Terran Guardian - Chapter 4122

Chapter 4097: You Broke Your Promise

“You brat, how dare you insult me!!”

Inside the forbidden area, Sword Master Lingchen was furious. His anger caused the void of the forbidden area to violently distort and tremble, with boundless sword intent surging. He wished he could immediately rush out of the forbidden area and kill Shen Changqing on the spot.

However—

Sword Master Lingchen took a few deep breaths and ultimately restrained himself.

He couldn’t make a move.

If he did,

he would surely have no way out.

It would be too much of a loss for a dignified saint to perish together with a half-saint.

He was afraid of death!

Sword Master Lingchen had to admit that

after years of slumbering and living in hiding, he had long lost his former vigor.

This was perhaps the reason why his cultivation had been unable to advance, and why he couldn’t survive the next Heavenly Tribulation.

But there was nothing he could do.

How many people in the world could see through life and death?

To Sword Master Lingchen, saints had infinite lifespans; how could he perish here?

Therefore,

when the Yaotai Holy Land was destroyed, he did not make a move, allowing the holy land to be destroyed.

In a short while, the entire Yaotai Holy Land had been slaughtered.

With all the top experts, including Qi Yuan, fallen and the Spirit Dust Sword Master holed up, the Yaotai Holy Land had few remaining strong defenders.

On the surface,

only one Half-Saint was barely holding the situation together.

But that Half-Saint was slain by Shen Changqing the instant the Holy Land’s formation broke.

That’s right!

This Half-Saint died at Shen Changqing’s hands.

In the battle of Taiyuan Prefecture, the Seven Profound Dao Sect lost six Half-Saints, and now Shen Changqing naturally needed to make up for these losses.

Six Half-Saints!

Six hundred Half-Saint essences!

Since the battle of Yinyou Holy Land, Shen Changqing had always been the first to strike and kill any Half-Saint, giving no other cultivators a chance to act.

And with the fall of the only Half-Saint, the Yaotai Holy Land had no room for resistance.

At this moment,

in front of the forbidden area…

Shen Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, while Jian Xiaozi stood respectfully to the side and said, “Sect Master Shen, this is the forbidden area of the Yaotai Holy Land, the slumbering place of powerful figures throughout history.

According to the Imperial Sword Dao Sect, besides that Lingchen Sword Venerable, there are at least three or four other Ninth Tribulation Half-Saints slumbering within.”

Upon hearing this,

Shen Changqing nodded slightly.

Then, he summoned the Wusheng Youdu sword, and two immortal swords directly blasted towards the forbidden area.

The powerful force caused the forbidden area’s restrictions to tremble violently, and the Daoist aura dissipated, causing the surrounding space to shatter silently.

Seeing this, Lingchen Sword Venerable, who was hiding within the forbidden area, was immediately enraged, and his voice, filled with anger, rang out.

“Junior, do you really intend to kill me all?”

He never expected that even though he had clearly yielded, the other party would still be so aggressive. How could this not enrage Lingchen Sword Venerable?

Shen Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent: “The destruction of the Yaotai Holy Land is a fact, and everything in the Holy Land now belongs to me.

This forbidden area is no exception.

Today, I will give you two choices: hand over a ninth-grade innate imperial weapon, and I will leave with my men.

Otherwise, I will definitely destroy your forbidden area and ensure your death!” As soon as

he said this,

a terrifying pressure spread out.

The voice of the Spirit Dust Sword Venerable rang out again, but this time it was filled with a chilling coldness.

“Do you really want to fight me to the death?!”

Faced with such a threat, Shen Changqing was completely unconcerned.

“I will only give you three breaths to consider.”

“Could you give me some leeway? I swear that I will never be an enemy of the Seven Profound Dao Sect again!”

Seeing Shen Changqing’s resolute attitude, the Spirit Dust Sword Venerable softened his tone.

Shen Changqing’s expression remained unchanged: “There’s still time for negotiation, you still have one breath left!”

“Junior—”

Lingchen Sword Venerable trembled with rage. He had already humbled himself so much, yet the other party still refused to yield.

Since breaking through to the Saint Realm, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

“Time’s up!”

But just then, Shen Changqing attacked again, Wusheng Youdu continuing to bombard the forbidden area’s restrictions, seemingly intent on completely breaking them.

Seeing this ,

Lingchen Sword Venerable instantly panicked.

“Wait, you win! This is the Falling Star Sword, a Primordial Emperor Weapon I once obtained!”

The moment he finished speaking, a celestial sword containing dazzling starlight flew out of the forbidden area, heading straight for Shen Changqing.

Upon seeing this, the latter immediately summoned two supreme treasures from Wusheng Youdu, forcibly suppressing the sword. After scanning it with his divine sense and confirming that the sword was a ninth-grade Primordial Emperor Weapon, he threw it into the Seven Profound Divine Tower.

The moment the Falling Star Sword entered the Seven Profound Divine Tower, Sword Master Lingchen was shocked to discover that his connection with this supreme treasure had been completely severed.

He had deliberately left the connection intact, intending to prevent Shen Changqing from refining the sword even if he obtained it.

He planned to retrieve it later when he left the forbidden area. After

all,

a ninth-grade innate imperial weapon was not something to be easily lost.

“The treasure has been given; shouldn’t you withdraw your troops now?”

Sword Master Lingchen took a deep breath, suppressing his displeasure, and said in a low voice.

Shen Changqing shook his head: “Not enough!”

“You’re going back on your word!!”

The anger that had just subsided in Sword Master Lingchen surged again, his face contorted with rage.

Shen Changqing said, “As far as I know, this forbidden area is not only inhabited by you, a Saint. There are other reclusive Half-Saints as well. A Grade Nine Innate Emperor Weapon only counts as one for you; the other reclusive Half-Saints are not included.

Either hand over four more Grade Eight Innate Emperor Weapons, or you take action to expel the remaining four Half-Saints.

Otherwise, I will still break through the forbidden area!”

“…”

Upon hearing this, Sword Venerable Lingchen fell silent.

If he hadn’t received the Falling Star Sword, he might as well have given up and let it go.

But now that he’d been given a ninth-grade innate imperial weapon, what would be the point of all his previous efforts if he were to break off relations now?

Even though Shen Changqing was clearly making an exorbitant demand, Lingchen Sword Venerable had no choice but to endure it.

“Four eighth-grade innate imperial weapons are too many. I only have one eighth-grade innate imperial weapon and three seventh-grade innate imperial weapons left.

If you’re willing, these four innate imperial weapons can be exchanged for their spots here.

If not, then let’s start a war!”

“If there aren’t enough innate imperial weapons, then other resources can be used to make up for it. Surely you, a dignified saint, don’t have no resources at all?”

Shen Changqing raised an eyebrow, and his words left Lingchen Sword Venerable silent for a long time.

Finally,

the void of the forbidden area trembled.

Four innate imperial weapons and a storage ring were thrown out.

Shen Changqing moved his divine sense and directly stored the four innate imperial weapons in the Seven Profound Divine Tower to suppress them, and then took the storage ring.

His divine sense entered the storage ring, revealing everything within.

It contained numerous rare and precious materials, including many top-grade immortal stones, and some scattered treasures, all of average value.

Seeing this,

Shen Changqing understood.

The other party truly had nothing left to squeeze out.

After all, this person had been in seclusion for many years, and naturally wouldn’t possess many cultivation resources. Even if Lingchen Sword Venerable had some resources left, they certainly wouldn’t have much after this extortion.

Seeing Shen Changqing accept the items, Lingchen Sword Venerable suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice,

“I’ve given you everything I could. Now it’s time to leave!”

“Leaving is natural, but before I go, I still want to witness the legendary strength of a Saint!”

Shen Changqing smiled slightly, and in the next instant, he directly unleashed the Nine-Star Mace, containing the power of nine supreme star rivers, which erupted with a deafening roar, slamming heavily onto the forbidden area.

In that instant,

the forbidden area trembled violently, and all the Great Dao restrictions shattered inch by inch.

“Boom!!!”

The heavens and earth trembled, and a monstrous aura erupted. Lingchen Sword Venerable stepped out of the forbidden area, his eyes filled with venomous resentment as he looked at Shen Changqing.

“Junior, you broke your promise! I will make sure you die a horrible death!!!”

At this moment, Lingchen Sword Venerable was truly enraged to the extreme.

He had already made many concessions, yet the other party remained ungrateful, taking the item and breaking his promise, directly breaching the forbidden area.

Now that the forbidden area was broken, the effect of concealing the heavenly secrets had dissipated.

The Heavenly Tribulation

could descend at any moment.

At this point,

Lingchen Sword Venerable knew he had no way out.

Since his demise was inevitable, he would fight to the death to make Shen Changqing pay the price.

In that instant,

Lingchen Sword Venerable attacked in fury. Because he had lost the Falling Star Sword, he didn’t use any other treasures, but instead unleashed a palm strike fiercely towards Shen Changqing.

A Saint’s furious attack possessed a terrifying power capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

At this crucial moment…

Without a second thought, Shen Changqing tossed out a piece of blood-stained burlap. The length-long burlap unfurled, unleashing a vast and unfathomable aura of supreme heavenly might.

Such terrifying power was enough to sweep across billions of miles of void.

Any cultivator who sensed this aura paled in shock.