Starting With 100 Million Lives

Before Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable finished speaking, Sect Leader Jiang swung his sword.

Accompanying this sword strike were his powerful Divine Soul and Law Space.

Having defeated two Daoist Venerables, his approach had become a fixed routine, increasingly skillful.

"How dare you!"

Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable was caught off guard and utterly shocked.

He couldn’t believe Jiang Cheng dared to attack him.

This made no sense at all.

This fellow used to not know who he was, but now knowing there’s a Daoist Saint behind him, he still dares?

And after confirming that the Daoist Saint would certainly avenge him...

He felt something wasn’t right.

The script shouldn’t develop like this, right?

In fact, it wasn’t just him; neither did any of the Immortals on either side understand.

Lu Wen Daoist Venerable even cried out in alarm.

"He cannot be killed!"

Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable can’t die here.

If he dies, it will truly cause enormous trouble afterward.

Unfortunately, when his voice fell, the Thirteen Layer Sword Dao Realm had already completely swallowed Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable.

It was like a giant beast from the Desolate Ancient times, devouring the heavens and earth, overshadowing the Challenge Space.

Though the Daoist Venerable’s Divine Soul was still a Purple Soul, sitting in his Sea of Souls, it offered some resistance against the Holy Soul’s incursion.

But that was all.

Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable couldn’t even mount a decent defense.

When all was said and done, Brother Cheng had already opened the system panel, eagerly looking at his newly acquired Profound Pattern progress rewards.

As for Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable, he was long gone without a trace.

"Dead."

"Really dead..."

This time, the disciples of the Mowu Sect couldn’t cheer.

Of course, they hoped Jiang Cheng would victoriously progress.

They also utterly despised Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable.

If Jiang Cheng had only defeated Ao Xiao, they’d certainly rejoice.

But killing...

"Sect Leader Jiang won another round, why are you all so slow?"

Daoist Venerable Lin Jing looked back with dissatisfaction.

"Why aren’t you cheering yet?"

"Sing! Dance!"

He wasn’t worried about any consequences; since Sect Leader Jiang considered it doable, it must be doable without fear.

The elders and disciples of the Mowu Sect behind him had faces full of helplessness.

Now we’re all afraid of dying—the Daoist Saint could come to destroy us at any moment—who would dare laugh now?

The Song and Dance Ensemble indeed resumed their fanfare.

In contrast, Daoist Venerable Zhiyan, whose teammate had died, laughed loudly.

"Hahahahaha..."

Mere moments ago, he was worried about the sect’s extinction.

Now he wasn’t worried in the least.

"Look, Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable was killed by him!"

He nearly danced with joy.

Pointing at Brother Cheng with schadenfreude.

"And Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable wasn’t sent out by me; he was specifically challenged. Can’t blame me!"

"Now you just wait for Yuan Ke Daoist Saint to come knocking!"

"How can you still be so arrogant when you can’t even protect yourself..."

All the elders and disciples of Wuding Palace behind him also breathed sighs of relief.

"That’s great."

"Finally, someone to take care of that monster."

"I thought really no one could handle him."

"Without him, Mowu Sect is just a platter, isn’t it?"

"Right, without him, Mowu Sect is left with only Lin Jing and Lu Wen, those two old scoundrels. We’ve eight Daoist Venerables on our side!"

Imagining the scene of Mowu Sect’s destruction afterward, their excitement was overwhelming.

They all began jeering at the disciples of Mowu Sect across from them.

"Destroy them!"

"Haha, destroy Mowu Sect!"

"Earlier you scared me, now you Mowu Sect try to be happy, eh?"

"I tell you, after failing the challenge, don’t expect any good outcomes!"

"Avenge our Left Guardian!"

"Lin Jing, you old scoundrel, come out and face your death!"

Not only them, even Silver Quan and Daoist Venerable Hao Yun and others breathed sighs of relief.

Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable’s death was good.

In his death, Jiang Cheng is also dragged down, virtually saving everyone.

Considering he died so meaningfully, they even planned to mourn him for five seconds on site to commemorate his significant contribution.

And looking at their celebratory demeanor, Brother Cheng fell into deep thought.

After pondering for a long time, he still couldn’t understand—why were they celebrating?

So, he raised his long sword, pointing at Daoist Venerable Zhiyan from afar.

"You are the Sect Leader of Wuding Palace, right?"

"The rank is fitting; I’ll start with you next."

Silence suddenly fell on the entire field.

Everyone in the Wuding Palace camp across the way looked stunned.

The formerly smug Daoist Venerable Zhiyan had his smile instantly freeze on his face.

"What’re you up to?"

He didn’t immediately engage, but angrily questioned Jiang Cheng.

Brother Cheng paused, "I’m challenging you. Isn’t directly challenging the Sect Leader within protocol?"

"You!"

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan’s anger didn’t ease but roared loudly.

"You lunatic, why challenge me?"

Brother Cheng was baffled by the question.

Buddy, we are adversaries, and isn’t sect challenging meant to decide a victory?

Why ask me why challenge you?

He waved the sword in his hand.

"The sooner, the sooner it’s over; hurry up and step up."

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan couldn’t possibly step up.

That sword, after careful consideration, even expending all my effort, wouldn’t last beyond a second.

Going up would be courting death.

"You just killed Ao Xiao Daoist Venerable; are you unaware of the consequences?"

He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath while ’earnestly’ analyzing the pros and cons for Brother Cheng.

"His master is Yuan Ke Daoist Saint; do you think he’ll let you off? Could be here to kill you in the next moment!"

"Listening to you speak is like listening to a speech."

Brother Cheng nodded.

"And then?"

"So hurry up and run!"

Daoist Venerable Zhiyan was about to be exasperated to tears by him.

"Why are you still here? Waiting to die? Still thinking of challenging others, what’s wrong with you?"

Only then did Brother Cheng suddenly realize, no wonder they were celebrating so enthusiastically earlier.

They thought he was leaving the stage.

"Oh, didn’t expect you were so concerned about my situation, it’s truly touching..."

Upon hearing his first words, Daoist Venerable Zhiyan thought this guy finally decided to give up.

But the next sentence made him nearly collapse on the spot.

"To repay your concern, no matter how busy I am, I’ll make special time to take care of you."

Saying this, Brother Cheng directly took out a Challenge Order from his ring.

Aimed in the direction of Daoist Venerable Zhiyan.

This time, it was a direct challenge.

Given they belong to two different Challenge Sects, a private challenge was smoothly accomplished.

Seeing the red light of the Challenge Order flash towards himself, Daoist Venerable Zhiyan almost fainted.

As an elder of Duan Yang Dao, he naturally understood what this meant.

Challenge accomplished; if he didn’t respond quickly, he’d suffer a direct loss, severely punished by the rules of heaven and earth.

"You!"

"You lunatic!"

In his viewpoint, Jiang Cheng preferred death, dragging him down too.

On the side, Daoist Venerable Hao Yun and Silver Quan Daoist Venerable all turned to look at him.