Chapter 442 - 418: Carving Up the Chu Family, Ending the Turmoil
SQUELCH!
Thick, viscous blood spurted from the stump of his neck.
It stained the ground crimson. The blood of a Golden Core cultivator, rich with Spiritual Qi... Next year, the plants on this patch of land would grow especially lush.
"I..."
Chu Wunian’s eyes, bloodshot and red, were fixed on Su Ye.
Even without special body tempering, a Golden Core cultivator’s body was refined by Golden Core qi, granting them extremely tenacious life force. Even with his head severed, a single thought remained!
’I don’t want to die!’
’I don’t want to die!’
POP!
Su Ye snapped his fingers.
Chu Wunian’s head exploded in a shower of red and white, like a goddess scattering flowers.
For anyone below the Nascent Soul Realm, an injury like this was undoubtedly fatal!
Chu Wunian... had fallen!
「Just then.」
WHOOSH!
"You killed him?!"
From the distant horizon, a streak of crimson light shot through the sky!
The streak of light flew into Cloud Sea Immortal City, revealing a graceful figure in a dark red robe, emanating the Magical Power fluctuations of the Golden Core Stage!
"This..."
Zhao Jiuhuang hovered in mid-air, her eyes glazed over in a daze.
With her Divine Sense Perception, she could clearly sense that Chu Wunian’s body was dead and his Dao had vanished. The aura of his soul had completely dissipated!
A chill shot through her heart. ’I’m too late!’
After receiving the ultimatum forwarded by Shenxiao and Chu Wunian’s ’objective and neutral’ explanation, all the Flame Alliance Golden Core cultivators on the front lines sensed that something had gone terribly wrong!
Mr. Yun and Alliance Leader Zuo were holding the front lines and couldn’t leave.
They could only entrust Zhao Jiuhuang with returning to the immortal city to mediate, hoping to prevent the situation from escalating and affecting the battle on the front.
But she never expected... that she would be a step too late!
Chu Wunian was dead.
This Golden Core master of the Flame Alliance had his body destroyed and Dao extinguished right before her eyes!
"How could you kill him?"
Zhao Jiuhuang demanded, staring at Su Ye.
This was despite the fact that she had almost no personal relationship with Chu Wunian. In fact, the Chu and Zhao Families were fierce competitors, often clashing over the second-in-command position at the Wanlong Commerce Association.
However, as they were both Flame Alliance Golden Core cultivators, seeing Chu Wunian fall, Zhao Jiuhuang couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrow, like a fox mourning a dead rabbit.
’Chu Wunian’s crimes were proven, but they didn’t warrant death, did they?’
"You..."
"You’ve gone too far!"
Zhao Jiuhuang said angrily as her Magical Power surged.
VMMMM!
Golden Core qi swirled around her.
A crimson-gold phantom phoenix materialized behind her. The golden phoenix spread its wings and hovered, its wingspan nearly a hundred zhang, blotting out the sky!
The crimson-gold phoenix’s fiery tail feathers drooped down as its eyes glowed red, staring down at Su Ye!
[Divine Technique: Burning Fire Phoenix]
"Are you telling me what to do?"
Su Ye looked up, meeting the Burning Fire Phoenix’s gaze directly.
The corners of his mouth curled into a cold smirk.
VMMMM!
A flash of icy silver flickered in his eyes!
A terrifying wave of Divine Sense erupted!
Like an invisible force field, it spread out in all directions. In the blink of an eye, it seized absolute dominion over a radius of more than a thousand zhang through sheer power!
Urgh!
Zhao Jiuhuang let out a stifled grunt.
The golden phoenix phantom behind her rapidly shrank and dimmed, its Divine Technique form breaking down into basic Magical Power, forcibly suppressed and squeezed back into Zhao Jiuhuang’s body!
She found it difficult to fly, stumbling as she fell to the ground.
Zhao Jiuhuang’s eyes were filled with shock as she stared at Su Ye.
"This..."
"This level of suppression?"
"The Divine Sense power of a Late-stage Golden Core... the level of a great cultivator!"
"You..."
A look of horror suddenly flashed in Zhao Jiuhuang’s eyes.
She abruptly remembered that this monster had killed Chu Wunian right in front of her—Chu Wunian, a Mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, a whole minor realm higher than her!
Hiss...
’A combat strength like that is comparable to a Late-stage great cultivator like Mr. Yun!’
Zhao Jiuhuang was caught between a rock and a hard place, utterly mortified.
「At this moment.」
A flash of lightning flickered aboard the Ghostly Flood Dragon. Shenxiao, Lin Yinxiu, had arrived to mediate.
"Fellow Daoists, why must it come to this?"
"Mr. Su, please, stay your hand."
Su Ye raised an eyebrow and gave a calm, slight nod, retracting his vast, ocean-like Divine Sense.
’Killing Chu Wunian has accomplished my goal,’ he thought. ’Next is to unite with allies and carve up the Chu Family.’
Zhao Jiuhuang.
And the Zhao Family she represented... they were a party that could be united with.
’In the words of a great man from my past life: unite the great majority, strike at a small handful!’
"Ms. Zhao, Chu Wunian initiated the attack on Su Ye and provoked this incident. His execution and fall were well-deserved!"
"Besides..."
Lin Yinxiu’s Divine Sense stirred, and she transmitted a message directly to Zhao Jiuhuang.
"Ms. Zhao, just now, a member of your family’s direct line used the Zhao Family’s authority to counteract the city’s Array..."
"Huh?"
Zhao Jiuhuang was stunned. She blinked her crimson eyes, a dazed look on her face.
’Wait, what?’
’Does this mean my Zhao Family also bears some of the responsibility for Chu Wunian’s death?’
’Acting on their own authority!’
’How could they get involved in something like this?’
Zhao Jiuhuang gritted her teeth. Her fine brows furrowed as she sent out several Communication Talismans to verify the information.
「A moment later.」
Zhao Jiuhuang’s vision went dark for a second as she crushed the Communication Talisman.
The information was true. It was undeniable.
Tens of millions of cultivators in Cloud Sea Immortal City had witnessed Zhao Quling denouncing Chu Wunian and deactivating the city’s Array!
As a member of the Zhao Family’s direct lineage, her actions were tantamount to declaring which side the Zhao Family stood on!
But...
"This choice of sides... might not be a bad thing."
Thoughts raced through Zhao Jiuhuang’s mind. She looked at Su Ye and Lin Yinxiu, her heart stirring.
’This Mr. Su has extraordinary combat strength. Though he just entered the Golden Core Realm, he’s already comparable to a Late-stage great cultivator... And Shenxiao, Lin Yinxiu, also seems to favor him.’
’In that case, that’s two Golden Core cultivators!’
’Plus me?’
’Three Golden Core cultivators... that’s more than half!’
’Besides, with Chu Wunian’s death, the Chu Family’s decline is now inevitable!’
’Perhaps... the Zhao Family can use this sudden incident to carve out a large, juicy piece of the pie from the Chu Family’s legacy!’