Chapter 202 : "You Dare Call Yourself a True Lord?"

Chapter 202: "You Dare Call Yourself a True Lord?"

Chu Huaixu listened to the other party's words, a sneer emerging on his face.

“You’re just a possessed body in the Qi Refining Stage. Do you even have a Nascent Soul?”

“You don’t even have a Nascent Soul, and yet you dare call yourself a Nascent Soul True Lord!”

Clearly, the old monster who had possessed a new body and lived for who knows how many years had chosen the schemer’s path.

Chu Huaixu, this crude Body Training cultivator, opted instead for the trash talker’s route.

When facing these old schemers, one had to stick close and go full-on taunt mode.

Besides, he genuinely thought so in his heart!

“Do you even f*cking have a Nascent Soul? And you're here yapping away!”

“Talking about things before your possession like it’s something worth boasting about.”

“True Lord, my ass! Before I transmigrated, I was a future pillar of society!”

For the first time, the cultivator in the azure robes showed a flicker of emotion on his face.

The reason was simple. Having lived for so long and seen so much, his life experience was so vast that he could instantly tell that this brat from the Xuanhuang Realm meant every word.

He truly looked down on him from the bottom of his heart!

And for someone who had once been a Nascent Soul True Lord, losing all his cultivation and having to start over by possessing a new body was the deepest pain imaginable.

It was like someone who had already achieved financial freedom being forced to start over from scratch, suffering through the hardships of entrepreneurship again—without even knowing if they could ever reach the same heights.

Chu Huaixu had struck with remarkable precision.

The cultivator named Ye Kongxuan let out a cold snort and said, “Four Symbols Sword Formation—rise!”

The four golden flying swords surrounding him began to emit a multicolored halo.

Chu Huaixu thought to himself at that moment, “That should be all his swords, right?”

Strangely enough, whether it was the opponent’s concealed movements earlier or his hidden flying swords, Chu Huaixu had been unable to detect them.

But thinking on it, it made sense. His divine sense was insufficient before a Nascent Soul Old Monster.

Luckily, he had the【Heart Sword】. As long as any hidden sword moved, he would be able to catch its trajectory at once!

“If he’s a sword cultivator, then that makes things easier,” thought this particular Swordless One.

In his left hand, he held the sword scabbard, activating its power to seal swords.

With his right hand, he slowly raised it, then pressed down toward the void, unleashing the might of the Heart Sword.

“A sword formation, huh?”

“Break!” Chu Huaixu shouted.

The formation of the four flying swords was momentarily thrown into disarray.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chu Huaixu released a burst of True Gang Qi and directly unleashed the stored sword energy from within his scabbard.

He had no intention of fighting conservatively. Right from the start, he went in with a killing move!

The disrupted formation of the four flying swords immediately lost much of its power.

Ye Kongxuan furrowed his brow. He had no idea what kind of technique this was that could disturb sword spirits from a distance.

If his opponent were a Soul Transformation Stage cultivator, or someone in the Ninth Realm of the Xuanhuang Realm, he wouldn’t be surprised by any divine ability they used.

But this brat was only in the First Realm!

“A force of such high rank can actually make the spirits of my Four Symbols Golden Swords feel fear—where did he get this power from?”

The Four Symbols Sword Formation blocked the initial dominant burst of True Gang Qi, then faced off against the seven unleashed sword energies.

Chu Huaixu's figure flashed—he was already behind Ye Kongxuan.

Sword energy slashed forward from his fingertip, but was intercepted by a talisman that appeared out of nowhere!

A massive golden symbol materialized in the air. Composed of luminous runes, it was four to five meters tall and blocked Chu Huaixu's strike.

Ye Kongxuan didn’t even turn his head. With a single-hand gesture, he activated a technique.

Suddenly, the ground beneath Chu Huaixu collapsed, causing him to stumble.

After executing the【Earth Collapse Technique】, Ye Kongxuan controlled the four flying swords to attack from four directions, cutting off all escape routes.

Yet the black-robed youth made no move to dodge!

“I’d like to see how many times your talisman can block me!”

Chu Huaixu exerted his strength, causing the already-collapsing earth to give way further.

He unleashed his【Fearless Sword Intent】, charging forward without hesitation.

He first knocked aside the flying sword in front of him, and the sword energy at his fingertip sliced straight at Ye Kongxuan’s back.

The remaining three swords struck the black mist protective aura around Chu Huaixu, triggering the jade pendant at his waist to begin flashing with radiance.

The sword strikes shattered the dark mist and protective screen, but the remaining impact hit Chu Huaixu's body without causing the slightest deviation in his sword slash.

The talisman composed of glowing patterns shattered instantly!

With a single slash, he cut the unsuspecting Ye Kongxuan in half at the waist!

Strangely, there was no blood at all.

“A substitute puppet, huh?” Chu Huaixu cursed in his heart.

Sure enough, Ye Kongxuan in azure robes had already swapped positions and appeared ten feet away.

Now, he held a talisman between two fingers, chanting rapidly as it burned.

“Four Symbols Technique—Vermilion Bird Seal, go!”

Blazing flames coalesced into a Vermilion Bird, flying toward Chu Huaixu.

Meanwhile, the four flying swords rose into the air, attempting to reform the sword formation above.

Chu Huaixu activated【Flying Profound】, his figure flashing as he launched three bursts of True Gang Qi during the Vermilion Bird’s pursuit.

The dominant True Gang Qi destroyed the flaming Vermilion Bird, but the sword formation was already descending from above.

By now, he had mostly figured things out.

This Ye Kongxuan, perhaps because his possessed body was only at the Qi Refining Stage, had many flashy but mostly useless tricks.

That Vermilion Bird Seal looked impressive, but its actual power was minimal—just ordinary flames.

His main offensive force was still the four flying swords.

Chu Huaixu began channeling his【Sword Heart Clarity】.

In an instant, the four flying swords seemed to slow down in his perception.

Although he couldn’t yet find the formation’s weakness, he could discern its strongest and weakest points.

With the dual suppression of【Heart Sword】and【Ding Fengbo】, the sword formation’s speed slowed further. Just as Chu Huaixu turned to strike—

A stone spike erupted from the ground!

He barely blocked the formation’s blow before being struck by the spike of mud and stone.

The Black-Gold Robe’s barrier shattered instantly, sending Chu Huaixu flying.

Bones cracked audibly, and Ye Kongxuan finally showed a hint of relief.

He hadn’t expected that after so many exchanges, he would only now manage to injure this brat from the Xuanhuang Realm.

Even more ridiculous was that his Substitute Strawman had already been used up so early.

“I thought I could trade the strawman for his life!”

“Yet all I did was barely injure him!”

Moreover, every one of Ye Kongxuan’s attacks had carried Nascent Soul power—

Yet he couldn’t inflict any damage on this brat’s Sea of Consciousness!

Ye Kongxuan couldn’t understand—how could someone in the First Realm have such a stable Sea of Consciousness?

He began to suspect: “Could the Xuanhuang Realm have developed a possession method too? Is he a Ninth Realm cultivator starting over?”

That made no sense!

But what happened next once again overturned this Nascent Soul Old Monster’s understanding.

He had assumed that even with internal and external cultivation, the youth would be gravely injured.

Yet Chu Huaixu’s injuries weren’t severe—just two broken bones and some minor flesh wounds.

“Huh? His physique is this resilient?” Ye Kongxuan was once again shocked.

And his injuries were healing at a rate visible to the naked eye!

“A supreme treasure! A supreme treasure indeed!” Greed flickered blatantly in his eyes.

“Little brat of the Xuanhuang Realm, I never expected you to cultivate your body to such a state. You’ve gifted me a marvelous present!”

“You Xuanhuang folk have useless bodies with no Spirit Roots—unfit for possession—but I can refine you into an external incarnation!”

“In time, I may even attain an indestructible body!”

“When I reach the Soul Transformation Stage, you becoming my incarnation will be your greatest honor!”

Chu Huaixu flexed his arm in front of him, fully displaying his regeneration ability—as if baiting him on purpose.

But the title in his mouth changed drastically.

“Nascent Soul Old Dog, you really dare to dream!”

“My body—you think you’re worthy of using it?”

In just a short exchange, the title had gone from “senior” to “Nascent Soul Old Monster,” and now to “Nascent Soul Old Dog.”

“Young whelp! Hand over your body!” Ye Kongxuan bellowed.

He reached forward, and a massive green hand condensed in the air.

Chu Huaixu's expression became even more disdainful.

“Still relying on cheap illusions, Nascent Soul Old Dog?”

He stood still, unmoving, letting the green hand approach—while the sword energy at his fingertip sliced behind him, destroying another stone spike.

The old man's greed and speech had been genuine—

But it had also been a setup for an illusion!

Too bad for him, his opponent was Chu Huaixu.

His【Heart Sword】could cut through all illusions!

He even thought, “If that idiot Little Xu entered the Origin Spirit Realm, wouldn’t he be played like a fiddle?”

Ye Kongxuan backed off a few steps, maintaining a safe distance, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

“Your Sea of Consciousness and divine sense are indeed unique—able to even see through my illusions.”

“How exactly did you cultivate such a body and Sea of Consciousness?”

“And we’ve fought this long, yet you still haven’t drawn your sword!”

He shouted angrily.

This dual-cultivator of sword and body from the Xuanhuang Realm had held a sword scabbard all this time, yet never once drawn a sword!

As a result, Ye Kongxuan remained constantly wary.

He had no idea when—or where—that spirit sword would appear.

With this thought, he was convinced that the boy’s sword must be his ultimate trump card!

He would only draw it when everything was on the line!

Otherwise, why keep hiding it?

But Chu Huaixu just laughed.

He had always shown his sword to the world, yet the world always asked to “witness his sword”!

“Nascent Soul Old Dog, you came all the way from Kunlun Grotto-Heaven. As a guest from afar—”

“Since you've asked, I’ll give you an answer!”

“Didn’t you say you wanted my body?”

“Then why don’t you first offer me something?”

Chu Huaixu activated the【Heart Sword】within his body, letting it detach from his Sea of Consciousness.

“Heart Sword—go,” he said in his heart.

Since the opponent’s strongest move was that sword formation, then things would be simple.

Ye Kongxuan had been on guard all along, thinking that Chu Huaixu was finally about to draw his sword—

But in the next instant, among the four flying swords floating around him, the one at the White Tiger position of the Four Symbols suddenly began to tremble violently!

“Nascent Soul Old Dog, I’ll borrow your sword for a bit!” Chu Huaixu declared loudly.

The Four Symbols Sword Formation instantly shattered, the White Tiger position left empty—

Because that flying sword had already fallen into Chu Huaixu’s right hand!