131: Foundation Architecture

As soon as the woman died, Ning quickly disposed of the body.

It became quite uncomfortable due to the heat and sound it produced.

After getting rid of it, he changed his clothes to ones that weren't burned at all.

Once everything was taken care of, Ning left the stunned crowd and went to help elsewhere.

"Hey, guys... what just happened?" someone asked.

"Did he just kill one of the women by himself?"

"Looks like it... Though, did I really see that right?" another asked.

"Where did he go? For some reason, he celebrated for a bit then just left.

I wonder if he went somewhere to help people," someone wondered.

"Speaking of which, we should go help too."

"Yes, you're right."

Soon, the group walked towards another place, looking for where they could offer help.

Ning also went around helping more people.

He noticed that the new sword he got was quite good, at least on the higher end for low-grade spiritual artifacts.

He still remembered how he managed to bend another spiritual artifact he encountered some time ago with his spear, but now that same spear was destroyed by this sword.

"This must be good," he thought.

He wasn't as skilled with swords as he was with spears.

He mostly used this sword like a staff, hoping to hit people with the sharp side rather than skillfully controlling it.

Nevertheless, now that his spear was gone, he was left with only this sword.

By now, he was no longer worried about helping others with Corpse Qi, but more about defeating those who spread it.

"Are those all women from the Hawk Sect? Why haven't I seen a single man?" he wondered.

So far, he had only fought women and had not encountered a single dark-skinned man.

Screams and explosions were still happening.

In fact, as he got closer to the city center, things got worse.

The attackers seemed to want to destroy that location first.

Suddenly, due to an attack, the wall of a nearby house was breached.

He quickly ran towards the house to help the person who was thrown out.

However, to his surprise, the person thrown out was actually a blue-skinned woman.

He had not expected at all that they would be overwhelmed by others.

"Do you think a mere Foundation Establishment realm cultivator who just entered can defeat me?" a voice came from the side as a man walked out from the other side.

"You..." The woman was shocked to find that she couldn't fight the man at all.

"Oh, she might not be able to defeat you, but what if both of us team up?" another woman came from the side, aiming at the man.

Ning was not only surprised to see these two women in one place but also surprised to see this man here.

"First Elder!" he said when he saw him.

The person fighting was the First Elder of the Pure Sect.

Compared to the women, he seemed to have a very strong cultivation base.

However, when the other woman arrived, he frowned.

He was surprised to see Ning arrive.

Ning could see hesitation and relief in those eyes.

Ning quickly checked the other women's cultivation bases and frowned.

One of them was in the 1st Foundation Establishment realm, while the one who just arrived was in the 2nd Foundation Establishment realm.

Ning also quickly checked the First Elder, who was in the 3rd Foundation Establishment realm.

"Damn, just the first one should be enough trouble for him, and now the second one has arrived.

In this situation, can I help him?" he wondered.

These women's skin was an unnatural blue, even compared to the other women he had seen before.

"Volunteer Ning, can you do me a favor?

My disciple is buried under the rubble over there, can you take her away from this place?" he requested.

"They are too strong, and I cannot protect her undisturbed together," he said.

Ning looked to the side and saw half of Mikaela's body sticking out from the rubble, covered in blood.

He immediately ran to the side without hesitation.

"You're not going anywhere, child.

Be my servant," the woman with the 1st Foundation Establishment realm cultivation base lunged at him, trying to touch him.

Ning immediately drew his sword and slashed behind him.

However, the woman was too fast.

She had already appeared in front of him, suddenly grabbing his neck and slowly pouring Corpse Qi into him.

Ning immediately used both Yin Transformation techniques, but it was too slow.

He wouldn't even be able to suck away all the Corpse Qi before suffocating to death.

Even if he did manage to take it all away, the woman was still in the Foundation Establishment realm, which was a problem to contend with.

Ning, holding the sword in his right hand, swung it at the woman.

However, the woman just raised her left hand, and suddenly a black-blue barrier appeared in front of her.

Clang!

A loud sound rang out as the sword hit the shield made of Corpse Qi.

Ning felt a huge rebound from the shield as the force traveled through the sword back into his arm.

This injured him a bit.

But, he was dying now, and being injured was much better than other outcomes.

So, he slammed the shield a few more times.

However, each time the shield easily blocked the attack.

Ning became more and more frustrated.

Although he kept consuming the Corpse Qi, the woman seemed to have too much of a supply to empty her before he actually died.

In desperation, he could only make his attack even stronger.

A bright yellow glow appeared on the blade of the sword he was holding.

He swung the blade down with force.

The woman again raised her shield to block the attack.

However, something very unexpected happened.

When the sword arrived, the shield that had been able to block Ning's every attack suddenly split apart, allowing the sword to pass through easily to where it cut off the woman's left arm.

"Hmm?"