Chapter 1584: Chapter 1584: Golden City Lord

The two pursued and fled, unknowingly reaching the northern region of Golden City, only a thousand feet away from the famous Dragon Lake.

“You can’t escape; come back to me!”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable, getting closer to Fang Bai, suddenly extended his withered left hand and clawed at Fang Bai in mid-air.

A Spirit Qi Big Palm formed in the air, speeding towards Fang Bai’s head, attempting to grab him back.

Fang Bai felt a gust of wind behind his head and a powerful force of confinement closing in. Shocked, he didn’t look back, grasping the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade at his feet and executing a “Silence Annihilation” strike without turning.

“To think he could strike such a sharp blade light, it truly is a treasured blade!”

Seeing Fang Bai’s blade light from the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade nearly slicing his Spirit Qi Big Palm in two, the Spirit Serpent Venerable’s eyes showed surprise but he was even more pleased, certain that the Blood Blade was a King Grade superior spiritual artifact.

One must know that the snake-shaped cane currently in his hand was merely a King Grade medium spiritual artifact. If he could slay Fang Bai and obtain his Blood Blade spiritual weapon, it would be quite a windfall.

Fang Bai’s “Silence Annihilation” strike could pose a certain threat to a Soul Severing First Stage expert, but not to the Spirit Serpent Venerable.

The Spirit Serpent Venerable’s eyes flashed sharply, emanating terrifying battle intent and killing Qi as he reformed the Spirit Qi Big Palm to grab Fang Bai faster.

“Shoo!”

“Shoo!”

“Shoo!”

Fang Bai unleashed three consecutive strikes with the mad blade, yet was unable to prevent the Spirit Qi Big Palm from descending.

At that moment, a golden beam shot up from the dense forest below, tracing a golden arc in the sky, and appeared instantly between Fang Bai and the Spirit Serpent Venerable.

The golden figure was a man in a golden robe, with a white, beardless face. He flipped his hand and unleashed a majestic sword light to meet the Spirit Qi Big Palm, shouting, “Stop!”

A palm and sword clash resounded with a roar and disappeared simultaneously.

“Who are you?”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable was slightly taken aback when he saw the gold-robed man’s cultivation level was only at the Soul Severing First Stage, yet with the addition of a golden greatsword in his hand, his combat power was not much inferior, casting a scrutinizing gaze at the other.

The gold-robed man had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, with a jade-like face, displaying a hint of regal demeanor. He appeared to be around fifty years old, but the Spirit Serpent Venerable judged that his actual age couldn’t be much less than his own.

The golden greatsword in the gold-robed man’s hand seemed to be forged from gold, a foot wide and five feet long, a true golden greatsword.

The sword of the golden greatsword faintly shimmered with flowing light, mixed with strands of blood Qi, exuding a soaring killing intent and evil Qi.

“What a sword!”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable’s eyes fell on the golden greatsword, brows raised in greed, thinking to himself how lucky he was today to first encounter an Extraordinary Holy Body with a Blood Blade and now someone with a golden greatsword.

Ignoring the Extraordinary Holy Body, just capturing the one blade and one sword would surely double his combat power with the Blood Blade in his left hand and the golden greatsword in his right.

“Honoring senior’s great name?”

The gold-robed man cupped his fists in greeting.

Although the addition of the golden greatsword made the gold-robed man’s strength comparable to the Spirit Serpent Venerable, his base cultivation was still a notch lower, so he addressed the Spirit Serpent Venerable as senior, as a sign of respect towards the stronger.

The Spirit Serpent Venerable kept his aura locked on Fang Bai to prevent sudden escape, coldly snorted, “Have you heard of the Spirit Serpent Venerable’s name?”

“So it’s Senior Spirit Serpent Venerable, I’ve long admired your reputation!”

The gold-robed man was startled, hastily bowing in greeting to the Spirit Serpent Venerable.

The Spirit Serpent Venerable was renowned in the area, with a formidable reputation known to most.

The gold-robed man had never met the Spirit Serpent Venerable but gathered plenty of information about him, knowing him to be ruthless and unscrupulous, undoubtedly pursuing what treasure that young person carried, chasing him all the way here.

“Short old man, I don’t mind you chasing that young person, but why come here? I’ve painstakingly laid Heaven’s Net around Dragon Lake to catch the Golden Flood Dragon, you better not ruin my plans!”

Gold-robed man looked at the Spirit Serpent Venerable, silently cursing in his heart.

To capture the Golden Flood Dragon in Dragon Lake, he spent ten years setting mechanisms around it, recently observing signs of it appearing again, causing him secret delight.

If the Spirit Serpent Venerable’s pursuit brought Fang Bai above Dragon Lake, it might startle the Golden Flood Dragon, making it refuse to appear, wasting his ten years of effort.

In truth, the gold-robed man also had private motives for stopping the Spirit Serpent Venerable’s pursuit of Fang Bai.

Because he too noticed Fang Bai’s Blood-Drinking Mad Blade was a treasure, not inferior to his golden greatsword.

He and the Spirit Serpent Venerable had the same thought, dreaming of owning both a blade and a sword to double combat power.

In this way, the Spirit Serpent Venerable and the gold-robed man fell into a standoff, temporarily relieving Fang Bai of his crisis.

“I am Sikong Changjian, the current City Lord of Golden City, and have some connection with this young man. Might I ask why senior is pursuing him?”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable was momentarily dazed, then concealed his anger, thinking he couldn’t say he coveted the young man’s Extraordinary Holy Body, wanting to seize his Nascent Soul, devour his essence, and take his blood-red blade.

“What’s your connection with this young man, City Lord Sikong?”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable shifted the topic, asked sternly.

Sikong Changjian smiled slightly, glancing at Fang Bai sideways, said, “Truth be told, this young man is a nephew of mine. So, I ask senior to show some favor and spare him once. How about it?”

The Spirit Serpent Venerable, sly and cunning, observed Fang Bai’s expression and knew Sikong Changjian was lying, silently thought, “Don’t think I’m a fool! You must want his blood-red blade, trying to drive me away for yourself! Hmph, I’ll never let you succeed!”

Thinking of this, the Spirit Serpent Venerable laughed heartily, “Well said… well said…”

Sikong Changjian thought he agreed to spare Fang Bai and was about to speak when suddenly a whooshing sound came beside him, and a shadow shot past him, lunging at Fang Bai.

The shadow was none other than the Spirit Serpent Venerable, unafraid of Sikong Changjian and unwilling to let Fang Bai go, seizing the momentary distraction of Sikong Changjian to dart past him.

“You…”

Sikong Changjian, having recently progressed from Nascent Soul Perfection to Soul Severing First Stage realm, had acquired a golden greatsword to challenge mid-stage Soul Severing experts, brimming with pride, yet how could he allow the Spirit Serpent Venerable to act recklessly in front of him?

Realizing he was deceived, Sikong Changjian was furious, turning around, the golden greatsword flew out, transforming into a golden beam targeting the Spirit Serpent Venerable’s back.