36: Fighting the Heavenly Sword Elder

"I didn't expect you to be so bold. To not run upon seeing me arrive—is it because you know you can't escape?" Your indifference to Old Man Tian Jian's arrival left him somewhat puzzled.

"I won't waste words with you. I believe you've heard of my name. I am the Old Ancestor of the Heavenly Sword Sect at the Primordial Spirit Realm, known in the Jianghu as Old Man Tian Jian."

"You should be aware of the gap between the Innate Realm and the Primordial Spirit Realm. If you know what's good for you, obediently hand over the Opportunity you obtained. Considering your decent talent, I can not only take you in as a True Disciple, but the things you've done in Taian Prefecture will also be wiped clean."

He probably really regarded you as a lucky person who stumbled upon a great Opportunity by chance.

Old Man Tian Jian couldn't even be bothered to put on an act and directly demanded that you hand over what he wanted.

After Old Man Tian Jian finished speaking, he waited quietly for your response.

In his view, the fact that he didn't directly search your soul and would even take you in as a True Disciple after you handed over the items was a tremendous favor to you; as an Innate Realm Loose Cultivator, you should be kowtowing in gratitude.

Your main body stood in the shadows, watching Old Man Tian Jian yapping away at your Clone.

You were speechless. After hearing his words, you instantly understood that this Old Man Tian Jian must have interpreted your technique for creating xuanhuang dao soldiers as an inheritance obtained from somewhere.

You felt that the current Old Man Tian Jian was very much like a villain in a novel coveting the Protagonist's Opportunity.

However, Old Man Tian Jian sounds like the name of someone from a righteous sect. Even if you are a villain, at least you should look righteous, right?

But this Old Man Tian Jian's appearance left you speechless; not only were his eyes sinister, but his nose was also shaped like an unnatural hook, the very definition of a villain's face.

The first time anyone saw him, they would feel that he didn't look like a good person.

Under your control, your True Essence Clone didn't move or respond, simply staring at Old Man Tian Jian with dead fish eyes.

Seeing you ignore his words and stare at him with that look, Old Man Tian Jian felt a deep sense of contempt from those dead fish eyes, though he didn't know why.

A fire of anger ignited in his heart. Having roamed the world for hundreds of years, when had he ever experienced such an insult?

"Kid, I'll give you one more chance. As long as you hand over the Opportunity, not only will the previous promise remain valid, but I will also do my best to help you advance to the Primordial Spirit Realm." However, he suppressed the anger in his heart and gave you one more chance.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't know if your Opportunity contained a trump card that could harm him, he would have directly searched your soul just because of that look.

You still didn't respond to this. You expressionlessly picked your ear, blew on your finger, and finally continued to stare at him with dead fish eyes.

"Good, very good. It seems you are determined to seek death. Today, I will let you know how vulnerable the Innate Realm is before the Primordial Spirit Realm." Your actions caused Old Man Tian Jian's anger to explode.

Old Man Tian Jian waved his right hand, and his Dharma Power divided, instantly forming dozens of hundred-foot Sword Qi strikes that slashed toward you. Each Sword Qi had the power to cut rivers and break mountains.

In his view, this casual strike alone would be enough to severely injure you.

Under your control, your True Essence Clone didn't dodge or evade the incoming Sword Qi. The powerful Xuanhuang True Essence turned into an invisible barrier, forcefully shattering the sky full of Sword Qi.

Seeing you block his strike so easily, Old Man Tian Jian was greatly shocked by your strength.

He felt that your strength was no worse than the people in the top ten of the Great Qian Dynasty's Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

As for you, although Old Man Tian Jian couldn't detect your true age, based on the vitality contained within you, he estimated that you were definitely under a hundred years old.

In that case, you were no different from those in the top ten of the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

Thinking of this, Old Man Tian Jian coveted the Opportunity you obtained even more. What kind of Opportunity could allow a Loose Cultivator to reach the level of a successor from a major sect?

Your main body sensed the Sword Qi attacking your Clone and discovered that the energy possessed by the Primordial Spirit Realm was indeed much stronger than the Innate True Essence of an ordinary Innate Realm cultivator.

Unfortunately, you were an abnormal Innate Realm cultivator; the intensity of this energy was slightly inferior to your Xuanhuang True Essence.

Now, the old man in your eyes was like an elite monster in a novel that becomes a master through the normal process, only to be killed by the Protagonist in a cross-Realm battle.

After understanding your strength, Old Man Tian Jian began to get serious.

Old Man Tian Jian continued to slash out a large amount of Sword Qi at you, only this time, the Sword Qi was imbued with powerful Sword Intent.

In Old Man Tian Jian's view, although your True Essence was powerful, your Mental Energy was not as good as his. Furthermore, his spirit had already transformed into a Primordial Spirit, and his Mental Energy had turned into the more powerful Divine Thought.

What he wanted to do was use his powerful Divine Thought to crush you on the level of the spirit.

Fortunately, your Xuanhuang True Essence could resist spiritual damage, so these Sword Intents didn't cause much harm to you.

Because the amount of True Essence contained in the True Essence Clone was limited, you just let the Clone defend passively without counterattacking.

As Old Man Tian Jian's Sword Qi kept falling, the ground around you was soon slashed into pieces.

Seeing that the earth had been shattered while you remained unharmed, Old Man Tian Jian knew that he couldn't take you down without using some real skills.

"Don't think that just because your defense is strong, I can't take you down. Today, I will let you see the true means of the Primordial Spirit Realm."

"Zheng—!"

A clear sword hum resounded through the heavens. Behind Old Man Tian Jian, the Void Realm suddenly twisted, and a hundred-meter-huge sword shadow slowly emerged!

The moment the sword shadow appeared, the ground within a radius of dozens of miles trembled and cracked simultaneously, as if it couldn't bear its weight.

The clouds were torn apart by the invisible Sword Qi, revealing a sliver of blue sky. Sunlight shone through the sword shadow, casting crisscrossing sword marks on the ground.

Looking at Old Man Tian Jian's sword shadow, you felt that it was a product born from the combination of his Dao of the sword and the power of heaven and earth, combined with his own energy under the influence of the Primordial Spirit.

This should be a method possessed by all in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

After displaying the sword shadow, Old Man Tian Jian didn't waste any more words; he just wanted to cripple you and search your soul.

You saw him slowly raise his hand, and the hundred-meter sword shadow behind him moved along with it.

"Heavenly Sword, Slash!"

With a soft utterance, the sword shadow suddenly swung down a thousand-foot sword light!

Before the sword light arrived, the ground had already begun to collapse, and the surrounding space distorted, as if this sword could cut through space.

Facing this sword, you didn't let the Clone dodge; instead, you exhausted the True Essence in the Clone to meet that sword light.

The instant the two forces collided, the ground within a radius of dozens of miles couldn't hold up and suddenly collapsed. Countless small hills crumbled, forests were razed to the ground, and dust and smoke shot into the sky!