Chapter 441 - Start of the Nightmare
“I was exposed?”
Although Su Zimo was expressionless on the surface, he was internally shocked.
“Don’t deny it! It’s definitely you!”
Demoness Ji inched over and whispered, “You can’t hide it from me. My instincts have always been keen.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,”
Su Zimo replied indifferently before shifting his gaze towards the dozen or so figures standing at the outer perimeter of the Human Emperor’s Palace.
All of those cultivators were white-haired and old.
Although their eyes were turbid and they seemed like they were at the end of their lives, there were still terrifying auras being exuded from them.
“Something isn’t right.”
“Such burst power… watch out, that man’s a body tempered cultivator!”
Swash!
Su Zimo had already vanished from the spot and within a couple of steps, he arrived in front of the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect. His eyes shone brightly with a surging killing intent as he slammed down with his saber!
The blade cut through the void at an extremely fast speed and it was so forceful that heat was emitting from the saber!
“So fast!”
The successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect realized that the situation was bad and his hair stood on ends as his pupils constricted.
He was too careless!
With that moment of carelessness, he had lost the initiative and was now the disadvantaged party who was in danger!
Swoosh!
Slapping his storage bag, he swiftly pulled out a dark gold shield and injected spirit energy into it, lifting it above his head as it expanded.
Clang!
Another loud boom sounded when the saber clashed against the shield.
“Ugh!”
The light on the shield dimmed, as if the spirit light was severed by Su Zimo’s saber. With a dull grunt, the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect almost knelt onto the ground.
As he lifted his shield with one arm, the successor gripped his other hand into a fist that was surrounded by astral qi. He threw a punch at Su Zimo’s chest like a long spear!
This was the successor of one of the nine immortal sects, Heavenly Dipper Sect, no matter what.
That was why he was still able to retaliate despite his current circumstances.
“Don’t!”
Suddenly, Monk Jue Chen’s voice sounded.
However, it was too late.
Su Zimo’s eyes flickered with mockery when he saw the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect throw out a punch as he did the same and received the incoming punch with a punch of his own!
Bang!
The two fists collided.
The astral wind ruptured and the tides surged.
Instantly, color drained from the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect’s face as bead-like sweat droplets started flowing down from his head.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A jarring sound of bones cracking echoed out.
A few paragons turned towards the sound instinctively and their expressions changed.
The successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect’s palm had already disappeared, turning into meat sludge that hung off his wrist.
His entire arm was contorted into a weird shape with his bones protruding out of his flesh as it hung limply. With the meat hanging on his bones, it was a terrifying sight!
“Ah!”
The successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect howled in pain as he collapsed to the ground, shivering with a fearful expression.
With two slashes and a punch, the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect was crippled!
The paragons present were not the only ones shocked; even the Sealers that were watching were slightly agitated.
“In a fight between lions, one has to use their full strength. Since he underestimated his opponent, he has no one but himself to blame for landing in such a state.”
“Was it truly… just because he underestimated his opponent?”
Instantly, the tides on the battlefield had changed.
Nobody expected that the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect would land in a tragic state with a crippled arm after a single exchange of blows.
This meant that a paragon had already lost the rights to fight for the Human Emperor’s inheritance and had to withdraw.
The paragons present looked at the successor of Heavenly Dipper Sect with a pitiable expression.
Up till this point, the paragons had not realized that a nightmare that would continue to haunt them for many years to come had just begun…
Compared to some of the others present, the fate of Heavenly Dipper Sect’s successor was considered lucky.