Chapter 1270: Ancestor God Realm Master Arriving! . . .
Huang Xiaolong looked away from the burly disciple's corpse. His cold gaze swept over other disciples that were coming at him with the same intention, before he turned away.
The different sects' disciples who were rushing towards Huang Xiaolong were frightened to a halt as they saw the burly disciple's head lying a few feet away from his decapitated body. His eyes had remained wide open in disbelief, as if he hadn't even realized how he had died. Cold sweat dampened the other disciples' robes.
Many of them recognized this burly disciple who was still holding a big blade. He was a disciple of the Ghostly Blade Door, called Liu Jin, who was an early Eighth Order Ancient God Realm master. Moreover, he was born with a unique physique, that made his physical defenses stronger than the average cultivators. Yet his head was cut off with a single sword slash by that fatty?!
'What's that fatty's strength?' Surely, it wasn't at mid-Sixth Order Ancient God Realm cultivation that they could see on the surface.
In the distance, Shi Long was inwardly shocked that Huang Xiaolong had actually cut off the Ghostly Blade Door disciple Liu Jin's head with a single sword slash. But he commented indifferently, "It seems like this kid's quite strong, no wonder he dares to continue collecting these black crystalline rocks even after our arrival."
Chen Jianfeng snickered, "That little bit of his strength is merely enough to threaten some small sects' disciples. In front of Senior Brother Shi Long, it's only a matter of one or two moves before this fatty would crumble down to a miserable defeat."
Shi Long nodded in agreement and reminded, "Watch that kid, make sure he doesn't escape."
Chen Jianfeng reassured him, "Rest assured, Senior Brother."
Huang Xiaolong's action had successfully deterred the other disciples. He continued collecting Eidolon Crystalline Rocks with the little cow.
Naturally, the bigger the Eidolon Crystalline Rocks were, the better it was. Therefore, Huang Xiaolong ignored the small ones and focused on the bigger-sized Eidolon Crystalline Rocks.
Huang Xiaolong flew towards a half-meter high Eidolon Crystalline Rock that was not far ahead. At the same time, a mid-Eighth Order Ancient God Realm Short Blade Gate's disciple also arrived at this same half-meter high Eidolon Crystalline Rock, bearing the same intention as Huang Xiaolong.
That Short Blade Gate's disciple dazed for a second when he saw Huang Xiaolong, but he soon recovered and warned icily, "Scram, or I will have to make you scram away? Also, before you do that, I want to remind you that I am not the same as that Ghostly Blade Door disciple Liu Jin."
Huang Xiaolong retorted nonchalantly, "I'll also remind you to scram away, before you provoke me to attack you, so SCRAM."
Needless to say, the Short Blade Gate's disciple was enraged by Huang Xiaolong's response. A short blade appeared in his hands and slashed at Huang Xiaolong with a thick killing intent.
Waves of short blade lights surged towards Huang Xiaolong like tidal waves—this was the Short Blade Gate's supreme technique, the Indomitable Waves Blade.
Almost at the same time, Huang Xiaolong raised his right palm, his index finger and middle penetrated through the waves of short blade lights, directly clamping the original short blade between his fingers.
Everyone was dumbfounded after watching this.
Coldness spread in Huang Xiaolong's eyes, his two fingers exerted pressure, snapping the short blade into half. With a flick of his wrist, the broken tip of the short blade pierced into his attacker's neck, followed by another flick of his finger, and the disciple's head rolled off his shoulder to the ground.
Dead! In that instant, time froze with a heavy silence.
The Short Blade Gate, Golden Phoenix Pavilion, and other sects disciples' movements froze. Their expressions were a little dazed with disbelief at what had just transpired before their eyes.
Although they were shocked by Huang Xiaolong's strength, they were more appalled because this fat kid had killed a Short Blade Gate's disciple!
Shi Long was momentarily dazed. Lightning sizzled in his dark pupils; he disappeared in a blur and in a split second appeared next to his fellow disciple's corpse. As he looked at the decapitated head on the ground, Shi Long turned to glare icily at Huang Xiaolong, "Initially, I had planned to let you live for another hour, but now, you can go to hell!" A glaring lightning burst out of his palms and completely enshrouded him, as he struck at Huang Xiaolong.
"The Short Blade Gate's secret technique, the Boundless Universe Lightning Palm!" Seeing Shi Long's attack, Golden Phoenix Pavilion's disciple Zhang Yadong exclaimed with an earnest expression.
Some time ago, there was a rumor in Void Sky City that Shi Long had successfully cultivated the Boundless Universe Lightning Palm technique, but it was merely a rumor. But now, they were seeing the truth—Shi Long had really succeeded!
Zhang Yadong had believed that both of their strengths were at par with one another. But now since it was confirmed that Shi Long had successfully cultivated the Boundless Universe Lightening Palm, Zhang Yadong knew that Shi Long could suppress him without much effort.
"Looks like this is the end for that kid!" A Golden Phoenix Pavilion's disciple standing behind Zhang Yadong said, referring to Huang Xiaolong.
Zhang Yadong nodded in agreement, "Only certain Short Blade Gate's disciples are allowed to cultivate the Boundless Universe Lighting Palm, since its power is earth-shattering..." But he stopped abruptly, as he saw the fatty dispersing all the crackling lighting power with a single punch that sent Shi Long staggering back a dozen meters from the impact.
This result stupefied Zhang Yadong and the rest of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion's disciples. Chen Jianfeng and his fellow disciples' eyes nearly popped out from their sockets.
Other sects' disciples who had assumed that Huang Xiaolong was a soft persimmon, felt their blood going cold.
Huang Xiaolong ignored all the shocked gazes that fell upon him, after he had forced Shi Long back with a punch. His three supreme godheads spun as he fully focused on moving that half-meter tall Eidolon Crystalline Rock into his Ghost-Buddha Ring.
'Fifty-three pieces.' Huang Xiaolong counted in his mind. That was the number of Eidolon Crystalline Rocks he had collected so far. If he counted the Eidolon Crystalline Rocks that the little cow had collected, there would be more than a hundred pieces. This number of Eidolon Crystalline Rocks was enough for him to refine a divine artifact and temper his body.
On the other hand, Shi Long's face turned liver-red after he was forced back by Huang Xiaolong. The killing intent in his eyes was akin to a thunderstorm as he stared at Huang Xiaolong, like a hunter looking at a prey. Violent streaks of lightning crackled around his body, portraying his wrath.
"Boundless Universe Lightning Palm—Myriad Lightning Vortex!"
The lightning around his palms expanded in size, and slammed down madly at Huang Xiaolong.
A great vortex was formed as divine lightning fell from the sky and merged with the vortex. The lightning vortex's power soared as it became bigger, while it continued absorbing more divine lightning. In a split second, over a hundred streaks of lightning were merged into the vortex.
This Myriad Lightning Vortex is the most powerful attack in the Boundless Universe Lightning Palm technique. It's destructive power multiplies by absorbing divine lightning from the sky, however, based on Shi Long's current strength, his Myriad Lightning Vortex could only absorb five to six hundred streaks of divine lightning power at the most. Then again, that was already a terrifying amount in itself.
The Myriad Lightning Vortex had expanded over Huang Xiaolong's head in the blink of an eye, sucking Huang Xiaolong up as it spun.
Huang Xiaolong was irritated now. Just as he was about to retaliate, the little cow let out a loud sneeze, spitting out roiling purple lightning... Nothing, simply nothing was left of the Myriad Lightning Vortex. The little cow then turned her butt towards Shi Long. With a swing of her tail, purple lightning formed into a purple lightning whip, that cracked straight at Shi Long.
Shi Long paled, and quickly began striking his palms out repeatedly, as he panicked. But to his horror, his Boundless Universe Lightning Palm was unable to suppress the force of the purple lightning whip. After seeing that the purple lightning whip was that close to striking him, he executed an ancient technique to dodge the attack and was barely successful.
PA—! The purple lightning whip struck the spot, right where he was standing a second ago. The whole mountain shook as a several hundred li long crack opened in the ground.
Everyone's heart jumped in sync as the sound of the purple lightning whip hit the ground. Their eyes were filled with dread as their gaze fell upon the little cow.
Suddenly, Huang Xiaolong and the little cow's eyes narrowed as they looked towards the horizon. 'This aura... an Ancestor God Realm master! There's an Ancestor God Realm master arriving!'
Chapter 1271: The Relentless Pursuit . . .
An Ancestor God Realm master no doubt!
"Who dares to kill my sect's disciple?!" Everyone was guess as to which sect's Ancestor God Realm master it was, when a thunderous roar reverberated in the air making it feel like even heaven and earth were trembling.
Both Huang Xiaolong and the little cow's faces tightened.
Huang Xiaolong had expected the Short Blade Gate's Ancestor God Realm masters to rush over because he had killed the peak mid-Eighth Order Ancient God Realm disciple, but he hadn't expected one to arrive so soon!
However, Chen Jianfeng, and the rest of Short Blade Gate's disciples were overjoyed.
"Haha, punk, you're so dead!" Chen Jianfeng pointed at Huang Xiaolong and laughed nastily. But he didn't laugh for long, as a sword light flashed in the air separating his head from his shoulders.
As Chen Jianfeng's head dropped to the ground, he was looking at Huang Xiaolong in disbelief. Even at this point, he still couldn't believe that this fat kid had the guts to kill him, despite his sect's Ancestor God Realm master had arrived.
Huang Xiaolong flicked away the drops of blood from his Mulberry Sword with a turn of his wrist, and coldly said, "What I hate the most in this world, is an ungrateful little scum like you!" He then looked at the rest of Short Blade Gate's disciples that he had saved before.
The few Short Blade Gate's disciples turned deathly pale. Just as they tried to run, Huang Xiaolong was like a specter on their heels as sword force formed sharp and howling winds. As these winds blew past them, they froze on the spot and tumbled to the ground. Deep sword cuts completely destroyed their flesh.
Huang Xiaolong collected all their spatial rings, with a wave of his hand.
At this time, another furious roar shook the air. There was a sudden burst of lightning, and in the next second, Shi Long was attacking Huang Xiaolong from the back.
Huang Xiaolong had no plans to retaliate at all. In a flicker, he dodged Shi Long's attack and leaped onto the little cow's back.
"GO!"
The little cow swiftly sped away with Huang Xiaolong in a streak of purple lightning, and completely disappeared from the black mountain.
This speed was even faster for a peak late-Ninth Order Ancient God Realm master to chase.
It was the little cow's natal supreme escape skill called Lightning Bolt. Though the Lightning Bolt consumes energy rapidly, she couldn't be bothered with it at that moment, as there was no better method to evade the Short Blade Gate's Ancestor God Realm master.
Shortly after Huang Xiaolong and the little cow had left, a middle-aged man clad in the Short Blade Gate's Elder armored robe descended on the black mountain, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
"Elder Lin Bi!" Shi Long and other Short Blade Gate's disciples quickly went up to salute after they saw Lin Bi.
Short Blade Gate's Elder Lin Bi nodded at them. His gaze swept over the surroundings and his face sank after seeing Chen Jianfeng and other disciples' corpses. Killing intent roiled within his eyes.
"Who was it?!" He asked sullenly.
"It was a fat kid with a large beast." Shi Long hastened to answer, and then he described Huang Xiaolong and the little cow's looks to Lin Bi. As the little cow had used an illusionary technique, Shi Long described her as a five-horned giant beast.
Lin Bi then asked Shi Long and the others the direction in which Huang Xiaolong and the little cow had fled. His hand ripped space like fabric, then with a Great Space Teleportation, his figure disappeared from the black mountain as he went after Huang Xiaolong.
Whereas, Huang Xiaolong and the little cow had fled deeper into the Devil Prison Mountain, instead of going outwards.
Although, the corrosive devil qi would be denser deeper into the Devil Prison Mountain, this element was advantageous to their escape.
The little cow turned into a streak of purple lightning, with Huang Xiaolong on her back, and cut through layers of corrosive devil qi as they escaped deeper into the Devil Prison Mountain. At the same time, aureate light of purification power shone from Huang Xiaolong's body, as he pushed his Innumerable Buddha Godhead to his limits, and purified the corrosive devil qi along their path to lessen the little cow's burden.
Right at this time, Huang Xiaolong's face sank.
He sensed the Short Blade Gate's Ancestor God Realm master tearing through space and getting closer to them. As per his calculations, this Ancestor God Realm master would chase up to them in less than two minutes.
Huang Xiaolong had inwardly praised the little cow's Lightning Bolt speed, however, the Ancestor God Realm master's speed had still exceeded his estimation.
The little cow too sensed the Short Blade Gate's Ancestor God Realm Elder Lin Bi. Layers of purple lightning fire suddenly flowed out from her body. When this purple lightning fire appeared, the little cow accelerated as if she had just been injected with stimulants. From afar, she looked like a glimmering purple fire on the Devil Prison Mountain.
Lin Bi, who was hounding them was utterly shocked. According to Shi Long, the fat kid and his mount were just a bit stronger than him. Thus, based on his own strength, Lin Bi should have been able to catch up with them in a few breaths of time. But now, to the contrary, more than three or four breaths had passed.
However, this only made him more resolute to kill Huang Xiaolong and the little cow. If such a monstrous genius was allowed to grow, and breakthrough to Ancestor God Realm, it'd definitely be a threat to the Short Blade Gate.
"Run, but do you think you can escape from an Ancestor God Realm?" Lin Bi used a nefarious sound technique, trying to befuddle Huang Xiaolong's mind as he pursued from behind. "If you two submit to my Short Blade Gate, I can spare your lives!"
Lin Bi's voice clearly passed into Huang Xiaolong and the little cow's ears.
Huang Xiaolong's mind shook, making him nearly lose his own will, but the Moon Jade Heavenly Spiral Shell emitted silvery moonlight almost immediately. Right away, he returned to his senses; even so, there was a film of cold sweat on his forehead—that was too dangerous!
The little cow's speed did not slow down at all, and she went zig-zagging into the deeper region of the Devil Prison Mountain. Obviously, Lin Bi's voice hadn't affected her at all.
"Kiddo, this Master has eaten more rice than you've eaten farts. Your trick is useless against me." The little cow also employed a sound technique in retaliation, "Wait till I breakthrough to Ancestor God Realm, I'll pummel you to death."
'Eaten more rice than you've eaten fart?!' Huang Xiaolong laughed out loudly.
But Lin Bi was gnashing his teeth. Two measly Ancient God Realm ants still had the mood to joke while being hunted by him, not to mention, they even had the guts to taunt him.
Damn them!
Sword lights burst out from Lin Bi's body and his speed accelerated. He was now desperately executing consecutive Great Space Teleportation as fast as he could.
Finally, about two minutes later, he saw Huang Xiaolong and the little cow's figures.
"Go die!" A ruthless light gleamed in Lin Bi's eyes as the long sword in his hand slashed out. A powerful sword light cut through the layers of corrosive devil qi, towards Huang Xiaolong's back.
This sword attack could easily split a peak late-Tenth Order Ancient God Realm master.
The feeling of death gripped Huang Xiaolong's heart. His face paled, but there was too much at stake here. As his body swayed, he transformed into a primordial divine dragon; a resounding dragon roar reverberated above the Devil Prison Mountain as the dragon might spread out.
His three supreme godheads were spinning at their limits as his dragon claw struck behind him.Almost simultaneously, his primordial divine dragon's body swerved and dodged the sword attack.
Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!
The sword light missed Huang Xiaolong, piercing into the surrounding mountain ground, leaving a great sword mark.
Still, the impact sent Huang Xiaolong's primordial divine dragon body tumbling in the air. Dragon scales on his two claws cracked and blood flowed down his claws.
Even though, Huang Xiaolong had transformed into his primordial divine dragon's body, he was still a mid-Sixth Order Ancient God Realm who was going against an Ancestor God Realm master. The gap in strength was just too big to overcome.
The little cow hastened to Huang Xiaolong's side, and then grabbed him and bolted away.
"En?!!" Lin Bi was astonished that this fat kid had suddenly turned into a primordial divine dragon. To top it off, this fat kid was still alive after he was impacted by his sword!