Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 54Book 4: : Beneath the Immortal Sword

Vol 4 Chapter 54: Beneath the Immortal Sword

With the swing of the Sky-Splitting Sword, the darkness was torn apart, and dawn returned.

“Dao-Seeking Sword Spirit…” the Bone Emperor and the Netherworld Saintess retreated, and the Bone Emperor immediately realized—this Cold Moon Sword Immortal’s sword held a Dao-Seeking level Sword Spirit!

Moreover, this Sword Spirit’s comprehension of spatial laws surpassed even his own!

This strike contained the ultimate mysteries of space—even though the Bone Emperor tried to stop it, he only managed to graze himself and failed to prevent it.

Every cultivator walks a different path—he specialized in soul power, cultivating without relying on the physical body. As for the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, the reason she had yet to reach Dao-Seeking was directly related to her chosen path of power.

The Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor specialized in the Dao of Space—a force incomparably powerful. Back during the Nascent Soul Stage, she left behind battle records. Without even stepping into the Void Mystical Stage, she had used her sword to slash open a rift in the sky. Combined with her Sword Dao, she was once considered the most powerful in offensive force among those at her level.

The night was torn apart… the Bone Emperor looked at the scratch on his arm, then at Lin Jing and the mechanical turtle who had just been teleported away, his expression darkened.

“You deserve to die.”

Rage surged in the Bone Emperor’s heart, but at that moment, someone else was on the verge of tears.

Thunder Dragon Ancestor realized that this lady had only sent Lin Jing and Gao Sheng away, completely ignoring him and the nine Thunder Dragon prodigies who had been dutifully pulling the carriage, and he almost burst out.

Seriously, girl, do you actually plan to fight a Dao-Seeker? You’re just Nascent Soul Stage!

The nine Thunder Dragon prodigies also broke out in a cold sweat—Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do next?

“Senior Thunder Dragon, please assist me—cover the formation.” Feng Ning spoke up. The Sky-Splitting Sword had cost her too much;she couldn’t teleport everyone. She could only send the crucial Lin Jing and the Artifact Ghost first.

As long as the Artifact Ghost was safely teleported away, she figured the Bone Emperor wouldn’t push things too far.

“Master, please aid me too.” She gripped the quasi-celestial sword that housed her Master’s slumbering Sword Spirit… And she believed, as long as she could stall for time, Lin Jing would find a way.

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At the same time.

Heavenly Sword Gate.

The sky suddenly tore open with an immense sword scar.

In an instant, all elders and disciples of the Heavenly Sword Gate turned their eyes to the sky.

“What is…???”

The Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Gate—a Void Mystical Stage sword cultivator—though not as dazzling as the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, was still a famed figure across the continent. His gaze burned as he looked at the two figures falling from the sword mark…

“Lin Jing? Gao Sheng???”

As the two figures appeared, the one most shocked was a Core Formation Stage sword cultivator who stood dumbfounded, completely confused as to why his two old classmates were now dropping into the Heavenly Sword Gate!

This person was none other than Yuan Jing, a sword cultivator from the Dragon Palace group of Hidden Dragon Academy.

“The Sky-Splitting Sword… so it had this kind of move…”

Landing in the holy land of the Heavenly Sword Gate, Lin Jing’s mind reeled. This move wasn’t even complete yet.

He could vaguely guess the original design intent of the shattered technique left behind by the Sect Master of the Sky-Splitting Sword Sect. The Thunder Dragon Ancestor probably aimed to create a space-type sword technique that could slash open space and teleport himself or anyone to a distant location.

However, it was still immature. Right now, it could only teleport beings other than the user to a specified destination.

Even so, it was powerful enough. Back then, even the Yin Corpse Sect’s spatial teleportation treasure hadn’t produced a similar effect.

“Gao Sheng of the Gao Clan…”

“Holy Son of the Demon Court?”

No sooner had Lin Jing and Gao Sheng landed than hundreds of sword cultivators surrounded them in a formation. At the forefront stood the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Gate, a handsome middle-aged man in white robes. He scrutinized the two, quickly recognizing them.

“Why have you appeared here? Give me an explanation.”

Clearly, he was unaware of the Sky-Splitting Sword move.

Lin Jing glanced at the Sect Leader and cupped his fists slightly.

“Senior, it’s a special circumstance. From here on, please let this man explain. I must not be disturbed.”

After speaking, he looked toward the silver immortal sword towering into the clouds at the heart of the Heavenly Sword Gate and sat down cross-legged.

That silver sword was the Celestial Sword passed down from ancient times—Heavenly Sword Gate’s Guardian Sword.

It had always stood in the center of the sect, a symbol of their heritage. Though no one had ever managed to wield it, it was undoubtedly the belief of all the sect’s sword cultivators. Every disciple aspired to one day surpass all their predecessors and draw the sword, becoming the strongest swordsman.

Cold Moon Sword Immortal had teleported them here using the Sky-Splitting Sword—Lin Jing naturally couldn’t let her face the enemy alone.

Although she had inherited the full sword realm of the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor through Sword Nurturing Technique, it was still inherited power. The Bone Emperor, however, was an old monster who had stayed at Dao-Seeking Stage for thousands of years. Her safety wasn’t guaranteed.

Now, with the Second Ancient Emperor, the Demon Emperor, the Martial Emperor, and the Buddha Lord all rumored to be gravely injured, it was likely no one could support her in time. That meant the only one who could aid Cold Moon Sword Immortal… was Lin Jing himself.

“She sent me to the Heavenly Sword Gate, probably so I wouldn’t burn through my lifespan to fight the Bone Emperor…”

“Sure, I can temporarily reach Dao-Seeking, but after that, I’d probably only live a few more minutes.”

“Her real intention must be…”

“To see if I can control the Artifact Ghost, and then wield the Heavenly Sword Gate’s Celestial Sword—using its might to intimidate the Bone Emperor...”

“Smart woman.”

Lin Jing sat down to cultivate, trying to see if he could use the Divine Control Technique to take command of the unconscious Artifact Ghost, and through it, wield the Celestial Sword.

“With a Nascent Soul Stage base, and consuming some lifespan to cast Divine Control… maybe I really can manipulate this weakened Artifact Ghost.”

He held the mechanical turtle, cutting off all external interference. Gao Sheng, on the other hand, had to deal with the surrounding sword cultivators alone. He swallowed nervously.

“No need for so many people, really.”

“Sect Leader Senior, let’s have everyone back off first—I’ll explain things slowly.”

“At the last Grand Celestial Gathering, my old man even served you tea. We’re not bad guys…” he said, glancing at the clearly grim-faced Sect Leader.

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Beyond the Heavens.

World Boundary Wall.

After setting up training arcs for their respective prodigies, many Dao-Seeking experts refocused on reinforcing the World Boundary.

Even though the breach by the Demonic Sky Sect had been orchestrated by them, they couldn’t discount the possibility of a real break-in, so they continued strengthening the barrier.

“Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor… is she slacking off? Why’d she only leave an avatar to reinforce the wall?”

“What kind of training arc did she design for her disciple that even her true body had to go oversee…”

Some Dao-Seeking experts were extremely curious. But before long, they all felt powerful battle ripples spreading from the world below.

A Dao-Seeking battle…

The experts were shocked, turning their attention there—and once they saw what was happening, they were stunned.

D*mn it, that Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor… in order to train her disciple, she actually incarnated herself as a Sword Spirit and let her disciple personally fight a Dao-Seeking demonic cultivator!

“She’s lost her mind.” This was overkill—even for one’s own child, this level of dedication was rare!

And that opponent—it was the Bone Emperor. That skeletal freak didn’t seem like the kind to fake a fight… could this be a real duel?