First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1383 - Realizations

Chapter 1383 - Realizations

If Su Yi could resolve a battle on his own, he absolutely wouldn’t look for allies.

The way he saw it, the disadvantages of fighting in a group outweighed the advantages.

If he fought a group of enemies alone, even if he was injured, he could take it. And alone, his battle absolutely wouldn’t affect anyone else.

But the moment someone came to his aid, his enemies were sure to use them to restrict him!

Enemies could use roundabout attacks and feints to seize opportunities to attack Su Yi’s allies and lead him around by the nose. Thus, Su Yi couldn’t focus completely on killing his enemies.

Take now, for instance. The Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha was badly injured and in grave peril. How could Su Yi possibly just stand back and watch him die?

And Hong Feiyu was unquestionably attempting to take advantage of that very fact. He was targeting the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha to prevent Su Yi from moving freely. This put him on the passive.

This was why Su Yi didn’t like fighting in a group. If they won, fine. But if they encountered danger, his allies would become weaknesses to exploit!

“Die!” Hong Feiyu bellowed and charged at the Wood Spirit Monarch.

Meanwhile, four other powerful enemies seized the opportunity to leap at the already badly injured Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha.

Su Yi, meanwhile, was still thoroughly surrounded.

In Su Yi’s shoes, just about anyone would have been torn between helping the Wood Spirit Monarch or the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha.

Or perhaps they’d do neither, and instead face the enemies closest to them?

Either way, Su Yi wasn’t conflicted. Battles changed at a moment’s notice. There was no time for hesitation.

Clang!

The Sword of the Human Realm rumbled and boomed as a mysterious, inscrutable aura arose from its blade.

This was the power of the Sword of the Nine Hells.

Earlier, Su Yi had hoped to temper his sword, so he had refrained from using it. But how could he concern himself with that now?

Boom!

As Su Yi raised his sword into the air, the illusory Samsara Domain appeared, blanketing the skies and obscuring the sun.

In the blink of an eye, the joint onslaught of more than ten Cloud Soaring Realm experts broke!

Some of them were even badly injured, and they went flying in different directions as they cried out in agony.

Whoosh!

Su Yi shot forward, appearing before the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha as if he’d teleported.

The four Cosmic Enlightenment experts targeting him had already drawn near, and they were using their treasures to attack their injured target.

But as soon as Su Yi arrived, the Sword of the Human Realm shone with appalling light, breaking their joint attack.

Boom!

The entire stretch of sky was thrown into disarray. Treasures scattered in all directions.

Four Cloud Soaring Realm experts staggered back, their expressions shifting.

Before they could steady themselves, Su Yi shot forth, raised his sword, and attacked four times in rapid succession. His speed was simply unbelievable.

Worlds formed of the cycle of reincarnation appeared and overlapped, covering heaven and earth. Terrifying sword intent completely enveloped the entire area.

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!

Beneath countless astonished gazes, four Cloud Soaring Realm powerhouses’ exploded, reduced to nothingness by the worlds of reincarnation.

Their desperate, unwilling cries still echoed throughout heaven and earth.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yi broke through his enemies’ encirclement, saving the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha from otherwise certain death.

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!

Beneath countless astonished gazes, four Cloud Soaring Realm powerhouses exploded, destroyed within the world constructed out of the Laws of Reincarnation.

Their last, unwilling shouts still echoed throughout heaven and earth.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yi broke through an encirclement, rescued the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha from the brink of death, and slew four powerful foes!

This tyrannical, terrifying killing power left the onlookers flabbergasted. Without exception, their hair stood on end.

“How... How did Su Yi suddenly become so strong? Don’t tell me he was holding back this entire time?” someone cried out in disbelief.

There were over a thousand Transcendent experts present. In life, all were first-rate experts, and they’d overcome countless battles both big and small.

When Su Yi first found himself surrounded, all of them understood how dire his predicament was. He risked death at every moment.

It was only when Sword Immortal Qingshi and the other old monsters rushed to his aid that they alleviated the crisis at hand.

The onlookers weren’t at all optimistic about Su Yi’s chances, and they dared not hope for his success.

Hong Feiyu was just too terrifyingly strong, and he had twenty Cloud Soaring experts on his side. Every last one of them was a top expert of an ancient orthodoxy.

Who could have imagined that in the blink of an eye, Su Yi would cut through this encirclement and destroy four Cloud Soaring Transcendents as if they were made of rotten wood? And he even saved the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha from otherwise certain doom!

Who wouldn’t have been astonished? Indeed, some of the spectating Cloud Soaring Realm experts couldn’t help but gasp.

“This... Is this truly the power of a Cosmic Enlightenment World King? Even if he controls the Laws of Reincarnation, isn’t he a bit too heaven-defying?”

It hadn’t been long since the battle of Goldendawn Divine Mountain, in which the Yun Family suffered devastating losses. At the time, Su Yi cut down the Cloud Soaring Realm Wei Changfu. That accomplishment had already shaken the stars and provoked widespread uproar within the ancient orthodoxies.

But now, everyone suddenly realized that Su Yi’s heaven-defying strength had grown to the point that he could slay even Cloud Soaring revenants with ease!

This was completely unexpected, and it came as an enormous shock.

......

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Su Yi’s powerful enemies were all visibly stricken.

In the blink of an eye, four of their allies had fallen! Who wouldn’t have been startled?

“Hurry up and retreat. Fight alongside me. Don’t spread out any further!” bellowed Hong Feiyu.

He’d originally planned to take Su Yi’s allies down one by one before dealing with Su Yi. But now, he had no choice but to modify his plans.

Boom!

The situation changed abruptly as Su Yi’s enemies shifted positions and gathered around Hong Feiyu.

Meanwhile, Su Yi said to his allies, “Everyone, you should step back. I’ll be enough to clean up this riffraff. You can just watch from a safe distance.”

Sword Immortal Qingshi, the Universal Emptiness Sword Buddha, and the others looked at each other hesitantly.

“You want to fight us all alone? As you wish!” Hong Feiyu decisively waved for his allies to stop attacking. He said coldly, “Let those old bastards step back. We can deal with them after we’ve dealt with Su Yi!”

His voice spread throughout the entire area, and the battle came to a brief lull.

Sword Immortal Qingshi took a deep breath, then made his decision. “Everyone, do as Fellow Daoist Su says. Let’s leave for now.”

He tried to lead the others away, but they were all stunned. For Su Yi to decide to fight alone at this point was completely outside of their expectations. They couldn’t even imagine where he got the confidence to try such a thing.

“Daoist Brother Qingshi, are we really going to retreat?” The Wood Spirit Monarch couldn’t help but transmit. He was already prepared to fight to the death if need be.

“If we stick around, I’m afraid we’ll only drag Fellow Daoist Su down,” said Sword Immortal Qingshi, a conflicted look on his face.

The others didn’t know what to make of that. They were lofty, powerful Cloud Soaring Realm Transcendents, yet now, they were seen as burdens. For a moment, the Wood Spirit Monarch and the others were at a complete loss.

“Let’s just watch for now. If Fellow Daoist Su really lands himself in peril, it won’t be too late to re-enter the fray then,” said Sword Immortal Qingshi in an effort to comfort them.

......

Beneath the dome of heaven, Su Yi rose to his full height, his heart now free and unimpeded.

But at the same time, without Sword Immortal Qingshi and the others to hold them back, Hong Feiyu and his allies’ murderous intent soared. They’d decided to go all out.

Boom——!

After this brief interlude, a grand battle broke out once more.

However, unlike before, it reached unprecedented heights of intensity almost as soon as it began.

The brutal deaths of four Cloud Soaring Transcendents meant that Hong Feiyu and his allies dared not hold back. As soon as they attacked, they went all out, unleashing the abilities they typically kept in reserve.

Treasure light and immortal qi whooshed through the air. All manner of terrifying secret arts intermingled with precious treasures. Currents of destructive power blanketed heaven and earth.

All of this was targeted at just one person: Su Yi.

Hong Feiyu in particular was terrifyingly strong. He waved his jade fan, summoning a black river of stars that startled the heavens and shook the earth.

Boom!

The skies dimmed, and the sun and moon lost their light.

It was as deities were waging war overhead. Without exception, the onlookers felt chills course down their spine, and goosebumps rose on their skin.

But even in the face of such an onslaught, Su Yi didn’t draw upon the power of the Sword of the Nine Hells. Instead, he relied on his own strength and the Sword of the Human Realm.

Powerful enemies weren’t easy to find. Opportunities to gauge his strength were even rarer. How could Su Yi let this chance slip through his fingers?

In a flash, he was surrounded once more. He was beset on all sides, and he faced an unprecedented onslaught.

The onlookers’ hearts were on tenterhooks.

Sword Immortal Qingshi and the others couldn’t help but be more nervous than ever before. All of them keenly detected that, in a one-on-one duel, only Hong Feiyu would have been worthy of competing with Su Yi.

The others were inferior by comparison.

However, Su Yi was single-handedly fighting all of them at once. He was obviously at a disadvantage!

“Die!” bellowed Hong Feiyu. His eyes shone with excitement and madness, and his aura was explosive and unbridled.

The others fought with everything they had too. They wanted to deal with Su Yi as quickly as possible.

Being surrounded by enemies on all sides left Su Yi incomparably joyful. His heart was as calm and tranquil as a full moon hovering beneath blue skies.

He examined and tested his strength over the course of this incomparably perilous battle, tempering and settling his freshly advanced cultivation base.

It was only in combat that he could confirm just what heights he’d reached.

It was only in a life-or-death struggle that he could realize his potential and test his limits!

Indeed, it’s just as I thought. A portion of the medicinal power of the Transcendent pills I’ve refined over the past month has settled within my body. It’s hidden in the tiniest of nooks and crannies, and I’ve yet to fully refine it.

It’s only in combat that I can stimulate and awaken this deeply hidden power and fuse it completely into my cultivation base.

Fortunately, although I broke through twice within a single month, no flaws or holes have arisen in my foundations. Once my cultivation reaches the pinnacle of Cosmic Enlightenment, I can attempt to break into the Path of Transcendence.

...All manner of realizations arose within Su Yi’s heart, furthering his understanding and control of his cultivation base and latent potential.

This sort of revelation was only attainable during life-or-death combat. No amount of seclusion or assiduous cultivation would do the trick.

And as Su Yi repeatedly tested and proved his cultivation, his combat strength silently transformed!

Like waters silently rising in the riverbed!

His cultivation wasn’t advancing. Rather, the stimulation of life-or-death combat was continuously excavating his latent potential.

The crowd took all of this in. Gradually, they realized that although Su Yi’s plight was incomparably precarious, and although he was thoroughly surrounded on all sides, he didn’t fall. On the contrary, he fought with increased valiance, and he showed signs of soon being able to fight his enemies evenly!

This was simply unbelievable.

“Just how strong is this guy?” Hong Feiyu’s eyelids twitched as he realized something wasn’t right here.

His eyes shone with murderous intent, and he bellowed, “Go all out! We have to end this quickly!”