Chapter 251 - 279: The Pouring Rain, the Green-Robed Man, a Finger Across the Heavens
Above Ning Village, a torrential downpour raged. Thunder and lightning filled the night sky, and a sinister wind howled across the Ten-Mile Burial Mound!
Who?
Hearing this sigh, a chill ran through the hearts of everyone, both inside and outside Ning Village.
The voice didn’t seem to travel through the air, but instead resounded directly in their minds. No one knew who had spoken.
"Hm? There’s another master here!?"
The old eunuch’s pupils constricted, an electric glint flashing in his eyes.
CRACK!
A bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating everything inside and outside Ning Village.
It illuminated Jin Yunfeng’s shocked face before the gates of Ning Village and reflected off the Blood Nether Thieves, now just a stone’s throw away, who were brandishing what looked like the Purgatory Blade Light. Their cold expressions began to twist.
A distance of several dozen yards was nothing to them; they could cross it in the blink of an eye.
But in that instant, it felt as though time itself had frozen.
Because, in the instant a serpent of lightning split the night sky, a figure had suddenly appeared before Ning Village.
The man stood tall and straight, clad in a white robe and cloak. He took a single step forward into the rain, and a heaven-and-earth-shattering scene unfolded.
BOOM!
A peal of thunder erupted from the flat ground, more powerful than the roaring thunder in the sky.
In an instant, a surging shockwave rolled skyward, forcing the torrential rain back dozens of yards into the air. It was as if an invisible dome had suddenly formed over the ground, repelling every last drop of rain.
The ground itself seemed to turn to liquid as ripples spread out like waves, churning up the earth into crests of mud.
NEIGHHH—
The well-trained crimson warhorses screamed in utter terror.
Their powerful hooves, which could gallop, leap, and cross mountains, were suddenly mired in the mud.
All the way up to their bellies!
No matter how well-trained or powerful they were, this time they were utterly incapable of moving forward even half a step.
Their initial frantic struggle gave way to an eerie stillness.
Due to the immense momentum, some of the less prepared Blood Nether Thieves with weaker Cultivation were flung from their saddles. The horses in the rear, unable to stop in time, crashed heavily into those in front.
In an instant, chaos reigned as men and horses were sent sprawling!
The voice that had rung in their minds seemed to have barely faded, yet directly in front of Ning Village, across a stretch of muddy ground dozens of yards wide, men and horses already lay in a tangled heap.
The stench of blood spread, mingling with the unending screams of men and the panicked whinnies of horses.
"It’s him!"
The expressions of both Jin Yunfeng and the captive Lin Qing’Er changed as they recognized the newcomer’s back.
It was none other than the master of Ning Village they had just spoken with—the young man named Su Bai.
Jin Yunfeng was utterly shaken.
It was the same person, but in the span of a mere few dozen seconds, he had undergone a complete transformation.
Before, Jin Yunfeng had found Su Bai mysterious and unfathomable. He had guessed he was no ordinary person and that his Cultivation might be strong, but he had never imagined he could be this powerful!
Now, in Jin Yunfeng’s eyes, the young man stood tall, seemingly one with heaven and earth.
He had the faint feeling that all the thunder in the world was there for him, its roars a celebration of his presence.
Beneath the night sky, all the thunder and lightning seemed to move at his command.
His presence was simply unbelievably powerful!
’Could Divine Thoughts actually be this powerful?’
It wasn’t just Jin Yunfeng. In the downpour, the old eunuch’s expression also changed, his eyes growing heavy with caution and dread!
SHING—
In the mud where the horses had fallen, the sprawling Blood Nether Thieves began to stir.
Wading through the mud, their sabers flashed violently, leaving shrill, wailing trails in the air that sounded like the cries of ghosts and gods.
A ferocious Evil Qi billowed as they slashed down mercilessly at Su Bai!
These Blood Nether Thieves were all elites with decent Cultivation. Even though they were attacking without preparation, they still coordinated with flawless, unspoken understanding.
The ferocious aura they unleashed was so intense that even Jin Yunfeng held his breath in dread.
A terrifying Presence of killing intent enveloped the area!
"This is bad!"
Jin Yunfeng’s expression changed, and his heart skipped a beat.
Because beneath the crimson tide of blades that surged toward him like a crashing wave, Su Bai truly made no move to dodge or evade!
"All killing intent, but no cutting edge."
Su Bai gave them a casual glance.
As the sound of his voice rolled out, he raised his arm and struck.
WHOOSH!
His movement was neither fast nor slow, and it displayed no discernible skill. It was just a simple swipe of his finger. To everyone watching, it looked like he was committing suicide; surely, his arm would be severed in the next moment.
But in the next instant, a shocking scene unfolded.
As his finger swiped through the air, the very air currents beneath the night sky seemed to solidify and move with his gesture.
RUMBLE!
In that moment, the roars of dragons and tigers seemed to echo as a gale erupted!
Dozens of scimitars, along with the very arms that wielded them, were sent flying into the rain-swept darkness.
Then, before any earth-shattering screams could even erupt, they were utterly extinguished.
The gale swept back down like the sharpest of blades, completely piercing the bodies of every charging Blood Nether Thief!
For a moment, blood flowed freely as bone fragments flew through the air!
With a single swipe of his finger, a gale like a Dragon had instantly swept away every Blood Nether Thief who had dared to attack.
’This person... he has such a terrifying Physique?’
The old eunuch’s expression flickered, and his heart filled with absolute horror!
He could clearly sense that the white-robed youth before him was emitting no fluctuations of True Qi, nor had he used any Cultivation Technique or Divine Techniques.
It was just a casual swipe of a finger, yet the very air became as solid as steel for him to command, shattering Crimson Treasure Sabers, tearing through Treasure Armor, and pulverizing flesh and bone from dozens of yards away.
This was clearly a terrifying power one could only possess when their Physique had been cultivated to an incredibly fearsome degree.
SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!
Severed limbs and blood, mixed with the rainwater, slapped against the ground.
’What a pity...’
Su Bai thought to himself, looking at the old eunuch.
He had used the Purification Tripod to briefly sense the old eunuch. Although his level of sin was quite high, reaching Seven-Star, his Cultivation was too poor to provide much of a reward.
He glanced briefly toward the Black Emperor’s Palace in the rear.
He mused to himself.
’Still, it’s not a total loss. At least the experience piñata in that Emperor’s Hall back there seems pretty fat.’
’Such power...’
And the old eunuch, standing not far in front of him, now wore a grave expression. The thought of retreat had actually begun to form in his mind.
However, just at that moment, a massive Silver-White Dog Demon suddenly pounced on him!
As the old eunuch looked on, his face a mask of terror, the Silver-White Dog Demon raised its head high, its jaws opened wide, and then snapped shut.
With one bite, it swallowed half of the old eunuch’s body!
"AHHH!!"
A bloodcurdling scream was extinguished in an instant.
The Silver-White Dog Demon let out a contented burp, while the old eunuch on the ground had already turned into half a desiccated corpse.
"I cultivate a special Daoist Skill that lets me sense that this old man was heavy with sin. That’s why I swallowed him in one bite."
The Silver-White Dog Demon seemed afraid that Su Bai and the others would misunderstand, so it offered an explanation.
Su Bai glanced at it and let out an amused chuckle.
"Enough!"
Just then, a voice thick with fury echoed from within the Black Emperor’s Palace.
BOOM—
The next moment, an incomparably terrifying aura, mixed with the roar of crimson lightning, violently erupted.
It pressed down on the entire Emperor’s Hall...
...causing it to completely shatter!
A figure in a green robe, his presence as oppressive as Purgatory itself, slowly rose from the shattered Emperor’s Hall.
He was a middle-aged man with shoulder-length green hair.
His eyes were filled with Evil Qi, and his gaze carried a cold killing intent. He stood in mid-air with his hands clasped behind his back, looking down upon them all with unusually ferocious silver eyes.
BOOM!
An overwhelmingly powerful pressure, carrying with it a surging wave of Evil Qi, instantly washed over the crowd.
’This is bad! This man’s Cultivation...’
Jin Yunfeng’s face changed drastically. Under this pressure, sweat beaded on his forehead and his pupils constricted. It felt as if a great mountain was crushing his heart, and his gaze was inevitably forced downward.
His Heart Spirit was utterly horrified!
’Faced with this man, I don’t have even the slightest strength to resist!’
However, just as he was paralyzed with terror...
A streak of golden lightning flashed before his eyes.
It was followed by a boundless golden radiance that completely filled his vision.
For a moment, he was blinded.
When the golden light that filled the sky finally began to dissipate...
In a daze, everyone looked up toward the sky.
At that moment.
The wind stopped. The rain ceased. The night scattered. Daylight dawned!
A golden Finger Seal stretched across the firmament.
Everyone looked around, their expressions dazed and vacant.
Inside and outside Ning Village...
...where was there even the slightest trace of the green-robed man?
Looking back at Su Bai, they saw his hand was raised.
A single finger, spanning the heavens!