novelraw Chapter 771 Break!
Chapter 771 Break!
The compass in Zhuge Jing’s hand exploded with a BOOM.
White light flickered from within the shattered device, shielding Zhuge Jing’s body. He barely steadied himself before spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning deathly pale.
"Damn it, what happened..."
Before Zhuge Jing could finish, he was horrified to see that the Minor World Gate had been pierced by three beams of light. The fissure was expanding wildly.
Nangong Xuanyuan from the Zhen Tian Sect, the strongest of the three, attempted to suppress the void with his Heaven and Earth Seal. However, the three beams of light shattered the seal in a single strike. His body trembled as a crack appeared between his brows, leaving him withered and listless.
After just one attack, only Xu Jian remained uninjured. At this moment, Xu Jian was already executing Sword Flight Across the Sky, retreating frantically.
"Someone is forcibly opening the Minor World Gate!" Nangong Xuanyuan found the words unbelievable even as he spoke them.
Forcing open the Minor World Gate... Even the Supreme Elders in our sect might not be capable of such a feat. What kind of monstrous entity has appeared in the secular world?
Could it be...
A single name surfaced in the minds of all three men. They had been tasked with guarding the Minor World Gate for the express purpose of plotting against one person.
If the one forcing the gate open is that person...
"Lin Wudi!" Xu Jian’s eyes glinted with a sharp light.
He was an ascendant from the secular world. After entering the Sword Control Sect, one of the Ancient Land Sects, he was scorned at every turn. He had only taken several decades to reach the Tenth Layer of Qi Cultivation and perform a Genius Realm Foundation Establishment. Despite this, he was still not taken seriously. A fire of resentment burned in his heart, a hatred for his own origins.
If I hadn’t come from the secular world, I could have been a Proud Son of Heaven!
He had even gone so far as to seize an opportunity to sever all his worldly ties, ensuring all his relatives in the secular world were buried. Now, a cultivator from that very same world was forcibly tearing open the gate to the Ancient Land Minor World. The shock was unprecedented.
"This is bad! Retreat, now!" Zhuge Jing’s expression changed drastically as Bagua symbols flickered in his eyes. The ground beneath his feet exploded as he shot backward.
Too late!
Almost at the very instant Zhuge Jing shouted his warning, the black, white, and red Three-Colored Divine Light erupted, violently tearing apart the gate to the Ancient Land Minor World!
BOOM!
Spatial energy detonated, and invisible fissures in space shot out from the Minor World Gate, spreading with terrifying speed. Nangong Xuanyuan, being the closest, couldn’t dodge in time and was pierced by the spatial fissures. His magic artifacts and his Protective Body Technique offered no defense whatsoever.
With a wet tear, an arm detached from his body.
"Save me!" Nangong Xuanyuan’s face drained of all color as he screamed for help.
But Xu Jian and Zhuge Jing were too busy trying to save themselves to offer him any aid.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
A dozen more spatial fissures sliced through Nangong Xuanyuan’s body. The last sound from his throat was swallowed by the expanding rifts. A Foundation Building Immortal had perished so silently before the gate to the Ancient Land Minor World.
Xu Jian and Zhuge Jing stared ahead, their faces masks of horror.
The air flowed chaotically, and countless black spatial fissures riddled the void, turning the surrounding few miles into a death zone. Hills, rivers, living creatures, even the air itself—everything was shredded to pieces by the spatial fissures. It was as if the apocalypse had arrived.
"How could this be..." Xu Jian’s face was ashen, the terror in his eyes impossible to conceal.
Zhuge Jing was even more horrified. Just then, they both noticed figures slowly emerging from within the swirling black, white, and red light.
"Shangguan Shiming!"
Zhuge Jing instantly recognized one of the two figures. It was none other than their Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion’s roaming envoy, Shangguan Shiming!
That woman actually survived! Doesn’t that mean...
Zhuge Jing turned his gaze to the figure beside Shangguan Shiming, unable to hide his shock.
"Lin Wudi! The one who tore open the Ancient Land Gate... it was really him!"
Zhuge Jing suddenly realized that their Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion was in grave trouble.
"Run! We have to get this information back to the Sect immediately!"
Without a shred of hesitation, Zhuge Jing turned and fled. A Bagua pattern appeared beneath his feet. With a single rotation of the pattern, his figure reappeared hundreds of meters away, his speed akin to Instantaneous Movement.
Just then, he heard a woman’s voice.
"Sir, the one in the Bagua Robe is Mirror Immortal of the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion, a Foundation Building cultivator!"
Zhuge Jing nearly coughed up blood.
That treacherous bitch Shangguan Shiming really did betray us! Isn’t she afraid her clan relatives will be implicated?
As the thought crossed his mind, Zhuge Jing felt his body being pulled backward.
"What?"
He was horrified to discover that the black, white, and red light was swirling around him, completely preventing him from controlling his own body.
THUD!
The next moment, Zhuge Jing’s knees were broken, forcing him to kneel before Lin Wudi. It was only then that he realized, in utter shock, that Xu Jian was already gone. The genius disciple of the Sword Control Sect had fled even faster than him.
The three-colored light converged, transforming back into three tripod legs before returning to Lin Mu’s body. Lin Mu regarded Zhuge Jing with an indifferent gaze.
The instant the light vanished, Zhuge Jing found he could move again.
"Jinghua Shui Yue!"
He immediately activated his innate Dao Art without hesitation. His body flashed with white light as he entered a vast, hazy Mirror World.
Standing within the Mirror World, Zhuge Jing let out a long sigh of relief.
That was close. If Lin Wudi hadn’t retracted the Three-Colored Divine Light, I wouldn’t have even had a chance to escape! Are those three tripod legs the legendary Nine Tripod’s Base? Truly mystical!
The Mirror World was an Another World, a dimension torn open with a Dao Art. Without the corresponding technique, it was impossible to attack someone inside. This confidence gave Zhuge Jing the leisure to ponder Lin Wudi’s three tripod legs.
"Sir, that’s Zhuge Jing’s Mirror World! His real body has already escaped!" A flicker of urgency crossed Shangguan Shiming’s eyes. Zhuge Jing’s escape was not good news for her.
Lin Mu smiled faintly. "Escape? You overestimate him. That fool is standing right beside you."
Shangguan Shiming froze.
Zhuge Jing shuddered. Impossible. He can’t possibly see into the Mirror World...
The thought had barely formed when he saw Lin Mu reach out, his hand grabbing directly toward his position.
CRACK!
The Mirror World shattered.
Lin Mu’s hand plunged into the vast, hazy space and seized Zhuge Jing by the neck. Zhuge Jing was so caught off guard that he completely forgot to resist.
Shattering the Mirror World... What kind of divine skill is this!?
"So this was your great opportunity? To destroy the Ancient Land Gate and try to kill me?" Lin Mu asked, looking down at him.
Zhuge Jing finally snapped back to his senses and hastily cried out, "Lin Wudi, I am a Foundation Building Immortal from the Celestial Northern Dipper Pavilion! You wouldn’t dare—"
Before he could finish, Lin Mu snapped his neck with a sharp CRACK.
Shangguan Shiming swallowed hard. That was a Foundation Building Immortal, and he died so pathetically?
"Having lost the Mirror World you relied on for survival, you became distraught and forgot to resist. You didn’t even unleash one or two percent of your power. Are all the Foundation Building Immortals from the Ancient Land Sects such fools?"
Lin Mu suddenly realized he might have overestimated the Ancient Land Sects.
If this is their caliber, I might not even need to reach Foundation Establishment. With my Twelfth Level of Qi Cultivation, I could sweep across the entire Ancient Land!