First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1157 - Kneel and Admit Your Crimes

Chapter 1157 - Kneel and Admit Your Crimes

One man and one boat rode in through the waves.

Su Yi’s arrival instantly shattered the oppressive silence, making him the center of attention!

“His Excellency Su has arrived!” someone cried out excitedly.

This triggered a clamor of voices and uproar throughout the surrounding area.

But it was then that a bell resounded atop the distant Mountain of Ten Thousand Currents, reverberating throughout the surrounding waters.

Countless people looked over and saw a middle-aged man in red robes holding a ten-foot bronze Daoist bell aloft as he stood in the air.

High Elder Gu Wentian of Red Dust Demon Palace!

He bellowed, “Su Xuanjun, I’ve been waiting to deliver your funeral bell for a long time!”

When he tapped the bell, it lit up, rumbling like thunder. The sound echoed throughout heaven and earth, instantly suppressing the clamor of voices on all sides. Everyone was stunned.

Gu Wentian seemed tyrannical and domineering. He was blatantly provoking the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force!

“Hmph!” A cold grunt rang out, and the Border Mountain Yao Ancestor stepped forth. “You’re nothing but a dog, but you dare bark like mad? Then let’s have everyone see how unsightly you really are, you cur!”

He then took out a jade slip, which manifested a thousand-foot curtain of light.

The curtain reflected everything that had happened not long ago in the Grotto of Abstruse Force’s Symphony of Waves Pavilion.

The onlookers witnessed Gu Wentian’s shame and dread as he curled into a ball and rolled out of the pavilion...

“Wait, that’s—!”

Everyone was dumbstruck. Countless onlookers were tongue-tied.

The screen was fully a thousand feet tall, and it reflected Gu Wentian rolling away in perfect, vivid detail. The onlookers’ jaws practically fell off from sheer shock.

A lofty high elder of Red Dust Demon Palace had actually rolled out of the Grotto of Abstruse Force?

Waves of uproarious laughter ensued, filling the air with revelry.

Atop the distant Mountain of Ten Thousand Currents, Gu Wentian’s face reddened up to his ears. He was so angry that his lungs threatened to pop and his eyes bulged. “You’re counting death, you old bastard!!!”

The Border Mountain Yao Ancestor grinned, but didn’t take the bait.

Su Yi watched from his little boat, and he couldn’t help but grin. Gu Wentian’s reputation is completely ruined now.

“Shameful! Get out of here!” An icy, dignified voice rang out. Every word was like the roar of a dragon or tiger, and it resounded throughout the mountains and seas, throwing the sky into disarray.

The uproarious laughter came to an abrupt halt, and the crowd’s hearts quivered.

They looked up and saw a yellow-robed, silver-haired elder standing beside Gu Wentian. His hands were behind his back, his eyes were like twin abysses, and he was completely enshrouded in lightning, as majestic as a god!

“Understood!” Gu Wentian shuddered from head to toe, then bowed respectfully before leaving the sky and returning to the mountain.

The yellow-robed elder then swept his gaze across the area and said flatly, “Come on out, all of you.”

This light, airy sentence echoed throughout heaven and earth.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Arcs of light, each with a terrifying aura, cut through the skies. There were ten, then twenty, then thirty...

In the end, over a hundred figures appeared above the Mountain of Ten Thousand Currents. Each had a terrifying aura that shook heaven and earth, and their majestic figures filled the sky!

This left the onlookers wide-eyed and tongue-tied. They dared not believe what they were seeing.

Shockingly, all of these people were at the peak of the Profound Unity Realm!

In other words, these were over a hundred Imperial Apex cultivators from the stars beyond!

When the heavens plot your demise, the stars and constellations shift.

When the earth wishes you dead, dragons and serpents rise from its depths.

When people exude murderous intent, heaven and earth are overturned!

When an Imperial Apex cultivator exerted their will, the surrounding wind and clouds shifted, and the mountains and rivers trembled.

Now, over a hundred Imperial Apex powerhouses had gathered together. Just how terrifying was their combined majesty?

Boom!

The dome of heaven split. Fierce winds howled, and rain poured down. Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and terrifying murderous intent condensed into dark clouds. They descended like the armies of heaven upon the Mountain of Ten Thousand Currents and the surrounding seas.

And the hundred-plus Imperial Apex powerhouses stood there, hands behind their back, their faces austere and murderous.

All of them looked and dressed differently, and their ranks included both men and women. However, their majestic auras all connected heaven and earth, stirring up the wind and cloud!

As they revealed themselves, their accumulated imposing auras bore down on heaven and earth, dimming the skies and throwing the air into disarray. They were terrifying beyond measure.

Everyone was as silent as a cicada in winter as they sank into a daze.

Even standing on the shore of the Sea of Falling Stars, the countless onlookers each felt as if a giant hand had seized their heart. They almost couldn’t breathe!

How is this possible? How could they have so many Imperial Apex cultivators?

Countless people silently cried out.

What level of existence did an Imperial Apex cultivator represent?

Most prominent sects and clans didn’t even have one such expert in residence. The Four Apexes of the Wilds took pride in having more such experts than anyone else, but they had at most seven or eight between them.

They were people like Ancestor Peng of the Nine Extremes Profound Capital, Buddhist Master Inkstone Heart of the Little Western Paradise, and the old glutton of Profound Sky Academy. Every such expert could shake the Wilds with a stomp of their feet. They were the strongest existences in the Wilds!

Even if you added all the Wilds’ Imperial Apex Realm old-timers together, you’d have a handful of them at most.

But now, over a hundred factions of the stars beyond had arrived, and they’d immediately sent this many Imperial Apex cultivators into battle. How could the Wilds compare?

Many of the onlookers were so scared their teeth clattered.

Terror!

The crowd felt as if buckets of water had been poured on their heads, or as if they’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

They were after the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force, just one person, yet they’d sent over a hundred Imperial Apex Realm experts into battle. A lineup like that could destroy the Wilds’ cultivation world in minutes!

And some of the old-timers realized that this was only the beginning, the tip of the iceberg!

The Studio of the Heart, Nine Heavens Pavilion, and Church of the River of Stars were all major factions. They’d surely prepared even more terrifying methods and cards than this! The thought left many in the crowd feeling suffocated.

Everyone realized that they’d sent this massive lineup as a warning!

“Your Excellency Su, after all your calculations, did you anticipate this?”

In the face of over a hundred Imperial Apex Realm cultivators, no matter how much confidence the onlookers had in Su Yi, they had to admit that this was likely to be his first, and last, crushing defeat!

Even the most ancient of the old-timers couldn’t help but feel bleak.

If these powerhouses of the stars beyond crushed Su Yi today, would they flatten the Wilds tomorrow?

Ancestor Peng and the others had come too, but their hearts were even heavier!

This was because they knew better than anyone that these Imperial Apex cultivators from outer space were so mighty that any one of them chosen at random was invincible in the Wilds!

Even they, the Wilds’ most ancient experts, couldn’t necessarily contend with them.

If one such Imperial Apex existence was invincible in the Wilds, what about a hundred of them?

No matter how strong Su Yi was, he was ultimately just one person!

Besides, this was only the beginning. Who could fail to realize that these powerhouses of the stars beyond had prepared numerous other killer moves too?

Even Ancestor Peng and others like him felt a chill in their hands and feet. Their hearts were incomparably heavy.

The yellow-robed elder’s indifferent voice broke the deathly silence. “Su Xuanjun, kneel, admit to your crimes, and offer up the secrets of reincarnation. If you do, we can spare your life.”

Every word went off like a thunderclap. Everyone in the crowd visibly reacted.

Countless people subconsciously clenched their fists.

“Kneel, admit to your crimes, and offer up the secrets of reincarnation!” Over a hundred Imperial Apex experts boomed in unison.

Boom!

The dome of heaven seemed to split, and the water churned in reverse.

As massive as the Sea of Falling Stars was, their terrifying pressure filled it with a stifling, oppressive atmosphere.

A single skiff floated on the surging surface of the ocean, yet it was as steady as a boulder. No matter how the winds howled or the waves raged, it never capsized.

Su Yi stood there dressed in blue, his hair and eyes dark. His clothing fluttered around him as he stood upright as a spear.

He seemed relaxed, calm, and composed as ever.

Yet in the eyes of the onlookers, his solitary figure seemed tragic and bleak.

They couldn’t not find him tragic!

The experts of over a hundred factions from outer space stood in the skies above him, their terrifying aura enveloping the entire Sea of Falling Stars.

Especially at the peak of the Mountain of Ten Thousand Currents. All they saw there was surging lightning, blazing divine flame, and all manner of strange phenomena shattering the clouds. One look, and it was obvious how terrifying the experts’ combined pressure was!

But it was as if Su Yi didn’t even notice. He put away his jug of wine, then looked at the old man in yellow, a hint of a jeer on his lips as he said calmly, “No need to waste time talking. I have just one demand. Submit beneath my feet, or die!”

Deathly silence followed this declaration.

Over a hundred Imperial Apex cultivators looked over in disbelief, as if gazing upon a madman.

The experts of the Wilds were stunned too, and their scalps numbed.

Now, of all times? How can he still be so domineering?

“I’ll destroy him!” A low, muffled voice rang out, and a tall, mountainous man in black stepped forth.

Boom!

Lightning surged around him, and his eyes shone like golden torches. As he swept forth, his terrifying aura swept forth like a windstorm, blanketing the sky and the ocean.

“You’re no good.” Su Yi shook his head, then swept his gaze across the hundred-plus Imperial Apex Emperors. “And you all... don’t cut it either.” As he spoke, he visibly lost interest and let out a soft sigh as he stared into the distant dome of heaven. “In your eyes, am I only fit to kill a few insignificant nobodies?”

This question left everyone present dumbstruck.

He’s insane!

It really did seem to the onlookers that the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force had gone completely mad.

“You’re seeking death!” The black-robed man’s eyes blazed with murderous intent.

But just as he was about to attack, an icy, female voice suddenly drifted over from beyond the firmament. “You really are the reincarnation of the Temple Master. Your courage somewhat resembles the former Temple Master, but alas, your current cultivation base... is truly far too weak.”

Her voice was full of dignity, and it bore down on the dome of heaven, making it tremble!

The crowd shuddered, terror and awe rising in their hearts.

Even Ancestor Peng and the other old fogies felt chills course through their hearts.

There were obviously even more terrifying existences watching from outer space!

And they were most likely true World Kings!

Su Yi looked up.

Due to the excessive distance, he could only dimly discern a group of experts watching from the stars beyond. Their terrifying auras surged around them, but he couldn’t tell just how many of them there were.

“Nie Hai, all of you should attack together as a show of respect for the Temple Master’s reincarnation, but listen up! I want him alive. If he dies, I’ll have your heads too.”

That icy female voice drifted over, reverberating throughout the nine heavens and the ten earths.

“Got it!” The old man in yellow robes solemnly assented.

He swept his gaze across the hundred-plus Imperial Apex Emperors and whispered just two words.

“Get him!”