435: Confess honestly

Back Mountain, entrance of No. 3 Pill Residue Cave.

Liu Lian was completely stunned.

He stared blankly at the empty ground before him, and for the first time, an emotion called “dumbfounded” appeared in his dead eyes.

Where is the person?

Where did such a large, living person go?

Right under his nose, within the complete lockdown of his Mother-Child Seven Star Sword Formation, a living person just turned into smoke, and then... vanished?

What kind of international joke is this!

“What the hell is going on!”

Liu Lian couldn't help but curse under his breath. He darted to where the Formation had disappeared, spreading his Divine Thought like a tide, sweeping over the area inch by inch.

There was nothing.

Except for a trace of Spatial Fluctuation in the air, so faint it was almost negligible, there was no other trace left.

This is not scientific!

No! This is not Cultivation!

Liu Lian knew that after his Breakthrough, his Dao Heart was stable, and his Sword Dao Cultivation far surpassed his peers. His skill with Sword Formations was superb; even a Cultivator at the Golden Core Great Perfection stage would not easily escape if trapped.

But now, a New Student?

A New Student who looked frail and hadn't even reached the Foundation Establishment Stage just swaggered in front of him and performed a Disappearing Act?

This was practically grinding his face into the dirt!

Liu Lian's face grew increasingly ugly. In all his years, he had never suffered such humiliation.

“I refuse to believe it!”

He joined his fingers like a sword, mobilized all his Spiritual Energy, and sharp Sword Qi shot out from his fingertips, plowing deep grooves into the ground.

However, he still found nothing.

Just as a crack was about to appear in Liu Lian's Dao Heart, causing him to start doubting life itself.

A lazy, somewhat teasing voice suddenly sounded in his mind without warning.

“Alright, stop tearing up the place.”

“You did well. Hand it over to me now.”

It was the Dean's voice!

Liu Lian's body shook, and he abruptly looked up toward the Peak of Kunlun.

Before he could react, he clearly felt that the Spatial Fluctuation in the Back Mountain, which had been incredibly strange and spreading everywhere, was gently wiped away by an invisible giant hand.

In an instant, it was smoothed out.

Everything returned to tranquility, as if the terrifying Formation that had been Twisting Space had never appeared at all.

Liu Lian opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

He finally understood.

So the Dean had been watching the whole time!

Everything was under the Dean's control!

That New Student named Ying didn't run away; he was directly... plucked away by the Dean using Heaven-Defying Means that Liu Lian couldn't comprehend?

Thinking of this, a feeling of deep admiration welled up in Liu Lian, even stronger than when he had personally witnessed the Dean tear apart the “god-slaying spear.”

This is what a true Powerhouse looks like!

Strategizing in the command tent, securing victory a thousand miles away!

His meager Cultivation Level, compared to the Dean, was like a kindergarten child playing with mud.

He let out a long breath, retracted the sky full of Sword Qi, and respectfully bowed toward the Peak of Kunlun... Meanwhile.

Peak of Kunlun, Principals Office.

The space here suddenly rippled like water.

Immediately after, wisps of black smoke appeared out of thin air, forcibly kneaded and gathered by an invisible force in mid-air.

“Ah!”

A cry of surprise.

The black smoke quickly solidified, transforming back into Ying's appearance, and then, with a “thud,” he fell miserably onto the cold floor.

Ignoring the pain, he immediately looked up. When he saw the young figure leisurely sitting in the chair, holding a skewer of Grilled Squid, he was completely stunned.

For the first time, his perpetually icy face was filled with terror and disbelief.

“You... you...”

He pointed at Li Heng, his lips trembling, unable to utter a complete sentence.

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

Ying abruptly scrambled up from the floor, shrieking in horror, “My ‘Void Walking’ is a Supreme Secret Technique personally bestowed by the Dominator, capable of ignoring all physical and Law-level blockades! How could you... how could you grab me back from the Void Realm?!”

Li Heng slowly took a bite of a Squid Tentacle, chewed twice, and then lifted his eyelids to glance at him.

“Oh, that thing.”

He said casually, “Your little trick is no different from Streaking in front of me. It's too weak. Try a more Advanced one next time.”

Before he finished speaking.

Li Heng didn't even bother to stand up. Remaining seated, he extended two fingers and lightly tapped towards Ying's glabella from a distance.

The movement was as casual as flicking away a speck of dust.

Ying's pupils dilated to the extreme!

He wanted to dodge, but found that the space around him was like frozen cement; he couldn't move even a single finger!

He could only watch helplessly as a Golden Light shot out from the other party's fingertip, continuously growing larger in his vision.

The next second.

The Golden Light sank into his glabella.

“Ah—”

An indescribable agony exploded from the depths of his Soul!

Ying felt like his head was being ripped apart!

He saw a wisp of black Qi, deeper than night and emitting an Aura of Evil and Chaos, being forcibly pulled out from his glabella by an irresistible force!

As the black Qi left his body, the world before his eyes quickly blurred, and his consciousness receded like a tide.

His eyes rolled back, Ying's body went limp, and he instantly passed out.

The mass of extracted black Qi twisted and struggled frantically above Li Heng's palm.

It transformed into hideous Ghost Faces, emitting silent, Sharp Roars capable of piercing the Divine Soul, and violently rushed towards Li Heng's mind.

Mental Attack!

However, Li Heng's expression didn't change at all; he even looked at it with mild interest.

“That's it?”

He curled his lip, feeling that the intensity of this Mental Attack was less exciting than the Horror Movies he watched.

The Sharp Roar rushed into his Sea of Consciousness, but before it could even stir up a ripple, it was crushed to dust by his boundless Divine Soul Power, vast as the Universe.

“Roar!”

The black Qi seemed to realize something was wrong—its invincible Mental Attack had failed!

It began struggling even more violently, trying to escape.

Li Heng would never give it that chance.

He slightly clenched his five fingers, his voice flat and devoid of emotion.

“Confess honestly, and I will leave you a wisp of Residual Soul.”

“Dare to play tricks, and I will make your Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering instantly.”

The black Qi seemed to understand the threat, but instead of stopping, it erupted with even more ferocious power, transforming into a Sharp Claw and grabbing toward Li Heng's wrist.

“It seems you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin.”

Li Heng's patience was officially exhausted.

He clenched his five fingers abruptly!

Buzz!

An indescribably terrifying force firmly imprisoned the mass of black Qi.

No matter how much it crashed against the force, it couldn't shake it even slightly.

Immediately after, Li Heng's palm began to slowly close.

“Screeching—”

The mass of black Qi emitted an extremely painful shriek. Under immense pressure, its volume was continuously compressed, shrinking from the size of a fist to the size of an egg, then to the size of a walnut... Finally, it was forcibly compressed into a constantly pulsing Black Speck of Light smaller than a sesame seed!