Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 85: Dead End
In the dense forest, the trees were lush and the shadows danced, appearing no different from any other day. However, many sneaky figures hid behind trees and in the grass, attempting to take advantage of the situation.
Such behavior was merely self-deception. Under the dual scanning of the heavenly eye technique and spiritual consciousness, these loose cultivators, lacking the secret techniques to conceal their cultivation level and magical power, could not hide from sight. No matter how well they concealed their shapes, their spiritual energy fluctuations were as obvious as torches in the night sky, rendering them completely invisible.
Some loose cultivators had flickering eyes, moving through the cliffs and between the trees away from the path, hoping to sneak closer to the battlefield and seize an opportunity to gain some benefits.
Others were purely curious, wanting to observe the duel of such "superior" experts, so they could boast about it among their peers later.
Regardless of their intentions, any attempts to sneak onto the flat ground were quickly discovered and warned off by Zhou Guibo and the other three who were stationed on the path.
"What are you looking at? This is the Yuan Yang Sect's business! Unauthorized cultivators must not approach. Leave immediately if you don’t wish to die!"
Zhou Guibo and the others warned sternly, looking down upon them with arrogance.
These loose cultivators, with only mid stage of qi refinement cultivation at best, were merely a bunch of "smelly fish and rotten shrimp." They could put on a show of being "immortal masters" in front of ordinary mortals, but in the eyes of sect and clan cultivators, they were nothing.
Few of these mid stage qi refinement loose cultivators even possessed low-grade magical artifacts; they had no qualifications to warrant serious attention.
If they overstepped their bounds, Zhou Guibo and the others would not hesitate to unleash a massacre!
After Zhou Guibo's warning, a seemingly clever loose cultivator at the fourth layer of qi refinement still ignored the warning and used the wood escape technique, trying to sneak closer to the battlefield.
The few people waiting there were ready to strike with their spell techniques, but before they could act, Zhou Guibo had already summoned a fire-red flying sword, locking onto the hiding place of that loose cultivator from a distance.
The flying sword accurately found its target, ignoring the concealment of trees, breaking through the spell the cultivator had cast, and beheading him with a single stroke.
Immediately, leaves flew and blood rained down.
After all, they were just loose cultivators without any backing; killing them was no big deal.
Perhaps this loose cultivator thought that being outnumbered would deter the other party, or perhaps he overestimated his own abilities. Unfortunately, there was no room for regret in this world, and he paid with his life for his actions.
"Ah!"
After a scream echoed through the forest, silence fell completely.
The death of a fellow cultivator made the others realize the gap between them and put away their inappropriate thoughts.
In the vision provided by the heavenly eye technique, the spiritual energy fluctuations in the forest immediately decreased by half.
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After three of the seven went to the path to guard against loose cultivators, the remaining Wu Chang, Xie Huaxiong, Sun Ju, and a joint alliance cultivator quickly moved towards Liu Yu, simultaneously launching an attack on the effeminate man.
Seeing this, Liu Yu's furrowed brow relaxed slightly, and he filled his magical power, firmly binding the pink seal with the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade.
A supreme magical artifact completely overwhelmed ordinary cultivators; one strike would likely cause casualties among the alliance cultivators.
At the same time, the Golden Dragon Sword's spiritual light surged, disregarding damage and clashing head-on with the red curved blade, preventing this magical artifact from coming to aid.