Chapter 4539 – Divine Armant Bandit
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What the higher-ups of Profound Pill Sect were concerned about did not happen. The Sword Child of Vanishing Sword Mountain only stayed in Profound Pill City for two or three days before leaving.
When the news was relayed back, the Elders who had been extrely nervous all this while finally breathed a sigh of relief. They vaguely wondered if they had misunderstood Yang Kai. It seed that the thief who stole the True Void Sword was not him. Nevertheless, who else in this world could achieve such a feat right under the noses of the Four Seasons Elders if it was not him?
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Vanishing Sword Mountain went all out and pursued this matter for six whole years. They practically searched the entire Divine Armant World, but there was no sight of the True Void Sword. In the end, they could only give up on this endeavour. They withdrew most of their troops and left only a small group of people to continue the search. Be that as it may, they knew that too much ti had passed since the initial disappearance. It was probably impossible to locate the True Void Sword after so long.
Therefore, theft of the True Void Sword beca an unsolved mystery.
This incident supported the livelihoods of many storytellers in the teahouses and inns. A mysterious man had infiltrated Vanishing Sword Mountain during the night, challenged the Four Seasons Elders alone, and stole the True Void Sword. This story was retold countless tis, the descriptions so detailed that it was almost as if they witnessed the incident with their own eyes.
Less than two years after the incident with Vanishing Sword Mountain finally subsided, another shocking news spread out across the world once more. The Azure Dragon Saber of the Tyrant Saber Sect had been stolen!
It was an eerily familiar tale; one of the Ten Great Sects was attacked and one of the Ten Great Divine Armants stolen. Eight years later, theft of the Tyrant Saber Sect’s Azure Dragon Saber was practically identical to theft of Vanishing Sword Mountain’s True Void Sword.
Similarly, a mysterious person suddenly infiltrated the Tyrant Saber Sect Headquarters. His figure was ghostly and his thods were unpredictable. Ten of the Tyrant Saber Sect’s top Masters had joined forces to stop him, but they failed and the mysterious thief disappeared without a trace. In front of everybody’s eyes, both man and saber simply vanished out of sight!
The entire world was in an uproar again!
Due to the precedent of the True Void Sword being stolen, the Tyrant Saber Sect did not conceal any information about the incident. They imdiately released the news about theft of the Azure Dragon Saber several days after it occurred, and at the sa ti, they asked the other Ten Great Sects in the Divine Armant World to help in the search.
The incident this ti caused a bigger commotion than the last. The theft of the True Void Sword could be explained away by claiming that the mysterious man had deliberately retaliated against Vanishing Sword Mountain due to personal grievances; however, the Tyrant Saber Sect’s Azure Dragon Saber had also been stolen now. That was enough to arouse the vigilance of the other Ten Great Sects.
This sneaky thief seed to be targeting the Divine Armants. Thanks to precious experience, the other Ten Great Sects did not dare to take this matter lightly; after all, there was no saying whether the next one to suffer might be themselves.
For a ti, the entire Divine Armant World beca turbulent. Almost everybody was searching the whereabouts of the thief. Even Profound Pill Sect was no different.
Baili Yun Sang summoned the Elders for a secret eting and strengthened the protection around the dicine King Furnace. Intentionally or not, many of the Elders would repeatedly glance towards Yang Kai throughout their discussion, their actions annoying him greatly.
Despite several years of turmoil, the Azure Dragon Saber remained missing. Hence, the Tyrant Saber Sect had no choice but to give up on their search. Such a large-scale search required extre amounts of manpower and resources that even the Tyrant Saber Sect could not afford forever. In the end, they had no choice but to accept the loss of the Azure Dragon Saber. It was the sa decision that Vanishing Sword Mountain made last ti.
A few years later, the Ru Yi Parasol of Flower Rain Palace was stolen…
After another nine years, the Ten Facets Demonic Shadow Spear of Cloud Moon Island was stolen…
Following another eight years, the Thunderbolt Staff of Azure Sea Pavilion was stolen…
For the entire Divine Armant World, these were turbulent and tumultuous tis. The na ‘Divine Armant Bandit’ spread across the world. There was nobody who did not know the na. Moreover, the horrors associated with the na were so frightening that they were enough to make children cry at night.
According to the rumours, this person was ten tres tall. Not only was he a brutal and vicious man who employed extrely cruel thods, but his strength was also absolutely horrifying. Moreover, he only stole Divine Armants. He ca and went without a trace. No matter how many Masters were there or where the Divine Armants were hidden, he would be able to locate the items and effortlessly steal them.
Vanishing Sword Mountain’s True Void Sword was the first to be pilfered. The Tyrant Saber Sect’s Azure Dragon Saber was the second. After those incidents, the other eight Sects with Divine Armants beca on guard.
When the Thunderbolt Staff of Azure Sea Pavilion was stolen, almost all the Spirit Realm Masters in Azure Sea Pavilion had gathered in their Restricted Area. It could be said they could not stop the Divine Armant Bandit despite giving their best efforts. In front of everybody’s eyes, the Thunderbolt Staff was stolen just like that. Not to ntion, many people had been injured in the battle. The incident was regarded as a great humiliation for Azure Sea Pavilion.
Before the Ten Facets Demonic Shadow Spear was stolen, Cloud Moon Island had forged replicas of the Divine Armant. They spent enormous resources to forge three Spirit Armants that were placed in three different Restricted Areas on Cloud Moon Island. anwhile, the Divine Armant Ten Facets Demonic Shadow Spear was secretly stored in a safe area and guarded by the three strongest Masters of the Sect.
However, the end result was that the three fake Spirit Armants had been ignored. On the other hand, the genuine Divine Armant was stolen without anyone being wiser.
In a short span of several decades, five out of ten Divine Armants had gone missing. The five Great Sects with the remaining five Divine Armants were now in great danger. Seeing as nobody knew who the Divine Armant Bandit was going to target next, each of the five Great Sects couldn’t help feeling anxious.
Be that as it may, there was sothing that anybody with a discerning eye would have noticed over the years. The Divine Armant Bandit might have extraordinary ans, but he had never killed before. All the Masters guarding the Divine Armants had only been injured at most. Based on this alone, it could be seen that the Divine Armant Bandit was not as cruel as the rumours claid.
In addition, there was a fixed pattern to the timing of this person’s appearance. He would appear once every seven to nine years, and the intervals never stretched for more than ten years. Nobody knew the reason behind this peculiarity. Nevertheless, this pattern could be confird by looking at the timing when the five Divine Armants were previously stolen.
At present, seven years have passed since the Thunderbolt Staff was stolen. A quick calculation indicated that it was almost ti for the Divine Armant Bandit to appear again; thus, the five Great Sects still in possession of their Divine Armants imdiately entered a state of anxiety.
Even the five Great Sects that had their Divine Armants stolen also dispatched their elites. Their troops were divided and sent to the other five Sects. The first reason was that they were asked by the five Sects to help protect the Divine Armants. The other reason was that they wanted to use this chance to capture the elusive bastard who had stolen from them.
Be that as it may, those who had seen the strength of the thief knew that his ans were far too mysterious. It was basically impossible for them to capture him. Their only wish was to figure out his identity. At the very least, they wanted to catch a glimpse of his true appearance.
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Inside the secret room on Profound Pill Sect’s Limitless Peak, Yang Kai sat down cross-legged with his palms facing upward. He was holding a long staff with intricate patterns that was as tall as a person in his hands. The staff would flash with lightning from ti to ti. This was one of the Ten Great Divine Armants, the Thunderbolt Staff, which he obtained from Azure Sea Pavilion seven years ago.
It had taken many years, but he finally refined the Thunderbolt Staff. There was only one step left to completion. Breathing out lightly, Yang Kai opened his eyes and looked around him.
This was a secret room that he created himself. There were more than a dozen layers of barriers and seals inside. Moreover, he was the only person allowed to enter this place. Even Yang Huai and Hua Rong who had served him for so many years or his Little Junior Sister Wan Ying Ying had no idea what was inside the secret room. If any outsider were to enter this place, they would surely scream in shock.
That was because the five Divine Armants that had been missing from the Divine Armant World for many years were stored in this room. They were the True Void Sword, the Azure Dragon Saber, the Ru Yi Parasol, the Ten Facets Demonic Shadow Spear, and the Thunderbolt Staff!
Each of the five Divine Armants was wrapped in layers of barriers. There was no helping it. The Divine Armant naturally radiated the Grand Dao Divine Tone. Anybody with the opportunity could hear and comprehend the mysteries of the Grand Dao from these Divine Armants if they were close enough and had the appropriate aptitude.
Over the years, countless Masters from other Sects visited both Profound Pill City and Profound Pill Sect. Sobody would have noticed sothing a long ti ago if Yang Kai had not taken any precautions. A good example would be the Sword Child who wandered around in Profound Pill City.
With the protection of so many barriers, even if Yang Kai could not isolate the Grand Dao Divine Tone completely, he could dampen it significantly. There would be no problems as long as nobody ca too close to the Divine Armants.
Yang Kai was not afraid of these so-called Masters as his current strength had already exceeded the limits of this world. With the power of his Dragon Vein and his comprehension of the Dao of Space, he could co and go freely even if he was facing the strongest enemies in the world.
It was just that Profound Pill Sect would surely be in trouble if news were to spread. Even Void Spirit Sword Sect that was under Profound Pill Sect would be unable to survive safely.
For the sake of Profound Pill Sect and Void Spirit Sword Sect, certain precautions had to be taken.
More than fifty years had passed since Yang Kai first arrived in the Divine Armant World. During this period, he refined six different Divine Armants, but he never completed the final step to finish the refinent. He originally planned to gather all Ten Great Divine Armants. Unfortunately, he had no choice but to give up on his plan after refining the Thunderbolt Staff.
That was because he could clearly sense the rejection force of the world during the process of refining the Divine Armants over the years. As the number of Divine Armants that he refined increased, the rejection force grew stronger in turn. At this mont, he was about to hit the limit.
If he went out to search for another Divine Armant to refine, the rejection force would imdiately repel him out of the Divine Armant World. That was why he could no longer refine another Divine Armant. It could even be said that he could no longer guarantee whether he could finish refining the six Divine Armants he already had at this rate.
After spending so many years, it was ti for him to harvest his gains and depart this world. At the ti, how many benefits he could gain would depend solely on luck.
At that thought, Yang Kai imdiately stood up and left the secret room. Summoning Hua Rong over, he asked her about Profound Pill Sect’s current situation.
Hua Rong spoke truthfully.
The deadline for the Divine Armant Bandit’s appearance was quickly approaching, so the five Sects that lost their Divine Armants previously had dispatched their elite mbers to help guard the Divine Armants of the remaining five Sects.
Not only were the Spirit Realm Masters of Profound Pill Sect inside the Restricted Area of Profound Pill Sect, but the people from Vanishing Sword Mountain, Tyrant Saber Sect, and several others were also present. It could be said that both inside and outside the Restricted Area were guarded so tightly that not a drop of water could pass through!
Yang Kai pondered quietly for a mont. Under the current circumstances, it was practically impossible to enter the Restricted Area without being noticed. After thinking for so ti though, he waved his hand to dismiss Hua Rong. At the sa ti, he asked her to summon Yang Huai over.
A short while later, Yang Huai stood in front of Yang Kai, cupped his fist, and spoke in a rumbling voice, “Sir!”
Yang Kai looked Yang Huai up and down, “Big guy, how long have you served ?”
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Yang Huai quickly said, “It has been fifty-two years since you took out of the Blood Warrior Hall, Sir.”
Yang Kai nodded, “Fifty-two years… You’re already reached the Ninth-Step Spirit Realm in that ti.”
“It’s all thanks to you, Sir.”
“I have a task for you. It might be dangerous, but it shouldn’t be too difficult as long as you are careful.”
Just like fifty-two years ago when Yang Kai took Yang Huai out of the Blood Warrior Hall, Yang Huai cupped his fist and shouted, “I’m willing to die for you, Sir!”
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