Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 820: Someone Wants Your Life

“Our sect leader planned this far ahead?” Meng Jingzhou was utterly floored. Could his usual habit of provoking everyone all be for today’s battle?

Lu Yang said faintly, “No, I think it’s simply my shifu’s nature to make enemies everywhere.”

“The little Taciturn brat has reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage?” The Heartless Creed Fusion cultivator above Lu Yang noticed the commotion at the City Lord Estate. Clearly, he also had a grudge against the Taciturn Daoist Priest.

“You still have the energy to care about others?” Chieftain Jin’s eyes were blood red. Fanning demonic flames, he opened his maw wide, swallowing all the ghostly shadows summoned by his opponent and refining them into tiger-henchman ghosts within his stomach for his own use.

The Qiongqi Tribe was born for battle. Once they entered combat mode, they would focus solely on their opponent, ignoring the external environment.

According to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s assessment, this was called a “one-track mind.”

“Who will win?” The Innate Daoist Priest watched the skies above the City Lord Estate nervously. Even when he was at the Fusion Stage, he had rarely seen battles at the Transcendent Tribulation level. He didn’t expect a battle of this level to erupt just days into his prison stay.

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Beneath the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s feet, the broad Sword Dao unfurled once more. Countless sword shadows emerged, the killing intent shocking the world. Sword rays shot skyward unpredictably like soaring dragons and dancing phoenixes.

The spirit swords breathed out iridescent sword qi that was sharp and blinding, capturing one’s soul.

Su Moran’s hair stood on end. Before he contacted the sword qi, his body felt a piercing pain, as though millions of needles were pricking him. He vigorously raised his two giant axes. Behind him, countless phantom images of shattered mountains appeared—all mountains his axes had cleaved.

“Five Sacred Mountains Split!”

A continuous range of mountain phantom images crashed down alongside the axes, as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth were sinking.

The Ye City civilians trembled. If this strike had landed on Ye City, it would have been reduced to ruins, with not a single survivor.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest sat in the lotus position with one leg. Using his sword as a qin, he plucked it while singing. His song was bold and heroic, stirring the soul. Ten thousand swords chimed in unison. Sword qi rushed into the clouds, disrupting heaven and earth, crushing the mountain phantoms.

Lu Yang suddenly remembered Gan Tian saying she was proficient in music, having learned from their shifu.

“I hereby establish the rule: [You are not allowed to call out the names of your moves.]” The Taciturn Daoist Priest established a temporary rule for the first time as a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator.

Su Moran swung his axes. Just as he wanted to call out the name of his move, he was nearly choked to death by the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s rule.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest’s rule constrained only a minor matter, so its binding power was exceedingly strong. Moreover, Su Moran had previously laid down two [Rules] to seal Ye City, leaving him with no strength to resist the Taciturn Daoist Priest in terms of rules.

“Don’t randomly shout the names of moves during battle; it’s bad for your throat... One Sword Transforms Into Ten Thousand Swords!”

Tens of thousands of spirit sword phantoms flew from the broad Sword Dao, resonating with each other. Sword rays fused, transforming into a divine sword that was three chi long.

“This is Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!” With repeated provocations from the Taciturn Daoist Priest, it was useless even if Su Moran chanted Heart-Purifying Incantations a hundred times in his heart. Finally, Su Moran could no longer contain his anger.

Not letting me call the names of my moves is one thing, but you can shout them out and deliberately get them wrong!

“Is your brain not working due to old age? Why do you believe whatever I shout?” The Taciturn Daoist Priest looked at Su Moran disdainfully. You can be the vice creed leader with a level like this? 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Suddenly, just as the three-chi divine sword that had coalesced from ten thousand swords was about to pierce Su Moran, it exploded, transforming back into ten thousand swords. Su Moran was caught off guard by this move, and his body became riddled with sword holes.

“I told you it was One Sword Into Ten Thousand Swords. Why didn’t you guard against it?” The Taciturn Daoist Priest laughed, his eyes full of mockery.

Watching from afar, Lu Yang thought to himself, Shifu, these moves of yours probably aren’t the experience you gained from sparring with Grand-Shifu and Master Jiesha, right?

For the past thousand years, Su Moran had been paying attention to the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s activities and fighting style. However, the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s combat style was varied and inexhaustible. It was impossible to grasp the patterns and counter them just by observation.

The battle rapidly intensified. Sword light and axe shadows interwove, and the air was pervaded with sparks from the fierce combat.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest’s figure was as agile as a specter. His sword begot numerous sword shadows, shifting from complex to simple, then simple to complex, the variations endless. The twin axes were powerful and heavy. Swung like the wind, it provided offensive and defensive capabilities and was impervious to water.

Watching from the side, Wu Lei dared not intervene in a battle of this level. With his cultivation, even suffering one hit could mean death or grievous injury.

Suddenly, the Taciturn Daoist Priest found an opening. Flicking the tip of his sword, he employed skillful force to pry apart the crossed axes, exposing Su Moran’s vital point at his chest.

“Oh no!” Su Moran cursed. He wanted to resume a defensive stance, but the Taciturn Daoist Priest had forced him to reveal this opening step by step through his series of attacks. The Taciturn Daoist Priest had anticipated this situation long ago and charged up power for a while. How could he give Su Moran a chance to react?

“Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate!”

The sharp sword slashed down like a cascading silk ribbon. The sky curtain trembled, carrying boundless killing intent toward Su Moran.

When the Taciturn Daoist Priest had executed his move at the Advanced Fusion Stage, it could already force the Dawnbreaker Venerable Lord, an Intermediate Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, to dodge. Now that he had advanced to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, the power of this strike far surpassed anything before!

Heaven’s Gate opened wide. The sword qi, which resembled a ten-thousand-zhang cascading silk ribbon, buried Su Moran underneath.

Su Moran suddenly appeared at another location. The Death-Substitution Talisman on his chest suddenly burned, signifying that he had died just now.

“Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate!”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest strode forward. Without a second thought, he delivered another sword strike at Su Moran, who had just escaped.

The firmament shook. With exposed sharpness and rainbow-like resplendence, it cleaved at Su Moran.

This time, Su Moran had no more Death-Substitution Talismans. The sword struck its target, splitting his body in two!

Su Moran activated a mystic art, burning his essence blood to heal his body. Although he was healed, his vitality was severely damaged. A clear line was still visible down the middle of his body.

He desperately tried to flee Ye City.

Bang!

His head slammed against an invisible wall surrounding Ye City.

He had previously established the rule: [No person may leave Ye City.]

And that included himself.

He was about to revoke this rule when the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s voice sounded from behind. “[You are not allowed to leave Ye City.]”

Su Moran had established rules, so the Taciturn Daoist Priest had the authority to establish two rules. He had waited until now to use the second rule!

“Wait—”

Su Moran still wanted to say something, but the Taciturn Daoist Priest didn’t even listen. He penetrated Su Moran’s spirit platform with his sword, stepped on his body, and descended from high above, heavily smashing into the ground.

“Wait, spare my life! We can go to the Demon Region and have Supreme Lord Zhu Tian use his Incipient Dao Fruit to turn me into your slave!” Su Moran hastily shouted.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest revealed two rows of white teeth, looking particularly terrifying in the darkness.

He shook his head gently. “Regrettably, I’ve accepted a commission. Someone wants your life.”

Who? Who is it? I can give you double—no, triple the benefits!”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest was smiling, though it was frigid. “Over a thousand years ago, I led the Dao-Seeking Sect and imperial court forces to eradicate your Heartless Creed bases. We rescued many people—men and women, young and old—countless victims you all had tortured until they were beyond recognition.

“When they saw me, they cried, beseeching me to kill all you Heartless Creed members.

“Great Creed Leader Lu, what benefits are you planning to give me to make those people forget their hatred toward your Heartless Creed?”