Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 408 - 058 Evil King Slays the Saint

Chapter 408: Chapter 058 Evil King Slays the Saint

Netherworld Demon Cave.

Zhou Yan was transported through the void by the Turquoise Soul Suppressing Stone, suddenly breaking free from the Saint’s lock-on and appearing in a dark and gloomy place.

This was not the location of the aurora pillar, but it was even more terrifying here, with an everywhere cold and desolate silence.

The place was so bleak, as if in the starless void of the universe, it was quite unsettling.

With Zhou Yan’s temperament, upon arriving here, he shivered suddenly.

"Xiong Ba, can this place trap a Saint?"

Zhou Yan felt uneasy and couldn’t help asking Xiong Ba, who was already busy here.

Now, Xiong Ba was still incessantly imprinting complex runes into the dark void, upon hearing Zhou Yan’s question, he stretched lazily, twisted his butt, and said with groundless confidence, "Brother Zhou Yan, rest assured, hmm, my Ancient Array will surely trap them with no return.

Not to mention ordinary Saints, even those among the Saints who have grasped a bit of the Supreme Dao can’t make much of a splash."

Xiong Ba’s tone was quite arrogant, yet it seemed so matter-of-fact. Zhou Yan detected the disdain and confidence in Xiong Ba’s words, and felt somewhat reassured, saying, "Although Saints are not particularly difficult to deal with, that’s only relative to those strong at the Saint Level.

For those of us at our Realm, trying to scheme against them is probably difficult, I think you better not take it lightly."

Hearing this, Xiong Ba sneered, "Brother Zhou Yan, it seems your courage hasn’t been bolstered enough, not yet bold enough. What is a Saint? These ant-like Saints, when I, Xiong Ba, was at my prime, could crush ten of them with one slap!"

"Now, someone else could crush ten of you with one slap!"

Zhou Yan retorted coldly.

His sensing power would not lie; this time he truly felt an inexplicable danger, and this feeling of danger was growing deeper.

"Brother Zhou Yan, you don’t know the power of this Ancient Array, wait, and I will show you how I, Xiong Ba, will slaughter Saints at the Peak State of Sword Spirit Triple Heavens."

"Xiong Ba emerges, Ancient Array slaughters Saints! This will surely become another celebrated tale passed down through the ages, shocking Ba Huang!"

Xiong Ba chuckled, not paying Zhou Yan any more attention but instead continued to work on his Sealing with vigorous twists of his butt.

Zhou Yan fell silent. Xiong Ba’s arrogance was more like a potent confidence, but was this confidence born from the Ancient Array before him?

This Ancient Array... with Zhou Yan’s current ability in Array Dao, it was not difficult to recognize it as a complex compound Ancient Array.

Separate arrays, like Crystal Stones, were categorized into Mortal Level, Spirit Level, Soul Level, Holy Level, and Divine Level.

Normally, Soul Level would already be powerful, but Xiong Ba’s Ancient Array consisted of top-tier Soul Level arrays.

Combined, they could very possibly form a Holy Level Killing Array.

With Zhou Yan’s understanding in Array Dao, parallel to Alchemy and Artifact Refining, there were two conclusions: Nine Palace Array Dao and Spirit Origin Array Dao. These Array Daos detailed a comprehensive understanding of array formations, nearly a principle that explains all principles.

Based on these two Array Daos, Zhou Yan naturally understood that Xiong Ba’s array was quite powerful, but relying on array formations alone to slaughter Saints wasn’t practical.

At least from what Zhou Yan remembered of his Master Lee Ran’s combat experience, he also knew that Saints were very hard to kill.

Zhou Yan watched Xiong Ba for a moment, then shifted his attention from the array formations to focus on the Turquoise Soul Suppressing Stone.

The effects of the Turquoise Soul Suppressing Stone were very potent, it could not only traverse the void, linking with Ancient Arrays, but also enhance sensing power.

With the boost from the Turquoise Soul Suppressing Stone, Zhou Yan’s sensing power immediately soared out, expanding to a vast range.

"Wow! This thing’s effect is really overpowering!"

Zhou Yan was taken aback, although he already knew the stone was extraordinary, such powerful efficacy still surprised him.

But this astonishment was quickly replaced by the scenes he sensed.

A beam of light zipped through the void, suddenly stopping in space. Then, two figures immediately collided, like two luminous bodies, in an instant above, in an instant below, engaged in intense collision.

The void didn’t tremble, nor did energy leak out, but each collision was as if countless imaginary spaces had shattered, extremely terrifying!

"This is... Saints in battle!"

Zhou Yan was greatly startled.

At that moment, one of the light spheres was suddenly sent flying far away.

With a flash, it revealed the figure of Yao, who now looked somewhat pale.

There was fresh blood trickling from the corners of his mouth, a crimson mess, appearing very grim.

The other luminous body now manifested a black-robed man’s phantom.

This phantom was merely a shadow, but its aura was incredibly dreadful.

"Evil King, I didn’t expect you’d come out!" Yao exclaimed in shock.

"Many thanks to ’him,’ if ’he’ hadn’t gravely injured me, I wouldn’t have broken through and understood the Original Dao successfully, and I wouldn’t have the chance to appear here today!"

The phantom carried twelve scythe-like Dao Lights on its back, displaying a mighty presence.

"You... you actually grasped the Original Dao’s twelve manifestations... it seems you took that step much deeper than any of us!"

Yao’s lips moved, but no sound came out.

However, Zhou Yan’s sensing power caught the content of the sound he transmitted.

"Ha ha ha, yes, if it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t dare to show up. After all, ’he’—Lee Ran, is also a top-tier figure of our era, rising suddenly like a comet, unstoppable...

Back then, when I schemed against the first generation Emperor Qi Sword Body Lee Jidao, if it weren’t for his intervention, there wouldn’t be a series of troubles like there are today.

""

"Alright, Yao, today, you will become a ghost under my Original Dao!"

The shadowy figure spoke and then suddenly lashed out again.

Twelve Death God-like scythes flew out at once, forming a terrifying prison that locked down everything in this slice of heaven and earth.

"Chi chi—"

Suddenly, twelve shadowy wings swept out and, in one fell swoop, disrupted the twelve deathly scythe shadows. At the same time, a man and a woman appeared in the void.

"Hm? Gui Die, Yaochi Saint, are you two planning to make a move?"

The expression on Evil King’s face darkened, as he issued a cold and murderous voice.

"The situation compels us, we have no choice. Right now, we need to first save a group of Prohibition Geniuses. Our past grudges can be settled later by the four of us!"

The man standing beside Fairy Die was as handsome as a divinity and spoke with a voice cold and detached.

He was a Sovereign of the Holy Daughter lineage of Yaochi Sacred Land, a Male Saint.

Yet, he possessed an exquisite beauty that far exceeded that of women.

Even women, upon seeing his face, would feel ashamed and utterly inferior.

This man was shrouded in a terrifying aura of mystery, which Zhou Yan could not clearly sense.

Zhou Yan’s mind stirred, and he once again activated his soul power, delving deeper with his sensing.

At that moment, the Yaochi Saint’s face turned stern, as if he had discovered something, and he suddenly looked into the void. That instant, Zhou Yan felt as if his gaze had met the Yaochi Saint’s!

Zhou Yan only felt that at this moment, the Yaochi Saint’s eyes were like the sun, shining brilliantly, and in a flash, they shot out two beams of intense light.

"Blargh—"

Zhou Yan’s body shook, and blood spurted from his mouth, as his eyes instantly bled like they were blind, and his soul suffered a tremendous shock. Even his Twelve Souls Sword, so formidable, started to show hairline fractures.

Fortunately, after just a moment, his soul’s self-healing ability gradually repaired the tiny fractures.

Yet even so, Zhou Yan was still greatly shocked, and his complexion became somewhat unsightly for a time.

Zhou Yan’s face turned icy as he made minor adjustments to his condition and cast the Undying Rebirth Technique twice, before once again deploying his sensing power.

But this time, Zhou Yan was very cautious and restrained, even imprinting concealing runes to hide his own presence.

Xiong Ba was concentrating on forming a Rune Ancient Array and looked at Zhou Yan with some surprise, but he just stared with big, puzzled eyes and after his eye muscles twitched twice, he continued to firm up his Ancient Array.

Within Zhou Yan’s sensing, the four Saints remained in place in the void.

"What’s the matter?"

Fairy Die’s voice carried a tone of inquiry and confusion, and the moment Zhou Yan’s sensing power reached her, she immediately detected the essence of his voice.

"Oh, there’s an ant whose soul power is fairly strong; thus, it sought to peek into the secrets of the Saints, not knowing whether to live or die. With a single thought, I eradicated it."

The Yaochi Saint spoke tranquilly.

He stood with his hands behind his back, now waiting for Evil King’s response.

"Eh? Interesting, it didn’t die. It seems that the Prohibition Geniuses this time are indeed quite interesting, not bad at all."

The Yaochi Saint seemed to sense something, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

But this trace of surprise was just that, and nothing else was conveyed in his emotion.

"Yaochi Saint, what right do you have to negotiate terms with me? Right now, even if the three of you join forces, you’re nothing but materials for refining the Holy Sword and Holy Soul to me!"

The face of the Evil King carried a mocking expression.

Previously, he did not dare to oppose Yao, and even less so the Yaochi Saint, because he had been heavily injured, with only a fraction of his power left, and one of his avatars had been killed by an ant, which was extremely humiliating.

But now that he had fully recovered and even advanced further, his power had surpassed the Nine Origin Sword Saint Realm, and he had grasped the Origin Dao, positioning himself to become a Sword God.

He was now the number one person below the Sword God.

This time, he was set on annihilating all who opposed him, suppressing all Sword Saints, unifying the Sword Ancestor Star, and personally opening the Nine Origin Reincarnation Channel.

"On what basis? By the Yaochi Ancient Flute."

The Yaochi Saint said as he produced an ancient flute.

When the ancient flute appeared, it manifested a fearsome Lonely Sword Intent, which was no longer just Sword Intent but a will of dominion over heaven and earth.

"What? You, have you gone mad?! Are you intending to destroy the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb space and breach through the Sword Burial Ancestor Star?!"

Even the complexion of the Evil King changed drastically.

"Do as I say, and afterward, whether you want to slaughter Yao, Gui Die, or other Saints, it’s all up to you. Yaochi Sacred Land will not participate or interfere. Right now, time is pressing; I must go to slay the Boyang Double Saints. Brother Yao, let’s go."

The Yaochi Saint spoke indifferently.

"Good! Let’s slay those two traitorous Boyang Double Saints first!"

Yao let out a slight sigh of relief and readily agreed.

As they spoke, the three of them turned into beams of light and disappeared in an instant.

Leaving only the Evil King behind, who showed a contemplative expression.