Chapter 739: Prodigies Become Sacrifices, Brothers Become Food

Chapter 739 -190: Prodigies Become Sacrifices, Brothers Become Food

BOOM!

As his Cultivation Technique activated, the free-floating Spiritual Mechanism in the surrounding world surged toward him like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

“What dense Spiritual Mechanism!”

Sword Traceless rejoiced inwardly.

‘The Profound Origin Secret Realm truly lives up to its reputation as a legendary Grotto Heaven Blessed Land. A single day of cultivation here is probably equivalent to a month of hard training in the outside world!’

The concentration of Spiritual Mechanism here was dozens of times richer than in the outside world!

Furthermore, as the Spiritual Mechanism entered his body, it was wild and potent, instantly clearing his blocked meridians and causing the weakness from his injuries to rapidly fade.

‘And this is just the outer area of Burial Immortal Valley’s antechamber.’

‘If I could enter the true Burial Immortal Valley, what kind of world-shocking sights would I see? There must be opportunities everywhere!’

At this thought, the gloom that had settled over Sword Traceless’s heart due to his injuries lifted considerably. He even felt a faint sense of pleasure, as if this misfortune were a blessing in disguise.

He greedily devoured every wisp of Spiritual Mechanism around him, completely unaware that deep within it was a Dark Power that an ordinary Martial Artist could never detect.

That power, like a maggot clinging to bone, silently seeped into his flesh, blood, and Dantian.

Time slowly passed…

In the dead-silent jungle, only the occasional spectral wind swept by.

「More than an hour later.」

Zhang Tianyu, who had been resting with his eyes closed, and Sword Traceless, who was engrossed in his healing, opened their eyes at almost the exact same moment!

Their gazes instantly turned sharp as blades as they both stared toward a patch of shadowy, dense forest to their right.

“Who’s there?!”

Without another word, they both shot to their feet and charged toward that direction like bolts of lightning!

SWOOSH!

A black shadow flickered in the distant woods and vanished. Its speed was extreme. The person had clearly been spying on them and fled the instant they realized they’d been discovered.

The two pursued him to the edge of the forest, but the black shadow had already used the complex terrain to disappear without a trace.

“He’s gone.”

Sword Traceless slowly came to a halt, narrowing his eyes as he sensed the lingering aura in the air. “What a fast Body Technique. The residual Sword Intent is sharp, like lightning and wind… That’s the Profound Heart Sword Sect’s Profound Heart Sword Technique. The man was Ye Jian.”

Zhang Tianyu’s face was expressionless as he said coldly, “Are all the members of the Profound Heart Sword Sect rabbits? It’s one thing to hide your presence while traveling, but to turn tail and run the moment you sense trouble, without even the guts to fight…”

“Hmph.” Sword Traceless gave a contemptuous smile and adjusted his robes. “Cowards like that, who only know how to hide, have no understanding of what it means to press forward relentlessly. They’re unworthy of being called Sword Cultivators…”

WHOOSH!

But just as the words left Sword Traceless’s mouth, in the instant his guard was at its lowest, Zhang Tianyu, who had just been mocking their opponent, took advantage of the distance he had closed while chasing Ye Jian. His figure suddenly blurred.

“Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step!”

In the next instant, he appeared like a phantom less than a foot behind Sword Traceless. His right palm, shrouded in a dense black light, slammed squarely into the vital spot on Sword Traceless’s back!

“BAM!”

A dull thud echoed.

“PFFT!”

Sword Traceless violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which was mixed with fragments of his internal organs.

He felt a supremely sinister and cold power surge into his body, frantically ravaging his meridians.

His vision went black. While his body was still flying backward through the air, he relied on his powerful instincts to forcibly twist around and slash back with his sword, disregarding everything else!

It was a final, desperate counterattack, incomparably sharp!

However, Zhang Tianyu had long anticipated this. He activated his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step again, his figure floating erratically like a willow catkin, and easily dodged Sword Traceless’s killing blow.

Immediately after, Zhang Tianyu’s hands formed a series of seals as fast as butterflies flitting through flowers, and he slammed a palm onto the ground.

“Rise!”

BOOM!

The ground beneath Sword Traceless, where he was about to land, trembled violently. A bizarre Array, wreathed in black energy, materialized out of thin air!

From the very spot on his back where Zhang Tianyu’s palm had struck, a thick black chain suddenly shot out!

The black chain, like a venomous snake extending from the Nine Nether Hell, CLANKED as it bored straight into the ground!

“GAAH!”

Sword Traceless cried out in agony as the chain yanked him taut.

The Sealing Power attached to the chain instantly locked down all the Primordial Qi in his body, preventing him from circulating even a shred of it!

Immediately, the earth around the Array churned, and six pitch-black Spirit Pattern Pillars burst from the ground. Scarlet Runes flowed across the surface of each one.

“SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!”

Six more chains, also wreathed in Runes, shot out from the pillars. With a series of sickening, wet thuds, they pierced straight through Sword Traceless’s hands, feet, and his scapulae!

Dripping with blood, he was suspended in mid-air, completely spread-eagled.

“AAAAAHHH—!”

The excruciating pain twisted Sword Traceless’s features. With his hair disheveled and his eyes bloodshot, he glared at the slowly approaching Zhang Tianyu, wild with fury. “Zhang Tianyu… Why?!”

“We are both members of the Moon Worship Sect! Why would you try to kill me?!”

He couldn’t fathom why Zhang Tianyu had suddenly turned on him.

The Zhang Family had ordered them to capture disciples from other sects as offerings for a Blood Sacrifice.

Even if the Zhang Family intended to use him as an offering too, they should have at least waited until they had squeezed every last drop of his usefulness. It was common sense to “kill the donkey after it’s done its work at the mill”!

The gates to the Burial Immortal Valley hadn’t even opened yet, and he was far from being used to his full potential. Why was Zhang Tianyu in such a hurry to make his move?

It made no sense at all!

Moreover, the power, speed, and bizarre Body Technique Zhang Tianyu had just displayed were far beyond what he knew his ally to be capable of!

“Be angry. Be hateful…”

Zhang Tianyu ignored Sword Traceless’s fury. He walked closer, his voice as soft as if he were reciting poetry, yet it was utterly chilling. “How does it feel to be betrayed? To feel death’s approach, to watch your genius self about to be reduced to dust… Is your heart filled with unwillingness? Are you so enraged you want to tear me limb from limb, to grind my bones to ash?”

“You madman! What the hell are you doing?!” Sword Traceless struggled frantically, aggravating his wounds and causing even more blood to flow.