Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

However, at this moment, neither Nie Tianzun nor Kong Lingzi paid any attention to the male corpse's threat. In their eyes, there was only the figure of the treasured sword, shimmering with intense greed. The two figures moved like lightning, arriving with a bang.

“Buzz…”

However, at this moment, a horrifying scene occurred. Just as their palms were about to touch the purple immortal sword, an incredibly powerful rebounding force suddenly burst forth from the sword's body, impacting them and sending their bodies flying backward like kites with broken strings.

“Puff!”

“Puff!”

While still in mid-air, the blood within their bodies churned, and they couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Their bodies flew backward for hundreds of feet before crashing heavily onto a dilapidated square.

The onlookers in the distance, upon seeing this scene, immediately changed their expressions. They truly hadn't expected the power of this immortal sword to be so terrifying, actually managing to make two peak Ninghai realm cultivators so disheveled.

After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, everyone felt lingering fear and continued to look forward.

At this time, Nie Tianzun and Kong Lingzi completely ignored the surprised gazes of the crowd. Their gazes were fixed on the immortal sword.

If the crowd thought they would be angry at this moment? Then they would be sorely mistaken. In fact, not only were they not angry, but they became even more excited.

Because the deeper the sword wounded them, the more powerful it proved to be! After a glint flashed in their eyes, Nie Tianzun and Kong Lingzi instantly made a decision: no matter what, they had to seize this treasure.

Thinking this way, they disregarded their injured bodies and slapped the ground with both hands, springing back to their feet like carps leaping out of the water. Immediately afterward, their figures moved like dragons, grabbing toward the immortal sword once more.

Midway, Nie Tianzun sharply blew a loud whistle, summoning the golden dragon to charge towards the male corpse from another direction.

Although Nie Tianzun's personality was boisterous, he was definitely a ruthless person. To achieve his goals, he would use any means necessary!

At this moment, in order to seize the immortal sword, he no longer cared about anything, even wanting to use the dragon that had accompanied him for hundreds of years as bait to distract the male corpse, so that he could take the opportunity to seize it. As for whether the dragon lived or died afterward, he didn't care at all.

Kong Lingzi, seeing Nie Tianzun's actions, seemed to have understood something, and turned his head to shout loudly, “Gu Yun'ao, you come over too, and follow your teacher to contend for this unparalleled treasure!”

Kong Lingzi's voice was like thunder, suddenly exploding beside Gu Yun'ao's ears. However, after hearing this command, Gu Yun'ao not only didn't step forward, but couldn't help but take a few steps backward, his face full of fear.

Unlike the golden dragon, Gu Yun'ao was a powerful cultivator who had reached the late stage of the Ninghai realm. With his intelligence, he immediately understood what Kong Lingzi was planning in his heart.

Gu Yun'ao knew that the reason Kong Lingzi was summoning him was actually to learn from Nie Tianzun's approach, using him as bait to attract the male corpse's attention, thereby creating an opportunity for Kong Lingzi to go and snatch the immortal sword.

To put it bluntly, in Kong Lingzi's eyes, Gu Yun'ao's status was similar to Nie Tianzun's dragon, also a beast to be summoned and dismissed at will. In order to obtain the immortal sword, he would rather sacrifice Gu Yun'ao!

However, as a powerful cultivator who had cultivated for nearly a thousand years, Gu Yun'ao's intelligence was not comparable to that of the stupid dragon. He naturally didn't want to die like this, so even though he had already heard Kong Lingzi's summons, he didn't obey, but instead kept retreating, wanting to leave this dangerous place.

“Hmph, useless thing, not even as good as someone else's beast!”

Seeing Gu Yun'ao's resistant appearance, Kong Lingzi couldn't help but snort coldly. Then, he no longer paid attention to him, but suddenly accelerated a bit again, rushing forward.

At this time, in the sky, the two men and one dragon, with their majestic aura, arrived with a bang.

“Now is the time, attack!”

When they had flown to a position about ten feet away from the male corpse, Nie Tianzun shouted loudly. Upon hearing this command, the dragon did not hesitate, and with a rapid swaying of its giant tail and a roar, it charged forward.

“Hmph, a mere subspecies of dragon dares to be presumptuous here. Seeking death!”

Seeing the dragon flying over, the male corpse's expression did not change. After a disdainful cold snort, he waved his sleeve, and immediately a fierce aura rushed out, forming a gust of wind that instantly swept the dragon's massive body away like a fallen leaf.

However, at this time, Nie Tianzun completely ignored the dragon's life or death. Taking advantage of the male corpse's inattention, he and Kong Lingzi exchanged a glance. Then, the two of them unleashed all the spiritual power in their bodies, launching a sneak attack on the male corpse.

“You are the same, go to hell, this Immortal Venerable commands!”

However, to their disappointment, the male corpse was not deceived by their trick at all. From beginning to end, he had been watching their movements. So, when he discovered their intentions, he smiled coldly like a god of death. Then, he formed a hand seal and pressed it on the purple immortal sword in front of him. With a “buzz,” an annular sword energy immediately bloomed on the immortal sword, rapidly spreading out in a semicircular shape.

Under this sword energy, the entire square began to tremble violently, and the sound of rumbling echoed through the clouds, as if the earth was about to collapse.

“Not good, dodge quickly!”

Seeing this terrifying scene, Nie Tianzun and Kong Lingzi knew that this sword energy was extremely powerful, far beyond what they could block. So, after a cry of alarm, the two of them didn't dare to rush forward anymore, but instead fled back with all their might.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

But even if they reacted quickly, it was still too late at this time. The annular sword energy swept over quickly with an unstoppable posture. Before long, it collided with the two of them, causing them to spit out a mouthful of blood, and their bodies were involuntarily blasted away, falling to the ground.

Ignoring the blood seeping from the corners of their mouths, the two of them turned around in disbelief, gazing at the male corpse.

At this time, the male corpse's figure had become as thin as white paper. However, in his eyes, a gentle look arose, and he gently stroked the increasingly shining immortal sword in front of him, softly whispering, “Wan Jun, you exhausted your last bit of strength to transform my already dead self into a sword spirit, and sent it here along with this sword. I know you must love me. Don't worry, even if I give up my own life, I will never let anyone defile your most beloved immortal sword, after all, without you, how lonely this world is.”

After murmuring to himself, the male corpse slowly closed his eyes. Accompanied by an extremely dazzling light, his entire body finally completely merged into the immortal sword.

“Buzz…”

At the same time, the purple immortal sword erupted with hundreds of times more intense light than before, and a powerful aura swept around like a violent storm.

“The sword spirit returns to the body, sacrificing life for the sword! It seems that this immortal sword is destined to be out of our reach.”

“Swoosh!”

But at this moment, a bright stream of light shot from afar, its target directly pointing at the immortal sword!