MTLNOVEL Chapter 891 - 892: Counterkill
Chapter 891: Chapter 892: Counterkill
Eastern Continent, on a certain official road.
A golden war chariot sped along, traversing the vast, empty wilderness. This area used to be bustling with countless sects and towns, but now they had all been moved into Second Peak by Ying Diao, leaving the land wide open.
“Damn, glad I ran fast, or I would’ve been caught red-handed by the Sect Master,” Li Xiaobai cursed, blaming it all on the Huo Yun Sword.
“Will we be able to come back in the future? Will I get beaten to death if I return to Sword Sect?”
Asked Ji Wuqing.
Li Xiaobai said, “No worries, a great man once said, ‘Time makes people forget everything.’ We’ll go mix in the Western Continent for a few months, and by then, the anger of our fellow sect brothers and sisters will have mostly subsided.”
“This area ahead is too open, though. Later on, it could be transformed into a Tangneng First-class and fine merchant store, allowing all the cultivators of the Eastern Continent to come here for baths and smoke Huazi. It’s a profitable business with zero risk and no investment.”
Li Xiaobai looked at the wide-open space ahead, muttering to himself. It was such a large plot of land; leaving it unused would be a waste.
He took out a map and scrutinized it carefully. This was obtained earlier in the Great Flame Dynasty. The Western Continent was separated from the Eastern Continent by a stretch of sea, and the unnamed small island where the Six-Eared Macaque Ancestor was located sat upon it.
“We could visit that island to see. The Senior Six-Eared Macaque must have encountered her ancestor by now.”
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
Suddenly, several silver needles burst forth from the jungle, aimed straight for Li Xiaobai’s forehead.
[Attribute Points +300,000…]
[Attribute Points +300,000…]
The tips of the needles gleamed with a dark luster, obviously coated with a potent poison. As they reached Li Xiaobai’s forehead, they shattered into pieces.
“Hmm?”
“Someone’s trying to ambush me?”
Li Xiaobai stopped the chariot and looked around. There were no cultivators in sight, silence all around, not a single figure, but he knew there must be assassins hiding in the shadows.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
More cold flashes appeared abruptly. This time, several throwing knives, also coated with deadly poison, assaulted Li Xiaobai’s forehead.
[Attribute Points +500,000…]
[Attribute Points +500,000…]
This time, the assault was even more ferocious; the attacker hidden in the dark was a master, probably at the Earth Immortal Realm level.
“In the woods, take him down!”
Said Ji Wuqing.
“Looks like we’ve been targeted,” Li Xiaobai said as he drew a longsword and slashed in the direction of the woods, activating Hundred Percent Barehanded Blade Catch!
In an instant, several shadows dashed out from the depths of the jungle, fell to their knees, and bowed with their hands held high.
“What’s happening? Why are we kneeling?”
“His sword technique can control the body; what kind of swordplay is this that it’s so terrifying!”
“Even Earth Immortal Realm cultivators can be entirely suppressed; what level of cultivation is he at? Isn’t he supposed to be just at the Earth Immortal Realm as well?”
The faces of the several shadows were full of confusion and stupor, not understanding why they were kneeling, as a simple wave of their opponent’s sword made them do so. The difference was just too great.
“Who are you, and why are you attacking me?”
Li Xiaobai asked calmly, his gaze scanning the several shadows. They were dressed in black with Sin Values breaking ten thousand over their heads and sabers hanging at their waists. Their identities were self-evident.
“By the order of Blade Sect, we have come to take your head!”
The figures spoke coldly. They were Blade Sect cultivators stationed outside Sword Sect, paying close attention to every move within Sword Sect. From the moment Li Xiaobai left the sect gate, they had set their sights on him.
But he had not expected such a vast disparity in strength between the two sides.
“Don’t be so smug so soon, my Blade Sect has already dispatched a large number of experts to assassinate you, there are even Elders from the Heavenly Immortal Realm leading the team, Li Xiaobai, you can’t escape. If you surrender now, perhaps you can still have a whole corpse!”
The leading Blade Sect cultivator said coldly.
“Threaten me and I’ll smash your heads!”
The golden war chariot suddenly charged forward, crushing several black-clad blade wielders to death, absorbing parts of their bodies and increasing the chariot’s power by a bit.
A flash of blood-red light streaked across the void, and Li Xiaobai’s Sin Value soared abruptly.
Sin Value: Two hundred and fifty thousand.
Killing a few black-clothed men added tens of thousands to his Sin Value.
“Kid, we’ve been marked.”
Ji Wuqing was somewhat nervous, the cultivators of the Heavenly Immortal Realm were a little terrifying.
“No worries, let’s find a place and ambush them.”
Riding the golden war chariot, Li Xiaobai sped along until he found a canyon, casually releasing a few Sword Qi to dig a huge pit in the ground, and then he let out the Huo Yun Sword, Bronze Sword, and Ice Essence Sword.
“Summon the Sword Domain, and counter-ambush them!”
A short time later, with the effort it took to brew a cup of tea.
A pair of cultivators came walking through the sky above, led by an Elder with white hair and a commanding presence.
“Elder Zhong, the tracker ends here, that Li Xiaobai must be hiding around this area!”
A disciple said respectfully at his side.
“Elder Zhong, there’s a strange phenomenon rising in the gorge over there! That Li Xiaobai must have gone to search for treasures!”
Another disciple pointed to a nearby valley and shouted in alarm.
Everyone turned to look, and their eyes lit up immediately. At that moment, the valley was filled with brilliant sunset glows and a multitude of mystical phenomena.
A round of the setting sun slowly rose, illuminating the earth as the canyon featured a bifurcation of ice and fire. One side was snowing and freezing, the other side was scorching hot, emanating a fear-inspiring terror.
“Truly, heavens bless our Blade Sect, apprehending the thief yet coming upon such fortune. It is indeed a double joy, let’s go, we’ll take the treasures and slaughter that brat on the way!”
A smile appeared on the white-haired Elder’s face as well, the aura emanating from the canyon carried an ancient and profound feeling, clearly belonging to treasures that had weathered years, no doubt precious items for Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators.
The group proceeded into the gorge with great momentum, where blood-red snowflakes drifted slowly over a desolate plain peppered with standing tombstones, casting a heavy feeling in their hearts.
“Why are there tombstones here? Whose burial ground is this, and why hadn’t we discovered it before?”
Everyone was filled with endless doubts.
They had never heard of such a place on the Eastern Continent.
“This must have appeared recently, very likely due to the disturbance caused by the Sword Sect Master moving mountains a few days ago, which led to these treasures emerging prematurely. I didn’t expect it to benefit our Blade Sect,” said the white-haired Elder while stroking his beard with a chuckle.
The group continued to advance deeper, but this space seemed to stretch endlessly, without any end; they couldn’t get out.
Moreover, the snowflakes drifting in the void began to stiffen the bodies of those disciples in the Earth Immortal Realm, and at the same time, a sense of loneliness and desolation surged forth.
“Suddenly, I feel life has become dull, and I’m entertaining thoughts of suicide.”
“Me too. All my fellow disciples from the same period have soared high, leaving only me behind, circling in the same spot, hesitant and lingering. What face do I have left to live in this world?”
“Better to die.”
The disciples with weaker cultivation levels drew their blades and slit their throats, the blossoming of blood as their heads flew high, devoid of life.
The white-haired Elder’s expression changed dramatically, “Not good, there’s something strange about this place!”