44: Chapter 44 A Palm, A Finger, A Flick of the Sleeve

High in the air, Miao Changshi and Tang Ming, having retreated to a distance, consumed Medicinal Pills to barely stabilize their injuries, their faces once again wearing sneers of certainty.

Miao Changshi's eyes were dark and sinister. "Hmph, to be able to destroy our Lifebound Treasures in one blow, this Sect Master of Moon Shadow Sect... must have at least Late Stage Golden Core cultivation!"

"Fortunately, our Sect Master is wise and invited True Person Wandan early! Otherwise, where would the face of our Huoyan Sect be today?"

Tang Ming still felt lingering fear, but then he grinned viciously, "Now... we just need to watch quietly and see how this ignorant fellow turns to ash under the hands of True Person Wandan!"

Inside the Moonshadow Sect.

The newly admitted Disciples were worried, and someone couldn't help but ask Chi Wanhe, "Senior Sister, can the Sect Master... deal with that True Person Wandan?"

There was not a trace of worry on Chi Wanhe's stunningly beautiful face, only absolute trust. She gazed intently at the figure in the sky, her voice incomparably firm, "Rest assured! The Sect Master... is omnipotent!"

In her heart, her Revered Master had long since transcended mere strength, carrying an aura that made one's heart tremble and swoon.

Beside her, Qin Zhaoxue and Du Yuqing also had glowing eyes, filled with firm belief.

Yu Lingshuang and Chi Shuying stood on high ground, looking at the arrogant Zhou Hei, and smiled at each other.

A mere clown, daring to bare its fangs and brandish its claws before a True Dragon?

Facing Zhou Hei's clamoring, Ling Hao's expression was indifferent.

"What are you chirping about?"

He casually stretched out one hand, his five fingers slightly spread.

In an instant, the world changed color!

The Spiritual Qi for a hundred miles around seemed to hear a supreme command, frantically gathering together.

Violent winds howled, clouds rolled backward, and a giant palm of Spiritual Qi that blotted out the sky instantly condensed and formed before the horrified gazes of the crowd, covering a radius of a hundred zhang.

The palm prints were clear, like the heavens collapsing, as it descended to suppress Zhou Hei, Miao Changshi, and Tang Ming.

"No—!"

"Quickly block it!"

The triumph on Miao Changshi and Tang Ming's faces instantly turned into boundless fear.

Their eyes split from anger and terror as they frantically brought out their trump card defensive Magic Treasures and spirit talismans, with colorful light barriers and shields lighting up in layers.

On a distant cliff, Abbess Yunqing, who had originally been sneering, completely lost her composure, her voice sharp and distorted by extreme shock, "Ma... Manipulating Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi! This is... the method of a Nascent Soul True Lord!!"

When a Cultivator is at the Foundation Establishment Stage, Spiritual Qi becomes liquid; at the Golden Core Stage, Spiritual Qi condenses into a solid Golden Core; but at the Nascent Soul Stage, the Nascent Soul has already formed, and one can use their own Nascent Soul as a fulcrum to leverage the vast Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for their own use!

These three are not just quantitative changes, but a chasm of difference in quality!

Therefore, Foundation Establishment is like an ant before a Golden Core, and an ordinary Golden Core can also be extinguished with a flick of a finger before a Nascent Soul True Lord!!

In the last five hundred years in the Qing State, there have only been three Nascent Soul True Lords; these three are the sky-supporting Old Ancestors of the three great fourth-rank Sects. Their status is transcendent, and their words are law!

Founding a Sect is but a single thought away!

Now, is the Qing State about to see a fourth Nascent Soul True Lord?

Beside her, Su Meier stood dumbfounded, her pretty face deathly pale.

A few sentences echoed uncontrollably in her mind.

"Just because you have one Golden Core True Person sitting in charge, you think you're so high and mighty."

"With just you, Revered Master, you could crush this dilapidated Sect into powder with a flip of your palm!"

"Why not let this Disciple tear down this broken mountain gate."

Recalling this now, every word felt like a cold slap, fiercely striking her face.

The Moonshadow Sect has a Nascent Soul True Lord in charge!

It wasn't the Moonshadow Sect that was ignorant of the height of the sky and the depth of the earth; it was she, Su Meier, who was blind!

If she had really dared to tear down the mountain gate... she would likely have been ground into actual powder by that sky-covering giant palm the moment she made a move!

True Person Wandan, Zhou Hei, bore the brunt of it, and the terrifying pressure brought by the sky-covering giant palm caused his liver and gallbladder to split in terror.

Whatever evil reputation or Evil Qi he had, it instantly vanished before absolute power.

"Mi... Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding, Senior!"

His voice was sharp and distorted, filled with endless regret and terror,

"This Junior was blind! I beg Senior to spare my life! Spare me!"

While he begged for mercy frantically, he tried desperately to activate his escape light, only to find the surrounding space was like cast iron, unable to move even a fraction!

Ling Hao's sleeves fluttered as he shook his head slightly:

"You blocked my mountain gate and wanted to harm my Moonshadow Sect Disciples. You want to brush it off with a single 'misunderstanding'?"

Looking around, Ling Hao's voice clearly entered everyone's ears, deafening and thunderous:

"This Seat once said,"

"Those who offend my Moonshadow Sect, no matter how strong, must be killed!"

"Those who harm my Moonshadow Sect Disciples must be killed!"

"Whether you are a Foundation Establishment Cultivator or a Golden Core True Person, even if you are a Nascent Soul True Lord, you must die!"

The giant palm did not pause in the slightest, crashing down.

The despair in Zhou Hei's eyes instantly turned into a crazy, fierce look.

"Ah—! I'll fight you to the death!"

He roared hoarsely, his hands rapidly forming seals!

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of "Pseudo Golden Cores" surged out of his body frantically, densely hovering before him.

Biting the tip of his tongue, Zhou Hei spat out a mouthful of blood essence, the blood mist spraying entirely onto those Pseudo Golden Cores.

Puff! As the blood essence left his body, he visibly withered, as if his flesh and blood had been drained, his face turning as pale as a ghost.

And those Pseudo Golden Cores absorbed the blood essence, glowing with intense red light, emitting destructive and violent fluctuations.

"The Sect Master of Moon Shadow Sect is just too freaking badass! I love it!"

"I love it too!"

"Hiss... there really are over ten thousand!"

"He really succeeded in refining them! But... but can ten thousand self-detonating really compare to a Nascent Soul? Can he beat the Sect Master of Moon Shadow Sect?"

"Explode for me—!!!"

Zhou Hei's eyes split, and he let out a final, wild roar!

Rumble—!

Thousands of Pseudo Golden Cores detonated simultaneously.

In an instant, it was as if thousands of blood suns were bursting at the same time.

The blinding red light swallowed half the sky, and the violent energy swept out like an apocalyptic tsunami.

But this was all in vain...

The palm print, containing supreme power, continued to crush down without pause amidst Zhou Hei's desperate and miserable gaze!

"No—!"

He let out a final, unwilling screech, his vengeful gaze sweeping over the distant Miao Changshi and Tang Ming, who were also struggling under the aftermath of the giant palm, their faces full of fear. His monstrous hatred finally turned into a miserable laugh:

"Huoyan Sect... you have misled me..."

Before the words could finish, he and the sky full of red light were completely covered by the giant palm!

Boom!

The earth shook violently! Dust and smoke soared into the sky.

When the giant palm lifted, only a bottomless giant palm print remained, along with the smell of burnt flesh and blood permeating the air.

The arrogant True Person Wandan, Zhou Hei, along with his ten thousand Pseudo Golden Cores, had all turned to ash.

Puff! Puff!

Miao Changshi and Tang Ming, who were slightly further away, although not directly hit by the giant palm, were already shattered in their defenses just from the aftermath of the suppression and the explosion shockwave. Their injuries worsened, they vomited blood wildly, and their auras withered to the extreme.

The two looked at each other, their eyes filled with dead gray despair and madness.

"Run!"

The two simultaneously burned their blood essence, turning into two streaks of blood light, and fled desperately in different directions!

"Hmph."

Ling Hao let out a cold snort. His figure flickered, appearing in front of the two escape lights, and he casually pointed a finger.

Two gusts of wind from his finger seemed to span space, precisely piercing through the Dantians of Miao Changshi and Tang Ming!

"Ah—"

Their Dantians were broken, their Golden Cores shattered.

The two let out miserable wails. Feeling the violent, out-of-control Golden Core Origin power within their bodies, the last trace of reason in their eyes vanished, leaving only the viciousness of dragging someone down with them!

"Let's die together!!"

Boom! Boom!

Two more terrifying roars, no less intense than the Pseudo Golden Core explosion from just a moment ago, shook the heavens and earth again.

Miao Changshi and Tang Ming did not hesitate to choose to self-detonate their Golden Cores.

Two blinding golden-red energy light orbs instantly expanded, and the destructive shockwaves raged frantically!

Ling Hao raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Quite ruthless."

He casually flicked his sleeve, and an invisible, majestic power swept across. The energy from the Golden Core self-detonation, which was enough to destroy mountains, was easily brushed away, not even able to stir up a ripple.

"What a pity."

Ling Hao looked at where the explosion had dissipated; he had wanted to leave a live captive to ask some questions.

His gaze then turned to the northeast, the direction of the Huoyan Sect. A cold glint flashed in Ling Hao's eyes:

"Oh well, in a few days, I will personally visit the Huoyan Sect and destroy it."