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In truth, if the Old Mansion Master of the Sky Serpent Mansion hadn't broken through to Dou Zun, exceeding Emperor Tian She's expectations, this battle should have been a guaranteed victory for the Imperial Family.
After all, the Sky Serpent Imperial Family had prepared too many schemes for this day.
First, they had the Dou Zong experts drink the semi-finished Red Flame Celestial Liquid and lured everyone to the Heavenly Water Cold Pond to forcibly interrupt the Old Mansion Master's secluded breakthrough.
Next was Tu She's backstab. Finally, they signed agreements with the Dark Abyss Gate and Azure Wolf Valley to pin down the Water Serene Demonic Python belonging to the Sky Serpent Mansion.
Under this series of moves, the Sky Serpent Mansion was in a completely passive position. Had it not been for the Old Mansion Master revealing his Dou Zun cultivation, the Sky Serpent Mansion would likely have raised the white flag in surrender.
However, all of this was shattered by the anomaly that was the Old Mansion Master.
Even so, Emperor Tian She had one final preparation!
That was himself!
So, he had now deployed his ultimate trump card.
The Sky Son Sword was unsheathed, and a cold glint flashed.
"Wind Extreme: Annihilation!"
As the sword light flashed, even the space itself was sliced apart!
The Old Mansion Master only saw a flash of light before his eyes; the distance in space seemed non-existent as that azure sword glow arrived before him instantly. That deathly cold azure sword glow caused the hair on the Old Mansion Master's entire body to stand on end.
Without any hesitation, he relied on his Dou Zun cultivation to forcibly manipulate the surrounding Spatial Power, attempting to isolate this azure sword glow. However, the normally invincible Spatial Power was actually sliced right through by this azure sword glow.
In the nick of time, the Old Mansion Master's figure retreated explosively.
Splurt
Nevertheless, a spray of blood still flew from the Old Mansion Master's left arm.
In this clash between a One-Star Dou Zun and a Nine-Star Dou Zong, no one expected that the one to bleed first would actually be the Old Mansion Master of the Sky Serpent Mansion, a One-Star Dou Zun.
This was too unexpected!
The occurrence of this sudden turn of events even startled Jin She and Mu She, who were currently fighting the three Dou Zong from the Imperial Family. Because of their distraction, they immediately fell into a disadvantage.
As for the Old Mansion Master, although his injury was not severe—his left arm only having a small gash—his expression changed for the first time since he had emerged from seclusion.
"This is... the Sword Dao! I didn't expect someone to still walk such a path today. Your Majesty Tian She, you likely haven't been practicing the ancestral Cultivation Technique passed down by your Imperial Family, have you?"
Though it was a question, the Old Mansion Master's tone was quite certain.
After all, the ancestors of the Imperial Family and the Sky Serpent Mansion were a pair of fellow disciples; they were naturally familiar with each other's primary Cultivation Techniques and certain inherited Dou Techniques.
However, the Old Mansion Master was certain that the Dou Technique Emperor Tian She had just used was not ancestral!
"Ah, naturally. If I majored in the Imperial Family's Cultivation Technique, wouldn't your Sky Serpent Mansion be able to see through it at a glance? To obtain the Cultivation Technique I currently practice, my Imperial Family exhausted a great deal of effort."
As Emperor Tian She spoke, he reached out and stroked the Sky Son Sword. At the same time, the Emperor himself looked as if he had transformed into a sharp, unsheathed sword!
When the path of the sword is cultivated to the limit, it is not difficult to fight across levels.
Furthermore, what he practiced was not a simple Sword Dao Cultivation Technique. Wind-attribute Dou Qi plus Sword Dao talent were the entry requirements for the Cultivation Technique he practiced now.
Fortunately, he happened to meet these criteria, and his talent in the Sword Dao was quite good. Thus, even though he was only around forty years old, he had already become a Nine-Star Dou Zong.
Wind-attribute Dou Qi was already naturally adept at cutting.
The Sword Dao displayed this principle even more vividly.
Now, with wind-attribute Dou Qi combined with the Sword Dao, and the fact that a Nine-Star Dou Zong naturally has a certain understanding of Spatial Power, he was naturally able to achieve the feat of slicing through space.
It was no wonder Emperor Tian She referred to himself as the final trump card.
Because he truly had the qualifications!
Swish
"Come, Old Mansion Master! Let me see if a Dou Zun powerhouse can truly block my Sword Dao!"
Pointing his sword at the Old Mansion Master, Emperor Tian She issued a dominant declaration.
At this moment, the Old Mansion Master naturally didn't dare to be as careless as he was at the beginning. He had already been slightly injured by Tu She's sneak attack, and now that Emperor Tian She had displayed such sharp Sword Dao cultivation, he was indeed qualified to battle him.
Subsequently, a battle wagering the fates of the Sky Serpent Imperial Family and the Sky Serpent Mansion erupted completely.
Neither side held back anymore. For a time, sword qi crisscrossed the surroundings, and endless Dou Qi exploded. Space was crushed by their mutual attacks.
When the other Dou Zong experts finished absorbing and refining the energy in their bodies and emerged from the Heavenly Water Cold Pond, they were completely stunned!
What was the situation?
Hadn't they just gone into the Heavenly Water Cold Pond for a bit?
The total time spent hadn't even exceeded an hour, and now the Sky Serpent Imperial Family and the Sky Serpent Mansion were at each other's throats? Initially, a few individual Dou Zong entertained small thoughts, wanting to fish in troubled waters.
The result was a terrifying sword qi combined with spatial compression.
Without any suspense, those Dou Zong experts who tried to pull small tricks were instantly killed by a One-Star Dou Zun and a Sword Dao expert capable of challenging a One-Star Dou Zun.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the Imperial Family and the Sky Serpent Mansion were currently fighting to the death; this was their internal struggle.
Once other forces tried to cause trouble, they didn't mind killing these guys off first. With this wave of "killing the chicken to warn the monkeys," the remaining Dou Zong experts no longer dared to act rashly.
In the end, only the Dou Zong from the Dark Abyss Gate and Azure Wolf Valley, having been recruited by the Imperial Family, were currently joining forces to fight a man who looked incredibly feminine.
That feminine-looking man was naturally the human-transformed Rank 7 Magic Beast, the Water Serene Demonic Python. However, because of the eruption of this chaotic battle, no one noticed that Xiao Lin had already quietly left the scene.
At this moment, having already sneaked into the Sky Serpent Imperial Palace, Xiao Lin had not expected that Emperor Tian She would actually be able to go head-to-head with the Dou Zun Old Mansion Master while only having a Nine-Star Dou Zong cultivation!
It could only be said that, including Xiao Lin, no one had expected Emperor Tian She to possess such terrifying Sword Dao cultivation.
"Fight, go ahead and fight. The more fiercely you fight, the better. Regardless of who wins, it has no impact on me. However, since I've come all the way to Sky Serpent Empire, I can't exactly return empty-handed!"
With a sinister smile, Xiao Lin wrapped himself in Heaven Realm soul power, avoiding the palace guards along the way as he ran straight toward the deepest part of the Imperial Palace.
As the hegemon of the Northwestern Region, there was almost no doubt that there were good things within Sky Serpent Empire. Now that the Imperial Family and the Sky Serpent Mansion were fighting, it just happened to benefit him.
Or rather, wasn't this the very reason Xiao Lin had come to Sky Serpent Empire?
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