I Have a Sword

When Ye Guan took out the Tianxing Flame, the faces of the mysterious figure and the rest of the crowd in the distance turned pale.

All of them instinctively stepped backward.

The mysterious figure stared at Ye Guan in disbelief.

"You... you..." the mysterious figure muttered in a trembling voice.

Back when he was still part of the Arcanist Civilization, he was just a minor figure. On that fateful day, he witnessed the Tianxing Flame reducing a myriad of elites to mere ashes.

They couldn't even fight back. The Tianxing Flame had been haunting him since then, but he never expected that he'd see it again.

In fact, it wasn't just the mysterious figure. The people from the Junlin Civilization and the Asura Civilization retreated rapidly, putting distance between themselves and Ye Guan upon seeing the Tianxing Flame.

Taia Tian and Xin Yu retreated as well, and they stared at Ye Guan holding the Tianxing Flame with wide eyes. They couldn't help but wonder just how many tricks Ye Guan had up his sleeves.

The blood corpse that had been fighting Ye Guan lost all his arrogance and retreated with fear evident in his eyes.

Ye Guan walked slowly toward the mysterious figure with the Tianxing Flame above his palm.

The faces of the blood corpses and the mysterious figure changed drastically.

"You! D-don't come any closer!" the mysterious figure stammered.

Ye Guan glared at the mysterious figure and commanded, "Kneel, you bastard."

Everyone present was silent.

The mysterious figure's face turned extremely ugly.

Ye Guan shouted, "Kneel, or I'll burn you down!"

A blood corpse next to the mysterious figure hurriedly said, "Kneel!"

The mysterious figure had no idea what to say.

The remaining blood corpses cast anxious gazes at the mysterious figure.

They were truly terrified of the Tianxing Flame.

A lick of Tianxing Flame had almost obliterated them during that disaster, and they had witnessed the demise of their era's elites in the face of the Tianxing Flame.

It was a fear that was carved so deeply in their soul that it had become a primal fear.

Moreover, the Tianxing Flame represented the Tianxing Civilization!

Thus, when they saw Ye Guan taking out the Tianxing Flame, they immediately gave up all resistance, not daring to fight back.

How could they fight the Tianxing Civilization?

Realizing that Ye Guan was about to hurl the Tianxing Flame at them, the mysterious figure trembled and instinctively knelt down.

The mysterious figure's head was filled with nary a trace of his previous pride. He was only fearful of the flame.

Ye Guan pointed at the ancient character on the distant altar. "Give me that."

The mysterious figure was stunned.

A blood corpse hurriedly urged, "Remove the array and give it to him."

Right now, they just wanted to surrender. Since they had been given the chance to surrender without dying, they wasted no time and immediately took advantage of that opportunity to do so.

It wasn't just then; the experts wearing black armor behind them no longer had any will to fight. The Tianxing Flame's appearance had sent them plummeting to the abyss of despair.

It'd be for the best if they could surrender.

The mysterious figure hesitated, but his hesitation only lasted briefly before he removed the array and grabbed the ancient character suspended above it.

He was about to send it over to Ye Guan when a voice abruptly sounded. "Wait."

Everyone turned and saw a blood corpse.

The blood corpse was exceptionally tall—taller than the other blood corpses. It had a pair of pitch-black wings, and its aura far surpassed the seven blood corpses beside him.

Ye Guan frowned as he stared at the towering blood corpse walking over toward him.

The towering blood corpse stopped when he was about a hundred meters away from Ye Guan, and he stared deeply at the latter before saying, "You're not from the Tianxing Civilization."

His words shocked everyone present. Ye Guan wasn't from the Tianxing Civilization?

The kneeling mysterious figure trembled and said, "Boss, that's indeed the Tianxing Flame right there..."

The towering blood corpse ignored the mysterious figure and urged, "Aren't you going to release the fire? Go ahead."

The faces of the mysterious figure and the blood corpses changed drastically at the towering blood corpse's words.

The mysterious figure snapped, "Boss, what are you trying to do here?! Are you trying to get us all killed?"

The towering bloody corpse ignored the mysterious figure and glared at Ye Guan. "Release it!"

With that, Ye Guan opened his palm, and the Tianxing Flame trembled slightly.

The mysterious figure and the others were shocked.

The next moment, Ye Guan hurled the Tianxing Flame at the towering blood corpse.

The mysterious figure and the remaining blood corpses were scared out of their wits. They turned around and fled without any hesitation at all.

Even the towering blood corpse, who seemed calm and confident, retreated rapidly in the face of the Tianxing Flame.

Meanwhile, Ye Guan made a beeline for the distant altar and snatched away the mysterious ancient character before storing it in the world inside the tiny pagoda.

Everyone was in disbelief.

The Tianxing Flame that Ye Guan had hurled did not exude any power at all.

The mysterious figure and the others were stunned by the revelation.

What was going on?

Ye Guan opened his palm, and the Tianxing Flame returned to his hand.

Ye Guan looked at the towering blood corpse in the distance and smiled. "And here I thought you wouldn't get scared."

The towering blood corpse glared at Ye Guan with clenched fists. Moments later, an invisible pressure swept toward Ye Guan.

Ye Guan waved his sleeve, and his invincible sword intent sprang up to resist the pressure.

Taia Tian and the others reacted and quickly appeared behind Ye Guan. They couldn't afford to think too much right now. Whether Ye Guan was from the Tianxing Flame Civilization or not, they still had to take his side.

So what if Ye Guan wasn't from the Tianxing Flame Civilization?

Ye Guan holding the Tianxing Flame was even more terrifying than the possibility of him being from the Tianxing Civilization.

The Junlin Civilization members exchanged uneasy glances. They were still wary of Ye Guan, as the Tianxing Civilization had a reputation for purging low-tier civilizations.

If Ye Guan was indeed from the Tianxing Civilization, the Junlin Civilization would be in danger.

What were they supposed to do here? The members of the Junlin Civilization suddenly found themselves in a dilemma.

In the end, they all turned toward their leaders, Dai Zong and Dai Qing.

Dai Zong said in a deep voice, "Father, even if Young Master Ye is from the Tianxing Civilization, it won't necessarily be a bad thing for us. I also don't think that he has any intentions of destroying our civilization. Otherwise, he would have just done it immediately without wasting any time with us."

"True." Dai Qing nodded slightly.

Dai Zong was correct. If Ye Guan were truly from the Tianxing Civilization, he wouldn't waste any time with them. A single Tianxing Flame could easily end them all, after all.

Dai Zong stared deeply at Ye Guan in the distance and remarked, "I actually hope that he's from the Tianxing Civilization."

It meant that the Junlin Civilization had found itself a powerful ally.

On the other side, the mysterious figure realized that something was amiss. If Ye Guan were truly from the Tianxing Civilization, he'd immediately sicc the Tianxing Flame on them rather than waste time by talking to them.

Is it a bluff? The mysterious figure's face turned extremely grim. Damn it!

The mysterious figure couldn't help but feel rueful. And I just knelt down!

The towering blood corpse stared at Ye Guan and remarked, "It seems you're not from the Tianxing Civilization."

Ye Guan seriously replied, "I'm from the Tianxing Civilization."

Yi Nian glanced at Ye Guan and smiled slightly. "I can vouch for him. He's indeed from the Tianxing Civilization."

Ye Guan turned to look at Yi Nian and laughed.

Yi Nian grinned as well.

Meanwhile, everyone was speechless.

The towering blood corpse shook his head slightly and remarked, "Even though I don't know why you have the Tianxing Flame, I'm certain that you're not from the Tianxing Civilization. The Tianxing Flame Civilization is a Tier Five civilization. Even at the peak of our civilization, we couldn't find them at all, and they'd only appear through the Tianxing Flame. Most importantly, you're far too weak. There's no way someone from the Tianxing Civilization can be as weak as you."

"Then, why do I have Tianxing Flame?"

The towering blood corpse fell silent. He was confused as well. How did this young swordsman obtain a lick of the Tianxing Flame?

The mysterious figure suddenly chimed in, "Did you pick it up perhaps?"

Ye Guan frowned. Does that even make sense?

The mysterious figure turned to the towering blood corpse and explained, "His Tianxing Flame has no energy fluctuations, unlike the one we saw before. I believe the Tianxing Flame with him has been discarded by the Tianxing Civilization, and he somehow picked up one of them."

Ye Guan was speechless.

Yi Nian was stunned as well.

"That must be it. The Tianxing Flame in his hands has no energy left, so it's completely useless." The mysterious figure stared at the distant Ye Guan with a face full of rage, "You actually dared to use a discarded Tianxing Flame to fool us! You deserve to die!"

The mysterious figure pointed at Ye Guan, and a spacetime rift manifested before the latter.

Crackle!

A bolt of lightning shot out toward Ye Guan.

Ye Guan raised his sword to split it into two.

Boom!

Ye Guan succeeded, but he was blasted tens of thousands of kilometers away.

The fear in the eyes of the cultivators on the mysterious figure's side was fading away. There was a high chance that the young swordsman wasn't from the Tianxing Flame Civilization, so why would they be afraid of him?

Ye Guan stabilized himself in midair and stared deeply at the mysterious figure. He had to admit that he was a bit shocked by the mysterious figure's strength. He was more powerful than the blood corpse that Ye Guan last fought.

The mysterious figure's eyes were full of killing intent as he stared back at Ye Guan. It couldn't be helped, as he'd just knelt down to someone with such a low cultivation base.

It was an utter humiliation.

The towering blood corpse remarked, "Even though I don't know how you got the Tianxing Flame, I can confirm that it's completely useless."

A blood corpse behind him solemnly said, "Boss, even if he's not from the Tianxing Civilization, his backers must be extraordinary. How about we retreat for now and make more preparations?"

"What are you so afraid of?" the mysterious figure stepped forward and sneered at Ye Guan. "How strong can his backers be? Hey, you! Call your backers, and I'm going to take them on with one hand."

The mysterious figure then placed his hands behind his back.

Ye Guan didn't waste any words and called out, "Aunt?"

Boom!

A lady in a plain skirt appeared next to Ye Guan. Fortunately, she was dressed in a plain skirt this time.

The plain-skirt lady frowned upon looking around.

Ye Guan was about to say something when she struck him on the shoulder with her sword.

Smack!

Ye Guan shuddered, nearly crying out, but he was puzzled.

The plain-skirt lady glared at Ye Guan and chided, "If you're going to cause trouble, anyway, why did you not make it bigger?"

"Look at these worthless things," said the plain-skirt lady as she swept her gaze across everyone on the battlefield.

Ye Guan. "..."

Everyone. "..."

The mysterious figure: "???"

Coca and Corlumbus's Thoughts

KAKAAKAK just how strong is Plain Skirt Destiny? I am surprised Ye Guan called her so casually this time though. Usually, he has this long inner dialogue on his invincibility and how it would affect his state of mind. Speaking of which…Where did that go? I do recall that he wasn't supposed to call on her