Chapter 216: Defying the Heavens to Slay a Late-Stage Tribulation Transcendence Cultivator
A wisp of black qi slowly appeared from the corpse of the Wilderness Clan cultivator you had instantly killed, rushing straight toward you!
Hiss!
The moment that wisp of black qi entered within three zhang of you, it seemed to have touched something terrifying. It instantly transformed into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated between heaven and earth.
“This— Senior, you!” After witnessing this scene, the female cultivator was shocked, her small cherry lips gaping wide.
“You were afraid of this kind of thing, so you didn’t dare kill it with your own hands?” You looked at the already-dissipated black qi, frowning.
“Yes.” The female cultivator nodded fiercely, as if recalling something terrifying, her whole body trembling. “Once that wisp of black qi enters your body, you’ll be hunted down by every cultivator nearby!”
“That black qi will also seek out your direct blood relatives based on your bloodline. They won’t be able to escape the fate of being hunted either!”
You nodded silently, indicating you understood why the female cultivator hadn’t dared kill the Wilderness Clan cultivator earlier.
The female cultivator suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of expectation, and asked excitedly, “Senior, are you the Guardian?”
“Guardian?” You chuckled and shook your head. “Just a rogue cultivator who can’t stand Wilderness Clan cultivators.”
Hearing this, the hope in the female cultivator’s eyes instantly extinguished. Her whole person seemed to have resigned herself to fate, wilting once more.
“Senior, you should hurry and leave. This place is not safe to stay long. Soon, cultivators from the Profound Heaven Holy Land will come to investigate.”
“Profound Heaven Holy Land?” Your eyes suddenly lit up, your heart stirring slightly.
“That’s right. The First Elder of the Profound Heaven Holy Land is in this city. He’s a Tribulation Transcendence stage powerhouse!” the female cultivator said.
“Is that so?” You let out a quiet laugh. Then let his life announce my return.
You waved your hand, sending the female cultivator out of the city. You stayed alone by the Wilderness Clan cultivator’s corpse, waiting for the First Elder of the Profound Heaven Holy Land to arrive.
Before long, a furious roar rang out, followed by a burly figure.
“Who the hell was it?! You dare kill my son?!!”
You raised your head to glance at the newcomer, then struck out with a palm. The Fusion realm Wilderness Clan cultivator fell to the ground, blood streaming from his seven orifices, deader than dead.
Several cultivators clad in the robes of the Profound Heaven Holy Land followed close behind. Upon seeing this scene, they demanded fiercely, “Who are you? You dare kill Lord Huang!”
“Courting death!!!”
The only response they received was a slap.
Afterward, your gaze turned toward the void not far away, and you said calmly, “Since you’ve come, why hide?”
No one responded. After a half-breath of silence, a figure slowly appeared. It was precisely the First Elder of the Profound Heaven Holy Land, a late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator!
“A hundred years without seeing you, Fellow Daoist’s cultivation has grown even deeper.” The First Elder cupped his hands toward you, expressionless.
“Yes, a hundred years without seeing you, and you’re still the same.” You sneered contemptuously, your figure darting forward as you suddenly struck!
The First Elder had been on guard. After exchanging a palm strike head-on with you, his figure flew backward, opening up distance between you.
You halted your attack, a flicker of something strange passing through your eyes. Cautious indeed.
A Heaven-rank flying sword entered your hand. Your cultivation had now reached mid-stage Tribulation Transcendence. To deal with a late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, you no longer needed the help of the Immortal Sword!
“Today, I will use your life to commemorate the fallen souls of my Heavenly Blade Sect!” You raised the flying sword in your hand and charged forth with a single strike.
You deployed the Heaven-rank sword technique you had just begun to grasp, the Thirteen Sword Forms!
After breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, you had gained new insights into this sword technique. Now was the perfect chance to practice it on the First Elder of the Profound Heaven Holy Land!
You swung a sword strike that seemed utterly ordinary, yet in the First Elder’s eyes it was filled with killing intent, forcing him to hold nothing back and use his full strength to resist.
A single misstep would leave the First Elder severely wounded.
The vast spiritual power within your body sustained you as you swung one sword after another, with no concerns about spiritual power running dry.
Under your unrestrained onslaught, the First Elder struggled desperately within your grasp, danger looming at every turn.
As for you, your proficiency with the Thirteen Sword Forms began to skyrocket, and faintly, you seemed to grasp something.
“You forced this old man to do this!” A single careless move, and the First Elder took a sword strike to the chest, nearly split open from belly to back!
The First Elder pulled away from you. Spiritual power surged from within his body, and the surrounding spiritual power formed a vortex that engulfed him.
Suddenly, you sensed a heaven-shaking sword qi emanate from the First Elder’s direction, and a furious roar rang out:
“One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate!”
An earth-shattering sword light soared into the sky, cleaving apart the dark clouds overhead to reveal a gate to heaven.
“Open!” the First Elder roared.
You looked up. The mysterious gate hanging overhead suddenly opened a small crack, and threads of sword qi seeped out from the gap. Sensing that aura, you felt your hair stand on end.
As you tried to dodge, you suddenly felt your body seemingly bound by some kind of rule, unable to move.
You couldn’t help but look toward the First Elder. He seemed to have aged greatly, watching you with a sinister expression, the killing intent in his eyes completely unconcealed.
Seeing you look over, the First Elder slowly spat out a single word: “Fall!”
From the mysterious gate above your head, the sword qi that had seeped out gradually condensed into a sword, falling straight toward you!
“Hahahaha, die!!!” The First Elder laughed wildly at the sky, as if he could already see your head and body separated.
Facing the flying sword descending from the heavens, you let out a slow breath and said expressionlessly, “Law of Heaven and Image of Earth!”
Instantly, ninety-nine strands of the Power of Law gathered behind you, rapidly condensing into the Law of Heaven and Image of Earth!
This was the Law Image condensed from your comprehension of the Power of Law, representing your Dao!
To pit your own Great Dao against another, it was no exaggeration to call this your strongest strike.
Although with your Tribulation Transcendence stage physical body, even taking this blow head-on might not necessarily harm you, you didn’t dare gamble on whether the First Elder had any other tricks.
Your Law of Heaven and Image of Earth expanded, and a hand swung toward the giant sword condensed from sword qi.
Boom————!
The massive aftershock from the collision of the two energies spread out. The First Elder, who had been full of confidence moments before, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura instantly withering.
“This— How could that possibly be?!!!” The First Elder watched this scene with a face full of shock, unable to believe it.
A flying sword quietly appeared behind the First Elder, stabbing in from the top of his head!
The blade ran from top to bottom, straight into the First Elder’s abdomen.
The First Elder’s eyes widened in disbelief, staring fixedly at you, before he finally collapsed.