novelraw Chapter 141
Chapter 141
At this moment it was already too late to dodge. The secret technique of divine sense attack was incomparably swift, far surpassing the reaction speed of an early Foundation Establishment cultivator. One could only see a flash of gray light vanishing in an instant.
Wang Yu covered his forehead and let out a muffled groan.
He felt the world spinning, his mind dizzy, as though a layer of mist veiled his eyes, making it difficult to see clearly.
Divine sense attacks directly targeted the weakness of the human mind. Fortunately, Wang Yu cultivated the Taiyin Nether Eyes, which gave him strong spiritual awareness. The Soul-Shattering Finger could only make him dazed for a moment.
Outside the giant ice coffin, the silver-helmed soldiers had already gathered. Over a hundred men swung long sabers, hacking continuously at the ice surface. Judging from their stance, it could last at most one or two minutes.
Fortunately, this was a group of Body Cultivators trained in special methods. They could not use fire-element techniques to melt the ice wall quickly.
Turning to look at the gray-robed elder on the other side, Wang Yu charged forward, raising his Golden Whip and lashing it out.
The rapidly extending whip coiled around the ice block that the gray-robed elder had turned into and dragged it toward himself. It was truly a two-way capture.
The elder within the ice clearly did not expect Wang Yu to recover so quickly. His eyes spun in panic.
“Whoosh.”In midair, the Glazed Soul Lamp, which had destroyed nine phantom bodies, finally reacted. Wreathed in gray flames, it dove straight toward Wang Yu.
Without even glancing, Wang Yu’s entire body erupted with black smoke, which in the blink of an eye condensed into a sinister black armor. On it twisted human faces and bellowing bull-head phantoms could be seen.
Soul-Devouring Demonic Armor Technique.
As a half-step high-grade demonic technique, the Black Fiend Armor was created specifically to resist divine sense attacks. Until now he had not used it, keeping it as his trump card to be revealed at the decisive moment.
For this very reason, he had deliberately endured the Soul-Shattering Finger earlier.
“Roar…”
Even with gray flames twining around him, Wang Yu stood as if nothing was wrong.
With a sudden movement, he unleashed the Mysterious Yin Hand. His twin fists struck together, smashing apart the ice block trapping the gray-robed elder. The immense force naturally crushed the old man within as well.
The elder’s eyes widened in disbelief as he felt his body being torn apart.
“Rip.”
His left arm was forcibly ripped off, followed by his right arm, and then his legs.
Face flushed red, he pushed the power of the Glazed Soul Lamp to its limit, but could only watch as the black-armored figure tore him limb from limb, turning him into a mutilated husk.
How brutal it was.
“Dao… Daoist friend… spare my life…”
“Only after losing do you beg for mercy. How naïve are you, huh?”
Outside the ice coffin wall, the silver-helmeted soldiers watched their gray-robed elder being slaughtered. They all swallowed hard in unison.
“Lord Song, he…”
“Run, hurry, quickly go request the Sword Sect’s disciples!”
Wang Yu suddenly turned his head. At such a time they still wanted to flee? Too late.
His right hand clawed at the air, lightly closing. Another giant ice coffin appeared. The Ice Coffin Curse, in his hands, displayed subtleties even its creator had never mastered.
Over a hundred armored soldiers were trapped inside. In their terror, they could only unleash their full strength, trying to shatter the cold spiritual coffin. Yet their cultivation was too low. With the brute force of mere first-rank body cultivators, it was extremely difficult to carve a path of survival through the endlessly regenerating ice walls.
Before reaching third-rank, body cultivators found it hard to gain any advantage over orthodox cultivators who possessed spellcasting wisdom. This was why the path had gradually declined.
If it truly surpassed the Qi Refining system, it would not have been abandoned over the long years.
It could only serve as a supplement to the main path of cultivation, not as the sole way.
“Extreme Cold Chaotic Slaughter!”
He twisted his outstretched arm again. The massive ice coffin began to shrink. On the thick ice walls, countless sharp ice spikes grew rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds and thousands of icy lances were born.
Inside the ice coffin, it became a true coffin, a spiritual casket, filled with the echoes of death. Blood flowed wildly, transforming the place into a crimson hell.
The one who caused all this, Wang Yu, remained incomparably calm.
After swallowing a supreme-grade Spirit Recovery Pill, he began cleaning the battlefield. All storage bags were taken, every head severed. With spiritual power, he condensed ice spikes and strung together more than a hundred heads, leaving them arranged on the spot.
This was the gift he returned to Chang Xi.
Back then, when he had been abducted, he was unwilling and resentful. Now that he returned, it was truly his demonic path of seeking Dao.
The Demonic Embryo had already been forged. He was destined to walk the path of devouring others to strengthen himself. Dual Spiritual Roots were only the beginning. Even if bloodlines differed, as long as someone’s talent surpassed his, he could plant demonic intent within them, consume them, and fortify his own body.
Hunting prodigies, I become the heavens myself.
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Several days later, Moonlight Fairy, who was traveling from the south to the north through Black Mountain Pass, finally arrived at this battlefield that had been soaked in slaughter days ago.
When she saw the lifeless head of the gray-robed elder, still staring in unwillingness, she immediately understood everything.
“Wang Yu. What a demonic wretch.”
At her side, Lan Boting looked displeased. He had followed Chang Xi for the sake of gaining merit. Now that such a huge mistake had occurred, even the Dao merit he had earned in the Black Mountain Demonic Land might all be wasted.
“Senior Sister Moonlight, I said that brat should be killed, but you insisted on sparing his life. Now who is going to be held accountable for the deaths of these hundreds of people.”
Chang Xi glanced at him coldly.
“Since when does this fairy’s calculation need to be discussed with you. Instead of wasting time shirking responsibility, why not think about how to deal with the traitor lurking within Black Mountain Pass.”
Lan Boting wanted to get angry but did not dare. Trying to find support, he spoke with a sarcastic tone.
“At such a time, you still think about striking at Black Mountain Pass. What if the demonic path attacks while we act. Am I the only one who feels Senior Sister Moonlight has no sense of the bigger picture.”
His gaze swept around. The other three Foundation Establishment cultivators lowered their heads immediately and remained silent.
“Fine. If you want to act insane, then act insane yourselves. I will personally enter Withered Leaf Marsh and capture this demonic cultivator to atone for this mistake.
“If you do not wish to be punished by the Overseers, then follow me. If you are not afraid, then stay here. Hmph.”
With a flick of his sleeve, Lan Boting turned and left. As he rose into the air, his figure paused slightly. Seeing that no one followed, his expression became ugly and filled with anger, feeling that he had lost face. In the end, he could only chase into the depths of the marsh alone.
“Short-sighted fool.”
Not long after, when Lan Boting was completely gone, a young male cultivator at the third layer of Foundation Establishment gave a comment, then approached Chang Xi with a fawning tone.
“Senior Sister Moonlight, Lan Boting esteems himself too highly and disrespects his elders. Let him act on his own. What should we do now.”
Chang Xi turned her head slightly to look at him. The man immediately straightened his back and lifted his chin, revealing what he thought was an extremely handsome smile.
A faint sigh seemed to echo in the air.
After remaining silent for a long time, Chang Xi finally said, “Return. Continue handling the aftermath of those abducted women. Withered Leaf Marsh is vast and boundless, connected underground with the Water Origin Dragon Vein.
“Once entering this place, it is like a dragon diving into the sea. He is impossible to track. Today’s matter will be settled with him another day.”
“Yes.”
After the decision was made, Chang Xi personally collected the remains of the severed heads. Withered Leaf City was not small and was under the command of Biyun Sect. This time, because of her orders, a Foundation Establishment cultivator had died. There would inevitably be disputes to handle.
Every time she thought of it, her head ached.
In her heart she whispered.
“I will remember you, Wang Yu.”