Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 157 - 153: You Want to Kill Me?

Chapter 157: Chapter 153: You Want to Kill Me?

Above the heavens, the enormous body of Bailong clashed relentlessly with Qu Qingfeng.

Though Bailong was a Demon, his spear techniques were shockingly adept. Every strike felt capable of bringing down the sky itself, an immense force merged with domineering spear techniques, his attacks reaching unparalleled heights.

On the battlefield below, the battles were just as ferocious. After the collapse of the array, Bai Lu Academy finally fell amidst the carnage. Watching the towering academy crumble into ruins filled the distant onlookers with a torrent of emotions.

Furthermore, Xue Laoguai took advantage of the chaos.

Bai Lu Academy stood on the brink of disaster.

"Xue Laoguai, as a human, how can you launch a sneak attack at such a critical moment when Demons are attacking? It’s utterly disgraceful." Elder Lu, engaged in battle with a Demon King, yelled furiously as he spotted Xue Laoguai arrive, immediately understanding the latter’s intent.

"Shut up."

Xue Laoguai coldly reprimanded. As his words fell, a massive hand suddenly appeared from the sky, descending fiercely toward Elder Lu.

Elder Lu resisted with spells but was still sent flying, spitting blood from his mouth.

"Noisy." Xue Laoguai stood with his hands behind his back, striding forward.

He had been imprisoned for years, long stripped of his integrity.

Now, the opportunity lay before him. How could he let it slip?

*Disgraceful?*

*At his age, what need was there for pride?*

When Elder Lu was injured, a radiant light of nine colors enveloped him, surging vitality pouring into his body. In an instant, he recovered significantly and turned toward Aunt Mei’s direction, saying, "Be careful."

Xue Laoguai was already advancing toward Aunt Mei. His gaze emitted a chilling light as he smiled and said, "Bai Lu Academy harbors a female Demon? Specialized in healing abilities, not adept at combat, but possessing the Demon Core of a Seven Realm Great Demon—what a prize."

*Today is a great harvest.*

*Not only could he kill Li Fan for freedom but also acquire the Demon Core of the Seven Realm Nine-Colored Deer.*

*Perhaps this might even allow him to step toward the Middle Realm of Myriad Phases someday.*

Xue Laoguai’s sinister smile widened as he strode toward Li Fan. Aunt Mei’s expression turned vigilant, her gaze fixed on Xue Laoguai. Her eyes glimmered with an exotic light as nine-colored divine radiance burst forth, shooting toward Xue Laoguai.

"Clang..."

A resounding clash echoed. Golden divine light flared from Xue Laoguai’s body, encircling him as a massive Dharma Form materialized—a golden toad.

The golden toad opened its mouth and inhaled, unleashing a powerful devouring force. The nine-colored radiance was sucked in entirely, its brilliance consumed. Xue Laoguai’s gaze grew even deeper, like an abyss, capable of swallowing all.

Years ago, Xue Laoguai had used this unique ability to wreak havoc, slaughtering countless cultivators, which prompted the Court’s outrage. Relying on his raw power, he brazenly defied the Court, leading to the destruction of his sect.

"Come." The enormous golden toad opened its maw, swallowing the nine-colored divine essence, targeting Aunt Mei and Li Fan. A horrifying vortex appeared, sucking the debris from Bai Lu Academy’s ruins below.

The Demon Kings and Academy Masters fighting nearby also avoided the pull of the vortex.

This old fiend was truly terrifying. The golden toad Dharma Form hovered high in the air, its devouring vortex enveloping Aunt Mei and Li Fan.

"Xue Laoguai, how dare you."

A thunderous voice rang through the heavens, filled with fury as annihilating light descended from the skies to smite Xue Laoguai.

Xue Laoguai glanced upward, raised his palm, and an immense golden handprint shot out, clashing with the descending annihilating light.

"Why wouldn’t I dare," Xue Laoguai sneered.

"Sir, you should stay focused."

From the sky, a muffled grunt was heard. Bailong looked down and said, "Keep an eye on him."

"Yes." The Demon Kings surged toward Xue Laoguai. They couldn’t let him kill Li Fan—they needed him alive.

"Aunt Mei, don’t worry about me."

Li Fan, seeing Aunt Mei struggling against the devouring force, spoke calmly. As his words fell, he allowed his body to be swept into the vortex, letting it drag him away.

"Li Fan!" cried Lu Yuan, her expression shifting in shock.

Seeing this, Xue Laoguai let out a sinister laugh, his abyssal eyes gleaming with murderous intent. Watching the Demon Kings approaching him, he roared sharply as countless handprints barraged in all directions.

*Today, no one will stop him.*

As Li Fan’s body was drawn toward the golden toad, Xue Laoguai’s gaze pinned on him, brimming with killing intent.

But in that instant, an overwhelming sense of peril seized Xue Laoguai, making his heart clench slightly in apprehension.

*What’s going on?*

Just as Li Fan was about to be consumed by the golden toad, a surge of immeasurable Sword Intent erupted from his body.

Sword Aura soared into the skies. Brilliant rays of sunlight illuminated heaven and earth, piercing the sky.

Li Fan’s form seemed to transform into a blazing sun, scorching and radiant, his Sword Aura reaching the heavens.

"Sword Intent!"

Xue Laoguai’s expression turned ashen, utterly stunned. This was the Sword Intent of a top-tier Seventh Realm Great Sword Cultivator—and not merely at the initial stage, but clearly Mid-Realm.

"Master..." Lu Yuan, sensing the searing, sun-like Sword Intent, recognized it instantly—it was the Sword Intent of her master, Mo Yang.

The Demon Kings and Bai Lu Academy Masters, who were prepared to act, froze upon seeing this. The dazzling light blossomed in an instant as Li Fan’s Sword Intent burst forth. Just as the golden toad was about to consume him, a beam of solar sword light erupted.

Slash!

Xue Laoguai retreated violently, the golden toad Dharma Form shielding him as he fled far away. Yet, the sword light descended almost simultaneously. At such a range, with such Sword Intent, evasion was impossible.

The solar sword light slashed across the sky over White Deer Street. The heavens seemed branded crimson by flames, a beam of light spanning the void above the street.

"This is..."

The crowd looked on in stunned silence. This Sword Intent...

*Who exactly was Yang Qingshan?*

As far as they knew, for a Great Sword Cultivator to implant Sword Intent into someone else was no trivial matter—it came at considerable cost and sacrifice.

How could Yang Qingshan possess the Sword Intent of a top-tier Seventh Realm Great Sword Cultivator?

*Who was he?*

Even Bailong and Qu Qingfeng, fighting high in the sky, paused momentarily to look downward.

This Sword Intent burned like the sun.

Then they turned toward Xue Laoguai, whose Dharma Form had shattered. Groaning, his complexion turned pale, blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He hadn’t had time to react—it was too late to dodge.

With a single sword, his Dharma Form was destroyed.

The aura surrounding Xue Laoguai rapidly diminished. His foundation was damaged. Forget about advancing further—his cultivation might even regress.

Xue Laoguai’s face twisted in a mix of shock and dread. He raised his head to stare at the distant Li Fan, then his eyes filled with burning rage.

He had never expected that a mere Soul Emergence Realm cultivator would harbor the Sword Intent of a top-tier Seventh Realm Great Sword Cultivator.

If he’d anticipated this and prepared adequately, his true Seventh Realm power would not have ended up in such a predicament.

After all, he was genuinely Seventh Realm, while Li Fan merely carried Sword Intent of that level.

"You’ve destroyed my Dharma Form?" Xue Laoguai stared at Li Fan, shouting furiously, "You’ve destroyed my Dharma Form!"

Xue Laoguai’s hair whipped wildly as he bellowed. The undulating might of a Seventh Realm cultivator erupted, murderous intent blanketing the boundless lands.

*"He’s gone mad," thought the crowd, watching Xue Laoguai’s manic state.*

A top-tier Seventh Realm cultivator, thinking it would only take a flick of his wrist to kill a mere fledgling, had now fallen victim to such an unexpected disaster—his Dharma Form destroyed by Li Fan.

"Boom..." Xue Laoguai roared, his fury engulfing him entirely. "I’ll tear you limb from limb!"

He lunged toward Li Fan. High above, Bailong furrowed his brow. Should Xue Laoguai attempt to kill Li Fan, Bailong wouldn’t hesitate to intervene.

As Xue Laoguai surged toward Li Fan, another overwhelming sense of danger suddenly descended upon him.

Once again, another surge of Sword Intent erupted from Li Fan. This Sword Intent enveloped the area, locking onto Xue Laoguai entirely, stopping the deranged elder in his tracks. His rapid steps came to an abrupt halt, and his frenzied state vanished.

"There’s more?" Xue Laoguai, visibly shaken, stared incredulously at Li Fan.

"Why don’t you try me and find out," Li Fan retorted. Xue Laoguai stood motionless, his face stiff with shock, his expression slowly warping into something grotesque.

*How could this be?*

His earlier ambitions suddenly dissipated like mist, plummeting him from heaven to hell.

Forget killing Li Fan—his Dharma Form was already destroyed. Even if he killed him now, his own strength had already plummeted.

The people of Yun Meng City looked on, equally astonished.

*Li Fan carried yet another top-tier Sword Intent?*

This aura, distinct from the earlier one, was equally, if not more, potent.

That multiple top-tier Great Sword Cultivators had implanted their Sword Intent in Li Fan—what could it mean?

Moreover, in the Da Li Dynasty, there were only a handful of powers capable of commanding the allegiance of so many top-tier Great Sword Cultivators.

The name of a place surfaced in many people’s minds, as if they’d pieced together Li Fan’s origins.

*No wonder he was this talented.*

*No wonder the Demon Kings pursued him, and even a Seventh Realm Xue Laoguai sought his life.*

*A genius Sword Cultivator from Li Mountain.*

Within a residence on White Deer Street, Ji Feng rubbed his eyes as he gazed up at the white-clad figure standing in the sky, muttering under his breath: "Brother Yang, you’re playing at a whole different level now."

*Who exactly was his Brother Yang?*

*Seventh Realm—that was Seventh Realm, and his Dharma Form had been shattered.*

He had thought the three swords outside Yun Meng Swamp, slaying three Demons, was astonishing. He’d never imagined something of this scale could happen today.

High above, Li Fan’s Sword Intent surged around him.

"You want to kill me?" he asked Xue Laoguai loudly. "You think you can even succeed? Even if you manage it, do you think you’ll live afterward?"

The crowd below was stunned by his words.

With several top-tier Great Sword Cultivators having placed their Sword Intent on him, what kind of vengeance would befall Xue Laoguai if he killed Li Fan?

Could Xue Laoguai even hope to survive?

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