Free Web NovelChapter 77: Chapter 77: Five Waves of Tribulation Cultivators
"Times have changed. Killing people yourself is outdated. These days, it’s all about assassination by proxy!" Jiang Xu sneered.
After walking out of the Duo Bao Pavilion, he didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he concealed his presence and hid, waiting in the shadows for that person to appear.
Once the man came out, Jiang Xu cast the Light Body Spell on himself, then stripped off all five of the tracking marks from his own body, holding them in his hand.
Finally, he went full throttle, sped past the other man at his fastest speed, and planted all five tracking marks on him.
’If you were at Foundation Establishment, it would be one thing. But for a mere Qi Cultivation cultivator, you’re far too arrogant. You really don’t know your own limits! My Concealing Breath Spell can even fool a Foundation Establishment Elder. Using it on you is truly overkill!’
Jiang Xu followed Ji Shengliang all the way until the man returned home, only then did he stop.
...
「Over the next few days.」
Jiang Xu had nowhere else to go anyway, so he just kept watch in front of Ji Shengliang’s house.
Every time Ji Shengliang left his house, Jiang Xu would tail him, observing from a distance.
Ten days later, Ji Shengliang finally headed for the city gate.
’He’s finally going out!’
Jiang Xu’s spirits lifted, and he quickly followed.
The moment Ji Shengliang passed through the city gate, Jiang Xu saw the five marks on his body flare with a brilliant Spiritual Light, as if transmitting some kind of information, before dimming again.
When the marks flared with Spiritual Light, Jiang Xu’s heart leaped in alarm, afraid the display would be too conspicuous and be discovered by Ji Shengliang. freeweɓnøvel.com
However, judging by the other man’s appearance, he didn’t seem to have noticed and continued to fly at a leisurely pace.
Jiang Xu thought to himself:
’So that’s how it works. If these marks aren’t concealed, they automatically send a signal to the caster when the carrier leaves the city.’
’No wonder I haven’t seen any other trackers near this guy’s house these past few days.’
’I was worried they might lose the target’s location, but it turns out this is how they handle it.’
After leaving the Marketplace, Jiang Xu watched the city gate from a great distance.
Then, a wave of ferocious-looking Cultivators stormed out of the city gate, heading in Ji Shengliang’s direction.
About ten minutes later, a second wave of ferocious-looking Cultivators stormed out.
Then came the third wave...
The fourth...
In over an hour, a total of five groups emerged from the city, all of them chasing after Ji Shengliang. The sight made Jiang Xu break out in a cold sweat.
Among them, the weakest group consisted of two Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Cultivators.
The strongest group was a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator leading a Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Cultivator.
Based on Jiang Xu’s own strength.
In a fight against a Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Cultivator, Jiang Xu would most likely emerge victorious.
As for the Qi Cultivation Late Stage...
Although Jiang Xu had never fought a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator, he wasn’t particularly afraid of them either.
The existence of the Concealing Breath Spell gave him a huge advantage.
Unless his opponent knew the weakness of his Concealing Breath Spell beforehand and used a large-scale area-of-effect Magic attack to break his Stealth.
Otherwise, it would be extremely tricky.
Besides, although Jiang Xu’s strongest Magic was only the Small Cotton Needle Technique...
...he also had his self-made special Cold Ice Talismans, a powerful ace up his sleeve.
A stack of Cold Ice Talismans followed by a stack of Fireball Talismans would cause even a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator to suffer a great loss if caught off guard.
But faced with nearly ten of these ferocious Tribulation Cultivators, Jiang Xu wouldn’t even think of fighting. Just hearing about it would be enough to make him run for his life.
’Holy crap, good thing they weren’t targeting me. No, wait, they *were* targeting me, I just slipped through their fingers and helped them switch to a new target.’
Seeing the five groups about to disappear, Jiang Xu quickly acted as a Spirit Binder to the Ten Thousand Laws Gourd and followed them, though he still kept a great distance from the very back.
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Ji Shengliang was feeling extremely frustrated at this moment.
Before today, he had been in a perfectly good mood.
Over the past few days, through his relentless efforts, he had finally managed to make his "brother’s" Daoist partner lower her guard around him slightly.
He was just about to strike while the iron was hot, heading out to pick a Blazing Sunflower—her favorite flower—to win her affection.
He never expected that just as he left the city, a couple of blind Tribulation Cultivators would show up to rob him.
What was even more ridiculous was that these two were only at the Qi Cultivation Middle Stage, yet they were trying to rob him, a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator.
If word got out that he, Ji Shengliang, was being robbed by Middle Stage cultivators, wouldn’t he become a laughingstock?
"Big Brother, are you sure this is the guy you marked?"
one of the two Tribulation Cultivators whispered to the man beside him.
"Second Brother, his build is about right, but his Cultivation level doesn’t seem to match. Why can’t I see through it?"
The man beside him was also baffled.
"Forget it! We’ve come this far, it’d be wrong not to rob him now!"
After speaking, the Second Brother stretched out his right palm and struck his Big Brother’s left. In the next moment, a light flashed around them as their Magical Power linked together.
"Witness our brotherly Combined Attack Technique!"
The reason these two brothers could work as Tribulation Cultivators was precisely because of this Combined Attack Technique, which could momentarily boost the power of their magic to the level of the Qi Cultivation Late Stage! freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
As the two cast their spell, a fiery serpent materialized before them. It grew with the wind, swelling to over ten feet tall before roaring and charging toward Ji Shengliang!
"Mere parlor tricks!"
Ji Shengliang snorted with contempt and summoned a Blood-Colored Small Knife. He began chanting, simultaneously retreating explosively to dodge the fire serpent’s attack.
"...Heaven and Earth without a trace, swift!"
SWOOSH—!
As he finished the Mantra, Ji Shengliang pointed forward, and the Blood-Colored Small Knife shot out, exceeding the speed of sound!
PFFT—!
PFFT—!
Two jets of blood erupted. Before Ji Shengliang, the once-unstoppable fire serpent only had time to let out a mournful cry before dissipating into the air.
’I really don’t get it. Why would a couple of Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Cultivators dare to rob me?’
Shaking his head in resignation, Ji Shengliang walked over and picked up the two Storage Bags from their corpses.
"Rushing over just to deliver Spirit Stones to me. Looks like my luck isn’t so bad after all."
After saying this, he prepared to leave.
Just then, three more Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Cultivators flew in from behind him, roaring:
"Hey! Surrender without a fight and leave the Storage Bags! We, the Han Family Three Fierce, might just leave you with an intact corpse!"
The smile on Ji Shengliang’s face froze instantly.
...
"Wh... what in the world is going on?! Why do I keep running into Tribulation Cultivators today?!"
Fleeing in a panic, the injured Ji Shengliang was a whirlwind of complex emotions.
Confusion, fury, terror, panic...
He glanced behind him. Trailing him was a Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator.
Originally, that cultivator had a Qi Cultivation Middle Stage companion, but Ji Shengliang had already killed him.
’This is the third wave! Did I stumble into a hornet’s nest of Tribulation Cultivators today or what?!!!’
After he finished off the first wave of cultivators, the second wave arrived in the blink of an eye.
Even though they were all just Qi Cultivation Middle Stage Tribulation Cultivators, killing so many of them was not without cost for Ji Shengliang.
His Magical Power was long since depleted, and he had already taken a Qi Condensing Pill.
But he never imagined that after wiping out the first two waves, there would still be more Tribulation Cultivators!
And one of them was even at the Qi Cultivation Late Stage!
