Novel Full Chapter 63: Controlling the Field
Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Controlling the Field
Zhang Chi had actually arrived long ago, but he had been hiding in the mist, observing the situation from afar with his Divine Thought.
Demonic Cultivators weren’t True Demons. They still absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi; at most, they could only control and resist Demonic Qi to a certain extent.
They had an advantage in this canyon, but they couldn’t ignore the Demonic Qi like Zhang Chi could.
Therefore, Zhang Chi could "see" them, but they couldn’t detect him.
Not even the Foundation Establishment Elder was an exception.
Seeing the elder grievously wounded by the Sword Qi and on the brink of death, yet still trying to kill Chen Ling’Er and the others, Zhang Chi naturally wouldn’t wait any longer. He decisively made his move.
After all, this was the absolute best opportunity to kill this suspected Demonic Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Killing him would surely bring immense rewards.
Besides, he could also rescue Qin Susu, the others, and Chen Ling’Er in the process.
Qin Susu and the others were his friends.
Chen Ling’Er was Chen Bufan’s cousin. The fact that she had his Lifebound Sword Qi proved that their relationship was excellent.
Chen Bufan had given him a Swordsmanship technique and had even taken the fall for him before. Thus, as long as his own safety wasn’t compromised, he had to save them if he could.
However, to guard against a final, desperate counterattack from the Foundation Establishment Elder, the moment he struck, he didn’t just activate the defenses of his Magic Robe, Flood Dragon Snake Armor, and Profound Turtle Shield.
He also circulated his Bright Jade Body Refining Technique to its absolute limit and slapped a Vajra Talisman on himself.
At the same time, he was prepared to engage in guerrilla warfare, and if he really couldn’t win, he was ready to use the Blood Escape Technique to flee.
Fortunately, things went much more smoothly than he had anticipated.
The damage caused by Chen Bufan’s Sword Light was far greater than he had estimated.
This time, he was merely dealing the finishing blow—the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
’A Foundation Establishment Powerhouse’s Life Force is truly formidable, to still be alive after such heavy injuries. And Chen Ling’Er’s protective Sword Qi was too damn strong.’
’Thankfully, this kind of situation is rare. Most Foundation Establishment Cultivators don’t have the ability to create a Sword Talisman, nor would they be willing to make such a sacrifice for a clan member.’
’Otherwise, if that Xie Jingyan had a trump card like this, it really wouldn’t have been so easy for me to kill him back then.’
Zhang Chi was inwardly on high alert.
He secretly decided that in the future, when he encountered Cultivators with powerful backgrounds, he would have to be extra careful even if their Cultivation wasn’t high. This way, he could avoid repeating the same mistakes as this Foundation Establishment Elder.
Next, with the Sword Light circling around him, he moved with lightning speed and finished looting the corpse in the blink of an eye.
The Black Small Bell in the elder’s hand, the Storage Bag at his waist, the damaged White Bone Shield, and the Healing Elixir he hadn’t had time to use—Zhang Chi took them all.
Finally, he collected the elder’s corpse as well.
After all, if he could possess a hidden treasure like the black hairband, it was possible the elder had one too.
The elder was a Foundation Establishment Powerhouse; his body could be used to refine high-quality Blood Spirit Pills.
He didn’t plan on using them himself or feeding them to his Spirit Beast, but he could secretly sell them.
He figured Demonic Cultivators would surely love them.
Only then did he turn his attention to Chen Ling’Er’s group and the Demon Beasts that had been knocked unconscious at the scene.
There were seventeen Demon Beasts, most of them quite large. Even with his black hairband, he couldn’t fit all their corpses inside.
And processing so many Demon Beasts would also take time.
Therefore, with a flash of his Sword Light, he killed all the Demon Beasts on the spot, then tossed their bodies into the Illusion Array outside the nearby cave.
This Illusion Array was quite troublesome for other Cultivators; once they entered, they would be trapped.
From the outside, one could see neither the Illusion Array itself nor what was inside it.
Otherwise, the little sable wouldn’t have been trapped earlier, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Cangwu Sect wouldn’t have been deceived.
But for Zhang Chi, who had the assistance of his Jade Pendant, the Illusion Array was as good as non-existent.
While he was hiding, he had "personally seen" the Spirit Control Sect Cultivators and the Foundation Establishment Elder run out from this very place.
Now, it served as a perfect temporary hiding spot.
Next, he carried Chen Ling’Er and the others into the Illusion Array as well.
He wasn’t worried about them waking up prematurely.
The Small Bell of a Foundation Establishment Powerhouse was no ordinary Magical Artifact, so all of them had fallen into a deep stupor.
Even he, who had been hiding at a distance, had been somewhat affected at the time.
Thankfully, he had the Jade Pendant, which had timely immunized him from the aftershocks of the stun.
’This... Who is this person? He was the oriole stalking from behind and killed Master-Uncle?’
’Could he be the one who was giving us so much trouble before? But judging by the Mighty Power of his sword strike, he seems like just a Qi Cultivation Cultivator?’
’And he’s actually a Demonic Cultivator? Otherwise, why were those crimson flames swirling around him?’
After Zhang Chi left, a pretty young woman in black clothes let out a sigh of relief from behind a large boulder in the shadows, her face still filled with shock.
This young woman in black was none other than Lan Xuan.
She had feigned leaving earlier but had actually snuck back here.
Her plan was to secretly follow the Foundation Establishment Elder and escape from the west side of the canyon.
Although she had been fleeing with her fellow sect members earlier, the situation had been chaotic, so her quiet departure had gone unnoticed.
Her peers all thought she had simply run too fast and was now further ahead.
She also had methods of concealment and knew about the stunning effect of the Foundation Establishment Elder’s Small Bell. By sealing her seven orifices in time to resist it, she hadn’t been knocked unconscious.
She had even considered ambushing the heavily injured Foundation Establishment Elder, but ultimately didn’t dare.
For one, she knew both herself and her enemy, and she felt her Combat Power was insufficient.
She had never expected the elder to use his trump card, the Small Bell, right from the start.
Caught off guard, even though she wasn’t knocked unconscious, she was still severely injured by the shockwave.
After all, a strike from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was no joke.
Secondly, she was worried the Foundation Establishment Elder would directly activate the control measures he had placed on her.
But she never would have dreamed that, in the blink of an eye, a masked man would appear and deliver the killing blow.
Afterward, she considered ambushing the masked man, but once again, she didn’t dare.
The masked man was stronger than the dying Foundation Establishment Elder. Although he wasn’t at Foundation Establishment, his Sword Light made her tremble all over.
The masked man was also far too cautious, his body shimmering with light from layers upon layers of protection.
She even suspected that a single strike from a Foundation Establishment Powerhouse might not be enough to kill him.
’If I’d known that old bastard was so crazy, I would have stayed further away. But it’s fine. I didn’t get anything, but at least I’m still alive. That’s already pretty good!’
Then, she quickly adjusted her mindset and prepared to leave this troublesome place.
"Have you seen enough?"
But just then, a cold male voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
’Not good!’
In an instant, the hair on Lan Xuan’s entire body stood on end.
BOOM!
But because she was heavily injured and caught completely off guard, before she could make any move, a massive object struck her viciously from behind.
Although she didn’t die thanks to the protection of her Magic Robe and other defenses, her vision went black, and she fainted on the spot.
A short while later, a tall figure wearing a Conical Hat emerged from the darkness behind her, reaching her side in just a few steps.
This person was none other than Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi’s Divine Thought was powerful, so he had discovered Lan Xuan long ago.
After a year, Zhang Chi’s Divine Concealment Technique and Qi Concealment Technique had already reached Great Success. Coupled with the fact that Lan Xuan was in a state of shock, she failed to detect his move in advance.
The reason she was now unconscious was that Zhang Chi had struck her from afar with his Profound Turtle Shield.
And those words had been delivered using the Sound Transmission Technique.
At this moment, Lan Xuan was truly unconscious, not faking it.
Their auras were different; with his powerful Divine Thought, he would never make such a mistake.
But he still kept all his defenses active and waited for a moment, just in case she had some Protective Measures like Chen Ling’Er.
’There’s another layer, a Protective Array, inside that Illusion Array. I hope she can help me open it. Otherwise, there would be no need to have specifically spared her life!’ Zhang Chi thought as he looked at Lan Xuan.