Chapter 638 - 420: Martial Saint of the Zilan Sect
After three months, he returned to the Wilderness once again. Everything felt like it happened just yesterday, yet it also seemed like a long time had passed, and many things had become unfamiliar.
Huo Tianzheng and Situ Feng had both become Martial King Powerhouses, while Situ Ying, Li Chuyang, and Zhang Xianlong had broken through to the Martial Venerable Realm.
Li Fengyi, Ning Xuan, Su Xuerong, and Hu Qing had also become members of the Divine Realm Martial Sect.
Of course, their appearance was somewhat tragic; everyone had bloodstains on their bodies. Although they appeared joyful, their auras were weak, especially Situ Ying, Li Chuyang, and Zhang Xianlong, whose newly forged golden bodies were bloodied, almost reduced to skeletons.
Wei Fan waved his hand, and a stream of Holy Light scattered, engulfing the Essence Qi in the sky. In an instant, the aura of several people visibly recovered.
The state of Situ Ying, Li Chuyang, and Zhang Xianlong was even more astonishing. Their flesh rapidly grew back, and in just a few breaths, the three were as good as new.
As a Saint Realm Powerhouse, Wei Fan had already achieved the Extraordinary to Saint level. To him, resurrecting the dead and restoring flesh to bones was merely a matter of thought.
"Brother Wei, you... you’ve already reached the Extraordinary to Saint level?"
Zhi Hua and Gu Ziqin descended, their hearts in turmoil.
Wei Fan nodded and clasped his hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you for helping take care of my friends."
If Zhi Hua and Gu Ziqin hadn’t held out for some time, he might not have been able to arrive in time. Zhi Hua was truly a friend, but his relationship with Gu Ziqin wasn’t that close.
Neither spoke, their spirits shaken by Wei Fan’s achievement of sainthood.
"I’m sorry for dragging you into this again!" Wei Fan stepped forward.
The injuries of several people had already been healed, and their auras were even stronger than before.
"Haha... No need to apologize. If we were as strong as you, no one would dare trouble us over your matters."
Huo Tianzheng and the others didn’t mind. Without Wei Fan, they might all have died long ago.
"I brought some specialties for you from outside!"
Wei Fan began to retrieve items from his Storage Gourd, gifting each person a top-level Martial King Divine Soldier.
Huo Tianzheng and the others were wide-eyed with amazement. They initially thought Wei Fan meant unique food delicacies when he mentioned bringing specialties, never expecting he would give them each a top-level Martial King Divine Soldier.
With these, if they encountered a top-level Demon King in the future, they wouldn’t even have to endure an overwhelming aura.
"Pack up; let’s go to a new place!"
Since he had returned, Wei Fan naturally didn’t want Huo Tianzheng and others to continue hiding.
"Okay!"
Huo Tianzheng and the others said little more and returned to the cave to gather their belongings.
Wei Fan looked toward Huangfu Nalan and said, "Miss Nalan, you’re here for cultivation, right? I’ll find you a good place for cultivation. Can you protect my friends for a while as they accompany you?"
His emotions remained calm, but a murderous intent had long since surged in his heart. Had he not arrived in time, Huo Tianzheng and others might have already ended their own lives.
He would seek revenge one by one, but he wasn’t at ease leaving this group of friends without finding someone powerful to protect them.
Huangfu Nalan was undoubtedly the best choice. As a Saint Realm Powerhouse, she also carried Imperial Soldiers, and with no Emperor Level Master stepping out, no one could take advantage of her.
The Holy Mountain behind the Imperial Palace in the Dragon Kingdom Capital City was an excellent place. After the suppression of heaven and earth vanished, it was absolutely an ideal place for cultivation. Huo Tianzheng and others would likely be cultivating there if not for being implicated by him.
"Okay!"
Huangfu Nalan nodded and agreed. Protecting a few people was just a trivial matter for her!
The Wilderness became chaotic because powerful strangers from outside started seizing those famous mountains and rivers close to the Dao.
After a while, a group of people got up to leave this place and flew toward the Dragon Kingdom Capital City.
"You’ve actually completed the first transformation!"
Wei Fan met Long Jianying, who was still as confident and flamboyant as ever. Not only had he become a Martial King Powerhouse, but he had also mastered the first transformation of the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, evolving a silver Primordial Spirit.
Wei Fan himself practiced the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, so he was very familiar with this aura. The blessing of heaven and earth had granted the creatures of the Wilderness considerable benefits.
After introducing Huangfu Nalan to everyone and arranging their entry into the Holy Mountain, Wei Fan personally went to find Long Jianying.
"Where is Xueyi?"
He inquired about Long Xueyi’s situation, as she wasn’t with Zhang Xianlong, nor did he see her at the Holy Mountain afterward.
Upon hearing this, Long Jianying didn’t speak, opting instead for Mind Communication: "Her talent is higher than mine. She said she sensed the threshold of the second transformation and found a hidden place to undergo her second metamorphosis. I don’t know where she is now."
After a brief exchange, Wei Fan took Zhi Hua and Gu Ziqin and left, heading to the Chu Kingdom. He wanted to see for himself who had erased the Yunhua Sect’s mountain gate.
Zhi Hua had already broken through to the Martial King Ninth Layer, becoming a Peak Martial King. She didn’t plan to charge into the Saint Realm just yet, so she had ceased further cultivation.
As for Gu Ziqin, his aura was even weaker than when Wei Fan first met him, appearing as though he hadn’t fully recovered from severe injuries.
He failed in his attempt to breakthrough to the Saint Realm, but luckily he survived, failing to seize the opportunity of the world’s feedback to successfully breakthrough. In fact, so many people have rushed into the Wilderness, and to this day, no one has been heard to breakthrough to the Saint Realm here; rather, countless Peak Demon Kings have died attempting the breakthrough here.
"Ling Hu Yingjie and Wei Zhenyang failed in their attempt to breakthrough to the Saint Realm and have already fallen!"
Gu Ziqin sighed deeply. He was lucky; though he failed, he managed to save his life, unlike the other two in his group who weren’t so fortunate and fell directly.
"Many white bones lie along the path to the Saint Realm!"
Wei Fan couldn’t help but sigh. Earlier, he found it strange; considering their friendship, Ling Hu Yingjie and Wei Zhenyang should have helped him look after his friends in the Dragon Kingdom, but unexpectedly, they were already dead.
The world’s feedback was a feast, but for those who wanted to use it to breakthrough to the Saint Realm, it might be the last revelry.
"I heard that the Saint Sons of Lingxiao City, Celestial Profound Sect, and Liuyun Sect have also fallen. Only the Saint Son of Zilan Sect still has no news."
Gu Ziqin shared another piece of news: among the six great Holy Sects of the Beiding Continent, currently only the Saint Son of the Zilan Sect has no confirmed news. The Saint Sons of other Holy Sects all failed in their attempt to breakthrough to the Saint Realm; those who didn’t perish are crippled.
Wei Fan at last truly felt the harshness of attempting to breakthrough to the Saint Realm: so many Saint Sons had entered the Wilderness months ago, preparing for the world’s feedback in hopes of breaking through the Saint Realm, yet all failed.
The Zilan Sect’s situation remains unknown because everyone connected was slaughtered by Wei Fan. Although likely to be a failure too, the Saint Son of the Zilan Sect was the weakest among those of the six great Holy Sects on the Beiding Continent.
An hour later, the three arrived at the ruins of the Yunhua Sect, a city capable of housing tens of thousands, now turned to rubble, smashed into the ground by terrifying power, with massive cracks extending in all directions.
Murderous intent surged within Wei Fan, the grand array here was personally set up by him, yet now not a trace remains.
"The arrogance of the outside forces is truly outrageous, seizing Sects and destroying mountain gates!"
There were many onlookers coming to see the tragedy of the Yunhua Sect, most with expressions of anger.
Lately, it wasn’t just the Zilan Sect that was wiped out; many former Peak Sects had their mountain gates forcibly seized by external forces.
It was alright for those who obediently handed over their mountain gates, but those who didn’t were annihilated.
"What can we do when the Wilderness lacks strong warriors? Even someone like Wei Zhenwu, who was already a Martial King before the Dao Collapse ended, is now only at the Martial King Ninth Layer. I’ve heard there are thousands of Martial King Ninth-layer powerhouses pouring in from the outside."
"It’s useless, the Demon Hunter Organization doesn’t concern itself with Jianghu affairs unless it’s the Demon Fiend acting."
"It’s a pity that Wei Fan has disappeared for several months; if he were here, these external powerhouses wouldn’t dare act so recklessly."
"Indeed, if Wei Fan were here, who would dare touch the Yunhua Sect? But knowing Wei Fan’s temperament, these people are bound to suffer sooner or later. Of all targets, they chose to touch the Yunhua Sect."
"These people should wait for Wei Fan to wipe them out!"
Someone mentioned Wei Fan, in the hearts of the Jianghu people of the Wilderness, Wei Fan was regarded as an invincible War God. Even against external powerhouses, Wei Fan could suppress them.
"Ignorant, you think the Five Great Domains are like the Wilderness, a backwater place? There the strong are abundant, Saint Realm powerhouses are not few, Wei Fan hasn’t disappeared, he’s hiding. The Yunhua Sect was destroyed because Wei Fan offended an unparalleled expert outside, forcing them to annihilate the Yunhua Sect to draw him out."
A white-clothed man sneered coldly; he was an expert from an outside force, more knowledgeable than the natives of the Wilderness.
Wei Fan is stunning, but not a Saint; he’s only an ant in the end. It’s been so many days since the Dao Collapse ended, and Wei Fan hasn’t appeared, obviously scared.
"So what if they are for a moment stronger than Wei Fan? Under the suppression of the world, Wei Fan became a Martial King at eighteen, becoming a Saint is only a matter of time for him."
Even hearing such words, people from the Wilderness don’t feel Wei Fan is inferior to anyone.
"Frogs in a well, you think Saint Realm powerhouses are cabbages? Even if Wei Fan can breakthrough to the Saint Realm, can he survive to that day? It’s not one Saint Realm after him, but a..."
The outside powerhouse suddenly stopped, his head exploded.
In that instant, his body expanded, revealing a demon form.
"It turns out this was a Peak Demon King!"
Everyone displayed expressions of sudden realization, no wonder he held such hatred towards Wei Fan.
Wei Fan walked over leisurely, raising his hand to collect the Demon King’s corpse,
Then he reached out to the void, gathering an aura that gradually formed in his hand.
"It’s the power of a Human Race Martial Saint!"
He sensed no aura of the Demon Fiend, which meant it wasn’t a demon hand that wiped out the Zilan Sect, but a Human Race powerhouse. This aura was vast and transcendent, clearly not that of a Martial King.
"It’s the Zilan Sect’s Martial Saint!"
Gu Ziqin spoke; he had met the Saint Son of Zilan Sect several times and recognized the aura of the power cultivated through the Zilan Sect’s Holy Skill.
"Let’s go, let’s first slaughter that old thing!"
Aura collection completed, he led Zhi Hua and Gu Ziqin skyward.
"His appearance is so familiar... somewhat resembling Wei Fan."
Someone gazed at Wei Fan’s disappearing back, revealing a look of suspicion. Wei Fan had done many things in the Chu Kingdom, even eradicated the former Imperial Family. Many had seen him from afar.
Yet they dared not confirm; if it really was Wei Fan, who would dare destroy the Yunhua Sect.