Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 278 The Uninvited Guest: Ye Gucheng? The Uninvited Guest

"Bang!!"

The expressions of the guards who drew their swords changed slightly. Almost simultaneously with Bai Tang, they were thrown back several meters by the force of the recoil before they could finally stop.

At this moment, they no longer cared about the ruins of Yinxia Manor.

"Such powerful true energy, it's simply not something that ordinary celestial phenomena can possess." A swordsman looked down at his right hand, his hand holding the sword trembling. If he hadn't pushed his sword energy to its limit at the end, the backlash would probably have made him unable to even hold the sword.

"What's so powerful isn't his true energy, but the fierce fire energy mixed within it."

"Yes, his cultivation method, or rather his true energy, is different from what we cultivate; there are some differences."

"The Absorbing Power Technique, the Star Absorbing Technique? Or perhaps the Northern Darkness Divine Art, a miraculous skill that can absorb other people's internal energy and true qi for one's own use? Could this person not be Xie Dong, but surely not Ren Woxing?"

All of them were grandmasters of celestial phenomena, and they could detect the anomaly with just one collision.

As they were discussing, Bai Tang's expression grew even uglier. He had intended to strike first and win by surprise, but he hadn't expected that the swordsmanship of these secret guards he was facing was no less than that of the swordsmen in the organization who had reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

"Even the Night Emperor's swordsmanship at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was probably no more than this, right?"

Although the Night Emperor was not famous for his swordsmanship, his swordsmanship skills were truly remarkable, second only to Yan Nantian, Xie Xiaofeng, Yan Shisan, and Dugu Qiubai at their peak.

However, the feeling he got from the guards in front of Bai Tang was that they were no less powerful than the Night Emperor of the past.

Four peerless swordsmen at the Celestial Realm?

This joke isn't funny.

Regardless of individual talents, among all martial arts, the sword and saber are the strongest in terms of killing power within the same realm, which is almost indisputable. One sword celestial master can often be equivalent to two ordinary celestial grandmasters.

People like Yan Nantian and Xie Xiaofeng, when they were at the Celestial Phenomenon Grandmaster level, were no match for several other Grandmasters of the same level.

If the swordsmen in front of Bai Tang were truly peerless swordsmen.

Even if he uses every trick in the book, he will probably not escape his fate today!
Suddenly.

A chilling sword aura suddenly rose up in front of Bai Tang, as if it had descended from the heavens.

Even though Bai Tang's swordsmanship wasn't particularly strong, he could still sense the terrifying sword intent mixed within that chilling sword aura.

"call out!"

The night sky was torn apart by the whistling sword light, like a stroke of thick ink on a white sheet of paper, moving at an unbelievable speed.

"This sword!"

Bai Tang's eyes were bloodshot. He had personally witnessed Xie Xiaofeng of Shenjian Villa perform the "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun" sword-snatching technique, and he had also seen the sword of Yan Nantian, who was known as the number one swordsman in the world, as well as Xue Yiren's sword.

He even had the privilege of witnessing half of the fifteenth sword strike of the Sword Demon Yan Shisan, a sword that did not belong to the mortal realm.

However, even the sword techniques used by those people did not give Bai Tang much of the feeling he had at this moment compared to the person in front of him who was wielding the sword. Those eyes, which looked like two cold stars in the darkness, seemed to have no emotion at all.

All for the sake of unleashing a flawless, pure sword strike, as clear as the blue sky and white clouds!

This is?

Bai Tang was shocked and exclaimed, "This is... a celestial being descending from the heavens? You are Ye Gucheng?"

"Wrong answer!"

The guard spoke in a deep voice, his killing intent intensifying, yet his swordplay remained unaffected, swift and brilliant as a clear blue sky and white clouds, as swift as lightning. It had reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship, and could be considered the most perfect swordsmanship seen by all.

However, Bai Tang knew.

The person wielding the sword is not perfect; they still have flaws.

"Even if you really are Ye Gucheng, I can still break your sword!" Bai Tang roared, his true energy surging wildly, like an erupting volcano. His true energy was inexhaustible, and when he struck out with his palm, it was accompanied by the power of wind and thunder, which was truly terrifying.

However, after Bai Tang made his move, he suddenly noticed a change in the sword light that was flying diagonally towards him, which terrified him.

A flaw, still a flaw, but no longer a flaw.

Because the flaws of the swordsman's imperfections become perfect when the opponent becomes one with the sword.

"Man and sword become one, the way of the sword is perfected." "A celestial being descends from the heavens, flawless and immaculate."

"Damn it, could it be that Ye Gucheng really joined the Secret Guard?"

Faced with this flawless, divine being, seemingly capable of endless transformations, Bai Tang's face turned pale with despair. He could only watch as the other's sword, like a rainbow piercing the sun, tore apart his proud and vast true energy, swiftly penetrating from a single point and stabbing towards his throat.

This lightning-fast sword strike gave Bai Tang no chance to back down.

He could only watch helplessly as he died.

That sword tore through Bai Tang's true energy. Just as the blade was about to pierce his throat, and the icy touch accompanied death, at the critical moment, a hand suddenly and strangely reached out from the air and casually grabbed the sword.

"clang!"

The sharp and domineering sword energy collided with the palm, creating a dazzling burst of fire.

The next moment, the person who appeared out of nowhere squeezed the sharp longsword in half with a slight force.

Just before he snapped his longsword, the guard who had drawn the sword had already retreated dozens of steps, landing among the group of guards behind him, watching the uninvited guest warily.

The man didn't pursue, or rather, he didn't dare to pursue.

He merely glanced at the retreating guard and the broken sword on the ground, then smiled approvingly and said, "The Celestial Immortal has such a remarkable ability to change things up; truly astounding!"

"If Ye Gucheng knew that his cousin had such skill in swordsmanship, he would be overjoyed."

The guard who drew his sword remained silent, but the flickering light in his eyes revealed that his heart was far from at peace.

Since being recruited by the Secret Guard, he has relied on the unique "Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens" move, perfected by Zhu Jinzhen, to traverse the Ming Dynasty and accomplish every mission with unparalleled success.

Even if someone recognizes his swordsmanship, they will only assume it is Ye Gucheng.

Even the secret guards who accompanied him always thought that he was Ye Gucheng, the Sword Saint of the South China Sea.

This was the first time someone had recognized his true identity.

On the other side, after a few moments of stunned silence, Bai Tang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took a step back, and bowed, saying, "Phew! Thank you for your help, Lord Brahma."

He was so close to dying.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Interesting, it seems tonight's trip was worthwhile."

The moment a round of applause rang out, a figure suddenly appeared in the center of Bai Tang, the uninvited guest, and a group of secret guards. He stood tall and gave the person in front of him a smug smile.

"A terrestrial immortal, Prince Su is indeed very generous."

"Sir, please come out as well?"

The uninvited guest, the one known as 'Brahma,' did not focus his gaze on the young terrestrial immortal before him, but instead looked up at the sky.

The next moment, several figures seemed to be stepping on invisible stairs, walking step by step into the air.

"hiss!"

"Five land immortals?"

Bai Tang was so shocked that he couldn't help but gasp and almost ran away.

Adding to the young terrestrial immortal who was already in the open from the beginning, that means there are a total of six terrestrial immortals among the secret guards of Silver Glow Manor who were dispatched to deal with him tonight.

What merit or ability does he possess?

Even back when they went to do that thing, all of them combined wouldn't have been worth so many terrestrial deities targeting them, right?

"A terrestrial immortal realm, with such a mysterious aura..." Xiao Luoyang appeared with several secret guards, staring at the uninvited guest who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After staring at him for a moment, he sneered, "So that's how it is. Using Taoist techniques to conceal your true cultivation method?"

"I thought it was just a misunderstanding, but I didn't expect you to be a Buddhist."

"Could this technique be the Marrow Cleansing Classic, one of the four great martial arts of Bodhidharma that Shaolin Temple lost for so long?"

(End of this chapter)