Over the city lord's manor, the elder hovered in the sky as he heard Bu Jan's voice sound behind him; he turned and saw Bu Jan's figure standing with a resilient demeanor. Bu Jan stood behind the floating elder with a bloody face but a calm and resilient demeanor; his bronze armor had a huge crack due to Wang Wu's previous earth fist attack. Bu Jan stood with a clenched fist as he glared at the floating elder; he slowly approached the black-beard elder as he spoke.
"You annoying sects and higher regions like to bully the weak too much; I understand the weak life to serve the strong, but you guys constantly pestering lower regions like us is going overboard."
".....It seems the dog doesn't stray far from its master's attitude. You still have the strength to stand despite having such bleeding injuries; not bad, but do you think such an attitude threatens me?"
The elder faced Bu Jan as he replied with a calm disposition; he slowly placed his hands behind him and assumed a dominating character, looking at the standing Bu Jan like an insect; the elder concentrated his attack on him as he uttered. "Qi suppression." Boom! A booming sound resounded as Bu Jan was sent kneeling on one knee by the elder's golden Celestial realm Qi, almost hitting his head on his knee, but clenching his teeth and raising his head, Bu Jan glared at the elder with an unyielding expression as he spoke.
"Yes, all you can do is bully the weak, suppressing those who go against your power. But today, I, Bu Jan, shall see what expression you make when facing something stronger than you; 'Space Lion Severing Spear."
Finished speaking, Bu Jan stretched his right hand while kneeling as he called the spear. The elder frowned when he saw Bu Jan resist his power when he was stronger than Bu Jan by realms and stages, but his frown instantly changed to surprise when he saw Bu Jan stretching his hand towards where the spear intercepted his spirit sword attack. The next moment, the elder watched as the spear flashed and appeared in Bu Jan's right hand, he thought.
'Does this kid have a sacred weapon? That's impossible; this region isn't even mentioned in the general map of the central domain due to its outskirts location, and not even the city lord possessed a weapon higher than mid-grade. But again, this is an opportunity; I will kill the guard and wipe out the Sky Yun estate, leaving me with high-grade sacred treasure.
"Boy, hand over the sacred treasure, and I will spare you and your city lord; I will even make the Sky Yun region a subordinate of the Spirit Sword Sect."
Bu Jan held the spear as he slowly rose to his feet; the spear vibrated in Bu Jan's grasp as it began emanating golden light; a lion-like tattoo appeared on Bu Jan's right arm as it blinded the surrounding. Moments later, the light died down as everything cleared; Bu Jan now stood with an authoritative demeanor as his eyes shone bright, the spear floating beside him as he looked at the hovering elder and spoke.
"I will allow you to be a bully one last time; use it wisely."
The elder heard Bu Jan's words as his face turned dark. He gnawed and spoke, attacking after.
"Courting Death, Spirit killing sword."
The next moment, a spirit sword bigger than the previous sword materialized above the elder as it launched at Bu Jan. Seeing the incoming sword attack, Bu Jan maintained his calm and dominating demeanor as he casually held the floating spear with his right hand, swinging the spear in a testing manner, he pointed it at the incoming spirit sword as he uttered. "Energy absorption technique."
The incoming spirit sword clashed with the tip of the spear the next moment, and the initial momentum of the attacking sword slowed tremendously; the next instant, the spirit sword dispersed. But with the dispersing of the spirit sword, Bu Jan felt abundant energy flowing in his body as it slowly replenished his previously drained Qi; he opened his arms as if embracing the resplendent flowing energy. His previously bleeding apertures began healing, and the earth fist injury on his right side regenerated almost instantly. The current Bu Jan looked different from the previous injured and weak guard.
Seeing this scene, the elder frowned as he couldn't apprehend what happened; he saw his spirit sword launching at Bu Jan and Bu Jan pointing the spear at the incoming sword, but why wasn't there a collision or impact upon both weapons clashing? He slowly removed his hands from his back as he appeared serious and cautious. 'What type of high-level treasure must that spear be capable of blocking my 'Spirit killing Sword' completely? Nevertheless, the more powerful the treasure, the more I want it.'
"Kid, now you have my attention." Flash!
Speaking with a smirky expression, the elder flashed from his hovering spot. Bu Jan stood as he saw the elder flash; he immediately blocked his back with the spear; the next moment, the elder appeared behind Bu Jan and threw a heavy kick at Bu Jan's head. But seeing his kick getting blocked instantly by the spear, the elder flashed again as he appeared before Bu Jan. This time, "Spirit punch," he spoke as he sent a powerful punch at Bu Jan's chest. But again, his attack was blocked by Bu Jan using the spear; despite seeing the result of his attacks being ineffective, the elder continued with a series of attacks from different angles. To his disappointment, all his attacks were blocked by Bu Jan using the spear, and there wasn't the slightest acknowledged recoil or impact; it was as if the spear absorbed the attacks. The elder flashed one last time as he appeared ten meters from Bu Jan; he spoke.
"What type of spear is that, and what grade is it?
"Ha, is the mighty Spirit Sword Sect elder questioning his strength? How disappointing."
Bu Jan calmly stood as he spoke to the exhausted elder. 'What a powerful spear, even when this elder is a celestial realm cultivator, I wasn't even shifted by the impact of his punches, and all his attacks were absorbed and then transferred to me as energy. When did my spear become a treasure?-'
"Boy, don't get arrogant because of some spear; hand over the spear, and my sect won't have to be involved with the Sky Yun Region."
"Pathetic, since you failed at bullying for the last time, it's time I send you to hell."
Bu Jan spoke the next instant; he felt tremendous Qi leaking from his body and getting absorbed by the spear; he darted at the elder as he uttered, "Space Severing Slash." The elder stood cautious as he saw Bu Jan rushing at him; of course, Bu Jan was of lower cultivation than him, so he perceived Bu Jan's speed as extremely slow. But suddenly, 'What is this ominous feeling? It's like floating in the middle of nowhere in space and can't escape the ravaging chaotic void energy; I better dodge it.' The elder felt an ominous sensation as he immediately flashed from the incoming spear attack; unfortunately, his speed wasn't fast enough to escape the space slash, and his left arm was severed.
Slash!
With the elder flashing from the spot, a large space slit open as it exposed the chaotic void, the elder flashed as he appeared in the air, holding his shoulder where his arm was severed. He used his Qi as he tried to regenerate, but to his dismay, his arm couldn't even stop the blood from spraying, let alone regenerate. The elder assumed an angry expression as he spoke.
"How dare you nasty lower-region peasant injure an elder of the Spirit Sword Sect? Your action just dictated the extermination of the entire Sky Yun Region."
"No, it didn't"
SLASH!
Suddenly, a male voice sounded over the head of the sect elder. It took him by surprise, but he was severed into two halves before he could even turn his head. His severed halves fell the next instant. Bu Jan stood on the ground as he looked where the elder floated; he heard the elder speak, which slightly frightened him. He didn't know how the Sky Yun Region would handle the entire Spirit Sword Sect. But instantly before the elder finished speaking, Bu Jan heard another male voice as the spirit sword sect elder was severed in half the next instant, falling after. Remaining in the air was the figure of a man; Bu Jan couldn't see the figure clearly because of the sun, but he could tell it was a man due to the manly physique of the floating figure.
"Quite the willpower you have for a guard."
Bu Jan heard the man speak again, but this time, he widened his eyes as if realizing something, 'This voice, I have heard it somewhere before. Can it be the benefactor from the trip?' Bu Jan thought as he used his left hand to block the sun's rays. He then saw the clear figure of the man the next moment, he dropped his spear and knelt, and he spoke.
"Greetings, benefactor"
The man slowly floated close to Bu Jan as his figure got revealed; it was Patrick.
Previously at the Inn, Patrick leaned on the seat as he watched the fight between Bu Jan and the elder, but then Grace gave him an analysis of the outcome, which was 'Master, despite having a god-grade artifact, Bu Jan isn't strong enough to unleash its full power; therefore he will lose terribly." Patrick nodded to the information as he vanished from the inn the next instant, appearing over the Spirit Sword Sect elder as he severed the elder by ordering the space to separate the elder.
[Passive Nature: Absolute Existential Authority; Absolute authority over every existing known and unknown]
After severing the elder, Patrick slowly approached Bu Jan as he spoke; upon seeing that it was him, Bu Jan knelt and cupped his arms as he greeted him. Patrick hovered slightly above Bu Jan as he raised Bu Jan's kneeling body; he then spoke.
"A man shall only kneel to their parents or respective gods, and I'm neither."
Turning his attention to the arrived disciples in the distance, Patrick slowly approached the two sect disciples with a godly ambiance and hands behind his back. Being raised from the ground, Bu Jan stood as he looked at the destroyed surroundings; he then saw his master as he immediately rushed to Yun Shin while 'city lord.' Patrick approached the sect disciples; he saw their miserable panicked states.
The two sect disciples had witnessed their master defeat the city lord with his sword will alone; this brought them pride as their arrogance intensified. But after they witnessed their master lose an arm to the guard, they lost their arrogant attitudes as they also became cautious, but not even a second later, their master was sliced in half, and he didn't even know what killed him. One must know that these two are disciples of one of the most powerful sects in the outmost regions of the central continent and are viewed as geniuses meant to transcend the realms of their masters in the future. But the more genius a disciple was, the more powerful their masters were, and every master was either an elder or someone of high status in the sects. But they had just witnessed their master getting sliced in half without any slightest resistance; this caused them to despair as they gazed at the man slowly approaching them with dreadful gazes.
Patrick approached the two disciples as he saw the girl's despairing expression while the boy pissed himself from dread and fear. Patrick looked at the disciples like germs as he spoke to Grace.
"Grace, calculate their karma."
"Accessing Akashic records for the targets' karma value. The boy, Lui Ban, has claimed twenty thousand innocent lives, excluding the battle deaths. The girl, Quian Feng, has claimed fifty thousand innocent lives and four hundred thousand heartbreaks, excluding battle deaths."
"It seems your Spirit Sword Sect is quite the busy sect; for inner disciples like you to have such high death counts, I wonder what your core disciples, elders, and sect leader have. But it seems karma doesn't favor you."
[Passive Nature: Absolute Fate/Karma Administrator; Complete control over the fate, karma, and reincarnation of all living existences]
Patrick activated his passive nature as the next instant; the two male and female disciples incinerated into specks of dust, their souls not even allowed to reincarnate. With the incineration of the disciples, Patrick turned as he approached Bu Jan, who held unto the half-dead body of the city lord; he saw the near-death state the city lord was in as he thought of healing him; the next second, the city lord's body floated from Bu Jan's grasp and into the air. Light shone on the city lord as the next second, he appeared completely uninjured and replenished Qi; landing on the ground, the city lord saw Patrick as he assumed an astonished expression, but before he could cup his hands in salute, Patrick interrupted.
"You must be the city lord of Sky Yun Region."
"Yes, benefactor, I'm at your service."
Yun Shin spoke by slightly bowing his head to Patrick, but he heard Patrick speak again.
"I left some mess in your Blue Sky Inn; I hope I have repaid the favor."
"Huh?... Whatever the mess this Yun Shin will handle appropriately, the benefactor's favor is fully paid, and we are indebted to you now."
"Good, about the debt. Bu Jan must have told you of us accompanying your daughter; the debt can be used to pay for her giving my company and me a ride and social entertainment. Since there are no more debts, I will take my leave."
Instant Vanish!