If You Can Withstand One Move from Me, I'll Spare Your Life

Three days passed quickly.

At the foot of Heavenly Demon Peak, a hundred thousand members of the Demon Sect gathered together. Leading them were the sect's many higher-ups, with Elder Mu and Baihe among them. An enormous Demon Dragon Flying Carriage hovered overhead.

Clad in a demon dragon battle robe, demonic flames and bloody light surging sky-high around him, Zhou Qiong stood atop the flying carriage. Below, the many Demon Sect members dropped to one knee and shouted,

"Greetings, Cult Leader!"

"Rise. Today, our Demon Sect will officially begin its first battle in the Upper Realm. Do you have confidence?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Their thunderous voices echoed throughout Heavenly Demon Peak.

"Move out!" An enormous dragon's roar rang out, and the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage began flying toward Heavenly Sea City. The many Demon Sect members below followed, flying toward Heavenly Sea City as well.

At that moment, no beings could be seen coming or going at Heavenly Sea City's gates apart from the soldiers on guard. Large numbers of beings hid atop the city walls, watching everything.

Although they were not sure whether the Demon Sect would attack Heavenly Sea City today, no one dared risk lingering at the gates. After all, neither Heavenly Sea City nor the Demon Sect was something they could afford to provoke. Offending either meant a road to certain death.

"They're here! They're here! They really came!" Someone on the wall pointed into the distance and shouted.

Sure enough, an enormous Demon Dragon Flying Carriage flew over from afar, with countless black-clad figures following below.

Although they had long known it would come, its actual arrival still left the Hong Family incredulous. They truly had no idea where the Demon Sect had found the confidence to attack their Heavenly Sea City.

Standing on the city wall, Hong Biao looked at the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage above, the corner of his mouth twitching. The couplet he had spotted was simply too fucking pretentious: "With sun and moon in hand, I pluck the stars; in all the world, none is like me." How arrogant did someone have to be to write such a couplet? It was hard to imagine that someone merely in the True Martial Realm would dare make such a grand claim.

A figure in blood-red robes flew out from beside the carriage. Looking at Hong Biao, he declared, "Three days have passed. It seems your Hong Family has chosen to resist!"

Hearing this, Hong Biao laughed in anger. "Who the hell are you? Have your cult leader speak to me. I want to see just what bear's heart and leopard's gall he swallowed to dare attack my Hong Family!"

"How dare you insult the Cult Leader!" Liansheng drew his sword and instantly slashed at Hong Biao.

Hong Biao grinned, clenched his fist, and punched straight at the sword.

A bang rang out like metal clashing against metal. Hong Biao stood in the sky without retreating a single step, while Liansheng was blasted several thousand meters away.

Just as Hong Biao intended to strike while the iron was hot and kill Liansheng outright, a walking stick appeared right before him and knocked him flying into the city.

When Hong Biao flew back onto the city wall, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His expression was dark as he stared at the old man before him.

"Old Man Mu, you really did become the Demon Sect's running dog. To think you're a True Martial Realm cultivator, yet you submitted to someone so readily!"

Old Man Mu looked at Hong Biao without speaking, but his brows furrowed. The walking stick in his hand shone and struck straight at Hong Biao. Although Elder Mu had submitted to the Demon Sect, he was not someone an Eternal Realm martial artist could casually insult. Did he really think a great tree had no temper? He had merely lacked backing before.

A streak of fist light suddenly shot out from the city lord's residence and blasted toward Elder Mu. Unable to spare any attention for attacking Hong Biao, Elder Mu blocked the attack with his walking stick and rapidly retreated, only stopping when he reached the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage.

A man as powerfully built as a mountain appeared above Heavenly Sea City. Looking at Elder Mu beside the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage, he said softly, "Old Man Mu, you have indeed improved considerably over the years."

Seeing the man appear, the many Hong Family members within the city immediately knelt and shouted, "Greetings, Ancestor!"

"Good. You have not disgraced our Hong Family's spirit. Hong Biao, you did well too."

"Thank you for your praise, Father." Below, Hong Biao immediately smiled at the man's praise.

The man turned his gaze toward the Demon Sect's flying carriage. He could sense the towering bloody Sha Qi inside it. His brows furrowed when he saw the couplet, and he said gravely, "I presume you are the Demon Sect's cult leader. I am Hong Tu, head of Heavenly Sea City's Hong Family!"

There was no reply. The doors of the Demon Sect's flying carriage opened, and a ponderous figure walked out. He raised his head to look at Hong Tu and spoke coldly.

"I have no interest in knowing a dead man's name. If you can withstand one saber strike from me, I will spare Heavenly Sea City. Otherwise, every living being in Heavenly Sea City will be slaughtered!"

Everyone in the city below was frightened by Zhou Qiong's words. Even Elder Mu beside him received quite a fright. From their brief exchange just now, he could sense that Hong Tu's cultivation had reached at least the True Martial Fifth Layer, yet Zhou Qiong now intended to finish Hong Tu with a single move.

Discussions immediately broke out throughout the city.

"What? What did that Demon Sect cult leader just say? He wants Lord Hong Tu to withstand one move from him? Doesn't he know how powerful Lord Hong Tu is?"

"Damn, this Demon Sect cult leader really is as overbearing as the rumors say, but isn't this terrifyingly overbearing?"

"He really has gone mad. He actually thinks the Ancestor can't even withstand one move from him."

By now, Hong Tu's expression was terrifyingly cold. He stared at Zhou Qiong in fury. Ever since he had cultivated to the True Martial Realm, no one had dared look down on him like this. Who did he think he was, the Heavenly King himself?

"Fine. Forget having me withstand one saber strike from you. If you can withstand one punch from me, I'll spare your life too!"

Zhou Qiong said nothing more. The pupil between his brows glimmered faintly, and a pitch-black saber appeared in his hand. He slowly raised it, and at once, a bloody air seemed to permeate the surrounding hundred li.

Zhou Qiong shouted,

"Slash!"

At once, boundless Sha Qi and bloody air slashed toward Hong Tu. The Sha Qi was so dense that the phantom of a demon god even appeared within it.

Opposite him, Hong Tu had sensed something was wrong the moment the saber appeared. Looking at it, he felt as though he were seeing an unparalleled weapon of slaughter. Countless wronged souls seemed to be wailing upon it. It was difficult to imagine just how many living beings this saber had slain.

The saber clearly was not slashing toward him quickly, yet Hong Tu felt as though he had been locked onto, unable to evade it no matter what. A resolute look immediately appeared on his face. Someone who had cultivated to the True Martial Realm was naturally not one to cling to life and fear death.

A pair of enormous fists emerged from Hong Tu and struck toward the saber as he roared.

"Unrivaled Iron Fist! With me here, none can prevail!"

Bang! The collision unleashed unimaginable shock waves. Even Heavenly Sea City's protective formation was shattered outright, and some of those with low cultivation inside the city were shaken to death on the spot by the shock waves.

The elders on the Demon Sect's side hurriedly raised protective barriers to shield the sect's members.

The shock waves slowly dissipated, but everyone seemed to hear the gentle sound of flowing water. Following the sound with their eyes, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground. What had they seen? An enormous saber trench had actually appeared before Heavenly Sea City, a hundred zhang wide and of unknown depth and length.

Since an enormous river ran beside Heavenly Sea City, one scarcely smaller than a sea, water from the river was now slowly pouring into the deep trench, as though an enormous moat had been built for Heavenly Sea City!