Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 389: 199. Marquis Qingyang Tuoba Tao

Don't mention Guangling Prefecture, across the entire Four Prefectures of Xingyuan Road, almost no one doesn't know who Gu Tianyun is, even ordinary people who have never practiced martial arts are aware of the great name of Gu Tianyun, the Sword Leader of Xizhao.

The Wanjian Holy Sect governed Xuzhou through the Sword Control Bureau, setting up bureaus from the highest to the lowest levels in roads, prefectures, counties, and districts, and then appointed Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Iron Ordained Sword Executors to govern the regions. For instance, Ren Tianxing, who governed Guangling Prefecture, held the title of Silver Order Sword Executor.

Xuzhou was divided into four roads: Xingyuan, Jiangdong, Chenliu, and Nanping, each controlled by one of the four prominent Gold Order Sword Executors, among whom Gu Tianyun, the Sword Leader of Xizhao, was one.

A titan of the Martial Path from the Yin Yang Holy Realm, Gu Tianyun, the Sword Leader of Xizhao, screaming? That was something that seemed utterly impossible.

But at this moment, it had indeed happened!

Tuoba Tao, who is that?

All the people who rushed into the streets soon realized who this individual was because they were about to witness a scene they would never forget in their lifetimes.

Above the skies of Guangling Prefecture City, a black Square Sky Halberd, roughly ten feet long, was emitting immense Demonic Qi as if it had sped from beyond the heavens, cleaving through endless clouds. The Halberd, trailing a sharp edge, astonishingly tore a nearly hundred-mile-long spatial rift in its path.

"Ah..."

"Ah, my eyes!"

...

Several screams suddenly erupted from the crowd, and turning to look, they found these individuals clutched their eyes, blood streaming through their fingers, sending a chill down everyone's spine.

"Any Martial Artist of the Physical Realm without the protection of Gang Qi will have their blood surge to their eyes due to the sharpness of this Halberd. Everyone, close your eyes! Do not look!"

Not knowing who shouted from below, people then realized, and all Martial Artists of the Physical Realm hurriedly closed their eyes, daring not to gaze upon the sharpness of that Halberd anymore.

This place was, after all, the Prefectural City, rich in Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm; the remaining people still intently watched the Halberd that had descended from the sky:

The nearly hundred-mile long spatial rift had not yet closed, and the Halberd, like a white rainbow penetrating the sun, forcefully emerged from the endless void behind the rift and its front end was already embedded in the back of a swordsman dressed in white, the demonic Qi nearly engulfing him entirely.

However, the white-dressed swordsman was also clearly powerful. He held a fiery red longsword, and steaming hot, magma-like Sword Qi surged from his body, resisting the invasion of the demonic Qi while he continuously fled downwards, attempting to escape from the black Halberd.

"Melting Heaven Sword Qi, it really is Sword Leader Gu!"

"Sword Leader of Xizhao is at a disadvantage, this... this... how is it possible?"

"Who is the master of that Halberd?"

"Just now, that scream from the Sword Leader seemed to mention someone named... Tuoba Tao."

......

The cries of shock from below had not the slightest impact on the battle in the sky.

The sky, initially clear, was now completely rendered in red and black tones. The overwhelming Sword Qi and demonic Qi, growing and diminishing against each other, appeared to stand in a face-off, and many martial artists who held reverence for Gu Tianyun even cast hopeful glances his way.

Hmph...

However, at that moment, a disdainful cold snort suddenly transmitted from the sky.

A burly figure gradually emerged from behind the clouds, a man with half-gray hair appearing to be in his sixties or seventies, dressed in Golden-Embossed Beast-Faced Sky-Swallowing Armor, stepping through the air with vigorous and powerful strides, his eyes blazing like torches, looking down from above ten miles away at Gu Tianyun with a slight disdain in his expression.

"Thinking of making this old man repay blood with blood, you're still too green!"

The elder's voice was as robust and resonant as his appearance. As his words fell, he slightly pushed forward the gleaming black Halberd, with just a light push from his hand across more than ten miles...

The Halberd, swirling with overwhelming Demonic Qi, suddenly burst forth a dark divine light, twisting and consolidating into a giant Green-Maned Wolf King about a hundred feet tall with six eyes resembling golden bells, its nostrils flaring heavily as it fixated on Gu Tianyun.

In a blink, all three heads of the Wolf King opened their massive jaws and surged towards Gu Tianyun like swallowing the sky and the earth, instantly engulfing his Melting Heaven Sword Qi.

"Western Illumination Holy Sword Art!"

Seeing the overwhelming Demonic Qi about to envelop his body, a trace of fear finally appeared in Gu Tianyun's eyes. Gritting his teeth, he swung his Melting Heaven Sword, merging with the heaven and earth, slashing out thousands of Magma Sword Qi that instantly transformed into miles-long evening twilight in a desperate attempt to resist the invasion of the Demonic Qi.

Alas, the three-pronged Halberd under the Wolf King's massive jaws was too powerful, covering his Magma Sword Qi without a moment of suspense, and the demonic light of the Halberd immediately landed on him.

Accompanied by the demonic light of the Halberd, sensing a gust of green poison invading his body, Gu Tianyun's face turned pale in an instant. Without a hint of desire to continue fighting, he gathered his cultivation to resist the poison while transforming into a beam of escaping light, hastily fleeing towards the prefectural city below.

......

The scene of Gu Tianyun fleeing was not only captured by everyone's eyes but also deeply imprinted in their hearts. In an instant, the entire Prefecture City fell silent, no one spoke a word, just gazing somewhat blankly at the sky, precisely at the half-gray-haired Old General of Jinjia.

"Marquis Qingyang, Tuoba Tao!"

"If I remember correctly, this Tuoba Tao is just the Military Governor of Nanyang Road in Yuzhou, in charge of military affairs. Among the twenty-eight Marquises of Da Jin, he ranked towards the end..."

"To defeat Gu Tianyun so easily, this Tuoba Tao must have at least reached the Xuanyin Realm. A titan of the Xuanyin Realm ranked towards the end among the twenty-eight marquises, this..."