<h4>Chapter 321 - Even True Immortals Shall Die!</h4>
“Exile Yun!”
Like a thunderous tide, the cry reverberated across the Sword Ruins. The 999 peaks of swords quivered in unison, resonating with this name!
With the demise of Ku Xuan and the other five Overseers, the Sword Cultivators who witnessed this scene were utterly conquered, their eyes zing with volcanic fervor.
These deafening cheers surged from all directions, crashing like a tsunami over the withered old man.
His cloudy, tear-streaked eyes witnessed it all. Undoubtedly, the Sword Ruins he oncemanded had nearly all turned to Yun Xiao.
“Master, wake up. It''s you against the entire Sword Ruins.” The Sword Warden sighed, his words cutting to the bone.
“Right!”
“You have already achieved greatness, why tread this path of dishonor in your twilight years?”
“Daring to defy a true Immortal of the sword, that''s a capital offense!”
“You''ve left a stain on the lineage of Sword Wardens!"
Angry curses and indifferent faces filled the air.
“You think everyone betrayed you, but in truth, you betrayed the sword,” the Sword Warden said deeply. “Master, in this life, you’ve roamed the world, sword in hand, true to your heart. Your merits areplete, why grasp at a fleeting life?”
“Hehehe...” The Withered Bone Keeper suddenlyughed bitterly. “In this vast path of immortality, what''s the point if one can''t achieve eternal life? My only mistake was choosing the wrong side, the wrong person. This mistake led to my downfall. I have nothing more to say!”
“In seeking life for yourself, you’ve doomed your descendants to die for you. Is that not a mistake?” The Sword Warden shook his head.
“It''s Yun Xiao, the high and mighty Exiled Sword Immortal, who killed them, not me!” the Withered Bone Keeper snarled. Driven into a corner, he was like a scared, cornered old dog. His fiery eyes fixed on Yun Xiao!
“Are you a reincarnated true Immortal or a reincarnated god of ughter? Wherever you go, nothing grows. You bring disaster, those who follow you thrive, those who oppose you perish. What right do you have to judge me?!”
Yun Xiao looked at him coldly. “I never condemned you. Besides, you’re right. Those in my way die. You’re just one of the many who didn’t see iting.”
There was no bond of master and disciple between him and the Withered Bone Keeper. Yun Xiao’s logic was always simple—his rise invited envy. Whoever sought his death would meet their own!
That was the way to do it—simple and brutal!
Yun Xiao''s straightforward and ruthless mindset was like a brick wall for the Withered Bone Keeper. He didn’t even get a chance to undermine Yun Xiao''s reputation!
Hebeled Yun Xiao a viin, and Yun Xiao’s response? “Yep, that’s me!”
What could he do about it?
The crowd''s eyes were sharp. Every Sword Cultivator in the Sword Ruins fervently believed that this white-robed viin would bring glory and a future to the Eternal Sword Prison!
The Nine Hells vying for supremacy, the Sword Dao reigning supreme!
Morally and in the hearts of the people, the Withered Bone Keeper had utterly lost! Millions of cold gazes and mercilessughs were the cruelest irony of his nearly century-long life. A high beginning, a low end—histe years tarnished!
Each disdainful nce was like a sword piercing his heart. He was stabbed by millions of such swords! The agony was indescribable. His world was left with nothing but blood and hatred.
He refused to ept this! Why should his life end this way? It was all Yun Xiao''s fault! Without this monster, causing the Eternal Sword to hum 100,000 times, how could he have ended up so utterly abandoned?
"You..." The Withered Bone Keeper growled, his eyes drowned in blood. He red fiercely at Yun Xiao, his body already aze with a dim yellow fire! Clearly, he was burning his life force and sacred power, gathering it into the gray Sword Soul in his hand, enhanced by a 9,000yer Sword Aura!
The gray Sword Soul roiled with death energy, emitting a deafening howl. A dim yellow tornado swirled around it, sucking in the essence of all the vegetation on the mountain of the Exile Pce, leaving everything withered!
Not a de of grass survived!
“The Withered Spirit Sword Canon, annihting all life, even true Immortals shall perish!” The Withered Bone Keeper, with his peak power in the Nine Hells, conjured a Flying Sword technique!
<i>BOOM! </i>His sacred power trembled, sting hundreds of thousands of Sword Cultivators hundreds of meters away!
A massive gray-yellow vortex suddenly spun into life, lifting the green tiles off the pce grounds. The earth, rocks, buildings... even the sky turned gray and white for a moment!
It was clear how powerful that sword was.
“If it weren’t for the Ruination Sword Array, even one percent of the power of his sword technique could probably have annihted me,” Yun Xiao reflected, gazing at the raging, ferocious sword of death below.
At the heart of that gray-yellow storm, even the Withered Bone Keeper''s beard was torn asunder! Overexerting his power, his flesh burst open, his wrinkles tore apart, oozing gray blood and tears.
His life''s pursuit was all in that sword!
“Exile Yun, let me handle this,” the Sword Warden said gravely.
“No need. He has shown you kindness; you must not act.” Yun Xiao, pressing his left hand on the array heart, had divine light shining in his eyes.
“Viin, face me!” As he spoke, the Withered Bone Keeper roared andunched his Flying Sword.
<i>Withered Spirit Sword Canon, Rootless Grass!</i>
The gray Sword Soul, entwined in the deathly storm, soared skyward like a whole underworld, lunging at Yun Xiao!
With that sword strike, all vegetation within several thousand meters withered in an instant!
The gray Rootless Grass floated in the air, seemingly slow but actually darting in a sh, aiming straight for Yun Xiao''s brow.
Yun Xiao, expressionless, pointed at the array heart, on the Prison Warden Sigil!
<i>BOOM! </i>Above the heavens, the Ruination Sword Array plummeted down!
Countless violet storms of sword energy converged into one sword, entwined with a nine-headed violet dragon, coldly gazing down at the gray-yellow storm below.
“Rootless Grass?” Yun Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, his finger changing. The violet sword formed by the Ruination Sword Array suddenly transformed into a violet strand of grass, carrying a violet hell, descending with three times the might of its opponent!
“What is this...” The Sword Warden was stunned. “He’s using the Ruination Sword Array to execute a Flying Sword technique???”
At that moment, the Sword Warden''s worldview was shattered. He had controlled the Ruination Sword Array for decades and understood the other formations of the Nine Hells. All formations were supposed to be operated in set ways... He had never heard of anyone using a formation directly as a sword technique!
It was unprecedented! As the controller of the Ruination Sword Array, this scene shook him to the core, far more than it would anyone else.
Of course, the Withered Bone Keeper thought he was the one in control! At this sight, his eyes literally burst in disbelief!
Theymen, on the other hand, watched with great interest, oblivious to the terrifying intricacies of the scene.
“Another overwhelming victory!”
Cheers erupted from the crowd, their eyes aze with excitement.
As the power of the Ruination Sword Array exploded, the two Flying Swords hadn’t even collided yet. Under the suppression of that violet haze, the Withered Bone Keeper’s storm of death was purified and evaporated on the spot!
Such a brutal violet sword formation, yet so divinely powerful! It was a crushing defeat, like snapping dry twigs!
<i>BUZZ! </i>The deathly power dissipated, leaving only that one strand of rootless gray grass.
Under the overwhelming force of the Ruination Sword Array enhanced Rootless Grass, the gray one shattered like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
<i>SPUTTER! </i>The Withered Bone suffered a blow to both body and soul, spurting out ck blood!
“MONSTER!!” With this final cry, the violet Rootless Grass pierced down,pletely engulfing his physical body!
The storm passed, leaving only a gray-white skeleton kneeling in front of the Exile Pce.
People stared dumbfounded at the skeleton, then up at the white-robed true Immortal in the sky.
After a silence of ten breaths, millions of Sword Cultivators raised their Sword Souls, pointing them towards the sky.
“We swear to follow Exile Yun, to forge a new era of the Sword Dao!”
Nearly all the Sword Cultivators of the Sword Ruins had now gathered at the Exile Pce. It was no longer just a million. Even those who couldn’t make it could see from afar the Ruination Sword Array executing the Withered Bone Keeper, thest rebel of the Sword Ruins.
The news of Yun Xiao''s scheme had already spread across the 999 sword peaks.
The Sword Cultivators never imagined they’d all be yed by him...
“Everyone!” Yun Xiao slowly retracted the Prison Warden Sigil, grasping the Heaven Burial Sword Soul in his right hand, pointing towards the heavens. “The full support of the Sword Ruins has brought me this glory. I won’t bother with titudes about repaying kindness; from now on, I stand with you all. Whoever opposes us, this will be their fate!”
Saying this, he then pointed Heaven Burial at the kneeling Withered Bone Keeper.
Millions of Sword Cultivators echoed his stance with their swords.
“Exile Yun is a straightforward man.”
“Indeed, no beating around the bush.”
The crowd was fervently supportive.
Sword Cultivators, by nature, were direct. Yun Xiao’s frankness earned their respect.
Watching those passionate eyes, the Sword Warden mused, “Though some have fallen, the Sword Ruins are now united, stronger than before.”
“Normal! Collusion inside and outside only leads to vulnerability, but united, our strength doubles,” Yun Xiao said. This was why he dealt with the Ku Family and others so decisively.
“The arrogant powers of the eight hells will soon hear the news,” the Sword Warden said grimly.
“Let''s see if they rush in or cower in fear,” Yun Xiao added.
“Knowing them, they’ll be more anxious,” the Sword Wardenmented.
Yun Xiao didn’t say much. The threat from the eight hells was significant! And the Immortal Jades of the Sword Ruins wouldn’tst forever. Not to mention Blue Star and Red Moon also burned through a lot of resources.
“I hope we canst until the Nine Hells Conquest sh! Once it starts, except for fair battles, they can''t scheme behind our backs,” the Sword Warden said.
“When does it start?” Yun Xiao asked.
“In just over half a month,” the Sword Warden replied.
Yun Xiao paused. He had thought it was in the next few days. More than half a month? That was too long!
“Feeling the pressure?” the Sword Warden asked.
“What pressure? In more than half a month, even if they dig up their ancestors, it won’t matter.” Yun Xiao chuckled. He nned to stay and cultivate in the Ruination Sword Array. With so much time, he would be soaring.
“I''m just worried they might take a desperate gamble, attacking the Sword Ruins with the forces of the eight hells before thepetition.” The Sword Warden frowned, “In that case, three Ruination Sword Arrays and a billion Immortal Jades wouldn’t be enough.”