An hour passed, and the formation had significantly weakened, that in a few more minutes, it would disperse, and everyone would be able to fight for the treasures.
Yang Ya was still in thought, while other genius were preparing themselves for the battle to come because they all knew that it wouldn't be easy to get the sword and the inheritance in it.
However, Tian was now sitting on a floating throne, with Lingyi and Song Bao seated on both sides; he rested his head on one lap while his legs were on the other girl's lap.
Tian was looking at Ying Ya, who was having difficulties deciding, and he did not bother to disturb her as he could understand his worries.
Ying Ya was the third nether child of the netherworld empire; she had lived there since she was young. Now, if she were to abandon the empire and become a maid of the empire's enemy, the underworld evil dragon empire, that would be considered betrayal.
But of course, Tian could feel her worries, so he stood up and arrived, and walked close to her; Ying Ya did not want to look into Tian's eyes, so she turned her head down, Tian used his ringer to raised her head, and their eyes met.
"you see, I can understand your worries; I'm not saying you have to come with me immediately; I just need you to accept me as your master, then I will come to pick you up in the netherworld kingdom myself, and if anyone dares to block my path there, I will beat them till they couldn't block my path from taking my lovely maid. How about that ?" Tian said.
Ying Ya was speechless after hearing Tian's claims, but at the same time, the thought of doubting his word did not appear in her mind; she was finding it difficult to doubt him, so she just nodded to Tian.
Upon seeing her reply, Tian smiled and rubbed Ying Ya's cheeks gently, "Good, your burden shall be mine to carry from now on; leave everything to me and relax along with your sisters." Tian said.
Before Tian could continue flirting with Ying Ya, a loud explosion rang behind him. He turned back and saw that the formation had dispersed; with this gone, the altar was now accessible. However, the golden sword was still floating gently on the altar.
Suddenly multiple figures charged toward the altar, aiming to claim the sword, while some charged toward the giant statue sword. Tian sneered upon seeing the people aiming for the golden sword.
"Lucien, Alioth. The two of you protect my maids, Lucifer and Darka; the two of you clear the rest and leave the bigger fish for me". Tian instructed before he vanished with a step.
On the altar, five people surround the golden sword, and each possesses a vast aura, which shows that they are not ordinary experts. They were looking at each other with caution; no one wanted to make the first move because they knew the others would attack whoever attempted to claim the sword.
"Hong Yi, why don't you let us work together to claim this sword?" the leader of the nether sword sect asked a well-built man, holding a spear.
"jianhong, don't even think of playing that wit game of yours with me, or else I will have to go all out to take you down".
Suddenly a figure appeared above the sword; he reached out his hand and held the blade's hilt; before the five of them could react, the figure had already kept the sword away.
This figure is Tian, who has been staying in the space above the sword since he did not take action before because he was trying to see these people's reactions.
"you dare; Jianhong slashed his sword forward, and immediately a vast sword slashed toward Tian. However, this is not the only attack; another spear intent came swiftly, aiming to pierce Tian.
Tian did not even bother putting on his guard or resisting, both attacks collided with him, and a huge explosive bang rang out.
Before the five of them could see the outcome of the attack, a colossal saber image appeared from Tian's position, and it came crashing down on the five of them without giving them any time to react.
Seeing the vast power in this saber attack, they all exploded with powerful force immediately without holding back at all; some took out a treasure to protect themselves, while some also sent power attacks toward the massive saber attack.
The massive saber crashed on them heavily, and immediately, their altar exploded into countless pieces; the earth trembled, and cracks appeared everywhere on the ground; two of the five figures were turned to Ash, and they dispersed along with their souls.
Tian did not give them time to bring out their peak power before he eliminated them; moreover, these five figures were not in the same league as Tian after all since none of them were the child of any of the empire; they were just genius from the subordinate force under the empires.
The remaining three who manage to keep their life are Jianhong, Hong Yi, and a core disciple of the ghost empire.
Tian was still in his previous position; the earlier attack did not leave a single scratch on him or hurt him; he looked at the remaining three with disgust.
Their eyes widen upon seeing Tian looking fine; Jianhong gritted his teeth with anger and resentment; his hatred for Tian grows with every passing minute.
Suddenly a vast nether energy exploded out of Jianhong, his body vibrated vigorously, and his eye turned pitched black; he was sacrificing his life force to match up with Tian's strength because, with just one attack of Tian, they all knew, he was a terrifying existence that they couldn't go against with their current strength.
However, while Jianhong was putting his best, the ghost core disciple immediately turned ethereal and started running for his life. Tian sneered and slashed the saber in his hand toward the direction the ghost figure was running.
A scream rang out in the region, and a lifeless body was thrown out of the space. With just one attack, Tian killed the core disciple of the ghost empire; his attack contained the power of space and time, so he could kill the ghost figure who was running away through space.
Jianhong charged toward Tian with his sword, "Die you, devil." He started slashing toward Tian, and immediately a large sword was aimed at Tian. With his physical body, Tian punched forward and smashed the sword attack into pieces, then he took two steps forward and arrived beside Jianhong; he kicked him in the stomach.
Jianhong was thrown away like a shooting star, but Tian was not willing to let him go; just like that, his weapon turned into a spear, and he channeled a massive amount of chaos power into it before throwing it forward, aiming at the flying Jianhong chest.
Jianhong was impaled with the spear on one of the statues; he looked at Tian standing with his hands folded behind his back in the distance before dispersing to nothing.
Tian turned his attention to the standing Hong Yi, "Will you do it, or do you want me to do it myself?" He asked.
Hong Yi gritted his teeth angrily, "My nether war God clan will never let you live; they will hunt you until you are out of this world". He said out loud before he detonated himself. But Tian quickly used his space and time concept to contain the explosive energy.
Tian sighed, then he looked up ahead, and he saw that Lucifer and Darka were done wiping out everyone in the area, and the only people Alive here now were him and his maid.
He shocked his head helplessly before walking toward his floating throne, he sat down on it, and the golden sword appeared in his hand. He pushed it gently toward Ying Ya, who was standing with the members of her empire behind her; all of them had a terrified expressions.
"We will be setting off to the core zone of this secret realm. Do you want to go with us, or will you take your time to absorb the inheritance in the sword and refine the sword ?" Tian asked.
Ying Ya made a thoughtful expression, "I will stay here and refine the sword; moreover, there are more opportunities in this sword burial ground, so my fellow members can also explore it and breakthrough to the next realm here once the sacred energy erupts." She replied after thinking for a minute.
Tian nodded and stood up from his throne; he walked closer to Ying Ya and kissed her on her forehead; then, a shadow with a katana on his waist appeared beside Tian.
"he will be your guardian from now on, at least till I'm with you again, and with the connection he had with me, we can see whenever we want," Tian explained.