Maximum Comprehension: Taking Care of Swords In A Sword Pavilion

Chapter 2164: 920, Cloud Heaven Dao Gate
 

“That’s all there is to it.”

In his own Sect Main Hall, using the might of the sect to launch an attack, he was surprisingly unable to harm the adversary in the slightest, and could not even make the sword edge advance an inch.

In such a scenario, to be called merely average was indeed accurate.

Yet, the person being called average was the leader of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, the foremost figure of the sect, whose cultivation abilities and combat strength were both the strongest within ten thousand miles.

Such a character, just average?

Above in the grand hall, there was complete silence.

Everyone gaped in terror as Su Juesheng stepped into the grand hall.

“Who are you!” Xia Mingtang’s face tightened as he pointed his three-foot-long sword at the other.

Behind him, dazzling lights surged.

These were the forces of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s protection array gathering, with the origin power of heaven and earth brewing.

The masters and elders in the hall intertwined their blood essence and origin, rushing it towards Xia Mingtang.

This was the power of the whole sect’s strength.

If it were anywhere else, Xia Mingtang could not have done this.

But here was the grand hall of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

Here was the strongest place of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

“I heard there’s a Sword Nurturing Hut in the All-Encompassing Sword Sect with quite a few fine swords?” Su Juesheng’s voice suddenly rang out.

Sword Nurturing Hut?

Fine swords?

The visitor came for the swords in the Sword Nurturing Hut?

Xia Mingtang and everyone in the hall were stunned.

If the visitor was an invading enemy, then fighting to the death was acceptable.

But if the visitor merely came to take a sword, there was no need for the All-Encompassing Sword Sect to fight a deadly battle.

The All-Encompassing Sword Sect was a major sect, not a petty family quarreling over a moment of pride.

A major sect’s most basic ability was to be flexible, to yield and to assert as needed.

“If you want a sword, the All-Encompassing Sword Sect can gift you a fine sword from the Sword Nurturing Hut,” Xia Mingtang looked at the steadily advancing Su Juesheng and spoke clearly.

This statement made Su Juesheng stop in his tracks.

Was this an opportunity?

Everyone above in the grand hall exhaled a sigh of relief.

The pressure Su Juesheng gave them was too great.

“A fine sword from the Sword Nurturing Hut is so readily given as a gift, yet why is the reward from Skywind Ridge only ten Great Pantheon Stones?”

Su Juesheng’s voice echoed in the grand hall.

For a moment, everyone in the grand hall was dumbfounded.

What did he mean?

Where did this person come from?

Why is he concerning himself with the affairs of Skywind Ridge?

Such a strong figure came all the way to All-Encompassing Peak just for those ten Great Pantheon Stones?

A flicker of bewilderment crossed Xia Mingtang’s face, then he finally spoke, “Fellow Daoist, from whence have you come?”

Su Juesheng laughed heartily, his figure dissipating on the spot.

But the instant his figure dispersed, everyone in the grand hall felt their hair stand on end.

It was the tense feeling of being targeted by a venomous snake, as if a sword were hanging over one’s head.

“Dang—”

A sword edge appeared three feet in front of Xia Mingtang, then was blocked by a golden light barrier.

The sword edge struck the light barrier, causing the barrier to shimmer brilliantly as cracks appeared, but it was not severed by the sword.

Yet to everyone in the grand hall, that sight was almost unimaginable.

The light barrier in front of Xia Mingtang was formed by gathering the entire All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s power, harnessing the grand array.

A sword that could break this barrier had to have at least Dao Extinguishing combat strength!

“Are you of the Dao Extinguishing Realm?”

“Why would someone of such cultivation undertake an assassination?”

Xia Mingtang spoke solemnly, his eyes fixed on the figure that had appeared.

A Dao Extinguishing realm cultivator could do as they pleased within a radius of thirty thousand li, taking whatever they wanted.

Such a person coming to assassinate him at the All-Encompassing Sword Sect main hall, out of boredom?

“Assassination?” Su Juesheng shook his head and raised his hand to take out a jade box and tossed it forward.

“I am merely here to return this item to you.”

The figure vanished, then reappeared at the entrance of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s main hall.

“I really don’t understand what you all are thinking, trying to dismiss Moon-Encompassing Peak with merely ten Great Pantheon Stones.”

The voice lingered, but the person had already disappeared.

Inside the main hall, besides the slowly fading light screen and the glow of blood essence, no one stirred or spoke.

Everyone was stunned by this effortless display of entering and leaving freely.

What kind of person could treat the grand hall of the All-Encompassing Peak as if it were empty?

“Him, I recognize him!”

A low cry rang out, and everyone in the hall turned to look at the middle-aged Daoist in a black robe.

The Daoist’s expression changed rapidly, his eyes conveying disbelief.

“He, he is Su Juesheng, a lone cultivator Su Juesheng, an expert in covert sword assassination.”

“He, he was only at the Half-Step Dao Breaking realm three years ago.”

Three years ago at the Half-Step Dao Breaking realm, and now he could charge into All-Encompassing Peak all by himself?

Is this a joke?

In the main hall, some disbelieved, some were confused, and others turned their heads to look at Xia Mingtang.

Xia Mingtang’s expression was grave, his eyes fixed on the exterior of the main hall.

“The message from Cloud Heaven Dao Gate has come through, in this battle to draft heaven, our All-Encompassing Sword Sect needs to send three thousand disciples, and fifty thousand Great Pantheon Stones,” Xia Mingtang said solemnly, provoking a murmur within the hall.

Three thousand disciples to march into the battle to draft heaven meant certain death!

Dao Realm cultivators going into such a battle barely had one in a hundred chance of surviving.

If the All-Encompassing Sword Sect sent three thousand disciples to war, the sect’s strength would undoubtedly be weakened to its very foundation.

Even if the rules of the grand battle stated that all parties must cease their conflict during the battle, once it ended, the All-Encompassing Sword Sect would certainly be destroyed.

Three thousand disciples weren’t so easily trained.

“Sect Master, why so many this time?” a white-bearded elder asked in disbelief, looking at Xia Mingtang.

Cloud Heaven Dao Gate was the largest sect within a hundred thousand li, responsible for summoning various parties to join the battle to draft heaven.

In the past, the All-Encompassing Sword Sect never sent more than three hundred disciples to battle, but this time, it was a tenfold increase.

“Because someone delivered our Wind Spirit Sword to Cloud Heaven Dao Gate,” Xia Mingtang said through gritted teeth.

Wind Spirit Sword.

The All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s sect treasure.

This sword, reportedly inherited, was handed down from a major sect.

For many years, the All-Encompassing Sword Sect dared not reveal it.

Unexpectedly, this time Sword Nurturing Hut was invaded by the traitor Yu Chenglin, who killed Elder Sun Hong of the Sword Nurturing Hut and took the Wind Spirit Sword.

“Yu Chenglin delivered the Wind Spirit Sword to Cloud Heaven Dao Gate?” someone whispered in the hall.

“Our All-Encompassing Sword Sect originated from the Ancient Righteous Heaven Sword Sect, which divided into thirty-six sword sects and battled with various forces,” Xia Mingtang shook his head and spoke.

“Now within a million li, there are two major sects that are inheritors of the Ancient Righteous Heaven Sword Sect, one of which is at loggerheads with Cloud Heaven Dao Gate, do you think Cloud Heaven Dao Gate will spare us?”

A trace of despair was evident in Xia Mingtang’s voice.

Cloud Heaven Dao Gate wanted to annihilate the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, who could stop them?

The main hall gradually fell silent.

Who could have anticipated that such disaster awaited the All-Encompassing Sword Sect?

“Alas, if this time Moon-Encompassing Peak really cannot hold off the union of several sects, it’s no matter if our sect disperses,”

someone muttered, then turned and left.

The people in the hall dispersed one after another.

At the head seat, Xia Mingtang’s eyes sparkled, and a light shadow of a Sword Jail appeared before him, hosting several figures sitting upright.

Sword Prison.

“Heh, as long as we can survive this battle to draft heaven, what does it matter if the All-Encompassing Sword Sect falls into decline?”

“This time it’s the battle for the Tianxiao Sword Realm, a powerful world, who wouldn’t be marching to their death?”

“I, Xia Mingtang, am not afraid to die, as long as Yun Shang and the others are alive…”