80: Chapter 80

She slowly raised her jade hand, not caring in the slightest about the fleeing Golden Core Cultivator. Her index and middle fingers joined to form a sword seal, and fine ripples appeared at her fingertips as a sharp white Sword Qi condensed and vanished in a flash.

The distance of a hundred miles seemed to shrink to a mere step before this Sword Qi.

Zhao Wuji was fleeing for his life when he suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold at the back of his heart. That killing intent ignored distance and locked onto his Divine Soul. He wanted to turn and defend himself, but found that his body could no longer keep up with his thoughts.

The moment the white rainbow pierced through his chest, blood mixed with his natal essence sprayed out, condensing into a poignant and beautiful blood flower in the air.

In his fading consciousness, Zhao Wuji saw a high-spirited youth talking grandly with a childhood friend, speaking of the carefree life of immortals, unconstrained by the mortal world.

He had cultivated bitterly for years to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm, only to find a Dao Companion and suffer a tragic betrayal.

To fight for the position of Sect Master, he had plotted against his Senior Brother and snatched an Opportunity to finally Breakthrough to the Golden Core, becoming a respected expert of a region.

He never expected that a lifetime of bitter cultivation would ultimately be nothing more than a grain of dust on the Great Dao, liable to be crushed at any moment.

Bang!

Zhao Wuji's body lost its support and fell toward the ground like a kite with its string cut.

Seeing the woman's gaze sweep back toward him, Zhao Lieyang knew that Brother Wuji had likely gone ahead of him. Is this a Nascent Soul Stage Expert? Trying to escape from the hands of a Nascent Soul Stage Expert was simply a pipe dream.

Unless one had a high-grade earth-rank life-saving Magic Treasure.

Why?

Zhao Lieyang's teeth chattered. Why did he believe Liu Ruyan's lies? The Joyful Union Sect has ruined me!

Ling Chuan coughed twice, supporting himself to stand up. He looked at the woman in the white dress floating above the clouds and suddenly laughed loudly: "Today, I, Ling Chuan, have fallen into your hands. I accept my fate."

"To die at the hands of a Nascent Soul Stage Expert is not a disgrace!"

He paused, his expression turning serious as he continued, "Leaving Fire Pavilion's intrusion into the Dao Seeking Sect and disturbance of your quiet cultivation was all due to a momentary lapse in my judgment. Senior, you may kill me or do as you please, but I beg you to show mercy and let go of these innocent Disciples behind me!"

If the Leaving Fire Pavilion falls by my hand, how can I face my Revered Master and father in the afterlife?

"Innocent Disciples?" A mocking sneer curved the corner of Qi Yue's mouth.

"If the Dao Seeking Sect had been the one defeated today, would you have spared my Sect's Disciples?"

Ling Chuan's throat tightened. Just as he was about to explain, he saw the sword seal at the woman's fingertips suddenly change. In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered violently, and countless silver-white Sword Qi wove into a formation in the Void Realm, pressing down like a collapsing sky.

Boom!

Amidst the deafening roar, the four flying boats behind Ling Chuan carrying the Core Disciples of the Leaving Fire Pavilion were instantly torn to shreds by the Sword Qi. Xiao Ling'er's graceful figure was immediately swallowed by the sword light; she didn't even have time to scream.

The surrounding onlookers felt a wave of regret for her.

Ling Chuan turned his head sharply, his face filled with towering rage, his sleeves fluttering as ripples of Qi surged in all directions, and then... there was no 'then'.

Qi Yue felt that making the Sect Master wait too long would be unseemly after all.

The sword seal changed again!

The sword formation that had torn the flying boats apart suddenly expanded, and countless sword beams as solid as substance poured down like a torrential rain.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Three consecutive thunderous bangs shook the clouds. The remaining thirteen flying boats were turned to powder in the brilliant sword light. The two remaining Golden Core Sect Masters were no exception, unable to escape the single sword strike.

After today, the Five Great Hegemon-level Forces would no longer exist in the Eastern Region.

For a moment, the world was silent!

Dozens of storage rings of various designs hovered in the air for a moment. Fairy Qiyue waved her jade hand, and under the pull of her spiritual power, they flew toward her like children returning home after many years.

Open the mystery boxes first, then hand them all over to the Sect Master.

Chen Xuan nodded slightly at the scene, feeling quite satisfied.

Within the Spirit Void Secret Realm, immortal opportunities depend on one's own ability; Young Master Chen was not a bloodthirsty person.

But now that you've attacked my front door, I have no reason to let any of you go!

One breath, three breaths, ten breaths... after a full thirty breaths!

Only then did one of the Cultivators outside the Dao Seeking Sect break the oppressive silence.

Hiss!

"Is... is this a Nascent Soul Stage Expert? With a wave of her hand, she suppressed and killed the Four Great Sects alone."

"Fairy Ruyan... my Fairy Ruyan! How can I live without you? Even if I achieve Immortal Ascension, what point is there without you?"

"Hahaha... luckily my Aptitude was too poor and I wasn't chosen as a Disciple by the Crimson Firmament Sect seven years ago. Ancestors, I misunderstood you; it turns out there really is a destiny in the dark."

"This... the Dao Seeking Sect is going to be famous throughout the entire Eastern Region."

Many Cultivators cautiously retreated several yards, preparing to leave this place.

"Sect Master, aren't we going to take a look? Why leave in such a hurry?"

"You fool, now that the Four Great Sects have been wiped out, if we don't go pick up the scraps now, when will we?"

Ding!

[Ding! Killed 20,847 Foundation Establishment Realm villains, reward: 416,940 reputation points]

How much?

Chen Xuan was stunned, even doubting if he had misheard.

He immediately opened the System panel, and looking at that long string of numbers, the corners of his mouth began to curl up uncontrollably.

[Ding! Killed 13 Golden Core villains, reward: 1,300 reputation points]

"Why does this feel like 'murder and arson bring a golden belt'? Thank you, enthusiastic Fellow Daoists, for the door-to-door sponsorship!" Chen Xuan murmured silently in his heart.

416,940 + 1,300 + the original 1,610; his reputation points had now reached 419,850.

Soul Transformation... am I finally going to enter the Soul Transformation stage in a single day?

"The Four Great Sects... are just gone like that?" Lin Yifan murmured to himself, only then snapping out of his daze.

No wonder... no wonder when I was advising Sect Master Chen to flee behind the main hall earlier, he laughed out loud. I didn't expect this Senior to be a Nascent Soul Stage Expert.

The Mountain Protecting Elder stood by the mountain gate, his face burning with a bit of embarrassment.

Absurd, simply beyond absurd!

Earlier, seeing Fairy Qiyue face the enemy alone, he had secretly thought this Nascent Soul Stage Expert was a fool for being so arrogant. But looking at it now, how could someone who cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm be muddle-headed?

Looking at the white-dressed figure returning on the wind, he subconsciously took a step back, not even daring to meet her gaze.

Bai Tang followed far behind Fairy Qiyue, returning to the Dao Seeking Sect step by step.

His current mood was as complex as a spilled jar of five spices. Before coming out, he had even planned to die with his sword to save the Senior. But looking at it now, it seemed the Senior had to worry about whether her attacks would affect him.

Fairy Qiyue floated down beside Chen Xuan and said in a cold voice, "Sect Master, your subordinate has completely exterminated the invading Cultivators."

Chen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the lingering smoke in the sky. He nodded slightly and gave a faint "Mhm."

He turned to Lin Yifan and said, "Sect Master Lin, a visitor is a guest. The Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect came to help this time; I, Chen, will remember this friendship. Why not rest in my Dao Seeking Sect for a few days so that my Sect can fulfill its duties as a host?"

Lin Yifan was about to decline, thinking of returning immediately now that the matter was settled.

But before he could speak, dozens of burning gazes came from behind him, the longing in those eyes almost burning through his clothes. Lin Yifan had the feeling of being a young girl who had accidentally fallen into a bandit's den.

He understood. These brats were greedy for the Spiritual Qi of the Dao Seeking Sect.

"Since Sect Master Chen has so cordially invited us," Lin Yifan suppressed the slight awkwardness in his heart and cupped his hands with a smile, "then I shall not refuse."

Although the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect hadn't actually helped this time, Chen Xuan felt that things shouldn't be calculated that way.

In the eyes of the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect, the joint attack by the Four Great Sects was a certain death trap. Under such circumstances, they had first sent a Sect Elder to deliver a message and then brought the Sect's experts to advise him.

That was already remarkably difficult to do!