Chapter 329: With What Remains of My Life, I Will Save You, Elder Brother!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lei Dongtian smiled coldly and nodded in understanding, "All the affairs in this world are simply misunderstandings! You two poets should that best. After all, you fellows are so romantic, being able to enjoy the night scene in such frosty weather. You can both behave like idiots as much as you'd like, but do you take me for a fool as well?"
The fresh blood within Venerable Lord Saber's mouth tasted bitter. It was obvious that he was in jeopardy. There was no time left for Venerable Lord Snow to argue. He exclaimed loudly, "Give way!"
With those words, he sent his whole body spinning madly like a whirlwind. At the same time, the snow that had begun to condense and accumulate on the ground hovered upwards, swiftly filling the air.
Suddenly, the snow began to fall. Soon, only a colorless landscape was visible to the eye.
"Snow dances from the sky, I - am the dictator!"
Following that, an indescribable miasma of power enveloped the roof of the Tower to Heaven Inn.
Lei Dongtian and Old Mu's real cultivation base were above that of Venerable Lord Snow. However, at this juncture, they felt as if an irresistible force had come crashing in, forcefully squeezing them out of the equation and they were unable to do anything about it.
Within the extraordinary space with drifting snow, there was only one person who had the right to speak and have the final say.
That was, of course, the Venerable Lord Snow.
Without his permission, no one could even enter the area he had effectively cordoned off.
Even one with a cultivation base higher than him could not have entered the area before his dictation was eliminated!
"The fief!"
Lei Dongtian exclaimed loudly, "Snow Fief! A mere eighth heaven practitioner can actually comprehend the level of fief? How ... how is this possible?"
His voice was full of disbelief!
It wasn't only Lei Dongtian who was shocked, Old Mu felt the same way. Both of them cast disbelieving glances at each other, all that they could see in each other's eyes was uncertainty. How was that possible?
This was obviously an advanced skill that only the practitioners of the Dao realm could possibly comprehend. It was not something that could simply be learned by all the practitioners of Dao realm as well. One had to have the luck and fate to be able to comprehend it. Even some of the experts who had reached the sixth tier and above in the realm of Dao would still not be able to activate the power of fief!
However, Venerable Lord Snow from the Four Seasons Tower, who was merely in the heaven realm, was able to exert fief!
"This is as unbelievable as seeing spirits."
Lei Dongtian rubbed his eyes. He almost thought he had witnessed it wrongly or that Venerable Lord Snow had just displayed some kind of mystical art to blur his judgment. However, what he had seen was, in fact, the peculiar phenomenon of a fief. It was undoubtedly true, and it was happening right before his eyes.
"Saber!" The body of Venerable Lord Snow was trembling, his face had slowly turned white. "How do you fare?"
Venerable Lord Saber could barely support his body, blood leaked from the corners of his mouth. "Second brother ... I ... ... I am afraid that I can no longer stand ..."
With a low moan, Venerable Lord Snow hurriedly rushed forward to see what had happened.
From a single glance, he could see that the chest of Venerable Lord Saber had caved in. He could not help but feel the dire agony the other person must be experiencing.
"The previous slashes had already disintegrated my internal organs... I can feel them failing even as I speak. My counterattack with the Art of Soul Inducement took too much of my power and energy, which disorientated me..." Venerable Lord Saber laughed wryly, "That fellow in black took the chance to strike my chest with a palm of yin energy. The only reason that I am even conscious is due to terminal lucidity. I won't stay alive for long... "
"Second brother, even if I can still survive, I am destined to be a cripple. I won't have a future ahead of me."
Venerable Lord Snow let out a loud roar towards the sky, his voice full of intense indignation.
Why had he held back earlier? Why hadn't he taken the opportunity to attack with all his might when his opponent was trying to catch his breath? Even if he wasn't able to kill him, he could have at least tried to obtain a chance of recession and survival. Why did he have so many concerns and uncertainties? He had repeatedly give his opponents chances. Not only did the other side disdain his magnanimity, they had taken the opportunity to fatally injure his partner and put his fifth younger brother’s life on the verge of death. Everything had been caused by his own inaction!
However, at the moment, no matter how regretful he was, it was too late. Second-guessing would not help at all!
Outside, the whistling sounds of sword energy had picked up once again and there were two mirror images of the swords rising and landing swiftly in an intricately intertwined pattern.
They were blazing through the Snow Fief.
Once the fief was formed, no one would be able to open it, so long as the dictator was controlling it.
Even if the cultivation base of the person was higher than that of the creator, his entrance would be denied due to the differences in their nature of spiritual Qi.
The difficulty to be apt at the power of fief was similar to the difficulty to break it. Only someone with a cultivation base three large scales above that of the creator could possibly destroy it by using brute force!
Such destruction would destroy both the people in the fief as well as the dictator casting it!
Other than that, there was no other solution.
The creator of fief would not die as long as the fief remained!
Although the cultivation of Lei Dongtian was more than a single fold higher than that of Venerable Lord Snow, it was far beyond the required three large scales above him.There was no turning point for the hostility that had been formed between the two though, in particular, when he knew that Venerable Lord Snow was actually a potential cultivator with knowledge of the fief. This had further fortified his killing intentions. Lei Dongtian then utilized external brute force as the solution to slowly wear down the Snow Fief.
This was the most primitive and idiotic way to deal with a fief. To maintain a fief, one must have consumed their own entire cultivation base!
As long as the impact was frequent enough to deplete the cultivation base of fief dictator to exhaustion, that fief would naturally disappear by itself.
As far as Lei Dongtian knew, the cultivation base of a person who could cast fief must at least be at the level of the realm of Dao. As for the cultivator with the realm of Dao, he would have been able to sustain the fief for a pretty long time. In that case, it would be extremely difficult to succeed by utilizing such a primitive assault. It would be like trying to put out a fire with a small cup of water.
However, the cultivation base of Venerable Lord Snow was only at the eighth heaven. Even with fief, the duration of time he could sustain it was bound to be limited. Through the joint attacks of Lei Dongtian and Old Mu, there was still a great opportunity to destroy and get rid of the Snow Fief!
The rainbow-like gleam of swords continued to brutally smash against the Snow Fief. The unceasing rumbling sounds were like loud bombs, causing the whole of Tiantang City to tremble!
Being the main target object, the Tower to Heaven Inn had begun to lose its supports and had begun shaking.
Venerable Lord Snow was also trembling, His face was turning pale. Apparently, the technique used by Lei Dongtian and his servant had gradually come into effect.
Yet, he had persisted, as always.
He did not dare to withdraw it, as there was his brother within it to consider.
Venerable Lord Saber could be seen gasping for air. He then opened his eyes, revealing a serene look of radiance and whispered, "Second brother, I am contented in this life."
Venerable Lord Snow stared at his brother in surprise.
Venerable Lord Saber’s gaze was filled with warmth, "My cultivation base is, and has always been the weakest among our brothers. Normally, when the four of you saw me, you all would either beat or scold me ... I never wished to see you all. The ridicule and scoldings gave by you, second brother, were the worst. "
"I would not stay there any longer. I would rather go out into the martial world, wandering about... "
"However, my heart is contented today. To be called " fifth younger brother" has made me feel extremely warm."
Venerable Lord Saber squinted and said, "Second brother, I am sorry, for causing trouble. This little saber will not forget the way the second brother has sacrificed your life to protect me forever!"
Venerable Lord Snow ground his teeth, withholding the impact from the external world and said, "What nonsense are you talking about. Now, try to dissolve the medicinal power to ease your injury. As long as your heart is beating normally again, I will carry you and break out of this! At this critical point of time, instead of acting rueful, why don’t you deal with the serious matter first? You will have more time to express your sorrows when you are out there later!"
Venerable Lord Saber's face revealed a warm look. He then whispered, "Second brother, we do not know where these two people came from, and we do not know why they came against us in such a manner. Considering the way he addressed me, "Venerable Lord Saber", I think we must have been tricked ...and within the entire Tiantang City, there is only one person who has the ability and courage to fool us. It has to be Supreme Wind, from the Nine Supremes."
"The cultivation of these two individuals are unusually tyrannical. Though they are not comparable to our boss, they could almost be deemed as the pinnacle of this world. Second brother, if you were to escape by bringing me along, you would only succeed in getting the both of us killed."
"The best thing we can do now is to have at least one of us survive. After all, I can no longer withstand the pain. Stop hesitating."
Venerable Lord Saber smiled faintly and said, "Second brother, please bid farewell to eldest brother, third and fourth brother for me. Apologize to fourth older brother for me for not being able to keep his son. I owe him."
The roaring sound beyond their softly spoken conversation was unbearable. The Snow Fief had become increasingly precarious and would collapse at any time.
However, Venerable Lord Snow seemed to have heard nothing at all. With his face as white as chalk, he only saw the face of Venerable Lord Saber.
"Second brother, please be ready to take my head back home. You know where to put it."
Venerable Lord Saber's face was growing red, his eyes glowing with fear.
"No!"
Venerable Lord Snow let out a piercing roar; his intention was to stop the actions of Venerable Lord Saber.
However, it was too late. Venerable Lord Saber's entire body was aglow with a magnificently blinding light.
The glow in his eyes was getting brighter and brighter, more and more chilling. The eye-stinging glow was like a treasured sword that was being withdrawn from its sheath!
The chilling glow could almost be felt as palpable tension.
"Remember to bring back my saber. That is the only evidence for me being in this world!" Venerable Lord Saber said commandingly, his words and expressions at this moment were full of strength.
In the next moment, his collapsed chest had bulged up again, making it no different than that of ordinary people.
Venerable Lord Saber was fully invigorated; he seemed to have returned to a state of complete recovery. His body was rising from the ground, and with a flip, he landed on the snow.
Venerable Lord Saber could be seen clad in black, standing uprooted on the snow in an imposing manner. His face was full of indifference. It appeared as if all the feelings of the world was no longer have anything to do with him!
"Remove the fief!" uttered Venerable Lord Saber faintly. It was almost an order.
His gaze was on the crisscrossed gleams of swords. His eyes were all black.
It would make no difference to having white and black pupils!
"Second brother has protected me with your life, this younger brother has no more regrets; I shall use the remaining portion of my life to send second brother home safely!"
The voice of Venerable Lord Saber had become increasingly indifferent.
At this moment, he was a supreme deity. Not even the slightest feeling of humanity could be heard in his voice.
"Young fifth!"
With a mad roar, the tears of Venerable Lord Snow oozed.
In the next moment, the Snow Fief had been destroyed!
With a loud thump, countless snowflakes could be seen rolling across the sky.
Upon seeing that, Lei Dongtian and Old Mu were overjoyed and could be seen rushing over simultaneously.
However, a dark shadow, which had appeared like an illusion, had stealthily appeared in front of them.
His body was made up of crisscrossed saber energy!