"He's right, you celebrated too early!"
Xiao Yi's voice suddenly echoed through the mountain gorge.
Causing the faces of the three men to change simultaneously.
All three stood up at once and dispersed.
Almost at the same time...
A loud boom resounded from their previous location, as a terrifying sword ray cut three feet deep into the ground. Within the resulting crater, not a speck of dust remained, because the power of that sword strike was so fearsome that it turned the dirt into fine particles invisible to the naked eye.
"Who dares to launch such a brazen sneak attack on me?"
"Do you no longer wish to live?"
The three men's faces darkened as they looked in the direction from which the sword light had come.
They saw Xiao Yi standing suspended in the air, his eyes sharp as blades, seemingly capable of cleaving souls.
That sword ray was just a sword finger technique he unleashed.
But its power was comparable to a full-blown strike from a martial artist of the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm.
The three men were all dressed in ordinary clothes, but each of them possessed cultivation levels that were exceptionally strong and profound.
Among the three, two were at the Seventh Nirvana Realm, and one at the Nine Nirvana Realm.
Xiao Yi instinctively felt that these three men were stronger than the realms they displayed.
Especially the young man in the Nine Nirvana Realm, who gave Xiao Yi the impression that he was by no means weaker than Yang Zun—after all, Yang Zun was a First-layer Human Venerable from the Longevity Secret Realm. Even Shen Qianyi, who once topped the Heavenly Dragon Ranking, was no more than this, which caused Xiao Yi to narrow his eyes, "Are you the Renegades?"
The word 'Renegades' seemed to deeply offend the three men.
Their expressions turned even more sullen.
The strong Martial Artist in the Seventh Nirvana Realm, with a face dark as charcoal, coldly said, "Renegade my ass, I'm from the Changsheng Sect!"
Xiao Yi was startled, memories from Wind Thunder come to mind.
This was an incredibly ancient force. The original Hall of Longevity was crafted by them.
Since the battle between Zhao Wuji and Wind Thunder that shattered the continent and plunged the Hall of Longevity into the depths of the void, the Changsheng Sect had disappeared without a trace.
He hadn't expected these three Renegades to claim they were from the Changsheng Sect.
Watching Xiao Yi fall silent,
The man coldly said, "What? Now that you know we're from the Changsheng Sect, are you scared?"
Xiao Yi's face grew somber, and he frowned, "Am I supposed to be afraid of you?"
The man snorted coldly, apparently angered by Xiao Yi's previous attack, and through gritted teeth said, "Since you're not afraid, then let's fight!"
A blue pillar of light burst forth from his body.
The pillar was round and solid,
Under a burst of blue light, he appeared right in front of Xiao Yi. His figure charged wildly towards Xiao Yi, his hands gripping the light pillar and smashing it down upon Xiao Yi's head.
This blue light pillar was his Martial Tao Skill manifestation.
The entire artifact was as condensed and tangible as if it had undergone seven nirvanic transformations of the Martial Dao Fasxiang.
And his body, too, was awash with brilliant light, as tough as iron bone.
This was clearly a sign of Physical Nirvana!
Xiao Yi's pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes filled with a hint of amazement, "Both Physical and Fasxiang Dual Nirvana?"
The path of Nirvana is divided into three.
Physical, Fasxiang, and spiritual power!
In the Qingtian Realm, martial artists all chose one Path of Nirvana to walk. When Xiao Yi had once inquired about this to Emperor Qian and the others, the answer he received also pointed to a singular Path of Nirvana; it was absolutely impossible for one to walk more than one Path of Nirvana simultaneously.
Even Xiao Yi himself had obtained the "Tongtian Sanlu" and "All Path Unity" by unexpected surprise.
Only then could he simultaneously raise all three paths to the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm.
The person before him had actually walked both the Physical Nirvana and Law Incarnation Nirvana, and both had reached the Seventh Nirvana Realm.
This couldn't help but surprise Xiao Yi.
It was during this moment of surprise that Xiao Yi was hit by a blue pillar of light, crashing into a mountainside like a falling meteor. The entire mountain trembled thunderously until it finally came to a rest, with a human-shaped crater formed on the mountainside. The youth who had just struck Xiao Yi sneered, "And here I thought you were some expert. Turns out you're just a pretty face with no real skill..."
The cultivator from the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm who had taken the inverted path suddenly spoke up to warn.
There was a sudden, violent undulation like a dragon turning over.
The abrupt shaking caused the man to stagger, nearly losing his balance. Almost at the same time, a sky-shattering sword light burst forth from the ground, blasting directly onto the youth.
The youth was sent flying backward, blood spraying violently from his mouth.
He traced a beautiful arc in the air and then slammed to the ground with a thud, in a complete disarray.
The youth got up with a carp's flip, his body shining with a bright light, yet it now bore a sword mark. With his face smeared with blood, he looked even more somber, "Son of a bitch, what a terrifying sword! How could it injure me in my Seventh Nirvana Realm of Physical Nirvana?"
Xiao Yi burst forth from the ground.
He still wore black, untainted by even a speck of dust, his ink-black hair disheveled, and the Zhanyue in his hand exuded a cold, sharp edge.
Xiao Yi's eyes swept over the man, confirming that he had indeed walked both the Physical and Law Incarnation Nirvanas. His gaze turned to the other two, thinking to himself: Could it be that these two have also walked two Paths of Nirvana? No, I need to test them...
Xiao Yi's gaze swept over the two men, coldly saying, "So this is all there is to the contrary path cultivators!"
"You're the one on the contrary path!"
"We are the Changsheng Sect, in accordance with the Heavenly Dao..."
All three faces changed color.
It seemed to them that the term "contrary path cultivator" was a great insult.
With a thought, Xiao Yi intended to probe the truth of the three, further provoking them, "Ridiculous, you three think you comply with the Heavenly Dao?"
"Damn it, you keep insulting our Changsheng Sect over and over again. You're forcing us to kill you!" the man who had previously fought with Xiao Yi shouted with a dark face.
The powerhouse at the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm was expressionless, but his fists were already tightly clenched.
His eyes flickered with a fierce killing intent.
The corners of Xiao Yi's mouth curved slightly upwards, he pointed at the three men and beckoned with his fingers, "Kill me? Unless the three of you attack together, maybe then you'll have a sliver of hope!"
"This guy is way too arrogant..."
The powerhouse at the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "You're not worthy of our joint effort to kill you; alone, I am enough!"
Xiao Yi's lips curved up, and he raised a finger towards him, "You, one move will be enough for me!"
The powerhouse at the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm's pupils contracted sharply as he glared with wide eyes. A needle-thin beam of spiritual power exploded from within his eyes, charging straight into Xiao Yi's brow.
Xiao Yi's body shuddered.
The three of them laughed loudly, "You dare to underestimate us? Now you're dead, right?"
"Truly worthy to be the leader, that spiritual attack is getting stronger and stronger..."
The powerhouse at the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm suddenly trembled all over, vomiting blood with a look of shock and anger on his face as he stared at Xiao Yi, "Such strong spiritual power, it actually managed to forcefully devour my spiritual attack..."
"The leader's spiritual attack was devoured?"
The two were dumbfounded and turned to look at Xiao Yi in unison.
Xiao Yi's lips curled up slightly, his tone filled with provocation, "The three of you, it's better if you come at me together!"