Chapter 83: Chapter 79: Questioning the Upper Immortals with a Blade and a Laugh

Lu Xuan strode forward, closing the distance. His movement swept up the withered leaves and branches from the ground, sending four or five cherry blossom petals swirling in his wake.

An Instant later, he was standing beside Hou Qingshan. The latter was pinned to the ground by the Broken Blade, letting out a piercing, miserable howl!

On the horizon, terrifying auras surged forth amidst a vast, brilliant light. Celestial Humans soared into the sky one after another, each like a blazing Great Sun as they traversed the heavens.

Even more so, the aura of an Earth Immortal, like a monstrous tidal wave, swept across and overwhelmed the entirety of East Sea City!

Countless citizens felt as if they were suffocating, their limbs turning ice-cold!

“How dare you, an ant, harm my nephew!”

From the horizon, the Demon Immortal, a being on par with a Demon King, roared in fury. His voice boomed like a great bell, each step he took making the Celestial Vault tremble as his terrifying aura crashed down upon Lu Xuan!

Lu Xuan felt the circulation of his qi and blood freeze. Under the terrifying pressure, he couldn’t move a single inch, and his breathing was forced to a halt!

But then, in the sea of his mind, the Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword and the shattered Heaven-Flipping Seal trembled. The frozen qi and blood began to flow once more. He felt a lightness in his body, all restraints vanishing.

The young man raised his head, looking at the Celestial Humans in the sky who were like Great Suns traversing the firmament, and at the enraged Demon Immortal leading them. A brilliant smile appeared on his face.

Immediately,

Lu Xuan pulled out the Broken Blade. Before Hou Qingshan’s horrified gaze, he stepped on his back and laid the blade across his neck.

Then, Lu Xuan raised his head and called out lightly:

“Halt.”

The thirty-odd Celestial Humans and the Demon Immortal, who was radiating a murderous aura, actually came to a stop!

A young man with a broken blade, his foot on a prodigy from outside the pass, single-handedly facing a blazing Demon Immortal and Celestial Humans who were like Great Suns—the scene froze, becoming a portrait in time!

The younger Celestial Humans watching from a distance fell silent. They watched quietly as a flurry of complex emotions rose in their hearts.

After a long moment, the favored daughter of the heavens dressed in blue robes shook her head and sighed softly:

“I misjudged before. To think such a small place could produce a young man like this… It’s just a pity. He might have had a chance to become a peerless figure in the future, but he’s acting so impulsively now. He’s reckless and ignorant, inviting a great disaster. He is doomed to fall today, his life cut short!”

As she spoke, she sighed again, shaking her head in pity.

Holding a blade to the neck of a prodigy from outside the pass in front of more than thirty Celestial Humans and a Demon King comparable to an Earth Immortal was one thing, but to also shout at those great figures in the sky who were like Great Suns…

Now, he was well and truly beyond saving, even by an Immortal!

Another long-haired young man spoke indifferently:

“This is quite normal. The world is vast, isn’t it? It’s true that some small places can produce prodigies, but how many has anyone ever heard of? The reason is that they are often limited by their perspective and lack powerful backing. Just like the young man before us, they die prematurely.”

These descendants of Celestial Humans and even Earth Immortals were all shaking their heads. Some sighed in pity, some watched with cold detachment, and others gloated at his misfortune, all waiting for the young man’s miserable end.

「Meanwhile, in the sky.」

The Demon Immortal’s gaze was piercing and utterly cold, tinged with a faint killing intent.

He looked down from on high and said indifferently:

“Whose descendant is this? Truly audacious… Is this the sincerity of the Human Race’s peace talks? It seems not enough blood has been shed at the Great Wall. I must go back and report this, and have the various great powers continue to assault the pass!”

The Confucian Celestial Human who had been accompanying the mayor of East Sea City turned pale. He hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his head, and said:

“Mr. Hou Wushu, this is an accident. This junior is reckless and audacious. His actions have absolutely no connection to us. The Federation desires peace more than anyone!”

“Is that so?” The Demon Immortal, called Hou Wushu, glanced sideways. He then pointed at Lu Xuan below and said coldly, “The blade is already at my nephew’s neck! This nephew of mine is the legitimate son of my elder brother. And my elder brother is a Little Saint, a great power of this era. If any harm should befall my nephew…”

The Confucian Celestial Human wiped the sweat from his brow and struggled to speak:

“I will handle this!”

With that, he looked down condescendingly at Lu Xuan and shouted:

“Junior, I am the Grand Inspector specially appointed by the Federation! Lower your blade at once! Do you have any idea who this is?”

“Grand Inspector?” Lu Xuan raised his head, looking this Celestial Human straight in the eye, and asked, “If I recall correctly, an inspector is responsible for maintaining public order and upholding peace. The duty of a Grand Inspector should be the same, should it not?”

After a pause, he continued his interrogation:

“These past few days, when those so-called ’prodigies’ were acting arrogantly and throwing their weight around in East Sea City, where were you? When this guy used forty-seven civilians as blood sacrifices within five days, where were you then? And now you decide to jump out?”

As he spoke, Lu Xuan pressed the Broken Blade down, drawing a line of blood on Hou Qingshan’s neck. The latter was so scared he shivered, trembling from his spine to the tips of his hair!

High above, the Confucian Celestial Human, who resembled a Great Sun, had a grim expression.

“Junior, you know nothing, and you understand nothing. But I don’t blame you. After all, you don’t understand the bigger picture. Put down the blade, and I will guarantee your safety.”

This time, before Lu Xuan could speak, Lu Xiuyuan, who had been standing behind him, stepped forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the young man.

He raised his head and spat out a stream of profanity:

“You fucking idiot, get lost!”

The expressions of all the Celestial Humans froze. The Confucian Celestial Human, who held the post of the Federation’s Grand Inspector, looked especially ghastly. He was just about to lash out in anger, but then he got a clear look at Lu Xiuyuan’s face and paused, stunned.

Meanwhile, the cold-faced Demon Immortal to the side flew into a rage. He ground out each word through clenched teeth:

“Lu. Xiu. Yuan!”

He roared, his furious cry shaking the sky and echoing throughout all of East Sea City. Many citizens clapped their hands over their ears and fell to the ground, writhing. They had clearly been affected by the roar and were in great pain.

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