Chapter 1278: Dominator of Duan Yang Dao
"Daoist Venerable Zhiyan, it’s not that we don’t want to fight."
Silver Quan Daoist Venerable chuckled sinisterly.
"The opponent challenged you individually, even if we wanted to intervene, we couldn’t."
Daoist Venerable Hao Yun also expressed his delight.
"Now it’s up to you. We hope you can display your might, turn the tide, and strike him down!"
After those two rounds of urging each other to fight, they had no good relations anymore.
They were all holding the mindset of sacrificing the one for the benefit of the many.
Daoist Venerable Zhiyan was so angry he couldn’t say a word.
The primary issue before him now was how to survive.
For this, he waited and waited.
Waiting all along for Daoist Saint Yuan Ke to suddenly break in.
But unfortunately, he didn’t see it happen.
As he faced being automatically judged as the loser if he didn’t respond, he took a deep breath.
Then sat down.
Under the stupefied gaze of the crowd, his body trembled, and he slowly spit out a mouthful of blood.
He failed to respond within the stipulated time, he was overdue.
In the previous match, it was considered he lost, and thus he was punished by the rules of heaven and earth.
Pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, he then took out a pile of pills to restore some blood, and Daoist Venerable Zhiyan’s face, initially pale as paper, gradually became rosy.
This series of actions left everyone in a daze.
Even the disciples behind him from Wuding Palace didn’t know how to evaluate such behavior.
The Sect Leader deliberately avoided battle, losing without fighting, could be considered highly degrading.
But on closer thought, if he had fought, Wuding Palace would be without a Sect Leader now.
Although internal injuries couldn’t heal so quickly, at least he was still alive.
In this view, it was actually the wisest decision.
Brother Cheng found himself not gaining any benefits from this round.
The opponent was directly judged as the loser and wasn’t killed by him, thus he didn’t gain any Rule Enlightenment, and Profound Patterns showed no change at all.
This left him greatly disappointed.
And at this moment, from above the distant sky, suddenly flew in a figure.
Brother Cheng thought it was Daoist Saint Yuan Ke coming, but with minimal sensing, he found that the other’s realm wasn’t at the level of Daoist Saint, but should be a Daoist Venerable.
And as this Daoist Venerable arrived, Daoist Venerable Hao Yun who had mostly kept a low profile, along with the four Daoist Venerables who came to aid him, all went to greet him with smiles.
"Here he is!"
"Finally arrived!"
"Hahaha, we’ve been holding back for too long."
"Now we can hit back hard!"
As that Daoist Venerable landed, Daoist Venerable Lu Wen showed an expression of shock.
"Daoist Venerable Qinglu, isn’t he from the Heaven-breaking Alliance? How is he so familiar with Hao Yun and others?"
Daoist Venerable Lin Jing smiled coldly: "Can’t you see? All six of them are from the Heaven-breaking Alliance!"
Upon hearing the three words ’Heaven-breaking Alliance’, many Elders of Mowu Sect instinctively frowned with an expression of disgust.
But next came fear and dread.
Because those three words, in Duan Yang Dao, meant Dominator.
As for those ordinary disciples, they were full of confusion.
"What’s the Heaven-breaking Alliance?"
"Why have I never heard of it?"
"Isn’t Daoist Venerable Hao Yun the Supreme Elder of Tongyun Sect? How did he become part of the Heaven-breaking Alliance?"
"Yeah, didn’t the other Daoist Venerables also have their own sects? When did they join this Heaven-breaking Alliance?"
Upon their inquiries, Daoist Venerable Lu Wen sighed deeply.
Earlier, Jiang Cheng had been victorious in consecutive battles, he wasn’t worried that Mowu Sect would be annihilated, his face only showed joy and admiration.
But now, with the appearance of Daoist Venerable Qinglu and the surfacing of the Heaven-breaking Alliance, he returned to despair.
"Alas, it’s normal for you not to know."
"The Heaven-breaking Alliance claims to decide the fate of all sects, it’s the true dominating force hiding in the shadows of Duan Yang Dao."
"Before them, even a figure like Daoist Saint Yuan Ke has to be respectful!"
Upon hearing this, everyone finally realized the power of the Heaven-breaking Alliance.
"There’s actually such a sect?"
"We’ve never heard of it."
"Do they also have Daoist Saints?"
"Could it be that Daoist Venerable Qinglu is as extraordinary as Sect Leader Jiang, able to cross great realms to challenge and shake Daoist Saints?"
Daoist Venerable Lu Wen shook his head.
"The Heaven-breaking Alliance isn’t a sect, just a loose underground alliance."
"Aside from a few founders, other members come from dozens of top sects’ Daoist Venerables, but they shouldn’t have Daoist Saints."
"As for Daoist Venerable Qinglu’s strength, it’s no stronger than Hao Yun, Silver Quan and the others."
"They are powerful because they possess an incredibly terrifying Treasure."
Brother Cheng in the field also perked up his ears at the mention of ’an incredibly terrifying Treasure.’
However, unfortunately, Daoist Venerable Lu Wen focused on introducing the Heaven-breaking Alliance next.
"With that Treasure, they frequently intervene in other sects in secret."
"If you were to observe closely, you’d find that including Tongyun Sect where Daoist Venerable Hao Yun is from, fifteen top sects haven’t been challenged once in the past 300 billion years."
"While aside from those fifteen sects, other sects have either been exterminated or have gone through multiple challenges, growing weaker and weaker..."
Not just Mowu Sect, but even the disciples from Wuding Palace across found after careful thought that this was indeed the case.
"How could this be?"
"I always thought they were too strong for anyone to dare challenge them!"
"Turns out it’s because of some Heaven-breaking Alliance?"
"What’s really going on?"
"This time the Heaven-breaking Alliance is on our side, doesn’t it mean Wuding Palace has joined them?"
Daoist Venerable Zhiyan, who had been severely injured, coughs a few times and then shakes his head helplessly.
"You guessed wrong, Wuding Palace isn’t part of the Heaven-breaking Alliance."
"They just approached us to challenge Mowu Sect."
"Once done, we get Mowu Sect’s mountain gate and elites, all Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and Cultivation Technique Manuals, every Cultivation Resource, all must be handed over to the Heaven-breaking Alliance..."
"I couldn’t refuse at all."
"If I didn’t agree, they’d join Mowu Sect’s side and turn around to attack my Wuding Palace."
"At that time, we definitely couldn’t hold them off!"
Upon this, members of both sides broke into uproar.
"What?"
"How could there be such a thing?"
"Turns out we in Wuding Palace are just pawns?"
"So we’re just in a predetermined struggle under their command?"
"How could this happen..."
Not to mention them, even Brother Cheng felt he had broadened his horizons.
This Heaven-breaking Alliance really knows how to play, making it like mercenaries.
No, this is far better than mercenaries.
This is the Underground Emperor, with incredible power.
Want someone to challenge? Just let them challenge, they treat other sects like marionettes to play with.
In this view, they indeed dominate the fate of other sects in Duan Yang Dao.
However, a new question also arose.
How did this Heaven-breaking Alliance secretly unify so many Daoist Venerables?
Is it really because of that ’Mysterious Treasure’?