Chapter 769: So the Seven Sword Immortals Also Like to Play Flying High?

Hehehe...

At this moment, Teng Shanhai couldn't help but tremble.

Half from anger, half from humiliation.

"Xiao Shenqiang!"

He roared furiously, attempting to summon the Xiao Shenqiang that had already recognized him as its master.

Inside Xu Xiaoshou's Yuanfu, he immediately sensed a chaotic fluctuation of world power.

That was Xiao Shenqiang resisting fiercely.

The evolved Yuanfu, at this moment, was faintly struggling to suppress the violent eruption of Xiao Shenqiang.

"Better to live ignobly than die nobly—why are you being so ungrateful?"

Xu Xiaoshou cursed in exasperation, then drew the You Si Jian and thrust it straight towards the top of Teng Shanhai's head.

"Stop!"

A sharp cry echoed from the distant sky.

As the voice fell, Xu Xiaoshou felt the hand gripping the You Si Jian losing control, as the fierce sword suddenly unleashed a wild surge of intent.

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Teng Shanhai abruptly retreated, shooting away in a burst of speed.

At that moment, he admitted he was a bit of a coward...

That was the You Si Jian!

And the You Si Jian was currently on Xu Xiaoshou—Teng Shanhai knew this all too well.

This very sword had completely shattered the recovery ability of a Tai Xu ethereal body.

If he were stabbed, wouldn't that mean his life was over?

As for whether the Cang Shen Jia could block a strike from You Si Jian, Teng Shanhai didn't even consider the possibility of a direct confrontation.

After all, the Cang Shen Jia had gaps!

Earlier, when Xu Xiaoshou struck from above, it seemed aimed at the crown of his head, but the boy's eyes were clearly fixed on the eye socket gap in his Cang Shen Jia!

What a vicious person...

On the other side, after suppressing the You Si Jian's outburst, Xu Xiaoshou turned back in surprise, his eyes wide.

"Who is it?"

After gaining Ba Zun An's recognition, this fierce sword had followed him.

Its recognition was certain.

But who could this be, managing to manipulate a fierce sword that had already recognized him, even from a distance?

"It's her..."

The graceful figure soaring through the distant sky was strikingly the sword-carrying woman Xu Xiaoshou had seen in his spiritual senses, the one who had confronted the Tai Xu ghost beast at the trade fair site.

Rao Yao Yao!

Rao Yao Yao's face was etched with anger at that moment.

She never imagined that the one disrupting tonight's plan would be such a young upstart.

A sudden newcomer who had somehow obtained a sacred image and thrown the Sheng Shen Hall's arrangements into complete chaos.

What infuriated her most was that two successive Six Division Leaders had been pushed into a disadvantage, for various reasons.

The most severe case had even lost his physical body...

This was Tai Xu!

Rao Yao Yao felt her face burning with embarrassment right now.

The face of Sheng Shen Hall was almost completely ruined by this wave from Yi and Teng Shanhai.

She had no idea how these two had managed all this.

If it were her, as a Tai Xu, getting beaten like that by a junior, she would have drawn her sword and ended it all on the spot!

"You must be Xu Xiaoshou?"

As she drew near, Rao Yao Yao gazed at him from afar.

Her beautiful eyes scanned the young man up and down, finally fixing on the nine-dragon phantom behind him, which faintly seemed familiar.

Xu Xiaoshou let out a cold laugh.

With the sacred image's blessing and sacred power protecting his body, what did he have to fear from this woman, who was merely Tai Xu?

He had already fought two Tai Xu!

With the sacred image's power still at its peak and showing no sign of waning, Xu Xiaoshou felt he could take on two more.

This one opponent was nothing.

Thinking of this, he flicked his sleeve, lifted his chin, and puffed out his chest.

"Never changing my name in action, nor my surname in repose..."

"Sacred slave, Xu Xiaoshou!"

For the first time while holding You Si Jian, Xu Xiaoshou didn't cower under a strong opponent's questioning and used his real name.

After saying that, he still felt unsatisfied and added, "My master is Sang Qi Ye, and my grandmaster is Long Rong Zhi. Who are you? State your name—my fierce sword doesn't kill nameless Tai Xu!"

Rao Yao Yao didn't believe the person in front of her didn't recognize her.

This guy was clearly bloodthirsty, completely arrogant.

And...

Long Rong Zhi?

Daring to call a sacred name directly—how bold!

Rao Yao Yao knew full well.

Ever since news of Sang Qi Ye joining the sacred slaves leaked decades ago, Jin Zhao Ban Sheng had cut ties with his disciple.

Sheng Shen Hall had investigated it too.

But over the years, Jin Zhao Ban Sheng had grown disheartened and was now fully devoted to the Dao of alchemy.

Xu Xiaoshou's words were clearly an attempt to shift the blame, drawing the battle lines and escalating the situation to involve another unrelated Ban Sheng.

"Jiu Long Fen Zu..."

Upon hearing this, Rao Yao Yao immediately realized why the sacred image behind Xu Xiaoshou looked familiar.

But she quickly figured out that this sacred image wasn't granted by Jin Zhao Ban Sheng; it was likely an inherited legacy from his master, Sang Qi Ye.

Xu Xiaoshou had merely inherited Jin Zhao Ban Sheng's sacred image, with no real connection to that reclusive saint focused on alchemy.

Sheng Gong was the mainland's orthodox training ground for saints.

So how could it be linked to something as dark as the sacred slaves?

"You little brat, you're young but your mouth is big."

Rao Yao Yao drew the Xuan Cang Shen Jian from her back and eyed Xu Xiaoshou in the distance, smirking. "Beaten two Tai Xu and you think you're something? You want to fight me?"

She pointed the Xuan Cang Shen Jian.

Void sword patterns cracked open.

Sword intent rampaged through the air, like thunder from a clear sky or a tsunami, instantly dismantling and scattering Xu Xiaoshou's aura of swallowing mountains and rivers.

"Underestimated, passive value +1."

Though the information panel seemed to egg him on like reverse psychology, Xu Xiaoshou truly felt a twinge of cowardice deep down from that woman's point.

Calling her a woman to her face...

But he knew she was a sword immortal!

If genders were swapped, she'd be someone like Gou Wuyue or Mei Yiren.

Even with the sacred image activated, Xu Xiaoshou didn't dare overestimate himself enough to stand on equal footing with a sword immortal.

Trash-talking was fine, just thinking about it was okay.

But facing a sword's challenge, his inner truth was laid bare.

Xu Xiaoshou had defeated two Tai Xu, but one was careless, and the other had blasphemed the sacred, drawing sacred intent to guide his hand.

On the surface, he was arrogant, but inside, he knew his own limits clearly.

Others might be intimidated, but he knew better than anyone.

If he really thought activating the sacred image meant crushing Tai Xu left and right, he might end up dead in the next second.

Yet, just as he wanted to back down from his heart, the You Si Jian in his hand transmitted a surge of unyielding intent.

"Buzz—"

The void echoed with sword hums as the fierce sword overflowed with demonic energy.

Xu Xiaoshou was surprised.

This situation felt familiar.

Back when Yan Mang was born, everyone tried to draw swords but failed.

Gu Qing's famed sword, Absolute Beauty, with just a slight scheme, suppressed Yan Mang, another famed sword, forcing it to soar into the sky.

It even nearly broke free from the restraints of the disheveled saint.

This showed that famed swords have spirits and compete fiercely, never yielding.

But for an ordinary sword, even if it acted fiercely in front of You Si Jian, it probably wouldn't provoke such a reaction.

Because the strong disdain challenges from the weak.

Now, with Rao Yao Yao's long sword pointing at him and You Si Jian reacting so intensely, it could only mean one thing.

This was at least another spiritual sword on the level of one of the Chaos Five Great Divine Artifacts.

Xu Xiaoshou gazed at the long sword, momentarily lost in thought.

He quickly shook off the sword's enchantment and frowned. "If you want me to fight, that's fine, but what sword is this? State its name."

As soon as he spoke, everyone in the field was stunned.

The way people looked at Xu Xiaoshou now carried even more admiration.

Rao Yao Yao was so furious her delicate body trembled.

This young man was already arrogant enough, but now he was spouting such insolence, humiliating a mainland sword immortal like this.

"If you want me to fight you..."

What kind of brazen words were these?

Rao Yao Yao hadn't even said she'd bully the weak, yet he twisted everything around, muddling right and wrong.

"Scoundrel, shameless wretch."

Rao Yao Yao spat out in rebuke, raising the Xuan Cang Shen Jian to strike.

But at that moment, Xu Xiaoshou seemed to think of something.

He soared higher into the air, lifting You Si Jian again, looking down from above to let it dominate the opponent's long sword.

The Xuan Cang Shen Jian sensed the provocation and shook violently.

Rao Yao Yao nearly lost her grip, almost letting the divine sword slip from her hand.

Xuan Cang Shen Jian was a divine artifact suppressing the fortunes of Sheng Shen Hall; it didn't recognize a master and had no wielder.

This time in the Eastern Domain, Rao Yao Yao had only brought it out on a whim, just for some fun.

So, purely in terms of wielding, even if her cultivation was stronger, it couldn't compare to Xu Xiaoshou's status as the recognized wielder of You Si Jian.

Both were among the Chaos Five Great Divine Artifacts.

One was wielded by You Si Jian's recognized master.

The other merely borrowed the power of Xuan Cang Shen Jian.

The strength was obvious at a glance.

"Hahaha..."

Xu Xiaoshou burst out laughing at the reaction of the opposing long sword.

He found the world truly amusing.

Even something as powerful as the Chaos Five Great Divine Artifacts could be so childish, getting upset over a mere difference in position.

This was too funny!

Touching You Si Jian's blade, Xu Xiaoshou could feel the joy emanating from it.

This fierce sword was incredibly proud.

In all the time Xu Xiaoshou had wielded it, aside from its initial extreme rage when meeting Ba Zun An, he had never felt any other emotions from You Si Jian.

Now, this broken sword was actually smug because it was positioned higher than the opposing long sword.

—It was even funnier than Zang Ku!

"If I'm not mistaken, your sword is the Xuan Cang Shen Jian, right?" Xu Xiaoshou said with a smile, revealing the origin of the opposing long sword.

He wasn't a country bumpkin anymore.

After deciding to walk the path of ancient sword cultivation, he had learned about most of the famous spiritual swords on the mainland.

The one that could provoke such a reaction from You Si Jian, with this form, and worthy of being wielded by one of the Seven Sword Immortals, Rao Yao Yao, could only be the Xuan Cang Shen Jian of Sheng Shen Hall.

By now, Rao Yao Yao was absolutely livid.

She never expected Xu Xiaoshou to go so far as to use You Si Jian to suppress her on another level.

"Quiet!"

Rao Yao Yao couldn't help but scold the Xuan Cang Shen Jian softly.

But divine swords needed to be indulged.

Faced with such fierce resistance, Rao Yao Yao had no choice but to raise her position higher to satisfy the absurd will of the divine sword.

Xu Xiaoshou was amused and laughed. "Such a fine Xuan Cang Shen Jian from the Chaos Five Great Divine Artifacts—how could you bear to scold it? You're doing it all wrong. Unlike you, I only cherish my sword..."

As he spoke, Xu Xiaoshou glanced at You Si Jian, his sword intent gently caressing its blade.

"Buzz—"

You Si Jian trembled comfortably, then vibrated wildly.

This vibration was clearly not the angry shake of Xuan Cang Shen Jian, but an expression of utter delight.

"Art of sword observation?" Rao Yao Yao stared, momentarily stunned.

This was something she didn't know.

It seemed Xu Xiaoshou had truly inherited the true teachings of the sacred slave leader, Ba Zun An.

"Ah."

On the other side, after his show of flaunting, Xu Xiaoshou rose even higher, once again looking down from above.

Xuan Cang Shen Jian had a spirit.

Without comparison, it was fine, but now, the contrast made it even more furious.

Crucially, the sword intent from You Si Jian across from it was clearly something like, "My master has the art of sword observation, and yours doesn't... oh, wait, sorry, I forgot you don't even have a master."

"Buzz!"

Xuan Cang Shen Jian grew even angrier.

Its anger made Rao Yao Yao angry too.

Rao Yao Yao deeply regretted bringing the Xuan Cang Shen Jian out of Sheng Shen Hall.

The key was, she knew this wasn't the fault of Xuan Cang Shen Jian, but rather the doing of Xu Xiaoshou and You Si Jian.

These two were just too obnoxious.

Rao Yao Yao had never seen such an obnoxious pair.

They were utterly colluding!

Two of a kind!

They just latched onto that trait of Xuan Cang Shen Jian not wanting to be beneath another sword... a trait all spiritual swords had, yet they twisted it into something vile!

But Xuan Cang Shen Jian was pampered and privileged, so Rao Yao Yao couldn't just scold it.

Before making a move, she really had to satisfy this broken sword's unreasonable demands once more—raising her position and elevating the sword's stance!

"Heh, so it's about height, huh?"

Xu Xiaoshou saw this and laughed so hard he doubled over. "You're one of the Seven Sword Immortals, yet here you are, playing 'fly high' with a little brat like me?"

As he spoke, Xu Xiaoshou flew up again, making You Si Jian even higher.

Rao Yao Yao was furious, but she flew up too.

Xu Xiaoshou went higher.

Rao Yao Yao, with a dark face, went higher still.

Xu Xiaoshou...

Rao Yao Yao...

The crowd below: ???

Everyone was completely baffled.

They all thought that with one of the Seven Sword Immortals, Rao Yao Yao, appearing, it would be an earth-shattering battle.

Who knew the scene would devolve into this absurdity in an instant!

If not for seeing one side with the Jiu Long Fen Zu sacred image, the other as one of the mainland's Seven Sword Immortals, and each holding one of the Chaos Five Great Divine Artifacts...

Everyone would have burst out laughing.

And the most crucial part was this.

Xu Xiaoshou was young, so that was one thing.

But Rao Yao Yao, at her level, was actually playing this kind of game in front of everyone—a game that was embarrassingly childish?

Was this the legendary...

Battle of divine artifacts?

A peak showdown?