Chapter 212: Public Execution, Sting Operation
A week later, you learned a piece of news. The Profound Heaven Holy Land had captured a batch of Heavenly Blade Sect cultivators, and they were imprisoned in Profound Heaven City, the very city you were in.
You did not act rashly. Every day, you simply stayed within Profound Heaven City, cultivating diligently.
Three days later, news spread throughout all of Central State. The Profound Heaven Holy Land would publicly behead the Heavenly Blade Sect cultivators in seven days!
Cultivators from every major faction across Central State were welcome to come to Profound Heaven City and watch!
You knew this was a trap the Profound Heaven Holy Land had specially set to lure you out.
A day later, on the walls of Profound Heaven City, ten cultivators were hung up, half-dead.
You stood among the crowd, and from afar you could see clearly that they were Heavenly Blade Sect disciples!
"These are Heavenly Blade Sect cultivators. To dare oppose my Profound Heaven Holy Land is to end up like this!" A Fusion realm cultivator announced publicly before the entire city's cultivators.
Having said that, he even took out a specially made leather whip and, before the crowd, lashed it fiercely toward the ten cultivators hung on the wall.
With every whip strike, a Heavenly Blade Sect cultivator's flesh split open, and wails rang out.
You watched this scene in silence, and did not act. Only because you had already discovered three Tribulation Transcendence cultivators hidden in the shadows.
You did not know whether other Profound Heaven Holy Land cultivators were hidden in the dark, so you did not act rashly.
With your current cultivation, wanting to forcefully oppose the entire Profound Heaven Holy Land and save the Heavenly Blade Sect disciples from their hands was basically a delusion.
This grudge must be repaid! You swore inwardly, then turned and left without looking back.
Returning to your dwelling, you began cultivating again. The Boundless Longevity Art and the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art circulated madly within your body, ceaselessly tempering your spiritual power and strengthening your physical body, striving to solidify your foundation and break through as soon as possible!
The tragic deaths of your fellow disciples, the Ancestors trapped… All of this ceaselessly spurred you to cultivate harder.
Seven days passed quickly. On the day of execution, you emerged from seclusion.
When you arrived at the gate of Profound Heaven City, it was already a cauldron of voices. Cultivators from every major faction lingered here, watching this grand drama.
Under the probing of your divine sense, you had already sensed the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators hidden all around. At least ten of them!
As for whether even deeper in there were hidden great cultivators, you had no way of knowing.
"Execute!" A resonant voice rang out. A Tribulation Transcendence cultivator from the Profound Heaven Holy Land appeared and issued the beheading order.
Ten long swords shot forth, aiming straight for the lives of the Heavenly Blade Sect cultivators on the city wall, whose lives or deaths were already unknown.
At this critical moment, a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator descended from the sky and blocked the strike.
Seeing who had come, your brow furrowed slightly. Only because you recognized the one who had acted. It was one of the Heavenly Blade Sect's Ancestors.
What puzzled you, however, was that the Ancestor Wuchi, who two years ago had clearly still been at Fusion realm cultivation, had now unexpectedly broken through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage!
"Heavenly Blade Sect remnants, courting death!!!" The Profound Heaven Holy Land's Tribulation Transcendence Ancestor attacked furiously, battling the Ancestor Wuchi.
After that, you saw dozens of Fusion realm cultivators descend from the sky and rescue the Heavenly Blade Sect cultivators hung on the city wall!
Your brow furrowed deeper and deeper. Only because you recognized every one of the Heavenly Blade Sect's Fusion realm cultivators, and yet these ten Fusion realm cultivators who had appeared, you had not the slightest impression of.
A word called conspiracy appeared in your mind. You observed the surrounding onlookers without revealing anything.
"Retreat quickly!" Under your astonished gaze, the Ancestor Wuchi led the ten Fusion realm cultivators in fighting while retreating, and soon vanished from your sight.
Sensing the auras of the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators around you disappear, you stood there in silence for a moment, then your figure slowly faded away.
The Concealment Jade Talisman appeared in your hand. As long as it wasn't a Great Vehicle stage powerhouse arriving in person, no one would discover your traces.
You pursued in the direction the Ancestor Wuchi had vanished, hiding in the shadows to observe.
A week later, following behind the Ancestor Wuchi, you arrived at a cave residence in a place seldom visited by anyone.
"Ancestor Wuchi!"
"Senior Brother Ye!"
"Excellent, you're all right!"
Several delighted voices came from within the cave residence, and then you saw several Return-to-Void realm cultivators appear. You had some impression of these cultivators. They were Heavenly Blade Sect disciples.
"Cough cough, this time we owe it to the Ancestor Wuchi for acting to save us. Otherwise, we likely would have perished on the spot." One of the rescued Fusion realm cultivators said.
The Ancestor Wuchi waved his hand and said indifferently, "You are all Heavenly Blade Sect disciples. As the Heavenly Blade Sect Ancestor, it is only right that I act to save you."
"By the way, on the way here I heard that the Sect Master has returned. Have any of you seen him?" The Ancestor Wuchi stroked his beard and asked, squinting.
"No." Everyone shook their heads.
"However, the Ancestor Ghost Blade has returned!" A female disciple who had come out from the cave residence said happily.
"What? The Ancestor Ghost Blade has returned?!!" The Ancestor Wuchi placed both hands on the female disciple's shoulders and said in shock, "Where is the Ancestor? Quickly, take me to see him!"
The female disciple was somewhat afraid, and stammered, "He's in, he's in there recovering from his injuries."
The Ancestor Wuchi quickly entered. A moment later, a world-destroying aura spread out, and the entire cave residence exploded in an instant. Two figures with powerful auras shot out quickly.
"Wuchi! You dare betray the Heavenly Blade Sect!!!" The Ancestor Ghost Blade pointed at the Ancestor Wuchi and cursed.
The Ancestor Wuchi smiled contemptuously, utterly disdainful. "Ancestor Ghost Blade, the Heavenly Blade Sect is gone. What is the point of guarding it so bitterly?"
"Why not join me in pledging allegiance to the Profound Heaven Holy Land?"
"Wishful thinking!"
You hid in the shadows, watching this sudden scene. The thoughts in your heart were confirmed one by one. That battle in Profound Heaven City had indeed been a conspiracy!
You glanced at the two Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses battling in the sky, then looked at the crowd of Heavenly Blade Sect disciples below, and soundlessly slipped in.
Since the Ancestor Wuchi has already betrayed us, then the cultivators he brought must also have problems. You thought to yourself.
"The Ancestor Wuchi, how could he betray us…" The Heavenly Blade Sect disciples watched the battle in the sky, unable to believe it.
Suddenly, a disciple snapped to his senses, and looking at the Fusion realm cultivators who had come with the Ancestor Wuchi, said warily, "You…"
"Matters have come to this. Junior Brothers, give up resistance and follow the Ancestor Wuchi in joining the Profound Heaven Holy Land!" The ten Fusion realm cultivators no longer concealed themselves and revealed their true faces.
Just as the ten Fusion realm cultivators were about to act, a massive palm formed of spiritual power descended from the sky and suppressed the ten Fusion realm cultivators on the spot!
Your figure no longer hid, and slowly revealed itself.
"Sect Master!!!" When the Heavenly Blade Sect disciples saw you, they wept with joy.