Chapter 23
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“Are you Feng Yun Wuji?” As Feng Yun Wuji scaled the verdant peak, figures materialized before him—over a dozen men in white, their faces set in stern masks, obstructing his path.
“Who are you? Why do you block my way?” Feng Yun Wuji challenged.
The group dispersed, strategically hemming in Feng Yun Wuji. “Indeed, brother, as the rumors suggest, the Xuanming Scroll is surely in his possession,” one of the white-robed men remarked, scrutinizing Feng Yun Wuji.
“The Xuanming Scroll? You’re here for the scroll?” Feng Yun Wuji questioned, his voice tinged with surprise.
“Correct, it’s him!” the leader bellowed, and with swift movements, the twelve men enclosed Feng Yun Wuji. With a muffled shout, these members of the Blade Domain unfurled their robes, each emanating an oppressive aura, twelve invisible blades of energy interlaced, sealing all avenues of escape for Feng Yun Wuji.
The intangible pressure bore down on him, an oppressive weight akin to Mount Tai, forcing him downward.
“Ha!” Feng Yun Wuji roared, his unparalleled sword intent erupting from within, defying the collective blade energy of the twelve men.
“Ha! Down with him!” The twelve men, stung by the defiance, bellowed in unison, unleashing their full blade energy, compelling Feng Yun Wuji toward the ground.
Boom! Like a meteor, the group crashed into the earth, displacing a massive swath of soil.
“Do not entertain thoughts of escape; what the Blade Domain seeks has never been denied!” The lead blade master glared at Feng Yun Wuji, his tone icy.
“What is it that you want?” Feng Yun Wuji demanded, his anger palpable. Each of the twelve men matched his internal strength, and their united front was beyond his capacity to overcome. Trapped, Feng Yun Wuji’s legs were sunk deep into the ground; the stalemate between blade energy and sword aura pinned him in place.
“Clap! Clap!” The sound of applause echoed from the sidelines, drawing all eyes to a handsome man descending languidly from the void: “The Blade Domain truly possesses remarkable tactics. To capture a newcomer with less than three years of martial cultivation for the Xuanming Scroll, you’ve dispatched the Twelve Ganges of the Blade Domain. Haha… Indeed, remarkable tactics.”
“Are you from the Demon Realm? What is your business here?” A man with thick eyebrows and large eyes stepped forward from the group, glowering at the newcomer.
“We are here for the same reason you are. We claim this man for the Demon Realm.”
“Leave!” The formidable blade master thundered, his hand now resting on the hilt of his blade, each word pronounced deliberately: “Or face death!”
As the word “die” left his lips, the twelve men fanned out rapidly, maintaining their encirclement around Feng Yun Wuji, as twelve cold beams of light burst from their scabbards, the peerless blade energy slicing towards the enigmatic expert from the Demon Realm and the six men who had appeared behind him.
The Demon Realm man’s face paled, shouting, “Retreat now!” He retreated, his steps blurring as he moved backward, punching out with a surge of black fog like tidal waters rushing from his fist, colliding with the twelve peerless blades of energy.
Rip! The peerless blade energy cut through the black fog as if it were fabric, continuing forward, but after being hindered by the fog, the six men from the Demon Realm had bought enough time to evade the blade’s reach.
Boom, boom, boom!
Boulders shattered, and behind the six men from the Demon Realm, the solid rock bore twelve lengthy knife marks.
A powerful aura stealthily enveloped the space where everyone stood, emerging from the void with a profound force. The Twelve Ganges of the Blade Domain sensed it and looked up at the towering mountain peak together.
A long-haired man lounged on a stubborn rock at the peak, leaning forward, his clear eyes coldly surveying the scene below, his loose robe fluttering in the wind like a butterfly.
“Wind Demon?!!” The faces of the Twelve Ganges of the Blade Domain changed dramatically, exclaiming, “Why are you here?”
Wind Demon, having cultivated the Wind Demon World Formula, had reached an extraordinary level of martial arts, quite renowned in the Demon Realm. With this person’s appearance, the Twelve Ganges of the Blade Domain felt they were no match and considered retreating.
“Hehe… Blade Domain, right?” Wind Demon combed his long hair with one hand, a sinister smile appearing at the corner of his mouth: “Want to compete with my Demon Realm for people, I’m afraid you guys are not qualified enough.”
After speaking, he leaped down from the air. The faces of the Twelve Ganges of the Blade Domain changed dramatically. They glanced at each other and attacked simultaneously, with twelve peerless rainbows heading straight for the mountain peak.
Wind Demon sneered coldly. In mid-air, he turned lightly, dodged a blade energy with a flash, then rolled up, transforming into a fierce wind blowing down from the peak.
No matter how the twelve knife wielders swung their blades, they could not hit the man who had become the fierce wind.
A sharp wind, like a silver snake, swiftly encircled the necks of the twelve men, then reappeared behind them.
“Tsk tsk!… Quite a taste!” The man put his right middle finger into his mouth, sucked it with relish, and let out a cold laugh.
Puff! Puff!…
The twelve men, motionless, maintaining their blade energy release posture, trembled, and then blood gushed out from all their pores, dyeing their snow-white clothes red in an instant. The twelve men stared at the sky with wide eyes, as if in disbelief, and then fell stiffly…
“Wind Demon World Formula, those hit are detonated by their own internal strength, the heavier the strike, the heavier the injury!” The man turned to Feng Yun Wuji: “Xuanming Scroll, hand it over!”
The twelve men who forced Feng Yun Wuji to fall from the sky were actually killed by the man known as Wind Demon in a single move, which made Feng Yun Wuji almost unable to believe his eyes. Looking at the amiable smile of Wind Demon, Feng Yun Wuji couldn’t help but shudder.
Weighing the pros and cons, Feng Yun Wuji felt he was no match, and neatly took out the lower volume of Xuanming from his arms. He picked up this book that caused the Blade Domain and the Demon Realm to fight fiercely with his fingers, and said calmly: “Xuanming Scroll, right? I’ll give it to you, as long as you answer me one question.”
When Feng Yun Wuji took out the Xuanming Scroll, a covetous look flashed in Wind Demon’s eyes.
“Don’t give it to him!” A man appeared silently behind Feng Yun Wuji and said in a deep voice.
Feng Yun Wuji was shocked. He didn’t notice when someone appeared behind him. Until this person spoke, he realized it.
“Great Free and Easy Man?! Do you want to interfere with the affairs of my Demon Realm?!” Wind Demon was furious when he heard this.
The man walked slowly to the front of Feng Yun Wuji. He was wearing an old white robe, barefoot, and had a rare bald head. He looked very ordinary, and there was no aura of a master on his whole body. The only outstanding feature was his spirited eyes, and the breath that was close to nature.
“The people of the Demon Realm are brutal, acting on their own preferences. This young friend must not give the Xuanming Scroll to them, otherwise, there will be more disasters.” The Great Free and Easy Man bowed to Feng Yun Wuji and said softly.
“You’re courting death!” Wind Demon shouted angrily, turned into the wind, and disappeared into the void.
“Great Free and Easy Unmoving Root Seal Method!” The Great Free and Easy Man clasped his hands, his body slightly bent, and shouted. The old gray robe on his body suddenly straightened like steel, and an invisible true qi burst out from his body, forming a strange octagonal defense outside his body.
Just as the Great Free and Easy Man invoked his unique Great Free and Easy Unmoving Root Seal, Feng Yun Wuji suddenly had a strange feeling: the unremarkable middle-aged man in front of him seemed to have taken root in the earth and had become one with the ground beneath his feet. He was the earth, and the earth was him, immovable.
The wind howled, crisscrossing in the void, and wherever it passed, even the ground below was plowed into deep trenches. However, no matter how the Wind Demon searched, he could not find a flaw in the Great Free and Easy Man.
“Enough, I cannot break through your Great Free and Easy Unmoving Root Seal. Take the Xuanming Scroll for now, but the Demon Realm will come to claim it at any time…”
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