Chapter 133: Too Late for Regret!
“Cough, cough… A seventh-rank puppet really can’t be fought head-on.”
Lu Qingyang indifferently brushed the dust from his clothes, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shook his head with a faint smile.
But for a Soul Transformation cultivator to have the strength to fight a seventh-rank puppet.
If word spread, it would already be shocking.
What’s more, even the aftershock of his spell pressed those three Return-to-Void cultivators so hard they could barely advance.
That alone was enough for him to be proud of.
On the other side, Cloud Artisan’s heart could no longer be described as merely shocked!
Just moments ago, he had personally witnessed the puppet left behind by their Family Ancestor be struck with a crack!
In an instant, the seventh-rank puppet’s spiritual energy leaked away massively.
“Not only are his spells powerful, even his physical body is terrifyingly strong.”
Cloud Artisan’s eyes held thick dread.
The Yun Fei and Yun Qi beside him had also been forced back by the aftershock of Lu Qingyang’s spell.
A dignified Return-to-Void cultivator, yet forced to retreat repeatedly by a Soul Transformation cultivator!
The key point was, this spell wasn’t even aimed at them!
Yun Fei could hardly imagine what would have happened if he had taken that thunderfire spell head-on.
What would have become of him?
In that instant, a strange emotion filled Yun Fei’s heart.
A memory suddenly flashed through his mind — words he had said to Yun Qi years ago when leaving the Chaotian Sect.
“This child can only be befriended, never antagonized. Otherwise, the sect will be destroyed and the Dao extinguished, and regret will come too late!”
…
“Could it be… today’s decision was truly wrong?”
At this moment, Yun Fei’s heart was full of conflict.
And on the other side.
Lu Qingyang slowly stood up, gazing coldly at Yun Fei and Yun Qi.
Though he could not defeat this seventh-rank Dao Integration puppet, if he wanted to leave, that was no great problem.
“Junior Brother, bring Layue and the others over. We’re leaving.”
A voice transmission drifted to Yang Yu’s ear.
That’s right, Lu Qingyang intended to use the Myriad-Mile Earth-Shrinking Talisman to escape.
As long as he returned to Tiangong Island, even a seventh-rank puppet coming in person would only find its grave in the Seven Stars Sea, relying on Tiangong Island’s defenses!
What’s more, as long as he left the Thousand Bamboo Sect, he could summon the Sect Management Council.
By then, everyone in the Thousand Bamboo Sect would be exiled!
On the other side, Yang Yu heard this and hurriedly called out to Zhao Layue and the others, preparing to converge on Lu Qingyang.
But who could have known that because of this, Zhao Layue’s momentary distraction caused her to be caught off guard by a puppet that broke through her defenses.
“Bang!”
A massive force struck.
Zhao Layue was sent flying backward.
“Layue!”
Lu Qingyang’s pupils shrank abruptly at the sight.
He hurriedly summoned a puppet to catch Layue and bring her back.
But whether it was coincidence or something else.
With Zhao Layue’s injury, it seemed a chain reaction began on the scene.
First Xiao Yan was burned by a puppet’s spell, then Lin Budong and Gongshu Ban were both heavily wounded.
The most miserable was Tang San, who was pressed into the ground and ground away by a puppet, even his hair standing on end…
Yang Yu wanted to go rescue them, but was entangled by a fifth-rank Soul Transformation puppet.
For a time, the Chaotian Sect’s people actually showed signs of defeat and annihilation.
However, seeing this, Lu Qingyang’s heart suddenly lurched!
Something’s wrong… something is very wrong!
In that instant, a thick sense of terror surged in Lu Qingyang’s heart.
The hairs on his back stood on end.
Moreover, his heart would not stop pounding.
An extremely dangerous feeling emerged in his heart.
This feeling was exactly the same as back then at the Chaotian Sect in the Great Zhou, when Venerable Xuanji descended!
“Could it be…”
Lu Qingyang muttered, shifting his gaze to the tops of the heads of the several disciples within his sect.
He saw that the Fate Patterns of everyone, originally of varying colors, now flickered like candle flames.
The ones swaying the most were Zhao Layue’s pale-gold Fate Pattern and Yang Yu’s blood-red Fate Pattern!
…
“Eldest Brother! Since we’ve already acted, don’t delay any further!”
“Quickly capture that Lu fellow and erase his disciples!”
Yun Fei urged anxiously.
For some reason, a strong unease had suddenly risen in his heart!
This unease made even his body tremble uncontrollably.
“You two, go kill those small ones!”
Cloud Artisan waved his hand, summoning that massive seventh-rank puppet to kill toward Lu Qingyang.
It seemed he wanted to take him alive.
On the other side, Yun Fei and Yun Qi also pounced toward Zhao Layue and the others, intending to cut through the knot quickly.
But who could have known, before the two could even get close.
The originally calm Myriad Forest Island of the Thousand Bamboo Sect suddenly began to quake!
The layered mountain peaks shook without pause.
The ground gradually bulged into a mound that rapidly grew larger, and an incomparably violent force radiated from within.
“How could that possibly be!”
“The dead volcano beneath the sect that hasn’t moved for hundreds of thousands of years is erupting now!”
Yun Fei and Yun Qi’s faces changed drastically, and they immediately prepared to go rescue the disciples.
After all, Myriad Forest Island was famous for its many mountains.
One mountain was one forest, ten thousand forests meant ten thousand mountains.
And beneath those ten thousand mountains was an incomparably massive dead volcano!
It was precisely because of this dead volcano that Myriad Forest Island had such abundant fire qi and was suited for refining puppets.
And why the Thousand Bamboo Sect had established its sect here.
But who could have imagined that this dead volcano, silent for hundreds of thousands of years, would come alive at this very moment?
“Damn it!”
“Quickly evacuate the sect disciples! Third Brother, open the Grand Sect-Protection Formation and let the disciples out!”
“But that Lu fellow is still in there!”
“Forget about him! Otherwise, except for the Nascent Souls, every disciple in the sect will die today!”
As Yun Fei roared, Yun Qi dared not be negligent and hurriedly withdrew the Grand Sect-Protection Formation.
The two also turned and flew toward the sect.
But the moment the two left, the entire Myriad Forest Island completely boiled over.
Endless lava sprayed forth.
A dragon of fire that blotted out the sky roared and soared upward!
In an instant, it was ten thousand meters high!
Even the blazing sun in the sky seemed dim by comparison!
Seeing this scene, Lu Qingyang’s scalp went numb.
“You shouldn’t have touched them, of all things…”
Lu Qingyang sighed with a bitter smile.
He did not dare delay either. The dead volcano beneath Myriad Forest Island had spent hundreds of thousands of years and long since left the realm of mortal fire.
It would not be an exaggeration to call it a spiritual volcano!
An eruption of this scale — even he had to handle it carefully!
Thinking this, Lu Qingyang hurriedly formed hand seals and pulled his disciples to his side!
“Junior Brother, hurry! We’re leaving!”
Seeing Yang Yu still staring blankly at the ten-thousand-meter black smoke fire dragon in the sky.
Lu Qingyang could not help but shout in a low voice.
“Oh, coming!”
Yang Yu snapped back to his senses, and with a flash of his body, arrived at Lu Qingyang’s side.
But just as he landed, the sky suddenly went dark.
Lu Qingyang could not help but look up.
There, above the heavens, meteor after meteor the size of mountain peaks was falling toward this place.
Meteors that blotted out the sky smashed down onto Myriad Forest Island like raindrops.
As if someone were precisely guiding them.
Seeing this, Yun Fei, who had just flashed back to the sect, once again recalled that sentence in his mind.
“This child can only be befriended, never antagonized. Otherwise, the sect will be destroyed and the Dao extinguished, and regret will come too late…”