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Chapter 320: Fighting Against Heaven
Chapter 320: Fighting Against Heaven
After a fierce and exhilarating battle, the Nine-Finger Divine Lord's face turned ashen.
He glared at Gu An and asked through gritted teeth, "What's wrong with my moves?"
Gu An shrugged, "I don't know either."
"Why can you always predict my next move?"
"My intuition tells me where you'll go, and whenever I guess correctly, you seem to become flustered and keep changing your strategy, eventually revealing your flaws."
Gu An's response almost made the Nine-Finger Divine Lord spit blood.
Gu An suppressed his smile and said, "But this game has made me realize that variables can indeed bring calamities. Thank you for your guidance, senior."
After saying this, he stood up and bid farewell with a bow.
The Nine-Finger Divine Lord watched Gu An's departing figure, opened his mouth as if to speak, but his gaze eventually fell on the chessboard.
Gu An walked towards his own pavilion, a smile on his face. There was one more thing he didn't say.
Change could indeed bring calamities, but whether it was good or bad depended on the player.
Life was like a game of chess, and Gu An aimed to be the perpetual winner, even against so-called fate!
Fighting against heaven was a boundless joy, wasn't it?
With this realization, Gu An felt unburdened. He wouldn't casually change others' lives; he would only alter the fates of those he cared about.
Although Xiao Chuan was open-minded, his words about a better rebirth indicated his longing for cultivation, despite his inadequate innate talent.
Gu An also understood that as long as he kept getting stronger, he could continuously raise the limits of those around him.
Just because something was impossible now didn't mean it would always be!
Although the Cycle Daoist Sovereign existed, Gu An only cared about the present.
This life's Ji Xiaoyu was not the same person from his previous life, and Gu An was neither Dragon War, Xiao Shengtian, nor Chu Lu!
...
In the Divine Odd Realm, beneath the blood-red sky and above the cloud sea, Zhang Buke stood side by side with the Divine Odd Realm Lord, overlooking the battle below.
Countless Divine Odd Ghosts surrounded Li Ya, attacking in waves like an endless tide, impossible to eradicate.
Li Ya, having lost Divine Odd City, was in a dire struggle and found himself in a difficult situation.
"The Divine Odd Ghosts are immortal. With his abilities, he can hold out for at most another hour," the Divine Odd Realm Lord said expressionlessly.
Zhang Buke turned to him and asked, "Why won't you let me meet him? I can explain."
"Explain what? That you have someone backing you, forcing me to lift my restrictions on you? Or that you want to take me as your master?" The Divine Odd Realm Lord glanced at him and asked coldly.
Zhang Buke furrowed his brows, not understanding his meaning.
The Divine Odd Realm Lord humphed, "Do you think the celestial city was established to suppress us? If so, why didn't they invade?"
"If not for you, then for whom was it built?" Zhang Buke asked in confusion, his eyes widening in bewilderment.
"Could it be for the Spiritual Support Sword? Wait, was the one who saved me the Spiritual Support Sword?" Zhang Buke was shocked.
...was the Dao Support Sword Respected/Venerable Sword
Zhang Buke hesitated for a moment before nodding, "He received the Master's inheritance and learned his sword techniques."
There was one more thing Zhang Buke didn't say—Li Ya claimed that the Dao Support Sword was his ancestor.
Now he understood that his encounter with Li Ya was likely arranged by the Sword of Dao Authority.
"So that's how it is. It seems their influence runs deep," the Divine Odd Realm Lord said with a sigh.
Zhang Buke couldn't help but ask, "Master, isn't the Holy Court good?"
"The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord took a deep breath and said, "In the past, they couldn't represent the Holy Court, but now it's not necessarily the case. The Holy Court recruited the Dao Support Sword Emperor, but he didn't go to accept the Heavenly Rank. This alone is enough to make the Holy Court wary.""
"In fact, there is a power in this world that the Holy Court fears, and we are an extension of that power. That's why the Holy Sovereign kept me, wanting to use me to identify that power."
Zhang Buke hurriedly asked what that power was.
The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord uttered two words, "Heavenly Demons!"
Zhang Buke furrowed his brows, as this was the first time he had heard of Heavenly Demons.
"Then can you let him go?" Zhang Buke asked through gritted teeth.
He didn't understand these Heavenly Demons; he just wanted his brother to live.
"The Divine Anomaly Realm spoke with a faint voice, 'I've already been delaying, but if the Venerable Sword Lord doesn't show up and I let him go, then you and I will die.'"
As soon as Zhang Buke heard this, he couldn't help but look around.
He increasingly felt a pair of eyes staring at him from the shadows.
He noticed that the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord's hand, which was placed behind his waist, was casting a spell.
He looked down again, his eyes hardening with determination. He was about to rush down, but as soon as he leaned forward, a hand pressed him down.
He turned to see who it was, and the person holding his shoulder was the Divine Anomaly Realm Lord.
The Divine Anomaly Realm Lord's face was expressionless, and at this moment, his demeanor made Zhang Buke feel a sense of strangeness and chill.
What Zhang Buke could not accept the most was the possibility of Li Ya's death.
He wanted to speak, but couldn't make a sound.
Amidst the vast sea of ghosts, Li Ya held a heavy sword, sweeping it in all directions with unmatched dominance. However, no matter how many Divine Odd Ghosts he annihilated, more continued to charge forward.
"Damn it! Do you recognize me as your master or not? Why won't you listen to me?"
Li Ya cursed in his heart, frustrated by his inability to harness the power of Divine Anomaly City, which made him feel terrible.
"No way! It's going to eat me!"
The voice of the Divine Phantom Spirit echoed with fear.
This infuriated Li Ya. How had this guy become so cowardly?
Damn it!
Hadn't he seen Zhang Buke yet, was he going to die here?
If his junior, Gu An, knew he was dead, would he be sad?
No, I've been out for so long, so far away, that Gu An probably thinks I'm still wandering the world.
That's good too...
Li Ya's sword swings began to slow down, and scenes from his youth flashed before his eyes.
Back then, when he, Meng Lang, and Gu An joined the Mystic Valley together, Meng Lang mysteriously disappeared, and now he was about to die here. He never expected that Gu An, who had the worst talent, would be the last one standing.
What a twist of fate!
Suddenly, a Divine Anomaly Ghost pounced in front of Li Ya, wielding a soul sword that slashed through the air, erasing all the scenes before Li Ya's eyes and reflecting into his pupils.
Was he about to die?
Li Ya's pupils dilated.
At that moment, his body erupted with golden light, like an unstoppable wave that extinguished all the Divine Anomaly Ghosts around him.
Li Ya felt the scenery before him change abruptly, and a golden city's phantom emerged from within his body, rapidly expanding to envelop him.
Divine Anomaly City!
Li Ya was overjoyed and wanted to ask the Divine Phantom Spirit why he suddenly dared to rebel, but a terrifying and unparalleled might descended, enveloping the entire world.
"So, you've finally decided to come out, Sword of the Dao. You let a mortal child play with such a Treasure of a Daoist Immortal, what a grand gesture!"
An aged yet authoritative voice rang out, leaving Li Ya stunned.
The Ancestor?
Was Divine Anomaly City the Ancestor's?
(End of Chapter)
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