Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1219 - 1219 66 Lacking Confidence

Chapter 1219: Chapter 66: Lacking Confidence Chapter 1219: Chapter 66: Lacking Confidence “Zichen Lake has an island?”

The crowd was taken aback.

They had been circling Zichen Lake dozens of times every day for the past few days, yet they had not noticed that there was actually an island in this large lake.

Following Dong Xiaoyan, they took flight and headed toward the lake.

It was at this moment.

Suddenly, the calm surface of the lake began to ripple and wave, and then a fierce wind quickly whipped up. The white waves surged skyward.

Rising tens of meters above the lake’s surface, the waves built higher and higher.

A sensation of being watched rose unbidden.

The crowd slowed their pace, proceeding with caution.

The wind and waves suddenly spun, twisting into a towering water column hundreds of meters high spiraling up from the lake!

At the tip of the spray, a phantom shadow abruptly appeared.

The crowd fixed their eyes on it.

The shadow shifted from ethereal to slightly more solid.

With wide sleeves fluttering and in white robes as pure as snow, he was handsome and dignified, a sword across his chest.

It was none other than White Rainbow, one of the supreme Nine Colors.

The crowd stopped in their tracks.

Seeing the rumored dead old friend suddenly appear before them in the form of a spectral soul, everyone felt a mix of emotions.

“Gentlemen.”

White Rainbow’s voice was desolate, “I have turned into a wandering ghost, my body destroyed, my soul dissipated, only this wisp of a residual soul remains, struggling to survive by borrowing the power of the water. My friends of ten thousand years, must you utterly destroy even that?”

Hearing this, several faces of those who had been on friendly terms with him revealed discomfort.

Indeed, did they really need to go through with it to such extreme lengths?

But Qing Ming, the great sovereign, didn’t care for any of that and stepped forward, directly asking, “White Rainbow, where is Purple Emperor?”

“Purple Emperor has already fallen.”

White Rainbow sighed deeply.

“Nonsense!”

Qing Ming angrily retorted, “You colluded with Purple Emperor, acting against heaven and reason, causing the death of countless innocent people and soldiers. To execute such a world-destroying act! White Rainbow, do you still have the audacity to ask us to show mercy?”

White Rainbow’s expression was one of desolation as he said, “It was all just for survival. Now, with my body gone, if I don’t maintain a place for this ghost to reside, should I just vanish from this world? As for destroying the world, where did that come from? Such unfounded nonsense.”

Hidden Blade shook his head, expressing disappointment, “White Rainbow, won’t you even admit to this? Since when have you, White Rainbow, become someone who dares to act but not to own up?”

White Rainbow looked at Hidden Blade, mocking, “Hidden Blade? You accuse me of not owning up to my actions? Are you some sort of noble figure then? Have you forgotten what happened outside Yuezhou City, when you ambushed Fox Emperor, causing trouble with Peng Wanli? At that time, hiding in the shadows, you didn’t have the courage to show your face, and now you’re saying I’m the one who doesn’t own up?”

The crowd glanced at each other.

So such a thing happened?

Hidden Blade’s face turned red with anger, “My life’s learning is in assassination, strike unsuccessfully and then retreat fully; otherwise why would I be called Hidden Blade? You inspired me to do it back then, it was to help you! How come now, in your mouth, I’ve become the villain?”

“Back then I considered you friends and came to lend a hand, yet now I’m being exposed and cursed by you, White Rainbow, that’s not how you survive in the jianghu!”

White Rainbow snorted, “I am nothing but a remnant soul now, what jianghu do I have to discuss with you?”

That sounded quite reasonable, indeed.

Furious but unable to find the words in retort, Hidden Blade’s belly puffed up with anger.

A figure shot up from the surface of the lake.

A flash of Blade Qi lightning swift, slashing down upon the phantom of White Rainbow in an instant.

The phantom split at the sound, but mist billowed out, creating two White Rainbows, although they became slightly fainter.

Feng Yin now stood in midair with his sword drawn, declaring loudly, “That’s not White Rainbow! That’s Purple Emperor, White Rainbow has been consumed by Purple Emperor!”

“Eaten?!”

The crowd was shocked.

“Ha ha ha ha ha…”

In the air, ‘White Rainbow’ swayed and in an instant, turned into two Purple Emperors.

With hands clasped behind his back, he laughed heartily.

Then, bending his head forward, he looked at the crowd viciously, “So what if it’s me? White Rainbow has been eaten by me, so what? You all,” he pointed at them one by one, “I will eat every last one of you sooner or later!”

“World destruction? This filthy world, if I destroy it, what then?”

Purple Emperor laughed maniacally, pointing at Feng Yin, “Doctor Feng, you are but a young novice; I don’t know what stroke of fortune you had for your cultivation to soar, able to cure countless diseases… Someone like you should not exist in this world! Since you do, there must inevitably be something fishy. Whoever learns your greatest secret can be just like you, do you think… your secret will never be exposed?”

“Do you think Qing Ming and the others are really so benevolent? That they have no covetous desire for your secret?” He pointed to Qing Ming, laughing uproariously, “How naïve!”

The assembly’s mood shifted.

Feng Yin calmly said, “I don’t need to consider what you’ve said. I only know one thing, you must die!”

Purple Emperor burst out laughing, “I’m already dead!”

“But you still have a remnant soul! Someone like you doesn’t deserve to exist in this world, not even as a soul!”

Feng Yin took a deep breath and said, “If you still have a shred of conscience, tell us how to break the Ghostly Array that connects to the Abyss and rid the evil!”

Purple Emperor laughed wildly, “I spent half my life setting up this Array, hoping to dominate the world, to be the supreme ruler! Now, you have shattered my body and my soul! I live only because of the fragment of my soul that was left to control the Array. Do you seriously expect me to destroy my own Array? Feng Yin, have you lost your mind?”

Feng Yin stopped talking but slowly drew his sword, pointing it forward.

Qing Ming and the other venerables also drew their weapons, mobilizing their entire life’s cultivation!

For a moment, the momentum of the crowd stilled the wind and waves of Wan Li Lake into a calm, ripple-free, and motionless surface.

“You want to kill me?!”

The Purple Emperor laughed wildly, arrogantly saying, “My split soul resides within the great array, connected to heaven and earth, tapping into the ley lines, sharing the Abyss. Do you think you can kill me?”

Feng Yin shouted fiercely, “Kill!”

With a move that split the heavens, he immediately took action!

Qing Ming and the others unleashed their strongest attacks at the same time!

The Purple Emperor’s body flickered and turned into a dense white fog.

On the surface of the lake.

Endless white fog suddenly rose up!

The Purple Emperor let out a long howl, “Since you all wish to try, and I too wish to see, let’s give it a try!”

With a thunderous boom, like a mountain collapsing or a tsunami, a fog wave a thousand zhang high rose up, carrying limitless lake water, and wildly crashed towards everyone!

At the same time, countless ghostly swords and spears, even in the dense fog, flickered with the cold light of metal, striking in unison! Numerous eerie beings let out soul-shaking roars as they all attacked simultaneously.

They targeted Qing Ming and the others.

Astoundingly, their attacks had substantial effects.

Just like a battle array!

Let’s give it a try!

Just as the Purple Emperor said, both Feng Yin’s side and the Purple Emperor’s side wanted to test it out.

To test whether they had the power and means to annihilate the other.

In reality, not only did Feng Yin and the others not understand the weirdness in the lake, but the Purple Emperor also didn’t know if the lake’s weirdness could contend with experts!

Hence, there was this trial attack.

If it hadn’t been for this trial, the Purple Emperor wouldn’t have taken the risk to reveal himself.

Qing Ming and the others were groping in the dark, and the Purple Emperor… was also crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Nobody was sure of what would happen!

Boom!

With an explosive sound.

The waters of Zichen Lake splashed out of the lake banks, gushing hundreds of li away!

Feng Yin’s blade, cleaving directly into the thick fog, felt no resistance at all.

But he could clearly feel that he had struck the Purple Emperor’s wraith!

As for how much damage was done, it was completely unclear.

Qing Ming and the others reacted similarly; none felt any solid resistance!

However, from within the fog came the Purple Emperor’s agonized screams!

Immediately after, the white fog billowed and rapidly contracted back towards the lake surface.

Feng Yin pursued relentlessly.

Splitting the heavens, he struck five times in succession!

Above the lake, the water churned wildly.

He felt that perhaps only his Blade Qi could injure the Purple Emperor’s wraith.

The attacks of others could only trouble him, but not cause injury.

After five slashes, the white fog had already reached the lake’s surface and quickly vanished.

With a “puff,” a white shadow appeared, ten tails covering the sky and earth.

Feng Ying took action!

A clump of white fog was grabbed in her claw, writhing like a small snake.

However, most of the white fog had already disappeared without a trace.

The lake’s surface returned to a state of tranquility.

The water slowly calmed.

Until it was still as a mirror.

“We could only capture a little bit, I always feel like our strength is insufficient, not there yet.”

Feng Ying felt somewhat regretful.

At that moment.

On the lake’s surface.

A little pine tree suddenly broke through the water at the tip.

Several clusters of pine needles wrapped around strands of mist, which writhed like little snakes as if they were alive.

In them, there was a faint agonized howling.

That was the weirdness of the white fog.

Surprisingly, a few had been unexpectedly caught by the little pine tree.

“I caught a few!”

The little pine tree said excitedly.