Free Web NovelChapter 52: Chapter 52: Great Battle of the Tongxuan Truth True Monarchs
In the next moment,
the entire world above the sea seemed to tremble.
Before the utterly shocked and horrified eyes of everyone on the ship,
a magnificent beam of sword light, so immense it seemed to slice the world and the sea in two, fell from beyond the heavens like a vast river of stars,
and cleaved the magnificent, hundred-mile-wide golden giant palm that had been shattering the sky in half as if it were paper!
An incredibly powerful storm erupted, sweeping across the entire sky over the sea.
On the merchant ship,
looking into the distance, as far as the eye could see,
the sky seemed to be turned upside down and twisted, and space itself shattered into countless fragments like a pane of glass!
In the eyes of the crowd,
far above the distant sea, it was as if two scorching suns had descended upon the ocean.
The boundless auras were like suns blazing overhead, making one feel an intense, scorching heat!
Then,
two infinitely vast auras erupted, instantly triggering a terrifying collision of tidal waves.
Afterward,
an unimaginably immense and magnificent beam of sword light slashed a rift hundreds of miles long across the sky, spanning the entire horizon!
"My heavens!!!"
Seeing the sky in the distance suddenly split open, a massive fissure carved in two by the immense sword light,
aboard the merchant ship that was now being violently rocked and tossed by the surging waves,
all the mortals and Cultivators alike stood dumbstruck, their mouths agape.
Even Gu Yun was stunned speechless.
Everyone gazed at the dark and desolate rift in the sky, which looked as if it could swallow everything, sending a chill down their spines.
Far, far above the sea, a great distance from the merchant ship,
two immense figures, wreathed in ethereal immortal energy and shining like suns, radiated an incredibly powerful and heavy aura that suppressed the heavens and the earth!
The battle between the two Tongxuan True Monarchs seemed to leap through space itself.
In one instant, they jumped from the sea’s horizon to the highest heavens,
where a magnificent, golden giant palm descended from on high like the Tathagata Divine Palm, suppressing a tiny figure wreathed in ethereal immortal energy!
Suddenly,
countless phantoms of massive, heavy Giant Swords materialized around the figure wreathed in immortal energy,
and immediately, they slashed violently toward the sky-toppling giant palm!
"Old Ghost Situ, you’re courting death!!!"
A furious roar came from the highest heavens, echoing through every corner of the thousands of miles of sea,
and reached the ears of every single person on the merchant ship with perfect clarity!
BOOM!!
The ink-black rift in the sky spread across the firmament like ripples on water!
An invisible wave of destructive power emanated from the void above,
in an instant, radiating across the thousands of miles of the Chaotic Star Sea.
At that very moment,
at that very moment, in the thousands of miles of sea beneath the firmament,
the earth’s veins within the ocean erupted. The entire sea churned violently, creating surging tsunamis, while islands were shattered by the atmospheric pressure and sank!
Even with the merchant ship’s Defense Array activated, it was tossed about precariously by the roiling tsunamis.
Gu Yun used his True Yuan to steady himself, his expression changing drastically. ’I have to get out of here as fast as possible.’
’When giants fight, mortals suffer.’
He immediately rose into the air,
and transformed into a streak of thunder, exploding forward with the fastest speed he had ever mustered and fleeing into the distance.
BOOM!
Another island was shattered to pieces by the aura emanating from the Tongxuan True Monarchs’ battle, sinking into the abyssal depths of the sea.
As for these and the surrounding tempest,
Gu Yun paid them no mind, channeling all the True Yuan in his body.
He transformed into a streak of lightning, moving with the speed of thunder, away from the battlefield and toward the continent of the Eastern Profound Domain.
...
「A few days later, on the border of the Eastern Profound Domain.」
Having fled with all his might, Gu Yun finally arrived safely on the continent of the Eastern Profound Domain, now far from the Tongxuan True Monarchs’ battle zone.
At this very moment,
Gu Yun was speeding through the forest of the Zongheng Mountain Range.
Suddenly, Gu Yun’s figure came to a brief halt.
BOOM!
The sound of battle boomed from not far away.
A figure, pursued by five others, was flying rapidly in his direction, their face filled with terror and desperation.
"Hm?!"
Gu Yun’s brow furrowed slightly.
’Someone’s being chased and flying right toward me?’
’Normally, I wouldn’t get involved in this sort of thing.’
However,
the person being chased, looking battered and covered in blood, was overjoyed the moment they saw Gu Yun. "Senior, it’s me!"
At the shout, Gu Yun’s mind raced.
’He knows me?’
As Gu Yun was rapidly thinking, the pursued person had already arrived before him.
BOOM!
At this moment,
among the five pursuers, the leader was a burly man with a vicious scar on his face.
Seeing their quarry rush toward Gu Yun, he assumed they must be acquaintances and a vicious glint flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Gu Yun’s rather young face and figured he couldn’t be anyone important.
’After all, in the Cultivation Realm, besides old men, children, and women, who you have to be very careful with,’ he thought,
’these young masters aren’t so special.’
The five of them, a band of Tribulation Cultivators, relied on their numbers to prey on lone Cultivators.
Now, the prey they had been targeting seemed to have found someone he knew.
’Why even hesitate? If he’s not a friend, he’s an enemy, plain and simple.’
The burly, scarred leader immediately threw a Spiritual Palm Seal several meters wide, blasting it toward Gu Yun!
It tore through the air with astonishing power, whistling as it went.
The four behind him immediately split into two pairs, flanking from the left and right. They attacked in unison, their powerful killing moves forming a hunting formation,
as if they intended to execute Gu Yun on the spot, killing him right then and there!
Gu Yun watched this scene with a blank expression.
Facing these ants at the Spiritual Martial Eighth and Ninth Layers, Gu Yun couldn’t care less.
He then sighed softly, "What a bother."
Before the words had even faded,
an aura as deep as the abyssal sea erupted from his body, crashing outwards in all directions like a flood.
He then gently threw a punch through the air.
In an instant, the air in a radius of several hundred meters within the deep forest was pulled in by his dense True Yuan.
A crushing pressure, heavy as a mountain, bore down on them, creating a terrifying, almost suffocating force.
The attacks from the burly, scarred man and the four others in their hunting formation
were like eggs smashing against a stone when they touched the phantom of Gu Yun’s fist—they shattered on impact.
They couldn’t withstand the phantom of the True Yuan fist from Gu Yun’s casual strike for even a single moment.
The Spiritual Palm Seal that had seemed so astonishingly powerful as it tore through the sky was instantly pulverized and destroyed!
"A True Martial Realm Great Cultivator!? No!"
The burly, scarred man and the other four Tribulation Cultivators all showed expressions of utter, unprecedented horror!
The ant they thought they could crush with a casual swat had suddenly transformed into a monstrous dragon that could decide their fates with a whim!
"Senior, our apologies! Senior, it’s a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! Could you perhaps..."
The faces of the burly, scarred man and the other four Tribulation Cultivators were filled with terror as they hastily shouted,
but before the words could leave their mouths,
the phantom of the True Yuan fist, as heavy as Mount Tai and incomparably powerful, instantly appeared before their eyes.
