Chapter 34 Guan Family’s Destruction
The two wisps of white flame flew in Shangguan Yi's direction. Though his cultivation technique allowed him to absorb them directly, he chose not to do so in front of the many onlookers. Instead, he kept the flames for later and disappeared from the scene.
The Xia and Zhang Family Cultivators witnessed the horrifying scene of their three ancestors reduced to ash in mere ten seconds. Fear gripped them to their very bones as they realized the immense gap between a false Core Formation Cultivator and a genuine one.
The Xia Family Cultivators felt fortunate that they were not opposing this formidable Core Formation Cultivator.
On the other hand, the Zhang Family Cultivators, upon seeing their ancestors turned to ash, lost all hope and the will to fight.
Led by Xia Zu and Xia Fu, the Xia Family swiftly decimated the Zhang Family. Within just one hour, the Zhang Family was completely wiped out, becoming a part of history.
Shangguan Yi, along with Xia Zu and Xia Fu, entered the treasury vault of the Zhang Family.
Inside the vault, there were around 20,000 essence stones. Shangguan Yi wasn't surprised; this was the typical foundation of a mid-grade family. He walked past them and stopped at the ingredients for refining pills. There were thousands of batches of pill ingredients, and Shangguan Yi kept them all.
The treasury vault wasn't large, so it took only a few minutes to explore. Shangguan Yi collected materials for the array, techniques, and elemental crystals like flame crystals, aqua crystals, and wind crystals. He left the essence stones, pills, and weapons for the Xia Family.
When they exited the vault, all the elders of the Xia Family, led by Xia Feng and Xia Kun, were already standing outside, waiting.
Shangguan Yi took a glance at them and immediately understood that most had nearly exhausted their essence. They would need a few days or even a week to recover, meaning they couldn't participate in the next fight.
"Xia Zu and Xia Fu will visit the Guan Family with me. The rest of you clean up the area before dawn," Shangguan Yi commanded before leaving with Xia Zu and Xia Fu.
"Yes, Great Ancestor," they all bowed respectfully. After witnessing the ancestors of the Zhang Family being burned to death, none dared to disrespect this young man.
In just 15 minutes, Shangguan Yi, Xia Zu, and Xia Fu arrived at the front gate of the Guan Family.
Shangguan Yi activated his concealment array and entered the Guan Family smoothly. Upon entering, he built another array, a sealing array. The process took 30 minutes. With this array, the Guan Family wouldn't be able to leave the area.
After finishing, he gave the order to Xia Zu and Xia Fu to release their auras. As for himself, he retreated to find a hidden spot.
The aura of a level 10 Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a false Core Formation Cultivator was released to the extreme.
Almost all the elders of the Guan Family were alarmed by their auras, causing a commotion. Neither Xia Zu nor Xia Fu was an opponent the Guan Family wanted to offend.
Quickly, the elders of the Guan Family, led by the Patriarch and Great Elder, appeared in front of Xia Zu and Xia Fu one by one, totaling around 60 people.
"Senior Xia Fu, what is the meaning of this?" The Patriarch of the Guan Family recognized Xia Fu and questioned him.
But Xia Zu and Xia Fu didn't waste their breath and attacked immediately. Xia Zu expanded his body and attacked fiercely, while Xia Fu moved like the wind and struck at the critical parts of his enemies.
"Hmph! These two old men are too arrogant. Do they think our Guan Family is easy to bully? Teach them a lesson!"
The fight erupted instantly. Shangguan Yi observed the battle carefully, waiting for the false Core Formation Cultivators to appear. However, as time passed, there was no sign of them. In contrast, Xia Zu and Xia Fu were being pressured by the elders of the Guan Family.
Xia Zu's giant body was stained with blood, and he was surrounded by the Patriarch and a group of elders from the Guan Family.
Xia Fu's path was blocked. As he was specializing in movement attacks, he was now facing a tough situation.
"En, since they refuse to appear, I'll just find them." Shangguan Yi activated his technique, Solar Solitude. His core essence was consumed rapidly as a tiny golden flame condensed. Though it was the size of an eye, it held a massive amount of core essence, making its destructive power immense.
"Hm? There's another person?"
"Not good! A Core Formation Cultivator!"
At this moment, the Guan Family Cultivators sensed the aura of a Core Formation Cultivator.
Xia Zu and Xia Fu had long prepared for this. When they sensed the aura of a Core Formation Realm, they didn't hesitate to use their best movement techniques to retreat as far as possible.
"Not good! Don't let them run!"
But how could they stop them? Xia Zu waded through with his giant body, and Xia Fu moved like the wind. In just a few seconds, no one could catch up to them.
Just as they reached a safe spot, they heard an explosion from behind and couldn't help but look back. What they saw shocked them greatly. The area within a one-mile radius was completely destroyed. There was nothing left—not buildings, people, grass, or trees. The explosion had reduced more than half of the Guan Family elders to nothingness. Only ruins and dust remained.
Shangguan Yi hadn't expected the Solar Solitude Technique to be this destructive. With this technique, he could dominate any mid-grade family with just five moves. Unfortunately, as a level 1 Core Formation Cultivator, he could at most release this technique three times before running out of core essence.
Shangguan Yi didn't stop there. His Divine Sense swept through the Guan Family. He sensed that the Patriarch and the Great Elder hadn't died in the explosion. Activating his movement technique, Polar Star Flame, he moved like a falling star towards them. With two blinks of his eyes, flames burned them to ash in just ten seconds. However, there was no white flame from them as they didn't have core essence.
Confirming their complete demise, Shangguan Yi moved to his next target, a level 10 Foundation Establishment Cultivator on the western side of the Guan Family. It took him ten seconds to arrive and burn the cultivator to death with his One Blink Technique.
He then moved to the next target, a false Core Formation Cultivator. Sensing the aura of a Core Formation Cultivator, this cultivator had hidden, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. However, upon sensing the explosion, he didn't hesitate to escape to the back doorway.
The back doorway was two miles away, but with his Polar Star Flame Technique, Shangguan Yi arrived there in just ten seconds.
"You! How can you be so fast?!" The ancestor of the Guan Family widened his eyes in disbelief.
Shangguan Yi wasted no time. He blinked three times, and flames instantly engulfed the ancestor, consuming his body and essence.
"Arghh!" The ancestor of the Guan Family screamed, trying his best to extinguish the flames.
Taking this opportunity, Shangguan Yi activated his cultivation technique, Everlasting Firmament Flame. A Wisp of white flame condensed in his Sixth Sense Realm. Drawing it out, he sent it towards the Guan Family ancestor. The white flame quickly sucked his core essence and life force. In just ten seconds, there was nothing left but a wisp of white flame. Shangguan Yi collected it and moved towards the front gate.
The First Ancestor of the Guan Family managed to reach the front gate, but what angered him was that he couldn't make his way out.
"Damn it! What on earth happened to my family? Which good-for-nothing descendant of mine brought this calamity upon us?" the Guan Family's First Ancestor cursed as he attacked the sealing array frantically.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
His attacks were relentless, and the sealing array showed signs of breaking.
However, the First Ancestor didn't feel any excitement. Instead, he became even more anxious because the aura of a Core Formation Cultivator was drawing closer to him.
"Break! Break!" the First Ancestor shouted repeatedly.
At this moment, Shangguan Yi arrived behind him. The First Ancestor instinctively turned his head to face the young man. When his eyes met Shangguan Yi's, he couldn't help but scream. His hands covered his eyes as he tried to extinguish the flames consuming them.
Shangguan Yi didn't give him a chance. In terms of battle experience, he was no match for the old man, but his unique and hard-to-defend techniques, combined with his high cultivation level, gave him the advantage. Shangguan Yi blinked three more times before retreating to a safe distance.
The old man screamed and tried to extinguish the flames in his eyes and on his body, but he quickly realized it was futile. In a last-ditch effort, he charged at Shangguan Yi, but Shangguan Yi had already retreated too far for him to reach.
The old man screamed crazily and decided to self-destruct. However, Shangguan Yi didn't let him succeed. He had long prepared the Everlasting Firmament Flame Technique. When the old man began condensing his core essence to explode, Shangguan Yi sent out a wisp of white flame toward him.
The white flame sucked the core essence the old man had prepared and quickly drained his life force. In just ten seconds, nothing was left but the white flame.
Keeping the white flame, Shangguan Yi headed to the treasury vault. After a few moments, he arrived in front of it. The vault was protected by a defensive array, but Shangguan Yi wasn't worried. Using enough materials, he activated the system and created a key array within a few minutes.
Entering the vault, Shangguan Yi first noticed around 20,000 essence stones. He skipped over them and looked for pill ingredients, array materials, cultivation techniques, combat techniques, and some old records. To his surprise, he found a thousand-year ginseng, the main ingredient for refining level 2 supreme-grade essence pills, and hundreds of metal crystals, although they were just low and mid-grade, they were new to him.
After collecting everything of value, he left the Guan Family and headed back to the Zhang Family. With his Polar Star Flame Technique, he arrived in just a few minutes. He informed Xia Feng to go and clean up the Guan Family before returning to the Xia Family.
Upon returning to his room, Shangguan Yi could no longer suppress his uncomfortable feelings. He immediately puked, as it was his first time killing, and the uncomfortable feelings haunted him deeply.
After a long time, he started to feel better. Burning the vomit with his flame, Shangguan Yi took out the four wisps of white flame and began absorbing them.
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-Master (level 3)
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