Chapter 446
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: Unknown
Chapter Title: Who Dares Fight Me?
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“Who dares fight me?”
His voice boomed like thunder, rolling through the air. Such blatant provocation only made the gazes of Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord and Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva grow even colder.
Yet no one made a move.
These two True Lords were no mere mortals; with their heavenly vision, they could clearly see that Lu Yang’s current state could only be sustained for a very short time. It simply wasn’t worth engaging.
After all, defeat meant instant death, and even victory would likely cost them half their life. They had descended with a mission, burning their own cavern realms in the process—a tremendous price. How could they squander their lives on something so meaningless over a momentary grudge?
Seeing this, Lu Yang smiled faintly. “No takers?”
His eyes turned to Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord, the corners of his mouth curling up. “I wiped out the entire Ye family, not leaving a single soul. Doesn’t that make you want to kill me for revenge, friend?”
With that, he glanced at Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva.
“I destroyed the Earthly Buddha Realm of the Pure Land. I even just severed the Dharma image projected by the World Honored One. Don’t you want to avenge that Dharma image, friend?”
“...”
Below, the Foundation Establishment True Persons who had been craning their necks to watch the three paramount True Lords of the age were all dumbfounded. Those from the Pure Land and Sword Pavilion were especially baffled.
He’d laid it all out like that—why weren’t they fighting yet?
Come on, just throw down with him already!
But even so, despite the provocation and bearing the hatred of extermination, Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord remained silent, choosing not to act.
“Not worth it.”
“I descended to this realm with my cavern realm already teetering on collapse. Time is short. My primary task is to first secure the Sword Dao Fruit Position and bring it back to Sword Pavilion.”
“Only then will the other True Lords of Sword Pavilion come to receive me after my death, ensuring I can reclaim my position. As for the Ye family—they’re gone, so be it. As long as I survive, I can rebuild in my next life. Take a few dozen more wives, work hard, and it’ll sprout anew.”
Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord saw things clearly.
He had already burned his cavern realm to descend; there was no turning back. He had to go all the way. No matter how deep the grudge, in the face of the Dao, it was all just drifting clouds.
“So not only can I not fight this man—I must win him over!”
In the current situation, Sword Pavilion and the Pure Land were mortal enemies. Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva hadn’t descended because of Lu Yang, but to stop him!
He hadn’t been confident before, but if Lu Yang stood by his side and held off Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva even temporarily, he’d have full assurance to fully implant the Sword Dao Fruit Position into the Pure Land, nurture it to maturity, and bring it back to Sword Pavilion intact!
The Pure Land understood this logic just as well.
“Amitabha!”
A Buddhist proclamation rang out. It was Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva who moved—not to parley, but to leap straight down toward the ground below.
This sight alone made Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord’s expression shift.
Lu Yang hadn’t stopped her. He’d let Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva pass, while still blocking his path with that half-smile.
“...Why?”
After a moment of silence, Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord finally spoke his first words since descending, his eyes fixed on Lu Yang brimming with killing intent.
“No reason.”
Lu Yang certainly wasn’t going to explain.
“The Earthly Buddha Realm has Soaring Empyrean Sun-Obscuring True Lord to deal with it. Might as well give him something to do, keep him from bothering me when he’s idle.”
He knew Soaring Empyrean Sun-Obscuring True Lord well enough.
He’d just screwed him over big time. If given the chance, how could he not retaliate? Using Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva to tie him down was perfect.
By the same token, the Pure Land side would have Soaring Empyrean Sun-Obscuring True Lord to contend with.
With the White Wax Gold in play, this was a clash of Dao—irreconcilable. So Lu Yang wasn’t worried Soaring Empyrean Sun-Obscuring True Lord wouldn’t give it his all.
As for why he insisted on fighting Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord, the reason was simple. Among those present, only Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord bore sword intent like his own. To claim the Sword Dao Fruit Position, he had to fight and prove whose sword intent reigned supreme.
That was dictated by the nature of the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
There could be no second sword. Only the strongest had the right to possess it!
“You—”
In a flash, Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord understood. His face darkened. “You think you can lay claim to the Sword Dao with that?”
“Why not?”
Lu Yang laughed long and loud. “If someone with your temperament can become a True Lord, what’s wrong with this junior just taking a Sword Dao?”
Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord’s face turned pitch black.
Don’t expose shortcomings!
What did he mean, “someone with your temperament”? It was precisely because of this temperament that he’d become a True Lord! This damn place had always been survival of the fittest!
“You’re courting death. Falsely holding a golden position through Listening Shade’s method, your strength is barely on par with an outsider True Lord—and fleeting at that. How can you compare to an orthodox one like me? If you force me to fight to the death, the one who falls will be you!” Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord said coldly.
What were outsider True Lords?
Those whose fruit positions came from outside were outsiders! This world had them too, but their power couldn’t match orthodox True Lords like them.
Lu Yang knew this full well.
Like that Immortal Emperor from the Mysterious Spirit World—a textbook outsider True Lord. And what had become of him? His entire realm heaven devoured.
Yet he showed no fear.
“If you won’t fight, step aside and watch.”
“Delusions of grandeur!” Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord’s tone grew ever more chilling. “How long can you sustain that false golden position? You’re not leaving yourself any way out?”
Beneath the aggressive words lay helplessness.
Yes, he couldn’t fathom it. Why wouldn’t Lu Yang leave himself a retreat? He was only falsely holding a golden position, not a true Golden Core True Lord!
Why bother?
But Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord was still a True Lord. Seeing no room for negotiation, he wasted no more time. His aura erupted with a boom!
“Since you seek death, I’ll grant it!”
He moved!
Clear radiance shattered as Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord revealed his true form. His jet-black hair whipped in the wind. With a wave of his hand, he seemed to summon something.
Almost simultaneously, Lu Yang felt the true treasure he’d obtained from slaying the man’s response body—the Heaven-Receiving Ascending Profound Marvelous Realm Fixing Contemplation Sword—begin to vibrate. The sword spirit fully awakened, breaking free of his seal and flying straight toward the other man.
“The fruit position calls—it can’t be stopped.”
Lu Yang’s brows furrowed slightly. With the false golden position, he pierced through many veils shrouding the Heaven-Receiving Ascending Profound Marvelous Realm Fixing Contemplation Sword.
“No wonder true treasures are so hard to refine.”
True treasures ranked above spirit treasures, the gap as vast as between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core. How could they not involve fruit position power?
“Golden Core True Lords can draw on fruit position power to forge their own fruit position treasures, which they must personally nurture. But true treasures are different—they’re born from the resonance between treasure and fruit position. In a sense, they’re part of the fruit position itself.”
Thus, true treasures recognized their master and resisted sealing.
No seal, however mighty, could block the direct summons of a heaven-earth fruit position—unless countered by a true treasure specialized in seals.
“Slay!”
The moment the Heaven-Receiving Ascending Profound Marvelous Realm Fixing Contemplation Sword reached his hand, Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord’s aura peaked. One slash, and heaven and earth resounded!
But Lu Yang only grew more battle-hungry, utterly fearless.
“Come!”