I Stepped on a Bug, and the System Says I Slayed a Dragon? - Chapter 161 - 160: The Venerable Can’t Rest in Peace, You’re Just a Clone?
Chapter 161: Chapter 160: The Venerable Can’t Rest in Peace, You’re Just a Clone?
Above the canyon, a piercing aura swept around the masked elder. The surrounding blood mist expanded and contracted, pulsating at an extremely high frequency.
Crimson lightning crackled and thundered.
His heartbeat suddenly pounded like thunder, shaking the eardrums of the citizens below and striking fear into everyone’s hearts.
The colossal heartbeat thundered.
It was like a cornered beast in its death throes.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
“Your Eminence, stop!!”
The black-robed man sent a panicked telepathic message, trying to stop the masked elder’s insane act.
Once a Secret Technique like this was used, there was no turning back. His Divine Soul would be annihilated, preventing him from ever entering the Six Paths of Reincarnation again.
His Eminence held a noble position in the Divine Sect, above tens of thousands… He was certain to step into the Venerable Realm.
To now abandon his future for the sake of the Jianghai Sword God…
’Is it really worth it?’
At this thought, the black-robed man’s figure flickered as he moved to intercept the masked elder’s self-destruction, trying to salvage the situation.
“As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn! Your Eminence, don’t be rash!!”
However, before he could even get close, the masked elder glared at him furiously and spat. Blood Thunder shot from his throat, instantly blasting the man over a thousand feet away, the residual sound reverberating between the canyon cliffs.
“Foolish! For the Divine Sect, this Venerable One dies with no regrets!”
“If the Jianghai Sword God does not die today, what future can the Divine Sect even speak of!? This Venerable One’s heart cannot be at peace!”
As his words fell,
The masked elder’s gilded mask cracked and crumbled to ash, revealing a ferocious and twisted face.
His skin was covered in fissures from which several strange red lights bloomed. Like a ball about to burst, he shattered the void around him and shot straight for Qin Yang!
“Come up.”
Seeing this, Qin Yang’s gaze remained cold and sharp. He simply sent a quiet telepathic message, then transformed into a wisp of stellar lightning and moved higher, also rushing toward the heavens.
“You’re courting death!”
Seeing this, the masked elder became even more furious, following closely behind him.
The two of them shot toward the highest point of the sky simultaneously. Stellar lightning and Blood Thunder intertwined, transforming into two streaks that raced above the clouds.
…
“Oh no, that old Demon is trying to take Senior Sword God down with him!!”
Inside the canyon, Lin Mofeng gazed up at the scene above and instantly understood everything. “He wants to drag the Sword God into his self-destruction!”
“Impossible! Senior Sword God can definitely retreat!”
Hearing this, Elder Li roared, the veins on his neck bulging, “How could a bunch of vile scum trap the Sword God?”
“No, Teacher, you don’t understand.”
Lin Mofeng shook his head, his expression grave. “Once a Secret Technique like this is ignited, it cannot be stopped. The self-destruction of a Venerable Realm expert is astonishingly powerful. No matter where it lands, it would be like a natural disaster.”
As he spoke, he looked up and said worriedly, “If the Sword God dodges, that Demon will rush into the downtown area, detonate over the entire city, and take everyone down with him… Senior Sword God deliberately led the Demon into the sky to save Jianghai City. I’m afraid that he’s…”
He didn’t finish his sentence.
Silence spoke louder than words.
The surrounding people fell silent, having already prepared for the worst in their hearts. A sense of sorrow spread through the crowd, and the faint sound of sobbing could be heard.
“How can the Sword God possibly withstand the self-destruction of a Half-step Venerable Realm expert?”
“Damn Cult fanatics!”
“The Sword God’s awe-inspiring righteousness will be praised for ages to come…”
“We must remember this moment forever!”
…
’Awe-inspiring righteousness?’
In the crowd, the clamor was incessant in Li Zixuan’s ears. She stood there stunned, tears unknowingly streaming down her cheeks.
’She couldn’t care less about some grand righteousness…’
’And she certainly didn’t want him to be praised for eternity.’
’Saving the world was too distant a notion; only her master was close to her.’
’In the end,’
’All she wanted was for her Teacher to live,’
’It was just a small, simple wish…’
At this thought,
A surge of emotion erupted, shattering the last shred of Li Zixuan’s rationality. She gripped her longsword and gathered her Star Force, preparing to charge up and help.
“Master…”
However, just as she was about to move,
Suddenly, several Array Patterns wrapped around her ankles, pinning her to the spot, unable to move an inch!
“Don’t be ridiculous, Zixuan! You can’t go up there!”
Li Qinghe released his Array Map to restrain the hysterical Li Zixuan, hugging her tightly from behind. “What’s the use in you going up there? Your strengths aren’t equal; it’s useless for you to go!”
“I… I… I have to save my master…”
Li Zixuan tried to struggle out of his embrace, her telepathic voice choked with sobs, her eyes already blurred with tears.
“Nonsense! Calm down!”
Li Qinghe rebuked her, “Going up there would just be a pointless sacrifice! Are you just going to feed yourselves to him one by one?! Think carefully, would your senior brother and your master approve?!”
“I… I…”
Hearing this, Li Zixuan’s tears flowed like a broken string of pearls. She was a complete mess, sobbing uncontrollably as she collapsed into Li Qinghe’s arms.
’She actually understood everything.’
’She couldn’t do anything if she went up there.’
’But no matter what… it had to be better than just watching her master die!’
Unfortunately,
It was all too late.
BOOM!
A deafening roar of thunder echoed, accompanied by a low-frequency shockwave. A visible wall of sound, like a mountain, churned the sea of clouds, rolling them into celestial waves.
“They’ve collided!!! Everyone, watch out!”
Lin Mofeng stared at the situation in the sky and shouted, his voice reaching everyone’s ears. But within seconds, it was drowned out by the deafening noise.
The citizens at the bottom of the canyon looked up.
Two streaks of lightning intertwined—one crimson as blood, the other as white as snow—like horned dragons battling in the sky!
Ten breaths later,
BOOM!
The sky bloomed with a myriad of brilliant lights!
It was as if a blazing sun now hung high in the sky.
For a moment, two suns actually appeared in the heavens!
As the brilliant suns shone down, heaven and earth became a vast expanse of white.
The broadcast signal became chaotic, the live feed turning to static on the spot. The citizens shielded their eyes and fell silent, quietly waiting for the white light to fade.
Time passed, each second feeling like a year…
“It’s fading!”
Lin Mofeng shouted.
Everyone in the canyon quickly lowered their hands and looked toward the sky.
There, in the sky,
The white light receded. The masked elder was long gone. Qin Yang stood high above, sword in hand, his eyes as emotionless as the heavens, showing no trace of feeling.
“The Sword God won!!! He’s still alive!”
“The Demon has been slain! The Sword God is mighty!!”
“Wait, something’s not right with Lord Sword God…”
Just then, a cry of alarm came from the crowd as someone suddenly pointed at Qin Yang in the sky.
VMMMM—
Fluorescent light scattered as his body broke apart. In an instant, it vanished into nothingness, disappearing from sight under everyone’s watchful eyes.
“Impossible!!!”
Seeing this, the black-robed man’s eyes widened in disbelief as he instantly detected the fluctuation of Star Force in the surroundings.
The Star Force was gently dissipating, its life force naturally fading away.
’Without a doubt, this Sword God before him…’
’Was just a stellar Clone!’
“You were just a Clone all along!!!”
The black-robed man sensed the scene around him, completely bewildered. After that intense, drawn-out battle, the self-destruction of a Venerable… was all for a mere Clone?!
’If the Venerable who had self-destructed knew of this in the underworld, wouldn’t he die with eternal regret?!’
