King of Creation
Chapter 468 - 462: The Opportune Moment for the Eastern Expedition

Chapter 468: Chapter 462: The Opportune Moment for the Eastern Expedition

The ancient and mysterious fluctuations of the Sword Dao arose in an instant, and thousands of beams of Sword Light suddenly flew out from Yu Ruhai’s body. Yet they were drawn but not released, hovering in front of Yu Ruhai.

The thousands of drawn but unreleased beams of Sword Light converged, forming an incredibly powerful and substantial-like wave of Sword Dao. This wave made even Ye Zhen, watching from afar, startled.

Almost at the moment when Yu Ruhai’s Sword Dao fluctuation solidified, the swiftly advancing Purple Sword Light abruptly decelerated, its speed becoming extremely slow.

It appeared as though it was attracted by the Sword Dao fluctuation condensed by Yu Ruhai.

Seeing the Purple Sword Light gradually hovering about ten meters in front of him, the Sect Master of Sword Origin Sect’s face once more revealed an expression of wild ecstasy.

Now, he was truly certain of the legend left behind by the founder of Sword Origin Sect... it was real!

At the end of the Four Symbols Sword Scripture left by the founder of Sword Origin Sect, it was said that the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain might breed a miraculous treasure. If it were to emerge, the later generations could consider ways to obtain it.

And he left a few potential methods for claiming it.

Years ago, before Yu Ruhai became the Sect Master of Sword Origin Sect, he thought that the founder’s message, after a thousand years, was nothing more than a joke.

Unexpectedly, it had now come true!

With this thought, Yu Ruhai nearly exerted all his Sword Dao cultivation, enhancing the substantial-like wave of Sword Dao, preparing to claim the Purple Sword Light. He even ignored the Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect, who were ceaselessly screaming in agony.

This strange sight was naturally seen by Ye Zhen, who had turned back.

What surprised Ye Zhen even more was that, although it was his first time seeing the radiant Purple Sword Light, he felt an inexplicable familiarity with it.

It was as if he was meeting an old friend whom he had entrusted many years to, very familiar, yet he could not recall where he had seen it before.

Suddenly, a flash of Spirit Light sparked in Ye Zhen’s mind!

With a thought, executing the mental method of the Sword Manual of Extinction, he activated his Sword Vein Divine Power and sent a message toward the Purple Sword Light.

"Is it you? You... have come out!"

Thump thump!

Almost the moment Ye Zhen sent out the message, an excited rhythm abruptly transmitted into his mind. Ye Zhen understood that it was an affirmative answer!

"Then come...," Ye Zhen tried again to send out a message.

Just as Ye Zhen’s message was sent out, the originally stationary Purple Sword Light six meters in front of Yu Ruhai’s chest suddenly accelerated, reaching its peak speed in an instant!

Whoosh!

A harsh, piercing sound of the Purple Sword Light breaking through the air abruptly rose, accompanied by the crisp sound of penetration and a spray of blood!

As if responding to Ye Zhen’s summon, the Purple Sword Light instantly flashed from in front of Yu Ruhai to behind him, like a purple rainbow heading straight for Ye Zhen.

Spurt!

The sound of Yu Ruhai spewing blood shocked the surviving Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect.

"Sect Leader!"

"Sect Leader, you... how..."

Only then did the remaining frightened Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect realize that the Sect Leader Yu Ruhai had a large hole in his chest -- the size of a baby’s fist. In the hole, there was still a wisp of Purple Sword Light, moving back and forth, further aggravating the wound!

"Gurgle..."

Yu Ruhai made a difficult gurgling sound from his throat, with blood gushing from his mouth. He slowly turned his head to look at Ye Zhen in the distance.

He just caught sight of the radiant Purple Sword Light, like a purple rainbow, directly entering Ye Zhen’s body and disappearing!

"No..."

Seeing this scene, Sect Master Yu Ruhai’s eyes suddenly widened, and the blood he had been suppressing in his mouth could not be held back any longer, spewing out wildly. He fell backwards, and the Sword Origin Flag also duly fell, rolling back into Yu Ruhai’s body.

"Sect Leader!"

"Sect Leader!"

While the surviving Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect and Second Elder Kong Shan were shocked and alarmed, they all threw themselves toward Sect Leader Yu Ruhai.

Ye Zhen’s eyes also abruptly widened at that moment.

Ye Zhen had never dreamed that such a thing would happen!

But what shocked Ye Zhen even more was the Purple Sword Light that had entered his body. It went straight into the heart of the First Sword Vein within Ye Zhen’s well-forged Sword Heart Enlightenment and then there was no more news!

"Everybody, even if we have to fight to the death today, we must kill this traitor Ye Zhen!"

Second Elder Kong Shan of Sword Origin Sect roared in anger. The surviving Sect Elders excluding the two taking care of Sect Leader Yu Ruhai, all charged toward Ye Zhen!

"Hahaha, gentlemen, we shall meet again another day!"

Laughing loudly, Ye Zhen sprang onto Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten. Within moments, his figure had completely vanished into the clouds, leaving the pursuing Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect far behind.

A Martial Artist of the Soul Sea Realm has practically no chance of pursuing and killing Ye Zhen—it would be nothing more than eating dust!

The only regret for Ye Zhen was that, as he was leaving, he saw that Sect Leader Yu Ruhai, who was held in the arms of a Sect Elder, was now covered with a cocoon-like layer of Spirit Light.

That was one of the signs that the peak Great Accomplishment Acquired Spiritual Body was beginning to self-repair the damaged body, indicating that although Yu Ruhai had suffered a severe wound from the sword, he had not died!

"It’s a pity that the purple sword light pierced through Yu Ruhai’s chest instead of his heart. Even if he had nine lives, this time he would have been doomed!"

However, when Ye Zhen thought about the tragic scene surrounding Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, he felt that this time’s gains were already enormous, so much so that they far exceeded his expectations.

Ye Zhen could never have imagined that after comprehending the Sword Vein and successfully forging his own at Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, he would trigger an explosion at Spirit Sword Grave Mountain. Just the thought of it made his heart shudder.

"This time, Sword Origin Sect is afraid that..."

...

Fifteen minutes later, the area around Spirit Sword Grave Mountain was piled with severed corpses and drenched with blood. On the blasted rocks of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain hung limbs and organs, as if it were a living hell.

The six surviving Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect who returned after their failed pursuit of Ye Zhen gazed at this hellish scene, their emotions indescribable.

The countenance of Second Elder Kong Shan was particularly desolate. He seemed to have aged decades in an instant. Normally, because of his cultivation success, he appeared to be in his forties during his prime.

But now, at a glance, he looked like a decrepit old man in his late seventies or eighties – unrecognizable to those who didn’t know him well!

"Strategies, ridiculous strategies, it’s all your..."

After a long silence, Wu Hao, one of the surviving Sect Elders of Sword Origin Sect, roared at Second Elder Kong Shan with fury, "It was just Ye Zhen alone, if not for your show of cunning, how could we have suffered such heavy losses!

Now our Sect Leader is grievously injured, many of our elite have died tragically. I want to see how you will explain this to the Sect!"

As Wu Hao berated Kong Shan, the other surviving Sect Elders did not stop Wu Hao, allowing him to scold Kong Shan unimpeded.

Originally, even before this incident, they had been quite resentful of Kong Shan’s deliberate display of cunning, and now they had not a shred of sympathy for him!

"Puh!"

A mouthful of fresh blood suddenly sprayed from Kong Shan’s mouth, and instantly his face turned as pale as golden paper, clearly his spirit had suffered a great shock.

At this very moment, Kong Shan wished nothing more than to capture Ye Zhen and interrogate him with a thousand methods to find out how he managed to kill Elder Zhii Sheng without a scratch.

Without the deduction that Ye Zhen’s strength absolutely couldn’t have allowed him to kill Elder Zhii Sheng unharmed, Kong Shan would never have come to such a conclusion.

"Ah....."

Enraged to the point of madness, Kong Shan shouted furiously. As his mouth spewed fresh blood, he fainted.

However, in hindsight, fainting might have been the best possibility for him at that moment!

Kong Shan had passed out, but the difficult situation was now in the hands of the other seven surviving Sect Elders.

With five Sect Elders killed in one battle, over sixty elite outer elders dead in combat, and Sect Leader Yu Ruhai severely injured and unconscious...

What’s more critical was that their enemy had left unscathed, without leaving behind even a single hair!

Compared to all of this, the destruction of Spirit Sword Grave Mountain was hardly a big deal for Sword Origin Sect.

Everyone understood, after today, the real calamity for the severely weakened Sword Origin Sect would truly begin...

...

In the sky, Ye Zhen was swiftly riding the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten. Even without any pursuers behind them, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten was flying at a speed close to its limit.

According to Ye Zhen’s original plan, he wanted to find a place to communicate well with the purple sword light that had merged into his First Sword Vein and claim it for his use.

Ye Zhen had witnessed the power of this purple sword light.

It could pierce through a formidable martial artist at the Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm like Yu Ruhai with a single thrust!

Ye Zhen could hardly imagine what this meant!

In other words, if Ye Zhen could make use of this purple sword light, then dealing with strong opponents in the Vein Forging Realm wouldn’t be too difficult for him in the future.

Ye Zhen deduced that, at the very least, this purple sword light was a Spiritual Artifact, possibly even a Mid-grade one, and it could very well be a High Grade Spiritual Artifact.

One must know that the Sect Guardian Spiritual Artifact, Three Treasures Golden Bell of Qiyun Sect, is also nothing more than a Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact.

Therefore, Ye Zhen was overcome with elation and wanted to claim the purple sword light as soon as possible.

But, before Ye Zhen was ready to find a place to cultivate, he suddenly realized something!

A strategic opportunity!

It was a rare opportunity that came once every few hundred years!

The Sword Origin Sect’s elite had suffered heavy losses, and Sect Leader Yu Ruhai was gravely injured—this was simply the best time for an Eastern Expedition.

Although from ancient times, powerful martial artists were never the main force in a war, they have always been the key factor that determines the outcome and direction of war.

When two countries have high-end military forces that are evenly matched or have slight differences, the effect of high-end military forces on the outcome of the war is minimal, and it’s only to maintain a balance.

But in situations where there is a huge disparity, that high-end military force can cause the scale of victory to tip directly to one side!

Now was the best strategic opportunity!

The issue that Ye Zhen now needed to consider was—if he tells others about this, would anyone believe him? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)