Chapter 2667: Condescension
After all, they were only wielders of the protector swords. They were not their masters. The protector swords could leave them at any time with that being the case.
Of course, it was extremely unlikely for the protector swords to give them messages. Only when other wielders were under threat or the other protector swords were in danger would they give a warning.
“If that bastard Gongsun Zhi died, the Radiant Saint Hall would gain quite a lot of peace. Why do the protector swords want us to save him?” Donglin Yanxue also felt extremely vexed. Currently, she was within the Donglin clan. She clearly loathed Gongsun Zhi the most, yet she was told to save him. It made her very conflicted.
In the end, the five protectors gathered together. They all followed the directions of their protector swords and arrived in the space where Gongsun Zhi was trapped.
Gongsun Zhi was in an exceedingly distant region of space. They had to cross over a dozen planes with teleportation formations first before crossing who knows how great of a distance using the power of the protector swords. Only then did they arrive.
This was the first time the six protector swords had gathered in outer space, somewhere beyond the Desolate Plane.
However, when they saw the colossal space beast, everyone was shocked aside from Xuan Zhan.
This was the first time the four of them had ever seen such a gigantic space beast!
Naturally, they could not avoid a startling battle. With their arrival, Gongsun Zhi was saved as well.
“Fantastic! Vice-leader Xuan Zhan, you’ve finally come to support me. I’ve already been locked in combat against this space beast for many days. It’s running out of strength. Quick, let’s work together and kill it!” Gongsun Zhi laughed aloud. Their arrival made him relax completely. Different to his prior despair, he was now in high spirit; his confidence swelled.
He knew that he would not die to the foot of the terrifying space beast with their arrival.
Afterwards, Gongsun Zhi went from defending reactively to attacking proactively. He worked with Xuan Zhan and the others to fight the space beast.
The six protector swords of the Radiant Saint Hall all shone brightly, illuminating the dark space there. They became embroiled in an astonishing battle.
However, the space beast was just too powerful. Moreover, the toughness of its body was almost unmatched. After a few clashes, they discovered to their shock that aside from Xuan Zhan, none of them could harm the space beast at all.
Even Xuan Zhan could only inflict some mild injuries to the space beast.
However, the attack from the space beast would launch them far away every time. Even with the protection of the protector swords, it was a terrible feeling.
“Let’s retreat. There’s nothing we can do about it,” said Xuan Zhan.
“Are we just going to let it go like this?” Gongsun Zhi felt aggrieved. He had been harassed by the space beast for such a long time, where his life had almost been in danger. He had finally found an opportunity for revenge, only to discover there was nothing he could do about it. This matter filled him with resentment.
Xuan Zhan stared at Gongsun Zhi emotionlessly and said, “If you want revenge, you can stay behind yourself. We won’t be accompanying you.” As Gongsun Zhi had forced Yu Chen to step down, making him leave the Radiant Saint Hall, Xuan Zhan did not have any good impression of Gongsun Zhi at all. His words were without mercy, taking no regard of Gongsun Zhi’s identity as the leader of the Radiant Saint Hall.
Indeed, there was nothing Gongsun Zhi could do to Xuan Zhan. At the very least, he did not have the confidence to stand up to Xuan Zhan now that he faced the threat of the space beast.
As a result, he could only snort coldly inside. He shot a glance at the space beast that had caused him great distress reluctantly before turning around and leaving.
In the end, Xuan Zhan covered for them, and they left successfully.
Almost as soon as Gongsun Zhi returned to the Radiant Saint Hall, Huangfu Guiyi of the Midheaven clan and Xu Zhiping of the Xu family went to find him. They hoped for Gongsun Zhi to fulfil his end of the deal sooner, allowing a junior from their respective clans to inherit a protector sword.
Both of them had dragged themselves over with heavily injured bodies. They had suffered bad wounds in the battle against the Martial Soul lineage and the Rain Abbess. It would be almost impossible for them to recover in a short amount of time.
However, they did not care about their wounds at all. They only thought about the protector swords of the Radiant Saint Hall. They wanted the protector swords to end up in the hands of their juniors sooner so that they could consolidate their clan’s strength and status.
“Hmph, the Martial Soul lineage hasn’t been destroyed. Not a single one of them died as a matter of fact. The Method of the Exalted Saint I want hasn’t been retrieved from Jian Chen either. You’ve failed to achieve anything from the visit to the Cloud Plane, yet you still have the face to ask me for protector swords? Piss off, both of you, piss off…”
As soon as he returned to the Radiant Saint Hall, Gongsun Zhi’s arrogance swelled once more. The presence of the protectors had given him the confidence to look down on all. Coupled with how furious he felt, he immediately began to curse Huangfu Guiyi and Xu Zhiping. He did not care about their dignity at all.
Xu Zhiping and Huangfu Guiyi were rather dumbstruck when Gongsun Zhi cursed them. They were mighty Fourth Heavenly Layer Grand Primes, worthy of such respect on the Desolate Plane. They could affect the entire plane with a wave of their hand, yet they had now been cursed by Gongsun Zhi, who never took them seriously.
Perhaps this was the first time something like this had happened within the countless years they had been cultivating.
However, Xu Zhiping and Huangfu Guiyi returned to their senses very soon. Their faces were completely sunken as an indetectable sliver of viciousness flashed through the depths of their eyes. Clearly, they had been completely infuriated.
However, they showed none of it. On the current Desolate Plane, their Midheaven clan and Xu family were the closest to Gongsun Zhi. It had been very difficult for them to establish this relationship. Before they obtained the protector swords, they did not wish to fall out with Gongsun Zhi.
“Let’s just endure it for now. Do it for the sake of the bigger picture. He won’t be able to last very long with how arrogant he is. Once the protector sword abandons him, he’ll only be an ant…” Huangfu Guiyi said to Xu Zhiping secretly.
“It’s infuriating. Gongsun Zhi is just too conceited. He’s far too condescending. Once the protector swords end up in the hands of our clans, we’ll form an alliance with Xuan Zhan immediately and show Gongsun Zhi what’s what,” Xu Zhiping replied secretly as well. He was fuming.
Gongsun Zhi’s merciless words had infringed on Xu Zhiping and Huangfu Guiyi’s dignity.
Although they were furious, neither Xu Zhiping nor Huangfu Guiyi openly retorted Gongsun Zhi.
“You can’t blame us for this. You witnessed the Rain Abbess’ strength as well. She wanted to protect the Martial Soul lineage, so there’s nothing we can do either. Moreover, even Sha Yun died because of that,” said Huangfu Guiyi.
Xu Zhiping snorted coldly. “You need to find a way to deal with the Rain Abbess if you want to destroy the Martial Soul lineage. With the Rain Abbess’ strength, probably only the Celestial Sword Saint can match her on the Desolate Plane. If you have the ability, go get the Celestial Sword Saint to take part.”