Before Perfected Lord Feixue had even finished speaking, the Old Dragon Lord realized something was wrong.
Damn it! This crazy woman wants to divide us... What's going on? She isn't shouting about killing and fighting at the drop of a hat like before; she's actually using stratagems now.
At this moment, Perfected Lord Feixue's voice was still echoing:
"I won't say much more to you. In my Saint Sect, all promises are hollow. Only benefits are the most real and reliable allies."
"And between you and me, the greatest benefit is the attachment of Grotto-Heavens and the opportunity to become a Great Perfected Lord. As long as you attach your Grotto-Heavens under mine, as long as I don't want my cultivation realm to fall, I must consider your feelings and protect you. No alliance is more stable than this."
"Isn't that so?"
"Of course, compared to me, you might trust the Old Dragon Lord more... But there are no Dao Lords overseas. The Old Dragon Lord can protect you for a while, but can he protect you for a lifetime?"
"I am the better choice."
"Because I come from the Saint Sect. Submitting to me, also a Great Perfected Lord, you can receive the same protection. The Saint Sect is still more powerful than the True Dragon Clan."
"Moreover..."
Speaking up to here, Perfected Lord Feixue suddenly looked at Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu, sneering: "I already have a Perfected Lord attached to me."
"So I don't need two."
"Two Great Sages, I will only accept one at most. So it's best for you two to make a decision quickly that you won't regret in the future."
As Perfected Lord Feixue's voice fell, Great Sage Ming Zhu and Great Sage Xuan Yuan subconsciously glanced at each other, both seeing deep doubt in the other's eyes. The Old Dragon Lord inwardly cried out bad, thinking that if even one of them was moved by Perfected Lord Feixue's words, his position as a Great Perfected Lord would probably be lost!
This crazy woman actually has such a glib tongue!
First borrowing the momentum of the Saint Sect, then using clever words to divide them. Clearly coming from the Saint Sect, yet because everything was laid out in the open, it made people feel she was sincere.
In this situation, would anyone be tempted?
Definitely!
The Old Dragon Lord had no doubt that Great Sage Xuan Yuan and Great Sage Ming Zhu were both old demons who had lived for years. To survive until now, they were definitely not fools who clung to old sentiments.
When it was time to sell out teammates, they absolutely wouldn't hesitate in the slightest!
Especially since Perfected Lord Feixue only wanted one, and neither of them could guarantee the other wouldn't secretly agree. This would inevitably intensify their wavering.
I must drive this crazy woman away as soon as possible!
Thinking of this, he immediately formed a hand seal in secret.
The next second, a divine sense silently projected into the present world, carrying a strong urgency: Fellow Daoist, we can't wait. Act according to the plan!
Almost simultaneously, Perfected Lord Feixue raised her eyebrows, anger flashing in her eyes:
"Such audacity!"
Jiangbei, Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea.
As the veritable overlord of Jiangbei, ever since the Primordial Saint Sect established its mountain gate here, it had not been invaded by outsiders for a full several thousand years.
However, today, the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea welcomed an uninvited guest.
It was a sword light.
Without any avoidance, it tore through the sky all the way, shaking the stars. Just like that, it slashed out from Jiangnan, crossing straight over the boundary river between Jiangnan and Jiangbei.
In an instant, the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea sensed it. Clouds rolled and unfurled, formation patterns lit up one by one, and the mountain peaks of Foundation Establishment Perfected One moved with a boom. The entire cloud sea seemed to transform into a Go board spanning heaven and earth at this moment, with the mountain peaks within the cloud sea serving as the Go pieces.
Boom!
The sword light slashed into the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, then changed its color and form, transforming into white pieces that moved straight toward the Sacred Fire Cliff located at the center of the Go board to encircle it.
Almost simultaneously, the Go board resonated.
The cloud sea churned, mountain peaks shifted positions, and under the enhancement of the formation, mountain peaks transformed into black pieces one by one, blocking the path of the advancing white pieces.
[Thirty-Three Heavens Vertical and Horizontal Go Grand Formation]!
If the supreme treasure left by the Sword Pavilion Ancestor to the Sword Pavilion was the [Eternal Sword], then this grand formation was the supreme treasure left by the Saint Sect Ancestor to the Saint Sect.
A Rank 1 Grand Formation!
Any mighty power, any attack, would be transformed into black and white Go pieces within this grand formation. The only thing competing against each other was Dao comprehension; there was nothing else.
As the defending side, the person controlling the formation had the enhancement of the formation spirit. Although it couldn't increase Dao comprehension, it could increase the speed of calculation and deduction, allowing the Dao comprehension displayed within the formation to appear half a tier higher out of thin air... In other words, within the formation, Saint Sect cultivators were basically invincible among the same rank!
Clang clang!
The sword light slashing into the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea was terrifying to the extreme, filled with intense Sword Intent. Unorthodox Perfected Lords would instantly explode and die just from a single glance.
The sharpness of the sword edge was no less than it had been in the Star Palace back then.
However, the Saint Sect was not the Star Palace.
At this moment, the cloud sea was turbulent, and the Go game was laid out. No matter what mighty power you had, it was all dissolved into formlessness. The white pieces formed by the sword light were quickly heavily besieged by the black pieces.
But this was only temporary.
After all, challenging higher ranks was a fine tradition of the Immortal Nexus. The brilliant sword light rising from Jiangnan clearly didn't hold back at all—it was shockingly of the Great Perfected Lord stature!
Under these circumstances, although [Perfected Lord Hanguang Futian], who was temporarily in charge of the main formation, received the enhancement of the formation spirit, he could only try his best to delay the attack speed of the sword light. Reflected in the formation, this meant the black pieces were constantly being surrounded and annihilated by the white pieces, unable to hide the trend of the Go game's collapse in the slightest.
Meanwhile, at Sacred Fire Cliff.
[Perfected Lord Hanguang Futian] still had that inverted reflection appearance, his figure illusory. However, his face couldn't hide a solemn expression, and his pupils dilated slightly:
[Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]!
That old bastard, did he know in advance that Xue Feihong wasn't here, so he attacked on purpose? No, that's not right. He is distracting Xue Feihong's energy.
Bastard... hold it for me!
Thinking of this, [Perfected Lord Hanguang Futian]'s fingertips almost rubbed out sparks as he gathered all the black pieces, besieging heavily and pushing the formation with all his might.
Boom!
With a final loud bang, the white pieces transformed from sword qi finally hit a wall before Sacred Fire Cliff, bloodied and battered. Numerous black pieces swarmed up and cut them off in the middle.
The white pieces, unable to attend to everything at once, were constantly divided and swallowed.
Seeing this scene, [Perfected Lord Hanguang Futian] finally breathed a sigh of relief... However, the next second, a second sword light illuminated his pupils again.
Boom!
In an instant, even with [Perfected Lord Hanguang Futian]'s Dao comprehension, he felt an intense sense of horror at this moment. A sword light shockingly appeared in his sea of consciousness.
Fortunately, his cultivation base was not low, and he instantly obliterated the sword light.
However, while he had this ability, others did not. In an instant, within the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, all cultivators below the Perfected Lord realm fell into a trance.
They all saw that sword light.
And at this moment, the [Thirty-Three Heavens Vertical and Horizontal Go Grand Formation] protecting the mountain gate was pinned down by the first sword light, losing its protection over the disciples.
In just an instant, a precious sword also surfaced in the hearts of all Saint Sect disciples.
Immediately after, the sword light bloomed!
In just a moment, these sword lights would turn the Saint Sect into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, beheading all cultivators below the Perfected Lord realm without leaving a single one.
But fortunately, all this did not happen.
Because before that, a slender, jade-like hand took over control of the [Thirty-Three Heavens Vertical and Horizontal Go Grand Formation], suppressing and extinguishing all the sword lights.
Seeing this scene, in the land of Jiangnan.
On Extreme Heaven Cliff, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] coughed a few times upon seeing this, then put down the spiritual sword in his hand and smiled: "Fellow Daoist indeed possesses extraordinary divine abilities."
"Gangxing..."
Perfected Lord Feixue's expression was indifferent, a pair of beautiful eyes revealing a chilling killing intent: "To actually dare threaten me with the Saint Sect. In all these years, you are the second."
[Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] didn't care at all, only smiling faintly:
"Feixue, you actually don't seem like a Saint Sect Perfected Lord."
Just as Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon was an anomaly in the Sword Pavilion, Perfected Lord Feixue was actually an anomaly in the Saint Sect too. It was just because she was the strongest that it wasn't obvious.
What was a true Saint Sect Perfected Lord?
[Sky-Shrouding].
Sect disciples? Indifferent. Friends and family? Indifferent. Aside from the Dao, nothing else mattered. Only pursuing benefits, only pursuing the Nascent Soul Dao path in their hearts.
"Compared to that, your emotions are too rich, and you have too many meaningless persistences. If this goes on, in the end, you won't be able to seek the Great Dao." [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]'s voice resounded through the heavens and earth, carrying an intense intent to punish the heart. However, Perfected Lord Feixue's expression remained unchanged.
"My persistence is my Dao."
"I have long since sought it."
"As for you all, you don't even have anything worth persisting in. You only know how to drift with the tide. Even if you seek the strongest Dao in the world, what meaning does it have?"
"Ultimately, it is not yours!"