"Sword Immortal Hong Jun!
You're Sword Immortal Hong Jun! You're not dead! You're still alive! "
Sword Immortal Hu Di muttered to himself as he trembled in fear when he saw four Immortal Sword Immortal level swordbearers die under Guhan's sword in an instant.
"That's right. I've returned alive. I'm here to settle the score with your master," Guhan said with a smile.
"Why didn't you kill me?"
Sword Immortal Hu Di saw that his four companions' necks had been separated from their bodies, but his head was still attached to his neck. Although he was terrified, he couldn't help but ask Guhan this question.
"It's simple. To humans nowadays, every Immortal Sword Immortal level swordbearer is extremely important. Even if you're Ying Zheng's subordinate, as long as you're willing to turn over a new leaf, I can spare your life," Guhan said calmly.
"Then why did you kill the four of them? One of them was even more powerful than me. They should be more useful than me!" Sword Immortal Hu Di asked again.
"These four pieces of trash actually wanted the Sword Maiden to self-destruct. They've already lost all meaning in living. They had to die.
You're different. I can tell that you still maintain the attitude of a sword-bearer towards your Sword Maiden. That's why I spared your life, "Guhan said.
"I think you want to keep me alive so I can help you open that dimensional pocket!"
Sword Immortal Hu Di suddenly revealed a cold smile. He looked at the straw hut nearby and said loudly, "Stop your wishful thinking. This dimensional pocket belongs to His Majesty Ying Zheng.
Only His Majesty Ying Zheng can open this dimensional pocket. It's useless for you to keep me alive. Just kill me! "
"Is that so!"
A playful smile appeared on Guhan's face. Lu Xihua's expression dimmed. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Master, why don't we forget it? Since this dimensional pocket belongs to Ying Zheng, it can only be opened by wearing it down with time and the Emperor's blood. We don't have any more time now.
It is more important for me to stop Ying Zheng's ascension ceremony. I don't mind waiting for a little while longer. "
It's best if you hide in some hidden dimensional rift and never come out … I'm doing this for your own good. If you go after His Majesty Ying Zheng, only death awaits you. Furthermore, His Majesty Ying Zheng won't let you off either. If he knows that four of his subordinates have died by your hands, he'll definitely hunt you down endlessly. Hurry up and hide. That way, you'll be able to preserve your lives. Consider this a piece of advice from me before I die! "Sword Immortal Hu Di suddenly struggled as he spoke.
"…" It could be seen that Sword Immortal Hu Di's words were sincere advice. In Sword Immortal Hu Di's heart, Guhan was naturally no match for Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng's current strength was equivalent to the strength of 24 Zu Wu's. Guhan and Lu Xihua were only immortal sword wielders. How could they be a match for such a terrifying Ying Zheng? Therefore, Sword Immortal Hu Di naturally believed that Guhan would lose without a doubt.
Hearing Sword Immortal Hu Di's sincere words, Guhan and Lu Xihua couldn't help but laugh. After a moment of silence, Guhan suddenly asked with interest, "I'm the murderer who killed four of your friends. Why are you still reminding me of this?"
"I'm not reminding you. I'm reminding Lord Xihua!" Sword Immortal Hu Di lowered his head and said, "After all, I've been with Lord Xihua for more than ten years."
"Hmph!" Guhan sneered. "How do you know that I'm no match for that bastard Ying Zheng?
How do I know that I'm no match for him? "
"His Majesty Ying Zheng has already fused with the Blood Beads of the twelve Zu Wu. His strength is equivalent to the strength of twenty-four Zu Wu's. If you go there, you'll only be sending yourselves to your deaths. Of course, you're no match for His Majesty!" Sword Immortal Hu Di said matter-of-factly.
"Heh heh, what a joke. Ying Zheng actually has the cheek to say that he's already fused with the Blood Beads of the twelve Zu Wu's? I'm afraid that the twelve Zu Wu's have already devoured his body!"
Guhan couldn't help but smile coldly. Others might not know the ins and outs of Ying Zheng, but Guhan, who had obtained the Sage's relic, knew everything about Ying Zheng.
How could the twelve Zu Wu's be defeated so easily? They merely wanted to borrow Ying Zheng's body to become natives of this world and cast aside the filthy control.
Ying Zheng didn't even know that he had made a wedding dress for someone else. Instead, he thought that he was invincible. What a joke!
"Forget it. Let's not talk about whether or not I'm a match for Ying Zheng. Didn't you just say that I can't open Ying Zheng's dimensional pocket? Now, I'll show you whether or not the dimensional pocket can withstand Sword Immortal Hong Jun's will!"
Gu Han laughed coldly. Under the watchful eyes of Sword Immortal Hu Di, he appeared out of thin air in front of the thatched hut. He gently stroked the walls of the thatched hut. In the next second, the entire thatched hut began to crumble.
"What?!"
Sword Immortal Hu Di was completely stunned. The straw hut looked very simple and crude, but in reality, it was a dimensional pocket. Even if the heavens fell and the earth caved in, the walls of the straw hut would not be damaged in the slightest.
But now, the entire straw hut began to collapse. Sparks emerged from the grass that made up the straw hut. At the same time, these sparks began to burn rapidly. Soon, the entire straw hut was set ablaze.
In less than three seconds, the straw hut was completely burned to ashes. At the same time, a dimensional rift was torn open in the space within the dimensional rift. Countless bright Natural Sword Immortals gushed out of the rift like a waterfall. Finally, they formed a small hill on the ground. When piled up, they were as tall as three people. All of them were Natural Sword Maidens.
"Ying Zheng, this bastard, he actually hid all the Natural Sword Maidens of the human race. This bastard deserves to be punished!"
Guhan said angrily. Once this Natural Sword Maiden was controlled by someone, it could be seen that in the future, all the sword bearers would also be controlled. Ying Zheng would then be able to take all the benefits shared by all of humanity into his own hands. This bastard really deserved to die!
"The dimensional pocket … has been opened …" Sword Immortal Hu Di suddenly slumped to the ground. No matter how he thought about it, he could not understand how this seemingly foolproof dimensional pocket could be opened so easily by Guhan.
This was a dimensional pocket that could only be forcibly opened with Emperor blood and time. How could it be like this …
"This consciousness fragment really has endless uses!" Guhan said as he sensed his own consciousness fragment.
Guhan originally also felt that it was impossible to forcibly open the dimensional pocket in a short three seconds. However, in the memories of the Saint relic, there was a set of methods to control the dimensional space.
According to the description of this control method, the power of the dimensional space could actually be absorbed by the consciousness fragment. Therefore, as long as one used the consciousness fragment to absorb the power of the dimensional space, any dimensional space would be defenseless in front of the consciousness fragment and could be opened.
Following this method, Gu Han sent a fragment of his consciousness into the wall of the thatched hut. The result was just like what the Saint's relic had described. The fragment of his consciousness began to fuse with the layer of defense outside the dimensional pocket, and then he was able to control the dimensional space contained in the dimensional pocket... Gu Han had used less than ten fragments of his consciousness in total, and he had successfully opened the dimensional pocket left behind by Ying Zheng, which was said to be foolproof.
"Found it!"
Guhan very quickly found the Twelve-Winged Angel Sword from the pile of Natural Sword Maidens … After all, the Twelve-Winged Angel Sword was an Emperor Sword Maiden. It was extremely precious, so Ying Zheng had deliberately stored the Twelve-Winged Angel Sword in a wooden box.
This was a privilege that only Emperor Sword Maidens had. All the other Sword Maidens were piled up in Ying Zheng's dimensional pocket like ordinary trash. Even the Immortal Sword Maidens were treated the same way. From this, one could tell how arrogant Ying Zheng was.
"Good disciple, are you ready to hold her?"
Guhan placed the Twelve-Winged Angel Sword in front of Lu Xihua. Lu Xihua looked at this Sword Maiden that could allow him to embark on a completely different path. His heart was filled with mixed feelings.
As long as he held this sword hilt, he would stand at the peak of humanity. He could call himself 'Emperor'.
"Disciple, I'm ready!" Lu Xihua took a deep breath and nodded.
"Very good!"
Gu Han's expression was serious as he said, "Disciple, don't let your guard down. After you hold onto this Emperor's Sword, you still have to go through the Nine Regions Struggle for Supremacy before you can truly ascend the throne.
This is a battle of the heart. If you can't maintain your true self in the Nine States Competition, you will be lost in the power of Emperor Swords. Even if you become an Emperor Sword wielder, you will still lose your true self! "
Guhan's words made Lu Xihua's heart skip a beat. It was different from the synchronization of a normal sword wielder. The synchronization of Emperor Sword Maidens still had to go through the Nine States Competition.
None of the Emperor sword-wielders were able to give a standard answer to the specific situation of the Nine Provinces Deer Chase. This was because the Nine Provinces Deer Chase was actually an illusion that the Emperor sword-level Swordmistress had cast on the wielder. Only by going through the entire Nine Provinces Deer Chase illusion and maintaining one's true self in the illusion could one truly control the Emperor sword-level Swordmistress and become a true Emperor sword-wielder.
However, if one was shaken in the Nine States Competition illusion and lost one's true self, although one could still ascend to the throne and become an emperor, one's true self would disappear. Then, even if one became an Emperor Sword wielder, the Sword Essence in one's body would be sealed. From then on, one's Sword Essence would no longer be able to grow.
The same amount of Sword Essence one had when one ascended to the throne and became an emperor would be the same amount of Sword Essence one would have in this lifetime. One would forever lose the possibility of growth.
Every Emperor Sword wielder was an absolute hero. They had experienced countless hardships and adventures to grow to this stage, and their willpower surpassed that of most ordinary humans … However, such heroes still had around a 50% chance of failure in the Nine States Battle for Supremacy … For example, the Dragon Lion Sword Emperor had failed in the Nine States Battle for Supremacy. As a result, after he ascended to the throne, his Sword Element had always remained at the level of 20 million quarks, and there had been no growth for his entire life.