Chapter 717 - 303: The Crazy Cyan Cloud Sect

Chapter 717: Chapter 303: The Crazy Cyan Cloud Sect

The sudden voice caught Chu Lingguang completely off guard. For a moment, he thought he was hallucinating.

A Nascent Soul Ghost was actually sending him a telepathic message.

Recalling that they had only managed to cross the plaza from the palace and enter the tunnel because of the Favors he’d received, Chu Lingguang gathered his courage. "Senior," he said, "we don’t possess any Immortal Fate. Stop harassing us, or else..."

"Or else what?"

Venerable Changxu sneered.

"Or else, if you try to forcefully circulate your Spiritual Power, your Golden Core will shatter. Don’t blame me for being merciless when that happens."

Chu Lingguang snorted coldly.

He watched Venerable Changxu’s expression closely.

At these words, Venerable Changxu—who had been feigning composure to intimidate Chu Lingguang—had his expression change drastically. But in the blink of an eye, he recovered and sneered, "Then why don’t you give it a try?"

As he spoke, Venerable Changxu controlled his Flying Sword, thrusting it forward forcefully.

"Fine!"

Hearing this, Chu Lingguang didn’t hesitate for a second, instantly slashing out with his sword.

With his Immortal Slaying Sword Technique at the Perfection level, the power of his full-force slash was immense.

Venerable Changxu was caught completely off guard. ’How dare Chu Lingguang?’

Li Qiushui’s expression also changed drastically. ’How dare he?’

BOOM!

Venerable Changxu quickly defended himself.

He used all his strength to block Chu Lingguang’s strike.

KRAK!

As the two swords collided, Venerable Changxu’s entire body trembled, and cracks appeared on his Golden Core. Although Chu Lingguang’s Cultivation Realm was only the tenth layer of Qi Refining, his advantage was his Immortal Slaying Sword Technique at the Perfection level.

Enhanced by his Telekinesis, he was considered one of the best among those in the Qi Refining realm.

Ordinarily, Venerable Changxu could have annihilated Chu Lingguang with a mere flick of his finger.

Unfortunately, he was already severely injured.

Just managing to cross the plaza and chase them this far was his limit.

Though he had blocked Chu Lingguang’s attack, his Golden Core showed signs of collapsing from the massive surge of Spiritual Power.

WHOOSH!

Seeing Venerable Changxu tremble with an ugly expression on his face, Chu Lingguang, having failed to knock the Flying Sword away with one strike, slashed out again.

His Immortal Slaying Sword Technique was at Perfection.

’Time to kick him while he’s down.’

Chu Lingguang pressed his advantage, relentlessly hacking at Venerable Changxu.

Venerable Changxu wanted to defend, even counterattack, but his Golden Core wouldn’t permit it. The slightest bit of Spiritual Power from his Star System could crush Chu Lingguang, but the Golden Core couldn’t handle the strain. If he forced it, the Golden Core would truly shatter.

If his Golden Core shattered, his entire life’s cultivation would be gone.

So he retreated rapidly.

He was actually trying to put distance between himself and Chu Lingguang.

His plan was to let Chu Lingguang go for now and wait for other experts from his sect to arrive.

SWOOSH!

This strange scene allowed Li Qiushui to spot the problem. She quickly summoned her Flying Sword and thrust it toward Venerable Changxu.

She hadn’t expected Chu Lingguang to actually force Venerable Changxu back. It seemed his words just now hadn’t been a baseless threat.

Venerable Changxu truly couldn’t circulate his Spiritual Power.

Otherwise, his Golden Core would collapse. That was the only explanation for why he was retreating step by step under Chu Lingguang’s attacks.

And this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Stop!"

Venerable Changxu shouted.

WHOOSH!

Chu Lingguang paid him no heed, putting his full power into every slash.

The Sword Aura, formed from Spiritual Power, seemed powerful enough to swallow mountains and rivers, finally knocking Venerable Changxu’s Flying Sword to the ground.

Facing Li Qiushui’s incoming strike, Venerable Changxu formed a Sword Formula, creating a set of Spiritual Power Shackles that locked onto her Flying Sword.

KRAK!

But because of this, another crack appeared on Venerable Changxu’s Golden Core.

Chu Lingguang seized the opportunity, rushing forward and hacking at Venerable Changxu’s head.

Venerable Changxu’s expression changed abruptly as he finally lost control and drew upon the Spiritual Power in his Star System. His face twisted. He decided that if he was going to die, he would drag Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui down with him.

He would make them accompany him in death.

CRACK!

However, before he could unleash the torrent of Spiritual Power, his Golden Core finally gave out, shattering first.

The Spiritual Power that had been about to surge forth vanished in an instant, as if it had been smoke dissipating into the clouds.

THWACK!

Seizing the chance, Chu Lingguang lopped off his head with a single strike.

Blood spurted from Venerable Changxu’s neck as his headless body stood there before Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui.

A dignified Golden Core cultivator, dead at the hands of a mere Qi Refining cultivator. If word of this got out, who would ever believe it?

THUMP!

Li Qiushui’s Flying Sword tore through the Spiritual Power Shackles and plunged into Venerable Changxu’s chest.

It pierced straight through his body.

"This..."

Li Qiushui was completely dumbfounded.

She clearly couldn’t believe that she had managed to run a Golden Core cultivator through the chest.

Chu Lingguang spotted a cloth pouch at Venerable Changxu’s waist. He snatched it, grabbed Li Qiushui, and quickly fled toward the tunnel’s exit.

Li Qiushui didn’t forget to recall her Flying Sword.

As they ran toward the tunnel exit, she asked, "How did you know his Golden Core was about to shatter?"

Chu Lingguang had dared to attack first and had won. It proved his words weren’t a bluff. The sudden disappearance of Venerable Changxu’s Spiritual Power at the end also confirmed that his Golden Core had shattered.

But Li Qiushui didn’t understand how Chu Lingguang could have noticed something that she herself had missed.

"I guessed."

Chu Lingguang couldn’t explain.

"I don’t believe you."

Li Qiushui said, shaking her head.

Chu Lingguang just smiled and didn’t explain further.

Just then, a line of text appeared before his eyes again.

"Assisted the Guardian Ghost of the Immortal King’s Tomb in slaying an intruder. Received 378,112 Favor Points."

’I even get Favor feedback for this?’

Chu Lingguang was completely caught by surprise.

’No wonder it told me Venerable Changxu was a spent force. So it wanted me to kill him all along.’

Chu Lingguang had a flash of insight.

Then, a warmth spread from the soles of his feet. He felt a current of Spiritual Power shoot up from the tomb, entering through his feet and seeping into his body.