Under the cloudless blue sky, the ball of flame up in the heaven casting scalding heat upon the earth.
Neither wind blew or the sound of critters existed.
Between a scarred basin filled with marks of intense clashes, a few dozen figures of various appearances gather at the edge of the basin while casting their stern gaze at the bottom of the basin.
There stood a man with a tattered black form fitting robe. His black hair reaching his nape was drenched in sweat and blood and pupils held neither stern or joy. In his hands is a pair of swords as he expressionlessly stared at the figures encircling him before his lips curled into a smile. No, a savage grin filled with bloodthirst and excitement.
"Well. Well. Well. Would you look at that? A bunch of Virtual God stage cultivators ganging up on this poor me. So much for the Righteous Sects Alliance when you all didn't even dare to fight me fairly." The man spat at the group surrounding him.
However, the group didn't react and instead. Their faces turn grimmer.
"Say all you want, Sword Demon. You are going to die here today and nothing will change that fact. You are sinners who slaughter wantonly for your wicked ambitions and need to pay the price! For those who had died and for the peace of this region, you must die!" The leader said with a fierce tone before issuing an order to attack.
"Hmph, Long Aotian. Do you think I am afraid? So what? Come at me you cowards! I'll take up all of you!" The injured man shouted as he coughed up more blood but ignored his injury and summoned a long and sleek black box which appeared behind him before it activated and turned out to be a sword storage artifact which instantly deployed over ten thousands swords of various abilities.
Watching the swords being deployed, the leaders and members of the Righteous Sects Alliance immediately show their true color and greed, vying for the swords in the man's possession.
However, the sword storage didn't stop and deployed even more until there were too many swords, it blotted the sky and cast shadows over the battlefield.
"Myriad Sword Array! Immortal Slaying Battle Formation!" The man howled before the swords converging into one massive sword.
"Shit! Quickly form a defensive formation!" The Alliance scrambled and immediately went into position before using their defensive technique in unison.
"Heavenly Seal!" Golden barrier quickly envelopes the Righteous Sects Alliance group.
The injured man simply snorted at the sight and with a simple move of his finger, the massive sword in the sky plunged down like a divine judgment from heaven and hit the golden barrier.
Terrible waves of energy produced by the clash and destroyed everything that caught in its range. The basin turned into massive desolated craters centered around the golden barrier that had started to crack.
"Inject more Qi! If the seal breaks, we will be wiped out!" Long Aotian roared while internally he was panicking that the Sword Demon's power was beyond his expectations.
The Sword Demon was a nobody. Nothing about him was known other than his recent emergence and his battle with numerous Sword Cultivators to stake their sword in a duel.
How could he, Long Aotian, the son of heaven, lose to a mere nobody?
"HAAAAA!" Long Aotian and the alliance members burst out their power to reinforce the barrier and attack the giant sword which managed to dissolve the move and caused the giant sword to splinter back into the million swords.
But that is exactly what the injured man was waiting for. The moment they resist the giant sword, it leaves the alliance members tired and vulnerable after expending a massive amount of Qi.
The injured man moved as fast as lightning as the pitch black and icy blue pair of swords in his hand rampaged upon the already brittle golden barrier at the verge of shattering.
When his black sword fell on the barrier, the sword glowed with dark radiance which devoured the energy of the barrier, accelerating its demise before it shattered into a million pieces like porcelain being smashed by a sledgehammer.
This caused few to hack out blood by the recoil of the Heavenly Seal being destroyed.
"Send my regards to ol' Yama in the afterlife!" The injured man grinned like a bloodthirsty demon as he unleashed his attacks.
"Sword Asura Demonic Apotheosis!"
*Boom*
Mighty power burst out from the body of the injured man as his power skyrocketed to levels beyond comprehension.
Blood-like dark aura covers his body as image of an asura wielding numerous swords appeared behind him as his face plastered with a crazed bloody grin while he cut through his enemies like weeds.
Those who dare to match his sword will only find their blade shattered on impact as his pitch black and icy blue sword reap their lives with ease.
In a short moment, only Long Aotian left as he watched with trepidation and gritting his teeths with unwillingness.
"You forced my hands! Don't say I didn't give you an opportunity!" Long Aotian roared in anger before trying to activate some sort of technique.
"Peh! You are the one that started this and when you find yourself in disadvantage, you try to blame me? Shameless! You are too shameless!" The injured man spat in disgust before quickly sweeping in to kill Long Aotian before he could activate his technique.
"Hahahah! It's too late! It's a shame to use this card on a useless trash like you. But it doesn't matter. As long as I live, that's all that matters. Die for me!"
Golden light poured out from Long Aotian's body like a glowing sun casting out its light from heaven.
"Shit! This crazy fucker!" The injured man hurried and retreated but it was too late!
"Myriad Sword Array! Nine Fold Revolving Sword Halo Defensive Formation!"
The million swords immediately form nine shields which placed themselves in front of him as torrential light turned into a devastating beam of energy and wrecked the sword shields.
One after another, the beam melted through the sword shields with its extreme heat. He knew the defensive formation alone wasn't enough.
So, he stabbed the icy blue sword on the ground and shouted.
"Bloom! Blue Rose!"
The icy blue sword responded and burst out frosty energy which turned the surrounding into a frozen wasteland while a thick wall of ice formed and blocked the scorching beam.
"No! This isn't enough. The beam is melting through the ice wall!" The injured man realized the grim revelation.
He is too drained to escape or overturn the situation. If the ice wall fails, he will definitely die!
But suddenly…
*Ding*
"Huh? A Chat Group mission?" He mumbles and the grim look on his face instantly turns into a wide grin.
"The heavens have not abandoned me yet! Hahaha!"
Long Aotian noticed something wasn't right and tried to increase the power of the beam but he was too late.
"This time it's your win! But I will return for a rematch. So wash your neck and wait for this daddy's blade! See you again, Long Aotian! Hahahaha!" The injured man suddenly turned into a hologram and vanished along with his swords.
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