Chapter 1596: Chapters 1544-1545: Imperial Mandate? Competition!

The sparring of these two had long attracted the attention of some True Immortals.

After all, whether it was Huntian Hammer Mo Yang or Wan Fayi, their strength had reached the ceiling of the Myriad Laws Realm’s combat power, in a situation where those with four-and-a-half and five-star ultimate strength could not participate in the trials.

Seeing the two of them sparring, many True Immortals took pleasure in it, each of them wanted to take this opportunity to probe the other’s bottom line, so why shouldn’t the rest of the True Immortals want to see their bottom line as well?

At first, when they saw Huntian Hammer Mo Yang slaughtering those opponents, some True Immortals could not help but exclaim, “The creatures of the Heavenly Craft Realm are truly blessed, each of them a natural Divine Craftsman Master. With the Heavenly Craft Armor they forge themselves, they can completely overpower their peers in the same Realm.”

Against opponents of the same Realm, the advantage of the Heavenly Craft Armor was too great. Compared to other Divine Weapon treasures, the Heavenly Craft Armor was both offensive and defensive, with a strong amplification of combat power, simply making many powerhouses envious.

However, unfortunately, the creation of the Heavenly Craft Armor was not simple; the time, effort, and resources required were an unimaginably astronomical figure, even for the beings of the Heavenly Craft Realm, who could only forge one suit of Heavenly Craft Armor in their lifetimes.

It was for this reason that even though the Heavenly Craft Armor was powerful, it could not be popularized immediately and was only available to a few individuals.

Even with the wealth of the Heavenly Court, which had amassed resources from ten thousand realms, only a few Imperial Honored Ones had managed to forge an army of one hundred thousand men. Even so, there were rumors that the consumption of this army was too great, almost too much for even the Imperial Honored Ones to bear, to the point where they were even considering disbanding this Heavenly Craft Armor army.

Indeed, this army equipped with Heavenly Craft Armor was powerful, enough to suppress opponents from all sides with an absolute advantage.

Then, the strength of the Divine Land World and the power of the Heavenly Court meant that, for these Imperial Honored Ones, their subordinates were countless mighty beings, and without the Heavenly Craft Armor army, they could easily suppress all opponents.

Is it necessary to use a cleaver to kill a chicken? For these present Imperial Honored Ones, to suppress with the Heavenly Craft Armor army was indeed like using a cleaver to kill a chicken.

Therefore, for these Imperial Honored Ones, even though they supported these armies, in the end, it was meaningless. With so many resources, they could completely nurture even more powerhouses.

“Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword, who would have thought that Wan Fayi would have learned even this sword!” exclaimed a powerhouse in shock.

While it was true that Wan Fayi, as a disciple of Shenxiao Sect, should have no problem practicing any of Shenxiao Sect’s Divine Abilities, the actual sight of the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword still left these True Immortals in awe.

One must understand, this was the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword we’re talking about, the secret technique of Longevity Taoist Monarch, by no means inferior to some top-tier Divine Powers, not every True Immortal within the sect could succeed in cultivating it.

These True Immortals, nearly all from the same era as Pang Hong, some had even sparred with Pang Hong and witnessed the terror of the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword unleashed.

Especially memorable was the time when Pang Hong first ascended to True Immortal, who, despite being at the True Immortal Second Layer Heaven, used the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword to directly suppress an existence of the True Immortal Fourth Layer Heaven.

The gap in strength between True Immortals in the same Realm, even a difference of one or two Layer Heavens, might still be surmountable. But the gap between the True Immortal Second Layer Heaven and True Immortal Fourth Layer Heaven wasn’t just the difference of two Layer Heavens; it was a difference between two entire Realms.

Yet even in such circumstances, Pang Hong was still able to triumph over strength with weakness, crossing two entire Realms to suppress his opponent, enough to see the terror of the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword.

We must realize that, in the past, when Longevity Taoist Monarch wielded the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword, the terrifying power displayed was seen as a matter of course, for with the might of Longevity Taoist Monarch, even the most common of Divine Powers would be terrifying in the hands of this Taoist Monarch.

In the eyes of many powerhouses, it was expected for Longevity Taoist Monarch to display great power with any Divine Abilities; the Divine Abilities did not provide him with much enhancement, and even top-tier Divine Powers made no difference.

However, when the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword was exhibited by Pang Hong, it truly established the fearsome reputation of this sword skill, making everyone realize one thing–that the terror of the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword did not stem from Longevity Taoist Monarch’s strength alone; the sword skill itself belonged to the most top-tier.

Of course, this was what the outer True Immortals witnessed; for the disciples of Shenxiao Sect, what they saw was not just this but also the underlying significance.

Within Shenxiao Sect, the Shenxiao Heavenly Will Sword was not just a top-tier Divine Power skill, perhaps nothing out of the ordinary for True Immortals, but at the level of the Supreme Strong beneath True Immortals, it took on a different significance.

Thinking of the current contest for Sect Leader, quite a few disciples couldn’t help but engage in wild speculation–considering whether this already signified the will of the Ancestral Master, that the next Sect Leader had been chosen.

After all, thinking it through, it wasn’t impossible: among so many cultivators in Shenxiao Sect, aside from the current Sect Leader, who else could listen to the teachings by the Ancestral Master’s side and receive his personal guidance?