558: Chapter 558 Be a Door God

The protective mountain formation of Kunlun Academy ultimately shattered completely.

That thousand-zhang-long giant sword, condensed from the Laws of the world, carrying the power to crush everything, descended towards the main Peak's plaza without any hindrance.

An aura of destruction rushed towards their faces.

Liu Lian's eyes reflected that increasingly close giant sword. He tightened his grip on the Snow Name Sword in his hand, preparing for a final, desperate fight.

Xie Wangsheng, Zhang Qiqi, Chen Ping'an...

All the surviving Kunlun Students, forcing themselves to stand despite their battered and wounded bodies, their faces etched with resolute determination.

They knew that once this sword fell, Kunlun would cease to exist.

They, too, would be annihilated, body and soul.

But not a single person begged for mercy.

Nor did a single person retreat.

"A bunch of ants with backbone."

High in the sky, Xu Yuanwu, the Supreme Elder of the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, wore a trace of admiration on his face, but it was overshadowed by indifference.

"A pity. Backbone is worthless in the face of absolute power."

He watched the giant sword fall, as if already seeing the image of Kunlun being razed to the ground.

However.

At that very moment, when the giant sword was less than a hundred meters from the main Peak plaza.

The entire world suddenly fell silent.

Not a figure of speech.

Truly, physically, silent.

The giant sword halted in mid-air, motionless.

The runes flowing on the sword's body solidified.

The fierce winds stirred by the sword's tip became still.

Even the dust swept up by the wind hung suspended in the air, clearly visible.

Time, as if pressed by an invisible giant hand, hit the pause button.

The indifference on Xu Yuanwu's face froze.

The disdain in his eyes turned into stunned disbelief.

He found he couldn't move.

Not just him, but the tens of thousands of Azure Cloud Immortal Sect Disciples behind him also maintained their various postures, as if turned into vivid, lifelike sculptures.

Everything was frozen.

The only thing that could move was a single figure.

That figure appeared abruptly in the center of the main Peak plaza.

He wore ordinary casual clothes, was even wearing flip-flops on his feet, and held a half-eaten bag of spicy stripss in his hand.

He looked up at the Law-condensed giant sword suspended overhead and frowned.

"What the hell?"

"I've only been on a business trip for a few days, and someone's already wrecked my home?"

This figure was precisely Li Heng, returned from the Crimson Desolation Realm.

He looked around, taking in the devastated main Peak plaza, the familiar, cracked buildings. His expression turned somewhat displeased.

"This mountain protection formation cost a fortune back then."

"And this lawn, all imported spirit grass seeds, tens of thousands per square meter."

"And my office... damn, the windows are all broken!"

Li Heng muttered under his breath, like a nitpicky homeowner inspecting a house wrecked by mischievous kids.

He took a step and leisurely walked up to Liu Lian and the others.

The faces of all the Kunlun Students were filled with utter disbelief.

Their bodies were also immobilized by the restraint, unable to move, even unable to speak.

But their eyes trembled violently.

That was...

The Dean?!

The Dean is back!

Li Heng looked at Liu Lian's severed arm, at the blood at the corner of Xie Wangsheng's mouth, at the wounds of varying depths on each student.

The displeasure on his face slowly receded.

"Alright, stop looking at me like that."

He casually snapped his fingers.

"Snap."

A light sound.

The spatial-temporal force restraining all the Kunlun Students instantly dissipated.

"Dean!"

Liu Lian's voice carried a tremor and wild joy.

"Dean, you're back!" Xie Wangsheng shouted excitedly. The emotional turmoil aggravated his wounds, and he coughed up another mouthful of blood.

"Dean!"

"It's really the Dean!"

The wild joy of surviving a catastrophe instantly flooded the entire main Peak plaza.

All the Kunlun Disciples used every ounce of their strength to shout the name that had pulled them from the abyss of despair.

Li Heng waved his hand.

"Alright, alright, what's with the crying? It's not that big a deal."

His gaze shifted to the sky, towards Xu Yuanwu, who was frozen in place.

"So it's this old geezer who brought people to wreck my place?"

His eyes held no Killing Intent.

Only a kind of blandness, like a property security guard looking at a troublesome homeowner.

"You..."

Xu Yuanwu finally broke free from that terrifying restraining force. He looked at Li Heng, his eyes filled with shock and horror.

"Just who are you?"

He couldn't see through this young man's cultivation at all.

There wasn't the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy from the other party, just like a complete Mortal.

Yet, it was precisely this "Mortal" who could command reality with words and restrain space-time!

This was too absurd!

Li Heng picked his ear.

"Me?"

"I'm the homeowner here, and also the security guard."

"What do you think?"

Xu Yuanwu's face turned extremely ugly.

Homeowner? Security guard?

What kind of ghostly answer was this!

This was an absolute, bizarre humiliation for a Peak-stage Tribulation Transcension realm expert like him!

"No matter what monstrous thing you are!"

Xu Yuanwu's rage overcame his fear.

"Daring to interfere in the affairs of my Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, you're seeking death!"

He roared, once again channeling all the power of the Laws within him.

The thousand-zhang giant sword suspended in mid-air once again erupted with destructive light, cleaving down straight at Li Heng!

He wanted to obliterate this arrogant, ignorant youth along with the entire Kunlun!

Seeing the descending giant sword again, the hearts of the Kunlun Students tightened once more.

Even though the Dean had returned.

That was the full-force strike of a Tribulation Transcension realm expert!

However, Li Heng's reaction made everyone's eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.

Facing that sword strike capable of destroying heaven and earth.

He merely lifted his head slightly.

Then.

"Pfft..."

He blew a puff of air towards that giant sword.

Like blowing away a feather, or blowing out a candle.

That puff of air, which looked utterly ordinary, drifted lazily upwards.

Then, it touched that thousand-zhang giant sword.

The next second.

That giant sword, condensed from the Laws of heaven and earth, containing supreme might, was like snow under the sun.

Silently, soundlessly, it began to dissolve.

Starting from the tip, all the way up, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the air.

From start to finish, it took barely a second.

That Sword of Damocles hanging over Kunlun's head just...

Vanished.

The entire world once again fell into an eerie silence.

Xu Yuanwu's eyes widened like copper bells.

He stared blankly at the empty space above his head, then looked down at the young man below who, after blowing the air, was still fanning his mouth with his hand.

His mind went completely blank.

"You... what did you do to my Law Sword?"

His voice turned shrill from extreme fear.

Li Heng curled his lip.

"What Law Sword? The air was too foul. I just helped purify the air a bit."

Saying this, he extended a finger towards Xu Yuanwu's direction.

And gave it a light flick.

As if swiping away an invisible line in the air.

Xu Yuanwu's body trembled violently.

He discovered, horrified, that his connection to this world... was severed!

He could no longer sense spiritual energy!

He could no longer mobilize the Laws!

His proud Tribulation Transcension realm cultivation, at this moment, seemed like a joke!

"You... you crippled my cultivation?!" Xu Yuanwu's voice was filled with despair.

"What are you thinking?"

Li Heng rolled his eyes.

"Just temporarily cut off your 'internet connection,' so you don't go around spamming junk information."

"Now, we can have a proper chat about compensation."

As he spoke.

Li Heng took something out of his pocket.

A... calculator.

He pressed the power button, and the screen lit up.

He looked at Xu Yuanwu with a serious face and started quoting prices.

"First, the repair fee for the mountain protection formation. That's the big one. I'll give you a discount, let's say eighty billion."

"Then, the mountain gate. You collapsed it. The reconstruction fee is five billion."

"The plaza floor tiles. Over ten thousand cracked. Ten thousand each, that's one billion."

"My office window glass is custom-made. Twenty million."

"Also, my students here have suffered severe psychological trauma. Each one needs compensation for emotional distress."

"That's a bit harder to calculate..."

Li Heng scratched his head, seemingly troubled by something.

Xu Yuanwu was completely dumbfounded.

Looking at this young man seriously punching numbers into a calculator, he felt the world had gone utterly mad.

"You... what do you actually want?"

"I'm telling you! I am the Supreme Elder of the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect!"

Li Heng looked up and glanced at him.

"Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, right? Okay, noted."

"Medical fees, lost wages, nutrition fees... Ah, forget it, too troublesome."

"Let's do this, round it up. You compensate one hundred billion Spirit Stones, and we'll call it even."

Li Heng showed the number on the calculator to Xu Yuanwu.

"O-one hundred billion?!"

Xu Yuanwu's eyes turned red.

He couldn't come up with that many Spirit Stones even if he sold himself!

"What? Too little?" Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

"No, no, no! It's too much! I don't have it!" Xu Yuanwu was on the verge of tears.

"Oh, you don't have it."

Li Heng nodded and put away the calculator.

"Then there's no other way."

As soon as his words fell, he vanished from his spot.

The next second, he appeared behind Xu Yuanwu. One hand, like picking up a chick, grabbed the back of Xu Yuanwu's neck.

"If you can't pay, you'll just have to stay and work off the debt."

"Your physique looks decent. From now on, you can stand at the mountain gate and be a door god."