After releasing the hilt of the bamboo saber, A'Liang patted the mountain lord on the shoulder, and even though the mountain lord had been spared his life, he wasn't relieved in the slightest. Instead, he only became even more fearful and uneasy, and the elation on his face had already completely vanished at this point. 

He remained completely still, not daring to move even a single muscle as he said in a strained voice, "My sincerest apologies, Senior. This is all one big misunderstanding!"

He didn't know who this A'Liang was, but he was able to appear right beside him without his detection, then plunge a seemingly ordinary bamboo saber through his chest with ease, and that was enough to tell the mountain lord that he was definitely no match for this man. 

Perhaps only once he became the mountain god of Go Table Mountain would he have the courage to directly face this man. Hence, he was faced with a difficult predicament. Should he accept his fate and surrender to a clearly superior opponent, or should he muster up his courage and fight?

In the instant that A'Liang released the hilt of his bamboo saber, the blade was no longer a threat to the mountain lord. He was only a mountain lord, and he had no official rank even in a mortal empire, but ultimately, he was still a deity. 

Thanks to all the worship and reverence that he had received, his body rivaled that of a seventh tier martial artist, and he didn't have any vital regions, so there were no vulnerable points on his body. Hence, even though a blade had been plunged straight through where his heart was supposed to be, he was still essentially unharmed. However, the more casual and lackadaisical A'Liang appeared, the more uneasy the mountain lord felt.

This sense of fear and unease was only exacerbated by his recollection of the two terrestrial immortals who had visited this place many years ago and destroyed his godly body with their unfathomable powers. They had done so with such casual ease that they had invested far more attention and focus into each move that they had made during their game of go.

After stabbing...