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Chapter 578 - 517: First Battle Against Emperor Bai (Part 1)

Chapter 578: Chapter 517: First Battle Against Emperor Bai (Part 1)

"Taking my head from my neck? With just you? This is the coldest joke I have heard since I was born!"

As Ye Fan’s words echoed in his ears, Emperor Bai laughed full of mockery, looking at Ye Fan as if he were looking at an idiot.

Jie Dao also sported a face filled with scornful amusement.

Just now, he had watched the entire process of Ye Fan and Emperor Bai vying for the Snow Lotus King, gaining a clear understanding of their strengths.

In his view, although there was only a half-realm difference between Ye Fan and Emperor Bai, their combat abilities were as different as clouds are from mud, and they simply could not be discussed on equal terms.

Master Bodhi Wu Yin did not laugh at Ye Fan.

Because she could feel the determination in Ye Fan’s words—that this vow was extremely important for Ye Fan, and if he could not achieve it, even if he did not die at the hands of Emperor Bai, there would always be a knot in his heart, and perhaps even a Heart Demon would emerge, completely ruining his cultivation journey!

Even more so because of the rapid increase in Ye Fan’s strength over the short span of a year!

Within the year, Ye Fan had risen from the Postnatal Perfection Realm to the Innate Great Perfection Realm, in terms of both cultivation speed and improvement in combat ability, his progress could only be described as defying the heavens!

In such a situation, if Ye Fan were given enough time, what would be difficult about killing Emperor Bai?

The only thing she was worried about was that just now Ye Fan had accepted Emperor Bai’s challenge.

"Let’s do as I said before and fight at the Tian Shan Sword Sect; let the people of the Tian Shan Sword Sect bear witness to avoid old bastard Chu Xuanji and Yanhuang Organization accusing me of bullying the weak," Emperor Bai said again, a sinister smile on his face.

"It’s just catching a single saber strike, a fight that can be finished in the blink of an eye; why trouble ourselves to go all the way to the Tian Shan Sword Sect?"

Before Ye Fan could reply, Master Bodhi Wu Yin spoke up first, right after Emperor Bai’s voice fell. She had decided that if Ye Fan truly could not withstand a single saber strike, she would intervene at the critical moment to save his life.

Even if Jie Dao and Emperor Bai, teacher and student, became angry, she would not fear them.

However, if they went to the Tian Shan Sword Sect, under the public eye, her concerns would be much greater, and even if she intervened, it would cause a great uproar in the Hua Xia Cultivation World.

Beyond that, she was also well aware that Emperor Bai was doing this to spread the word of this battle through the Tian Shan Sword Sect.

At that time, if Ye Fan couldn’t withstand a strike, as Emperor Bai said, since the duel would be a voluntary agreement with the Tian Shan Sword Sect as a witness, Chu Xuanji and the Yanhuang Organization would have no reason to trouble Emperor Bai.

And even if Ye Fan survived Emperor Bai’s strike, the ones who would lose face would still be Ye Fan and Chu Xuanji!

This was a solution that satisfied both concerns, with a truly malicious intent.

If Master Bodhi Wu Yin could think of this, Ye Fan was naturally as clear about it as a mirror.

Seeing Master Bodhi Wu Yin signaling him with her gaze not to agree, Ye Fan gently shook his head, silently indicating that everything was fine and under his control.

After all this, he turned his gaze to Emperor Bai and said coldly, "The location of the battle can be at the Tian Shan Sword Sect, but with an additional condition."

"What?" Emperor Bai asked.

"If I catch your strike, not only do you have to give me the Snow Lotus King, you also have to slap yourself in the face ten times in public and apologize to my master!" Ye Fan stated solemnly.

"You..."

Upon hearing Ye Fan’s words, Emperor Bai’s face changed with anger, but then he sneered, thinking that Ye Fan could not possibly withstand his strike, "As long as you can withstand my strike, not to mention slapping myself, apologizing to you and your master, it wouldn’t be a problem even if I had to kneel down and call you grandfather!"

"Master Bodhi Wu Yin, in case he reneges and breaks the agreement, please bear witness," Ye Fan said to Master Bodhi Wu Yin.

Master Bodhi Wu Yin nodded and replied, "Alright."

"The sooner you die, the sooner you reincarnate; let’s not waste words, let’s go!"

Hearing Ye Fan’s words again, sensing the confidence in his words, Emperor Bai seethed with fury, wishing he could split Ye Fan in two with his saber right there and then.

"Master Bodhi Wu Yin, to save time, I will take Little Emperor to Tian Shan Sword Sect. How about you bring that kid?" Jie Dao suddenly proposed.

Without responding, Master Bodhi Wu Yin looked to Ye Fan, and seeing him nod, she grabbed him and, powering up her Gang Qi, soared into the sky, flying toward Tian Shan Sword Sect.

Seeing this, Jie Dao grabbed Emperor Bai and hurriedly followed behind them.

Since Master Bodhi Wu Yin and Jie Dao were flying with Ye Fan and Emperor Bai respectively, they didn’t dare to fly too fast, maintaining not too distant from each other.

Therefore, although Master Bodhi Wu Yin was curious whether Ye Fan still had unknown trump cards, for fear of being overheard by Jie Dao and his disciple Emperor Bai, she had to let it go.

...

At the same time.

Several hundred miles away from the Tian Shan Sword Sect, Yan and Chu Xuanji were flying through the air with Qi Manipulation Flight, their speed incredibly fast, like two streaks of white light speeding through.

"Xuanji, Qi Manipulation Flight really drains the Gang Qi inside the body too much. Even with the strength of both of us, flying from Yanjing to Mount Tian is not easy. I hope your guess is correct; otherwise, just to restore the Gang Qi in our bodies will take a lot of time," Yan turned his head towards Chu Xuanji and said with a wry smile.

That morning, as usual, while he was cultivating in the Hong Qiang Courtyard, a symbol of power and status, he suddenly sensed an increase in the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi throughout Yanjing, which he found quite puzzling.

A bit later, before he could figure out the reason for it, Chu Xuanji suddenly appeared before him, saying that the sudden increase in Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was very likely related to some extraordinary event near Mount Tian, similar to what had happened over twenty years ago. Chu Xuanji proposed that they explore together to find out the truth.

As a Supreme Strongman ranked first on both the Dragon Ranking and the Divine List, Yan was acutely aware of the gravity of the situation and how it could have an immeasurable impact on the entire Cultivation World. Therefore, he agreed to Chu Xuanji’s proposition without delay, and they set off for Mount Tian together.

"It shouldn’t be wrong," Chu Xuanji said, despite adding the word "should," his tone was quite confident.

"That’s very good."

Yan smiled upon hearing this and then, thinking of something, asked, "By the way, isn’t your disciple in Mount Tian? Why don’t you contact him?"

"The kid’s communication device is having issues; I can’t get through," Chu Xuanji said with a wry smile. "However, it’s very likely that we’ll run into him on Mount Tian."

"Xuanji, why do I feel like you’re hiding something from me? Don’t tell me that the increase in Earth’s Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi has something to do with your precious disciple?" Having heard Chu Xuanji’s words again, Yan felt that something was amiss, and recalling Ye Fan’s miraculous performance when resisting the Heavenly Tribulation, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"It’s not good to say for now, we’ll know once we see him."

Chu Xuanji smiled, not really hiding anything. One important reason he was certain that the increase in Earth’s Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi might be due to some event in Mount Tian was precisely because Ye Fan was there.

"If that’s the case, then let’s not stop midway to recover our Gang Qi. Let’s head straight to the location," Yan said with unusual excitement.

Chu Xuanji nodded and increased his speed to the utmost, flying shoulder to shoulder with Yan in the direction of Tian Shan Sword Sect.

An hour later.

Master Bodhi Wuyin, Ye Fan, Jie Dao, and Bai Di were the first to arrive at Tian Shan Sword Sect.

Whoosh!

In a small courtyard of Tian Shan Sword Sect, Meng Bai immediately sensed the presence of Master Bodhi Wuyin, Jie Dao, and Bai Di, and his eyes snapped open!

Because Ye Fan had activated the Ghost Ring to conceal his presence, it went undetected.

"One of them is Master Bodhi Wuyin, among the other two, one has a presence that is nearly equal to Master Bodhi Wuyin, and the other stronger than me—who are they? Why have Master Bodhi Wuyin and they come to Tian Shan Sword Sect?" Meng Bai’s heart was filled with doubts as he sprang up and rushed out of the courtyard toward the plaza—he had sensed that the presences of the three people were moving in the direction of the plaza.

"Such mighty three presences, two of which are stronger than the Sect Leader’s? Which two Supreme Strongmen have come to our Tian Shan Sword Sect?"

At the same time, two other Outer Elders of Tian Shan Sword Sect, as well as the young martial arts genius Xiao Selang, sensed the presence of Master Bodhi Wuyin, Jie Dao, and Bai Di, their hearts filled with shock.

After the shock subsided, like Meng Bai, they rushed out of their dwellings and ran frantically towards the plaza.

On the plaza, many Inner Sect Disciples of Tian Shan Sword Sect, as usual, were carrying out their Cultivation. Some were meditating to absorb and refine the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, some were practicing martial arts, creating a lively scene.

"Look, someone’s coming!"

Out of the blue, a disciple at the Peak stage of Innate Realm who was practicing mental perception, sensed the presence of Master Bodhi Wuyin’s group and exclaimed in surprise.

As the words of the disciple at the Peak stage of Innate Realm spread, the disciples of Tian Shan Sword Sect on the plaza stopped their Cultivation one after another, casting their gazes toward the distant sky, where they could see four indistinct figures hurrying towards the plaza.

"Qi Manipulation Flight, they’re Supreme Strongmen in the Gang Qi Realm!"

"Supreme Strongmen in the Gang Qi Realm coming to our Tian Shan Sword Sect? And four at once?"

"No, only the presence of two of them is that of the Gang Qi Realm Supreme Strongmen. The presence of another is close to the Gang Qi Realm, and one more is undetectable."

On the plaza, the Tian Shan Sword Sect disciples exclaimed in wonder, with the strongest among them, a disciple in the Great Perfection Realm, providing the explanation.

As his words fell again, before anyone else could speak further, Master Bodhi Wuyin, carrying Ye Fan, and Jie Dao, holding Bai Di, appeared almost simultaneously in the sky above the plaza.

The next moment.

In front of the astonished expressions of the many Tian Shan Sword Sect disciples, Master Bodhi Wuyin, grasping Ye Fan, descended like a Heavenly Immortal, treading on Gang Qi that resembled white clouds, and floated lightly to the ground.

At the same time, Jie Dao, clutching Bai Di, swooped down like a hunting eagle and landed abruptly on the ground.

"Clap! Clap!"

After the two landed, the marble tiles on the ground were unable to withstand the impact and shattered instantly, debris scattered by the airflow towards all directions, causing those Tian Shan Sword Sect disciples who were close to them to exclaim and dodge.

Those further away from Jie Dao and Bai Di didn’t dodge but, feeling the terrifying presence of the two, were as scared as mice seeing a cat, not even daring to breathe too loudly, let alone look at them.

On the other hand, because Ye Fan had activated the Ghost Ring to hide his aura, and Master Bodhi Wuyin also retracted his aura, they did not affect the Tian Shan Sword Sect disciples on the plaza.

"Master Bodhi, Sword King, your presence graces Tian Shan Sword Sect, we apologize for not receiving you from afar. Please forgive us," a voice rang out. Meng Bai swiftly arrived above the plaza, bowed, and offered a salute to Master Bodhi Wuyin and Jie Dao.

Master Bodhi?

Sword King?!

Startled by Meng Bai’s words, the disciples on the plaza were abuzz!

Master Bodhi Wuyin and Jie Dao were not only listed in the top ten of the Dragon Ranking but were also ranked exceptionally high—one at third place and the other at fourth. Their reputations and prestige were far beyond what other Gang Qi Realm strong people could compare to!

Whoosh!

After the commotion, they collectively turned their gazes towards Ye Fan, their hearts filled with curiosity, "The young man by Sword King should be Little Saber King Bai Di, but who is this person??"

...

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