First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1016 - Attacking From Another Realm

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer still remembered Su Yi’s warning, and he dared not investigate with his divine sense. He simply evaluated it with his eyes.

Alas, due to the distance, he couldn’t see the silkworm’s characteristics clearly.

“Old Monster Su, did you see a silkworm like that when you were here?” asked Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer.

Su Yi shook his head. “No, and I would have noticed. I was trapped here for over a hundred years. I had so much time that I counted each and every leaf on that tree. There were 10,836 of them exactly.”

“....” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer didn’t quite know what to say. How bored do you have to be to count the leaves on a tree?

“In that case, the golden silkworm must have appeared recently,” said Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer.

Su Yi reincarnated five hundred years ago.

But he’d spent most of that time trapped in the Path of Samsara. During those long years leading up to his reincarnation, he saw no sign of the golden silkworm.

So it must have appeared after his rebirth.

“Strictly speaking, it must have appeared within the last eighteen years,” said Su Yi. It had been almost nineteen years since his rebirth, which is what led him to that conclusion.

“Strange. This is the Netherworld’s source. What’s a living thing like that doing here?” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer found it increasingly strange. “Furthermore, it’s eating the leaves of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara. That’s simply unbelievable!”

“Let me have a look.” Su Yi was intrigued too. He took a deep breath, then prepared to risk investigating with his divine sense.

Furthermore, he was prepared to immediately sever his divine sense should the tree’s power of rebirth latch onto it.

He most certainly didn’t want to reincarnate again.

Whoosh!

Su Yi used the mysteries of reincarnation to manipulate his divine sense, and it cautiously shot toward the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara.

However, before it could get close to the silkworm, something unexpected happened.

Boom!

The leaf the golden silkworm was on lit up, and a dazzling silver divine arrow shot out of the world outlined on its surface.

It instantly shattered Su Yi’s divine sense.

Then, the silver arrow continued through the air, its power undiminished as it shot toward Su Yi.

This arrow was incomparably terrifying and as radiant as a flowing beam of light. Its tip was carved with strange silver Dao Markings, and it emanated an indescribable, terrifying majesty.

Boom!

The chaotic energy around the tree surged, and the power of the Laws interwove. Its power was more than enough to crush the likes of Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer.

It interfered with the arrow’s path, too.

But shockingly, the arrow was unsurpassed in its sharpness, and it forcefully cut a path through the chaotic energy, scattering a rain of silver light as it shot toward Su Yi.

Terrifying!

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer didn’t even pause to think. He immediately stood protectively in front of Su Yi and attacked with all his might.

“Hah!” His hands formed a mighty, unfathomable divine seal, which he flung through the air.

Bang!!

The divine seal and silver arrow clashed, splitting apart with a resounding blast.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer didn’t even have time to dodge. The silver arrow bore right through the side of his chest, and blood burst forth like a geyser.

He’d blocked the arrow, and much of its power had been neutralized, but its tip still poked through his back.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer shuddered with agony, and his face paled. He gasped repeatedly. “Fuck! Just what kind of expert attacked us!?”

Su Yi’s expression darkened, and the depths of his profound gaze surged with monstrous fury.

This ambush had come far too suddenly and far too unexpectedly.

It caught him completely off guard too.

And their opponent had obviously already been aware of their arrival. When he sensed Su Yi’s divine sense approaching the golden silkworm, he struck to kill without the slightest hesitation!

There was no doubt about it; whoever this person was, he didn’t take Su Yi or Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer at all seriously. Otherwise, there was no way he would have attacked without a word!”

“How are your wounds?” asked Su Yi.

“Not enough to kill me.” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s breathing was a bit labored as he endured the pain. “However, this arrow’s power is incomparably insidious. It’s actually corroding and destroying my life force! It’ll take some time to stop it.”

Su Yi’s gaze focused. “You’ll just have to endure for now. I'll treat your wounds in a bit.”

He’d already sensed that as the arrow shot through the chaos, the energy of the Netherworld’s source more than halved its power. Were that not the case, Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer would have taken unimaginable damage!

It was then that a regretful voice rang out. “What a pity. I actually failed to kill that kid! What a waste of a Meteor Arrow.”

Su Yi suddenly looked up. A human figure had appeared in the world reflected in the leaf the golden silkworm was gnawing on.

His hair was white as snow, and his thin figure was covered in blue armor. He looked like he was in his twenties, and his features were handsome but cold. As his eyes opened and closed, they surged with monstrous silver firelight.

He carried a longbow, and he had a black quiver of arrows hanging from his waist. Even standing there casually, he had a cruel, wanton, prideful majesty about him.

All of these seemed entirely unbelievable.

This godlike white-haired man had appeared in the world reflected on a leaf of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara. Although it seemed like he was standing there, he gave off the impression that he was unreachably far away.

As if there were endless time and space between them.

“That guy is dangerous. Whatever you do, be careful.” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer grimly transmitted a warning.

This place was the Netherworld’s source!

This person had appeared on a leaf of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara and fired a silver arrow into the Netherworld's source. Such methods were unbelievable, no different from the abilities of a god or immortal.

“I’ll naturally proceed with caution, but that doesn’t mean I’ll hold my nose and tolerate this,” Su Yi transmitted back. His eyes surged with cold and imposing murderous intent.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer was alarmed. “Old Monster Su, don’t do anything reckless! Be careful not to get yourself reincarnated again!”

Su Yi nodded.

As the two conversed, the white-haired, armored man reflected on the leaf conversed with someone too. His mouth opened and closed, and from time to time, he nodded his head.

Alas, his figure was merely part of the world reflected on the leaf. It was like the surface of a mirror, and firelight surged within it. It was impossible to tell just who he was talking to.

Suddenly, he looked up, his eyes shining like the sun. Their light pierced through the misty chaotic energy and locked onto Su Yi and Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer.

Then, he laughed and said slowly, “Very well. I’ll give you two an opportunity. So long as you answer my questions, I’ll let you go. Otherwise…”

He patted the quiver hanging from his waist. “I wouldn’t mind using these Meteor Arrows to kill you both.”

His tone was casual, and his gaze was proud and contemptuous, as if he were a sovereign issuing decrees.

This was a completely blatant threat!

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s brow furrowed, and his expression was unsightly.

Su Yi’s gaze was increasingly calm. “What do you want to know?”

The white-haired man’s eyes shone with imposing light. “Tell me how you entered the source of reincarnation.”

One sentence, and Su Yi and Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer realized that the man most likely didn’t know about the Path of Samsara leading to the Netherworld’s source! “We walked in, of course.” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer grinned, his expression rife with mockery.

The white-haired man’s expression darkened. “You’re seeking death.”

He then plucked a silver arrow from his quiver, strung his longbow, and fired.

Boom!!

Terrifying silver radiance burst forth, accompanied by a blast of wind and thunder.

The silver arrow shot out of that “illusory world”, quick as an arc of divine light. It penetrated the layers of chaotic power as it shot right toward them.

Su Yi grabbed Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer and dodged to the side.

Terrifyingly, even though Su Yi reacted in time, when the silver arrow shot toward him, its terrifying energy fluctuations went off like an exploding sun. They sent him staggering back, and his blood and qi churned.

“A Celestial Law! It’s not at all inferior to Heavenly Prayer or Cosmic Silence!” Su Yi’s eyes flashed. He was starting to understand.

The power of that silver arrow could shoot into the Netherworld’s source because it was covered with the supreme Celestial Laws of a star realm!

However, Su Yi still didn’t understand how their assailant had appeared in the world reflected on the surface of the leaf.

These methods were far too unbelievable.

“You’re only in the Profound Illumination Realm, but you can actually pass through the source of reincarnation without fear of the suppression of its Laws. That’s truly unbelievable.” The white-haired man seemed to understand something, and his eyes blazed with startling divine light. “As you can see, the gulf between us is enormous. If I want to kill you, it won’t matter that you can pass safely through the source of reincarnation. You’ll still die beyond a shadow of a doubt within three arrows!”

But then, he sharply changed tacks. “But if you’re willing to cooperate and give me a portion of your origin energy, I can spare your lives and grant you an enormous stroke of good fortune.”

Su Yi’s gaze was calm and indifferent. He ignored this offer completely. Instead, he placed the grievously injured Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer on his back and proceeded toward the distant tree.

Whoosh!

The power of reincarnation surged around him, and wherever he passed, the misty aura of chaos silently dispersed, clearing a path.

“What’s the meaning of this? Want to throw your life away?” The white-haired man frowned in confusion.

Su Yi still paid him no heed. As he drew near the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara, he soared upward toward the leaf.

“Little bastard! How dare you ignore me!? Stop right there! Get any closer, and I’ll kill you!” The white-haired man surged with murderous intent as he realized that something was amiss about Su Yi’s behavior. He immediately strung his bow and aimed an arrow at Su Yi.

“Tell me, what will happen if I kill that golden silkworm?” said Su Yi coolly, his gaze distant and inscrutable.

Kcch!

Sword qi struck like lightning, effortlessly cleaving through the chaotic energy. It was so quick that it was unbelievable.

The white-haired man’s expression shifted, and he attacked directly.

Boom!

A silver divine arrow shot forth with unfathomable power. It was terrifying beyond limit.

A heaven-shaking blast followed, scattering a rain of light.

But against the white-haired, armored man’s expectations, when his incomparably tyrannical arrow clashed with that streak of sword qi, it suffered a devastating impact and shattered inch by inch!

Kcch!

In the end, the sword qi shattered too.

Even so, the white-haired man still lost his cool, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

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