Ninth In the World

As the illusionary saber screen swept over, carrying some Dao and law auras, blood mists exploded everywhere.

Several cultivators were split into two by this sweeping saber screen. Even two first-stage Golden Core cultivators failed to escape this tragic fate.

After this saber move, an extremely strong feeling of weakness spread. Di Jiu felt despondent. He knew that this weak feeling was not because of the Sky Screen Saber Move, but due to the spear move of the eighth-stage Golden Core cultivator. After that spear pierced his chest, a foreign Quintessential Essence Aura started spreading in his body. While it was incomparable to his fifth saber move, the Split-Wave Saber Move, it followed the same logic.

If he was unable to expel this aura from his body, he would lose his ability to attack.

Desperate, Di Jiu circulated the Galaxy Art frantically. He wanted to remove this foreign Quintessential Essence Aura from his body by using the Galaxy Art.

When the starry sky meridian within him started to spread Qi across his body, Di Jiu was pleasantly surprised. The foreign Quintessential Essence Aura was absorbed and extinguished by his boundless starry sky meridian.

After a few Qi Circulations, a second star surfaced within his body.

“Whoever keeps their trump cards hidden or chooses not to attack any further will not receive a share. My name is Zhuo Yifei and I will keep my word!” hollered the eighth-stage Golden Core cultivator as the spear in his hand created even more shadows.

Di Jiu’s Sky Screen Saber Move had killed several dozens of cultivators. In a short amount of time, there were only about half of the nearly 200 cultivators left. Those 200 cultivators included the cultivators Di Jiu had killed earlier. Even though the eighth-stage Golden Core cultivator did not say anything, the cultivators who had attacked Di Jiu knew that they had encountered a formidable cultivator.

Several more people attacked Di Jiu before the eighth-stage Golden Core cultivator could finish his speech. Although the number of Dharmic spell attacks decreased, they were much stronger.

This time, the people hiding at the back were significantly less. Most of the cultivators attacked with their full strength. Even the two Golden Core cultivators guarding the confinement array at the cave entrance rushed at Di Jiu. They had to detain Di Jiu to obtain the treasures he had on his body.

Zhuo Yifei had just said that anyone who did not attack would not get anything. Although it was necessary to guard the cave entrance, no one would take this into account when it was time to split the loot. Perhaps Zhuo Yifei would not even give them a portion of the spirit meridian.

Di Jiu howled. As his aura soared rapidly, he reached the second-stage Golden Core Realm.

“He broke through!” shouted an early-stage Golden Core cultivator in terror. The moment Di Jiu broke through, he seemed to sense a bright star flicker in his body.

He had never seen such a cultivation technique before, However, this was not important. What mattered was that he had never seen such a crazy fella break through to the second-stage Golden Core Realm while fighting.

Although Di Jiu’s injuries were still very serious, he took out his saber once again and slashed out various frosty saber shadows that ripped open anyone who was blocking his saber.

This was the Fourth Saber Move, the Wind-Rustling Move!

The Wind-Rustling Move was not a saber technique ideal for a group battle, but a one-on-one fight. After one used this saber move, there was no turning back. This saber intent was sacrificial and would killing anyone who dared oppose it, so a late-stage Golden Core cultivator would be unable to face Di Jiu’s saber move head-on.

When a frosty aura enveloped the saber strike space created by Di Jiu, Di Jiu took out two shields.

Someone else might not have been able to take out defense Dharma treasures while attacking with all their might, but Di Jiu was able to. His Spiritual Force was extremely condensed, so it was not difficult for him to take out two shields while he was attacking.

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Qin Yin’s face was pale. Meanwhile, Little Tree came back to its senses and said anxiously, “Big Brother brought you here. Hurry up and help Big Brother…”

Little Tree was just a tree root, so its defensive ability was very poor. Plus, it had yet to reach level-three. It would only be committing suicide if it joined this chaotic battle.

Qin Yin calmed down and looked at the various Dharma treasures amid the exploding sounds of the Dharmic spells. She knew very well that she would be seeking death as well if she decided to go.

When it saw Qin Yin stay where she was, Little Tree became even more anxious. “You are the woman Big Brother brought here, so you will suffer as well if Big Brother dies. If a cowardly, average-looking woman like you doesn’t work harder, how could you follow Big Brother?”

Little Tree was so worried that Di Jiu would die that it did not care about what it was saying.

“Shut up!” Qin Yin stared at Little Tree as she said, “Your understanding of array formations should be better than mine. This place has been sealed by a confinement array, so the most important thing we have to do is open this confinement array…”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Little Tree agreed immediately with her. “Big Brother cannot leave now, but he would be able to leave if I opened the confinement array.”

“Hold on a minute. We can’t head over so openly. We should open the confinement array sneakily,” Qin Yin told Little Tree when she saw that it was about to head over right away.

When Little Tree, which had originally been about to walk over directly, heard what Qin Yin said, it snorted. “Do you think I am that foolish? I’ll show you what I can do.”

Little Tree might not be at level-three yet, but it was a peak level-two Tree Demon, so its tree root moved underground towards the confinement array.

This action would have been considered deceptive under normal circumstances.

However, no one would notice Little Tree’s invisible tree root now. Everyone was frantically attacking Di Jiu, so who would have the time and mood to take note of anything else? It was sufficient that no one was in contact with the confinement array at the cave entrance.

The Wind-Rustling Move made everything freeze. Anything that blocked Di Jiu’s move was split open forcefully. No one was able to oppose such a determined, condensed aura.

The seventh-stage Golden Core cultivator who had urged everyone to attack Di Jiu could only watch as the Wind-Rustling Move broke through his defense and struck him between the eyebrows.

If Di Jiu wanted to kill him, there was no way he could escape even if he attempted to.

The seventh-stage Golden Core cultivator felt regretful. He did not regret attacking Di Jiu, but he regretted taking the lead and arousing the masses to attack him. Given Di Jiu’s condition, it would only be a matter of time before he was killed. If he had not aroused the masses, he would not have been targeted so early on.

When a bloody mist suddenly exploded, he was no longer capable of thinking any further.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Crack! Crack! When Di Jiu’s Wind-Rustling Move struck the seventh-stage Golden Core cultivator, his two shields were broken by the numerous attacks. Di Jiu was slashed from his left shoulder blade to the right side of his waist. When another attack landed on his calf, the sound of bones cracking could be heard.

As Di Jiu knelt on the floor, he cast the Sky Screen Saber Move for the second time.

Although he was seriously injured, the saber screen of the Sky Screen he cast at the second-stage Golden Core cultivator was even more illusionary. The saber intent condensed within the Sky Screen contained a vague aura of the Law. Only death awaited anyone who stood in front of the saber screen.

The bloody scene seemed to freeze in time for a short while, just like a group of 3,000 people wielding their sabers.

The saber screen sliced across the space, cutting dozens of cultivators in half and creating an abundance of bloody mists.

Then, the bloody shadow combined with the Sky Screen’s saber shadow and formed a perfect screen. The only difference was that the tip of this saber screen was blood-red in color.

The first Sky Screen Saber Move Di Jiu used killed at least 40 cultivators. However, that Sky Screen Saber Move had been incomplete, for it had killed mostly Qi Refinement Realm cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators. Only a few Golden Core cultivators had been killed. By using this Sky Screen Saber Move, Di Jiu had barely killed more than 20 people. This time, though, this number included seven Golden Core cultivators, including one who was a sixth-stage Golden Core cultivator.

There were only less than 60 people left out of the nearly 200 he had faced at the beginning.

As he knelt on one knee on the ground, Di Jiu closed his eyes. He suddenly felt a desire to sleep. His body was extremely weak.

Di Jiu sighed. There were too many people around him.

After his second Sky Screen Saber Move, their attacks paused once again. Who was this person? He was far too formidable.

The eighth-stage Golden Core cultivator felt his hands shake and his eyelids twitch vigorously. His spear move had dealt with one of Di Jiu’s two shields.

How many of them could survive if this overpowering Sky Screen Saber Move was cast a few more times?

“He’s done in! Kill him!” roared a second-stage Golden Core cultivator who had lost an arm angrily. He had also been shocked by Di Jiu’s Sky Screen Saber Move. However, his hatred for losing an arm to Di Jiu had woken him up from his trance.

“That’s right! Let’s all attack him together! Kill him!” The dozens of cultivators started to frantically take out Dharma treasures and attack Di Jiu. Some of them had even forgotten about the treasures Di Jiu had on him. They attacked him solely because they wanted to kill him.