Chapter 399 - 165: Toad Wrath Awakens, Void Gate, I’ve Been Waiting for You for a Long Time
The voice wasn’t particularly loud, yet it seemed to reverberate across every inch of the entire Sealed Space simultaneously.
It easily drowned out the violent clash of three Feathered Experts locked in a life-or-death battle.
Moreover, like a world-ending arctic blast, it froze the entire Sealed Space.
"Hmm!?"
Tens of thousands, or perhaps hundreds of thousands of miles away.
After a clash that shattered the chessboard and sent Monk Taixuan reeling back, coughing up blood with his Golden Body broken, Cui Yanliang suddenly felt a chill.
He felt an indescribable, terrifying presence suddenly fill the heavens and the earth.
’Is this that giant toad?’
Cui Yanliang glanced around, his brow furrowed. He was startled, but not panicked.
’Has Toad Wrath awakened?’
Amidst the endless Divine Light, the blood-soaked Celestial Secret Sect Master was also greatly alarmed. He focused his gaze, peering intently.
But he found that the massive Demon Beast sealed within the Death Qi Space hadn’t moved in the slightest.
Yet this terrifying presence was undeniable.
Shaken to his core, he lost all will to continue fighting Cui Yanliang. He leaped into the sky as his Divine Sense erupted outwards, frantically sweeping through the seemingly frozen void.
’I have to find it!’
’It can’t have fully awakened yet. I have to find it, or we’re all going to die!’
Monk Taixuan, his Golden Body shattered and his entire being nearly broken by that single blow, also let out a wild roar, coughing up blood as he shot into the air.
Since he had dared to join forces with the Celestial Secret Sect Master, he was naturally not completely in the dark.
In fact, throughout history, countless people had sought the Seven Heroes and Three Li.
The Celestial Secret Sect Master was far from the only one.
He, his masters, and even his grandmasters had all been searching for traces of the Seven Heroes and Three Li.
His knowledge of the Seven Heroes and Three Li was in no way inferior to that of the Celestial Secret Sect Master.
Thus, he completely forgot about Cui Yanliang, who was still nearby. He streaked across the sky, scattering countless drops of golden Divine Blood as he frantically searched for any trace of Toad Wrath.
If Cui Yanliang and the others felt it so keenly from tens of thousands of miles away...
...then for Ye Xiaoyu, who was right on top of it, the feeling was incomparably intense!
’This toad...’
Ye Xiaoyu was horrified, but she couldn’t even move!
She could feel her bones, her flesh, her soul—even the countless microscopic particles that composed her very being.
...all screaming in sharp agony.
It was as if they had encountered the most terrifying thing in existence!
This was not a result of any Magical Power, Divine Technique, Demon Qi, or Evil Technique...
It was an indescribable, immense pressure, like a mortal coming face-to-face with a peerless Evil Cultivator!
Chen Shaoyou looked as if he were already dead. Even though Ye Xiaoyu was shielding him, his Heart Spirit and soul seemed to be shrouded in a thick, black fog.
’This little toad... is actually Toad Wrath?!’
’I’m a dead man... I’m dead!’
In the endless darkness, Chen Shaoyou’s heart filled with ash-gray despair.
He never would have dreamed...
...that a legend, a brief account recorded in just a handful of words, would not only involve the Elder Celestial Master and his junior martial sister...
...but also this peerless Great Demon!
Instantly, he started cursing the person who wrote down that legend, cursing them and their ancestors for eight generations back.
What a load of crap about ’a farmer on Frog Head Mountain found a descendant of Toad Wrath and received great fortune’!
That damn Record is a death trap!
HUM!
Just then, Ye Xiaoyu and Chen Shaoyou, both trapped in endless darkness, heard a long, tranquil sigh echo from afar.
It rang in their minds:
"Seven Heroes and Three Li..."
"I have been waiting a long time for you."
"Hmm!?"
The Jade Toad, hands clasped behind its back, narrowed its eyes in thought.
The sigh was calm and drawn-out.
It was like the ceaseless tolling of the great Copper Bell in the Wansheng Institute after being struck.
As the sound spread, it naturally yet tyrannically displaced all other noise in the void.
A hundred miles, a thousand, ten thousand...
And even a hundred thousand, a million miles!
This sound wave was like the rising sun. Wherever it spread, its gentle light swept away all haze and darkness, suppressing all Vitality and all death qi within the Sealed Space.
A tranquil and peaceful Presence spread out endlessly, instantly soothing the fear in the hearts of everyone within the Sealed Space.
WHOOSH!
The wave of air swept more than a hundred thousand miles. Sensing this Presence, the Celestial Secret Sect Master froze mid-flight.
His face turned ashen.
"Su Bai!"
He was shaken to the core, and a deep sense of dread filled him.
There are limits to Divine Sense. The Divine Sense of a newly ascended Feathered One can cover a radius of thirty thousand miles—the size of an ordinary star.
Even one at the Peak of Feathering would struggle to surpass the one-hundred-thousand-mile mark.
But now, from more than a hundred thousand miles away, this person’s Presence was rolling toward them.
This Presence brought not only immense external pressure but also a profound shock to everyone’s hearts.
This was clearly beyond the Feathered realm...
"This Presence... this Presence..."
Monk Taixuan’s body trembled. A look of terrified disbelief appeared on his face, which was covered in golden blood.
As this Presence spread, it had tyrannically suppressed the raging tide of death qi that had been boiling like the sea!
Only Cui Yanliang’s expression remained unchanged, as if he had already expected this.
"Su... Elder Su!?"
Jin Yunfeng and Wang E, standing in the farthest reaches of the space, couldn’t see what was happening.
𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
But this Presence was so powerful and distinct that it was impossible not to feel it.
This was especially true for Jin Yunfeng, as his White Bone Body had been nurtured by this very Presence for a long time.
Now, it naturally resonated with him.
"This is..."
Chen Shaoyou suddenly snapped out of the darkness, his body drenched in a thick sweat, but the terror in his heart had vanished.
He felt as if his mind was enveloped by gentle water...
...transforming his deep fear into profound peace and serenity...
’Who is this?’
Chen Shaoyou focused his gaze.
A ripple suddenly spread through the void.
The ripple spread outward, and in an instant, it formed into a Void Gate.
Then, a figure in white robes strode through, stepping slowly and calmly into the Sealed Space.
He could see him clearly.
The man’s build was average, neither tall nor short, but his aura was as solid as the earth, as vast as the heavens, and as peaceful as water...
Countless auras, both similar and starkly different, blended together perfectly within him.
He couldn’t even tell the man’s age.
His upright posture suggested a middle-aged man, but his fair-skinned face seemed that of a young man.
Yet, his Physique exuded the vibrant aura of a teenager, as brilliant as the morning sun.
And his profound gaze held a worldly weariness, as if he had seen through the hearts of all people and grasped the nature of the world itself.
He had never seen anyone like this before.
Not in this life, nor did he expect to in the future.
But once seen, the image was unforgettable, deeply seared into the depths of his heart.
"Teacher!"
Ye Xiaoyu cried out.
The newcomer was none other than Su Bai.
’Teacher!?’
Chen Shaoyou’s heart leaped, and he blurted out in shock, "Boxing Saint Daoist Su Bai?"
Ye Xiaoyu called Cui Yanliang ’Senior Brother,’ and this man ’Teacher’.
He immediately understood who the newcomer was.
At once, his heart began to pound!
He felt the situation was spiraling even further out of control.
Who could have predicted that a minor incident from a legend, recorded in just a few short words...
...would involve so many major figures!
The Seven Heroes and Three Li, the Elder Celestial Master, the Elder Celestial Master’s junior martial sister, and two unknown Feathered True Masters.
And now, even the Elder Celestial Master’s own teacher!
The one and only Boxing Saint Daoist Su Bai, a figure supposedly lost to the river of time!
This man was the true founder of the Boxing Saint Daoist Temple!
At that moment, the Jade Toad’s eyes swiveled to glare sideways at Su Bai. Ferocious, wrathful energy pulsed from its tiny pupils.
"So, you’re the one who ruined my fun..."