I Have A Sword

The Great Daoist Brush Master was going crazy.

Ye Guan's aura had become completely abnormal. Inside his body, a dozen phantom-like figures emerged. They were True Void Spirits!

At first, he thought he was seeing things. After all, True Void Spirits were mysterious beings from the Boundary of Truth and Illusion. Why the hell would they help Ye Guan of all people?

And it wasn't just one or two; there were a dozen True Void Spirits!

What the hell?!

Each True Void Spirit was comparable to a top-tier Transcendent Realm elite, and a dozen of them had just emerged from Ye Guan's figure.

This was absolutely insane.

The Great Daoist Brush Master went completely numb.

Ji Zhan had realized something was wrong. Ye Guan's power had become unnaturally overwhelming. His heart trembled. How had his strength suddenly increased by tenfold?

However, there was no time to think. Ye Guan's sword was already upon him.

Ji Zhan could feel the scent of death pressing in. He didn't dare to hold back any longer. Clenching both fists, he suddenly summoned a dark-golden armor over his body.

The Imperial Armor.

This was one of the Empire's greatest treasures, on par with the Imperial Seal. Once activated, not even those from the Transcendent Realm could easily break it.

However, that wasn't all. As Ji Zhan raised his fists, blinding golden light erupted from his body alongside the Imperial Seal, shooting toward Ye Guan.

The armor was capable of both defense and offense!

Just then, Ye Guan's sword came crashing down.

Boom!

With one slash, the golden light shattered. Before anyone could even react, Ji Zhan was sent flying hundreds of thousands of meters away! The sky was filled with cataclysmic sword energy.

The golden light was shredded into nothingness.

By the time Ji Zhan came to a halt, his Imperial Armor had shattered into pieces. Even the powerful aura around him was being crushed by the invisible force.

The world went deathly quiet.

Everyone stood frozen, like statues.

Had Ye Guan just sent Ji Zhan flying with one slash?

The Celestial Clan stared at Ye Guan, completely dumbfounded.

Our new clan leader... isthatstrong?

Ye Guan took a deep breath, his hand still trembling. He looked at Ji Zhan in the distance and calmly asked, "That's it?"

His words instantly ignited the morale of the Celestial Clan. The warriors roared in unison, and countless powerful auras surged toward the heavens!

Their morale skyrocketed by more than tenfold!

In the distance, Ji Zhan slowly lifted his head to look at Ye Guan, disbelief in his eyes. He hadn't expected Ye Guan's strength to spike so violently. Behind him, even Taigu Qing and the others were stunned speechless.

None of them could believe what they were seeing.

"Ye Guan!" Just then, the Great Daoist Brush Master roared, "You broke the rules!"

Ye Guan glanced at him. "What rules?"

The Great Daoist Brush Master snapped, "We agreed that this was going to be a fair competition! No cheating! You—"

He was so angry he could barely speak. Damn it, he couldn't even curse this bastard's family. He had to change his words. "You traitor! Isn't this cheating?!"

Ye Guan remained calm. "How exactly am I cheating?"

The Great Daoist Brush Master fumed. "If you're not cheating, why the hell are the True Void Spirits helping you? And not just one, there are a dozen of them!"

Ye Guan replied, "Didn't you cheat, too? If you didn't, why is the entire Empire backing you so wholeheartedly?"

"You!"

The Great Daoist Brush Master pointed at him, hand shaking with rage. "You're just being shameless now, aren't you?"

Ye Guan said, "You got help through your own ability, and I got mine through my own ability. Why can't I get some help?"

The Great Daoist Brush Master stared him down. "I became the Empire's Grand Preceptor through my own ability. And you? How did you get these True Void Spirits to help you? Go on, explain it!"

Ye Guan said calmly, "Let's be clear here. Our agreement was simple: you don't call in help from outside this world, and I don't call my family. Did I call my family? Did I?!"

The Great Daoist Brush Master latched onto that point. "Then tell me, why are those True Void Spirits helping you?!"

Ye Guan replied, "Are they my family?"

The Great Daoist Brush Master stared daggers at him.

Ye Guan shrugged. "You're welcome to get their help, too. No one's stopping you."

Everyone had no idea what to say.

The Great Daoist Brush Master's face turned a sickly shade of green.

He knew damn well Ye Guan had used his family connection. Otherwise, there was no way those True Void Spirits would help him.

True Void Spirits were beings from the Boundary of Truth and Illusion. They were proud and detached. Even he couldn't command them, so why would they help Ye Guan?

Just... why?

At that moment, Ye Guan said, "You got the Empire to fight for you through your own strength. I got these True Void Spirits to help me through my own strength. Fair's fair, isn't it?"

The Great Daoist Brush Master opened his mouth to argue, but before he could speak, Ye Guan vanished like a ghost.

Swoosh!

A sword light tore through the air, hurtling straight at the Great Daoist Brush Master.

Ye Guan's eyes locked on him. With his current power, he could absolutely kill the Great Daoist Brush Master. He just had to kill him, and the battle would be over forever.

Just as the sword was about to land, the Great Daoist Brush Master suddenly vanished from where he stood. Ye Guan's sword hit nothing but air.

The Great Daoist Brush Master stood far in the distance.

Ye Guan narrowed his eyes. "Your strength..."

The Great Daoist Brush Master ignored him. His gaze fell on the True Void Spirits around Ye Guan.

"If you help him again," he said darkly, "when I break free in the future, I'll make sure none of you will have a burial place.

The True Void Spirits around Ye Guan trembled slightly; they recognized how dangerous the Great Daoist Brush Master was.

Ye Guan solemnly said. "I, Ye Guan, swear on my life that if you help me today, I'll never let him harm you."

"You and your damn oath!" the Great Daoist Brush Master roared. "What the hell does your promise mean?! You're just relying on your damned family! Don't you feel any shame?!"

Ye Guan stared at him. "First of all, I didn't call anyone. Secondly, so what if I'm relying on my family? That's my father, my grandfather, and my aunt, why can't I use their help? If you've got family, go get them to help you!"

"Fine! Fine!" The Great Daoist Brush Master laughed in fury, "You've completely lost your shame, huh?"

Ye Guan flatly replied, "Stop whining. Just answer me, did I call anyone in?Huh?Did I?!"

The Great Daoist Brush Master was so angry that his aura was destabilizing.

"Ye Guan!" Taigu Qing shouted. "Do you think you're invincible now?"

Ye Guan didn't waste a word. He raised his sword and slashed out.

Taigu Qing's face paled. With a wave of his sleeve, a black battle flag flew out.

The Taigu War Flag.

It was an ancient treasure of the Taigu clan. As it flew, black light surged like a tidal wave. The moment it touched Ye Guan's sword, it was ripped to shreds. The overwhelming sword force then smashed into Taigu Qing, blasting him away.

Ye Guan didn't bother wasting any more breath on the Great Daoist Brush Master. Raising his sword high, he roared, "Celestial Clan, follow my command. Kill them all!"

Ye Guan charged first.

"Kill them all!" Every Celestial Clan member roared and soared into the sky, charging at the empire's forces.

They were outnumbered and weaker overall, but their momentum was unstoppable. Every single one of them was pushing themselves beyond their limits.

Seeing Ye Guan charge, Taigu Qing's face went pale again. Ye Guan's strength was just insane; he was basically unstoppable.

Sure enough, Ye Guan struck first at the Taigu Clan. In a flash, he clashed with a top-tier expert and obliterated his fleshly body with a single sword. If not for backup, even the man's soul would have been destroyed.

Seeing Ye Guan crush a Transcendent Realm cultivator so easily, the others were left in total shock.

Ye Guan didn't even bother with the Empire's Transcendent Realm experts. He was focused solely on taking down the Taigu Clan. Within just a few seconds, he shattered the fleshly bodies of three more of them, leaving only their souls.

Taigu Qing's expression changed dramatically from afar, and he urgently shouted, "Retreat! Fall back! Now!"

There was no way he could let the Transcendent Realm elites of the Taigu Clan die here. They were the clan's foundation. If they were lost, the Taigu Clan's influence would take a huge hit.

"We can't retreat!" Just then, the Great Daoist Brush Master stepped forward, his voice sharp and sinister. "He can't possibly withstand the power of so many True Void Spirits. He's already at his limits. The only reason he's aggressively attacking your clan is to crush your morale and force you to retreat!"

In the distance, Ye Guan suddenly looked up at the Great Daoist Brush Master and grinned. "Wow,you're smart. You actually figured that out.Hahaha!"

With that, he charged at another elite from the Taigu Clan.

Watching Ye Guan grow fiercer the longer he fought, Taigu Qing didn't believe a word the Great Daoist Brush Master had told him. Instead, he roared, "Retreat! Everyone, fall back now!"

Without hesitation, he turned and fled, bringing all the Taigu Clan's experts with him.

The Great Daoist Brush Master shouted, "You can't retreat! He's about to—"

Taigu Qing turned and pointed at him, cursing, "Who the hell do you think you are?! If you think you're so good, go fight him yourself!"