Chapter 207

Chapter 207: The Teacher Dies First!

After Ye Tianming left with his sword, Tian Yu dropped to the ground, his face pale and drenched in cold sweat.

At that moment, his sister walked in.

She helped him up, her voice filled with worry, “Xiao Yu, how could you betray the Tian Clan?”

In her eyes, what Tian Yu had done was nothing short of betrayal.

Tian Yu shook his head, “If I hadn’t done that, all three of us would be dead.”

She didn’t understand, “But why?”

Tian Yu said quietly, “Grandfather has always seen himself as one of the Tian Clan, but now it’s clear they never saw us as people at all. We went to the wrong side this time. The Tian Clan already wants us dead, they just still need us for now, so they haven’t made a move yet. But the moment things are over, we’re finished.”

The woman was startled, “What… what…”

Tian Yu turned and gazed toward the distant horizon, murmuring, “I just hope this Young Master Ye can hold his own against them. Otherwise, the three of us are as good as dead.”

The moment he made contact with the Tian Clan, he knew the people above didn’t value them at all. No, it wasn’t that they didn’t value them, it was that they never saw them as human beings.

Damn it!

He had to switch sides!

Tian Yu glanced around the area, and a thought suddenly surfaced in his mind:

This Buddha-Demon Sect actually seems pretty good!

In a vast river of stars, the old man in the runic robe from the Tian Clan stood amid the starfield with his eyes closed, resting.

His expression was still grim.

He hadn’t expected to have found the wrong person.

He had thought it would be a great achievement, but now it had turned into a grave mistake.

Truly infuriating!

A blunder of this magnitude had enormous consequences for him, because that young miss was absolutely critical to the Tian Clan, the entire clan had been waiting, and now things had come to this.

If it weren’t for the Great Dao laws of the Sword Master of Guanxuan existing in this world, he would have genuinely wanted to wipe it out entirely.

What a mess!

Hum!

Just then, a sword cry suddenly rang out across the starfield, and in the next instant, the space-time before the old man split open directly, followed by a flash of sword light that landed right in front of him.

Within the sword light, Ye Tianming walked out slowly, sword in hand.

When he saw it was Ye Tianming, the old man in the runic robe immediately furrowed his brow, “It’s you.”

When he had seen Ye Tianming before, he felt there was something unusual about him, but hadn’t thought much of it. To him, coming to this place was like a max-level player entering a beginner’s zone, so there was no need to pay attention to anyone.

Ye Tianming walked steadily toward the old man in the runic robe, gripping the Tianming Sword, his eyes fixed on him, “Where is she? I’m only asking once.”

The old man in the runic robe let out a light laugh, “What, you’re going to come at me?”

Ye Tianming didn’t waste a single word. He raised his hand and slashed out with his sword.

Hum!

The sword cry rang out.

The old man’s eyes were filled with contempt. Since arriving in this universe, he had been the undisputed ceiling, so naturally he felt no fear.

However, when Ye Tianming’s sword came for him, his expression changed drastically. In that moment, he knew he had been careless and underestimated his opponent.

There was no time to think. He thrust his right hand forward with force, and a burst of arc light surged out, instantly swallowing Ye Tianming’s sword light. But in the next moment, that arc light exploded apart, shattering into fragments that scattered in all directions.

Boom!

The moment that arc light burst open, a flash of sword light swept across the field, and the old man in the runic robe had half of both his physical body and his soul cleanly sliced away.

One strike, and he was critically wounded!

The old man in the runic robe was stunned.

The guard warriors beside him were stunned too.

What the hell?

And while everyone stood there in bewilderment, Ye Tianming raised his hand and struck again. A flash of sword light passed, and the head of a nearby guard flew clean off.

Blood gushed like a fountain!

Instant kill!

Before anyone could react, Ye Tianming had already swung his next sword, the light flashing like a crack of thunder.

Swish!

Another guard’s head flew off, blood erupting like a geyser in an instant, a spectacular sight.

“You’re at the Dao-Establishment realm!”

The old man in the runic robe stared at Ye Tianming in shock, “A Dao-Establishment cultivator so young, you……”

At this moment, Ye Tianming was consumed by rage and made no effort to conceal his cultivation level.

Swish!

Before the old man in the runic robe could finish speaking, a flash of sword light passed, and yet another Tian Clan expert’s head flew off.

The Tian Clan experts in the field snapped to their senses and struck together all at once. Terrifying forces erupted across the heavens and earth, and the entire starfield began to churn. But in the next instant, as Ye Tianming’s sword came down, another Tian Clan expert’s head flew off.

At the same time, a fearsome sword intent swept out from within Ye Tianming, forcibly suppressing all the Tian Clan experts on the field. The moment they felt his sword intent, it was as though a great mountain had been pressed down upon their hearts.

Everyone was horrified. None of them had imagined that the sword intent of this young man before them could be so terrifying, bearing down on every single one of them.

“Stop!”

Just then, the old man in the runic robe shouted furiously from nearby, “Stop.”

He didn’t dare make a move, because that very first sword from Ye Tianming had already crippled him. Right now, not only had half his physical body been sliced away, but half his soul had been as well. Most terrifying of all, he couldn’t heal himself. He had used his divine artifacts and elixirs, but they were completely useless.

Ye Tianming paid him no mind and swung another sword. Dozens of zhang away, a Tian Clan expert’s head flew clean off.

The Tian Clan experts on the field simply could not stop Ye Tianming’s sword!

Seeing that Ye Tianming was ignoring him entirely, the old man in the runic robe erupted in fury, “You are utterly insolent. Do you know who we are? We are of the Tian Clan. Do you know what the Tian Clan……”

Before he could finish, Ye Tianming swung another sword.

Swish!

The sword light fell, and a head flew.

The Tian Clan experts on the field finally felt fear in that moment. Only now did they grasp the gap between themselves and the young man before them.

Seeing that Ye Tianming had no fear of the Tian Clan whatsoever, the old man in the runic robe was both shocked and furious, “Do you know the Tian Clan? You……”

When he saw Ye Tianming kill two more in quick succession, he hurriedly stopped and said, “That little girl is still alive.”

Not far away, Ye Tianming stopped.

Seeing this, the old man in the runic robe let out a breath of relief.

Ye Tianming slowly turned to look at him. The old man said in a low voice, “Do you know who you’re facing……”

Ye Tianming raised his hand and swung a sword.

Swish!

Dozens of zhang away, a Tian Clan expert’s head instantly flew off.

The old man in the runic robe erupted in rage but didn’t dare act on it, and could only hurriedly say, “Bring the girl out.”

As his words fell, a warrior walked out carrying a cage.

Cang Han was curled up inside the cage, her face white as paper, her eyes filled with terror, an iron chain fastened around her neck.

They hadn’t killed Cang Han. The reason they hadn’t was because they figured that if they couldn’t find the real young miss, they’d bring this one back…… not to pass her off as the real one, but to hand her over to the higher-ups to be killed as an outlet for their anger.

That included the three of them, the grandfather and grandchildren!

When he saw Cang Han locked in the cage, Ye Tianming’s gaze instantly turned ice cold. He snapped his head toward the old man in the runic robe, his eyes like a sword piercing straight into the old man’s heart. The old man’s expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, “The Tian Clan is……”

Hum!

Ye Tianming had already launched his attack.

A towering sword intent swept through everything. A Tian Clan expert nearby was crushed by the sword intent before he could even get close.

Swish swish swish!

On the field, that flash of sword light moved like the scythe of the Grim Reaper. Wherever it passed, a blood-soaked head would fly.

A slaughter!

There was no stopping it. Ye Tianming’s sword only grew stronger with each strike, and by the time he unleashed his thirty-second sword, every last expert on the field had been slaughtered clean, leaving only the old man in the runic divine robe.

The old man in the runic divine robe was utterly and completely terrified in that moment.

What terrified him wasn’t just that Ye Tianming was at the Dao-Establishment realm, but also that sword Ye Tianming had struck him with earlier. He was at the Ancestor realm, yet that one sword from Ye Tianming had crippled him outright, stripping him of any fighting ability whatsoever.

Just who was this person?

How could a world like this produce someone so monstrous?

Ye Tianming’s gaze fell on the old man in the runic divine robe. The old man’s heart lurched, and he hurriedly said, “My Tian Clan is……”

Ye Tianming raised his hand, ready to strike.

“Teacher!”

At that moment, Cang Han suddenly spoke from inside the cage.

Ye Tianming turned to look at her. Cang Han looked back at him, “Let me do it, alright?”

Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then nodded. He pressed down with his left hand, pinning the old man in the runic divine robe in place so he couldn’t move. Then he walked over to the cage himself, opened it, and extended his hand toward Cang Han.

Cang Han reached out her small hand and placed it in his.

Ye Tianming smiled gently, “It’s over now.”

Tears suddenly welled up and spilled from Cang Han’s eyes.

Ye Tianming brought Cang Han to stand before the old man in the runic divine robe, then placed the Tianming Sword in her hands.

Sensing death drawing near, the old man in the runic divine robe hurriedly said, “Kill me, and the Tian Clan will bathe this entire universe in blood. You……”

Cang Han thrust the sword forward, striking him directly between the brows.

Blood surged out instantly.

The old man still seemed to want to say something, but the Tianming Sword gave a faint tremor, and he was erased entirely.

Ye Tianming put away the Tianming Sword, then took Cang Han’s hand and turned to leave.

Cang Han suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming, her eyes full of worry and anxiety, her voice trembling, “Teacher, I’m just an ordinary person……. will you still want me?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Whether you’re an ordinary person or some great young miss, it makes no difference to me. In my heart, you are my student and I am your teacher. That’s all there is to it.”

Cang Han gripped his hand tightly and said softly, “So in Teacher’s heart, I matter a great deal, don’t I?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “A great deal.”

Cang Han asked again, “How much is a great deal?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “If we were both going to die, Teacher would die first.”

Cang Han lowered her head, and tears streamed down her face, “If that day ever comes, it will be the student who dies first. I would never drag Teacher down with me……”

Ye Tianming’s eyes suddenly grew moist. His left hand gently touched the jade pendant at his waist, the one that Mu Guanchen had once given him.