Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2128: Yang Xiaotian, You’d Better Not Return to the World Academy
Previously on Invincible Divine Sword...
Yang Xiaotian bellowed, "Kill!" as he slashed wildly with his Dual Swords.
In that instant, tens of thousands of Sword Qi hammered down with savage force.
Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and their allies unleashed their strikes too.
Master Ding whirled around nonstop, his spinning momentum stirring the vast waters of the Bright Heavenly River and hurling them at the Holy Realm Academy's group.
The Holy Realm Academy folks were stunned by the massive river surge Master Ding had whipped up, so they poured all their energy into igniting the Holy Realm Lotus's full might.
Every petal on the Holy Realm Lotus unfurled, summoning multiple layers of lotus illusions across the empty sky.
With the petals opening wide, streams of golden light emerged around the Holy Realm Flower in the surrounding area, whirling endlessly like they were reshaping the heavens and earth.
The onslaughts from Master Ding, Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and the rest all collided against the golden light shield of the Holy Realm Lotus, ringing out with sharp metallic clashes.
Battered by Master Ding and his comrades, the Holy Realm Lotus—which had been turning smoothly—suddenly stuttered, its spin grinding to a slower pace.
Chen Mo, Wu Chong, and their companions sensed a fierce jolt in their souls, leaving them horrified; they hadn't anticipated Master Ding's might being potent enough to hinder the Holy Realm Lotus's whirl.
Even though Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and the others were striking too, Chen Mo and his team realized it was mostly Master Ding's strength that was dragging the Holy Realm Lotus's rotation to a crawl.
Right then, Master Ding soared skyward, drawing bolts of Dao Tribulation Thunder to crash down.
Each bolt of Dao Tribulation Thunder smashed with ruinous fury, resembling a barrage of tiny peaks tumbling from above.
Chen Mo, Wu Chong, and the rest no longer dared to hold back. They triggered the Forbidden Power right at the Holy Realm Lotus's core, while blasting Master Ding, Rain Demon, and their foes with everything they had.
Waves of destructive energy kept rippling outward.
Yang Xiaotian invoked the Ultimate Life Holy Body's essence, channeling its vital energy nonstop into Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and their group.
The Thirty-Fourth Layer of the Ultimate Life Holy Body's power could already boost assault potency. Bolstered by Yang Xiaotian's influence, the blows from Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and the others gained even more punch.
The base power of Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and their allies was already on par with Chen Mo, Wu Chong, and theirs. Throwing Master Ding into the mix tipped the scales, plunging the Holy Realm Academy's side into a clear underdog position.
Despite the Holy Realm Lotus's immense strength, Chen Mo, Wu Chong, and the team couldn't tap into its genuine dominance.
Just the Holy Realm's Master could make the Holy Realm Lotus display its authentic prowess.
Faced with this dire turn, Chen Mo, Wu Chong, and the others had no choice but to rouse the Holy Realm Lotus's energy to rip open the void and flee.
As Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and the rest geared up to chase, Yang Xiaotian halted them: "No need."
The Holy Realm Lotus zipped along at blistering speed, rendering it hopeless to halt Chen Mo and his crew after they'd claimed it.
Yang Xiaotian was on the verge of departing with Rain Demon and the others, having absorbed the Ancestor Dragon Tree back into himself, when Li Quan, Cheng Zhan, and Liao Yuan from the World Academy hurtled into view.
"Xiaotian!" Li Quan yelled from a distance upon spotting Yang Xiaotian ready to depart.
Catching Li Quan from the World Academy calling Yang Xiaotian "Xiaotian," Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, and their allies knit their brows in displeasure.
The Holy Realm Academy was their sworn enemy; it made some sense for its elders like Chen Mo to use their Majesty's full title. But Li Quan presuming to call their Majesty "Xiaotian" struck them as bold overreach and sheer cluelessness.
After all, their Majesty now ruled as Realm Lord over both the Ancestor Dragon Realm and Primordial Demon World.
"What is it?" Yang Xiaotian replied coolly.
During his days at the Holy Realm Academy, Li Quan, Cheng Zhan, and Liao Yuan had constantly leveraged their elder status to urge his master to seize his Dark Heavenly Book and surrender it to the Holy Realm Academy's oversight.
Before long, Li Quan and his two companions landed before Yang Xiaotian.
Li Quan declared, "Xiaotian, that Bright Heavenly Ginseng holds vital importance for the Holy Realm Academy. Give it to me so I can return it there."
Yang Xiaotian couldn't suppress a laugh at Li Quan's blunt demand for the Bright Heavenly Ginseng, staring at him like he was a fool.
Li Quan squirmed under Yang Xiaotian's stare.
Cheng Zhan cleared his throat softly to ease the tension and added, "Naturally, if you turn over the Bright Heavenly Ginseng for us to bring back to the Holy Realm Academy, your master and we will count it as a huge favor from you."
"And award you a thousand Contribution Points."
Yang Xiaotian let out a chuckle at Cheng Zhan's offer of a thousand Contribution Points as a reward.
He eyed Li Quan, Cheng Zhan, and the others: "Here's a deal—give me all your possessions to carry back to the First Demon Palace, and I'll grant you ten thousand Contribution Points."
The First Demon Palace, much like the World Academy, ran on a Contribution Points setup.
Plenty of powerhouses in the Demon Palace struggled to snag even one Contribution Point, making Yang Xiaotian's ten thousand to Li Quan, Cheng Zhan, and the rest seem quite lavish.
Li Quan, Cheng Zhan, and their group flushed red with shame at Yang Xiaotian's counterproposal to surrender their belongings for transport to the First Demon Palace in exchange for ten thousand points.
"Xiaotian, remember who you are. You're still the Junior Academy Head of the World Academy," Li Quan attempted to guilt-trip Yang Xiaotian, issuing the reminder.
Rain Demon snapped in fury at that: "Li Guizi, scram from here! Our Majesty might be the Junior Academy Head of the World Academy, but that's no business of yours to boss him around."
"If you stick around, I'll smash every one of your balls!"
Malice gleamed in Rain Demon's gaze.
Li Quan's expression soured.
He'd long harbored bad blood with Rain Demon.
From then on, Rain Demon had stuck to dubbing him Li Guizi, a jab meaning turtle spawn.
"Yang Xiaotian, don't forget—if not for the World Academy aiding you in collecting the Hundred-Million-Year Divine Medicine, would you be where you are now?" Cheng Zhan fumed.
"The Hundred-Million-Year Divine Medicine the World Academy gave me back then was traded for the heaps of Fourteenth Tribulation Heavenly Grade Elixirs I supplied," Yang Xiaotian countered.
Cheng Zhan opened his mouth to argue further, but Liao Yuan yanked his robe and shot him a warning glance, then hauled both away.
As Liao Yuan dragged him off, Cheng Zhan whirled back in rage, bellowing, "Yang Xiaotian, you better stay away from the World Academy!"
The trio vanished into the boundless river.
Gazing at the receding figures, Rain Demon's stare burned with murderous urge: "Your Majesty, if I had my way, I'd plunge them into the river and whip their rears till they split open!"
Yang Xiaotian shook his head. Though he itched to punish the three himself, he didn't want to put his master Bai Yan in a tough spot. He departed alongside Rain Demon and the group.
Meantime, as Liao Yuan towed Cheng Zhan away, the fury only swelled in Cheng Zhan's mind. He exploded, "Yang Xiaotian's a total ingrate! Without the World Academy raising him, could he have risen this far?"
"Without the World Academy, he'd be hunkered down in some forgotten nook, tallying sheep!"
Li Quan grumbled too, "Once we're back, we'll rally the elders to yank his Son of the World title!"
"Yang Xiaotian's the Primordial Demon World Master now; he's strayed onto the Demon Path, so yeah, he doesn't fit as our Son of the World anymore," Cheng Zhan noted.