At the same time, at Yan Guo’s side.
"Senior Mo, are you sure that senior can defeat that Demon now? It’s strength seems to have increased significantly.." Yan Guo couldn’t help but ask worriedly.
"Let’s...wait for a bit more." Mo Yuxin gritted her teeth and said. Previously, she had not anticipated that the Demon would have such a trump card on its hands. She couldn’t take any rash decision right now.
At this moment, she suddenly saw silhouettes of multiple figures rushing towards the battlefield from hundreds of miles away, a dark and sinister, yet powerful aura emanating from them.
"Demonic cultivators!"
Meanwhile, Yao Lan, with his newfound strength, had already appeared before Tian Yongheng as he flapped his now much larger and wider wings. A tornado formed from the airflow and pressure, integrating with his Demonic Energy and forming a huge five hundred meters tall cyclone of Demonic Energy with the power to crush multiple cultivators in the Third Stage of Golden Core Realm.
This is...troublesome now.
Tian Yongheng thought, clasping his hands together as golden light filled the sky, golden lotuses raining down on the cyclone.
Golden Lotus Heavenly Rain!
*Boom!*
In an instant, the cyclone dissipated into thin air!
Seeing this scenery, Yao Lan was completely dumbfounded.
This human...isn’t normal!
Is he a minor realm above me? No, if that was the case, he might’ve killed me long ago!
It means that he’s on the same level as me, and is using some special treasure to hide his cultivation!
The more he thought, the angrier he became, and at the end, he could only come to the conclusion that he and Tian Yongheng were both on the same level, around the Fourth Stage of Golden Core Realm, but due to some reasons, Tian Yongheng was stronger than him.
Even though his theory was completely wrong and Tian Yongheng was actually a major realm and three minor realms below him, who would tell him that?
Even if someone did, he wouldn’t believe it.
At this moment, Tian Yongheng suddenly grabbed onto the air, a sword that manifested out of nowhere emerged in his hand.
As soon as it appeared in his hand, his aura changed dramatically, soaring into the sky. The sword exuded significant pressure, as if it could suppress anything in the world and change the course of mountains and rivers.
It was the Primal Dao Sword, which had been upgraded into a Rank-5 Dharma Artifact!
Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but be thankful to himself for upgrading the Primal Dao Sword to Rank-5, otherwise, he really wouldn’t know what to do in a situation like right now.
The strongest offense was indeed the greatest defense!
"Is that...a Rank-5 Offensive Dharma Artifact!?"
Seeing the Primal Dao Sword in Tian Yongheng’s hand, everyone couldn’t help but be shocked yet again. They had seen too many uncommon and fascinating things today, but they still couldn’t get used to it.
Where did he even pull that out from? It was definitely not a Storage Pouch, since he just grabbed at the air and pulled that sword out...
All the Innate Realm and Golden Core Realm cultivators present couldn’t help but ponder over this.
Or was it a Storage Ring!? Even getting a Storage Pouch is difficult as it can only be refined by a Void Refinement Realm mighty figure, but a Storage Ring can only be refined by a Nascent Soul Realm supreme expert!
Just what is his background!?
They thought of this, as a Storage Ring could be hidden from the eyes of others by the owner and it could be seen as pulling things out of nowhere.
But in reality, Tian Yongheng actually used the system space to store things and use them when needed, since it had a unlimited space and was very convenient to use.
Storage Pouchs and Storage Rings would have a certain limit to how much things could be stored inside based on the cultivation of their creator, but the system space did not have that limit, not to mention that Tian Yongheng did not even have a Storage Ring, and only a Storage Pouch he had just obtained from the cave abode of the deceased Golden Core Realm cultivator.
At this moment, he suddenly felt multiple unknown presences nearby, and before he could even react in time, he was struck with a blast of powerful Demonic Energy.
*Bang!*
He blocked the attack by raising his sword infront of him and landed multiple miles away.
He immediately looked up to see who attacked him as his gaze landed on a group of around twenty one people, three in the Golden Core Realm and the rest in the Innate Realm.
Are they...demonic cultivators?
He got multiple hatred and favorability notifications in this period of time, but he ignored them all, his eyes landing on Mo Chao and Li Chung as he checked their information and confirmed who they were.
So those fellows lead these demonic cultivators here, huh?
He thought silently, his eyes showing a hint of killing intent.
"What...what are the Supreme Elders of the White Firmament Sect and the Sky Sword Sect doing here with those demonic cultivators!?" Yan Zhangwei couldn’t help but yell at them, his expression full of anger and eyes burning with rage.
"Junior Yan, we’re only doing what’s the best for the Yan Dynasty. Don’t blame us for this." Li Chung replied coldly.
"You have betrayed the righteous path!"
"Fool! What righteous, what demonic!? In the cultivation world, every living being struggles to survive! The righteous path is nothing but a bunch of hypocrites! Tarnishing the demonic path as if they haven’t sacrificed the lives of millions for personal gain!" Mo Chao snapped, striking down a palm strike made up of Spiritual Energy on Yan Zhangwei.
*Whoosh!*
Just as Tian Yongheng was about to intervene, a streak of lightning landed on the palm, making it disappear completely.
Huh? Who is it now?
Tian Yongheng thought, turning to the side from where the lightning emerged from.
From there came a beautiful woman, her long, cyan hair flowing down all the way to her feet, with a dignified temperament, gentle facial features yet majestic aura.
Along with her was...
"Yan Guo!?" Yan Zhangwei couldn’t help but call out to him.
Seeing his father, younger sister and a few more familiar faces, Yan Guo was even more dumbfounded.
He soon turned to look at Tian Yongheng, who was still surrounded by the Celestial Swords.
His eyes widened in shock as he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Tian Yongheng!?"
So the expert who was keeping that powerful Demon who even senior Mo couldn’t defeat at bay was none other than Tian Yongheng!?
How did he become so strong in such a short period of time?
As soon as he said those words, everyone present, except for those who already knew him, the ones who had only heard of his name were extremely shocked.
Wasn’t that fellow supposed to be only in the Acquired Realm!?
Mo Yuxin was also a bit surprised as she had heard about him from Yan Guo, but he never mentioned he was so powerful. Or he also didn’t know that either.
He sure is far too good looking though.
She thought, looking away from him.
[Mo Yuxin has developed favorability towards you.]
[Current favorability: 2-Star]
Tian...Yongheng? Is he also from the Great Tian Immortal Family?
Tian Yunchen, who was standing at the back, couldn’t help but wonder.
"Another person from the Tian Family? Seems like we found a distant relative of yours, aren’t I right, fellow daoist Tian Yunchen?" Remarked Yin Huaying, turning to look at Tian Yunchen.
Everybody’s attention turned to him instantly.
That demonic cultivator was a member of the Great Tian Immortal Family? Why did he become a demonic cultivator, then?
At the questionable gazes of others, Tian Yunchen remained silent.
On the other hand, Tian Yongheng himself was a bit perplexed.
Tian Yunchen...I’ve heard this name so many times in the past..
Shaking his head, he removed all unnecessary thoughts from his mind and focused on the situation at hand.
At this moment, Ma Guozhi spoke up in a mocking tone of voice, looking at Mo Yuxin, "That aside, I wonder what is the esteemed young miss of Qingyun Sword Sect doing here?"
Hearing his words, everyone was surprised yet again.
How many more surprises are there for us?
Mo Yuxin didn’t reply to him, and instead just smiled mockingly, taking out a beautifully crafted blue sword imbued with the Lightning Attribute.
Powerful pressure weighed down on the entire area of around a hundred miles as the Golden Core Realm cultivators prepared to duke it out.
*SHRIEK!*
Yao Lan, who had been blasted away from the attack by the arrival of demonic cultivators, the same attack that hit Tian Yongheng at the beginning, finally made a shrieking sound and rushed back to the battlefield.
Chu Tianming and Su Yanlan also flew up into the air and got ready to fight, while all the cultivators below the Innate Realm just stood there nervously.
With this great of a battle about to take place, lightning spawned from the dark clouds above, heaven and earth shook as if a great calamity was about to befall.
At this moment, Tian Yongheng sent a voice transmission to everybody on his side;
"Everyone, do whatever you want, but don’t kill that Tian Yunchen. I still have some questions to ask him."