Chapter 453: The Sun and Moon Illuminate Mountains and Rivers (Part Twelve)

Ling Jiuxiao and Zhu Mingyang were locked in a fierce battle.
Ling Jiuxiao's Divine Demon Battle Body wasn't even fully unlocked, yet he already possessed invincible potential.
Most importantly,
Ling Jiuxiao had an unfair advantage!
He had the guidance of an old man.
And he possessed the Heaven-Devouring Earth-Eating Divine Art, an imperial scripture.
Zhu Mingyang was indeed the most monstrous talent on the Sun Moon Continent.
He also possessed absolute peak fortune.
Unfortunately... he encountered a higher-level chosen one of great fortune, truly favored by heaven, with someone manipulating things behind the scenes—completely incomparable to Zhu Mingyang, a pseudo-chosen one of fortune.
In the end, Zhu Mingyang was tragically pinned down and beaten by Ling Jiuxiao.
"Let's see you pretend!"
"Still pretending?"
"There are two kinds of people I hate most in my life!"
"One who tries to show off in front of me, and one who won't let me show off!"
Zhu Mingyang tried to speak, but Ling Jiuxiao's fist shattered all his teeth, leaving him stammering and unable to utter a word.
At this moment... some powerful figures could see countless golden energies of fortune converging on Ling Jiuxiao's body from Zhu Mingyang's.
Seeing this, some of the powerful figures gritted their teeth.
"This is fortune... The Sun and Moon Palace has such audacity! They actually want to use the fortune of our sect's prodigies as a foundation to create an ultimate monster!"
"This Sun and Moon Continent's Young Prodigies Competition is a complete conspiracy!"
"Ridiculous! They spent so much to plan this, only to have it all go to someone else's benefit!"
"......."
The powerful figures of the Sun and Moon Palace, seeing their own successor being brutally beaten, could no longer tolerate it.
"Boy, why aren't you stopping yet?"
A thought suddenly popped into Ling Jiuxiao's mind. Adhering to the principle of "if you offend someone, offend them to death," Ling Jiuxiao laughed, "Old man, does your Sun and Moon Palace intend to bully the weak?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Ling Jiuxiao regretted them.
"Elder, what do we do now?"
"You're quite brave, young man. I wasn't as brave as you back in my day."
"Elder, don't joke around. The Sun and Moon Palace seems to really lack martial ethics, intending to bully the weak."
"You're old too, why don't you help the young man?"
The elder said irritably, "If I could, I would have smashed the Sun and Moon Palace to pieces with one slap. Unfortunately... I can't help you."
Ling Jiuxiao: "......."
As expected, he's unreliable.
Fortunately, he still has something he can rely on.
Faced with the threat from the Sun and Moon Palace, Ling Jiuxiao calmly pulled out a tree branch from behind him.
"Old man, don't think I don't have powerful backers!"
"If you force me to take action, your Sun and Moon Palace might be destroyed today!"
"..."
This scene stunned everyone.
Although they all despised the Sun and Moon Palace's actions, and even wholeheartedly approved of Ling Jiuxiao's beating of the Sun and Moon Palace's heir,
they only offered their approval, a token of their support.
The Sun and Moon Palace dared to do this without fear of exposure; they weren't called the number one power on the Sun and Moon Continent for nothing.
And this kid not only beat up the Sun and Moon Palace's heir, but actually threatened the Sun and Moon Palace with a tree branch?
Hiss~
This is simply insane.
Even the elders of the Sun and Moon Palace were completely dumbfounded.
"You brat, how dare you scare me with a mere tree branch!"
The elder of the Sun and Moon Palace was furious.
He wanted to slap this audacious brat who dared to challenge the Sun and Moon Palace, so ignorant of his own limitations.
No one present could bear to watch what was about to happen.
Han Xiyue's face turned pale, her delicate body swaying precariously. This was the first time Han Xiyue had felt so powerless since the six major sects had gone to the Mountain and River Sect!
Faced with the pressure of a Saint, the Mountain and River Sect's power was now far too insignificant, so insignificant that it couldn't even protect its own genius disciple.
However... a scene that surprised everyone occurred.
The image of Ling Jiuxiao being slapped into thin air, as imagined in their minds, did not appear.
With the appearance of a vast sword aura, the elder of the Sun and Moon Palace vanished without a trace, leaving no trace of his existence. The sword aura continued, directly slashing towards the Sun and Moon Palace's barrier, instantly splitting the entire small world of the Sun and Moon Palace in two.
"That sword aura..."
"It's the sword aura of the sword master who slew the Great Demon Saint of the Myriad Demon Realm that day!"
"Could this kid be related to that sword master? Or... is that sword master the mastermind behind the Mountain and River Sect?"
Many forces already knew that the Mountain and River Sect had a mastermind.
Because no one else would be so bored as to slay a Great Demon deep within the Myriad Demon Realm and then leave behind the Mountain and River Sect's name.
Of course, if it were an enemy, doing so was possible, but investigations by various forces revealed that the Mountain and River Sect wasn't worth framing by a master at least at the Saint Realm.
However, no one dared to connect the person who slew the Great Demon Saint of the Myriad Demon Realm with the Mountain and River Sect.
"If that sword master really is related to the Mountain and River Sect... perhaps there really is a turning point in today's events!"
Ling Jiuxiao was shocked. This sword aura was so powerful?
It shattered the Sun and Moon Palace with a single strike.
"Elder... there seems to be a sword aura inside."
Ling Jiuxiao, holding the tree branch, felt something was strange. He had clearly used the sword intent within the branch, and now it seemed to be automatically replenishing itself?
"Kid, this is good news!"
"Listen to me, just go for it! The sword aura in your hand can completely annihilate the entire Sun and Moon Palace!"
Encouraged by the elder, Ling Jiuxiao was full of energy. Facing the terrifying aura emanating from the depths of the Sun and Moon Palace, he showed no fear, but rather eagerness to try.
"How dare you! You actually dare to destroy my Sun and Moon Palace!"
The foundation of the Sun and Moon Palace belonged to an Elder Saint.
The roar startled Ling Jiuxiao.
He quickly slashed the tree branch downwards.
With a burst of earth-shattering sword aura, the roar vanished completely.
The world was quiet.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
A peak Great Sage, a powerful figure who roamed the universe, is dead just like that?
"The Sun and Moon Palace...who did this?!"
Deep within the Sun and Moon Palace, an aged figure sprang from a coffin. Looking at the utterly destroyed palace, he seemed like a madman.
"There are still survivors?"
Ling Jiuxiao couldn't help but marvel at the Sun and Moon Palace's truly powerful foundation.
"The Sun and Moon Palace truly deserves to be the number one power on the Sun and Moon Continent."
"But sorry, I seem to have regained a sword aura."
Ling Jiuxiao discovered that another sword aura had been added to the branch. With a light slash, the aura of annihilation returned.
Zhu Mingyang stared blankly at the shattered Sun and Moon Palace. The two peak Great Saints of the Sun and Moon Palace had perished just like that.
"From this day forward, my Mountain and River Sect will be the number one power on this Sun and Moon Continent!"
"Does anyone object?"
Ling Jiuxiao was filled with boundless pride; at this moment, he slaughtered Saints like dogs.
However… just now, when he used the sword aura from the branch, he seemed to have seen the outline of a green-green figure… somewhat resembling his own sect leader.