Free Web NovelChapter 249: Chapter 245: One Man Overwhelms a Sect, Fame Spreads Across Qing Province
When the five Divinity Transformation Realm Elders and Ning Jiang charged into the Star Sword Sect, they instantly alerted the entire Sect.
RUMBLE!
One powerful aura after another shot into the sky. As an Upper Grade Sect, the Star Sword Sect had more than a dozen experts at the Primordial Spirit Fourth Tribulation Realm.
Their Vice Sect Leader, in particular, was an expert who had reached the Immortal Realm.
"Stop."
A world-shaking roar echoed out. The speaker was a heroic middle-aged man with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His wide shoulders looked as if they could prop up the very heavens. He had a high, straight nose, thin lips, and eyes like two black holes, his gaze intensely focused.
He was the Vice Sect Leader of the Star Sword Sect, Yang Mucheng.
But his voice was a step too late. Five Godslaying Swords shot out, tore through the protective light shields, and pierced straight through the foreheads of the five Elders.
The Godslaying Sword was made to slay the Primordial Spirit.
PFFT.
Their bodies bore no external wounds, but deep within their minds, their Primordial Spirits were sliced apart by the Godslaying Sword as easily as tofu, shattering into nothing.
With their Primordial Spirits extinguished, the light faded from the five Elders’ eyes, and their bodies collapsed.
An expression of deep, unwilling resentment was frozen on Shangguan Yu’s face. Even at the moment of his death, he couldn’t believe it. ’How dare Ning Jiang charge into the Star Sword Sect to kill me?’
The entire area fell deathly silent!
Right before everyone’s eyes, Ning Jiang had killed five Divinity Transformation Realm Elders.
Never since the founding of the Star Sword Sect had such an inconceivable event occurred.
As the strongest Sect in Qing Province, presided over by an Earth Martial Realm Powerhouse, who would dare to provoke this lofty behemoth?
Every other Sect had to treat the Star Sword Sect with the utmost reverence.
And yet, today, someone had gone on a killing spree right inside the Star Sword Sect.
"I don’t care who you are or what backing you have, you will pay the price today! I won’t kill you. I will capture you, rip out your soul, and torture it day and night until you beg for death!"
Yang Mucheng’s voice was ice-cold. His incomparably powerful aura caused the air to howl and surge wildly. This was a genuine Immortal Realm Powerhouse.
BOOM!
He took a single step, and the air itself seemed to grow heavy. An invisible pressure bore down on Ning Jiang, forcing him toward the ground.
’As expected of the Immortal Realm.’
Ning Jiang’s gaze focused. With his current strength, boosted by burning Cai Lin’s Primordial Spirit, he could kill a Divinity Transformation Realm Powerhouse.
But against an Immortal Realm expert, there was still an enormous gap in power.
The Immortal Realm meant one’s Primordial Spirit was immortal. Even if the physical body was destroyed, as long as the Primordial Spirit survived, one could continue to exist.
Even ten of the current Ning Jiang would be no match for a Powerhouse of this Realm.
’With the Vice Sect Leader making a move, capturing this person will be effortless.’ The other Primordial Spirit Realm Powerhouses did not interfere.
Yang Mucheng made a grabbing motion, and a colossal hand, like a mountain pressing down, reached for Ning Jiang.
"Capture me? I’m afraid you don’t have what it takes."
Beneath the mask, Ning Jiang’s voice was low and muffled. The others sneered when they heard him, thinking he was just putting on a brave front.
CRACK-BOOM!
Suddenly, a deafening thunderclap ripped through the air.
The sky and earth flashed brightly as a massive Thunderbolt erupted, annihilating Yang Mucheng’s colossal hand.
"What?"
Yang Mucheng’s expression changed drastically. The Thunderbolt was incomparably powerful; after destroying his attack, it continued hurtling toward him.
In that instant, his scalp tingled with fear and a chill shot straight up his spine. This single attack was enough to take his life!
"Sect Leader, save me!"
Yang Mucheng cried out in desperation.
"How audacious."
A cold snort echoed from the depths of the Star Sword Sect. An old man took a single step forward. He was thousands of feet away one moment, but in the blink of an eye, he had arrived before them.
And the Thunderbolt that had been hurtling toward Yang Mucheng bizarrely froze in mid-air before slowly dissipating into nothing.
This was the Domain Power of an Earth Martial Realm Powerhouse.
Wang Qingcang.
The Sect Leader of the Star Sword Sect!
"Greetings, Sect Leader."
Faced with this old man, all the Elders cupped their fists in a respectful bow.
"Thank you for saving me, Sect Leader."
Vice Sect Leader Yang Mucheng looked at Ning Jiang with lingering fear, his pupils constricting. In Ning Jiang’s hand, he saw a Long Banner.
Bolts of lightning crackled across the banner’s surface, radiating a destructive aura.
It was this Thunder Banner that had nearly taken his life.
’Such a powerful Spiritual Artifact... If I could get my hands on it...’ A flicker of greed ignited in Yang Mucheng’s heart.
’That’s an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, at least.’ Wang Qingcang was also astonished by the Thunder Banner in Ning Jiang’s hand.
Generally speaking, Spiritual Artifacts were divided into Low Grade, Middle Grade, Upper Grade, Top Grade, and Celestial Spirit Artifacts.
Low Grade Spiritual Artifacts were weapons typically used by Spirit Realm Powerhouses, Middle Grade ones were for the Primordial Spirit Realm, and Upper Grade ones were meant for Earth Martial Realm Powerhouses.
However, Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts were exceptionally precious and rare; even with the Star Sword Sect’s vast resources, they did not possess a single one.
Top Grade Spiritual Artifacts were the weapons of Heaven-Reaching Realm Powerhouses, while Celestial Spirit Artifacts could only be wielded by Celestial Martial Realm Kings.
Once a weapon reached the level of a Celestial Spirit Artifact, it could even give birth to an Artifact Spirit, becoming truly wondrous.
"Daring to come to the Star Sword Sect to kill my people... I must admit, you are courageous. But you are also a fool. Do you truly believe that just because you have an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Star Sword Sect is powerless against you?"
Wang Qingcang stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his voice as vast and majestic as thunder, shaking their very eardrums.
"Oh? You want to fight me right here? Then by all means, give it a try. I don’t mind razing the Star Sword Sect to the ground."
Ning Jiang was completely unafraid. As he spoke, he waved the Celestial Thunder Banner. A bolt of lightning struck down, pulverizing a tall mountain and leaving a massive, deep crater where it once stood.
Under normal circumstances, a single Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact would not be enough to contend with an Earth Martial Realm Powerhouse.
After all, the key to activating an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact was having sufficient Cultivation, as doing so consumed one’s own Spiritual Qi.
Given the power of an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, activating it just two or three times would completely drain the reserves of a Primordial Spirit Realm Powerhouse.
But Ning Jiang’s Celestial Thunder Banner was different. It had been transformed from the Blood Demon King’s Blood Soul Banner. In essence, the Blood Soul Banner was a Celestial Spirit Artifact that had simply been damaged.
More importantly, activating the Celestial Thunder Banner didn’t consume any of Ning Jiang’s Spiritual Qi.
Back in the Death Mountain Range, he had set up the "Thunderous Force" Grand Array, which allowed the Celestial Thunder Banner to absorb an infinite amount of Thunder Power. With this stored power, he had more than enough to contend with an Earth Martial Realm expert.
This was the reason he dared to storm the Star Sword Sect.
He never acted impulsively. If he dared to do something, it was because he had the confidence to see it through.
"Are you threatening me?"
Wang Qingcang’s gaze sharpened abruptly.
"That’s right. I am threatening you."
Ning Jiang let out a great, heroic laugh. "Even the Blood Demon King fell at my hands. What does that make you, Wang Qingcang, compared to him?"
He gripped the Celestial Thunder Banner, and the lightning upon it flared ever brighter, on the verge of erupting.
At these words, a flicker of apprehension crossed Wang Qingcang’s eyes.
Even the Blood Demon King had fallen to Ning Jiang, which confirmed that Ning Jiang possessed the means to kill an Earth Martial Realm Powerhouse!
Furthermore, Ning Jiang was right. This was the Star Sword Sect, Wang Qingcang’s home ground. If a fight broke out, given the power of the Celestial Thunder Banner, he feared no one but himself would survive.
At that moment, the Vice Sect Leader and all the Elders wore tense expressions, feeling a heavy, stifling pressure.
Would a great battle erupt?
Wang Qingcang’s gaze was piercing. His hand slowly clenched into a fist, then slowly relaxed.
He couldn’t bring himself to make the decision.
To fight Ning Jiang at the cost of the Star Sword Sect’s destruction... the outcome would be too devastating.
"Meng Daoyi, please leave. The Star Sword Sect does not welcome you," Wang Qingcang said coldly.
This attitude was, without a doubt, a concession.
The surrounding Elders were all aggrieved. For the mighty Star Sword Sect to actually back down before this Meng Daoyi was humiliating.
This was unprecedented. The Star Sword Sect had always been high and mighty, its word law in Qing Province. Who dared to disobey?
’One man suppressing an entire Sect!’
One Elder had a complicated expression on his face, his heart in turmoil.
He understood that from this day forward, the name Meng Daoyi would be feared throughout all of Qing Province.
The major Sects would all treat this name as taboo, not daring to provoke its owner.
"Star Sword Sect, I also came here today to tell you this: from now on, the Yanyue Sect is under my protection. If any of you dare make a move against the Yanyue Sect, I will have the entire Star Sword Sect buried alongside them!"
Ning Jiang’s voice was cold and detached, causing everyone’s expressions to change drastically.
After he stormed the Star Sword Sect, most people could already guess that Meng Daoyi had some kind of relationship with the Yanyue Sect.
But it didn’t matter. The Meng Daoyi of today could suppress even the Star Sword Sect.
This announcement was purely beneficial for the Yanyue Sect. With Meng Daoyi as their backer, who would dare to bully the Yanyue Sect in the future?
Would the people from the Fire Cloud Sect dare to cause trouble for the Yanyue Sect now, even if you gave them ten times the nerve?
"I won’t see you out!"
Wang Qingcang’s face twitched as he bit out the words.
Ning Jiang flicked his sleeve, turned, and began to leave.
However, just as he was passing one of the mountain peaks, he suddenly stopped.
Below him, a majestic wave of Spiritual Qi surged upward, carrying with it a rich medicinal fragrance.
A Medicinal Field!
This was where the Star Sword Sect cultivated its Spirit Medicines.
’Some good stuff here.’
Ning Jiang spotted some rather fine Spirit Medicines and didn’t hesitate. With a wave of his hand, he used his Primordial Spirit Power to yank a few of them from the soil and pull them into his grasp.
"You!"
Wang Qingcang’s eyes widened in a towering rage.
Ning Jiang, however, didn’t go overboard. He only took less than a fifth of the Spirit Medicines before swaggering away.
"Sect Leader, are we really going to let this go?"
Vice Sect Leader Yang Mucheng was filled with resentful indignation. He had never suffered such humiliation.
"He killed five Elders of my Star Sword Sect. If I simply let this matter rest, the entire world would laugh at me. However, that Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact of his is extremely tricky. Dealing with him will require careful, long-term planning. For now, we will let him run free for a time!"
Wang Qingcang was an old fox; he knew revenge wasn’t something to be rushed.
To deal with Ning Jiang, they would have to make foolproof preparations.
As Ning Jiang departed, news of the battle flashed across Qing Province like a bolt of lightning.
In an instant, the major Sects and countless other powers were all stunned into silence.
The name Meng Daoyi once again became the center of heated discussion.
He had stormed the Star Sword Sect, slain five Divinity Transformation Realm Elders, and ultimately forced Wang Qingcang himself to back down. These events were simply inconceivable.
And most importantly, he had publicly declared that the Yanyue Sect was now under his protection!
"From this day on, Qing Province has a new Sovereign. One is the public-facing Wang Qingcang, and the other is Meng Daoyi. He is an enigma—no one knows his origins, no one knows his true face. But the name Meng Daoyi will be etched into people’s memories!"
That night, upon learning of the events at the Star Sword Sect, the Hall Master of Floating Snow Hall exclaimed in amazement.
