Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

At this moment, the situation seemed to have fallen into a delicate balance. Neither Nie Tianzun nor Kong Lingzi dared to attack rashly, and the male corpse dared not make a move easily.

The surroundings fell silent once more.

After a good while, Kong Lingzi seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly moved his lips and transmitted a secret message to Nie Tianzun: "Brother Nie, although this guy is seriously injured, no one can figure out how much power he still has. If we attack rashly, I'm afraid we may suffer more losses than gains. So, I have a proposal. I wonder if Brother Nie is interested in hearing it?"

Nie Tianzun was currently in distress. He really hadn't expected that this male corpse, who was already at the end of his rope, would unleash such a powerful aura at the last moment, easily destroying a celestial treasure that he had finally obtained. So now, he was hesitating whether he should continue to attack.

But just at this moment, he heard Kong Lingzi's private words. After listening, Nie Tianzun was slightly surprised at first, but ultimately replied: "Alright, tell me what your proposal is."

Although cultivators at their level would always have a few powerful celestial treasures, losing one wouldn't be a big deal. But if they continued to lose them, even someone of Nie Tianzun's cultivation would definitely not be able to bear it.

And listening to Kong Lingzi's tone, it seemed like he had a good idea. So Nie Tianzun thought, why not listen first and then make a decision?

Nie Tianzun was a straightforward person and never knew how to hide his thoughts, showing them all on his face. Therefore, after Kong Lingzi glanced at him, he immediately understood what he was thinking. So he couldn't help but chuckle and say: "Brother Nie, we said before that we would each rely on our own abilities to snatch the immortal sword, but before that, there was a premise, that is, only after killing the sword spirit can we approach the immortal sword. So on this matter, our goals are the same. Since that's the case, why don't we temporarily join forces to kill the sword spirit first, and then openly and honestly snatch the immortal sword?"

"Hmm? You're saying you want me to temporarily join forces with you?"

After hearing Kong Lingzi's words, Nie Tianzun was suddenly surprised. But quickly, he shook his head and said: "No way! It's not like I haven't joined forces with you before, but I'm always the one who suffers. This time, don't even think about tricking me again."

It would have been fine if Kong Lingzi hadn't said anything, but once he did, unpleasant memories flooded into Nie Tianzun's mind, causing him to become extremely angry!

Several times in the past, Kong Lingzi had also suggested that the two of them join forces to explore some ruins left behind by predecessors. But what made Nie Tianzun feel extremely angry was that every time they joined forces, he would be tricked by Kong Lingzi several times! Not to mention not getting any benefits, whenever a crisis appeared, this Kong Lingzi would trick him into drawing away the danger, and then leave on his own.

Once or twice would have been fine, but if it happened every time, even if Nie Tianzun was stupid, he wouldn't be willing to believe Kong Lingzi's words. From then on, the two of them never cooperated again.

So at this moment, after hearing the proposal of 'temporarily joining forces' from Kong Lingzi's mouth, Nie Tianzun rejected it without even thinking. He was unwilling to believe Kong Lingzi's nonsense again.

However, looking at Nie Tianzun's angry expression, Kong Lingzi didn't seem flustered at all. He just smiled and said slowly: "Brother Nie, now is not the time to act on impulse. At this time, we are facing a common enemy. If we can cooperate sincerely, wouldn't that save us a lot of effort? Furthermore, you are here in person, while I am just a wisp of illusionary clone. Why should you be afraid of me?"

"Hmm?" After hearing Kong Lingzi's words, Nie Tianzun, who was originally angry, instantly calmed down.

Indeed, as Kong Lingzi said, the difficulties the two of them were facing now were the same. Only by first killing this sword spirit could they seize the precious sword. So now was not the time to be angry. Also, Kong Lingzi had not come in person, but was just a wisp of illusionary clone left in the jade slip. In terms of strength, he was definitely not as good as him. In that case, what did he have to fear?

After thinking about it this way, Nie Tianzun seemed to have an idea. He immediately nodded and said: "Alright, then I will cooperate with you one more time, but if you dare to make any small moves, then this old man will rather give up the immortal sword and destroy you first. Do you understand?"

"Naturally."

Kong Lingzi smiled faintly after hearing this: "With Brother Nie's intelligence and wisdom, how dare I play tricks again? Alright, time is short, let's take action as soon as possible and kill this sword spirit first."

Now that they had reached an agreement, Kong Lingzi immediately focused his attention on the sword spirit, his eyes filled with boiling killing intent.

After being reminded by him, Nie Tianzun also revealed a hint of icy coldness in his eyes. Then, as if they had agreed in advance, the two of them moved at the same time, rushing towards the male corpse from the left and right.

"Heaven destroys me, I will not be destroyed. I destroy, heaven and earth are destroyed! You mere ants dare to offend me, die!"

After recovering a trace of his memory, the male corpse burst out with an incomparably awe-inspiring aura, as if he was truly one with the heavens.

But at this time, Nie Tianzun and Kong Lingzi only had the immortal sword in their eyes. They couldn't care about anything else anymore. So they ignored his threat and still burst out with all their strength, flying over with a bang.

Seeing this, the male corpse seemed to be enraged. He held the sword in his left hand and drew a circle in the sky. In an instant, thousands of purple sword qi scattered out in an arc, flying towards the two of them with a bang.

However, if one observed carefully, they would find that the power contained in these sword qi was much weaker than before. Obviously, this male corpse had really reached the end of his rope. This attack was probably his last resistance.

Accompanied by loud explosions, the dragon scales collided with the sword qi, and then both perished together.

On the other side, Kong Lingzi was still expressionless at this time. He just lowered his head and muttered for a while, and suddenly a strong golden light burst out from his illusionary body.

Under the illumination of this golden light, the purple sword qi that approached him evaporated and dissipated in an instant, as if water droplets had met the sun!

The situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the male corpse!