Published: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER 222: Visitors from the Sky Dome (Two-in-One Chapter)
Through their conversation, Liu Yu learned that the senior sister in the late stage of foundation establishment was surnamed Lin.
At this time, nine foundation establishment cultivators from the Yuan Yang Sect had returned, with six dead and one missing, while two others had not yet returned.
However, it was unlikely that any “desperate counter-kill” or “weak overcoming strong” scenarios would occur; at most, it would allow the cultivators of the Heavenly Harmony Sect to escape with their lives, as the cultivators pursuing them from the Yuan Yang Sect generally had slightly higher cultivation levels.
The gap between small realms in the foundation establishment stage was much greater than that in the qi refinement stage. Unless one was like Liu Yu, possessing excellent spiritual artifacts and pure magical power, or had some hidden trump cards like talisman treasures, it was virtually impossible to turn the situation around.
Only a very small fraction of cultivators could succeed in defeating stronger opponents; such occurrences were extremely rare.
Unless one had unique advantages, over ninety percent of cultivators would be ruthlessly crushed when facing a difference in cultivation.
In the face of the ruthless slaughter by cultivators, mortals had no ability to resist at all; any form of resistance seemed insignificant in the face of magical artifacts and spells.
By the time several foundation establishment cultivators finished their discussions, most mortals had already become corpses lying on the ground, with only a few “lucky ones” escaping into the darkness, preserving their lives.
The qi refinement stage disciples chose not to pursue the mortals who had fled into the distance, as time was pressing, and it was impossible to annihilate everyone. Their goal was simply to eliminate most of them, preventing them from organizing and mining for the Heavenly Harmony Sect.
With two people still missing, time waits for no one, and they could not just stand there waiting foolishly.
Zhou Zhuofeng arranged for the Lin-surnamed female cultivator, Xie Junjie, and four others to take some qi refinement stage disciples into the mine to wreak havoc, while he himself commanded the overall situation outside. Liu Yu was assigned to observe the situation towards Sky Dome City from a distance.
“Sky Dome City is only one hundred and eighty miles from here. Considering the time taken for the sound transmission talisman to notify them, at most half an hour, Sky Dome City will react.”
“To be cautious, we have a maximum of half an hour of operational time. It has already been two and a half quarters of an hour since we launched the attack. We can stay here for no more than one and a half quarters of an hour before we must begin our return.”
“Otherwise, the likelihood of encountering reinforcements from the Heavenly Harmony Sect will increase progressively. Please, fellow disciples, keep an eye on the time.”
Zhou Zhuofeng slowly scanned the cultivators, his expression grave and voice deep.
“Senior Brother Zhou, we will definitely keep track of the time,”
Liu Yu, Xie Junjie, and the other foundation establishment cultivators all cupped their hands in agreement, then began to disperse according to their assigned tasks.
Liu Yu transformed into a streak of black light, flying ten miles outside the mine, where he found a boulder about ten feet in size to drop his escape light.
He activated the concealment technique to restrain his cultivation aura, his spiritual consciousness fully extending forward, paying attention to every movement within a seven-mile radius.
With the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade in his left hand and the Golden Steel Banner in his right, he remained vigilant, ready to attack or defend.
He had a maximum of one and a half quarters of an hour left before he had to return; this amount of time did not cause any burden on his spiritual consciousness, so he did not need to worry about excessive consumption.