538: Protect the Giant with Immortality

"Whoosh!" Without any unnecessary words, the Heavenly Born Sword Immortal's sword energy had already slashed out, tearing through the Void, creating dense, fine fissures – Void cracks, injured by the sword energy.

This sword energy was pure to the extreme, seemingly cutting through anything. Even more terrifying, it was also tainted with immortal dao Laws like annihilation, death, and thunder-fire, making the already incredibly pure sword energy even more horrifying.

Besides this, there was also the blessing of immortality upon it, making this sword energy seem eternally lasting, immortal and indestructible.

"Clang!" A deafening metallic collision erupted.

Immortal Lord Celestial Immortal Xing Cang drew out a massive hammer from the Void. Black lightning coiled around it, and a terrifying aura of destruction surged. The thunder hammer swung, colliding violently with the sword energy.

Astonishing sword energy dispersed, and boundless Sword Intent erupted, cutting open the destructive thunder released by the thunder hammer in Celestial Immortal Xing Cang's hand, strike after strike.

In the end, it actually stalemated with that massive thunder hammer in the Void, remaining indestructible and immortal.

"Such pure sword energy, such astonishing Sword Intent, is this... immortality?!" Celestial Immortal Xing Cang's pupils contracted slightly. Sweeping away his previous ferocity and mockery, he became exceptionally serious.

"This external avatar of yours is even purer than the so-called Heavenly Born Sword Bone and Sword Heart. It was born for the path of the sword, and is further blessed by remarkable immortal dao Laws like annihilation, death, and thunder-fire. What's even more incredible is that you have actually comprehended the most extraordinary path of immortality!" Celestial Immortal Xing Cang held the hammer with one hand, still resisting the immortal sword energy.

However, he remained composed and praised, "Do you know that in this world, apart from the immortal dao Law of Time that can help sentient beings ascend the Time River, your path of immortality is the most extraordinary?"

"Because even if you don't ascend the light and shadow, just by relying on this path of immortality of yours, you can be immortal during the end of an epoch, unaffected by the end!"

He narrowed his eyes slightly, "How about we make a deal?"

Without waiting for Lu Chen's response, he spoke on his own, "My Giant Spirit Race can protect you until the end arrives, but when the end arrives, you must use the path of immortality to protect us from the disaster of the end."

"Of course, without ascending the light and shadow, you ultimately cannot compare to an Immortal Emperor. With your current immortal attainment alone, you naturally cannot protect my entire Giant Spirit Race, but you must protect my lineage to be immortal."

"If you agree, the matter of you killing Xing Shan and others can be written off. Furthermore, my Giant Spirit Race won't even need to plant a soul imprint on you; you just need to swear an oath to the Great Dao. From then on, you will be the most honored guest of my Giant Spirit Race, holding a position equivalent to a Giant Spirit Race Elder. How about it?"

"Besides this, the supreme immortal scriptures of my Giant Spirit Race, and countless resources, can all be tilted towards you. As long as you want it, my Giant Spirit Race will definitely do its utmost to find it for you!"

Celestial Immortal Xing Cang spoke eloquently, continuously throwing out one tempting condition after another.

Heavenly Born Sword Immortal Lu Chen spoke indifferently, "If I want a Human Quasi-Immortal Emperor, can your Giant Spirit Race also kill him for me?"

Celestial Immortal Xing Cang's expression changed drastically, "This Lord is sincerely making this deal with you, and you dare to amuse this Lord like this?!"

The Humans are one of the oldest and most powerful supreme great races in the Upper Realm. The Giant Spirit Race cannot compare with them at all. Not to mention killing a Human Quasi-Immortal Emperor, even an Immortal King, the Giant Spirit Race cannot touch.

Otherwise, if the Humans get angry, the Giant Spirit Race will suffer an unprecedented impact.

Furthermore, all the conditions he had previously discussed with Lu Chen were actually not within his power to decide.

But he believed that even if he offered such exaggerated conditions, the Immortal Kings and Quasi-Immortal Emperors of the Giant Spirit Race would definitely agree without hesitation.

Because when the end arrives, the path of immortality is the only way to survive.

Of course, beings who have already ascended the Time River also have means to protect a portion of living beings, but such beings generally won't intervene excessively.

Because the end of an epoch is the Reincarnation of heaven and earth, the way the world naturally operates, and beings in the Time River are existences beyond the epoch. Forcibly intervening will also attract endless Karma upon themselves.

When the next epoch arrives, they will be repelled by the Heavenly Dao of the new epoch.

Of course, beings who cultivate the path of immortality, if they forcibly protect sentient beings at the end of an epoch, will also face the same.

But this was no longer important. Whether Lu Chen would be crushed or annihilated by the karmic backlash when the new epoch is born was already unrelated to the Giant Spirit Race.

But he knew that once Lu Chen agreed to protect them from destruction at the end of the epoch, then when the new epoch arrived, Lu Chen would inevitably face unimaginable calamity and be punished by heaven and earth.

"Amusement?" Heavenly Born Sword Immortal Lu Chen spoke indifferently, "Try taking another one of my swords!"

As for protecting the Giant Spirit Race to be immortal at the end, by the time the end arrives, he would at least be an existence standing above the Time River, or even already transcendent. Why would he still care about a Giant Spirit Race?

As for making an oath to the Great Dao, there was even less possibility.

On the path of cultivation, the further one goes, the more it is linked to the Dao. Making an oath to the Great Dao is digging a hurdle on the subsequent cultivation path. Once cultivation reaches this hurdle, keeping the oath is naturally fine. If the oath is not kept, then this hurdle will become the greatest obstacle on the path of cultivation.

Moreover, what Lu Chen was thinking was not about protecting the Giant Spirit Race, but about taking the Giant Spirit Race and achieving transcendence!

"Whoosh!"

The terrifying sword energy slashed out again.

But this time, it wasn't one sword that slashed out, but thousands upon thousands of swords.

It's just that the Heavenly Born Sword Immortal's sword speed was too fast, so fast that thousands upon thousands of swords appearing simultaneously looked like just one sword.

"Boom!"

A terrifying sword energy storm seemed to surge in the Void. One fine Void crack after another was cut open, flashing into existence and then vanishing.

By the time they reappeared, they were already in front of Celestial Immortal Xing Cang.

"Human Race brat, this Lord respects you for comprehending immortality, but that doesn't mean this Lord is afraid of you. If you remain stubborn, even if you possess the path of immortality, you will surely perish in the land of my Giant Spirit Race today." Celestial Immortal Xing Cang was shocked and angry.

While speaking, an even more astonishing Immortal Lord might erupted from Celestial Immortal Xing Cang.

The thunder hammer in his hand struck out. The black destructive thunder on it seemed to explode like ten thousand peals of thunder, colliding with the sword energy and continuously exploding in the Void.

Celestial Immortal Xing Cang's massive figure, over ten zhang tall, swung the giant hammer in his hand. His attack speed was already so fast that even a Heavenly King's spiritual sense couldn't keep up. One could only see the black destructive thunder constantly exploding and colliding with the sword energy.

In an instant, this area of the Void seemed to have fallen into a realm of destruction and immortality.

One could only hear the continuous sounds of thunder and sword cries, and thunder light shook the heavens and the earth. Fine, dense cracks in the Void continuously appeared and disappeared.

Among the immortals of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion present, there were many Human Realm immortals from the Jiuli Lineage, and even Heavenly Kings. But at this moment, no one could see the exchange between Heavenly Born Sword Immortal Lu Chen and Celestial Immortal Xing Cang.

Their levels were too high. While the sword energy and destructive thunder collided, every glance erupted with the most terrifying Divine Might. Every action was an astonishing Divine Power colliding.