Invincible Dad-Chapter 575: Xu Lai, Do You Know Your Crime!_1

Chapter 575: Chapter 575: Xu Lai, Do You Know Your Crime!_1

The Pavilion Master’s words made all the Elders fall silent. Not a single one of them spoke up to offer consolation, and even fewer stood up for Xu Lai.

Although they disliked Deng Xiaoyao, who had left the Sword Tomb with the Demon Sword, he was, after all, a member of the Penglai Sword Pavilion. Upon hearing the news of Deng Xiaoyao’s death, their dissatisfaction vanished in an instant, replaced by a faint loathing for Xu Lai. They favored kinship over reason; that was their principle.

"I used to wield a sword myself," Xu Lai said calmly. "Showing off your sword skills in front of me? You’re far too green for that."

"Ridiculous," Xu Chen narrowed his eyes and mocked. "The true path of swordsmanship belongs to our Penglai. This is the Sacred Ground of Sword Cultivators. To arrive in our Holy Lands and not kneel or bow, to speak such arrogant words, is an act of great disrespect."

"Killing you today is carrying out Heaven’s will."

Penglai Pavilion Master Xu Chen bellowed, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

In the sky, the 100,000 sharp swords transformed into countless streaks of light, plummeting from the air with Xu Lai as their sole target.

"This is the Slayer of Immortals Sword from the Mountain Protection Array, used only once in a thousand years. I never thought I would get to see it in my lifetime."

"It can even slay an Immortal... Xu Lai... he’s doomed."

Most of the Elders remained silent, though a few of the Sword Pavilion Elders discussed the matter with excitement. After all, this ’Slayer of Immortals Sword’ was a sight rarely seen in a millennium and one of the Penglai Sword Pavilion’s ultimate trump cards.

One hundred thousand swords, carrying a world-destroying momentum, shot forward.

"Sigh."

Xu Lai let out a soft sigh. People these days were too impetuous. They were unwilling to listen to reason or admit their own mistakes.

In the next instant, the 100,000 swords that should have engulfed Xu Lai froze dead in the air.

"What’s going on!" Penglai Pavilion Master Xu Chen’s face turned ugly. He suddenly realized he couldn’t control the 100,000 swords, which were now as immobile as if they were trapped in a quagmire.

No matter. The Slayer of Immortals Sword hasn’t been used for a thousand years. There might be some flaw in the Formation... I still have 900,000 swords to use.

Xu Chen stomped his foot fiercely.

From within the Sword Tomb, every sword began to shake. An instant later, they all soared into the air, so densely packed they blotted out the sky.

The clear moonlight spilled down. The entire heavens were filled with the glint of swords!

The Sword Pavilion Elders gasped.

There were one million swords in the Sword Tomb. A thousand years ago, that generation’s dazzlingly brilliant Pavilion Master could only control 300,000 swords. But now—Xu Chen could actually control all one million of them!

"Pavilion Master, have you had a breakthrough in your Boundary?"

"Peak of Golden Core? No, perhaps you’ve already stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm!"

The Elders were astounded.

Faced with the Elders’ praise and shock, Xu Chen was completely baffled; he had no idea what was happening either. His limit was controlling 100,000 swords at once, for a maximum of two attacks. But this time, for some unknown reason, something had changed, and he could now control the other 900,000!

Have I grown stronger?

Xu Chen felt a flicker of doubt, but there was no time to dwell on it. A formidable enemy still stood before him—Xu Lai!

"It is your honor to die by the Slayer of Immortals Sword," Xu Chen said, his voice cold and brimming with killing intent. "Execute!"

Unfortunately, the expected scene—Xu Lai being pierced by a million swords, left without a proper grave—never occurred. The million swords hanging in the sky remained perfectly still.

The Elders were stunned.

Xu Chen was stunned, too. In disbelief, he bellowed again, "Execute, I command you!"

Still, there was no reaction.

A million swords hovered in the air, their tips flickering with a sharp, cold light. A sense of ominous premonition began to grow in Xu Chen’s heart.

"What trick have you played!" Cold sweat beaded on Xu Chen’s brow. His intuition screamed that this was all related to Xu Lai, and he questioned him at the top of his lungs.

Xu Lai said nothing. Instead, he snapped his fingers.

Instantly, the million swords in the sky turned to hover behind Xu Lai, their tips pointed squarely at Xu Chen and the elders of the Penglai Sword Pavilion!

"..."

The moon was bright and the stars were few; a gentle breeze stirred the air. Though the night was mild, the twenty-some Elders and the Pavilion Master of the Penglai Sword Pavilion were drenched in cold sweat. They didn’t dare move an inch. The shock and fear in their hearts were plain to see as they stared at the swords behind Xu Lai.

Xu Lai’s power had completely surpassed their imagination. It also brought with it a feeling of endless frustration! These one million swords had been painstakingly tempered or brought back from the outside world by countless elders and disciples of the Penglai Sword Pavilion over more than a thousand years. They had been nurtured in the Sword Tomb for a hundred, even a thousand years!

Now, Xu Lai was using the swords of the Penglai Sword Tomb to threaten them, the very Elders of the Pavilion.

How tragic! How utterly humiliating!

"You see, I don’t like to fight and kill. I prefer to persuade people with virtue," Xu Lai said with a smile as he looked at Xu Chen. "However, my temper isn’t very good. And you just tried to kill me."

"So what if I did!" Xu Chen blustered, putting on a brave face. "I am the Master of the Penglai Sword Pavilion! If you dare to kill a single one of our people today, the other Holy Lands will definitely not—"

SHINK!

A sharp sword pierced Xu Chen’s heart, interrupting him.

Dumbfounded, Xu Chen lowered his head. He stared at the sword that had penetrated his left chest and the blood seeping from the wound, and he was suddenly overwhelmed by boundless regret. He couldn’t believe that Xu Lai had actually dared to kill him.

As his consciousness faded, an expression of resentment and unwillingness contorted his features. With his last ounce of strength, he crushed a Jade Pendant.

"Xu Lai," a Sword Pavilion Elder stammered, his voice trembling. "First you kill Deng Xiaoyao, and now our Pavilion Master... What in the world do you want?"

"I am a most reasonable person," Xu Lai said lightly. "He wanted to kill me, so I killed him. If any of you make another sound, you can go and join him."

The other Elders who had been about to question him immediately shut their mouths.

"Troublesome," Xu Lai muttered, his gaze turning to a corner of the island as he frowned slightly.

From that direction, three auras were slowly awakening and rapidly flying toward the Sword Tomb. Before long, three ancient figures arrived. They were withered and old, and their bodies emanated an aura of death.

They were the Supreme Elders of the Penglai Sword Pavilion. With little of their lifespan remaining, they had been sealed within the Dao Endowment to slumber, only to be awakened by the Jade Pendant that Xu Chen had crushed just before his death.

It was the three Supreme Elders!

Joy flickered in the hearts of the Penglai Sword Pavilion Elders, but they didn’t dare speak, afraid that the madman Xu Lai might send a sword their way, too.

"Who has awakened us?" The leader was an old crone, her full head of white hair and the deep lines on her face marks left by the passage of time. When she saw the million swords behind Xu Lai, however, she couldn’t help but ask in surprise, "This generation’s Pavilion Master of Penglai can control a million swords?"

"Good, very good!" the other two male Supreme Elders laughed heartily in satisfaction, like old men who had just climbed from their coffins only to witness their clan’s sudden prosperity.

"..."

Only the assembled Sword Pavilion Elders wore complicated expressions. One of them, not daring to speak aloud, steeled himself and sent a message via Divine Sense, "Supreme Elder, he is not the Pavilion Master. The Pavilion Master was just killed by him..."

"What?"

The old crone, Yu Hui’s, expression changed drastically.

The other two Supreme Elders also received the message. Upon learning the whole story, their faces grew as dark as thunderclouds.

Yu Hui’s voice was like ice. "Xu Lai, do you know the crime you have committed!"