Faced with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, Aotian remained calm, without the slightest fear.
Even if a Great Emperor came in person today, they would have to pay in blood.
"Saber Sect, you have shown contempt for our Primordial Forbidden Zone. Today, your sect will be destroyed. Even an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon cannot protect you."
As he spoke, Sword Qi swept in all directions, and countless swords began to tremble.
Then they rose of their own accord, gathering toward Aotian.
"Primordial Forbidden Zone, do not go too far!"
The Saber Sect's answer was ten thousand swords bearing down on them.
Clang, clang!
Hum!
The battle saber released extreme Dao imperial might. Its terrifying imperial might swept outward, only to stop over a hundred meters away.
It could not approach Aotian.
"A mere Saber Sect dares to resist? Even the Heavenly King himself cannot save you today."
As he spoke, a cold iron sword appeared in Aotian's hand. Bolstered by Sword Qi, his imperial might surged across three thousand li. At that moment, he was like a sword god descending.
His dominance reached its very peak.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two presences flew out of the Saber Sect's forbidden grounds.
A peak Supreme and a peak early-stage Quasi-Emperor.
"Primordial Forbidden Zone, withdraw at once if you know what is good for you, or bear the consequences."
The Quasi-Emperor looked grave, Saber Qi crisscrossing his eyes, overbearing to the extreme.
Aotian answered him with a slash.
"Ah!"
So what if he was a peak Supreme? So what if an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon protected him? A single slash instantly knocked him back and inflicted grievous wounds.
Aotian was a late-stage Quasi-Emperor. He feared nothing even against a Great Emperor, much less a Supreme. Even an extreme Dao emperor weapon could not let the latter contend with him.
"Black Impermanence, I will hold them off. Take the others and wipe out the Saber Sect. Leave no one alive."
At that moment, Aotian was arrogant beyond measure.
For a mere Saber Sect to provoke the Primordial Forbidden Zone was to court death.
"Insolence! Do you truly think our Saber Sect is easy to bully?"
The Quasi-Emperor instantly flew into a rage.
Black Impermanence and his companions were no ordinary opponents, and they were Saints, too. If they entered the Saber Sect, there would be trouble.
"Heavens, the Saber Sect actually has a Quasi-Emperor!"
"Could this be the rumored Batian Emperor? But judging by his presence, he seems weaker than the Primordial Forbidden Zone's Quasi-Emperor."
"If the Saber Sect does not bring out stronger measures, they may be in trouble today."
Everyone chimed in, one after another.
Battle saber in hand, the Batian Emperor soared into the sky.
"If you have the guts, come up and fight!"
Seeing this, Aotian rose into the air.
The gravely wounded peak Supreme expert saw the ancestor leave.
Facing Black Impermanence, he dared not take any chances and fled at once.
"Old bastard, it is too late to run now."
At some point, Black Impermanence had appeared directly behind him.
His soul-reaping hook flew out, pulling out a soul that looked exactly like his opponent.
"You demon! The Primordial Forbidden Zone cannot bear the consequences of making an enemy of our Saber Sect!"
"Hmph!"
Black Impermanence shattered the soul outright.
Then, beneath everyone's shocked gazes, roaring flames blazed up around the Hell Legion.
The skeletons filled anyone who saw them with dread.
"What is this...?"
Beneath everyone's shocked gazes, Black Impermanence charged straight at the Saber Sect.
"Do not act rashly. The Saber Sect's ten thousand years of accumulated foundations are not something you Saints can contend with."
At that critical instant, Yagyu and Cao Zhengchun appeared.
They stopped Black Impermanence.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The next moment, powerful presences rushed out from the depths of the Saber Sect.
Then waves of saber intent shot into the sky.
An army over ten thousand strong emerged.
At its head were eight Great Saints, followed by thirty-six Saints.
The soldiers behind them were all Martial Kings at the very least. Such a lineup could only be described as terrifying.
"Saber Sect, you hid in your shells when the Demon Race invaded. Now, with our Primordial Forbidden Zone about to recruit disciples, you actually dare to play petty tricks. Very good indeed."
Cao Zhengchun spoke with great affability.
Hearing this, the surrounding melon-eating spectators were stunned the instant they saw Cao Zhengchun.
"It is that mysterious white-robed expert!"
"What white-robed expert? Brother, tell us, hurry!"
"The mysterious expert who fought his way through the Demon Race alone, then stood before an army of over ten thousand demons and scared them into retreat!"
"What? It is actually him? It looks like the Saber Sect is in trouble now."
"That is hard to say. The Saber Sect's ten thousand years of foundations are not as simple as what you see on the surface."
Rumble!
As those words fell, terrifying imperial might collided high in the sky.
It shook heaven and earth.
For a time, the entire Southern Region trembled.
The incomparably terrifying presences even spread beyond the Southern Region, toward the Northern Region, Eastern Region, and Western Region.
"These presences-Quasi-Emperors are fighting!"
"In the direction of the Southern Region! Quasi-Emperors are actually fighting there? How is that possible?"
Countless major powers, holy lands, and imperial dynasties were shaken to their cores.
How many tens of thousands of years had passed without imperial might appearing? Its reappearance now left everyone unable to sit or stand at ease.
"Old bastard, since you want to die, I will let you taste despair."
As he spoke, Aotian unleashed sixty percent of his strength.
His imperial might instantly reached the middle-stage Quasi-Emperor level, its terrifying pressure twisting the Batian Emperor's face.
"A middle-stage Quasi-Emperor? How is that possible?!"
Seeing this, he looked as though he had seen a ghost.
Aotian answered him with a world-destroying slash.
Clang!
At the first collision, the battle saber was overpowered and sent flying backward.
Aotian possessed a Quasi-Emperor Weapon, the cold iron sword, whose full power he could unleash.
Although his opponent's Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon was wielded by a Quasi-Emperor, the wielder himself was only an early-stage Quasi-Emperor, limiting the combat strength he could unleash. At most, he could do the same as Aotian, unleashing strength beyond his own level to reach middle-stage Quasi-Emperor combat strength.
Yet at the very first collision, the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon battle saber was knocked away, and he himself was blasted over a thousand meters backward.
"So this is an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. It seems you are nothing special as a Quasi-Emperor, either."
Aotian was arrogant and unrestrained.
The character for "arrogance" appeared above his head. Beneath everyone's shocked gazes, he slashed again.
This time, he used seventy percent of his strength.
"Damn it! Heaven-dominating power, burn!"
Looking at the character for "arrogance," the Batian Emperor grew afraid. This was too terrifying.
If he failed to control this properly, today would be his end.
He had no choice but to burn his heaven-dominating power to forcibly awaken the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
Rumble!
The instant the two met, they flew backward.
"Not bad, not bad. You actually blocked another slash. Then what about this one?"
As Aotian spoke, he unleashed ninety percent of his strength.
At that moment, imperial might surged boundlessly, as though a true Great Emperor were attacking.
At that moment, even the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon lacked his imposing might.
"No...!"
The Batian Emperor burned all his heaven-dominating power, but his defenses were instantly broken, and the terrifying force slashed into his body.
Seeing this, the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon fled without a trace.
Rumble!
"This is the consequence of provoking our Primordial Forbidden Zone."
Aotian descended from the sky, his long hair streaming, sword in hand, his imperial might boundless, as though a Great Emperor had arrived in person.
"Ancestor...!"
"Ancestor...!"
Everyone in the Saber Sect was utterly stunned.
Someone as powerful as a Quasi-Emperor, wielding an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, had actually lost. This was simply too unbelievable.
Beneath everyone's shocked gazes, Aotian severed his head with a single slash.
His soul tried to flee, only to be swallowed outright by Black Impermanence.