The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1258 - Chapter 1258 Chapter 1357 Sudden Flash of Sword Light

Chapter 1258: Chapter 1357: Sudden Flash of Sword Light Chapter 1258: Chapter 1357: Sudden Flash of Sword Light “Insult my Taoist Sect, no matter how formidable you are, Heaven King of the East Pole, the three of us brothers are determined to fight you. Take this!” The Three Heroes of Tao Sky could no longer contain their anger and, without a hint of hesitancy, they made a bold move against the Heaven King of the East Pole.

“Oh, mom!” At this attack, the Heaven King of the East Pole screamed bizarrely and then bolted.

As he ran, the Three Heroes of Tao Sky were dumbfounded. They weren’t the only ones; the martial artists in Qian Country below, including Zhou Meng and other martial artists of the Pill Alliance, were equally baffled and had no idea what had just happened.

Had the renowned Heaven King of the East Pole just screamed and run away? Was this the same illustrious individual? Where had his imposing aura gone? The speed with which he changed his demeanor was bewilderingly fast.

Zhou Meng and his fellow martial artists of the Pill Alliance were the most shocked, for they as members of the Pill Alliance knew full well the prowess of the Heaven King of the East Pole. He had never been bested by any powerful entity and was believed to be invincible, let alone retreat in the heat of battle. It was simply unimaginable that such a thing should occur to the Heaven King of the East Pole.

But indeed, the Heaven King of the East Pole had fled, and he had fled swiftly, appearing as though he bitterly regretted not having more legs.

The Heaven King of the East Pole escaped so quickly that in a few blinks, he was already out of sight.

The Three Heroes of Tao Sky stood there stunned, unable to grasp what had just happened. They had mentally prepared themselves for a titanic battle spanning three hundred rounds with the Heaven King of the East Pole, a prospect fraught with severe tension.

How could it be that in the blink of an eye, the Heaven King of the East Pole had vanished? What was going on?

The Three Heroes of Tao Sky looked at each other, in silent agreement but at this moment, none could make sense of the situation.

“Why did the Heaven King of the East Pole run so fast?” the second of the Three Heroes of Tao Sky frowned as he said to his two brothers.

The eldest and the youngest shook their heads, their bewilderment no less than that of the second.

“Could we have been tricked? Was that not the real Heaven King of the East Pole?” the youngest of the trio cautiously suggested.

At these words, the eldest and the second immediately widened their eyes and then felt that it was highly probable.

The three brothers realized that they had been duped; the man was not the real Heaven King of the East Pole at all.

If it had indeed been the real Heaven King of the East Pole, he would not have wasted so much time talking and would have engaged them directly.

Yet the man earlier, despite speaking in a grandiose manner as if he scorned the whole world, instilling fear in their hearts, had run away the moment he saw the three brothers move to attack, clearly afraid of them.

To think that they, the Three Heroes of Tao Sky, had been intimidated by a fake Heaven King left them feeling incredibly frustrated and annoyed; it was utterly humiliating. If word got back to the three sects, wouldn’t they be the laughingstock for a while?

Imagine in the future, anyone seeing the Three Heroes of Tao Sky might ask, “Weren’t you three scared stiff by a fake Heaven King of the East Pole to the point of almost not daring to move?”

Thinking this, the Three Heroes of Tao Sky felt even deeper resentment and fury, their grim gazes settling on the vast expanse of Qian Country as they prepared to vent all their pent-up anger on it.

And the martial artists of Qian Country were also left agape. Everything had been fine; why had the Heaven King of the East Pole just run off? What was to become of Qian Country now, left like lambs to the slaughter?

Zhou Meng and the others were utterly panicked. They had thought that the arrival of the Heaven King of the East Pole signalled their savior, but unexpectedly, he had disappeared in an instant, truly beyond all anticipation.

The Three Heroes of Tao Sky approached, filled with anger, and stood above Qian Country, looking down on its vast lands.

An invisible pressure emanated from them, instantly causing the martial artists of Qian Country to change color. Many of the lesser-skilled martial artists even felt as if they were suffocating, as if the sky was about to collapse.

This sensation felt like the apocalypse had arrived, filling people with a deep sense of despair from the bottom of their hearts.

“No one can save you!” The Three Heroes of Tao Sky coldly declared, suddenly increasing their pressure almost without holding back, intending to crush the entire Qian Country in an instant.

At that moment, within Purple Mist Sect, at Sinking Sword Lake.

Qing Jianzi sat cross-legged by the lake, grasping the Great Dao of the sword he had recently acquired, but at this moment, a brilliant light burst forth from Sinking Sword Lake, and a figure broke through the sky from the lake.

Qing Jianzi was utterly astonished and quickly stood up, watching the figure flying out from Sinking Sword Lake.

“Young man, wait for this old man to drive these three Barbarians from the Seven Seas away, then I’ll come back and teach you how to wield a sword slowly,” the voice looked at Qing Jianzi, said with a faint smile, and then flew directly toward the Three Heroes of Tao Sky.

Following this figure, various forms of sword lights emerged, all ancient swords that had settled in Sinking Sword Lake for countless years, now brought forth by this figure.

In no time, the sky above Qian Country was swirling with sword lights, and sword qi tore through the heavens.

Han Luoyun stood outside the stone chamber, and upon seeing this figure flying out from Sinking Sword Lake, was not very surprised. Within the entire Purple Mist Sect, only Han Luoyun knew of the existence of such a person in Sinking Sword Lake.

This was also told to Han Luoyun by the previous Purple Mist Sect Master, saying that in the Martial Sect’s Sinking Sword Lake, there was a profoundly mystical strongman, who had once saved a previous sect master of Purple Mist Sect, and thus this strongman had promised that sect master to protect the Purple Mist Sect for six hundred years.

And this secret, like the previous Purple Mist Sect Masters, Han Luoyun had revealed to no one and would only tell the next sect master.

After all, with only the last hundred years left of that six-hundred-year promise, in Han Luoyun’s view, this strongman was about to leave when the next sect master took over.

Now, with Qian Country in trouble, Purple Mist Sect could not remain unaffected. Han Luoyun had guessed that this hidden strongman beneath Sinking Sword Lake was about to be unable to restrain himself from intervening.

Sure enough, after that possibly phony Heaven King of the East Pole disappeared without a trace, a sudden surge of sword light erupted within Sinking Sword Lake.

“Who goes there?” The pupils of the Three Heroes of Tao Sky constricted, immediately showing a stance as if facing a great enemy, all three pairs of eyes intently fixed on that mysterious figure accompanied by many ancient swords.

The figure revealed his face, an old man with sparse hair, extremely unsightly in appearance, with one eye larger than the other and a mouth missing a front tooth.

The first impression this old man gave was that he was ugly.

The Three Heroes of Tao Sky were also old men, but they looked quite handsome and distinguished, each of them possessing an aura of immortal-like venerability.

But this old man was so ugly that it was uncomfortable to even look at him a few times.

ps: Fourth update, already back home, continuing to write, the fifth update is in progress.