for mercy in public?

"Is... is this the strength of Ancestor Qingyun?"

"Too terrifying... ascending to godhood in a single battle! This is definitely a battle that seals his legend!"

Shui Changdong trembled with excitement, his eyes filled with fanatical light.

Meanwhile, sitting on the other side, the Taixuan Sect Master Sect Master Fu Tianshu felt a chill all over his body, cold sweat soaking his back.

"This Lu Yuan... is actually strong to this extent? He could even blow apart the Taiyi Golden Venerable Dharma Idol with one punch? And he can devour Immortal Golden Nature?"

Sect Master Fu Tianshu felt secretly lucky that he had kept his composure just now and hadn't stepped forward with Yuan Xuji.

If the two of them had joined forces to cause trouble just now, he would probably be among those with a severed arm begging for mercy in public.

...

In the outer starry sky, Lu Yuan held that void longsword condensed from Chaos Law, the tip pointing directly at Yuan Xuji's throat.

The sharp sword glow made Yuan Xuji's skin sting.

"Conceding? Is that it?"

Lu Yuan sneered, his eyes full of mockery. "Sect Master Yuan, you brought people to crash my Qingyun Dao Sect's party, and you also owe a blood debt to my wife's ancestor."

"You want to settle this debt with a light word of surrender? There's no such cheap deal in this world."

"What... what do you want?"

Yuan Xuji endured the sharp pain of his severed arm and the humiliation, asking through gritted teeth.

He knew that if he didn't pay a heavy price today, Lu Yuan would never let him go.

"It's simple."

Lu Yuan withdrew his longsword and said indifferently, "A life for a life, a debt for money. Since Ancestor Taiyi was harmed on your Taiyi Immortal Sect's territory, then your Taiyi Immortal Sect must naturally bear the responsibility for compensation."

"I don't want much."

Lu Yuan held up one finger. "Cede the Black Gold Immortal Mineral Vein that Ancestor Taiyi was responsible for managing, along with the surrounding hundred thousand miles of territory, permanently to my Qingyun Dao Sect as compensation. Then, this matter will be settled."

"What?"

Hearing this, Yuan Xuji almost spat out a mouthful of old blood in anger.

The Black Gold Immortal Mineral Vein!

That was one of the top three mineral veins of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. The Black Gold Immortal Ore produced every year was an important strategic resource for refining Immortal Artifacts and maintaining the Sect's operations! The surrounding hundred thousand miles of territory were also rich in resources.

This was simply a lion's wide-open mouth! This was carving out the flesh of his Taiyi Immortal Sect!

"Lu Yuan! Don't push people too far! That Black Gold Immortal Mineral Vein is one of my Sect's Foundations; there's no way it will be ceded to you!" Yuan Xuji roared.

"Not giving it?"

Lu Yuan's eyes turned cold, the Chaos Golden Immortal Law on his body boiling once more, the sword glow at his fingertips flickering.

"Then I'll just have to take it myself. Only, when that time comes, what I want probably won't be as simple as just one mineral vein."

"I might even take a stroll to your Taiyi Immortal Sect's main headquarters and see if I can add a few more trophies to my Qingyun Dao Sect."

A blatant threat!

Yuan Xuji stared intently at Lu Yuan, his chest heaving violently.

He really wanted to refuse toughly, to fight to the death with Lu Yuan.

But he didn't dare. He felt the undisguised killing intent emanating from Lu Yuan.

He had no doubt that if he refused, the madman before him would truly kill him with one sword strike and then charge into the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

And those Grand Elders in the Sect who were in seclusion year-round, though stronger than him, might not be willing to provoke such a monster with infinite potential and combat power for his sake before figuring out Lu Yuan's true background.

"Fine..."

Yuan Xuji almost ground his teeth to pieces before squeezing that word out from between them.

"I promise you! The Black Gold Immortal Mineral Vein and the surrounding hundred thousand miles of territory shall belong to your Qingyun Dao Sect!"

Under the threat of death and the gaze of the whole world, this high-and-mighty Sect Master of the Taiyi Immortal Sect finally lowered his head in humiliation.

"A wise choice."

Lu Yuan smiled slightly and withdrew his aura. He turned and transformed into a streak of light, landing back on the main seat of the Qingyun Mountain square.

Yuan Xuji also slunk back to his seat, clutching his severed arm, his face so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

He didn't say another word, not even a threat, because he knew that the current Taiyi Immortal Sect no longer had the right to bluster in front of Lu Yuan.