Ancestor's Divine Might

"Immortal, save us!"

"Please, Great Immortal, take action and subdue demons and exterminate devils!"

"Great Immortal, save us! Great Immortal, save us!"

Seeing Li Yu arrive, everyone was overjoyed and kept begging and shouting.

"Ancestor, have mercy! Save us from suffering and hardship!"

Zhou Yi fell to his knees, looking at Li Yu with an excited face.

"No need for such courtesy. Get up quickly."

Li Yu flicked his sleeve, and a force lifted Zhou Yi to his feet. Turning to the others, Li Yu smiled and nodded. "There is no need to panic. Since this Daoist has arrived, you will naturally be safe."

"Roar..."

The Crocodile Ancestor clearly did not agree with Li Yu's words.

An earthshaking roar rang out as a mountain-sized figure, carrying boundless savagery and bloodlust, came hurtling down from midair.

"Ah..."

The people on the Five-Colored Altar screamed in terror, trembling from head to toe.

"Beast!"

Li Yu raised an eyebrow, turned, pointed at the charging Crocodile Ancestor, and shouted, "Beast! How dare you run wild!"

Li Yu stood with his hands behind his back. He raised his right hand, fingers joined like a sword, and lightly swept it toward the Crocodile Ancestor's mountain-like body.

"Clang..."

A sword cry resounded through the clouds.

A limpid sword light shot into the heavens. It split the storm filling the sky, cleaved apart the sand and dust that Shaded the Heavens and Covered the Sun, and tore open the vast firmament.

With this single slash, the storm subsided, the sand and dust vanished, and the star-filled night sky appeared before everyone once more.

"Roar..."

The Crocodile Ancestor let out a world-shaking howl of agony. Its enormous body twisted madly as splashing blood glittered brilliantly and fell like rain.

"Ancestor, mighty!"

Seeing Li Yu severely wound the Crocodile Ancestor so effortlessly, Zhou Yi was overjoyed and hurriedly called out his praise.

"Great Immortal, mighty!"

"The Great Immortal is invincible!"

The people on the Five-Colored Altar were also beaming with delight as they cheered loudly.

"It was merely a small effort. Why mention it?"

Li Yu smiled and nodded calmly, though a storm raged in his heart and even his hands and feet had begun to tremble.

"It was only injured? Even after unleashing the sword qi of the Celestial Sword Pool to its fullest extent, I only managed to wound it?"

Though Li Yu looked utterly composed, he was inwardly uneasy. Wasn't Chisong Zi's sword qi capable of breaking through ten thousand techniques with one strike? Wasn't it able to kill even Sages? Why can't it even kill a Demon Saint?

"Roar..."

After being wounded, the Crocodile Ancestor roared again. Demonic qi surged forth, Shading the Heavens and Covering the Sun.

The black scales covering its body clanged loudly as the Crocodile Ancestor transformed into human form in midair. Its black scales became a suit of Mystic Gold Armor that covered its entire body.

Its demonic qi withdrew, and a figure landed on the ground.

He was a middle-aged man over two meters tall, clad head to toe in armor, massive and powerful like a war god.

"Roar..."

The godlike, demonic middle-aged man landed and threw back his head with a wild roar. His cruel, violent aura crashed through heaven and earth like raging waves.

"Ah..."

The people on the Five-Colored Altar cried out again, frightened out of their wits by the Crocodile Ancestor's overwhelming ferocity.

"Begone!"

Li Yu shouted, and a serene, pure, righteous aura of Great Light rippled outward like waves.

The gentle yet upright aura cleansed everyone's minds, clearing their thoughts and sweeping away the fear in their hearts.

"Thank you, Ancestor. Your divine might is unmatched!"

Zhou Yi had also been intimidated by the Crocodile Ancestor's aura and was trembling with fear. After being cleansed by that aura, he immediately regained his senses and thanked Li Yu with a shamefaced expression.

"No need for such courtesy."

Li Yu nodded at Zhou Yi, but inwardly he felt helpless. Wasn't that clearly one of those baldies' techniques? I'm playing the Dao Ancestor here! Using the baldies' methods is really beneath me.

But Li Yu had no choice. Facing the Crocodile Ancestor's threat, he no longer dared to casually expend energy. He could only make do with the spells on those damaged Buddhist Artifacts.

"Ant, you dare injure me?"

The tall, burly middle-aged man stared fixedly at Li Yu. Endless cruelty and violence shone from his blood-red eyes. As he strode forward step by step, winds and clouds churned around him, demonic qi swept across the land, and his towering baleful aura made him seem like a god or demon.

"This monster is that strong?"

Li Yu's heart tightened, but he could not show weakness now.

"Beast!"

Li Yu shook his sleeve, pointed at the Crocodile Ancestor, and shouted, "Beast, Shakya suppressed you for a thousand years, yet you still refuse to repent? This Daoist merely punished you lightly just now, hoping you would return from your misguided path. If you remain stubbornly unrepentant, this Daoist will show no mercy!"

"Hmph! You are nothing but an ant who borrowed a strand of Chisong Zi's sword qi. Yet you dare boast so shamelessly!"

A cruel sneer rose on the Crocodile Ancestor's lips as he advanced step by step. "Ant, I will have my children tear you apart bit by bit."

"Damn it, he saw through the fact that I used Chisong Zi's sword qi?"

Li Yu's heart skipped a beat. He had already unleashed the sword qi within the Celestial Sword Pool to its fullest, yet he could only injure the Crocodile Ancestor, not kill him.

Chisong Zi's sword Dao truly could cut through anything, but the sword qi in the Celestial Sword Pool was not the killing sword qi Chisong Zi had unleashed against enemies. It was sword qi that had naturally seeped out while he practiced his swordsmanship and comprehended the Dao.

Practicing with a sword and killing enemies were naturally different. It had sword intent but no killing intent, so the sword qi in the Celestial Sword Pool was inherently lacking. Against enemies below Saint Tier, it was naturally unstoppable, but against a Saint Tier opponent, it was insufficient.

"If I use Chisong Zi's sword qi against the Crocodile Ancestor, even if we are evenly matched, we'll just clang away at each other for half the day before I erupt in a desperate counterattack at the brink of death. That style really doesn't suit an exalted master!"

Li Yu swept his gaze around slightly and made up his mind. If I can't leave an invincible impression in Zhou Yi's heart, then given his temperament, it's not impossible that one day he'll turn into an ungrateful wretch.

"More importantly, my own strength is far too weak. If the Crocodile Ancestor lands even one hit on me, won't I die without even a scrap left? So..."

"Beast! Since you refuse to repent, do not blame this Daoist for being ruthless."

With a trace of pity in his eyes, Li Yu sighed and shook his head at the Crocodile Ancestor. "This Daoist has not killed for many years, but today I will make an exception for you!"

Li Yu waved his hand with a sorrowful expression. A stream of azure qi surged forth and formed a round ring in midair. It spun rapidly, then struck the Crocodile Ancestor's head with a clang.

"Pfft!"

The Crocodile Ancestor's eyes went blank. He toppled to the ground and made no further sound.

"Uh... that's it?"

Everyone on the Five-Colored Altar was dumbfounded.

That peerless Great Demon, so arrogant and overwhelmingly fierce, an existence like a god or demon, had died from one casual knock?

"Ancestor's Divine Might!"

Zhou Yi bowed down in reverence and fear, kowtowing respectfully.

He had already believed Li Yu's claimed identity as the Dao Ancestor by seventy or eighty percent, but he still harbored some doubts. Now, seeing this ring and this signature divine ability, all doubt vanished.

That was obviously the Diamond Cutter! Aside from One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, the Diamond Cutter was Lao Jun's signature treasure!

"Great Immortal's divine might!"

The people on the Five-Colored Altar also bowed down respectfully.

"Rise!"

Li Yu laughed wildly in his heart. That act was perfect. Full marks.