Free Web NovelChapter 529: Chapter 529: What Are These Things?
"Master, you’re really crushing my confidence. In front of you, not only am I not a genius, I feel like a complete dunce."
"You aren’t a dunce, you’re a silly fox. Come now, Little Fox, change into your true form. Master will hold you while we fly."
"Oh, Master, honestly..."
Ancient Fairy was overcome with shyness, her heart pounding like a drum.
Despite her shyness, she obediently transformed into a small white fox and, with a WHOOSH, leaped into Ye Tianling’s arms.
Ye Tianling gently stroked the Little Fox’s head and soft fur, a sense of tranquility washing over him.
"Nnngh—"
The Little Fox whimpered softly, its Spiritual eyes half-lidded in apparent bliss.
The atmosphere was peaceful as they flew.
Suddenly, the world trembled.
Then, an enormous ancient tree burst from the ground, uprooting itself and instantly being dragged into the Void by some unseen force.
The ancient tree was colossal, nearly ten thousand meters tall and hundreds of meters thick, and it pulsed with an immense Spiritual aura. Once in the Void, it blotted out the sky, clearly having been summoned by a powerful expert to be refined into a Weapon.
"That’s a Void Nan Ancient Tree, the most suitable material for forging a Weapon. But to think someone is performing Artifact Refining like this, with their bare hands!"
Ancient Fairy lifted her beautiful fox head, blinked, and gazed into the distance.
Her twitching nose was like that of a newborn puppy—delicate, pink, and utterly captivating.
VMMMM—
BOOM—
Terrifying torrents of energy rocked the world. The agonized screams of Cultivators echoed from afar as flashes of blood exploded in the air. The Power of Destruction swept through, annihilating everything in its path with unstoppable force.
Both Ye Tianling and Ancient Fairy felt a stifling nausea, the result of this invisible Energy assaulting their very Souls.
It was an attack that was impossible to resist or avoid.
’We can’t stay here... I don’t know what started this fight, but if we get caught in the fallout, it’ll mean trouble.’
Ye Tianling’s expression was grave. He wanted to investigate, but the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave was about to open. He had to get Ancient Fairy to Sumeru Mountain as quickly as possible.
Ye Tianling executed his Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique Body Technique, pushing the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword to an even greater speed to leave the area at once.
"A battle between two Saints, and a few ants still managed to crawl away? You’re tougher than you look. Huh? A remnant of Sumeru Mountain?"
Ye Tianling had just flown a few hundred miles when a surge of the Power of Destruction blocked his path.
Then, an incredibly cold voice spoke as a middle-aged man in pale purple swordsman’s robes appeared, standing silently in the Void to block Ye Tianling’s way.
His purple robes were embroidered with threads of profound Dao Patterns, exuding an ancient and chilling aura.
At the same time, other figures began to manifest around the purple-robed man—a total of eight people, both men and women.
The eight Cultivators—five men and three women—were all exceptionally powerful.
Ye Tianling immediately activated his Soul Talent, but to his surprise, he couldn’t discern the Cultivators’ Realms.
Or rather, their Realms were completely different from those of the current Sword Dao system.
Ye Tianling could sense that these Cultivators were formidable, but their vitality felt bizarre, as if... an aberrant bloodline was controlling them.
Nine Cultivators in total had appeared. Each one’s aura was ancient, and there was no discernible sign of their Cultivation Realm.
Ye Tianling’s heart grew heavy. He felt the oppressive weight of mortal danger bearing down on him.
"This..."
Ancient Fairy’s form dissolved into particles of Energy, and she instantly reappeared in her human state, still leaning close to Ye Tianling.
But her Transformation only made the malicious glint in the nine Cultivators’ eyes burn even brighter.
"I never expected this... the peerless Jade Fox Bloodline from the Royal Race of the Nine-tailed Foxes! Excellent. This trip has truly been worthwhile!"
The leader’s eyes flickered with an Energy Aura like chilling black flames. His gaze was bone-chilling, yet his voice was filled with a palpable eagerness.
"You lot? And just what are you, anyway?!"
Ye Tianling snorted, striking out without hesitation with the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword.
With a single strike, he manifested his Nine Forbidden Battle Power. Combining it with his Netherworld Life and Death technique—a slaughtering method using high-frequency vibrating particles—Ye Tianling instantly unleashed 270 percent of his total Battle Power.
Thanks to the insights gained from Devouring the Insect Race and the subsequent surge of Life Force, Ye Tianling could now unleash up to 300 percent of his Battle Power.
This 270 percent strike was merely a test.
He was holding back the remaining 30 percent of his Ability just in case. If the situation turned, he could instantly send Ancient Fairy into the Blood Secret Realm to protect her.
VMMMM—
Ye Tianling’s single attack split into nine separate killing strikes, one for each of the nine Cultivators.
Unleashed by the Sacred Artifact, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, the strike’s power was world-shaking.
SWOOSH—
The attack carried a world-altering might, yet here in the Sumeru Mountain region, it surprisingly failed to achieve Harmonization Dao and received no amplification from the Heavenly Dao Laws.
Even so, as the attack flew, a sharp glint flashed in the eyes of all nine Cultivators at once, and their expressions turned incredibly grim.
VMMMM—
A dense cloud of black particles materialized around their bodies.
Simultaneously, both their Battle Armor and their very Souls manifested visibly, merging together to form a roiling black cloud.
The cloud coalesced into a black, blazing sun. The moment Ye Tianling’s attack arrived, this sun erupted with a blinding light.
The light was incredibly dazzling and carried immense force.
Ye Tianling had anticipated this and was prepared. He immediately enveloped Ancient Fairy with his own Soul Qi to shield her.
At the same time, he infused his killing strikes with the Samadhi Celestial Fire Power.
TCHH TCHH—
Ye Tianling’s attack, which had seemed on the verge of failing, suddenly unleashed a devastating wave of Destruction.
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
The nine beams of sword light all struck the nine black, sun-like orbs.
The orb belonging to the leader in purple robes only shuddered violently, deflecting Ye Tianling’s attack. But the orbs of the other eight Cultivators exploded almost instantly, utterly failing to stop the killing strikes.
However, at that moment, Ye Tianling’s killing strikes also shattered.
The Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword flew back to him, and Ye Tianling’s aura diminished slightly.
He had suffered from the recoil.
As for the nine Alien Race Cultivators, the leader’s face was frigid, his eyes exceptionally grave. His gaze upon Ye Tianling was chillingly cold and held a strange, scrutinizing quality.
The other eight Cultivators, surprisingly, had not been killed. Instead, they began to recover their original forms one after another.
However, they were in a sorry state. Their clothes were in tatters, their bodies were battered, and parts of their flesh were scorched. They looked utterly wretched.
This was especially true for the three women; their clothes had been burned through in certain critical areas, exposing them.
Ye Tianling noticed something odd. The people he had assumed were three women and five men... lacked the primary characteristics that defined their gender. Where their private parts should have been, there was only smooth, featureless skin!
’What in the world are these things?!’
Ye Tianling’s pupils constricted as he involuntarily sucked in a sharp breath.
