Third Elder: "You?"
Jiang Deng: "I..."
The two looked at each other in silence for a moment.
The third elder never expected that his most loyal subordinate, He Cheng with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be such a person. He asked He Cheng to take good care of this mortal, but He Cheng actually took care of him in this way?
Jiang Deng didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. Just as she was about to leave with her aunt, the Third Elder suddenly appeared. Was it the male cultivator in charge of guarding the door who told the Third Elder about it, or had the Third Elder discovered that she was a fake He Cheng?
“…He Cheng!”
After a brief moment of daze, the third elder was the first to find his voice. He looked at Jiang Deng, who was disguised as He Cheng, and showed a heartbroken expression because he was disappointed in him.
"This elder's important hostage, how can you be so presumptuous? Let her go immediately!"
So her identity hasn't been discovered yet?
Jiang Deng chuckled secretly and said with a righteous look on his face, "Elder, you misunderstood. She ate too much. I'll take her out for a walk to help her digest the food."
“…Is that really the case?”
"certainly."
Hearing Jiang Deng's words, Jiang Lingyun, who was being pulled by her, quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, I begged this young master to take me out for a walk."
“…”
Looking at the two people in front of him who had a good relationship, the third elder frowned, feeling that something was not right.
Before, He Cheng always agreed with him. If he didn't let He Cheng do something, He Cheng would never do it. Why is he suddenly so proactive now?
Besides, this relative of Jiang Deng just woke up and found that he was kidnapped by him. He kept scolding him and wanted to tear him and He Cheng apart. How come his relationship with He Cheng has become so good now?
"Report!"
At this moment, a male cultivator suddenly ran in from outside the courtyard. He bowed to the Third Elder and said, "Your Excellency, while on patrol, I discovered Commander He's body in the woods. Judging from the condition of his body, he was killed by a punch from a physical cultivator."
After saying that, the male cultivator raised his head and looked at He Cheng, who was dressed as Jiang Deng, in the courtyard with an incredible look on his face. "...Oh my God! How come there is another Commander He!"
No wonder…
After hearing the report from his subordinates, the third elder immediately understood everything. The expression on his face suddenly changed and he stared at Jiang Deng coldly.
"You are not He Cheng!"
Seeing that he had been exposed, Jiang Deng stopped pretending and asked, "When did I ever say I was He Cheng?"
“…Who the hell are you?!”
"Guess."
Jiang Deng did not go to the trouble of restoring his original appearance, but continued to use He Cheng's appearance and voice in order to confuse the third elder and find an opportunity to escape with his aunt.
"Hmph," a trace of resentment flashed across the third elder's eyes. "No matter who you are, you will stay here today and serve as my hostage along with this mortal!"
After saying this, the third elder immediately released his puppet.
Swish, swish—!
A total of ten puppets appeared out of thin air, and the strength of each puppet was no weaker than that of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm. The strongest puppet even reached the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
These puppets that looked like animals surrounded Jiang Deng and Jiang Lingyun.
"Form a formation and cast a spell!"
Under the control of the third elder, the puppets gathered their spiritual power at the same time and cast a spell to cover Jiang Deng.
Low-grade earth-level magic, the soul-sealing turtle shell!
The Third Elder seemed to have secured victory, already laughing triumphantly, "Judging from your aura, you're not even a Spiritual Transformation cultivator. Yet, this technique can trap a Spiritual Transformation cultivator in the early stages. How can you possibly defeat it?"
“Tsk.”
Looking at the huge turtle shell falling from the sky, Jiang Deng raised his eyebrows with interest.
If that's the case, then there seems to be no need for her to hide her shortcomings...
"Chongguang!"
"Good Master."
Chongguang turned into a sword and appeared in Jiang Deng's hand. Jiang Deng held the Chongguang sword and swung it towards the turtle shell that was falling above.
"The first move of the "Edgeless Sword Technique", splitting the mountain!"
A flash of sword light passed by!
The sword energy, carrying the meaning of destruction, cut the turtle shell in half the moment it touched it.
However, the sword energy continued to erode, and the two halves of the turtle shell immediately shattered into slag, turning into starlight, scattered between heaven and earth.
“…How is that possible!”
The third elder was dumbfounded.
This person just swung the sword lightly, how could it have such great power?
Jiang Deng narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm sorry, the lower-grade earth-level magic can't trap me. If you can use the upper-grade earth-level magic, there is still a possibility, but... it's a pity that you can't use it!"
It is thanks to Shigemitsu that we were able to achieve such remarkable results.
When an ordinary spiritual weapon and a divine weapon are swung out at the same time, the power is vastly different, not to mention her destructive sword intent, which is hundreds of times stronger than ordinary sword intent.
With one sword strike, breaking a mere low-grade earth-level spell is nothing.
"You are... the leader of the Taichu Sword Sect, Jiang Deng!"
Looking at the strange black heavy sword in Jiang Deng's hand, the Third Elder remembered that Jiang Deng had used this sword to defeat countless sword masters at the sword competition, and thus became famous in the Ten Realms.
The person holding this sword must be Jiang Deng himself!
Realizing this, the third elder's eyes immediately lit up.
It's really like searching for a needle in a haystack, but finally finding it without any effort!
Unexpectedly, before the Taichu Sword Sect contacted him, Sect Leader Jiang Deng took the initiative to come to him. If he didn't seize this opportunity, he would have lived in vain for thousands of years!
Jiang Deng looked at the ecstatic Third Elder and sneered, "Why, are you disappointed with me, your grandmother?"
"How could it be..." Disappointed?
Before the Third Elder finished speaking, he saw Jiang Deng and Jiang Lingyun in the puppet circle suddenly rise more than ten feet high, and at the same time swung the heavy light sword and swept it down again.
"Annihilation!"
This sword seemed to contain endless power, dyeing the sky and the earth a dazzling white. Everyone present subconsciously narrowed their eyes.
However, in the blink of an eye, everything changed.
The sword energy, carrying a strong aura of destruction, passed through all the puppets and attacked the third elder directly!
With one sword, everything can be destroyed!
If this sword energy were to materialize, even the Third Elder who was at the Spirit Transformation Realm would be dead!
Although he could not see, the Third Elder, as a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Realm, had a strong sense of perception. A strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart. He did not care about anything else and immediately controlled his puppet.
"return!"
The ten puppets immediately disappeared from their original positions and stood in front of the third elder.
boom!
As the sword energy vibrated, several puppets were turned into dust by this sword.
"puff!"
The Third Elder's consciousness was damaged and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that five of his precious puppets were destroyed by Jiang Deng's sword!
You have to know that these ten puppets are the most perfect puppets he has made after spending thousands of years!
The sword energy shook his spiritual consciousness, and the backlash from the damage to the puppet and the anger in his heart made the Third Elder's already old body even worse.
He swallowed the sweet taste in his throat and glared at the ginger lantern in the sky.
"Hey! You, you come back here!"
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