Chapter 961: Righteous Qi Endures as Heaven and Earth Persist
Jiang Fan immediately became serious.
The male tiger in the Divinity Transformation Realm ruins back then almost swallowed them alive.
Could the danger before them now be even more perilous than that?
"Don't worry too much, Junior Brother Jiang. I'll accompany you again. With my ability to sense fortune and misfortune, I can help you avoid danger," Yu Peiyuan suggested.
Jiang Fan thought for a moment, then nodded lightly.
The four of them had gone down before without incident, indicating the vastness of the underground space, sufficient to easily avoid danger.
He waved to Concubine Yunxia in the distance.
Concubine Yunxia lightly leaped over and walked to Jiang Fan's side.
Yu Peiyuan, looking at Concubine Yunxia, was immediately amazed: "Is this Junior Brother Jiang's partner?"
"So beautiful!"
She thought she had seen many fairies in Taicang State, but none like Concubine Yunxia.
"Thank you for the compliment, sister is also very pure and adorable," Concubine Yunxia said with a gentle smile.
Yu Peiyuan grinned awkwardly: "Sister really knows how to compliment people."
When someone's first impression of you involves adjectives like cute, straightforward, or cheerful,
you must be cautious, as they probably don't find you attractive.
Unable to compliment your appearance, they focus on your personality and character.
Fortunately, the distortion of space resolved Yu Peiyuan's embarrassment.
They found themselves in a ravaged world.
The sky was dark, lacking Spiritual Energy, and the ruined sects were overgrown with weeds, with skeletons discarded along the roadside, unclaimed.
Everything lay in desolation, resembling an apocalyptic scene.
As Jiang Fan traveled the world, he witnessed many places ravaged by bloody giant beasts, turning into wastelands.
"How is it?" Jiang Fan asked.
Yu Peiyuan closed her eyes to sense, and moments later, looked slightly surprised: "Strange, the feeling of extreme danger has vanished."
"Could it be that I misjudged it earlier?"
Could such a dangerous entity disappear into thin air?
"If not, even better. Let's first slay the blood-colored giant beasts here," Jiang Fan said.
He glanced around and quickly spotted a few blood-colored giant beasts wandering amidst the ruins, searching for survivor life forms.
The blood-colored giant beasts here reached the Left Dao Nascent Soul level, over a hundred feet long, very conspicuous.
He leaped forward, killing without saying a word.
"Asura Karmic Fire!"
"Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain!"
He easily killed two, while the other two fled in panic.
Jiang Fan caught up with one, a Divine Lord's desolation blasted it to the ground.
About to end its life and quickly pursue the other one.
He had figured out the spatial rule here: once you kill all the blood-colored giant beasts within sight, you get transported out.
As he was about to strike.
His body suddenly froze.
A terrifying aura that sent chills down his spine emanated from a rooftop of an abandoned sect's main hall in the distance.
It was a middle-aged man.
Star-like eyes and sword-like eyebrows, with sharp and spirited eyes, his features very proper, wearing a moon-white robe, with black hair tied in a Jade Crown.
His palm pressed on a Sword Box, standing atop the main hall.
At this moment.
A blood-colored beast unintentionally rushed toward a dilapidated temple.
Inside the temple, some Human Clan heads appeared.
Seeing the giant beast approaching, they all showed hopeless expressions.
Jiang Fan noticed too, his expression changing.
This is not an Illusion Realm, these are real Human Clan!
Just as he was about to take action.
The middle-aged man in white casually lifted his hand, and a mysterious sword light shot out from the Sword Box, piercing the bloody giant beast.
Jiang Fan was shocked by the scene that unfolded.
The blood-colored giant beast fell with a crash.
Its body transformed into tens of thousands of small meat cubes.
Each piece was identically sized, forming neat cube-like meat blocks!
At what breathtaking level of swordsmanship could one slice a body into such shapes with a single sword strike?
The middle-aged swordsman leaped down, coming to stand in front of the broken temple.
He showed kindness to the Humans within: "Find another place to stay; it's no longer safe here."
The few Humans expressed endless gratitude, clasped their hands in salute, and headed with their belongings to refuge in a further city.
The middle-aged swordsman watched them go with a deep look of pity: "Alas, what sin has the world committed to endure such demonic rise?"
Turning, he floated through the air, landing before Jiang Fan, showing an appreciative look: "Young man, have you come to save the world too?"
Jiang Fan's heart rattled.
In such a hopeless space, how was there such a powerful Human Clan warrior?
But, this person fought for justice, showing great compassion to all living beings, exuding a righteousness that made him not seem wicked at all.
Therefore, Jiang Fan hurriedly saluted: "I wouldn't dare claim that, just helping where I can when injustice is seen."
The spatial rules here made it impossible for him to stay in one space and kill all the blood-colored beasts.
He could only try his best to save whoever he saw.
The middle-aged swordsman smiled: "I saw that."
"When the blood-colored beast was about to trample the ruined temple, you were going to step in too."
"You are also a person with a sense of justice."
Jiang Fan said, "With a predecessor like you, what need is there for my assistance?"
The middle-aged swordsman patted Jiang Fan's shoulder, speaking earnestly: "Don't say that."
"Righteous energy, long shall it last!"
"How can I alone be enough? Thousands upon thousands like you and me are needed to keep this righteous energy alive."
Jiang Fan felt ashamed in his heart.
He was far from being a man of great righteousness, yet the person before him radiated righteousness that shone within and without.
Like the sun in the sky, its light expelling all darkness from the world.
Jiang Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority: "I am enlightened, senior."
The middle-aged swordsman nodded slightly: "Rare to encounter a kindred spirit, let me give you a gift."
"I hope you can go further on the path of extending righteousness."
He opened the Sword Box, ran his finger through it, drawing out a mysterious sword light of nine colors, clenching it in his five fingers.
The sword light transformed into a dazzling Nine-Colored Light Sword.
Filled with boundless righteousness.
"This is a bit of Sword Intent I've honed, it's yours."
"Reflect on it well; it will aid your Sword Dao."
Sword Intent?
Jiang Fan didn't know what it was, but clearly, this person's Sword Dao attainments were beyond his understanding.
Any gift he offered would be extraordinary, no doubt.
He immediately accepted it with respect in both hands.
The Nine-Colored Light Sword felt as light as a feather in his hands, merging into the flesh of his hands.
With a mere thought, it reappeared, wondrously so.
"Farewell, young man."
"Our path is never lonely, righteousness endures, hahaha!"
He hoisted the Sword Box on his back and strode into the distance.
Jiang Fan bowed: "Farewell, senior."
He never expected to meet a chivalrous warrior, filled with Heaven and Earth's righteousness, in such a desolate end-of-world setting.
And he received a blessing from him.
Swoosh!
Concubine Yunxia and Yu Peiyuan rushed over.
Concubine Yunxia looked impressed: "A truly unparalleled swordsman."
Yu Peiyuan, however, remained silent, tugging at Jiang Fan's sleeve, fear tinging her voice:
"Quick! Quickly kill this beast!"
"Let's leave this space immediately!"
Jiang Fan looked at her in confusion.
He found Yu Peiyuan full of fear, her eyes locked onto the receding middle-aged swordsman, her body trembling all over.
She murmured lowly: "He...he is the great danger!"