Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 197: Dust Has Settled
Liu Yu passed through two layers of formations and quietly left the spiritual herb garden, before launching a pursuit against the Huang family cultivators.
Before leaving, he carefully stored the spiritual herbs he had collected into his Immortal Abode, along with the storage bag he was holding.
In less than fifteen minutes, while constantly operating the concealment technique, he left no trace behind.
“Ah!”
A piercing scream echoed as a cultivator from the Huang family, dressed in purple and with an ordinary appearance, was turned to ashes by the azure yang devil fire.
Liu Yu, expressionless, waved his hand to draw the pale blue azure yang devil fire into his right hand, where it floated and burned slowly, emitting a faint green glow that looked quite eerie.
Over the years, the azure yang devil fire had grown; although it still appeared pale blue on the surface, its inner deep blue had increased to over twenty strands, marking a visible change that signified the fire's growth.
The green light illuminated his face, and combined with the black robe he wore, it exuded an aura of coldness and ruthlessness, resembling a villain destined to be defeated as described by secular storytellers.
By now, some time had passed since the formations were broken, and the screams from the mountains gradually lengthened, indicating that most of the Huang family cultivators had already fallen.
Cultivators had remarkable memories, and Liu Yu clearly remembered that this was the sixty-third Huang family cultivator he had killed.
With just over two hundred qi refinement stage cultivators from the Huang family, he alone had wiped out more than a quarter, making the statement of killing without blinking an eye not an exaggeration.
For his own path to longevity, Liu Yu had sacrificed too much and changed greatly.
Perhaps it was due to the influence of the "Summary of Demonic Cultivation" or the harsh environment of the cultivation world that his disposition had gradually become cold and ruthless. The deaths of dozens or even hundreds of lives no longer stirred his heart in the slightest.
At this moment, most of the Huang family cultivators had met their demise, with only a small portion still struggling for survival, yet death was not far from them.
The higher-tier cultivators had already perished at the hands of the city guard, and the remaining ones generally lacked strength, being those he hadn’t dealt with earlier and were spaced out from each other.
Continuing the hunt would yield diminishing returns and be time-consuming, so after a brief consideration, Liu Yu decided to abandon this plan.
He swallowed the azure yang devil fire back into his dantian for nourishment, changed his spell technique, and the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade swiftly adjusted its direction, heading towards the initial battlefield.
With the Huang family’s qi refinement stage cultivators mostly dead, Liu Yu was uncertain about the situation of their foundation establishment stage cultivators, but from the strength perspective, it appeared very favorable for his side.
Li Bùtóng, who was at a similar level to the “Three Heroes and Four Prodigies,” was tasked with dealing with the Huang family’s only late-stage foundation establishment cultivator, Huang Yicheng, while late-stage cultivator Yan Hongyu led the pursuit against the remaining five elders.
Employing a similar tactic to Tian Ji’s horse racing, their late-stage foundation establishment cultivators faced the Huang family’s mid-stage cultivators, mid-stage faced early-stage, and early-stage surrounded the Huang family’s early-stage cultivators.
Typically, sect foundation establishment cultivators were stronger than those from families or loose cultivators.
Moreover, the Yuan Yang Sect had absolute advantages in both cultivation level and numbers, leading Liu Yu to believe the situation should be very optimistic.
Unless there were special circumstances or the Huang family had hidden powerful cards.