"Clang! ..."
The instant Gao Nu finished speaking, a sound exploded beside everyone's ears like thunder from a clear sky. Accompanied by a piercing sword cry, Sword Light shot across the heavens like a meteor, carrying boundless might as it tore through the sky above the Sword Platform and slammed straight into its center.
It landed right beside Gao Nu.
Then, under the astonished gazes of the cultivators, a Robe-Clad Scholar Youth appeared within the gradually fading Sword Light.
Upon seeing the Robe-Clad Scholar Youth's face clearly, quite a few cultivators cried out-
"Isn't that Bu Xueting from the tenth pavilion of Ten Thousand Evils Peak?"
Gradually, more and more of the spectating cultivators recognized Bu Xueting standing on the Sword Platform, and the discussions in the surrounding stands grew louder and louder, sweeping across the entire Sword Platform like surging waves.
A Meng and Cui Tiegu, who were closest to the Sword Platform, had recognized Bu Xueting the very instant Sword Light struck it.
Yun Ye of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace and Lin Qingnu had never seen him in person, but they had long heard Bu Xueting's great name.
Seemingly somewhat uncertain, Yun Ye asked Cui Tiegu beside him:
"Elder Cui, is this Bu Xueting the one who became Zhenwu's first Sword Saint after the Great Emperor ascended?"
Cui Tiegu nodded with a complicated expression.
"Who else would dare call himself Bu Xueting?"
After receiving confirmation, the astonishment on Yun Ye's face deepened, and he murmured:
"Sword Saint Xueting imprisoned himself on Ten Thousand Evils Peak for tens of thousands of years. Why would he answer Gao Nu's summons today?"
The low-rank immortal-inviting formation could indeed summon cultivators below the heaven shocking realm, but only if that cultivator was willing to answer the Immortal-Inviting Talisman's summons. Otherwise, it