Chapter 471: Ten Thousand (2)

When the Celestial Sword woke up, she was met with a rowdy noise around her.

-Hurry… move!

-…We don’t have much time…!

They sounded like they were in a hurry.

Because of this, the Celestial Sword quickly opened her eyes and got up to her feet.

“…Hah… Hah.”

As she breathed out heavily,

“You woke up?”

She heard someone speaking to her.

The Celestial Sword turned her head around towards the person who spoke to her.

However, the man who spoke to her shook as soon as he saw her eyes.

She had a gaze that was way too cold and sharp.

After realizing her expression, the Celestial Sword quickly fixed it because she was acquainted with this man.

“…Beggar King?”

His title was the Beggar King.

He was the ear and eye of the Orthodox Faction, and the one who controlled all the beggars in it.

After letting out an awkward cough, the Beggar King asked the Celestial Sword a question.

“Something bad must’ve happened… judging from your expression.”

“…”

The Celestial Sword remained silent after hearing his question.

It seemed like the Beggar King expected that as well, as he didn’t ask her any more questions.

While gazing at those who ran in a hurry, the Celestial Sword asked him a question.

“…Did something happen here?”

“Well, it’s… nothing too special…”

“Beggar King.”

She spoke in a cold voice as the Beggar King hesitated to answer.

“What happened?”

She was demanding the answer. The Beggar King let out a sigh.

She was always keen on situations like this.

However.

“Really… it’s not a big deal.”

The Beggar King had no intention of telling her the truth this time.

“It’s something we could take care of without your help, so please take a rest for now.”

Truthfully, this was a problematic situation, but they couldn’t afford to send the Celestial Sword when she had just woken up from a battle.

Thoug,h of course, the higher-ups were telling them to contact the Celestial Sword this instant.

Those bastards.

This was the cooperation that the Orthodox Faction took pride in.

How was this cooperation when they were making one woman shoulder everything?

He already knew that the Orthodox Faction was corrupt, but he only disliked them more as time went on.

Perhaps it was better to burn everything down to start anew.

Or maybe…

It might be better to let the Heavenly Demon win.

The Beggar King’s thoughts even reached this point.

But he knew that he couldn’t let that happen, which is why he felt so pathetic.

There was also another problem.

“Beggar King.”

No matter how the Beggar King felt, the Celestial Sword had no intention of letting that happen.

“Where is the Heavenly Venerable?”

“…”

“Please answer me.”

After avoiding eye contact for a moment, the Beggar King let out a sigh and responded to her in the end.

“He isn’t present at the moment… it seems like he headed to Sichuan.”

“…”

The Celestial Sword bit her lips after hearing his response.

It was as she remembered before she passed out.

Slide-!

Right as the Celestial Sword slide open the door and was about to leave, the Beggar King stopped her.

“Where do you think you are going in your current condition?”

“…Please move.”

“Like I said, the situation isn’t dire enough for you to do anything. Don’t waste your energy for nothing and- “

“I must go.”

No matter how hard the Beggar King tried to stop her, the Celestial Sword’s eyes were already filled with determination.

The Beggar King couldn’t help but frown in the end.

“It’s none other than the Heavenly Venerable, so I’m sure he’ll come back to us without any problem. Moreover, we also contacted the Dishonored Venerable- “

“Dishonored Venerable?”

“…!”

Shoot.

The Beggar King bit his lips after realizing he had made a mistake.

“You contacted the Dishonored Venerable?”

“…About that.”

“So, it really is a big deal after all.”

As expected, the Celestial Sword immediately picked up on the mistake made by the Beggar King.

The Dishonored Venerable should have been hunting Demonic Humans in other regions right now.

However, him being contacted for support meant many things.

“Just what happened- “

As the Celestial Sword was about to raise her voice in anger,

Thud-!

“…!!”

The Celestial Sword knelt on one knee after feeling pain in her body.

“Celestial Sword!”

The Beggar King hurriedly tried to help her back up, but the Celestial Sword refused his helping hand.

“Hah… Hgh…”

She couldn’t hold in her groans.

Her heart started to resonate with her Dantian.

Blood veins were showing all over her body, and the loud heartbeats continued to tickle her ears.

She felt like she was going to faint any moment because of the vibration she felt in her already exhausted body, but she bit strongly on her tongue and woke herself up.

That’s why…

This sensation drove her crazy.

The Celestial Sword was able to know why everyone around her was in such a hurry, and why the Beggar King told her nothing about the situation.

After all, there was only one reason why she felt this resonance.

“Heavenly Demon…”

“…!”

“Is she here?”

The Beggar King’s expression worsened after he heard her question.

The Celestial Sword became certain after seeing his expression.

She immediately stood up.

Swoosh-!

And she charged her Qi.

“Celestial Sword…! Wait…!”

The Beggar King tried stopping her, but her body was already changing.

The first change he saw was her hair.

Her golden hair started to turn white.

It wasn’t just the color that changed, as it also shone brighter than before.

With light forming around her,

Swish-!

She instantly made pure white blades behind her.

It almost made it seem like she had wings.

“Wait… Please!”

The Beggar King shouted once more.

Swooosh-!

But the Celestial Sword ignored him and flew up.

Her destination was where the resonance came from.

After arriving, the Celestial Sword had to hide her shock after seeing the presence that looked up at her from the ground.

She had dark black hair and wore a black outfit.

When she stared into her violet eyes, cold sweat ran down her face.

Moreover…

Thud-! Thud-!

The resonance continued endlessly.

Putting aside the sensation that bothered her, the Celestial Sword looked around her surroundings.

She was immediately able to find what she was looking for.

…Ah.

The Heavenly Venerable’s head was rolling on the ground, and a young man was looking at her in shock.

The Celestial Sword gasped inside immediately after seeing him.

Why?

For some reason, his existence as a whole was changed compared to last time.

Did something happen?

She clenched her fist at the sight.

“…Heavenly Demon.”

She silently uttered her name in anger.

Swoosh-!

“…!”

Then, the Celestial Sword’s body was forcibly pulled toward the ground.

Without being able to react to it, she had to make a landing.

Skid-!

She barely held her balance and landed safely.

She also prepared to charge her Qi right after.

“You should greet us first if you visit us. Why are you just floating in the sky, staring at us?”

The Celestial Sword lifted her head after hearing a voice right in front of her.

She saw a familiar face, as if she were looking into a mirror.

“What an ugly face that is.”

The Celestial Sword frowned after hearing the Heavenly Demon.

“…How come you are in this area? Heavenly Demon.”

After hearing the Celestial Sword, the Heavenly Sword responded while giving her a strange look.

“What a strange question.”

Her voice had a subtle arrogance in it.

“There isn’t anywhere in the world where I am not allowed in. What a worthless question that is.”

“…”

“Moreover,”

Skid-!

“…!”

The Celestial Sword’s feet started to move slowly. She was being pulled towards the Heavenly Demon.

Swoosh-! She charged her Qi to stop herself from being dragged.

However, it wasn’t enough.

“I should be the one asking that question. Why are you switching it up?”

Contrary to the nasty Qi in the air, the Heavenly Demon showed a smile on her face.

“The land of Sichuan became mine, and the Three Venerables shouldn’t dare to step one foot into this territory.”

The Heavenly Demon’s foot tapped something on the ground as she spoke.

“That’s what I clearly said.”

It was the Heavenly Venerable’s head that was ripped off his body.

“But judging by how these insects are trying to crawl up to me, I must have seemed like a joke to you all.”

She continued to speak with a smile.

Ddddd-!

At the same time, dense darkness started to pour out from the Heavenly Demon’s feet and started to engulf the area.

“You disgusting insects.”

The Celestial Sword knew that the Heavenly Demon was angry despite her smiling.

Swish-!

She quickly controlled the blades around her and aimed them towards the Heavenly Demon.

“I was so merciful and showed so much generosity, yet you don’t know your places.”

However, the Heavenly Demon started to boil her Qi without even caring about the Celestial Sword’s blades in the air.

“I guess it makes sense…”

Qi was gathered into the Heavenly Demon’s hand.

“That’s why you dared to touch what you shouldn’t have.”

Then, night was summoned from her hand.

It poured out.

Grrgrgrgr.

Darkness started to take over like a tsunami.

The Celestial Sword quickly moved her body after seeing the sight.

With every hand gesture she made, her blades in the air charged towards the darkness.

Clack-!

It seemed like it was melting the darkness away at first.

Craaack-!

But it was nowhere near enough to stop all of the Heavenly Demon’s Qi.

The Celestial Sword was clearly able to tell even after this short exchange.

I’m still…!

There was still too much difference in levels between the Heavenly Demon and the Celestial Sword.

It was too much.

She was way too powerful.

No matter how much life energy the Celestial Sword used, she wasn’t able to reach her level.

How was that even possible?

Just how much did she need to climb for her to reach her level?

“You are still the same as before.”

“…Ugh!”

The Celestial Sword was pushed back after she was swept by the darkness.

“It’s still lame as ever with you.”

It was important to point out that the Heavenly Demon hadn’t moved one step ever since the battle began.

Was it because the Celestial Sword was already exhausted? She lacked the strength.

She immediately charged towards the resonance, but she couldn’t find a solution to this situation.

Everyone believed in her ability to destroy the power of Demons and had high hopes for her, but this power was nothing against true darkness.

Despite everyone believing in her, the Celestial Sword fell into despair every time she fought against the Heavenly Demon.

Even so, she had to continue swinging her sword, which was a never-ending hell for her.

She swung her blade to drive away the darkness, but a bigger wave of darkness came after.

There was no end to it.

“I despise you.”

She started to hear a voice as she cut through the darkness.

“You should be more serious if you came here to struggle, yet it still seems like you are only looking for a place to die.”

The Celestial Sword frowned after hearing the Heavenly Demon speak in a calm tone.

“…You know nothing about me…!”

When the Celestial Sword shouted out in anger, darkness suddenly reached and dug into her shoulder.

She immediately used three blades in the air to protect herself.

Slam-!

Even despite blocking the attack, her Qi barrier was shattered along with her blades.

The Celestial Sword was pushed backwards because of the recoil.

“Do you really think that?”

The Heavenly Demon continued to speak.

“I’ll bet there isn’t anyone in the world who knows you better than I do.”

“Stop speaking nonsense- “

“Don’t try to deny the fact. Act like a leftover if you are one.”

Craaack-!

The ground beneath the Celestial Sword cracked and rose into the air when the Heavenly Demon made a gesture with her hand.

“I’m telling you to know your place.”

Slam-!

Then, the pieces of the ground started to gather towards the Celestial Sword as if they were trying to suffocate her.

The pieces, tightly packed, are compressed into the shape of a sphere.

It was more than enough to kill an ordinary person.

Slash-!

But light flashed from the sphere, and the Celestial Sword flew out from it after it was cut in half.

She then immediately unleashed her Sword Qi and sent dozens of blades towards the Heavenly Demon from multiple directions.

It was a rain of pure white blades.

After seeing the sight, the Heavenly Demon lightly waved in the air.

That much was enough.

The darkness on the ground rose up to act as a shield, and the blades failed to break through the darkness.

The difference in their power was too much.

It was already impossible for the Celestial Sword to win in her full strength, so there was no hope in this situation.

This was obvious to everyone, and the Celestial Sword knew that better than anyone.

Even so, she didn’t stop.

Light hadn’t fully gone away yet.

She had to swing her sword until there was no light left.

Even if that meant that she would die here.

After seeing the Celestial Sword’s determination,

“I’m bored.”

The Heavenly Demon showed an unamused expression.

The Celestial Sword quickly charged towards her after seeing her reaction.

She was fast, so fast that it wasn’t possible to keep up with human eyes.

Swish-!

The Celestial Sword’s dual blades quickly flew towards the Heavenly Demon’s neck.

The Heavenly Demon would be beheaded if she did nothing to counter the situation.

However, the Celestial Sword swung her sword without hesitation.

Clang-!

But her attack failed even though she put a ton of her strength into it.

“…!”

The Celestial Sword became horrified at the sight.

It was understandable.

One of her blades that struck the Heavenly Demon’s neck shattered into pieces, and the other blade was caught by her hand.

The Celestial Sword became devastated, and she couldn’t hide her emotions.