Chapter 750: Friend, Come on Ou

“Ordinary Sword Emperor, give face to the Sky Thrust Union and leave now.” The Black Lotus Altar Master said indifferently.

He might be an altar master, but he wasn’t confident in defeating Xu Pingfan.

“Do you think that is possible?” Xu Pingfan said with calm eyes.

“Hehe, I didn’t think it was possible either. Since that is the case, I shall test the brilliant skills of the Ordinary Sword Emperor.”

The Black Lotus Altar Master had yet to fight with any of the top 1000 rankers on the Great Emperor Rankings. In the history of the Sky Thrust Union, there was an altar master that once killed a great emperor that was ranked around 700th. The Black Lotus Altar Master was confident he could do the same and could do it even better.

“Void Black Lotus!”

A giant black lotus bloomed under the Black Lotus Altar Master. It then rapidly expanded before enveloping Xu Pingfan.

“Such incredible void dao martial art.” Xu Long’s eyes narrowed.

The black lotus made Xu Long dazzled. It felt as though there were layers of spatial zones within and once trapped inside, it wasn’t possible to escape.

Gong Yun took a deep breath and said, “I have heard of the Sky Thrust Union. It is a very mysterious and powerful saint faction. The hierarchy starts from star-rank members, joss masters, hall masters, altar masters and helm masters. As for the ranks above, no one knows. Putting aside star-rank members, Joss masters have strength to instantly kill bottom rankers of the Great Emperor Rankings. Hall masters are superior. As for altar masters, they are already comparable with top 1000 rankers. As for helm masters, they are at least equivalent to rankers in the top few hundreds. At first, I thought it was just nonsense, but from the looks of it, the rumors are true. The strength of the Sky Thrust Union is stronger than any saint faction and not inferior to our Swordsmen Guild. However, our Swordsmen Guild isn’t a consolidated organization and isn’t as tight as the Sky Thrust Union.”

(TL note: I changed joss chief to joss master to standardize with the rest of the masters)

The Swordsmen Guild was also as powerful. Xu Long and Gong Yun had only become grade 5 swordsmen during the recent years. They were considered to be the weaker members among the grade 5 swordsmen. There were some powerful grade 5 swordsmen who should be able to contest with joss masters from the Sky Thrust Union. A regular grade 6 swordsman would be able to contest with the Sky Thrust Union’s hall master. Top-notch grade 6 swordsman would be on par with altar masters. Xu Pingfan’s strength was at least at the pinnacle of grade 6 swordsmen. He might even be able to pass the grade 7 swordsman test.

However, the Swordsmen Guild was just a guild and there wasn’t any difference in hierarchy, therefore, it couldn’t be compared with the Sky Thrust Union.

Seeing that the black lotus was about to envelop him, Xu Pingfan drew his sword. Once the sword was unsheathed, his entire body looked like a hedgehog that burst out with countless swords. There were cracking sounds and the black lotus instantly shattered.

Xu Pingfan’s sword shocked everyone as soon as it was unsheathed.

The Black Lotus Altar Master took several steps back in shock. He had a grave expression as he pushed his hands forward. Countless black lotuses bloomed in the void and pressed towards Xu Pingfan.

Xu Pingfan’s expression didn’t change as he still executed one slash.

This time, there were layers of sword lights that looked just like the myriad of radiance from the sun. The black lotuses were all wiped out and even left streaks of sword wounds on the Black Lotus Altar Master.

“Attack together, form the Sky Scorpion Battle Formation.”

Xu Pingfan’s strength was beyond the Black Lotus Altar Master’s imagination. Or perhaps, the Black Lotus Altar Master overestimated his own strength.

In reality, the average combat strength of altar masters was around the top 1000 of the Great Emperor Rankings. It was extremely rare for any of them to make it above the top 1000, let alone rank 700th.

The Black Lotus Altar Master wasn’t the kind of person who cared too much about his reputation. Knowing that he wasn’t a match for Xu Pingfan, he immediately formed the battle formation to kill Xu Pingfan.

The Sky Scorpion Battle Formation was like a scorpion shape. The bewitching man and the Hundred Poison Hall Mistress were the pincers of the scorpion, while the Black Lotus Altar Master was the stinger.

Boom!

The attack this time finally made Xu Pingfan take one step back.

The Black Lotus Altar Master’s strength was already not too much inferior. With the battle formation, the Black Lotus Altar Master’s strength was now several times stronger.

“Ordinary sword dao!”

Taking a deep breath, Xu Pingfan didn’t emit any more sword light. Every move and stance was extremely ordinary, they were also extremely sharp. When the sword was unsheathed, it felt like the void was getting sliced open. The Sky Scorpion Battle Formation had multiple sword wounds.

But a battle formation would be able to rapidly reformed if it didn’t collapse.

“Die!”

The scorpion’s stinger violently thrust over.

This stinger had various trajectories that were hazy. It felt as though the stinger was in another world that it was hard to discern the attack trajectory.

It was very obvious that the stinger contained the Black Lotus Altar Master’s void law.

Clang!

At the crucial moment, Xu Pingfan blocked the attack, but he was still blasted away while he vomited fresh blood.

“Not good, the Ordinary Sword Emperor isn’t a match.” Everyone was extremely anxious.

If Xu Pingfan wasn’t a match, then they would certainly be dead today.

At this moment, no one realized that Li Fuchen