The Way to Break the Deadlock (Part Two)

"You Evil Demon! You wiped out my entire Cheng Ying Sword Sect, and yet you dare to recruit disciples here in the name of Cheng Ying Venerable! Your crimes are utterly unforgivable!"

The female swordswoman's dress was light and graceful, and the long sword in her hand shimmered with a blue light.

She glared at the inhuman monster before her, and two drops of bloody tears streamed down her face, revealing her overwhelming grief and hatred.

Everyone huddled in the corner, dumbfounded upon hearing this.

So this beautiful female swordswoman is actually the true Cheng Ying Venerable?!

And this inhuman monster is just a fraud?!

"Cheng Ying Venerable! You must save us!"

"We did not take Evil Demon as our teachers! We knew then that this ugly Evil Demon could not be Cheng Ying Venerable!"

Some of the more emotional individuals screamed for help, expressing their loyalty to this peerless Fairy.

The non-human monster looked at the Sword Cultivator who were shouting; they were clearly the first to submit to her when she was searching for prospective disciples outside the mountain.

What she despised most were people who were afraid of death and opportunistic, which made her even more ferocious, her rotting flesh throbbing as if boiling.

This startled the Sword Cultivator, but fortunately, the female sword immortal held her sword in front of her, blocking the non-human monster.

"You cowardly bully who preys on the weak! You only like to target the younger generation! You are unforgivable!"

The female swordswoman cursed again, and then attacked with her sword like a sudden storm.

The battle between the two Void Glimpse Realm was earth-shattering. The underground palace quickly began to crumble, with the sound of stones breaking everywhere. The smoke and dust were so thick it resembled the end of the world, but many light-filled exits also appeared.

Those Sword Cultivator who rushed to the Lingxu Mountain Range hoping to obtain fortuitous opportunity no longer dared to linger over the fortuitous opportunity that was so close at hand. They scattered like birds and beasts, fearing that they would be caught in the crossfire of the powerful fluctuations.

"Let's go too!"

You Su was also decisive. This situation had far exceeded their expectations. Neither the Legend of Immortal Sword and Fairy nor the truth was as important as their lives.

The Lingxu Mountain Range are unclaimed land, and no sect can establish itself here. The nearest human settlement is Lingxu City at the foot of the mountains. However, Lingxu City is not prosperous, and its geographical and cultivation conditions are not ideal. Its city lord is only at the lower stage of the Transformation Realm, and he is completely unable to handle this disaster. He can only wait for other Void Glimpse Venerable to arrive.

He Kongyue understood this principle well, so she bent down and led You Su to dodge left and right, trying to run away.

But some people had no intention of letting them off so easily.

A sword light struck, and the instant He Kongyue realized it, he used his most prized Six-Evolution Void Body Technique. His jade-white hands, illusory bodies, tried their best to block the sword light, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. He Kongyue and You Su were both knocked back and flew out, crashing into a stone wall twenty meters away, creating a very deep ravine.

The one who drew the sword was none other than the female sword immortal who hated evil as if it were her enemy.

"My disciple!"

The non-human monster let out a miserable cry and hurriedly crawled over.

The female swordswoman gave her no chance to rest, unleashing a barrage of sword strikes brimming with killing intent. She charged towards the inhuman monster like a bolt of lightning, her longsword tracing graceful arcs through the air.

The non-human monster was enormous and slow-moving, yet it insisted on using its disproportionately large hands to wield its sword and fight, repeatedly having large chunks of its flesh sliced off by the female swordswoman. Disgusting liquid dripped continuously from its smooth wounds, and the non-human monster's once somewhat human-like face became even more distorted. It opened its massive maw and let out a series of low, mournful roars.

In this battle, she was completely at a disadvantage.

The cave's dome had been completely lifted, revealing a sky shrouded in dark clouds.

You Su was dizzy, but with her amazing physique and perseverance, she pulled He Kongyue out of the ravine.

Brother He! Are you alright?

You Su supported He Kongyue's upper body and kept slapping her face.

He Kongyue slightly opened his eyes, feeling excruciating pain all over his body, and an extreme sense of oppression in his heart, as if a rough hand was tightly gripping his heart.

"Don't worry about me... go first..."

The sound of the He Kongyue like that of mosquitoes and flies, intermittent and faint.

His handsome face was covered in dust, and there was a fine sheen of sweat on his forehead.

You Su sensed something was wrong. Although the Void Glimpse Sword Immortal's sword techniques were fierce, He Kongyue's ethereal body technique had already dissipated much of the force of that attack. After hitting the wall, he was still able to move, so how could Brother He be injured to this extent?

Let's go together!

Without saying a word, You Su bent down to carry He Kongyue on his back.

"Ah!!"

A scream echoed through the heavens and earth, drawing You Su's attention. It turned out that the inhuman monster had a large chunk of rotten flesh cut off from its greasy lower body by the female sword immortal.

If this continues, this inhuman monster probably won't last long before it falls. And judging from the female sword immortal's attitude, he and He Kongyue are likely doomed.

No, we have to get out of here while this monster can still hold out!

Just then, He Kongyue suddenly let out a heart-wrenching cry of pain, clutching her thigh and trembling with pain, making it impossible for her to carry her.

You Su quickly placed his hand on He Kongyue's knee and released his Mystic Qi to examine it, only to discover that He Kongyue's leg bone was broken!

Both of them slammed their backs against the wall; their ribs and spines weren't broken, so how could their leg bones be broken?

Suddenly You Su realized an unbelievable possibility. He looked sharply at the battlefield, where the fierce battle between the human and the evil creature continued. The non-human monster, now missing that piece of flesh, moved even more slowly, as if it were a person missing a leg...

How did Brother He come to be associated with this evil creature?

Is this because of the apprenticeship ceremony just now? Have this human and this evil being already formed a relationship of kinship and master?!

But there's no record of relatives sharing the Lord's pain. Or is it that Brother He has a relationship with the monster that goes beyond that of relatives?

Does the death of this evil creature mean Brother He will also die?

You Su observed for a while longer and became increasingly convinced that this guess was highly likely!

Just then, another fierce Sword Qi struck!

Its shape is invisible to the naked eye, but its shadow can be seen flying across the ground!

Under the sword strikes of Void Glimpse Venerable, You Su didn't even have time to react; he only knew that he was about to die!

However, the sword strike did not land on him; instead, it was caught squarely by the inhuman monster.

The sword pierced straight through the non-human monster's right abdomen, causing He Kongyue was curled up, to clutch her right abdomen and scream in pain once again.

You Su angrily clenched his fist and slammed it into the ground. His eyes were open, his Black Eyes deep and surrounded by a ghostly green halo.

At this point, it no longer matters which of the two 'Cheng Ying Venerable' is real and which is fake.

Those attacking us are fake!

Those who protect us are the true ones!

You Su originally wanted to stay out of it and leave with He Kongyue as soon as possible, but this female sword immortal clearly didn't want to let them go.

He drew his Ink Pine Sword and stood in front of He Kongyue, his aura suddenly surging, as if black mist surrounded him.

He Kongyue stared at his retreating figure with dazed eyes, trying to reach out and grab him, but she couldn't move at all.

You Su felt as if she had returned to the time when she was in Chuyun City, where Sect Master Qi, along with Wu Cheng Wu Ping, surrounded the Mandarin Sword Sect. They were also shouting slogans to kill evil spirits, just like this peerless female sword immortal.

And so he was, in order to protect someone, he had to stand against the justice that the world saw.

It seemed to be his destiny; he was recognized as a savior who would vanquish evil, yet he had to fight alongside evil spirits time and again.

But he didn't think he was wrong, otherwise he wouldn't have made the same decision. Perhaps this is the blind man's stubbornness; he can't see the complexities of good and evil in this world, so he follows his heart.

"They really are Evil Demon creatures! Birds of a feather flock together!"

The female sword immortal stood in mid-air, radiating immense power, while dark clouds churned in the sky, and rumbling thunder could be heard.

You Su stood beneath her, like an ant helpless in the face of a storm.

But one person stood in front of him, shielding him from all the pressure. This inhuman Evil Demon raised its broadsword high, like a weathered sect leader who had given everything to protect his disciples.

"Stubborn to the end!"

The female swordswoman snorted coldly, and in an instant, a gale swept across the heavens and earth.

As the shadows of the trees swayed, the female swordswoman vanished in an instant, as if she were hiding in the omnipresent shadows.

"I will not let you destroy my sect again!"

The monster roared at the sky, and in an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and cold rain poured down.

The air swirling around the top of this mountain range didn't seem to be the damp, cold air blowing from the Northern Ao Continent, but rather the sorrow that Cheng Ying Venerable had accumulated for a thousand years, now transformed into tangible rain, pouring down.

You Su could no longer see the battle with her naked eye; she could only feel the raging rain and wind cutting into her body and face like knives.

He then realized that his petty anger was nothing more than a fit of rage in front of Void Glimpse Venerable.

"You... Su..." He Kongyue murmured softly.

You Su quickly turned around to look at him, "Brother He! Are you feeling better?"

"She..."

He Kongyue's lips moved slightly, "They..."

You Su knew that He Kongyue must have discovered something, so she quickly leaned down and put her ear to He Kongyue's lips, wanting to hear what he was about to say more clearly.

"It's all... true..."

Are they all real?!

You Su stood there, stunned, completely unable to believe what she had just heard.

When he saw that both the human and the evil claimed to Cheng Ying Venerable and were irreconcilable enemies, he, like everyone else, subconsciously regarded the human and the evil as one real and one fake.

He then realized that whether they looked like humans or monsters, it didn't change the fact that they were all evil spirits.

You Su suddenly thought of a terrible possibility...

They are both real, yet they each claim that the other killed their entire clan...

Doesn't that mean they wiped out the entire Cheng Ying Sword Sect...?

It was Cheng Ying Venerable himself?!

An unidentified liquid splashed onto his face, interrupting his thoughts.

It was blood that He Kongyue vomited.

Then came a deafening roar, like clouds piercing and rocks splitting.

You Su quickly turned around and saw that the non-human monster, with only half a body remaining, had crashed to the ground like a meteorite. It slid through the rocks for a hundred meters before stopping right next to him and He Kongyue.

What followed was a broken sword, half of which was stuck in the ground.

This is the broadsword in Huo Yuandi's hand, now cut in two along with the monster.

This fierce battle has already been decided.

"You... run!"

The monster had a hideous appearance, but its tone was gentle.

She gazed at You Su and He Kongyue with deep affection, her eyes filled with self-reproach and regret.

"You can't escape. You slaughtered my entire sect, and I won't let your disciples go either."

The Spring Cicada Sword in the female swordswoman's hand gleamed brightly as she stood in the sky, looking down proudly at the ants on the ground.

Raindrops pattered down, trickling from the monster's eye to the ground, making it impossible to tell whether it was rain or her tears.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

As the monster lay dying, it kept apologizing to You Su and He Kongyue.

"I still failed to protect you... I deserve to die... I deserve to die!"

Seeing this, You Su felt a sense of empathy for the helplessness she felt.

Why don't you use the Cheng Ying Sword?

You Su suddenly asked.

Why do these two Cheng Ying Venerable use the Spring Cicada Sword and the broadsword they seized from Huo Yuandi, but not their own nurtured natal immortal Immortal Sword?

Upon hearing this, the monster stopped crying. Her eyes were lifeless, as if she had just remembered that she still had a sword, a sword that belonged to her.

"You still keep these hands, isn't it to hold them?!"

You Su roared, trying to rouse the monster's fighting spirit.

Yes...

My whole body has rotted into mud, yet I still retain these hands, naturally formed with sword bones...

Isn't it all for the sake of grasping the Cheng Ying Sword?

"Because you don't deserve it."

The female swordswoman's words were as chilling as the cold rain.

You Su turned around and glared at the aloof woman, his dark eyes causing the female sword immortal to pause in surprise.

In that instant, You Su leaped up like a cheetah poised to pounce, instantly reaching the monster's side.

He hung his severed wrist above the monster's head:

"If you want to take revenge yourself, then open your mouth!!"

The monster stared at those Ink Eyes, momentarily stunned, before opening its massive maw, filled with black and yellow tartar.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the female swordswoman felt a chill run down her spine. With a flick of her jade hand, the Spring Cicada Sword instantly flew out of her grasp, hurtling straight toward You Su's back with the force of shattering the void.

Crimson blood mingled with raindrops and fell into the monster's mouth.

On that silent night, You Su was helpless against the powerful True Man Ling. He had hoped that someone would come to his aid. It was Tai Sui who gave him the power to fight back against all odds. At the time, he was unaware of this and thought it was Heavenly Dao mercy.

And now, he too will become the compassionate force of Heavenly Dao!

If this evil spirit becomes his servant, she can continue to live!

The monster's lower body was growing at a visible rate, and the mound of earth not far away began to loosen.

A flash of emerald light appeared, and a giant jade stone burst forth from the ground!

Just as the Spring Cicada Sword was about to pierce You Su's back, it stopped an inch away from You Su's heart and could not advance any further.

Because an invisible sword blocked its path.

The Spring Cicada Sword is only second to the Immortal Sword in quality, which is why it can cut through Huo Yuandi's broadsword, but it cannot cut through a true Immortal Sword!

Cheng Ying Venerable gripped the hilt of her sword, flipped over to You Su behind her, and the Spring Cicada Sword was sent flying by her attack.

The female swordswoman caught the Spring Cicada Sword, her expression turning serious.

The battle belonging to Cheng Ying Venerable has only just begun.

"You have corrupted me for a thousand years, caused me to commit a great calamity, and made me a sinner for all time... but you still cannot succeed, because I am human, and you are evil!"

Over a thousand years of corruption Cheng Ying Venerable had forgotten many things, remembering only his obsession with strengthening the sect. But the moment he grasped the Cheng Ying Sword, he remembered everything about being a Venerable.

"You can steal my appearance, you can steal my Cheng Ying Sword Technique, but Evil Demon... can never steal my sword intent!"

The wind and rain stopped abruptly, the lightning disappeared, and the world instantly turned gray and white.

Cheng Ying Venerable held only a sword hilt, casting a faint, fleeting sword shadow on the ground.

She raised the sword hilt above her head, her outstretched hands drawing an elegant arc, like the most perfect circle in the world.

You Su stared blankly at the sword, hearing a soft "snap" sound in his ear.

The space seemed to tremble slightly, but nothing changed. Then, in a sudden moment, the towering mountain peaks gently collapsed in a hurricane, revealing their smooth, flat surfaces.

The female swordswoman lay on the ground, turning into a pool of pus that dissolved into the earth.

This is a characteristic of evil spirits when they die; their deaths leave no trace.

As darkness fell, the longsword vanished again, and the twilight gradually receded, leaving the world in solemn silence.

The monster turned to look at You Su, and slightly parted its chapped lips.

"You are not my disciples. They are all dead, they died a thousand years ago."

You Su hesitated for a long time, unsure of what to say. Words of comfort stuck in her throat, but she couldn't bring herself to utter them.

"At least three auras that I cannot withstand are approaching here. My time is running out."

Looking at Cheng Ying Venerable, You Su found the monster to have a somewhat kind and benevolent appearance.

"Your lineage is no less than mine, and you have a good teacher. If you didn't come for the Cheng Ying Sword Technique, then what are you here for?"

"The Cheng Ying Sword, and... the truth of what happened back then," You Su said frankly.

With a casual toss, Cheng Ying Venerable tossed the sword hilt into You Su's hand.

"Just like the question I asked you, my cultivation is not for pursuing elusive immortality, so naturally I wield a tangible sword. In fact, Cheng Ying is a tangible sword; the intangible aspect is just a gimmick I use to deceive people. The mechanism is on the hilt; with a gentle press, the thin blade will be drawn from its sheath, killing without a trace."

You Su listened to Cheng Ying Venerable's story, he felt a pang of heartache for some reason.

It turns out that this peerless female swordswoman, burdened with a cruel fate and a thousand years of suffering, also has a humorous side.

"Find it a good owner."

The torrential rain had stopped, Cheng Ying Venerable looked at the light shining in the distant sky, his entire body beginning to melt.

She stretched out her exquisitely beautiful hands and gently touched him; a point of blue light entered You Su's forehead.

"I've killed so many people, and now I've finally killed myself... I can finally go down and join them... Saving the world is still too difficult for me..."

The sound slowly dissipated, just like Cheng Ying Venerable gradually melting into the earth.

You Su internally observed the Sea of Consciousness. On the Golden Paper formed by the Golden Hydriform, under the section for relatives, the portrait of a spirited woman with a serene smile gradually faded away, replaced by an equally spirited portrait—

It was He Kongyue's face.

Three imposing and extraordinary Void Glimpse Venerable took control of the battlefield, stopping the mountainside from collapsing as if the sky were about to fall.

The heavy rain came quickly and went quickly.

The Sword Cultivator who had been hiding everywhere cheered with joy, their lives finally saved.

"This will be the last rain of this winter..."

Looking at the gray sky, Fu Cai Ling shrank back and left.

A beam of azure light gradually enveloped You Su's Sea of Consciousness, dragging his entire consciousness into a distant memory.

The sect leader took in a dark-skinned beggar girl and told her that she should follow him and cultivate diligently from now on.

She thought she was a hidden gem that had been discovered, but in reality, the Cheng Ying Sword Sect was severely short of disciples this year, and the sect leader had no choice but to find a little beggar to fill the gap.

Nevertheless, life in the sect was still quite pleasant for a little beggar.

She practiced swordsmanship every day, and although she was clumsy, she was serious.

Day after day, she realized that the sect was declining, and she also realized how much this sect leader, who was both a teacher and a father to her, longed to lead the sect to that ethereal sacred mountain.

At that time, the Five Continents were not protected by the Divine Radiance Stone, and apart from the sacred sacred mountain, any place could be invaded by evil spirits.

Upon learning of this, she practiced swordsmanship even more diligently to repay the kindness shown to her.

As she delved deeper into the Cheng Ying Sword Technique, she found herself becoming increasingly attuned to Swordsmanship, as if she were truly a genius born for it.

She felt this might be related to her past experiences.

She wasn't actually a beggar; she was a notorious thief for miles around, stealing money from the rich and then giving it to those even weaker than herself. She was tiny, appearing and disappearing without a trace, and no one could catch her. It turned out that she had unknowingly mastered the profound meaning of the Shadow Transformation.

Looking at the Cheng Ying Sword that she had secretly taken from the secret room, she felt an urge to hold it for the first time.

The next day, the sect leader overruled everyone's objections and handed the Cheng Ying Sword to her.

From then on, she soared to great heights.

With her unparalleled beauty, she led the Cheng Ying Sword Sect to the sacred mountain they had always dreamed of.

Having fulfilled the sect leader's ideal, she then began to fulfill her own ideal: to save the world.

Robin Hood-like behavior—wasn't that what she did from a young age?

She began slaying evil spirits on the coast of the Central Yuan Continent, becoming a renowned female sword immortal.

At this time, more and more rumors about her past as a thief emerged, but instead of discrimination, they were met with admiration.

She felt she was about to succeed; the fear she felt as a child when she stole was about to help her become a glorious savior.

She resolutely agreed to the sea voyage, a mission that no one else dared to accept.

It was a huge ship, sailing towards seas where no one had ever set foot before.

Just as they were about to return, they encountered the true Evil God — the Lord of Dreams.

Before Him, everyone went mad and began to kill each other. She knew that the so-called salvation was impossible.

She survived thanks to her amazing willpower and returned home alone.

At that time, she was depressed and speechless in front of everyone, not knowing where to begin. They did not regard her as an innocent survivor, but rather as someone who had cowardly survived, after all, she was born a thief.

She was indignant about this and refused to speak, and couldn't help but start to miss her sect.

She then learned that these people had driven her sect off the sacred mountain while she was away.

When she returned to the sect, she found that the situation there hadn't improved much.

Some people wished to settle down there and no longer pursue a position on the sacred mountain; others begged her to bring them back to the sacred mountain so they could continue to enjoy wealth and luxury.

They even clashed fiercely over this, and their long-time enemies all gave up and left when they saw the chaos in the sect.

Self-destruction is an incurable bad habit of humankind; even without the intervention of evil spirits, this world will eventually fall into destruction.

When daylight came, she discovered that no one in the sect had survived.

Then she woke up. It turned out that the Lord of Dreams had not spared her, but had chosen her instead.

From beginning to end, she was the only one who was bewitched. She personally killed the entire ship of people, and in the name of liberation, she personally killed everyone in her own sect.

She thought herself a selfless person with unwavering resolve and lofty ideals of saving the world, but the Lord of Dreams easily shattered her beautiful dream.

In reality, she had no intention of saving the world; this was merely a performance to erase the stain of her childhood theft.

She stole the Cheng Ying Sword that should have been awarded to her senior brother that day, stole the battle merits of those who died on the shore, and stole the chance to live for everyone on the ship...

After that, she went completely insane.

She locked herself underground, splitting herself in two.

The ugly, obsessive self within transformed into a monster, while the Evil Demon transformed into a handsome human being.

She fought against her for a thousand years, trying to turn her into a true evil spirit.

She's managed to survive until today thanks to a blurry image.

On that sunny afternoon, the old sect leader photographed her hand reaching for the old man's purse.

"Stealing is not a good method, whether it's to rob the rich to help the poor or just to fill your own stomach. From now on, learn swordsmanship with me, and you can make a living on your own."

The only person who told her from beginning to end that she couldn't steal was this old sect leader...

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