Mahayana 126
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Chapter 126: Liu Yue’s Devotion, Struck by the One-Armed Curse?
TL : Cnine
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Part 1
A look of pain crossed Xiao Yifeng’s face, after which he took out a shield and raised it before him.
He shouted decisively, “Explode!” He had actually caused the Luo Hong in the strange man’s hand to detonate.
The power of a mid-grade immortal artefact’s self-detonation was incomparable to ordinary treasures. Luo Hong ignited in countless flames, the deafening roar of the explosion shaking the ears, and shards flew in all directions like blades, the sky ablaze with fire.
The strange man, holding Luo Hong, bore the brunt of the blast and was hurled far back, his body charred black, covered in countless sword marks.
Because he had been standing at the foot of the heavenly stairway, Xiao Yifeng’s explosion sent him uncontrollably onto the stairway itself.
A beam of light from the palace gate shone upon the strange man. The Samsara Stele on him floated up, and a pillar of light shot skyward.
The strange man, much like Mo Shuiyao earlier, froze for a moment. He tried to rush out, but was blocked by the curtain of light.
Xiao Yifeng, blasted away in the opposite direction, crashed to the ground and coughed up a mouthful of blood. Yet a smile crept onto his lips as he said, “Idiot. You fell for it.”
From the very beginning, Xiao Yifeng’s goal had never been to step onto the heavenly stairway himself. If he had done so, his own safety would not have been an issue.
However, when Su Miaoqing arrived later, she would inevitably have fallen prey to the strange man. Thus, his true intention from the start had been to deliberately lure the strange man to the foot of the stairway and use the self-detonation of an immortal artefact to blast him onto it.
The strange man roared in fury, never having imagined that Xiao Yifeng would be so ruthless as to detonate a mid-grade immortal artefact without hesitation. That was a mid-grade immortal artefact, a weapon countless cultivators dreamed of possessing.
Because Xiao Yifeng had been prepared in advance, and because he was the true master of Luo Hong, he merely spat out a mouthful of blood. He then flew towards the stairway where the strange man stood and landed before the curtain of light.
Walking up to the light barrier, Xiao Yifeng said coldly to the strange man, “The grudge of destroying my immortal artefact will not end until one of us is dead. Just wait for your death here.”
The strange man smashed his fists furiously against the light curtain, but being trapped on the stairway, he could not escape at all and could only rage helplessly.
Seeing that Xiao Yifeng was safe, Mo Shuiyao finally relaxed. In her heart, she could not help but admire his decisiveness. In that situation just now, had Xiao Yifeng hesitated even for a moment, he would likely have fallen into the strange man’s hands.
Moreover, Xiao Yifeng was someone willing to let go. He had been able to decide instantly to self-detonate a mid-grade immortal artefact. Mo Shuiyao asked herself honestly, and realised that she probably could not have been as resolute as Xiao Yifeng.
What she had not expected even more was that Xiao Yifeng had not acted to save himself, but had instead deliberately forced the strange man onto the stairway, all to ensure the safety of his junior sister.
She could not help but admire Xiao Yifeng’s intellect and scheming, and at the same time felt a faint trace of envy towards Su Miaoqing.
Why was it that she herself had never met someone willing to do so much for her?
After forcing the strange man onto the stairway, Xiao Yifeng stepped onto another nearby stairway himself, falling into the same illusion as Mo Shuiyao and standing motionless.
After some time, he suddenly awoke. Just as he was about to take another step forward—
Suddenly, three figures burst appeared from the wasteland. One pursued, two fled. The ones being hunted were none other than Luo Yun and Liu Yue.
The two were in a sorry state. The Old Demon King chased them relentlessly from behind, wielding a pair of hooked blades.
Liu Yue held a golden sabre, protecting Luo Yun as they fought and retreated step by step. The Immortal Palace was now right before them, and Old Demon King no longer bothered to conceal his cultivation at the peak stage of the Golden Core realm, pressing down on both Luo Yun and Liu Yue with overwhelming force.
It turned out that although the two had been secretly following Old Demon King all along, they had accidentally caused a disturbance while passing through Ghost Village and were discovered. From that moment on, he had hunted them without pause.
Before long, the group flew close to the palace. They saw Xiao Yifeng and the other standing on the Heavenly Staircase, and also noticed the strange figure that had suddenly appeared, eyeing them with undisguised hostility.
The group could not help but stop fighting, all of them staring at the strange man with puzzled expressions. His gaze was so unsettling that it sent a chill down their spines.
“I didn’t expect there to be such a mature woman here as well. This time, it seems I am rather fortunate. The next fifty years will not be boring,” the strange man said. Though he stood upon the Heavenly Staircase, he still cast a lecherous smile towards Luo Yun.
The three could not discern who this strange man was, nor why he had suddenly appeared upon the Heavenly Staircase. They could only turn their eyes towards Xiao Yifeng and Mo Shiyao.
“This man is someone who remained in the Immortal Palace ages ago and never left. He is a Nascent Soul realmcultivator. You would be best advised to stop fighting among yourselves, otherwise none of us will be able to deal with him,” Xiao Yifeng said gravely.
Hearing this, the expressions of the three changed slightly. They had not expected that someone from the previous rounds was still here, and that he was actually at the Nascent Soul stage.
At this moment, Old Demon King guarded the Heavenly Staircase beside Xiao Yifeng, while Liu Yue shielded Luo Yun and attempted to fly towards another staircase.
Unexpectedly, Old Demon King refused to let them go and said coldly, “You two are staying right here.”
“Old Demon King, don’t push things too far!” Liu Yue roared. “Didn’t you hear there’s a Nascent Soul realm cultivator here? If you keep pressing us, we’ll all end up dying under that man’s blade!”
“A Nascent Soul realm cultivator?” Wang Laoxie sneered. “That’s nothing but a little ghostly creature. If it really were Nascent Soul realm cultivator, those two would already be dead. I don’t believe such nonsense. You two can die right here!”
Suddenly overcome with frenzy, Old Demon King continued his pursuit. The twin hooks in his hands extended and retracted unpredictably, elusive yet terrifyingly powerful.
They had been hunted without pause, and by now Luo Yun and Liu Yue were completely spent, their spiritual energy all but empty.
Without Samsara Steles, the Immortal Palace suppressed their cultivation, and with Old Demon King’s overwhelming realm bearing down on them, they were driven back step by step.
With a furious roar, Liu Yue stepped forward, he raised his blade before him and used blood ignition technique, throwing himself into the fight.and blocked Old Demon King’s path. “Fairy Luo, go first! I’ll stop him here!”
“Fellow daoist Liu?” Luo Yun hesitated, shock and worry crossing her face.
“Go!” Liu Yue bellowed. Then he charged like a man possessed, each slash devouring his lifespan as he hacked relentlessly at Old Demon King.
The terrifying blade aura looked as though it could cleave heaven and earth apart. For a moment, the Old Demon King did not dare meet its edge head-on. Liu Yue attacked without the slightest regard for defence, fighting as though he meant to die together with his enemy.
Luo Yun glanced at him once, then no longer hesitated. She flew with all her strength towards one of the heavenly stairways.
Although Liu Yue was only at the mid–Golden Core realm, his utterly reckless style made even the Old Demon King wary. Still, lacking a Samsara Stele and suppressed by the Immortal Palace, Liu Yue remained firmly at a disadvantage.
Seeing that Luo Yun was still some distance from the stairway, and feeling his own strength nearly spent, Liu Yue suddenly swung his long blade and slashed down at his own right arm.
With a sharp shhk, his arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder and fell to the ground below. The Old Demon King froze in shock, utterly unable to comprehend what Liu Yue was doing.