novelraw Chapter 321 - 171: Covering the Sky with One Hand, Crushing with a Squeeze (Part 2)
Chapter 321 - 171: Covering the Sky with One Hand, Crushing with a Squeeze (Part 2)
The companion beside him offered another answer with a meaningful look, but the person next to him glared and said.
"The bustling world, all for profit; the clamorous world, all for gain. Are we cultivators cultivating some bird immortality? Isn’t it just for the resources? Isn’t the Qin Family grabbing industries from the Xin Family? Since we have a justified reason, we can both avenge and plunder, what else shall we do? Snatch their damn balls..."
This is the answer given by the Demon Cultivator, chaotic yet with its own reasoning.
"The layout of these forces, how can we possibly understand it? Don’t talk so much nonsense, just watch the show properly."
Someone reminded.
...
"The Daluo Alliance has really grown too full, could it really be for a petty little Xin Family? To go to the death with my Qin Family? Just a mere concubine from the Xin Family, is it worth your Alliance Leader staking his foundation?"
"If you stop now, there’s still time. I, Qin Wufeng, will make the decision, if Xin Family offers a certain number of favored concubines, my Qin Family will give double..."
Suddenly, a burly middle-aged man burst into hearty laughter, surrounded by layers of peculiar light rings.
The sound that came out of his mouth was like a grand bell, instantly vibrating the air, causing those Qi Cultivators around to feel a piercing pain in their eardrums, with some even bleeding.
The man was strong with a bald head, exuding an extremely majestic aura as he spoke.
His imposing manner was fully unleashed, waves of surging energy sweeping around, stirring the once calm heaven and earth.
"Unexpectedly, the number three figure of the Qin Family, Qin Wufeng, has mobilized."
A loose cultivator who recognized this figure blinked in surprise at the bald middle-aged man.
"It seems this unexpected move by the Daluo Alliance has placed tremendous pressure on the Qin Family?"
Like other cultivation clans, the Qin Family is a force bound by family bloodlines, relatively exclusive, connecting cultivators together through blood relations.
Therefore, the Patriarch of the Qin Family is the one who controls all major internal and external affairs of the clan, while the Second Elder is responsible for internal matters, and this Third Elder holds authority over external affairs, ranking extremely high within the Qin Family.
Facing the menacing approach of the Daluo Alliance, the Qin Family’s attitude has been ambiguous, wavering between taking the initiative to attack and coordinating.
As the person in charge of external affairs, the Qin Family’s Third Elder, Qin Wufeng, had always hidden in the background, overseeing and commanding the battle. This time, appearing personally, was truly because the Daluo Alliance’s attack was too fierce.
"The Qin Family must hand over the murderer of the Xin Family patriarch, return Xin Family’s territory intact, and, in addition, compensate the Xin Family with one hundred thousand spirit stones and apologize, then the Daluo Alliance will immediately retreat."
The leader on the Daluo Alliance’s side was Gongliang Shu, the leader among the Blood Cultivators. Due to cultivating the Blood Demon Scripture, his skin was slightly red, and his brow had a deep red spot, as if blood was about to drip.
At this moment, Gongliang Shu was on the front lines, surrounded by several direct disciples. After glancing at the cold-faced Qin Wufeng, he cheerfully laid out the Daluo Alliance’s terms.
"Hiss! The Daluo Alliance’s demand is really too harsh! With such demands, it’s apparent they never intended to negotiate, how could the Qin Family possibly agree?"
Evidently, the request made by the Daluo Alliance was quite absurd, even shocking the onlookers with their proposed conditions.
By this time, everyone understood that the Daluo Alliance’s expedition against the Qin Family was leaving no room for compromise; such an exorbitant demand seemed more like mockery, completely disregarding the Qin Family.
What seemed to be a demand sounded more like an insult when heard by members of the Qin Family.
Qin Wufeng’s expression grew increasingly indifferent, but a fierce fluctuation flashed across his demeanor as he said coldly.
"It seems that the Daluo Alliance has no intention of negotiating? In that case, let our hands speak truth. I want to see how a newly risen alliance force intends to uproot my century-old Qin Family..."
As an established Foundation Establishment clan, the Qin Family has been continually preparing to ascend to a higher level. The Qin Family Ancestor has been in seclusion for years, gathering resources frantically to aid the ancestor’s final push.
As long as the Ancestor can break through to the Purple Mansion, with the Qin Family’s foundation, a whole new world would open up, essentially a direct class leap.
Thus, the cohesion within the Qin Family is very strong. Now, hearing the mocking tone of Gongliang Shu, even with Qin Wufeng’s deep scheming, he now thirsted for blood.
"Haha, with the Third Elder of the Qin Family, Qin Wufeng, present, I’d like to see how you alliance vermin can handle me?"
Qin Wufeng’s deep voice echoed mysteriously around, even triggering vibrations in the air, spreading outward from his core, layer by layer, creating visible ripples.
"Qin Family, Lion’s Roar..."
At the front of the Daluo Alliance’s formation, although Blood Cultivator Gongliang Shu maintained a smile, his eyes were covered with a blood-red haze, growing colder.
He seemed less human, more like some blood-thirsty demon.
Qin Wufeng’s voice carried across the land.
For a moment, many Blood Cultivators from the Daluo Alliance grew cold, a formless killing intent rising within them, aligning into a massive potential to counter Qin Wufeng’s Lion’s Roar.
Unlike common cultivator forces, though named as an alliance, the Daluo Alliance is essentially Zheng Yi’s private army, where the elites are all blood cultivators who revere Zheng Yi as a god, having an inexplicable connection far closer than outsiders imagine.
"The Qin Family indeed has some heroes, and the Lion’s Roar is not unworthy of its name, but the cultivation is a bit weak. If you want to boast before the formation, first, take this palm strike and then speak."
In the vastness of heaven and earth, suddenly, everyone sharply heard a misty voice arise.
The voice was of unknown origin, without direction, as if from the east, the south, the north, and the west, seemingly from beyond the nine heavens, eluding clear identification of the true body’s location.
"You..."
However, before Qin Wufeng could utter another word, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi transformed, a terrifying momentum ascended, flipping up a massive hand from the distant horizon.
That hand still seemed far away but encompassed the Four Seas and Eight Desolates in an instant, as if blanketing the entire world, giving everyone the illusion that this hand could cover the whole sky.
The terrifying breath formed a shockwave sweeping every corner of heaven and earth. The Foundation Establishment cultivators battling mid-air suddenly felt their scalps tingle, spontaneously trading blows to leverage the impact and retreat, avoiding the incoming colossal hand.
This seemingly sky-covering hand, however, moved at an astonishing speed. In an instant, it transformed into the Five Finger Mountain, appearing before Qin’s Third Elder, Qin Wufeng, this sudden change made his expression shift dramatically, as he retreated like a flash.
Yet, in the next second, Qin Wufeng’s face morphed again, turning unspeakably grim as he realized, horrified, that the surrounding space seemed immobilized by some invisible force. Even with his power, he couldn’t break free, much like a mosquito caught in a spider’s web, utterly defenseless.
The one who acted... is it Purple Mansion?
Qin Wufeng’s eyes widened abruptly, roaring and howling skyward in anger.
The battlefield fell into an eerie silence, everyone staring wide-eyed, helplessly witnessing Qin’s Third Elder, Qin Wufeng, captured in the palm of the gigantic hand, like a bird clutched tight, struggling in vain.
"Zheng Yi... dare you kill me? The Qin Family and the Golden Palace Sect will not spare you!"
Acutely feeling the tightening grip of the massive hand, the five towering fingers closing in one by one, Qin Wufeng struggled fiercely, his bones continually emitting ’crack’ sounds of deformation.
This Third Elder of the Qin Family, originally filled with bitter resentment, was now overtaken by an unspeakable terror and shock.
He couldn’t believe this person dared to kill him.
"Boom!"
The final roar from Qin Wufeng became his swan song, as the mysterious individual paid no heed to Qin Wufeng’s warning, acting without hesitation. The Qin Family’s reputation, even that of the Golden Palace Sect, couldn’t stop his murderous intent.
The gripping hand clenched forcefully, even with Qin Wufeng focusing his full magical power, he couldn’t prevent the terrifying power of the hand.
Instantly, Qin Wufeng, nicknamed the Poisonous Wolf of the Qin Family, was directly crushed in full view of everyone.
Boom!
A sky full of blood rain scattered, as if pouring directly on everyone’s hearts, the rich scent of blood only now reaching them, closely followed by indescribable fear.