Little Trash, Welcome Aboard
The change came abruptly.
The cold sneer on the middle-aged man in red hadn't even had time to fade before it froze solid.
He stared dumbly at the events unfolding before him.
As if the world had ended.
And hearing that roar from the depths of the soul, he suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, his blood surging.
Poof!
Fresh red blood spurted from the mouth of the middle-aged man in red.
Spraying down like a rain of blood.
Witnessing this change, even Long Aotian hiding in the distant corner, felt the world spinning at that moment.
His eyes widened, his body trembled, as if he had seen the most terrifying creature.
His gaze fixed on the space above the formation.
There now appeared a weapon surrounded by dao principles and rhymes.
As if a deity had descended!
As soon as the kitchen knife emerged, it shook the formation beneath in fury.
Space suddenly rippled.
A powerful shockwave slammed down.
Crack!
The formation compass shattered into pieces in an instant under the impact.
Fragments rained down from the sky to the ground!
In the blink of an eye, the formation dissipated.
The thunderbolts within vanished completely.
The magical artifact, which had been violently shaking, gradually calmed, but still trembled slightly.
The artifact spirit within looked up at that moment.
Seeing the kitchen knife, it felt like crying.
The great knife lord!!
It had heard all those words just now.
It never imagined the knife lord would call it his subordinate.
For just that one sentence, it felt its mission was worth it!
Observing the state of the world, the artifact spirit felt dazed again.
A sense of primal fear invaded it.
So...powerful!
It felt that if the knife lord snorted, it would shatter into pieces!
The feeling was intense and real!
It had underestimated the knife lord's true power.
Perhaps in the divine realm, the knife lord could reign supreme!
Across from the artifact, the middle-aged man in red still hovered in the air.
But he no longer had his former smugness and nonchalance.
He looked frazzled, his face pale as paper, eyes bulging with bloodshot veins.
His body trembled violently, like a sieve shaking.
"You...you..."
The man in red couldn't even speak, finding his tongue tied in knots.
The sight before him made him question his existence.
Just how powerful did one have to be to appear so dreadful!
He didn't even see how the formation was destroyed!
The being before him was terrifyingly powerful!
The knife lord glared at the man in red below, too lazy to torture him, and simply let out a cold snort.
That snort pierced through space, instantly reaching the man as a shockwave.
The man in red seemed to sense something, his eyes bulging, mouth gaping wide.
Bang!
Before he could speak, his entire body exploded!
A gruesome scene.
After killing the man in red, the knife lord's anger finally dissipated.
Now looking at the artifact, the aura it had erupted vanished like a drop in the ocean.
The artifact spirit blankly watched the kitchen knife above, unsure what to say.
But the knife lord spoke first, still coldly: "Return."
With that, it turned towards Light Stream Town, fell silent for a moment, and then vanished on the spot.
Watching the knife lord leave, the artifact spirit finally smiled: "Yes, my lord!"
It was the first time it smiled saying those words...
In the courtyard.
The kitchen.
The kitchen knife lay quietly on the chopping board.
The entire courtyard was utterly still.
No communication occurred, as if the mortals knew the world's end was nigh and quietly awaited disaster.
Then, an emotionless voice rang out.
[No exceptions]
As the voice faded, cheers erupted throughout the courtyard.
The knife on the chopping board trembled slightly.
As if letting out a breath.
At that moment, the artifact spirit also returned to the courtyard.
Once more, the courtyard fell silent.
All eyes turned to the artifact spirit.
Having witnessed the knife lord's formidable power, the artifact spirit revered these lords even more.
Not long ago in the secret realm, it thought it had seen the knife lord's full might, only to realize that was merely the tip of the iceberg!
And today, it wasn't sure if this was the extent of the knife lord's power.
Or still just the surface.
But it was truly awed by such unmatched supremacy.
Overwhelmingly powerful to an inconceivable degree.
Thus, being watched so intently made it uneasy still.
Yet at that moment, the knife lord's voice rang out.
As aloof as ever, as if others owed it a great debt.
"Little trash, from this moment, welcome aboard."
As the words faded, the artifact spirit froze.
What?!
My lord, what did you say?!
The artifact spirit within jumped in excitement.
As if it had gone dumb.
And its sword body began to tremble.
After a moment.
Assured it hadn't misheard, it steadied its emotions and responded with a sound...
...
The Divine Realm.
Blood Moon Sect.
Inside a grand hall, a middle-aged man with tiger-like eyes sat cross-legged in meditation.
Suddenly, a person appeared before him.
"What is it?" a dispassionate voice echoed in the hall.
"Reporting to the sect master, Zhou Hu's life token has shattered!" the one reporting exclaimed in shock.
He knew exactly what a shattered life token meant.
It meant the entire person had exploded!
Normally when someone dies, their life token only cracks in two!
The middle-aged man with tiger-like eyes snapped his eyes open, a powerful piercing gaze shooting forth.
"What did you say?!"
The one reporting repeated his words timidly and produced a pile of shattered fragments.
The middle-aged man stared at the life token shards, his expressionless face darkening.
How was this possible?
Even with the Sect Subjugating Deity Execution Formation, he had still exploded to death?!
He couldn't fathom what being could possibly be powerful enough to cause a Spirit Element cultivator to explode.
A Celestial Lord?!
Impossible, even he as a Celestial Lord couldn't do that!
And that magical artifact definitely couldn't either!
Then he suddenly seemed to think of something.
His body flashed and he vanished on the spot.
When he reappeared, it was before an imposingly grand hall brimming with divine energy.
He had just heard the Celestial Emperor had sent people to search the mortal realms for his daughter.
With priority given to any realms where Celestial Emperor-level secret realms had manifested.
Word was that the light pillar of one such realm had been destroyed!
Meaning there was a being comparable to a Celestial Emperor in that mortal realm.
And just now, the realm where Zhou Hu had been was likely the very one the Celestial Emperor sought.
The middle-aged man with tiger-like eyes took a deep breath and entered the grand hall.
If he had guessed right, he would soon share this realm with the Celestial Emperor himself!