First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1138 - Let’s See Who Hits the Ground First!

The spearwoman suddenly seemed to think her words were over the line. “Earlier, I assumed the reincarnation of the Temple Master would be strong.”

She thought for a moment, then added, “But to tell the truth, you really are weak, aren’t you?”

“????” Su Yi was at a loss for words. Is she trying to force me to admit I’m a weakling?

“I can’t deny that there’s a huge gap between our cultivations,” Su Yi said calmly. “But if we fought at the same realm, you’d be no match for me.”

He was proud and aloof by nature, and when he saw how impolite the spearwoman was being, he naturally couldn’t be bothered to mind his manners.

“That so...?” The spearwoman finally seemed intrigued. “Then I don’t mind telling you that when it comes to competitions of the Grand Dao, I’ve never used my cultivation boundary to suppress my opponents.”

As she spoke, she stretched out a long, snowy finger and drew it through the air. “If, while our cultivations are in the same realm, you can block one of my attacks, you’ll be qualified to become my subordinate.

“If you can last ten strikes without losing, I’ll view you as a kindred spirit.”

“And if you lose?” Su Yi said directly.

The spearwoman couldn’t help but reveal a hint of amusement. “I admire your spirit. I don’t mind telling you that throughout my years of cultivation, while a tiny handful of old codgers have been unwilling to fight me, of those who did fight me, only three lasted a full ten strikes.

“As for beating me...? In all this time, no one capable of that has ever appeared!”

Here, her purple eyes sparkled as she stared at Su Yi. “Although I think poorly of your chances, so long as you can beat me, I promise to agree to any request you have so long as it’s within my power to grant!”

Then, as if afraid Su Yi didn’t understand her, she added, “Whether you’re after a treasure or there’s someone you want killed, it won’t be difficult for me.”

Su Yi laughed dryly. “I don’t need all that. If you lose, there's just one thing I'd like to know."

“One thing?”

Su Yi nodded. “That’s right.”

The spearwoman took a deep look at him. “I hope you can win, and even if you can’t, that you can hold out for more than ten strikes. Otherwise, I’ll really be deeply disappointed.

With that, she swept her gaze across the area. “This isn’t a good place to fight. I’ll take you somewhere more suitable.”

Then, with a swoosh of her sleeves, both she and Su Yi disappeared into thin air.

......

The two of them reappeared in a barren stretch of wasteland untouched by human settlement.

“This is a good place. Even if our battle overturns heaven and earth, it’s unlikely anyone will disturb us,” said the spearwoman.

Su Yi looked around. “This really is a good place.”

The spearwoman put away her spear and stretched lazily. “This is a clash of the Grand Dao, so we ought to determine victory and defeat through our attainments in...”

“I understand,” interrupted Su Yi. “Just attack.”

The spearwoman laughed, then suddenly suppressed her cultivation base down to the mid-stage Profound Serenity Realm.

A moment later, she took a stable stance.

Boom!

The sky abruptly collapsed as the spearwoman struck like lightning, throwing a punch as simple as could be.

Her snowy fist cut through the air like the unstoppable point of a spear. Heaven and earth swayed beneath it, and the landscape rumbled and boomed.

It was simple to the extreme, but also tyrannical and forceful to the extreme!

Su Yi’s gaze focused.

The spearwoman really was using Profound Serenity-level power of the Laws, but the power of this strike was greater even than the Wilds’ Imperial Apex cultivators!

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yi circulated the full extent of his cultivation base, pressed his fingers into a sword, and struck with all his might.

Bang!!!

One threw a punch like a spear thrust, the other like a sword slash. They clashed in midair, and the sky tore like paper. Heaven and earth trembled violently.

The spearwoman merely swayed in place, her clothing billowing around her.

But Su Yi was forced several steps back!

“Not bad!” The spearwoman’s purple eyes lit up with a hint of delight.

When she first came to the Wilds, she was already disappointed. She figured a “swamp” like this couldn’t possibly give rise to divine dragons capable of wandering the four seas.

She even suspected that the Tailor had deceived her, and she was beside herself with indignation.

But now, after just one strike, she realized that this Su Xuanjun really did know a thing or two!

A punch like the one she’d just thrown could have annihilated even your average Imperial Apex cultivator. Against Profound Serenity Realm cultivators, it was practically invincible.

Yet Su Yi had blocked it!

Of course she was happy! How could she not be?

“You aren’t bad either.” The will to fight blazed in the depths of Su Yi’s distant, profound gaze.

It had been a long time since he’d last experienced such a fight against someone of the same realm.

Especially since the power she’d grasped was terrifying beyond imagination. It might have looked like it was at the Profound Serenity level, but in truth, mere cultivation boundaries were far from sufficient to describe it!

Su Yi had recently stepped into the mid-stage Profound Serenity Realm, and he could tell that at his current level, he was strong enough to contend with his past self at the peak of his strength. Thus, he assumed that he’d struggle to find worthy opponents within the same cultivation boundary.

The spearwoman’s appearance came as an unprecedented, delightful surprise!

“Again!” The spearwoman stepped through the air, quick as lightning, swinging her fists and attacking.

Boom!

Her momentum was forceful and tyrannical, and her aura alone shattered the surrounding skies. The surrounding ten thousand feet of landscape collapsed with a bang.

That unstoppable fighting spirit and force stimulated Su Yi’s latent potential. It burst forth, setting his will to fight ablaze as his blood boiled.

A grand battle broke out.

Sword light radiated around Su Yi, and sword intent poured out of him like a waterfall. His every movement revealed enough power to dazzle the ages.

Boom!

Their second clash went off like a blast of divine thunder. Countless currents swept out in all directions, seemingly intent on shattering both heaven and earth!

Su Yi swayed once more and took several steps back.

This time, before he’d even managed to stabilize himself, the spearwoman shot explosively toward him, swinging her fist as if wielding the spear of judgment. She was forceful beyond imagining.

But Su Yi naturally didn’t retreat. Instead, he clashed with her head-on.

It was as if two unparalleled deities were locked in brutal combat, destroying this entire stretch of wasteland. One mountain after another split and collapsed into powder.

The aftershock alone could have killed most Profound Unity cultivators with ease!

That was truly far too terrifying.

Were anyone here to see this, they would surely have been shaken and unable to believe that this was a clash at the Profound Serenity level.

After the ninth attack, a hint of blood flowed down the corners of Su Yi’s lips.

The spearwoman’s clothing was tattered, and her long, ivory-like legs came in and out of few.

But she wasn’t startled. Rather, she was delighted, and her purple eyes blazed like the sun. Her entire body burst with startling will to fight. “I would never have guessed I’d encounter an opponent like you here in the Wilds. You’re really not bad!”

Her voice revealed a hint of excitement.

Su Yi smiled. He understood how it felt to be invincible for too long. It was lonely at the top.

Finding a worthwhile, well-matched foe felt entirely different. It was thoroughly delightful and satisfying!

That went for him now too. His will to fight boiled over and surged. He could clearly sense his spirit, qi, and essence practically whooping for joy. He even had a premonition that after this battle ended, it wouldn’t be long before he stepped into the late-stage Profound Serenity Realm with ease!

“This will be my tenth strike. If you can take it, I’ll show you my strongest secret art of the Dao of the Spear!”

Before the spearwoman’s voice had even finished echoing through the air, she soared into the sky and suddenly raised and swung her slender right leg as if cracking a whip.

Boom!

This strike seemed to split heaven and earth, shattering the mountains and rivers, as if nothing could stand in its way, and there was nowhere it could not reach.

Instead of retreating, Su Yi advanced. His right hand shot forth, piercing the clouds like a dragon’s claw.

Bang!!!

Incomparably terrifying destructive power burst from the spearwoman’s right leg, like a tidal wave or avalanche. She put so much pressure on Su Yi that he sank in midair, descending a hundred feet, his blood and qi churning. It was so painful that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

But he didn’t even seem to notice. He flipped his hand and struck, his fingers like a vice-grip as he grabbed the spearwoman’s ankle.

Just as he was about to restrain it, she snorted coldly, then swung her palm at Su Yi’s throat. magic

In the blink of an eye, they were locked in close-quarters combat. The longer they fought, the fiercer their battle. Every attack was potentially lethal.

But neither had any intention of retreating. It was as if neither of them understood the concepts of life and death. They fought in the heavens, and they fought on the earth. Everything within hundreds of thousands of feet became their battleground as they fought locked in inextricable combat.

Crunch!

Su Yi’s scapula broke with a spray of blood.

But at the same time, his palm strike cut into the spearwoman’s side, destroying the fabric and leaving a bone-deep gash in her jade-like flesh.

“Not bad! Not bad! Again!” The spearwoman was delighted, and she made no attempt to hide it. It seemed the fact that Su Yi was able to injure her was a joy she hadn’t experienced in a long time.

But she struck with ever greater force, becoming even more domineering. Every movement drew upon the power of her surroundings, with enough force to level an entire landscape with ease.

How could Su Yi possibly be polite?

It had already been far, far too long since he’d last clashed with someone like this. He thought of nothing else. He forgot the heavens, the earth, and even himself as he fully immersed himself in combat.

The battle raged on, and soon, both parties’ injuries piled up.

Su Yi’s long hair hung loose, and his body was battered and covered in bleeding, startling wounds.

The spearwoman wasn’t much better off. Her gray robes were in tatters, and bleeding gashes intercrossed all over her skin.

As for their surroundings? They’d long since been reduced to rubble. The ground was covered in scars, and everywhere they looked, destructive aura ran rampant.

Time slipped by.

A hundred attacks, two hundred attacks, three hundred attacks....

Soon, it was dusk.

Throughout the entire landscape, the only thing visible were two figures still locked in fierce combat. Both were covered with wounds, and both looked downright wretched.

In the end, even as Su Yi was on the verge of exhausting his cultivation base, they’d yet to determine a victor.

But the spearwoman was obviously exhausted too, and her breathing came in ragged gasps.

Even so, neither of them ever retreated. They fought fiercely on, as if they wouldn’t let go until they’d taken their opponent down. They couldn’t let up even if they died!

“You can’t beat me. With this attack, I’ll knock you to the ground!” The spearwoman suddenly chuckled, stepped into the air, swung her fist, and attacked.

Boom!

Her punch flew through the air like a dragon, emanating unsurpassed pressure. It didn’t just target his soul; it affected his mind and soul too.

Were someone watching from afar, it would have seemed that this blow was sure to destroy both Su Yi and what remained of their surroundings!

“Seems to me that in the end, you’ll be the one on the ground!” Su Yi snorted coldly, then charged into the fray.

Crunch!

His right arm blew off with a spray of blood.

But it was at that moment that he suddenly charged, like a divine mountain in motion, and slammed into the spearwoman’s chest. At the same time, his left arm shot out and ruthlessly hit her in the gut.

The spearwoman let out a muffled grunt, and her body bent like a cooked shrimp and trembled uncontrollably.

But she was firm and unyielding. Her arms wrapped around Su Yi’s neck like snakes. If she tightened her grip, he was sure to lose!

Su Yi immediately flipped his palm to hold her down, pressing his left arm on her shoulder.

All of a sudden, the two of them were tangled up like a fried dough twist, and they both slammed to the ground together.

Bang!!

Dust filled the air.

In the end, the spearwoman found herself pressed to the ground, and she couldn’t help but let out a pained cry.