The Group Owner Needs Help

Yang Xuan watched the watermarked image from start to finish with his brows furrowed. (If leaves counted as brows.)

What was this?

Tell me, what was this thing?

A giant beast?!

It seemed the group owner's strength really wasn't much.

Judging by the image, this monster was at most two or three hundred meters tall. In the Primordial Great Realm, any random little demon could grow with the wind.

A thousand meters was merely the baseline. If you weren't ten thousand meters tall, don't even claim you had activated Heaven-and-Earth Transformation.

Even if he activated Heaven-and-Earth Transformation now, forget reaching the Thirty-Third Heaven with his vines—reaching the Thirteenth Heaven would be no problem!

It was hard for Vineman to take any interest in this!

Man!

Still, he had to give the group owner some face.

With a thought, Yang Xuan decided to test his Dao of karma.

He wanted to see whether he could use his divine sense to reach another world.

He then opened a private chat with "Senior-Year Powerhouse."

Immortal: Is the group owner there?

Inside the room, within the bed fort.

The moment Li Yuxuan received the message, she jolted.

What was going on? Had I been exposed?!

Oh, the group chat was blowing up, all calling the group owner awesome!

Immortal even messaged me privately... what?

Li Yuxuan nervously opened the chat, typing and deleting again and again before finally settling on, "I'm here, Fellow Daoist."

I have no choice!

Save me!

Immortal: Does the group owner require this poor Daoist's assistance?

Immortal: This poor Daoist sees that this beast is somewhat unusual. It seems to possess no intelligence, merely a mass of accumulated vitality and blood.

How could Li Yuxuan understand any of that nonsense?

As long as he wasn't here to hold her accountable, it was fine!

The key was whether she should accept his help.

She fell into a dilemma, but then thought of how he had acted these past few days. He did not seem like a bad person, did he?

This was also a good chance to witness Immortal's methods!

That's right, I'm just curious. I want to see the difference between us!

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Indeed. This beast is brimming with vitality and blood, and its strength is formidable. How does Fellow Daoist Immortal intend to act?

Li Yuxuan began with an "indeed" to affirm his words, then smoothly introduced her own point.

One move, multiple gains!

Brilliant~!

Just as Li Yuxuan was reveling in her flawless maneuvering, Yang Xuan ran into a problem.

Transmission failed!

Transmission failed!

Transmission failed!

Three consecutive failures.

Yang Xuan had originally wanted to attach a thread of his divine sense to a blade of wild grass, containing within it his comprehension of the Dao of karma. Yet unexpectedly, he could not send it through!

Sure enough, young comrades must not entertain thoughts of sneaking across the border!

Seeing the other party's message, Yang Xuan replied at once.

Immortal: Group owner, this poor Daoist will send a red packet shortly. It contains the power of one strike from this poor Daoist. Simply face that giant beast and silently say "Sever."

After speaking, Yang Xuan plucked a nearby blade of wild grass, extracted its innate spiritual power, and injected one ten-millionth of his own spiritual power into it.

This red packet requires 10 points. Send?

Send!

Ding!

You have received a red packet from "Immortal." Claim it?

"Claim." Li Yuxuan willed it.

A blade of grass immediately appeared in her hand, as long as her thumb and as thin as a strand of hair.

What was this thing?

A blade of grass?!

Li Yuxuan listened to the deafening bombardment outside, surrounded by countless chaotic noises.

She knew she could not waste any more time.

A seventh-realm calamity beast corresponded to a human martial artist of the Profound Passage Realm.

Every Profound Passage Realm martial artist was a king who guarded a region. Among Blazing Summer's thirty-four provinces, there were currently only eight Martial Dao Heavenly King-level experts!

And every Heavenly King bore the responsibility of protecting the safety of four provinces.

The Heavenly King guarding Jinling City was Blazing Summer's number one Dragon Fist, Zhao Ang, who had been famous for thirty years and bore the title Azure Heaven Dragon King!

Standing by the windowsill, Li Yuxuan held the seemingly fragile blade of grass. The sensation beneath her fingertips was warm and smooth like jade, utterly unaffected by the violent air currents outside.

"Sever?"

She looked at the mountain-like giant beast pressing toward her beyond the window. Its savage head had already emerged from the clouds, carrying a suffocating stench of blood.

I'll treat a dead horse as if it were alive!

Li Yuxuan drew a deep breath. No longer hesitating, she faced the sky-filling shadow and shouted softly:

"Sever!"

The moment the words left her lips, the "wild grass" in her hand abruptly vanished.

In that instant, it became the only light between heaven and earth.

Bzzzz—!

An incomparably clear sword cry, as though it had come from the ancient Primordial World, instantly pierced through the calamity beast's roar, through the thunder and torrential rain, ringing clearly in the ears of every survivor in Jinling City.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Li Yuxuan only saw a blur before her eyes. A thread-thin streak of white light burst from her hand and instantly crossed several thousand meters.

The white light seemed slow, but it was actually fast beyond compare!

Once the sword was unleashed, it would strike without fail!

The next second.

The seventh-realm calamity beast, hundreds of meters tall and covered in thick armor that even nuclear weapons could barely breach, suddenly froze.

For the first time, an emotion called "fear" appeared in its blood-red giant eyes.

Sssht.

A soft sound, like a hot knife cutting through butter.

Starting from the giant beast's nose, a straight white line passed through its head, torso, and all the way to its tailbone.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no horrific spray of flesh and blood.

That massive body silently slid apart along that thin line.

Its left half slowly toppled to the left; its right half collapsed to the right.

The cut was smooth as a mirror. Even the severed bones and organs could be seen clearly, yet not a single drop of blood flowed out, because the wound had been completely sealed and annihilated in an instant by a vast sword aura.

Rumble—!

Only then did the delayed thunderous crash finally erupt.

The two halves of the giant beast's corpse smashed into the ground, kicking up dust that filled the sky. The entire Jinling City seemed to tremble with the impact.

Silence.

Absolute silence.

Whether they were martial artists struggling desperately against despair or civilians trembling amid the ruins, everyone stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the terrifying corpse split in two.

What happened?

What just... happened?

Li Yuxuan stood frozen as well. The feeling of that world-destroying power made her scalp tingle.

So this was... an Immortal?

With a casual blade of grass, he could unleash peerless sharpness that instantly killed a Profound Passage Realm calamity beast?

This was not helping at all. It was simply a dimensional strike!

Primordial World.

Yang Xuan looked at the "Claim successful" notification that popped up in the chat window, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"The Dao of karma is about causes producing results. Although that blade of grass had all its life essence extracted by me, I infused it with a wisp of karmic law. As long as the group owner's intent was clear, the Sword of Karma would automatically seek the karma of 'severing.'"

"Once my cultivation improves, I can also follow this thread of karma directly into the group owner's world..."

Yang Xuan shook his leaves.

"After all, she's the group owner. I have to make the show of respect convincing."

He closed the interface with his consciousness and continued meditating on the immortal scripture he had created.

Inside the chat group.

The group chat, which had fallen somewhat silent due to the calamity beast's arrival, completely exploded after Li Yuxuan uploaded a photo of the giant beast's neatly severed corpse.

Group member "Senior-Year Powerhouse" uploaded an image: [Giant Beast Corpse.jpg]

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Immortal for lending a hand! This beast has been slain, and Jinling City has been saved!

Xiao Yan: Holy shit?! What kind of method was that? How did that monster become two halves?

Huang Rong: Was that a big shot's casual strike? Is it too late for me to become a decorative accessory?

Zhang Sanfeng: This poor Daoist has cultivated for sixty years, yet I have never seen such sword intent!

Senior-Year Powerhouse: @Immortal, I will never forget your great kindness, Fellow Daoist! In your eyes, could such a technique even be considered beginner-level?

After sending that message, Li Yuxuan's palms were covered in sweat.

She wanted both to express her gratitude to Yang Xuan and to find out just how much strength this "Immortal" had used.

After all, he was far too powerful!

So powerful that she, a high school student who called herself a powerhouse, felt a profound sense of helplessness.

A moment later.

Immortal: It was merely a casual act, nothing more than a trivial trick. Group owner, there is no need to dwell on it. If any of you encounter difficulties, simply speak up in the group.

Senior-Year Powerhouse: Fellow Daoist is too modest!

Li Yuxuan looked at the screen, but a storm raged within her heart.

A casual act?

A trivial trick?

If he got serious, wouldn't he be able to split apart stars and the universe?

"So this is... the world of Immortals?"

Li Yuxuan murmured to herself. As she looked out the window, her gaze held a yearning and determination unlike ever before.

"One day, I'll reach that realm too!"

At that moment, amid the ruins far outside Jinling City, a sturdy young figure slowly emerged.

The man's upper body was bare, his muscles bulging like granite. Fine dragon-scale patterns covered his bronze skin, rising and falling with his breath as the faint sound of wind and thunder exploded around him.

It was none other than Blazing Summer's number one Dragon Fist, the Azure Heaven Dragon King, Zhao Ang!

The moment he sensed danger, he had rushed toward Jinling City at top speed, yet it had still taken him a full three minutes.

Those three minutes had caused immeasurable losses to Jinling City. Countless martial artists had suffered grievous casualties while defending the people!

He had been preparing to vent his anger, but the instant he entered Jinling territory, that suffocating pressure suddenly vanished.

In its place was sword intent powerful enough to make heaven and earth change color.

Zhao Ang took one step, instantly crossing dozens of kilometers and appearing at the edge of the battlefield.

"This..."

Zhao Ang's eyes were filled with shock.

As a Martial Dao Heavenly King, his perception far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Even though the giant beast was already dead, he could still sense from that mirror-smooth cross-section a lingering sharp aura, as though it had come from another dimension.

It had already far surpassed the limits of the seventh realm!

"What kind of sword intent is this..."

Zhao Ang muttered, his voice filled with excitement.

Because he now knew that the seventh realm was not the end. There were higher realms beyond it!

As for who had acted?

That was not important in the slightest.

"Who's there?"

Suddenly, Zhao Ang seemed to sense a gaze spying on him.

But it disappeared again in an instant.