IS Chapter 72

Chapter 72

As the Supreme Elder of the Dao Sect, True Man Tai Huan held an extremely high position. However, he was not old in age, appearing to be only in his early thirties, with a handsome, melancholic countenance.

At this moment, the Joy Beast was dead, and the formation had been broken. The clouds in the sky dispersed, and the cold moonlight shone down, bathing Ye Zhuo in a layer of ice and snow.

Regardless of what happened before, to have such a beauty waiting under the moon was always a pleasant thing.

Recalling that this person appeared to be of pure jade quality, unattainable, but in reality, he was eccentric and unruly, with a murderous nature, Tai Huan couldn’t help but look forward even more to seeing him beg for mercy in his dying moments, and finally vanish from this world.

“Slow?” Tai Huan smiled. “It seems Palace Master Ye has been waiting for me for a long time.”

“I wasn’t waiting for you,” Ye Zhuo said calmly. “I was waiting for your Human Immortal senior brother.”

“Arrogant!” Tai Huan roared, releasing the aura of the peak of the Tribulation Transcendent stage. A profound pressure instantly spread.

Ye Zhuo’s expression did not change. He had heard the word “arrogant” too many times in his life and was used to it.

Seeing the faint smile still in his eyes, an unnamed fire rose in Tai Huan’s heart: “What are you laughing at!”

“Nothing else, just admiring your sect,” Ye Zhuo said. “I heard that killing and plundering treasures has always been the orthodox way of immortal cultivation, and seeking revenge in secret realms is also a common practice among sects. Your sect is indeed a model for the righteous path for following the rules.”

Tai Huan sneered, “Does this mean that your Micro-Snow Palace has made up its mind to break ties with the righteous immortal sects?”

Such a conversation made Sect Leader Lin behind him sweat even more, and he protected his disciples as he retreated. Unfortunately, this space had been sealed off and there was no way to leave.

Shen Xinge was pulled by Lin Zhu, but frowned as if sensing something. He suddenly looked up and said, “Daoist Ye, someone is setting up a formation!”

“It’s alright,” Ye Zhuo said.

Tonight, dragons and tigers were hidden in the forest, so there should naturally be a killing formation. He didn’t mind experiencing it.

However, listening to a few more barks while waiting for the formation to be completed made his originally good mood worse.

Tai Huan sneered, waved his black horsetail whisk, and a powerful astral energy instantly struck towards Shen Xinge.

The long sword was drawn, intercepting Tai Huan’s attack in mid-air. Astral energy collided with sword intent, dissipating into nothingness.

Tai Huan’s attack was only meant to get Shen Xinge out of the way, so he only used 30% of his strength. It was not surprising that Ye Zhuo could block it.

Upon contact, Tai Huan retracted his smile and seemed pensive. “Second Palace Master Ye’s sword intent is so cold, it reminds me of someone.”

Ye Zhuo: “If it only takes this to remind you, you must have been defeated before.”

Tai Huan was not annoyed, but sighed, “Unfortunately, the way you draw your sword is too casual. Your starting stance is not as good as his.”

Ye Zhuo looked at him quietly, and suddenly said, “Are you saying that I should draw my sword like this?”

The scabbard made of Saraca asoca wood was black and slender. It was originally held casually in his hand, but at this moment, it calmly turned in a direction, holding it upright in front of him, the hilt pointing to the sky, and the floral leaf inscriptions at the end of the scabbard pointing to the ground.

Tai Huan’s expression suddenly changed!

Ye Zhuo held the upper hilt with his backhand, and drew the long sword vertically.

Its form was dignified, its momentum solemn, as if the heavens and earth were gods, above his sword by three feet.

The sword half-covered his eyes, as if his whole person was hidden behind the long sword, waiting for the time to emerge.

With a clear sound, the long sword was drawn half a foot.

Tai Huan was shocked and blurted out, “Who are you?”

What answered him was a clang. The sword returned to its scabbard, returning to Ye Zhuo’s side.

Ye Zhuo’s gaze looked at him with a faint sarcasm, as if he was quite interested in his expression.

“I am no one,” he said, “This is not my sword either.”

Then, he drew his sword again – using the sword-drawing style that True Man Tai Huan had just criticized as “too casual,” he lightly and casually drew it from its scabbard.

The specific movement could not be remembered, as if he just wanted to draw it, so he drew it. Like a swan goose treading on snow, there was no trace to be found.

“This is my sword.”

True Man Tai Huan heard that icy cold voice.

— and also saw the unsheathed sword coming through the air.

The sword intent was solemn and fierce, like the bright sun and moon.

Tai Huan took a step back, and the astral energy behind him gathered, fully welcoming the sword that Ye Zhuo was slashing down head-on!

The earth shook violently.

Lin Zhu turned around and hugged Shen Xinge, supporting a spiritual power barrier to protect several disciples, but it was only barely able to block the impact brought by that collision.

True Man Tai Huan was forced back several steps, and Ye Zhuo’s second sword arrived in an instant.

Tai Huan started again, the vast and whistling Dao rhythm surrounding his body, and his own great Dao was fully poured into it, barely catching Ye Zhuo’s second sword.

How could this be!

He was a nearly perfect peak Tribulation Transcendent realm, how could he be so overwhelmed under this person’s sword!

But Tai Huan no longer had any time to think, because Ye Zhuo’s sword momentum was continuous like a torrential rain, striking at him thousands of times in an instant.

If the sword moves are fast, the force will often be light.

But every one of Ye Zhuo’s swords had the force of a thousand pounds, and he had to use all his strength to parry.

The sword light was cold, the sword intent was pure and cold, without any complicated changes, but every move and every stance was the ultimate truth of the sword, the original meaning of the Great Dao. That sword intent was mighty without anger. Under that sword, it was as if one was in the most solemn and ruthless place of the Heavenly Dao, with a vast killing intent above and below the heavens.

Tai Huan could not see his master’s teachings, he had never seen any similar moves.

This kind of sword seemed to have no origin with anyone or anything.

This was the sword of the path of ruthlessness.

The glacier that stretches for thousands of years is the most clear thing in the world. When the sun shines down, it can penetrate thousands of miles. But it is also the coldest thing in the world, colder than gold and iron, and harder than rocks.

–But the ruthless sword path, to be able to comprehend it to such a realm, he had only seen one person before.

Looking at those equally indifferent and cold eyes, Tai Huan opened his mouth, but was interrupted by the monstrous coldness in the sword. He exhausted all the Taoist techniques he had learned in his life, and the Great Dao was clearly like a torrent, pouring towards the opponent, but he could only fight and retreat, and after only a few hundred moves, he had been forced back more than ten feet.

However, up to this point, Ye Zhuo was only using his sword moves and sword intent, which was the “sword path” that all sword cultivators in the world could generally talk about. Tai Huan had not experienced any real “Dao.”

— Why could he withstand his perfect Dao realm that could resonate with the world?

Did this person think that he was only worthy of receiving such moves, or had he failed to comprehend the Dao in his sword?

Tai Huan roared and waved his palm with all his strength.

The turbulent torrent, the complicated affairs of the world, were all in this desperate palm.

“That’s more like it.”

Ye Zhuo met him head-on and slashed out a sword from top to bottom.

This time, Tai Huan saw it.

He saw that empty, silent, and shocking “Dao.”

That sword carried an unusual fierce determination, as if it came from the void where all things had not yet arisen, and would bring everything back into it.

All sounds were silent, the turbulent torrent rushed into the sea, returning to the deep and bottomless silence. The complicated affairs of the world were burned in the monstrouskarma fire, only ashes scattered.

In a trance, this life was exhausted, and in an instant, he woke up from a dream.

Tai Huan gritted his teeth, wishing he could kill himself!

How could he, in this situation, seem to have gained insight from this strange and unfathomable sword!

Immediately, regardless of the consequences, he wanted to overdraw his essence and wave another palm!

But he already knew the outcome in his heart!

This sword had already transcended life and death, and he could not block it no matter what, so he could only take it head-on.

The sword light came through the air, and before he could decide whether to fight or escape, that sword was already approaching his face.

“Useless!” Tai Huan heard a clear shout in his ear.

A snow-white horsetail whisk swept over, and a vast expanse of clear light blocked Ye Zhuo’s sword momentum. A white-robed Daoist appeared in front of Tai Huan.

“Senior brother!”

Tai Su was expressionless, turned around and slapped him to the ground. Floating in the air, his majestic eyes stared directly at Ye Zhuo.

“Senior brother, you also saw the way he drew his sword just now!” Tai Huan said, “That is the starting stance of the Illusion Sword Manor, there is absolutely no mistake!”

“Shut up!” Tai Su shouted.

–Who didn’t know the rules of the Illusion Sword Manor, which had been in place for hundreds of years: draw the sword horizontally to show respect during discussions, and draw the sword vertically to inform the heavens and earth when killing? But so what?

Before they came, the main sect had also given instructions that the people of the Micro-Snow Palace were all strange. If they were to fight head-on, they might end up with both sides injured. They should try their best to turn hostility into friendship.

Now it seemed that it was absolutely impossible!

The most pure Dao rhythm instantly appeared on Tai Su’s body, but he heard him speak the truth, like a great bell: “Rise!”

As soon as the words fell, three layers of heaven and earth killing formations overlapped, and the killing intent roared, like thousands of swords attacking Ye Zhuo.

“This formation is indeed a good formation, with excellent quality,” Ye Zhuo thought.

It would have been better if it had been used a year ago when he was in the Composite Spirit stage. It would definitely have allowed him to gain some insights.

Unfortunately, times had changed.

Ye Zhuo dropped a sword, and the veins of the formation were instantly cut off.

If the killing formation in the world wants to kill him, unless the killing intent in the formation can surpass the killing intent on his sword. Otherwise, it would probably be like this formation.

–Compared to the killing formation, Ye Zhuo was more interested in the Human Immortal in front of him.

Immortal Tai Su, a person of outstanding talent from the “Tai” generation of the Dao Sect, reached the Composite Spirit stage at the age of twenty-five, the Tribulation Transcendent stage ten years later, and had reached the Human Immortal realm in another ten years.

It was rumored that he had already perfected his Dao heart, but he was worried about his junior brother Tai Huan being alone in the lower realm, so he had not ascended.

The three layers of life and death formations were instantly destroyed. Tai Su had already expected something from the killing god in front of him and would not regard him as an ordinary Tribulation Transcendent. The heaven and earth energy gathered around Tai Su, brewing a thunderous strike.

But Ye Zhuo’s straight gaze still made Tai Su feel puzzled: “Palace Master Ye, why are you looking at me like this?”

“Perfected Dao heart, I haven’t seen one before.”

Before the words were finished, he had already spared no effort and slashed down with a sword!