287: Chapter 287 A Series of Lies, A Friendship Beyond Age

In mid-air, Su Xuanchen's sky-propping giant finger, crystal clear like colored glass, carried world-destroying immortal-demon light, firmly suppressing Old Ancestor Blood Saber below.

A violent energy storm raged wildly between the two, and the Void Realm collapsed inch by inch like a fragile mirror.

“Crack, crack, crack—!”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's proud blood-colored saber beam, which had fused with a fallen Origin comparable to the Immortal King Realm, emitted an ear-piercing cracking sound under the terrifying pressure of this sky-propping giant finger. Countless fine cracks spread wildly across the surface of the saber beam like a spiderweb.

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's eyes were blood-red, the corners of his eyes completely split open, and foul-smelling black blood flowed wildly down his cheeks.

His heart was filled with both shock and rage, a sense of extreme humiliation never felt before gnawing at his sanity like thousands of poisonous snakes.

He had lived for countless eons, traversing the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, a grand evil cultivator titan at the level of an Immortal King! He could accept losing to Su Xuanchen, who possessed the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body—after all, that was a taboo Physique that broke the rules of the Dao and would even trigger lightning punishment from heaven and earth to be wiped out.

But!

He absolutely could not tolerate that his strongest strike, fueled by his lifelong cultivation, was being forcibly ground in mid-air by a middle finger full of provocation and extreme insult!

To him, this was a humiliation worse than being sliced into a thousand pieces!

“Aaaaah! This Old Ancestor is not convinced! You damned Human Race ant, how dare you humiliate me like this!”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber let out a hysterical, shrill roar, his withered hands tightly gripping the hilt of his saber, attempting a final struggle.

“Not convinced? Then hold it in for me!”

Su Xuanchen sneered, his lazy face full of arrogance. He casually flipped his wrist, and the sky-propping giant finger suddenly exerted force, slowly pressing down with extreme dominance!

“Bang—!!!”

A terrifying explosion that shattered the stars of the Nine Heavens resounded.

The hundred-thousand-foot-long blood-colored saber beam completely exploded, turning into foul-smelling blood-red debris that burst brilliantly in mid-air.

The sky-propping giant finger met no resistance, like a primordial divine pillar, brutally crushing all defenses and slamming heavily onto the hard floor of the Underground Killing Hall.

Rumble!

The deafening roar resounded through the clouds, the entire ancient hall shook violently, and countless huge stone pillars collapsed. The ground was smashed into a giant pit a hundred meters deep by this single finger, and the violent energy aftermath turned into a level twelve destructive hurricane, sweeping wildly in all directions.

The three women hiding under the myriad things mother qi cauldron were shaken so much by this terrifying commotion that their blood and Qi surged.

An unhideable look of fear appeared on Chang Xiyue's cold face. She stared intently at the bottomless giant pit, her breath completely stopping.

Ji Luanxi was so scared she sat on the ground with a thud, her hands tightly covering her ears, her watery eyes full of shock and admiration.

“Wow! Husband's finger is too scary! Such a big old monster was poked directly into the ground!” Ji Luanxi shouted, her small face red with excitement.

Gu Hongchen tightly gripped the biluo emperor sword, her full chest heaving violently, her heart secretly alarmed.

She was a genuine True Immortal Realm Expert, but looking at the giant glass finger that had smashed a hundred-meter-deep pit, she knew very well that if she were to face this strike, she wouldn't even last half a breath before being crushed into a pulp along with her sword.

“Old Ancestor Su's strength is simply bottomless...” Gu Hongchen swallowed, her scalp tingling.

Dust billowed through the sky, and rubble fell pattering down.

At the bottom of the deep pit, Old Ancestor Blood Saber had not been crushed into meat paste as everyone had expected.

At the moment the giant finger fell, the old monster decisively abandoned most of his Origin, turning into a thin gray mist and narrowly escaping through the gaps of the giant finger, avoiding the fatal blow that would have destroyed his Divine Soul.

The gray mist re-condensed with great difficulty at the edge of the pit, manifesting Old Ancestor Blood Saber's withered, skeletal body.

As soon as his physical body solidified—

“Waaaah!”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber spat out a large mouthful of black blood mixed with organ fragments toward the sky.

His appearance at this moment was miserable to the extreme, with thick black blood seeping from the corners of his mouth, eyes, and both ears. Seventy to eighty percent of the bones in his body were broken, and his tattered blood-colored robe was torn into strips by the fierce wind. His terrifying aura, which was originally comparable to the Immortal King Realm, had decreased by ninety percent, making it extremely difficult for him even to stand steadily.

He clutched his sunken chest, gasping for breath, and looked up at Su Xuanchen in mid-air.

In those sunken blood-red eyes, the previous arrogance and greed were gone, replaced by overflowing shock, extreme wariness, and extremely venomous hatred.

Old Ancestor Blood Saber knew very well that he was completely finished today.

He definitely couldn't win; that Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body was simply an unreasonable, perverted monster. Flee? In this sealed Death Gate Formation, where could he flee?

Just as he fell into despair and was at his wit's end—

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's sinister gaze very covertly swept over Ji Luanxi, Chang Xiyue, and Gu Hongchen, who were hiding under the myriad things mother qi cauldron.

He was an evil cultivator titan who had lived for countless ages; how cunning and malicious his mind was. He had long seen that although Su Xuanchen was decisive in killing and boundlessly arrogant, he valued these three women greatly, even leaving that Immortal King treasure cauldron, which could withstand an Immortal King's attack, to protect them.

“As long as I can capture those three women, I will have the leverage to survive!”

A malicious thought immediately arose in Old Ancestor Blood Saber's heart. As long as he held them hostage, he could blackmail Su Xuanchen into letting him live and even force him to hand over that treasure cauldron!

Thinking of this, Old Ancestor Blood Saber's old face, distorted by venomous hatred, underwent a change worthy of a face-changing performance.

He very quickly put away the tattered blood fiend raging saber in his hand and retracted all the nauseating killing intent and fallen aura from his body.

Then, enduring the severe pain throughout his body, he forced a very affected, even somewhat comical, kind smile onto his face that looked like old tree bark.

“Aiyaya! Young hero's Divine Might! Young hero is truly a peerless Prodigy unique throughout the ages!”

While slapping his thighs exaggeratedly, Old Ancestor Blood Saber praised loudly in his raspy voice, his tone full of flattery and sycophancy.

This sudden turn of events left Gu Hongchen and the others completely stunned.

The old monster who was shouting about killing and eating people just now, how did he suddenly turn into this sycophantic dog after being ground into the dirt by a middle finger?

Old Ancestor Blood Saber completely ignored everyone's astonishment. He straightened his withered waist, pretended to be an otherworldly expert, and began to spout nonsense.

“Young hero, don't attack! Actually, what I did just now was all to test your strength!”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber said with a thick face and a very sincere tone, “To tell you the truth, although I went astray in the past, I later had the honor of receiving personal guidance from the Ancient Empress Yun Lingxiao. I have completely turned over a new leaf and changed my ways!”

As he spoke, he very covertly moved his feet. He appeared to be stumbling from pain, but in reality, he was secretly moving closer to Ji Luanxi and the others inch by inch.

“The Empress is magnanimous. Not only did she not kill me, but she also entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, letting me stay in this Death Gate to specifically watch over the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court and wait for the arrival of the destined person.”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber's lies became smoother and smoother. He said loudly without blushing or his heart racing, “Young hero's finger just now shook the heavens and moved the spirits; it has completely defeated me. This means you have perfectly passed the test left by the Empress!”

Hearing these words, Gu Hongchen's brow furrowed, and her grip on the sword hilt tightened.

“This old monster is full of nonsense; he definitely has no good intentions!” Gu Hongchen's heart was ringing with alarm; as a True Immortal, how could she believe such lies?

But Old Ancestor Blood Saber was extremely cunning; he directly threw out a fatal temptation.

“Young hero, and the three ladies over there. Since you have passed the test, you can directly enter the core Divine Treasure Vault of the Heavenly Court!”

Old Ancestor Blood Saber gestured with his hands, his tone highly provocative, his eyes shining as he described the illusory treasure: “Inside, there are mountains of Ninth-Grade Immortal Pills! Countless top-tier Immortal Artifacts and Primordial Divine Weapons! There are even Immortal King Divine Techniques personally left by the Empress! As long as you go in, these Heaven-Defying opportunities are within reach!”

These persuasive words were like a poisonous potion with magic power.

Ji Luanxi, who had been hiding in the back, heard the words “Immortal Pill” and “Immortal Artifact,” and her watery eyes instantly lit up like two small light bulbs.

This girl was simple-minded and extremely greedy for wealth; at this moment, she was completely blinded by this huge temptation.

“Wow! Are there really countless Immortal Pills and Immortal Artifacts?”

Ji Luanxi's face turned red with excitement, completely forgetting the danger from before. She involuntarily stepped out, wanting to leave the protection of the myriad things mother qi cauldron and walk toward Old Ancestor Blood Saber.

“Sister Luanxi! Don't go over there! This old monster is lying!” Gu Hongchen turned pale with fright and grabbed Ji Luanxi's arm, forcibly pulling her back.

Seeing this, an extremely anxious and malicious cold light flashed deep in Old Ancestor Blood Saber's eyes, but on the surface, he still maintained that kind smile and continued to entice them.

“Don't be afraid, young lady. My cultivation is now greatly damaged, and I can't even stand steadily. How could I still hurt you? I will lead the way for you now to get those Immortal King Divine Techniques...”

In mid-air, Su Xuanchen stood with his arms crossed, looking down at Old Ancestor Blood Saber's clumsy performance.

A sharp light flashed in his deep eyes, like a hunter who had seen through everything.

How could Su Xuanchen not see through this old dog's trick? The reason he wasn't in a hurry to slap him to death was entirely to take the Opportunity to squeeze more information about the Ancient Heavenly Court and the Formation core out of the old thing's mouth.

After all, this old monster had been imprisoned here for tens of thousands of years; he must know many inside stories about the Empress and the Heavenly Court's treasure vault.

However, to increase the credibility of his lies, Old Ancestor Blood Saber actually began to shamelessly praise himself.

“Young hero might not know, but although I was placed here by the Empress, back then, the Empress and I talked through the night and felt like old friends who met late. The Empress greatly admired my talent; we were truly friends despite the age gap!” Old Ancestor Blood Saber patted his withered chest and boasted confidently.

Hearing this, the sneer at the corner of Su Xuanchen's mouth instantly vanished.

He rolled his eyes in extreme speechlessness, completely giving up on the plan to continue fishing for information, knowing deep down that this old fellow was full of lies.