Chapter 265

Chapter 265: Being a Lapdog? You Don’t Deserve It!

“Oh?”

　　The Xiao Pillar Nation smiled and looked Ye Tianming up and down, “You want to fight me?”

　　Ye Tianming nodded.

　　He had to admit, he was eager for another exhilarating all-out battle, and he also wanted to know just how far his combat power had come.

　　Xiao Pillar Nation smiled, “You’re not worthy of crossing blades with me.”

　　Ye Tianming stared at him, “Isn’t your goal to capture me alive? Defeat me, and you can capture me on the spot — how simple is that.”

　　After staring at Ye Tianming for a long moment, Xiao Pillar Nation said, “I’m not trying to insult you — someone who hasn’t even fixed their Dao truly isn’t worthy of crossing blades with me.”

　　Ye Tianming suddenly pointed at the Ancient Dragon Guard commander not far away, “Watch closely. I’m only doing this once.”

　　The words had barely left his mouth when he lightly tapped a finger, and Sword Ancestor shot forward.

　　Not far away, the Ancient Dragon Guard commander’s expression instantly changed drastically. Within that single sword strike, he felt a mortal threat unlike anything he had ever experienced before, and his instincts screamed at him to retreat.

　　But he couldn’t retreat right now.

　　If he retreated, the Divine Arrival Realm’s side would appear “weak.”

　　His expression hardened, and he directly merged with the ancient dragon beneath him.

　　Human and dragon as one!

　　The golden ancient dragon let out a furious roar, and streams of golden light surged endlessly from within its body. The massive golden scales covering it began to writhe, as if coming alive, and they started to transform.

　　Ancient Dragon Ward!

　　This was the most powerful defensive divine technique of the ancient dragon clan. They only used it in the most dire of circumstances, because every time they unleashed this “Ancient Dragon Ward,” it placed an enormous drain on both their spirit and soul, plunging them into an extremely prolonged period of weakness.

　　And at this moment, both the Ancient Dragon Guard commander and the ancient dragon sensed “danger.”

　　Even so, neither of them chose to retreat.

　　They had their own pride!

　　Nor did they believe that the young man before them, who had merely established his Dao, could truly kill them.

　　Finally, under the gaze of everyone present, Ye Tianming’s sword strike landed on the ancient dragon.

　　Shhk!

　　All anyone heard was a crisp sound, and that terrifying ancient dragon defense shattered like paper, torn apart by brute force.

　　In an instant, human and dragon were cleaved in two!

　　Blood cascaded down from the sky like a waterfall — a breathtaking sight.

　　An instant kill!

　　The field fell into a deathly silence.

　　For that sword strike, Ye Tianming had directly combined the Law of All Beings with Sword Ancestor.

　　The Law of All Beings combined with Sword Ancestor ignored everything outright — and it didn’t just wound half, it wounded the whole.

　　Sword Ancestor’s power had no upper limit, but it was constrained by the one wielding it. However, with the Law of All Beings added in, that constraint became negligible.

　　Ye Tianming was using this sword to compensate for the Law of All Beings’ weakness — after all, the Law of All Beings on its own could only maim, not kill.

　　Of course, Sword Ancestor had its own capabilities as well. However, while Sword Ancestor served him, it did not belong to him, and it would not act on its own at his command.

　　In other words, this sword was in Ye Tianming’s hands, but how much of its power he could draw out depended entirely on Ye Tianming himself.

　　When they witnessed Ye Tianming kill the Ancient Dragon Guard commander with a single sword strike, the expressions of the powerful figures on the Divine Arrival Realm’s side instantly changed.

　　Their eyes went wide, as if they had seen a ghost.

　　One sword!

　　Just one sword!

　　Everyone felt it was utterly unbelievable.

　　What in the world?

　　That single sword strike left both sides completely stunned.

　　Both Xiao Pillar Nation and Wubian Zhu wore grave expressions. Wubian Zhu knew how terrifying the sword in Ye Tianming’s hand was, but if Ye Tianming were only relying on that sword alone, it wouldn’t be enough to deal with him.

　　As mentioned before, this sword was constrained by the one wielding it.

　　But right now, Ye Tianming had clearly used more than just the sword’s power — there was also… the Law of All Beings.

　　He had heard of the Law of All Beings before, but he never imagined it would be this outrageously overpowered.

　　Damn it!

　　Wubian Zhu felt genuinely unsettled inside. How were the young people of this era each more monstrous than the last?

　　And Xiao Pillar Nation clearly hadn’t expected the Ancient Dragon Guard commander to be cut down in a single sword strike either!

　　This forced him to reassess the young man standing before him.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly turned to look at Xin Gongzi in the distance, “Do you know why I’ve kept you alive all this time?”

　　Xin Gongzi stared at Ye Tianming, and then Ye Tianming continued, “Because someone who acts as a dog doesn’t deserve it!”

　　With that, he walked toward Xiao Pillar Nation.

　　Left standing there, Xin Gongzi’s expression instantly became uglier than it had ever been, as if he had swallowed ten pounds of filth.

　　Doesn’t deserve it!

　　Ye Tianming had the power to kill him, but simply chose not to — because he wasn’t worthy.

　　Xin Gongzi took a long, deep breath, and his expression gradually returned to calm. At this moment, he had already begun to vaguely guess the identity of this “young lord” before him.

　　Ye Tianming walked up to Xiao Pillar Nation and looked him directly in the eye, “Shall we begin?”

　　Xiao Pillar Nation glanced at Sword Ancestor by Ye Tianming’s side, “That sword of yours is rather unusual.”

　　Ye Tianming said, “Don’t worry — I won’t use it against you.”

　　With that, he put Sword Ancestor away.

　　Xiao Pillar Nation stared at Ye Tianming, “Come then. Let me see just how monstrous you are.”

　　Ye Tianming turned to look at Wubian Zhu, “Senior.”

　　Wubian Zhu naturally understood what Ye Tianming meant — if they fought here, Ye Tianming’s identity would obviously be exposed.

　　Wubian Zhu said, “I’ll open a separate battlefield for the two of you.”

　　With that, he swept his sleeve, and the two were sent directly into a vast and boundless void.

　　Here, no one from outside could see in.

　　Ye Tianming had put Sword Ancestor away, and now he looked toward Xiao Pillar Nation, “Come on then.”

　　With that, he stepped forward, and Tianming Sword flew out in a sweeping strike.

　　Invincible Sword Force!

　　The moment this sword was unleashed, it gathered the force of ten thousand in an instant, and in that single moment, the entire vast void began to seethe.

　　Xiao Pillar Nation’s eyes narrowed slightly. He no longer looked down on Ye Tianming. His right hand slowly clenched into a fist, and the force of ten thousand converged in his palm in an instant. At the same time, three terrifying Great Daos spread from between heaven and earth. The next moment, as he launched his fist forward, those three Great Daos and the fist force in his palm merged into a single point, then erupted violently from that point.

　　Boom!

　　In just an instant, as the power of both sides exploded outward, the entire vast void of space and time began to annihilate itself bit by bit.

　　Yet the three Great Dao forces of Xiao Pillar Nation were not destroyed — on the contrary, their momentum grew even stronger. Like three surging tides of ten thousand acres, they swept toward Ye Tianming.

　　Three Great Dao forces!

　　Neither side held anything back.

　　And from this first exchange, Ye Tianming’s Invincible Sword Force was clearly at a disadvantage.

　　Ye Tianming stepped forward, and a mysterious power suddenly spread rapidly through this vast boundless void.

　　Restraining Sword Domain!

　　As Ye Tianming’s sword domain slowly unfurled, a strange scene appeared — the three Great Dao forces of Xiao Pillar Nation actually began to slow and grow heavy. Not only that, the power of all three Great Dao forces was halved in an instant!

　　It had to be said, his Restraining Sword Domain was fused together with the Law of All Beings.

　　Witnessing this, Xiao Pillar Nation’s expression instantly turned to one of disbelief, “How is this possible…….”

　　He found that his three Great Daos now seemed to be bound and restrained by something. The feeling was deeply uncomfortable and unsettling.

　　Restraining Dao!

　　This was naturally Ye Tianming’s own Dao — restraining all Daos in the world.

　　And just then, Ye Tianming suddenly transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished from where he stood. As this sword was unleashed, the sword force erupted like a volcanic explosion, sweeping outward.

　　Invincible Sword Force!

　　At the same time, he too had three Great Dao forces: the Dao of Boundaries, the Restraining Dao, and the Unyielding Dao of Tianming Sword!

　　But unlike Xiao Pillar Nation, Ye Tianming didn’t simply fuse them — he directly merged with the Dao.

　　This time, he didn’t waste any time with his opponent. He merged with the Dao directly.

　　The instant the three Daos merged, Xiao Pillar Nation’s expression changed completely, “Dao Merging!”

　　After Ye Tianming merged with the Dao, his sword force underwent a world-shaking transformation. And within it, there was not only his own Dao — there were traces of other Daos as well. They weren’t fully apparent yet, but the signs were already beginning to show.

　　Those other Daos were the martial arts of the Hundred Schools he had studied and comprehended during his time in the Martial Pavilion. The very reason he had wanted to fight Xiao Pillar Nation was to test what he had learned there.

　　Facing this sword strike from Ye Tianming, Xiao Pillar Nation no longer dared to be the slightest bit careless. Although power would be restrained within Ye Tianming’s Restraining Sword Domain, he remained calm and unrattled. His right hand clenched hard, and between his brows, a mark quietly surfaced.

　　”Wu”

　　This character appeared between Xiao Pillar Nation’s brows, and with its appearance, his martial aura instantly surged wildly. The next moment, three incomparably terrifying Great Dao forces shattered through the void and arrived in this vast boundless space.

　　Boom!

　　The power of these three Great Dao forces was on an entirely different level from before — one was heaven, the other earth. And as these three Great Dao forces descended, Ye Tianming’s Restraining Sword Domain could no longer withstand them, and began to shatter bit by bit.

　　Soon, Ye Tianming’s Restraining Sword Domain dissipated from between heaven and earth!

　　Those three Great Dao forces had forcibly destroyed Ye Tianming’s Restraining Sword Domain — and on top of that, they sent Ye Tianming flying.

　　When he came to a stop, a trace of blood immediately seeped from the corner of Ye Tianming’s mouth.

　　Ye Tianming glanced at Xiao Pillar Nation, then looked up. He saw an unknown and boundless starry sky — a place he recognized.

　　It was the Great Dao Realm!

　　Those three Great Dao forces from just now had originated from here.

　　Xiao Pillar Nation suddenly said, “You seem confused. Don’t you know that after fixing your Dao, you can draw upon the purest ‘Great Dao’ force from the Great Dao Stele?”

　　Fixing the Dao!

　　Ye Tianming fell silent. What he was thinking about was something else entirely — the fact that his Restraining Dao could not restrain the Great Dao Stele.

　　Unless he also fixed his Dao and gained the recognition of the Great Dao Stele, or transcended the Great Dao Stele and stood outside the Dao.

　　Ye Tianming pulled his thoughts back and looked toward Xiao Pillar Nation, just about to speak, when he suddenly turned his head. On the blood-red Great Dao road of the myriad worlds, wave after wave of terrifying auras came sweeping in, and then a group of powerful figures clad in flame battle armor charged out all at once.

　　The powerhouses of the Divine Arrival Realm had arrived!

　　Xiao Pillar Nation stared at Ye Tianming, “It seems we don’t need to waste any more time.”

　　This was going to be a group fight!

　　He was deeply shocked by Ye Tianming’s Restraining Sword Domain, but not truly wary of it. What he was genuinely wary of was that sword of Ye Tianming’s and the mysterious power from before.

　　Soon, those powerful figures clad in flame battle armor all charged into the real world.

　　At this point, combined with the Ancient Dragon Guard from before, the powerhouses on the Divine Arrival Realm’s side had completely overwhelmed Ye Tianming’s side.

　　And just then, a furious roar suddenly rang out from the depths of the cosmic star river, “Who the hell dares touch my little brother?”

　　Boom!

　　As that voice fell, a dark great road tens of thousands of zhang long stretched out directly from the depths of that cosmic star river!

　　Soon, a ten-thousand-zhang great banner flew out ahead of everything else.

　　On the very center of that banner, a single blood-red character was emblazoned: Sacrifice!