Chapter 412 - 410: Not What It Used to Be

Chapter 412: Chapter 410: Not What It Used to Be

Shen Changchuan came rushing over brazenly.

The numerous Corpse Refining Sect disciples in Jinfeng Town weren’t blind—they naturally saw him clearly.

Upon seeing this, one of the Corpse Refining Sect disciples near the town gate

grew instantly excited.

’The invincible Elder Wu is right up there,’

’This is my chance to shine!’

He immediately leaped into the air, filled his Dantian with qi, and with a voice like rolling thunder, roared at the approaching streak of light:

"Where did you come from, you maniac? Get the hell down here!"

His voice thundered across the sky,

shaking the shops and houses on the surrounding streets until they hummed and vibrated. The echo reverberated through the wide-open space between heaven and earth!

Behind him,

the town was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood,

a backdrop that truly made him seem majestic and awe-inspiring.

However,

at that very moment,

BANG!

Along with a tremendous thud, the air trembled violently, followed by a furious blast of wind from behind him!

The Corpse Refining Sect disciple whipped his head around,

only to see a sight that sent a chill down his spine.

In that instant, it was as if he had been plunged into an icy cavern; the very blood in his veins seemed to freeze solid!

High in the sky behind him,

a colossal hand of wind and cloud, dozens of yards wide, had appeared. It covered the sky, blotting out the sun as it whistled down from above, smacking toward Elder Wu in mid-air!

Immense terror descended!

Faced with this intense crisis,

the "invincible" Elder Wu used every trick he knew. An incredibly powerful aura burst from him like a tidal wave, churning the air and creating ripples of visible distortion.

Two Dark Gold Shields, each engraved with a ferocious dragon’s head, had appeared in his hands. The shields erupted with an intense black light, unleashing a mighty force capable of shattering an entire mountain. This power formed a black pillar of light that blasted toward the sky-covering hand above!

The disciple had seen such an attack before.

Once, a Righteous Dao Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Sixth Layer Peak had been severely wounded by just such a blow.

The Sect Leader once said

that this move possessed power comparable to the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer,

and that Elder Wu was the one among all the Corpse Refining Sect Elders most likely to advance to the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer in the future!

And yet,

such a terrifying attack,

was crushed under that world-enveloping hand of wind and cloud. The jet-black light shattered like glass, ground to dust by a strange vortex!

A formless, intangible, yet unbelievably tyrannical power shrouded the area,

crashing down like a mountain of immeasurable weight!

In an instant,

Elder Wu, caught beneath the giant palm, was swatted to the ground like a fly!

A deafening roar erupted.

Terrifying shockwaves rolled skyward, one after another, as dust and smoke billowed into the heavens.

The "invincible" Elder Wu had fallen!

The Corpse Refining Sect disciple was scared out of his wits.

He tumbled from the sky in terror, then scrambled to his feet and fled out of town.

’Even Elder Wu was slapped out of the sky with a single blow.’

’A figure like that...’

’How could I possibly stand a chance against him?’

’I have to run for my life!’

In fact, he wasn’t the only one to make that choice.

The Corpse Refining Sect disciples in Jinfeng Town were in an uproar, scattering in terror like headless chickens.

Many transformed into streaks of light and fled directly toward Golden Wind Valley,

hoping to carry the news back.

But,

at that very moment,

"Hmph!"

A terrifyingly cold snort

suddenly exploded in the minds of all the desperately fleeing Corpse Refining Sect disciples within Jinfeng Town.

It was like the deafening clang of a colossal bell ringing inside their heads.

In that one instant,

every thought in the minds of the Corpse Refining Sect disciples was scattered and pulverized. Their Divine Souls were crushed by a terrifying, formless power, and their minds went completely blank!

One could see

the fleeing Corpse Refining Sect disciples begin to bleed from their noses and mouths. They dropped to the ground like flies, all signs of life extinguished!

In an instant,

all of Jinfeng Town fell into a deathly silence.

Shen Changchuan’s figure slowly descended from the sky.

His expression was cold.

He had seen the tragic state of Jinfeng Town clearly from the outside.

Tens of thousands of people, mortals included, had been slaughtered.

Only a few High Tier Qi Introduction Realm Cultivators had been captured and left alive.

But by the looks of it, their fates would be no better.

Therefore,

from the very beginning,

these Corpse Refining Sect disciples had already been sentenced to death in Shen Changchuan’s mind.

The cold snort that had destroyed their Divine Souls

was no Divine Skill and Technique, but merely a common Divine Sense Attack Technique from the Dragon Cloud Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.

The reason it possessed such incredible power, allowing him to mow them down like grass,

was that his Divine Soul far surpassed that of ordinary Cultivators of the same realm.

It was already on par with a practitioner at the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer, or even the Eighth Layer!

This was because as a Transmigrator who had fused with the original body’s soul, his Divine Sense was naturally stronger than an ordinary person’s.

Years ago, back in the Qi Introduction Realm, he had first obtained Cyan Essence Water Grass, then received the aid of a Cyan Essence Purifying Spirit Pill, and later acquired a Secret Technique for Refining Divine Sense: the Nine Elements Divine Extraction Technique.

Through a series of fortuitous encounters,

he had laid an incredibly solid foundation for his Divine Soul.

As a result, after advancing to the Soul Emergence Realm,

the growth of his Divine Soul

remained unparalleled among those in the same realm!

Thus,

with his immense Power of the Divine Soul as a foundation,

and with the help of his progress bar panel, he had grinded that Divine Soul Attack Secret Skill to Perfection.

it was only natural that he could turn something rotten into something miraculous.

’A Divine Soul Attack Secret Skill is a pretty good way to clear the field,’ Shen Changchuan thought as he gazed at the scattered corpses of the Corpse Refining Sect disciples.

Of course,

this common Divine Soul Attack Secret Skill was merely a means for him to obtain its Perfection Traits.

He hadn’t cultivated it specifically for combat.

Seeing that even a "fodder" technique like this could be so effective in battle, Shen Changchuan was in a rather good mood.

Moreover,

most importantly,

’So... I’ve already become this strong!’

He had wiped out the Seas of Consciousness of over a hundred Corpse Refining Sect disciples. Their average Cultivation was the Qi Introduction Late Stage,

with many at the Qi Introduction Peak,

and even two or three at the Soul Emergence First and Second Layer.

Shen Changchuan felt somewhat dazed.

Once upon a time,

a Qi Introduction Late Stage Cultivator had been a powerful opponent far beyond his reach, and the Soul Emergence Realm was an untouchable, unattainable existence!

Back then, he had been as weak as an ant.

He had hidden himself away to practice his Cultivation in Dawan Village, terrified that the turmoil of the outside world would reach him.

Now,

those "powerhouses" he once gazed up at in awe were being harvested like ants by one of his casual, ordinary techniques.

In just over a decade,

without even realizing it,

he had gradually reached such a level...

Suppressing the emotions in his heart,

Shen Changchuan’s figure floated over to the edge of the massive palm print in the center of Jinfeng Town.

In the center of the palm print,

Elder Wu lay unconscious on the ground.

With a beckoning gesture, Shen Changchuan pulled the elder into his grasp from afar.

He then flew off to the side, carrying the man.

He hadn’t practiced the Divine Soul Attack Secret Skill without reason.

With his progress bar panel,

cultivating a Divine Soul Secret Skill helped increase his Power of the Divine Soul.

And a powerful Divine Soul

had immense benefits for a Cultivator.

For example, performing a Soul Search on an enemy.