Sage Monarch - Chapter 277

Chapter 277: 277

It was impossible to say who in history had named the swordbreaker, but it didn’t matter . It was enormously powerful, and thus, when it struck Yang Qi, he had had no choice other than to use the powers of redirection that were inherent to his godly-class energy art to send the force of the blow into the Space Portal .

If he had let it truly enter his body, he would have been done for .

Although the Grand Emperor's Pagoda might have been able to soften the blow, he still would have suffered massive damage to his meridians .

The swordbreaker was filled with the burning power of metal, like molten gold . Therefore, as its power flowed through it, it shone brilliantly, causing all heaven and earth to turn into a sea of gold .

‘What a wonderful treasure . I was just thinking that I don’t have any good weapon to fight the Crown Prince with, and this swordbreaker seems incredible . If I unleash its full potential, I think it would hurt even him . Maybe I could even blow his brains out with it . ’ With that, he sent some of his own power into the swordbreaker to try to make it his own .

“Stay your hand!” someone suddenly shouted . “The Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker belongs to the Spirit Origin Association! It was forged by a Great Sage in the distant past, and is a signature weapon of our sect . Anyone who steals it will suffer the wrath of heaven!”

A powerful aura accompanied the voice, which belonged to a middle-aged man, clad in blood-stained armor . Considering how he reeked of fiend-devils, he must have just returned from the fierce fighting above .

Rushing forward, he picked up Jin Zhenyun and poured true energy into him to try to heal him . Looking up at Yang Qi, he said, “Why are you sowing discord in Spirit Origin Association territory? Hand over the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker immediately, and come to our headquarters to beg for forgiveness . If you do, we might let you off the hook . ”

Yang Qi recognized the man’s aura immediately . ‘Half Sage!’

Half Sages such as this man and the Crown Prince were halfway to becoming Great Sages . They were in the Never-Dying Transformation, but far more powerful than that level . A single motion on their part could burn the sky and evaporate the sea, and they were easily able to manipulate magical laws .

“I was fighting the fiend-devils up there and happened to fall into this area,” Yang Qi explained in a cool voice . “I subsequently borrowed some vital energy from your territory to achieve a breakthrough . Even after I provided handsome compensation, this fellow didn’t hesitate to try to kill me . ” 

“Elder Brother, this is what happened… . ” The other disciples in the area went on to provide an explanation to the Half Sage .

“What?” the man said, visibly taken aback . “You’re saying that he just reached the third Legendary transformation, and yet was still able to hurt Jin Zhenyun this badly? And he even forcibly took the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker away?”

“That’s right, Elder Brother,” Lan Tianbo said . “We suspect that this guy has an important background . He might even be from a higher plane . We tried to get Jin Zhenyun to hold back, but he attacked him anyway . ”

“Well if that’s how it played out, then I guess we should talk things over,” the man said . Looking back at Yang Qi, he said, “Listen friend, you need to return the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker . It's a very valuable treasure, the kind that the Spirit Origin Association would stop at nothing to retrieve . Even the Great Sage prime elders would participate in the chase if you tried to take it . Besides, there’s no way you can take control of the weapon . It's protected by the will of a Great Sage that you could never possibly neutralize . If you try to forcibly take control of it, the backlash would be catastrophic for you . ”

Yang Qi sucked the golden sea of light back into the swordbreaker . “So, is this how your Spirit Origin Association does things? You people nearly killed me, even after I offered plenty of compensation . Then, instead of offering an apology, you want to take back the swordbreaker I won fair and square?”

“How impudent!” Jin Zhenyun shouted . Suddenly, golden true energy swirled out of him, as if he were preparing to try to call the swordbreaker back to him .

Unfortunately for him, now that Yang Qi had the swordbreaker, it didn't even twitch .

“How dare you, hellion! Give back the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker! Otherwise, you’re dead!” Jin Zhenyun’s eyes flashed like those of a wolf or tiger . Obviously, he just suffered a big humiliation at Yang Qi’s hands, and it was made worse by the open looks of derision on the faces of his fellow disciples .

He was a mighty Never-Dying Legendary, and Yang Qi was merely a Space-Void Legendary . They were fully six levels apart, and yet, Jin Zhenyun had been absolutely crushed . He hadn’t even been able to fight back . The entire fight had been like a joke .

Instead of responding to Jin Zhenyun, Yang Qi simply waited for the Half Sage to say something .

If the response was unsatisfactory, he would just leave . Considering the current level of his cultivation base, not even a Great Sage would be able to kill him, and in fact, might die in the process .

After all, Yang Qi merely needed to head out into the space-time tempests and find a hell monsoon .

The Half Sage thought about the situation for a moment, then said, “How about you just return the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker, and we call things even? Then you can just be on your way . ”

“I’ll remind you one last time that this Jin Zhenyun took advantage of a critical moment in my breakthrough to try to kill me . You’re asking me to just forget that?”

“Well, what do you expect? Our Spirit Origin Association is one of the three thousand great daoist sects of the Quake-Dawn Continent . Our history goes back to the Yore-Wilds of old! Can’t you give us a bit of face in this? What, you think we're going to apologize or something? Who do you think you are? A Great Sage? An overlord from ancient times? Wait, hold on . You’re just looking for an excuse to keep the swordbreaker, aren’t you?”

Yang Qi couldn’t help but burst out laughing . “Ladies and gentlemen from the Spirit Origin Association, I'm leaving, and I'm taking this swordbreaker with me . Take care, all of you . And don’t even think of trying to get this thing back . Farewell and good luck ever finding me again . ”

WHOOSH!

With that, he flew up into the air .

“You’re not going anywhere!” the Half Sage said . Waving his hand, he caused the sound of a military march to explode, filling the area . At the same time, it was like an entire army appeared, a host of souls who rapidly formed into the shape of a cage .

“War-Dao Battle-Fist! Warrior Soul Body Refinement!”

The Half Sage ripped open space, then stepped through it to appear next to Yang Qi, where he unleashed a fist strike .

The energy of war and death swept forth, momentum that could slaughter gods and leave behind swaths of blood in its wake .

“Perfect timing!” Yang Qi said . He had been thinking about testing out his newfound strength against a powerful opponent . This man was a Half Sage, and the Crown Prince was a Half Sage . Therefore, a fight like this would give him a good idea of what a deadly fight with the Crown Prince would be like .

BOOOOM! 

The Infernal Deity Spear appeared in Yang Qi’s hand, which he thrust out at an angle that perfectly conformed with the workings of heaven . Instantly, it pierced through the energy of war and death, and headed toward the Half Sage’s palm .

“I don’t care how strong your true energy is!” the Half Sage said . “Even if it were stronger than it is, it would still be too weak . Watch and learn what the true dao of heaven and earth is like! Recruit!”

The Half Sage waved his hand through the air to summon a character formed from true energy, which began to rumble toward the Infernal Deity Spear .

It was none other than the character for ‘recruit’, in the ancient script of immortals . Its mere presence forced the vital energy of heaven and earth in the area to become like a recruit in the army .

‘What energy art is this?’ Yang Qi’s spear instantly slowed down . However, it was a martial discipline with infinite variations, so he quickly shifted angle, causing everything in the area to tremble .

“Army!” the Half Sage said with a cold smile, summoning a true energy character that read ‘army’ . Instantly, rifts opened up in the surrounding space, and deadly formations poured out like an army .

“You will fall this day, boy!” the Half Sage said, thrusting both of his hands forward, causing mountain-like projections of true energy to shoot forward . He had forced all vital energy in the area to become an army under his control, which he could use to trample anything that got in his way .

His energy arts and cultivation base were clearly just shy of being a Great Sage .

“Very bombastic!” Yang Qi said, sweeping his Infernal Deity Spear back and forth to slash at the streams of vital energy . Then, he threw his head back and shouted, causing countless white holes to suddenly appear around him . Space-Void Godlightning erupted out, a river of it, sweeping over the Half Sage before he could react .

“You can control Space-Void Godlightning?! Only Great Sages should be able to do that!” The Half Sage immediately defended himself, summoning a huge, brightly-shining halo . Then he splayed his five fingers to attack again, sending the ‘recruit’ and ‘army’ characters out, which combined instantly . “Sadly for you, I'm a Half Sage, and thus, this lightning can't do anything to me! Now, get over here!”

It was a powerful attack that the Half Sage clearly intended to rip Yang Qi to shreds .

Yang Qi’s eyes widened, and his heart began to pound . Then, sagelight poured off him, and his Angel Wings unfurled .

In the blink of an eye, he vanished .

The Half Sage’s attack hit nothing but air, and a moment later, he realized that he couldn’t even lock down onto his opponent’s soul fluctuations .

“Not good!” Looking around, he forced the halo surrounding him to shrink, bolstering his defenses . However, it was in that moment that a spear suddenly appeared right behind him .

Crick . Crack! Pop!!! 

The spear suddenly stabbed through the barrier and into his body .

“Power Field Distortion!” he shouted, shocked and angered that Yang Qi could possibly do something like this . Instantly, the defensive energy surrounding him transformed into a personal domain .

“Warfare Domain!”

In the blink of an eye, the man was surrounded by war banners, war drums, and a vast army… .