bookpower Chapter 272 Crushing Defeat
Chapter 272 Crushing Defeat
The Cloudsoar Sword Sect's Supreme Elder Long Wuyin's death brought a fear upon the sect akin to the sky falling down.
Everyone capable of doing so hastily took to the skies, escaping on their swords.
However, powers like the Cloudsoar Sword Sect that dominated one region often supported one top-tier powerhouse with the collective effort of the whole sect.
In other words, the entire sect was developed around one such powerhouse.
In the Northern Sea Star, a sect isn't about heritage or like-minded people coming together.
A sect is just what powerhouses consider when they need some people to handle daily mundane tasks. Once they send out the word, weaker ones flock to them willingly and serve them, eventually forming some form of an institution.
Therefore, nearly all sect members on Northern Sea Star serve one or two of the top strongest beings.
The Cloudsoar Sword Sect is the perfect example of this.
In the sect, other than Long Wuyin's Blazing White Golden Core, there were no Sunburst Golden Cores and only a handful of Crimson Red Golden Cores.
Having the example of Qi Chixin's previous defeat to learn from, Li Hanqiu certainly wouldn't let the tiger return to the mountain.
With a wave of his hand, three Crimson Red Golden Cores fleeing and one begging for mercy had been killed.
As for the last escaping one, just as Li Hanqiu was about to make his move, Alkaid said, "Leave this one to me."
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"You?"
Li Hanqiu looked at Alkaid.
"This Crimson Red Golden Core is not of the War Immortal path, but a true Crimson Red Golden Core with simultaneous cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit. Are you sure?"
"I'm confident," Alkaid replied.
Li Hanqiu glanced at that Golden Core, seeming to have just broken through recently, and thought letting Alkaid get some practice wouldn't be too bad.
He nodded in agreement.
Then Alkaid, wielding the You Long Sword, swiftly pursued the fleeing Crimson Red Golden Core.
Moments later, it seemed he recognized something.
If the information provided by Fang Yueming was correct, this fleeing Crimson Red Golden Core was none other than Ran Tianchi, who had ambushed and killed Qi Chixin six years ago.
Six years ago, he had only been in the Constant Light Realm and in just six years, he had cultivated into a Crimson Red Golden Core.
And considering his age...
Under eighty!
Such talent almost qualified him to become an outer disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
...
Ahead, Ran Tianchi, who had already deployed a Forbidden Technique, sensed the pursuer behind him and a flicker of rage flashed in his eyes.
"Heavenly Fire Realm!?"
A mere Skyfire Cultivator dared to hunt him, a Crimson Red Golden Core!?
If not for a Hollow Void powerhouse backing him up, he would have turned around and taught him the meaning of death right there and then.
But at the moment, he needed to leave this place, to get away from the Cloud River Mountains.
As he fled, hatred and the intent to kill surged within him.
And this time, compared to the last, he had made further progress.
If this Supreme Divine Power had proficiency levels, and going from a beginner to minor proficiency was at 1/100, then now, with almost every execution, his proficiency level would rise by 20, 30, or even 40.
After a few times, he reached minor proficiency, then climbed to major proficiency after a dozen more, and eventually to Perfection.
Of course, even if he perfected this Supreme Divine Power now, he would not be able to truly unleash its full might.
His own cultivation was too weak.
But relying on the might of the Supreme Divine Power itself, he was indeed narrowing the gap between the speeds of the Heavenly Fire Realm and the Crimson Red Gold Core, and once again he caught up to Ran Tianchi, absorbing lessons from his previous use of Rip the Sky with One Strike, and launched another strike.
Although he was merely a Skyfire Cultivator at the level of the fourth stage of Golden Core, relying on the might of the Supreme Divine Power, he nevertheless struck with the presence of a Hollow Void powerhouse.
Though he had only the sound and not the shape or spirit of such prowess, once the force of his strike caused the Void to ripple, expand into the collapse of the Void, and even the shattering of the Void, it was enough to terrorize Ran Tianchi, a Crimson Red Gold Core, to the point of near soul-flight.
At first, Ran Tianchi could barely withstand it with his abundant experience, fighting and fleeing. But as Alkaid's proficiency with this Supreme Divine Power climbed sharply, each Rip the Sky with One Strike was enough to shake the very Gold Core of the Crimson Red cultivator.
By the time Alkaid closed in once more, the sixth Rip the Sky with One Strike came crashing down, and even though Ran Tianchi used forbidden Secret Techniques, he could only watch as the spatial force within the strike obliterated his resistance like dry weeds.
The momentum unrelenting, it slammed into his body. Under such brutal vibrations, even the Crimson Red Golden Core within him couldn't bear the burden and burst on the spot.
In this moment, Ran Tianchi felt like a War Immortal on the brink of self-detonation.
"Spare me! Supreme Immortal, spare me! The Cloudsoar Sword Sect has been destroyed; I pose no threat to you! I swear a blood oath to follow you henceforth, to serve as your slave and maid, to be dispatched by you at will! I only beg you to spare my life..."
He instantly ignited his Divine Sense, pleading desperately, hoping only to preserve his life.
As long as one does not die, there is always possibility!
This is the consensus of all Cultivators from the Northern Sea Star!
The cruel competition made them realize early on that surviving is more important than anything else!
Those with the tenacity to never yield, who would rather die than surrender, often became countless whitening bones on the Northern Sea Star before they ever had a chance to grow.
"A way to live?"
Alkaid's Divine Sense surged: "Do you know why we annihilated the Cloudsoar Sword Sect?"
"Is it because the Cloudsoar Sword Sect provoked the Supreme Immortal? I haven't been with the Cloudsoar Sword Sect for long and have no intention to live and die with it!"
"Not long? It's been at least thirty years, hasn't it."
Alkaid said, "After all, it has been more than thirty years since Qi Chixin, the True Person, took residence in Ancient City."
"Qi Chixin?!"
Hearing Alkaid mention this name, Ran Tianchi suddenly realized something.
"You guys..."
This group...
Came for vengeance for Qi Chixin!?
Despair filled his eyes instantly.
"It's over."
Alkaid once again extended his hand and launched another Rip the Sky with One Strike, its execution now more than twice as effortless and swift as the initial one.
In this moment, Ran Tianchi, with his Gold Core shattered, could no longer withstand it.
"Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! My only regret is being too weak! Unable to slay all the cultivators of Northern Sea! In the Northern Sea, it's the law of the jungle! One day, you too will be annihilated by an even stronger cultivator!"
With a reluctant howl, the energy from his rupturing Golden Core was completely released, and suddenly, a Crimson Red sun dozens of miles in diameter appeared in the sky, obliterating everything.