Chapter 72: Target of All Arrows
Chapter 72: Target of All Arrows
Even a non-Heaven's Pride cultivator at the Cavern Realm who hasn't reached a hundred years old is still an essential pillar for ordinary second-rank sects and equivalent forces.
But at this moment, he feels particularly helpless.
In just an instant, he was devoured by various attacks.
His physical body was completely shattered, leaving behind not even a speck of dust, a drop of blood, or a single hair.
His divine soul was also scattered, and even the sole remaining wisp of his soul, the kind that would soon dissipate on its own, suffered a terrible curse and vanished instantly.
His spirit artifact was thoroughly destroyed, reduced to granular form... Even if his 'father' came in person, he would not recognize it.
A gust of wind blew.
The remaining bits of 'ashes' drifted away with the wind.
Aside from the storage pouch, there was no trace left of his existence.
Fan Jianqiang, who had been 'blasted' to death, emerged and quickly retrieved the storage pouch while erasing all traces, then immediately distanced himself.
"Dangerous, truly dangerous."
"If I weren't cautious enough, I'd likely be a corpse by now."
"I must be cautious!!!"
Fan Jianqiang muttered to himself, "There are only 98 scarecrows left scattered around. It's not right, I need to add one more."
"..."
"..."
"Stop!"
Liang Danxia's voice reached them, and Xiao Ling'er, who was moving swiftly, abruptly halted, her face slightly changing.
"Did you find something, Teacher?"
"It's someone from Cloud Heaven Valley."
"Judging by their attire, they should be Inner Sect disciples. There are seven of them... all at the Third Profound Essence Realm. They are only slightly more advanced than you, so there's no need to be too afraid. But if we continue forward, we will inevitably encounter them."
"How do you want to handle this?"
Xiao Ling'er frowned slightly, "If we fight, it will undoubtedly attract the attention of others. But if we take a detour... it might be too late, and things could change."
"I want to use poison pills!"
Liang Danxia smiled, "A worthy disciple."
"For our own people, we should do our best. If others have shown kindness to us, we should repay them in kind. But for enemies..."
"Your clan regulations are quite good. Being kind to enemies is being cruel to yourself. You must be merciless, use all means necessary, and ensure a decisive kill, crushing their bones and scattering their ashes..."
"As long as you don't stop me, Teacher."
"..."
"..."
"There's someone ahead!"
"Hmm? It's someone from Moonseizing Sect!"
"Is it Xiao Ling'er? This woman... kill her!"
Several people from Cloud Heaven Valley discovered Xiao Ling'er's trail and quickly approached.
But soon, they fell one after another, their faces contorted and bodies twitching.
"Poison... we're poisoned!"
"When did this happen?!"
It was at this moment that Xiao Ling'er swiftly approached them.
"How did you..."
Unfortunately, Xiao Ling'er didn't waste words with them. She struck consecutively, killing them all, and then used her unusual flame to burn them until they were completely incinerated, leaving behind not even a speck of ash.
The seventeenth clan regulation: villains die from talking too much, and the righteous die from not delivering the final blow!
When facing enemies and having the advantage, one should strike with all their might at the first opportunity to ensure a decisive kill. There should be no idle chatter, regardless of whether the opponent is making threats, begging for mercy, or showing weakness.
Although this was her first real encounter, Xiao Ling'er followed the clan regulations to the bone.
Answer your questions?
Tell you when they were poisoned?
Do I have that obligation?
If I delay, things might change, so I'll kill you first!
Then I'll crush your bones and scatter your ashes, no, with my unusual flame, I won't even leave ashes behind. I'll completely obliterate everything, except for the contents of the storage pouch.
(End of Chapter 72)
After completing all this, Xiao Ling'er set off once again.
But...
Just as she was not far from her destination, her expression suddenly changed.
"Hmm? This feeling?"
Boom!!!
A few dozen li ahead, suddenly, flames erupted across the sky.
The fire was too ferocious, almost devouring everything in its path, as if even the heavens and earth were being consumed and suppressed by it.
"What a shocking phenomenon, that's... the Unextinguishable Swallowing Flame?"
"It is!"
Liang Danxia's voice grew solemn, "It seems that even in death, the Fire Swallower Daoist doesn't want the inheritor to have peace."
"With such a phenomenon, everyone within the entire tomb should have noticed it. If I'm not mistaken, his inherited cultivation technique is also here. Wanting to quietly take it away is no longer possible."
"Huff."
Xiao Ling'er exhaled, "I can only make the worst-case plan."
"If I can succeed, I'll defect from the sect and make a bold statement, hoping that the sect won't be implicated."
"If I have the chance in the future, I will repay my master and the sect a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"
"After all..."
"I have my reasons for needing to succeed!"
"Good things come to those who wait."
“I believe your master won’t blame you.” Liang Danxia sighed.
“En, let’s go.”
Xiao Ling’er no longer hid herself and strode forward.
After all, with such a phenomenon, everyone could see it, and hiding would serve no purpose.
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“Oh?”
Yu Mo had just collected a treasure when he saw the unusual fire in the distant sky, and he was startled. "Could it be... an unusual flame? And with such might, it's probably one of the top-ranked flames on the Unusual Fire Rankings!"
"I didn't expect to have such a harvest!"
"Haha, come with me, fellow cultivators! No matter what caused this phenomenon, it belongs to me, the Third Divine Son of the Feather Clan!"
"Conveniently, this direction is the same as the one the Spirit Locust Plague took, perhaps we can catch them all at once!"
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"It's definitely an unusual flame!"
Huo Yun'er held her breath.
As the daughter of the Fire Virtue Sect's Sect Master, her knowledge far surpassed that of most cultivators, especially regarding unusual flames, which the Fire Virtue Sect also possessed, making her even more familiar with them.
"I'll give it my all!"
"I'll do whatever it takes to obtain it. If we succeed, our Fire Virtue Sect can take another step forward!"
"..."
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"Hiss!"
"What a shocking phenomenon."
The current head disciple of Cloud Heaven Valley was leading a group to hunt ferocious beasts and obtain their companion spirit treasures when he witnessed the astonishing phenomenon, causing him to exclaim, "Hmm?"
"That must be a treasure of great significance!"
"Hurry, let's go together!"
"..."
At the same time, almost all the cultivators within the great tomb witnessed the phenomenon. After a brief hesitation, most of them chose to head towards it.
Although they were mostly aware that this treasure would not be theirs, they...
Only a very small portion with insufficient strength knew that this overwhelming fortune would not fall upon them, and even if it did, they would not be able to handle it. So, they honestly stayed in their original spots to 'scavenge' for leftovers.
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Lin Fan, however, was the most bewildered of them all.
"Ah?"
He scratched his head, feeling perplexed.
This phenomenon was right in front of him.
He looked left and right, and he was the closest one!
"..."
"They want me to be the target of all arrows!"
(End of Chapter)
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