Splitting the Heavens - Chapter 1263: Kou Chongxue Challenges Hua Jianlou Again!

After receiving Kou Chongxue’s transmission and preventing Hua Yu from being swallowed up by the explosion from the spatial vortex, they continued their journey only to be stopped by someone.

The person who stood in their way hovered in the void as he held his left hand behind him. His right hand held his large belly and he smiled at Shang Xia, “May I ask if you are True Immortal Shang Xia of the Spirit Luxuriant World?”

Before Shang Xia could respond, Hua Yu introduced, “True Immortal Shang, that’s True Immortal Yu Liantai of the Spirit Abundance World. He’s an expert who entered the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm for some time now and it’s said that he’s a step away from reaching the fifth tier. Please be careful when dealing with him.”

The Spirit Thistle World’s understanding of the other Spirit Worlds was naturally a lot deeper than the upstart that was the Spirit Luxuriant World.

Shang Xia looked at the expert who arrived and spoke without emotion, “True Immortal Yu, is something the matter?”

He was from the Spirit Abundance World, and the grudge between them had formed many years ago.

True Immortal Yu, who had a big belly and looked like a middle-aged man, chuckled, “Oh? Nothing much. I just feel a little happy now that my targets came over by themselves. I heard that you once killed Dugu Yuanshan of the Solitary Heavenly Lake before you even became a True Immortal. I’m here to see how strong you really are!”

After he spoke, he slowly raised his hands as though he was inviting Shang Xia to make the first move.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Shang Xia growled, “Are you behind the spatial vortex earlier?”

Yu Liantai raised his arms until they were at his shoulder level as he continued to laugh, “It’s just some cheap tricks I learned and decided to use them as the situation was right…”

After he spoke, he continued to laugh but his tone was one of disappointment. “I heard so many rumors about how great you are, but now that we’ve met… Hehe. You don’t seem too impressive.”

Shang Xia tilted his head to the side and spoke suddenly, “Are you disappointed because you think that we haven’t noticed that you have already released your domain to cover the region of space around us?”

Yu Liantai’s smile froze before it turned into a smirk. “Heh, what’s the point of putting up a strong front like this? Isn’t it too late for you to discover it now?”

He raised his arms even more after he spoke and yelled, “Rise!”

To his surprise, the region of space that he thought had been separated by his domain didn’t behave as he expected. Powerful spatial fluctuations from the other battlefield could still be felt, and it seemed as though he failed to do anything.

Hua Yu, who was standing behind Shang Xia, looked around with a suspicious gaze and didn’t know what was happening. All he felt was that Yu Liantai was fucking around with them.

However, that wasn’t the case at all. Yu Liantai’s eyes widened in shock and the calm expression of his face was nowhere to be seen. He looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on as he quickly leaped backwards to distance himself from Shang Xia.

“You did this?! How… How did you do it?!” He yelled in fright as the fats on his double chin trembled as he gulped in fright.

The very instant that happened, the mighty fourth tier True Immortal of the Spirit Abundance World who was at the very peak of his realm and had broken through more than a hundred years ago looked like a clown performing in front of Hua Yu.

Shang Xia shook his head and didn’t respond. He looked even more disappointed than Yu Liantai as he slowly walked forward. Every step he took allowed him to cross thousands of feet as he pressed closer to the True Immortal of the Spirit Abundance World.

By then, Yu Liantai had already put on a serious expression as though he was facing the mightiest enemy in his life. He continued to retreat as Shang Xia made his way closer.

Hua Yu, who had been standing behind Shang Xia earlier, couldn’t understand the exchange between the 2 high-level True Immortals at that point. However, he knew that Shang Xia held a firm advantage from what he was seeing.

It was then when Yu Liantai roared suddenly and charged at Shang Xia instead of retreating.

Shang Xia wasn’t surprised at all. Instead, he didn’t bother making a move to stop Yu Liantai.

Hua Yu couldn’t help but distance himself when he saw what was happening.

It wasn’t that he had no confidence in Shang Xia. The fight that was about to happen would consist of 2 high-level True Immortals and the energy fluctuations that came from their battle would place him in a precarious situation. After all… He was a ‘mere’ second tier True Immortal.

Shang Xia’s voice rang in Hua Yu’s mind all of a sudden. “Be careful of the void to your left. Yu Liantai’s helpers might take the chance to attack you…”

Hua Yu suppressed his urge to turn around to look at where Shang Xia was referring to, and he continued to retreat when he saw the void around Shang Xia starting to shake.

A loud blast filled the area as Yu Liantai was sent flying faster than when he approached. Even the void behind him seemed compressed as he was flung backward.

At the same time, Shang Xia, who was holding his Stone Rod, took a step forward and rushed up to Yu Liantai who had been sent flying. He sent his Stone Rod crashing towards the man without hesitation.

The void in the distance was torn apart suddenly as a resplendent ray of sword light flew at Shang Xia. It contained endless might and from the looks of it, the person who unleashed the sword strike wanted to tear Shang Xia to shreds.

Hua Jianlou, the third tier True Immortal of the Spirit Infusion Sword Sect, arrived at the very last second!

As a sword cultivator, his offensive abilities were able to threaten an expert in the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm!

Hua Yu received Shang Xia’s reminder earlier and was prepared to deal with anyone who tried to take advantage of the situation, but he didn’t expect the person to be Hua Jianlou!

His back was drenched in cold sweat when he saw the sword light, and he felt fortunate the attack wasn’t aimed at him. He wasn’t confident he could stop it if he was the target.

Whatever it was, the Spirit Luxuriant World and Spirit Thistle World were still allies and Shang Xia had been looking out for him the entire journey. If he stood by and watched as Hua Jianlou attacked Shang Xia, he would be a joke.

No one knew how many different thoughts flashed through Hua Yu’s mind in the split second Hua Jianlou arrived, but he eventually steeled himself and made his move.

Hua Yu knew how strong everyone fighting was and he didn’t dare to hold back. He unleashed the full extent of his abilities immediately.

Smacking his chest, a small bronze mirror-like object appeared and spread all over his body. It turned into a bronze armor that covered his body.

A silver bowl appeared in his hand and he smashed it at the sword light that appeared.

Before he could rush over, an ancient-looking bronze sword light appeared from the void and separated the space before slicing Hua Jianlou’s sword light in 2.

With his attack disappearing, Hua Jianlou widened his eyes in shock and stopped in his tracks.

He turned around and gasped in shock, “You?!”

Kou Chongxue’s voice came right after. “Heh, I’ll have to thank you for the lesson you taught me back then.”

“Good… Interesting…” Hua Jianlou sounded happy, but he also sounded like he found a good prey to play with. He continued, “I didn’t think that with a few pointers from me, you would be able to reach such a level. However… You’re still lacking if you wish to challenge me!”

The resplendent ray of sword light that was separated by Kou Chongxue started to regenerate as they formed a beautiful arc in space to fly at him.

Kou Chongxue wasn’t forced back by the sudden strike. Instead, the void where Hua Jianlou first appeared split apart before a sword emerged. It flew into Kou Chongxue’s hand.

Everything happened in an instant, but the third tier True Immortal swordsmen of both sides failed to gain an advantage against each other. However, Hua Jianlou’s attempt to catch Shang Xia off guard failed thanks to Kou Chongxue’s appearance.

When Kou Chongxue stopped Hua Jianlou earlier, he revealed his position. Sword lights clashed against each other continuously as the void around the 2 swordsmen was torn to shreds.

Hua Jianlou’s sword light might have been nullified every time, but it was clear he held the absolute advantage in their exchanges.

Kou Chongxue might be able to stop Hua Jianlou’s sword lights, but he only barely managed to do so.

Both of them displayed the full extent of their sword arts.

Hua Jianlou’s sword art was beautiful, and the sword lights he released were extremely dazzling. However, hidden behind the flashy moves was an extremely deadly sword intent.

Kou Chongxue’s sword art looked a lot more simple, to the point where it looked like he was a mere beginner at using the sword. However, all his moves that looked clumsy contained endless might as they struck straight at the critical parts of his enemy’s body.

Be it Kou Chongxue or Hua Jianlou, both sides understood that their battle wouldn’t end any time soon.

They exchanged several blows in succession, but everything happened in several short breaths of time. During that time, a huge change happened in the void around them.

An obscure black line silently tore through the void under the cover of Hua Jianlou’s flashy sword moves and arrived behind Shang Xia.

Hua Yu, who had been carefully observing the battle, finally found himself useful.

“Shameless bastard, how dare you try to sneak attack True Immortal Shang?!” He yelled righteously as he tossed out the silver bowl in his hand again.

Clang!

The sound of metal scraping against each other filled the void as Hua Yu felt his chest tightening as his heart started to ache.

A deep mark was carved into his silver bowl by the sneak attack!