Chapter 274: Plunder
Void purple lightning shuttled through, Ning Qi rapidly approached.
In less than an hour, Ning Qi saw True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai within the perception limit of his Nascent Soul’s field of vision.
It was unknown whether the two were fortunate or unfortunate.
From their appearance, it seemed they had just cracked a great tomb, but as soon as they stepped out, they were surrounded by people who caught up from behind.
The opponents numbered five in total, and from their clothing, they were exactly those from Heavenly Star Upper Sect.
At this moment, the several people had already fallen into battle.
Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s leader Luo He struck first.
He thrust out one palm strike, immediately condensing a giant hand flickering with starlight, slapping toward the two.
Every strand of starlight released from it would give birth to a sharp claw on the giant hand.
Looking from afar, it was extremely eerie, just like a starry sky giant beast that wanted to devour the two.
The other four also had no intention of upholding martial virtue, striking simultaneously, determined to instantly suppress and kill Elder Ziyang and the two.
The four’s mana connected together, and instantly, a giant star was born above the two’s heads, as if pulled down from the sky, flickering with eerie dark red light.
This was the illusory image of Flu Xing, they had joined hands to borrow the power of Flu Xing Star.
Whether smashing down or the light on it, it gave people a sense of ominousness, as if it would destroy everything!
The great star descended, the starlight giant hand; as soon as they appeared, they suppressed the entire void where the congregation was located.
True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai’s faces simultaneously flashed with a trace of resolute color.
True Person Ziyang continuously swung out several fast swords, each strand of sword qi like purple clouds rising, within which a purple rule divine chain manifested.
Fully eleven purple rule divine chains sealed off above the two, propping up the oncoming starlight giant hand.
The starlight giant hand’s falling momentum immediately stiffened, and at the place where its surface intersected with the purple rule divine chain, there was even a trend of being cut open.
Luo He lightly exclaimed in surprise, “I didn’t expect people from Boundless Sword Sect to also have such mana; I underestimated them!”
As his words fell, within the starlight giant hand, rule divine chains suddenly birthed one after another, a total of ten.
But unlike those cast by True Person Ziyang, the starlight rule divine chains revealed by Luo He faintly formed an array, not as simple as one plus one; between them, it seemed even more powerful due to the array!
Sure enough, the starlight giant hand pressed down again, quickly descending a zhang, now only five zhang from the two’s heads!
True Person Ziyang’s mouth suddenly sprayed out a large mouthful of blood, seemingly injured not lightly.
However, the blood he sprayed surprisingly turned into blood mist, fusing into the rule divine chains he released.
All the rule divine chains immediately shone brightly, instantly propping the starlight giant hand up two chi higher.
But this was merely a stopgap measure; above, there was still the illusory image of Flu Xing falling, and he could at most forcibly hold on until the illusory image of Flu Xing descended.
Jiang Ruhai, as a great power of Jiang Family, finally struck at this moment.
Two incomplete mid-grade spirit swords appeared before him, seemingly originally a pair; as soon as they were taken out, a chilling cold air arose from them.
Jiang Ruhai gripped the sword hilts with both hands, seemingly condensing all his mana, Nascent Soul, and rules into them.
With Heavenly Star Upper Sect surrounding and killing the two of them now, if they didn’t go all out, there might be no chance!
Suddenly, his hands fiercely merged, to the congregation’s surprise, the two swords completely fused together, yet the volume didn’t change; only, the new spirit sword surprisingly surpassed a complete mid-grade spirit treasure.
Jiang Ruhai gripped the sword hilt with both hands, thrusting straight into the sky.
Although he had just struck, a trace of blood already overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
Rumble!
An ice mountain instantly rose from the ground, seeming illusory and real, towering in the blink of an eye.
It refracted thousands of rays of light, and even spiritual energy from the ground surface continuously surged, injecting into it.
The starlight giant hand propped up by True Person Ziyang was instantly toppled four zhang higher, yet it still couldn’t pierce or destroy it; instead, it came to a stop.
Because, the illusory image of Flu Xing cast by the four from Heavenly Star Upper Sect above finally descended.
If the ice mountain was towering, the illusory image of Flu Xing had unremarkable might, merely giving an incomparably heavy feeling, slowly pressing down.
The illusory image of Flu Xing connected with Luo He’s starlight giant hand; the two combined, instantly shattering the ice mountain, layers of ice shards scattering into the void, shining with various colors.
The Zi Yang Jiang Ruhai below consecutively spat blood; their suspended figures were instantly smashed down a zhang, already close to the secret realm’s ground surface.
The two raised their heads glaring furiously, yet without any intent of submission; they were people of Sword Sect, unyielding even if broken!
However, facing the combined assault of five great powers from top-tier Heavenly Star Upper Sect, no matter how unyielding, they could only be continuously pressed down under their attacks.
Gradually, the two stepped onto the ground surface; immediately after, their legs sank into the earth like nails.
Past the ankles, past the knees, past the thighs!
The two bitterly supported, gazing at the starlight giant hand and illusory image of Flu Xing above already close to their heads; they were about to fall into a desperate situation.
Fortunately, Ning Qi had arrived!
In an instant, thirty-six rule divine chains silently pierced the void.
Among them, twelve lightning rule divine chains twisted together, forming a purple divine spear completely composed of rule divine chains, instantly impaling a great power from Heavenly Star Upper Sect from behind.
The opponent didn’t even have time to hum before perishing on the spot.
The pressure on True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai instantly reduced by one-fifth.
Meanwhile, the remaining four great powers from Heavenly Star Upper Sect turned their heads in shock while maintaining their attacks.
After discovering Ning Qi’s arrival, everyone’s expressions first stunned, then their eyes seemed to flash with realization; clearly, they recognized Ning Qi.
But in the instant of their reaction, it was already enough for Ning Qi to kill three more among them.
Twelve flame rules instantly pierced one person; that person’s body immediately ignited, rising with a terrifying rule flame that couldn’t be extinguished, turning to ash in the blink of an eye.
Another twelve rule divine chains like flowing water combined into a high-pressure water blade, directly splitting another great power in half from the middle.
The remaining twelve rules of sword divided into three strands, respectively stabbing into a great power’s brow center, heart, and dantian, swinging the sword to slash; instantly turning to powder.
Of Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s five, instantly only the leader Luo He remained.
He was dumbfounded, only managing to say two words, “You are…”
However, next, four kinds of rule divine chains surrounded and assaulted; Luo He also lined up to meet the King of Hell.
Only then did the starlight giant hand and illusory image of Flu Xing pressing down on True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai’s heads dissipate.
The two’s lower bodies had completely sunk into the soil; they temporarily had no strength to pull out, gasping heavily, their faces mixed with blood and sweat, quite disheveled.
However, the fortune of escaping death immediately made the two look toward the newcomer.
Before, their heart power had been focused on coping with the attacks from above, fundamentally unaware of who the newcomer was.
The two’s gazes focused on Ning Qi, immediately both stiffening in place.
“Ning… Ning Qi kid?”
True Person Ziyang was even more shocked than seeing the King of Hell.
Jiang Ruhai was the same; he even rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong.
A day ago, Ning Qi had led the congregation of true disciples to escape from this place.
How could it possibly be him returning now, and moreover helping the two sect great powers instantly exterminate five great powers from Heavenly Star Upper Sect?
Ning Qi teleported to the two’s side, mana surging, instantly pulling the two elders out from the mud, while releasing a layer of water light to wash away their disheveled state.
Zi Yang Grand Elder still couldn’t believe it was truly Ning Qi who had arrived; he bowed and said:
“Many thanks to Senior for the life-saving grace; it’s just unknown why Senior would disguise as our sect’s true disciple Ning Qi’s appearance?”
Jiang Ruhai also followed with a salute.
No choice; compared to believing it was Ning Qi who arrived, their reason more believed a mysterious expert had come, but disguised as Ning Qi’s appearance.
Right, the mysterious expert; the two couldn’t help thinking of the one Ning Qi had mentioned on the way to Profound True Secret Realm.
“Two elders need not perform such a grand salute; could it be you truly can’t recognize me?” Ning Qi said indifferently.
Hearing Ning Qi’s voice, the two then raised their eyes, seriously sizing him up again.
True Person Ziyang still carried suspicion as he asked: “Ning Qi kid, is it really you?”
Although Jiang Ruhai didn’t speak, his expression was completely the same as True Person Ziyang’s, showing doubt that flashed and passed, as if not daring to show it.
After all, the person before them was a expert who instantly exterminated five top-tier upper sect great powers; what if the other liked playing such games of disguising as others?
“Zi Yang Grand Elder, I spent one day stepping into Void Dao Realm.”
The two sensed the mana fluctuations on Ning Qi’s body.
Good grief, this mysterious expert was addicted to role-playing, huh?
Ning Qi kid indeed had terrifying talent; even if he broke through to Void Dao Realm, the two would believe it.
But the fluctuations emanating from the mysterious expert before them were clearly those of late Void Dao Realm; moreover, the rule power he revealed in exterminating five great powers was fully four kinds!
No matter how prodigious Ning Qi kid was, he couldn’t possibly be prodigious to this extent!
The two exchanged a glance, seemingly seeing the same thought in each other’s eyes.
Ning Qi smiled helplessly.
Since the two still didn’t believe, he had no way.
He said: “Two elders, time is precious; since you are now seriously injured, then go rendezvous with junior brother and junior sister; I still have things to do.”
After speaking, Ning Qi transmitted a spatial coordinate to the two’s minds, along with a vivid image.
In the image, the giant lake had vast blue waves, Jiang Qingxue and the other eight cultivating beside the giant lake.
Doing all this, Ning Qi rolled up the relics of Luo He and the five, turning into a streak of purple lightning, instantly disappearing from this place.
A gust of wind blew, tousling True Person Ziyang and Jiang Ruhai’s hair.
The two dazedly stared in the direction Ning Qi disappeared, for a long, long time, before coming back to their senses.
Jiang Ruhai asked: “Zi Yang Grand Elder, do you think he is the mysterious expert Ning Qi mentioned?”
“Ruhai, you think so too?”
“Naturally; if it’s really him, it can explain what happened on the way here.”
Jiang Ruhai stubbornly said, “It’s just, unknown who he truly is; what should we do now?”
True Person Ziyang pondered deeply for a moment before saying: “I think we should first go see the true disciples under the sect; anyway, that mysterious expert left their position.”
“Alright, this way we can also confirm.”
Thus, the two also left this place.
…
While flying, Ning Qi changed his appearance and clothing.
Before, to save Elder Ziyang and the two, he had appeared in his original appearance to persuade the two to leave.
But after, it wasn’t convenient for him to continue using his current identity.
Although his reincarnated body was now invincible in Void Dao Realm, exposing his identity would be tantamount to prematurely revealing his trump card, attracting enemies’ prying eyes.
If it provoked the sects to jointly target him, even threatening Boundless Sword Sect, that would be trouble.
Even if he was ever so powerful now, he still couldn’t protect everyone.
In an instant, Ning Qi changed from white clothes to purple clothes, his appearance also becoming that of a completely unfamiliar middle-aged man, with added traces of Cang Sang.
At the same time, he even quietly used a secret technique to shield his own causality, lest some expert in divination calculate everything about him.
To calculate him, one must have cultivation exceeding his; exceeding naturally wasn’t his reincarnated body, but his World Lord main body!
Hmph hmph, currently, unless there was a Dao Integration Realm old ancestor skilled in divination techniques, but North and South Regions temporarily had no such existence.
Afterward, Ning Qi didn’t directly go excavate the numerous tombs in Profound True Secret Realm; that would be far too slow.
He directly targeted all the great powers in Profound True Secret Realm!
Over a day plus since the great powers entered Profound True Secret Realm, surely many had excavated quite a few good things.
Within Ning Qi’s perception range, not far ahead, three great powers from an upper sect had just completely cracked a great tomb and emerged.
Purple lightning pierced the void; in a short while, Ning Qi appeared before the three.
The three great powers gazed at the suddenly appearing purple-clothed middle-aged man; seeing his extraordinary bearing, his whole body seeming to merge with heaven and earth, their hearts couldn’t help jumping.
One of them said: “Unknown what intent you have in blocking us three?”
Ning Qi coldly said: “Hand over what you obtained!”
The several people’s faces instantly changed; the previous one angrily said: “With so many great tombs emerging in Profound True Secret Realm, does you want to rob instead?”
Ning Qi didn’t waste words with the several.
His eyes opened and closed, instantly shooting out three strands of rule power—one purple, one red, one blue—like lightning chopping into the several.
The several fundamentally didn’t expect Ning Qi to suddenly strike, much less expect Ning Qi’s use of rules to be so terrifying, able to unleash in the blink of an eye!
Even more terrifying, the opponent actually had three kinds of rule power!
The three were caught off guard, spun like tops and sent flying.
The rule chains surging from the several had just emerged, not yet attacking toward Ning Qi, when Ning Qi first used rule chains to bind the three.
A strand of divine power released from the rule chains, like mountain like ridge, instantly suppressing the three!
The three were suspended in midair, all showing shocked expressions.
All late Void Dao Realm, why could the opponent so easily suppress them?
“Hand over what you obtained, or die!”
A chill-to-the-bone voice entered their ears; the three seemed frozen from feet to heads, even their mana and Nascent Soul frozen.
“We are willing to hand over!”
Hearing this, Ning Qi slightly gave the three a bit of freedom to move.
The three dejectedly, either taking out storage rings or storage pouches, handed them to Ning Qi, not daring to play tricks.
Things lost could still be collected from other great tombs, but life lost meant nothing left!
Ning Qi took all three’s gains into his own storage space, only leaving them their weapons and some things he looked down on.
Without saying more to the several, his figure turned to purple mist and dissipated.
…
In the subsequent few days, Ning Qi continuously swept through Profound True Secret Realm.
Fully robbing over fifty Void Dao Realm great powers!
He was also extremely astonished; he didn’t expect the restrictions of Profound True Secret Realm to disappear, attracting so many Void Dao Realm great powers to enter.
Before, there weren’t this many leading the congregation of true disciples here.
But good, the more great powers, the more people helping him temporarily store resources!
And in the few days since he appeared, among the great powers in entire Profound True Secret Realm, a message immediately spread.
A mysterious expert was robbing the congregation of great powers; his obtained wealth was number one in Profound True Secret Realm.
Because he wore purple clothes and acted domineeringly, the great powers gave this person a nickname—Purple-Clothed Bandit Marquis.
After Ning Qi robbed two more great powers, he finally learned of this nickname, quite speechless.
But anyway, he walked upright and sat straight, with a broad mind; a bit of infamy was nothing, let them be.
Another half day passed.
A golden great tomb ahead boomed and shattered; five human figures flew out from it.
Ning Qi glanced, immediately recognizing the several—it was North Xuan Upper Sect’s great powers led by Wang Zhanqiu.
Finally encountered the several; just right to settle the old accounts before coming to Profound True Secret Realm!
Not to mention they prepared to join Ye Family to eradicate Ning Qi; even if they prepared to target Boundless Sword Sect, they would sooner or later clash with Ning Qi.
Ning Qi’s thoughts raced, not planning to let the several go.
The several saw a purple-clothed middle-aged man blocking the path.
Wang Zhanqiu suddenly asked: “You are the Purple-Clothed Bandit Marquis widely rumored in Profound True Secret Realm these few days?”
“So what if I am?”
Wang Zhanqiu glanced at the other four; the congregation immediately burst into laughter.
“Good, good, good; heard you robbed quite a few upper sect great powers’ treasures; we were just preparing to find you, yet you deliver yourself to the door—truly ‘wear out iron shoes in fruitless search, obtain without spending effort’!”
“Right, Elder Wang; we use the countermeasures we already discussed to surround and kill this person!”
Except for Wang Zhanqiu, the four scattered their figures; in an instant, Ning Qi’s vision blurred, as if several afterimages appeared.
When clear, the five had formed a pentagonal formation, surrounding him in the center.
“You robbing other great powers is one thing, but daring to rob us North Xuan Upper Sect; haven’t you heard what we North Xuan Upper Sect excels at? Truly die without knowing how.”
“Don’t say it that way; if he didn’t come rob us, how could we obtain that number one gain.”
“Right, brothers; shall we give him a quick death?” one asked, seemingly showing a trace of kindness.
Wang Zhanqiu slightly nodded, “Since so, after taking him down, we’ll use Nascent Soul Slash Blade to cut off his four limbs, sacrifice to the heavens.”
“Elder Wang is truly kind-hearted!”
The several responded laughing; looking at Ning Qi, their expressions seemed to have him firmly in grasp.
Ning Qi instead had a bit of surprised color.
His return to Profound True Secret Realm had only exterminated Heavenly Star Upper Sect’s several; the great powers encountered later were only robbed not killed—could the several think he was weak?
Or, did their North Xuan Upper Sect indeed have something unique in Void Dao Realm? Or, these guys from Northern Xuan Region’s number one sect were just arrogant by habit?
Ning Qi’s whole body mana erupted; instantly, a blue light curtain draped down from above his head.
In Wang Zhanqiu five’s sight, they saw a blue star suspended above Ning Qi’s head, draping a blue light curtain to defend against the five.
“This person’s spell-casting speed is extremely fast.”
“Seeing him cast starlight technique, could he be from Heavenly Star Upper Sect?”
Various thoughts arose in the several’s hearts.
They didn’t wait for Ning Qi to fully prepare; the five, with their current positions, began rotating around Ning Qi.
They weren’t singly rotating horizontally, but with Ning Qi as center, doing a full 360-degree rotation.
The five birthed hundreds and thousands of afterimages, falling in Ning Qi’s eyes; for a moment, whether his visual perception or Nascent Soul perception surprisingly couldn’t see through the thousands of afterimages.
Instead, his entire consciousness felt extremely fatigued, with a sense of being hypnotized.
Ning Qi shook his head; his Dao heart extremely firm, the many illusions before his eyes then receded.
No wonder North Xuan Upper Sect’s great powers were so confident; turns out they had Nascent Soul confusion technique.
Five jointly casting, afraid even capable of briefly making an early Integration Realm magnate lose consciousness.
At the same time, endless Nascent Soul Slash Blades chopped from all directions.
Every blade flickered with ghostly light; that slash blade and the ghostly light on it could only be captured by Nascent Soul, invisible to the naked eye.
This move was truly insidious beyond measure: first confuse opponent’s perception, then use endless Nascent Soul Slash Blades to kill opponent’s Nascent Soul.
Ning Qi couldn’t help associating it with the scene of his battle with Chu Xiaotian; North Xuan Upper Sect excelled in Nascent Soul cultivation, so the foundation they laid for Void Dao Realm was also extremely solid.
No wonder the congregation was so confident!
Unfortunately, they encountered Ning Qi.
The endless Nascent Soul Slash Blades chopped onto the watery light curtain draped by the blue star, just like clay oxen into the sea; though able to stir waves, in the end all dissipated completely.
Seeing this, the five couldn’t stay calm.
“Elder Wang, something seems off.”
Wang Zhanqiu naturally also discovered the situation on Ning Qi; he said: “Switch to Nascent Soul controlling rule divine blades!”
“Yes!”
In a flash, the five’s Nascent Souls seemed to leave their bodies; the entire void seemed plunged into chaos, looking from afar like frosted glass.
Strand after strand of rule divine chains birthed in the void, combining into blades, or into swords, or needles or spears or arrows!
Among them, a particularly massive slash blade hovered between illusory and real, as if formed from smoke and clouds.
Boom!
All attacks fell; the blue star above Ning Qi’s head seemed to shatter instantly.
Wang Zhanqiu and the five immediately rejoiced!
When all attacks were about to land on Ning Qi, suddenly, another purple star drilled out above Ning Qi’s head.
From small to large, in a turn of the eye.
It abruptly shot out various thunder, turning into lightning rule divine chains, long or short, sweeping the entire void.
Sizzle!
Endless thunderclouds gathered toward this place.
The five’s Nascent Souls emitted extremely shrill screams.
Although Nascent Soul rule techniques were extremely effective against injuring and destroying Nascent Souls, lightning rules also had special effect against Nascent Souls.
In ancient times, rumor had it that generations of cultivators defied heaven in cultivation, every time necessarily passing tribulation, each time passing various lightning tribulations.
Lightning tribulation could temper Nascent Souls, also destroy; destruction occupied over ninety percent.
Thus, the five’s Nascent Souls controlling rule divine chain combinations, swept by lightning rules, were instantly like being stripped naked, dipped in oil salt chili etc., and whipped.
Whipped till skin split flesh torn, Nascent Soul torn, and burning hot pain plus numbness!
The five wailed miserably; even some saw the situation turn bad, birthing intent to flee.
Alas, Ning Qi’s head released another star, large as Flu Xing, dark red light illuminating the void, an ominous color enveloping the five’s Nascent Souls.
The five only felt they had the worst luck of eight lifetimes; Nascent Souls and bodies all plummeted downward!
Several rule divine chains condensed into a blade, silently chopping out.
The void shattered; surrounding spiritual energy and rules all slashed extinct, revealing a massive black gaping slash mark.
Four great powers’ Nascent Souls and flesh bodies instantly annihilated.
The remaining Wang Zhanqiu had half his Nascent Soul shattered, flesh body also annihilated.
He screamed miserably, “You Heavenly Star Upper Sect dare commit such utter extermination; our North Xuan Upper Sect absolutely won’t let you go.”
Wang Zhanqiu’s remaining half Nascent Soul suddenly actively self-destructed a chunk, as if communicating with heaven and earth, condensing an extremely special messaging shadow that pierced ten thousand li of void and disappeared.
As for the remaining Nascent Soul, it gradually dispersed.
Ning Qi reached out a large hand, with great difficulty salvaging a wisp.
Want to die? No way; still need to leave a wisp, and after returning to the sect, testify that Ye Family colluded with North Xuan Upper Sect to harm him.
