Chapter 444: Beheading the Sage
Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy
The scarlet feathers covering the Nine Yin Sparrow's body puffed up, and its pupils shrank. It could not help but fall back. The holy light on its body dimmed down, and it was truly startled.
That wasn't his true body. The sparrow was convinced that this couldn't possibly be the sagemaster here in person, so how could he deal with it?
However, the Nine Yin Sparrow's mind was still uneasy. It wished it could just turn and walk away, yet it couldn't. It could only hold on forcefully. As a quasi-sage, how could it resign itself to give up the moment it was about to become a true sage?
Even though the Nine Yin Sparrow had killed countless people, its emotions were complicated and even incomparably fearful. This was indeed the sagemaster of legend.
In those days, a lash from this silver-haired man's star-studded whip would cause the heavens to really collapse, the universe to turn dim, and swathes of clan leaders to perish. Even now, any mention of him would change the countenance of every clan.
This was a god-like man. In previous years, at the very last moment, the terrifying power that erupted from him shook all the heavens, leaving behind endless legends of his glory.
I will become a sage! The Nine Yin Sparrow's roared in its heart. At this moment, it could not shrink back. It had to rise in defiance of the heavens.
Buzz!
The silver-haired man stood up within the domain, accompanied by endless runes at his side. He lifted his hand and a beam of light flew out from it. It directly hit the Nine Yin Sparrow with a bang and caused it to collapse.
"How could this be!?" howled the Nine Yin Sparrow in rage—it wasn't at all willing—it was condensing holy light and success was already in sight, but in the end, that person destroyed all its hopes with a single, effortless strike.
In only an instant, the Nine Yin Sparrow was disintegrated. This shook everyone's hearts.
At the edge of the solar system, Yang Xuan, Hu Qingcheng, and Qing Lan were all rigid with shock. What had they just seen? Was it really that person? The sagemaster!
On the ground, countless people cheered. Their hearts were full of excitement and joy.
Even if they didn't know who the sagemaster was, the people on the ground were still incredibly excited, their emotions fluctuating intensely.
This was because the blood-red sparrow was not the benevolent type. Just now, it had been bossy and domineering. Its stories from the old days had been spoken—this was a brutal executioner that reeked of blood.
In those years, it was an intruder, and today, it had come once more, and it still wanted to kill all of the descendants of the so-called rebels. It was cruel, tyrannical, and exceptionally repulsive.
"Ah…"
The Nine Yin sparrow was howling in outer space. Its wrath was boundless and the holy light around its entire body had been dispersed, all its previous efforts wasted. It had become a rain of blood and feathers.
It was too terrifying just now and it couldn't even evade.
That wasn't the true body of the sagemaster. It was most likely only an imprint left behind from the old days to preside over some specific, special domains on Earth. Yet, it was still able to strike and kill the sparrow in an instant.
The Nine Yin Sparrow's whole body was ice cold. There weren't many divine objects left on its body for death substitution. With difficulty, it condensed its blood once more, and in an instant, it recovered. There were only two objects left.
Thump!
Then, above the earth's domain, that silver-haired man raised a hand yet again. He brought down a torrent of domain energy to slash forward once more. In a flash, the Nine Yin sparrow exploded.
Blood rained down, and feathers wilted.
In a short period of time, it had been unexpectedly killed twice. It did not have any of the aggregated holy light left over.
"Good kill! Eliminate him in both body and soul!" On Mount Longhu, Chu Feng was excitedly yelling, his heart filled with joy.
Not long before, he had seen the Nine Yin Sparrow ostentatiously acting like a tyrant, actually wanting to become a sage outside of Earth. This led to anger burning in Chu Feng's chest and resentment filling his lungs, unable to be flushed out. His whole being wanted to explode.
Now that he had witnessed first-hand the Nine Yin Sparrow being killed twice by the silver-haired man and its corporeal body disintegrated, he was naturally happy and fired up.
An executioner of old who had previously humiliated the earth was still attempting to become a sage. Not a chance! It had to be blown apart!
In actuality, there were many people on the ground cheering. To be able to see a scene like this made many shudder in excitement and cheer loudly.
The Nine Yin Sparrow came to be sanctified. Additionally, it had struck deal with a creature from the depths of the cosmos. That was the reason why it was willing to take this risk and attack.
Otherwise, how would it possibly have so many death substitution divine objects? Even the old, supreme saints had difficulty obtaining even one of these items.
In a short period of time, its blood condensed, and the Nine Yin Sparrow was again reconstructed!
Now, it only had one death substitution item left.
The Nine Yin Sparrow was still as big as half the earth. Its expression was sinister, and its eyes were cruel. The torrent of its evil aura filled the skies as it said, "I will become a sage. Even if the sagemaster comes in person, I will still achieve the supreme dao fruit!"
In succession, it reversed life and death. The holy light was aggregated once more, and to its surprise, it was even more vigorous than just now. This shocked even itself—just one more step, it was just one line away from transforming into a sage.
"As expected, my opportunity to become a sage is on this planet." The Nine Yin Sparrow was pleasantly surprised. This was already preordained many years ago.
For any creature to become a sage, there were too many things to pay attention to!
It had killed the forebears of earth and condensed their fortune. A long time ago, it was already decided that it was here that it would become a sage!
If it actually succeeded, those dead forebears would never be able to rest in peace.
At this moment, within the Earth's domain, that imposing stood unmoving as it looked down at the enormous blood-red beast.
"I never thought that after being extinguished at the hands of the sagemaster two times, and reversing life and death once more, I would be only one line away from becoming a sage." The Nine Yin Sparrow said this with a loud laugh that rolled like thunder.
At the same time, it realized that even if it were to be blasted apart once more by that silver-haired man's domains, it was not scared. This was because it knew that if it were to reverse life and death once more, it would directly be reborn.
One must know that right now, the holy light outside its body was strong. Only a little bit more and it would become a sage.
"Come on!" shouted the Nine Yin Sparrow.
It was very excited. If it were to become a sage under the sagemaster's grinding, it would become a legend and be cast with supreme prestige.
On the ground, the people were apprehensive. How could this terrible scarlet beast be so terrifying? It was impossible to kill!
"Come on, extinguish me again. One more rebirth and I will become a demonic sage!" The Nine-Yin Sparrow laughed loudly.
It had one more death substitution item on its person and firmly believed it would succeed.
The sagemaster's silver hair danced in the air. His face was handsome, and his eyes were like a vast ocean. He hadn't activated the domain again yet as was only gazing at the vermillion bird before him.
The Nine Yin Sparrow felt terrified. Its heart was intensely disturbed, and it unexpectedly felt wisps of chill.
To it, the quiet, illusory shadow of the sagemaster was even more frightening than when he was attacking. He was unpredictable!
"What are you afraid of, come on, saint!" he finally bellowed out.
In the past, the Nine Yin Sparrow was still a small horseman without even the seniority to raise its head and look up at the sagemaster. Yet now, it dared to grapple with him. What was the worst that could happen?
Being a fierce and ruthless entity, it easily adjusted its fluctuating emotions.
"Stop it, don't let it become a sage!"
On the ground, countless people were praying. They did not wish for the Nine Yin Sparrow to succeed. They could not tolerate this.
Clink!
Finally, the silver-haired sagemaster moved. He lifted his hand, and a sheet of silver light flew out. That was the Heavenly Book of Domains, a sheet of silver paper.
Actually, it was not paper, but rather a type of extremely rare material.
Presently, the silver light had filled the sky and lit up outer space. It made people unable to open their eyes. It was even more glaring than the most exceptional lightning.
"You…"
The Nine Yin Sparrow was upset—it resisted with all its strength and condensed the holy light. It was itching to become a sage right this instant because it felt a great crisis as if Judgement Day were approaching.
"Chi!"
This time, it hadn't burst into pieces. Instead, it was beheaded by that silver sheet of paper. Its body was cut open and not split up into pieces.
The Nine Yin Sparrow let out a mournful howl. Its anger was without bounds, and its eyes had an extremely bitter resentment in them. To be able to make a quasi-sage lose composure, one could imagine how significant the matter was.
"My opportunity to become a sage, ah... " it cried out in anger. That mysterious chance to become a sage had disappeared. It had been beheaded and eliminated.
What was that? A heavenly book, a silver page, had directly struck it from heaven down to hell, making it deranged with hate.
This was the end. The Nine Yin Sparrow's hope of coming to Earth and becoming a sage had been shattered. Its dao foundation had been severed!
The matter was not yet finished. A silver page of the Heavenly Book of Domains made an about-turn and flew over once more. It carried a glaring silver light and hacked toward that huge scarlet beast.
Pop!
Blood splashed out in all directions—the Nine Yin Sparrow was shocked and spasmed from head to toe. The mournful, blood-curdling screech it let out was terrifying.
Just now, it had been unable to evade and its quasi-sage foundation had been severed!
The Nine Yin Sparrow trembled in fear. Its body was still there, and it could be maintained, but certain things were missing inside its body. Its quasi-sage foundation was ruined and it had been crippled.
"I don't believe it, a quasi-sage has fallen!" it cried out in pain.
It had always been the one killing people and it was covered in the blood of the forebears. Yet today, it had unexpectedly encountered a calamity.
"Do you see? A thing of legend has happened! A quasi-sage has lost its realm!"
"Yes, this is enough to startle the heavens. A sage has been beheaded!"
At the edge of the solar system, Yang Xuan, Hu Qingcheng, and Qing Lan were dumbstruck. It was hard to believe.
The Nine Yin sparrow hadn't died, but it could feel its cultivation crippled and was in a rapid decline.
"Impossible. I was to illuminate the heavens and become a big shot. How could it be like this, ah… Do I have to start over from the very beginning!?"
The Nine Yin Sparrow had gone mad. This was even more miserable than death.
"Sagemaster, are you a person or a ghost!? How could you do this!?" Its eyes were blood-red, and its body was shrinking as it stared at the silver-haired man on Earth's domain.
"Sagemaster, exceptional and elegant!"
From far away, Yang Xuan and Qing Lan used their consciousness to communicate in secret. They did not dare open their mouths out of fear that the Nine Yin Sparrow would act out violently and retaliate against them.
On the ground, the people knew what had happened. Each and everyone was dumbstruck, shocked beyond compare, and after that, their sentiments boiled over once more.
A terrifying beast full of hostility, that had once launched a military conquest on Earth, had come here to destroy the creatures here once more. It even vainly attempted to become a sage here. Now, it had been crippled and this raised the people's spirits. They were excited and happy without compare.
"Way to destroy it!" Chu Feng shouted at the sky, "You old fellows of the heavenly knights, with your bloody and evil offenses. Come back again if you dare! Follow the star passages, I'll be waiting for you on Earth!"
The Nine Yin Sparrow had not completely fallen into a trough and still possessed astonishing might. It looked down on the Earth and repeatedly hissed in anger.
After that, it rapidly shrank.
"I'm unresigned! I will become a quasi-sage and then rise to sagehood even if I have to start again from scratch!" At the end of its hysteria, it let out a long howl and left behind this oath.
Chu Feng was skeptical and said, "This old fellow really has quite the fighting spirit. Don't tell me it'll really take the star passage, enter earth and start all over again!"
"Take me away!"
When the Nine Yin Sparrow had shrunk down to several hundred meters long, it was incredibly weak. It spoke to the far-off quasi-sage Golden Wolf and asked for its help.
Presently, the quasi-sage Golden Wolf was close to the Moon. It stepped forward to get close to the Nine Yin Sparrow and take it away.
Boom!
However, as soon as it had moved, a beam of light flew out from the Moon, striking its body and staggering the Golden Wolf. It was sent flying away and forced to reveal its true form.
It was a massive golden wolf. The lower half of its body had been blasted away and destroyed by that beam of light.