Chapter 456: A Difficult Situation
Ji Kuang had been able to form a mountain of bones and turn it into a storm of bone spears with his exquisite magics.
Coupled with his immense psychic power attack, he had almost gotten Nie Tian.
If Nie Tian didnât have the nine fist-sized fragmentary stars in his soul, and hadnât mastered the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palaceâs Starshift technique, he might have already been badly injured or killed.
Nie Tian, who had already grown used to killing opponents with higher cultivation bases than his, thought he would have been able to overtake this man with ease, relying on his formidable battle prowess.
Therefore, he hadnât gone all-out or exercised discretion when the battle had first started.
This battle taught him an important lesson: every Qi warrior might have their trump card. If he didnât treat every battle seriously in the future, he would probably suffer great losses.
After pulling the Flame Star out from Ji Kuangâs back, he gazed over at Dong Li and Tao Pu, who were now engaged in a fierce battle.
Dong Li was smiling as she brandished her cyan awl.
WHOOSH!
The shadow of the black phoenix suddenly flashed across the depths of her pitch-black pupils.
As it did, strange psychic power fluctuations instantly shot into Tao Puâs mind.
Tao Puâs shifting body suddenly stiffened; the look in his eyes also froze.
Dong Li curled her lips and said, âItâs laughable that the Bone Sectâs little remaining evil actually dares to make waves in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.â
Then, she took the opportunity, while Tao Pu was temporarily bewildered, infused her cyan awl with her dark spiritual power, and drove it into Tao Puâs body.
Tao Puâs airborne body shuddered in midair and then plunged to the ground.
FIZZ!
Like black flames, wisps of dark spiritual power consumed Tao Pu within seconds.
Just like that, the middle Greater Heaven stage Tao Pu was killed by Dong Li in a battle that turned out to be quite short.
Ping Yao, who was fighting Feng Luo, saw that Nie Tian and Dong Li had killed Ji Kuang and Tao Pu effortlessly. His face turned pale with fright.
Without any delay, he ended his battle against Feng Luo and fled in the direction he had come from.
Feng Luo, who had swallowed a Blood Strengthening Pill, was wreathed in a rich, bloody aura, and his eyes were also filled with sinister strands of blood.
Watching Ping Yao flee, Feng Luo panted heavily, as if he were hesitating over whether he should go after him.
âYou have things to talk about. Leave him to me.â With a chuckle, Dong Li flashed gracefully after Ping Yao like a dancing butterfly.
Ping Yaoâs cultivation base was one minor stage lower than that of Tao Pu, the man she had just slaughtered. Furthermore, she hadnât even summoned her black phoenix yet.
Perfectly aware of her cunning and vicious nature, Nie Tian didnât show the slightest intention of helping her, watching her dash after Ping Yao. In his eyes, Ping Yao was already a dead man.
Struggling to stabilize the surging bloody aura inside of him, Feng Luo looked down at Ji Kuangâs corpse. âAwesome, Nie Tian! I knew you could kill him. You were able to kill the Yuan Clanâs clanmaster in Black Cloud City when you were only at the Heaven stage. It must have been a piece of cake for you to kill this bastard now that youâve entered the Greater Heaven stage.
Yu Tong stepped over and asked concernedly. âAre you okay, Uncle Feng? I saw that you consumed a Blood Strengthening Pill.â
Feng Luo waved his hand and forced a smile onto his face. âIâm okay. Itâs just that Iâm afraid I wonât be able to fight within a period of time. But now that Nie Tian is here, I finally donât have to worry about your safety anymore. Itâs just that the sectmaster and your master. They...â
He shook his head, laden with worry.
A surprised expression spread across Nie Tianâs face. âSectmaster Li is also in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation?â
Feng Luo smiled bitterly. âSheâs trapped in the Bone Sectâs ruins, which is not far from here.â
âWhat happened?!â Nie Tian asked with a grim expression.
He had always had good feelings towards the Blood Sect.
Back when he had vanished from the Blood Sect in the Realm of Flame Heaven years ago, they had taken in An Shiyi and An Ying, who hadnât been able to make a living in the Spiritual Treasure Sect anymore, which had been a big favor to him.
Aside from that, Li Jing had also taught him the Blood Refining Incantation, which was one of the Blood Sectâs secret magics. She had even expressed that she would allow Nie Tian to take away the Bone Blood Demon that he had awakened.
Therefore, it was understandable that he was deeply concerned after hearing that Li Jing and Shen Xiu had run into trouble in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.
Feng Luo sat down directly and explained, âWe didnât come to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation to attend the Tool Sectâs assessment assembly this time. After all, we have very few equipment forgers in our sect. We came for the corpse of a Bonebrute. Our sectmaster received word that surviving members of the Bone Sect had discovered the corpse of a powerful Bonebrute, so we came to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation in an attempt to purchase it.
âOur sectmaster only agreed for Little Tong and I to tag along so that Little Tong could broaden her horizons at the assessment assembly.
âJi Kuang, the man you just killed, met us in Desolate City. It didnât take long for him and our sectmaster to agree on the price, but he proposed that we complete the transaction in the Bone Sectâs ruins with the excuse that the Bonebruteâs corpse would attract too much attention if they brought it to Desolate City.
âOur sectmaster had heard that the current Bone Sect was nothing but a bunch of headless cultivators, without a single Profound realm expert among them, and thus agreed to go.
âHowever, when we arrived at the Bone Sectâs dilapidated headquarters, we discovered that wasnât the case at all.
âNot only was one of them at the Profound realm, but they had even invited another Profound realm expert. The two of them wanted to team up and kill us all among the Bone Sectâs ruins.
âThe two of them were both at the middle Profound realm, which is the same as our sectmaster.
âOur sectmaster had to deal with them single-handedly. She was in a very unfavorable situation. Even though Elder Shen was also there, she couldnât do much to help. Our sectmaster risked her life to distract the two Profound realm experts and create a escape path for me and Little Tong.
âHowever, on our way out of the Bone Sectâs ruins, we ran into Ji Kuang and the other two, who were waiting at the perimeter.
âThat was when we realized that the reason why those two Profound realm experts didnât do their utmost to stop us was because they had deployed others at the perimeter.â
Feng Luoâs expression grew graver as he continued, âIf we didnât happen to run into you, Little Tong and I would have been done for.
âApparently, those bastards from the Bone Sect didnât plan to do business with us at all. They only lured us there to rob us of our valuable belongings.â
After hearing Feng Luoâs description of the events, Nie Tianâs eyebrows knitted, not sure what to do.
Even though he had successively saved Feng Luo and Yu Tong, he knew he wouldnât be able to provide Li Jing and Shen Xiu with much help in their battle against those two Profound realm experts.
After all, the Profound realm was the highest realm the experts from the Realm of Flame Heaven had ever achieved. Even in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation, Profound realm experts should be among the most powerful Qi warriors.
There were two major stages between the Greater Heaven stage and the Profound realm. Even though he possessed the Flame Dragon Armor and a number of special techniques, he wouldnât stand a chance fighting even the weakest Profound realm expert.
He was fully aware of this.
Meanwhile, both Feng Luo and Yu Tong knew that as powerful as Nie Tian was, it would be almost impossible for him to help Li Jing and Shen Xiu in their difficult battle. Therefore, they both remained silent.
âSorry, as much as I want to help Sectmaster Li, I...â Nie Tian sighed, deeply frustrated.
âYou donât need to blame yourself.â Feng Luo said with a pale face. âWe understand. I just hope that, now that our sectmaster and Elder Shen donât need to worry about us anymore, they can break free from the joint attacks of those two Profound realm experts and escape with the help of her Blood Lotus.â
With a sigh, he added, âThe Realm of Flame Heaven is too weak after all. We havenât even produced a single Soul realm expert yet. Otherwise, we wouldnât have been stomped on by a crappy sect like the Bone Sect.â
Nie Tianâs eyebrows rose as he asked, âDid you notice any anomalies when you left Desolate City? Did you see the Death Reign or Flame God Sect experts fighting Tool Sect experts on your way to the Bone Sect?â
Looking puzzled, Feng Luo said, âNo, we intentionally steered clear of the cluster of volcanoes the Tool Sect had set aside for the assessment assembly. We took a detour to avoid attracting attention from the Tool Sect, so it took us a while to get to the Bone Sect.â
âWhatâs a Death Reign? And why would the Flame God Sect fight the Tool Sect?â Apparently, Feng Luo had no idea regarding the turmoil that was happening in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation.
At that moment, Dong Liâs voice rang out, âYou actually made a nice move by taking a detour.â
After returning to Nie Tianâs side, she took out a piece of white gauze to wipe off the blood on her cyan awl. âIf you chose to go through that cluster of volcanoes, youâd most likely have run into the Death Reign. If you did, none of you would have even made it to the Bone Sect.â
Nie Tian took a glance at her and knew that she must have finished off Ping Yao.
Failing to think of a plausible rescue method, Nie Tian chose to turn to Dong Li for help. âYouâre always full of stratagems. Can you help me think of a way to help my two revered seniors from the Blood Sect? If you can help me this time... Iâll owe you another favor. What do you say?â
Dong Li rolled her eyes at him and said with a sarcastic laugh, âNot calling me cunning or vicious this time, huh?â
Nie Tian was slightly embarrassed.
Instead of continuing to taunt Nie Tian, Dong Li pondered for a while and said, âThere is a way that might work.â
Nie Tianâs eyes lit up as he hastily asked, âWhatâs that?â
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