That Acting Just Now Was Really Exhausting

Boom!

A tremendous force struck Elder Shi in the abdomen.

"Puh!"

Elder Shi sprayed blood, flying like a kite with its string cut before crashing into the distance, unable to get back up for a while.

He struggled to raise his head, his face grim as he shouted, "Enemy attack!"

The thunderous cry instantly echoed throughout the Kaoshan Sect!

Enemy attack!

All the disciples, even the elders, surged madly toward the Kaoshan Sect's mountain gate.

They carried their weapons without the slightest fear.

With the sect in peril, they would defend it to the death!

"Hehe, True Lord Yuntian is absent, and Daoist Xuanhe is absent. What do you have to fight This Seat with?"

Daoist Xuanhe was the Kaoshan Sect's publicly known patriarch, True Lord Yuntian's master, and the previous Kaoshan Sect Master!

An existence at the Lin Dao Realm!

Ghost Nether Son swaggered into the Kaoshan Sect, rose into the air, and took a deep breath of Spiritual Energy, his expression one of bliss.

"From today onward, the Kaoshan Sect shall be a thing in This Seat's bag!"

"What a boastful tone!"

An older elder from Kaoshan Peak stepped forward and sneered. "Do you really think you alone can stand against the entire Kaoshan Sect?"

"Indeed! Even if you are the master of a faction, you cannot accomplish such a thing!"

"How laughable! You are far too arrogant!"

"Absurd!"

The elders were beside themselves with rage, glaring furiously as they surrounded Ghost Nether Son so tightly that not even water could pass through.

Upon counting, there were actually more than forty elders.

The weakest among them had Early Divine Infant Realm cultivation!

Ghost Nether Son clicked his tongue in wonder as he swept his gaze around.

"I have to say, the Kaoshan Sect's strength has indeed grown considerably in recent years."

"After taking so many powerful figures away, there are still so many Divine Infant Realm experts left in the sect!"

He secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, Ghost Nether Mansion had acted early. Otherwise, in another hundred years, they might no longer have been a match for the Kaoshan Sect!

"Damn it, this man is not nervous in the slightest. It is as though he does not take the elders seriously at all."

The many disciples stood around the outer perimeter with weapons in hand, watching Ghost Nether Son warily.

Seeing him stroll about as if he had entered his own garden, they immediately burned with anger.

Some hot-tempered disciples of Limitless Peak opened their mouths and cursed Ghost Nether Son's grandfather.

"Damn it, if the Sect Master were still here, how could he allow this bastard to run wild?"

"Damn it! I only hate that my strength is insufficient and I cannot get rid of this thief!"

Some disciples beat their chests and stomped their feet, despising their own lack of strength that prevented them from joining the elders' battlefield!

"Ghost Nether Son, are you not being a little too presumptuous?"

True Lord Xiaxuan arrived, holding a crimson Divine Whip. It was a Lin Dao Realm Magic Weapon passed down by her master, possessing formidable Magic Power!

"Hehe, after all these years apart, True Lord Xiaxuan's beauty surpasses even that of the past?"

A smile appeared on Ghost Nether Son's stiff face. He looked True Lord Xiaxuan's body up and down several times, lewdness filling his eyes as he said:

"I wonder whether This Seat might sample your fragrance and fulfill a long-cherished wish?"

Those profane words made everyone explode with fury, and they pointed at Ghost Nether Son as they cursed angrily.

"Die!"

An elder wielded a Divine Infant Realm sword magic weapon and furiously slashed out with his sword.

At once, a blinding sword light appeared between heaven and earth.

The sword light stretched for ten thousand meters, Sword Qi roaring within it as it contained Sword Dao Will.

"Trifling tricks."

Ghost Nether Son waved a hand and crushed the Sword Qi. Then, with a flick of his finger, the attacking elder was sent flying far away, vomiting blood wildly with his aura fading!

The gap in realms was far too great!

"You go too far!"

True Lord Xiaxuan lashed out with her crimson Divine Whip, striking at Ghost Nether Son's body.

Ghost Nether Son neither dodged nor evaded. He raised a hand and caught the Divine Whip. No matter how hard True Lord Xiaxuan pulled, she could not break free!

"Now you know the gap in our strength?" Ghost Nether Son said disdainfully, tugging on the Divine Whip and dragging True Lord Xiaxuan toward him.

"Do you really think you alone can ignore the entire Kaoshan Sect?"

"Do you think my Kaoshan Sect has no one left?"

The elders jointly unleashed powerful spells that covered the sky and earth as they bore down upon Ghost Nether Son.

Even with Ghost Nether Son's cultivation, there was no way he could deal with True Lord Xiaxuan while dividing his attention to resist the combined attacks of more than forty Divine Infant Realm experts!

He hurriedly released the Divine Whip, allowing True Lord Xiaxuan to break free.

Then he thrust both hands forward. A powerful aura erupted from his body, stirring the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and summoning divine lightning that instantly shattered the elders' spells!

"Puh!"

Some elders with slightly lower cultivation were immediately injured by the backlash and spat out blood.

Yet no one retreated. They continued to stare fixedly at Ghost Nether Son.

They vowed to live and die with the sect!

"Do you know why you cannot break through to the Heavenly Human Realm?"

Ghost Nether Son swept his gaze over the crowd. "It is not because of talent, but because you are ignorant!"

"You do not know what a Heavenly Human Realm is!"

"Now, This Seat shall tell you what a Heavenly Human Realm is!"

He suddenly raised both hands above his head. Dark clouds gathered over the Kaoshan Sect, and the Heaven and Earth Great Dao rumbled in response to his summons.

In an instant, the winds and clouds changed as a violent gale rose!

A Heavenly Human Realm expert could stir the Heaven and Earth Great Dao with every word and every action!

Ghost Nether Son was even at the ninth level of the Heavenly Human Realm!

The power of heaven and earth he could wield was simply not something True Lord Xiaxuan, who had only just entered the second level of the Heavenly Human Realm, could compare to!

At this moment, Ghost Nether Son seemed like a giant looking down upon the crowd. His expression was indifferent as he said, "Now do you understand the gap between us? With True Lord Yuntian and Daoist Xuanhe absent, no one is my match!"

Under his heavenly might, everyone was suppressed.

Ghost Nether Son's terrifying Heavenly Human Realm aura restrained their strength!

"Damn it!"

The elders and disciples gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

True Lord Xiaxuan clenched the crimson Divine Whip tightly, her pretty face grave. Ghost Nether Son's strength was truly too great!

Even if she unleashed her hidden strength, she could only contend with him briefly. There was simply no way to defeat him!

However!

True Lord Xiaxuan looked toward Dao Origin Peak. Hua Yunfei shot over and landed beside her, his hands behind his back and his expression blank.

"Ghost Nether Son, have you ever heard of catching a turtle in a jar?"

When they saw Hua Yunfei arrive and stand beside True Lord Xiaxuan, some disciples immediately understood his identity!

"It is True Lord Dao Origin!"

"That is right, it is him! He rarely shows himself, yet now that the sect is in trouble, he has indeed appeared!"

"Dashing and extraordinary, a Heavenly Prodigy of his generation!"

The many disciples looked at Hua Yunfei with delight.

Many had never seen him before, while most had only caught sight of him once or twice in passing.

Seeing him arrive, they were instantly excited!

The Sect Master said that our True Lord Dao Origin was the most cautious of all. I wonder if that is true...

"Oh?"

Ghost Nether Son looked at Hua Yunfei and sized him up. "You are the Dao Origin Peak Master who is like a divine dragon whose head is seen but whose tail is never seen?"

Even with his status, he had heard that the Kaoshan Sect had a mysterious True Lord Dao Origin.

Hua Yunfei ignored him and said to all the elders, "Elders, step back first. Do not get splattered with blood."

"Hahaha!"

Ghost Nether Son burst into laughter, his expression mocking. "That catching a turtle in a jar you just mentioned—surely you were not referring to This Seat?"

A faint smile appeared on Hua Yunfei's face. "I hope you can still laugh later."

Before his words had faded, he brought two fingers together and made a gesture. All seven main peaks of the Kaoshan Sect trembled, erupting with intense fluctuations in an instant.

A vast, righteous aura emerged, and a bowl-shaped protective barrier appeared in the sky!

"Senior should not be unfamiliar with the Sect Protecting Grand Array, right? I imagine Ghost Nether Mansion has one as well."

At that moment, True Lord Xiaxuan, whose face had remained grave all along, suddenly smiled.

That acting just now was really exhausting.

The elders also began to laugh. They put away their weapons, folded their hands behind their backs, and prepared to watch the show.

Elder Shi, standing nearby, rubbed his stomach and shakily rose to his feet. Baring his teeth, he gave Ghost Nether Son a chuckle.

It had all been an act!

"Fuck!"

The disciples had truly been kept in the dark. They stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered.

Ghost Nether Son's expression turned cold, dark as still water!