abnabooks Chapter 2054 Behead!
Chapter 2054 Behead!
Chapter 2054 Behead!
Wan Chengsi transformed into a thick cloud of blood mist, with only a tiny, extremely faint speck of remnant soul light, filled with endless fear and resentment, frantically fleeing outwards amidst the chaos of the explosion.
But before it could fly completely away, it was swept away by the aftershocks of the violent battle, and its remaining soul was annihilated.
As Xie Geting's weapon was knocked away, he felt an irresistible destructive force rushing along his arm.
His body wasn't destroyed. Just as the force was about to annihilate him, a pale white jade stone hidden close to his body inside his left sleeve suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.
"Crack!"
A clear crack appeared on the surface of the chalcedony, but it successfully blocked most of the destructive power of the Qian Yuan Halberd.
Xie Geting was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out blood. But using the force of the recoil, his body retreated wildly at an unprecedented speed, while simultaneously uttering a terrified plea for mercy:
"Stop, Junior Brother Chen!"
Xie Geting's voice was distorted with fear, "I am a true disciple of the sect. If I perish here, the sect will definitely investigate thoroughly."
Looking into Chen Fei's cold and ruthless eyes, Xie Geting felt a chill run through him. He quickly added, speaking as if he were racing against time: "I will keep this matter buried deep in my heart and will never reveal a single word to anyone. I swear by my inner demons. This matter will be treated as if it never happened."
As Chen Fei listened to Xie Geting's urgent pleas and assurances, a half-smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"As if it never happened?"
Chen Fei's gaze swept over Shi Zhoushuo, who had been filled with hope because of Xie Geting's appearance, but was now plunged into despair again, his face as pale as paper.
"But only the dead can truly keep a secret!"
Chen Fei's voice was very soft, but it made Xie Geting and Shi Zhoushuo tremble at the same time.
"Junior Brother Chen, you're right! I'll go kill him!"
"So...we both have a shared secret, don't we?" Xie Geting said loudly, then turned to look at Shi Zhoushuo.
"Junior Brother Shi, I'm sorry. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for provoking Junior Brother Chen."
Under Chen Fei's somewhat surprised gaze, Xie Geting shouted loudly, his figure suddenly turned around, and transformed into a streak of light, rushing aggressively towards Shi Zhoushuo, who was entangled with Chen Fei's avatar.
A sharp palm force gathered in his hand, and he slammed it down hard on Shi Zhou Shuo's crown.
Shi Zhou Shuo's face was as pale as a corpse, his eyes completely shrouded in a deep despair. He looked at Xie Geting, who was charging towards him with a fierce aura, and at Chen Fei, who stood in the distance holding a halberd and with an indifferent expression. His heart was filled with endless regret and resentment.
Why...why is this happening?
Wasn't everything planned out? Why is Chen Fei so incredibly strong?
Suddenly, Xie Geting, who had rushed in front of Shi Zhou Shuo and was about to unleash his palm strike, abruptly changed his aura. The fierce, desperate attack vanished instantly, replaced by an extreme madness.
His hand, which was about to strike Shi Zhou Shuo, suddenly veered off course at the last moment, not as an attack, but as a powerful blow to his own chest.
"puff!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood, but Xie Geting's speed, stimulated by this self-inflicted blow, suddenly soared to an unprecedented limit.
Xie Geting's figure bypassed Shi Zhoushuo without hesitation, transforming into an almost invisible streak of blood-red light, and rushed madly towards the outer edge of this sealed-off area.
As a true disciple of the Danchen Sect, Xie Geting's ability to leave his mark on the Tianyuan Ranking demonstrates not only his formidable strength but also his exceptional intellect and judgment.
Chen Fei's cold gaze and the pseudo-Taicang Realm strength he displayed made him realize that Chen Fei would not let him go in the end.
Xie Geting rushed to Shi Zhoushuo's side, just to lull Chen Fei into a false sense of security and make him think that he was really going to make a move, and also to get closer to the border.
Shi Zhoushuo's location was closer to the edge of the sealed-off area.
His final, self-destructive strike to his chest was not without purpose. It was a forced activation of a life-saving escape technique, a portion of his life essence and Dao foundation potential.
At the same time, an ancient jade pendant at his waist shattered silently, and a pure and spiritual energy instantly flowed into his body, merging with his burning essence.
This jade pendant was one of the life-saving items bestowed upon him by the sect as a true disciple. It could greatly increase the user's speed in an instant, allowing him to unleash extreme speed that approached or even touched the threshold of the Tai Cang Realm in a short period of time.
In Xie Geting's view, although Chen Fei's displayed power was terrifying, he was only a pseudo-Taicang Realm expert, not a truly stable Taicang Realm expert.
As long as he doesn't encounter a true Tai Cang Realm expert, he has a very high chance of escaping with the extreme speed unleashed by combining this jade pendant with his self-harming escape technique.
As long as he can escape this blockade zone, he will have a chance to survive. At that time, Chen Fei will definitely not dare to make a move, otherwise the sect will find out about this matter immediately.
Before a behemoth like the Dan Chen Sect, let alone a pseudo-Taicang Realm cultivator, even a true Taicang Realm cultivator would be unable to escape.
As for Shi Zhoushuo's life or death... what does it have to do with him?
"call out!"
The crimson light was incredibly fast, leaving only a faint red line in the air. In the next instant, it had already approached the invisible barrier that had been sealed off. Xie Geting could even see the normal flow of heaven and earth energy outside the barrier.
Chen Fei stood still, watching Xie Geting from afar, his expression silent.
Chen Fei did not pursue, but instead pointed the Qian Yuan Halberd in his hand at the void in front of him and paused it slightly.
"Boom!"
A strange sound, as if striking everyone's heart, suddenly reverberated outwards.
The next moment, a blurry phantom appeared centered on Chen Fei, instantly spreading and covering the sealed-off area.
Within this illusory image, one can vaguely see undulating mountains, flowing rivers, and the rotation of the sun and moon, as if it were a miniature, independent world.
This is the Law Domain, also known as the Dao Domain, and is one of the most prominent symbols of a powerful being in the Tai Cang Realm.
It is a manifestation of a cultivator's understanding of their own Dao reaching a certain level, enabling them to rewrite the rules of the surrounding world within a certain scope. Within their own realm, a Tai Cang Realm expert is almost a dominant force.
Chen Fei currently possesses the realm and power of the pseudo-Taicang Realm. Although he cannot form a complete and stable Dao Domain like a true Taicang Realm cultivator, he can simulate and unfold a pseudo Dao Domain within a limited range.
Xie Geting, who was frantically fleeing, froze instantly with the ecstatic joy of his impending escape, replaced by disbelief, shock, and fear.
He felt as if he had crashed into an invisible quagmire, the surrounding space becoming incredibly viscous, and the void filled with a strange and powerful force of rules that was frantically suppressing and binding him.
His life force, fueled by the treasure and unleashing near-Tai Cang Realm speed, suddenly diminished in this quagmire.
"Dao domain?"
Xie Geting struggled to turn his eyes, looking at the blurry but real phantoms of mountains, rivers, sun, and moon around him, as well as that unique power field that transcended the ordinary. His eyes widened involuntarily.
It's one thing for Chen Fei to possess the power of a pseudo-Taicang Realm expert, since he could do that with some heaven-defying secret techniques or by burning his potential, but what about the Dao Domain?
This is a manifestation of realm, one of the essential characteristics of the Tai Cang Realm. This is a power that should not be controlled by a fifteenth-level cultivator, even one at the limit of the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation.
Even if one is at the pseudo-Taicang Realm, one can only barely reach the level of power; it is impossible to truly reach the realm!
But what he saw before him blatantly shattered his understanding.
"No, I am a true disciple of the Dan Chen Sect. My future is bright and limitless. I shouldn't die here. I can't die here!"
Feeling his body being suppressed by the Dao Domain to the point of almost being unable to move, and looking at the sealed-off border that was so close yet so far away, Xie Geting went completely mad. He let out a desperate and unwilling roar.
He had a bright future ahead of him; he was a key figure being groomed by the sect, and he should have reached even greater heights in the future. How could he die here? Died at the hands of some unknown guy who appeared out of some lower-level plane?
He is not willing!
However, Xie Geting's roar and resentment seemed so pale and powerless in the face of absolute power.
Chen Fei's figure had appeared before him without him noticing. Within this Dao Domain, Chen Fei's movement was almost unrestricted, as if he were teleporting.
Chen Fei remained calm, his eyes devoid of any emotion. The way he looked at Xie Geting was as if he were looking at a dying insect struggling in a spider's web.
Chen Fei raised the Qian Yuan Halberd in his hand once more.
"boom!"
The deafening explosion rang out again, but this time, the sound seemed to carry with it a mournful cry of some rule being severed.
Xie Geting frantically burned all his Dao foundation, essence, blood, and soul... At the critical moment of life and death, he unleashed unprecedented potential, and all his power transformed into a dazzling yet destructive light, attempting to block the falling halberd blade.
However, under the suppression of absolute power and realm, all struggles are in vain.
The dazzling light vanished silently like bubbles the moment it touched the Qian Yuan Halberd. The halberd blade did not linger, easily tearing through Xie Geting's last protective aura, slashing in from above his head and out from below his feet.
The madness, resentment, and malice on Xie Geting's face... all his expressions froze in an instant.
His body, along with the powerful Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation within him, was completely reduced to the finest powder the moment the halberd blade sliced through it. Then, it was swept away by the dark light on the halberd and vanished without a trace.
Only a barely perceptible remnant of the soul remained, seemingly trying to escape, but Chen Fei casually grabbed it and crushed it.
The prodigy Xie Geting has died, his body and soul scattered!
Almost at the same time, a mournful and desperate scream came from the other side.
He witnessed the entire process of Xie Geting being killed by Chen Fei, and his last glimmer of hope was completely shattered.
As for himself, the power that had been forcibly boosted by the burning Dao Source receded like a tide, replaced by indescribable weakness, emptiness, and excruciating pain.
Shi Zhou Shuo couldn't understand why things had turned out this way.
He was already being cautious enough. In order to deal with a new disciple who had some talent in formations and had cultivated the Heavenly Origin Technique, he did not hesitate to use the precious Sealing Pearl that sealed the heavens and earth, and invited three fellow disciples at the limit of the Profound Origin Dao Foundation to track and support him from the outside.
Most importantly, two powerful cultivators at the Heavenly Origin Foundation stage were directly invited, one of whom was Xie Geting, a true prodigy who was listed on the Heavenly Origin Ranking.
In his view, using such a lineup to deal with a cultivator from a lower-level plane was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut; it was a sure thing, a guaranteed victory.
Can result...
Three Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation experts and two Tian Yuan Dao Foundation experts were completely wiped out. Meanwhile, the enemy emerged unscathed!
Why is all this happening? Who exactly is this Chen Fei? Can such a monstrous talent truly be born in a lower-level plane?
"open!"
Shi Zhou Shuo's eyes were bloodshot as he roared madly, manipulating the Crimson Flame Spirit Gourd to unleash a blazing flame. However, this flame was utterly vulnerable before the Qian Yuan Halberd, which was his external avatar.
"puff!"
The halberd blade grazed Shi Zhou Shuo's neck without any resistance. His expression froze instantly, and the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, eventually turning into ashes.
Shi Zhoushuo's body stiffened for a moment, then collapsed limply, his life completely extinguished.
Chen Fei's avatar sheathed its halberd and stood there, transforming into a red light formed from his blood and will, which then disappeared back into Chen Fei's main body.
The battlefield fell silent instantly.
All that remained was the hum of the gradually calming energy turbulence and the thick, pungent smell of blood in the air.
On the ground were the bloodstains left by Yue Qianshan and the other two, as well as some remains and fragments of magical artifacts left by Wan Chengsi, Shi Zhoushuo, and Xie Geting.
Shi Zhou Shuo lay stiffly on the ground, his eyes wide open, staring blankly at the gray sky, his gaze filled with an overwhelming sense of incomprehension, regret, and despair.
Chen Fei stood quietly in the arena, the aura of the pseudo-Taicang Realm receding like the tide, and a faint pallor appeared on his face.
Forcibly elevating him to the Pseudo-Taicang Realm and unleashing his Dao Domain also placed a tremendous burden on him.
Chen Fei stood still for a moment, and after the slight discomfort caused by the forced advancement of his cultivation level subsided, he began the cleansing process.
He gently gestured with his right hand towards the void, and the few wisps of essence that had not yet been completely corrupted by demonic energy slowly floated up and gathered in Chen Fei's palm.
These primordial light spots vary in color and size, and emit different auras and fluctuations.
Xie Geting's essence was a pale gold, the most condensed and powerful. Wan Chengsi's was a dark gold, while the others' were less so.
Chen Fei closed his eyes slightly, and the power within his palms flowed quietly, beginning to process these sources of energy rapidly.
The first things to be separated were some fragments of the dimensional space, which Chen Fei carefully collected.
Next is luck, which is also extracted and integrated into one's own river of luck.
At the same time, Chen Fei diverted a wisp of his mind to probe into Yue Qianshan's primordial energy, searching for information about the magical artifact that shielded his aura.
In an instant, a chaotic and fragmented stream of images and information flooded into Chen Fei's mind.
A moment later, Chen Fei opened his eyes, and he understood.
The extraordinary treasure that can isolate this area from the outside world is called the Forbidden Pearl.
This bead is not a general-purpose isolation magic item, but a special treasure developed specifically for special environments like the Demon Abyss.
Its principle is to use the dense, chaotic, highly corrosive and isolating demonic energy in the abyss as an energy source and barrier to forcibly disrupt and block all tracking and divination methods within a specific range.
In other words, this forbidden bead can only be used in places filled with demonic energy, such as the Demonic Abyss, to be effective.
If used in a normal natural environment, its isolation effect will be greatly reduced, and it will be easy for sect masters to track down the clues through various means afterward.
Moreover, in Kunyuan, demonic energy is not only a source of energy, but also the best cleaner.
Once the matter is over and the Forbidden Pearl is put away, the pervasive demonic energy will naturally wash away and erode the remaining traces of energy, residual aura, and even spatial fluctuations, and everything will return to chaos, making it difficult to trace back.
This is one of the key reasons why Shi Zhoushuo and his group dared to take action here.
Chen Fei looked at the divine weapons left behind by Shi Zhoushuo and the others on the ground, and glanced at the rare and precious materials among them. He didn't put them into the Void Realm because they were of little value to him, and there was also the possibility of being tracked.
Chen Fei reached out and shattered these broken divine weapons one by one.
After doing all this, Chen Fei flipped his left hand and gently grabbed at the surrounding void.
Instantly, the surrounding shielding light receded like a tide, finally transforming into a round bead the size of a pigeon egg, as black as ink, with naturally twisted magical patterns on its surface, which landed steadily in Chen Fei's palm.
This was the true form of the Forbidden Pearl. Chen Fei glanced at it a few times, then let it turn into powder and dissipate in his hand. This was a one-time use rare treasure.
Once you understand the existence of this extraordinary treasure, you can exchange it at the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms.
As the Forbidden Pearl dissipated, the invisible barrier completely vanished. The dense demonic energy around them seemed to have found an outlet, and began to surge even more violently into the area that had just been isolated.
The bloodstains, fragments of magical artifacts, and residual energy on the ground... under the erosion of this terrifying demonic energy, faded, dissolved, and eventually disappeared completely at a visible speed.
Even the bloody smell in the air was quickly replaced by the sulfurous and corrosive odor unique to the abyss.
In just a few breaths, apart from the slightly chaotic terrain, there was no trace of a fierce battle that had just taken place. All traces of past events, all entanglements of cause and effect, had been washed away and completely concealed by the dense demonic energy.
Seeing all this, Chen Fei sensed the jade pendant at his waist.
The connection between the jade tablet and the sect has been restored. On the ranking list, due to the delay just now, his ranking has dropped to outside the top 100 and is still slowly declining.
Chen Fei naturally still wanted that sixteenth-grade low-level spiritual material.
With a flash, Chen Fei transformed into a faint phantom and disappeared from the spot, speeding towards the area where he sensed a strong demonic aura.
For Chen Fei, the battle just now was merely an unpleasant interlude; the Ningyuan Trial must continue.
Not long after Chen Fei left, a wave of turmoil suddenly swept through the Dan Chen Sect.
Danchen Sect, Soul Lamp Hall.
This hall, located in the core area of the sect, is heavily guarded and is specifically used to store the soul lamps formed from the life essence of important disciples and elders. Once the corresponding person dies, the soul lamp will instantly go out.
Just now, the expressions of the inner disciples who were on duty at the Soul Lamp Hall suddenly turned solemn.
Because within a very short period of time, several important soul lamps in the hall went out one after another.
The most conspicuous were Wan Chengsi, the disciple who had forged the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation, and Xie Geting, the third true disciple of the fifteenth rank, who was ranked on the Heavenly Origin List.
Six disciples perished one after another in a very short period of time. Judging from the time interval between the shattering of their soul tablets, they died at roughly the same time.
what does this mean?
This means they were likely in the same area, facing the same group of enemies, and were simultaneously killed in a very short period of time, without even a chance to escape or call for help.
Could someone have accomplished this... by encountering a demon from the Tai Cang Realm? Or... by infiltrating the Kun Abyss as a powerful demonic cultivator?
Cuiping Peak, outside Shi Pojun's cave.
A young cultivator dressed in the robes of an inner disciple was rushing headlong towards the cave entrance. He was a disciple of Shi Pojun's lineage, specifically responsible for delivering messages.
"Senior brother, it's not good!"
The disciple rushed into the cave and saw Shi Pojun meditating with his eyes closed in the quiet room. His voice trembled with fear: "Senior Brother Zhou Shuo... he... his soul lamp has gone out!"
Shi Pojun, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.
In an instant, a terrifying light burst forth from those usually majestic and profound eyes. A powerful and destructive aura, belonging to a Tai Cang Realm expert, swept out of his body like a sleeping beast awakening.
(End of this chapter)