Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

“Die!”

In the Fengdu City space, a great sun hung high in the air as Meng Jingzhou broke through mid-battle. His fist techniques underwent a complete transformation, recreating the ancient unbeatable momentum as he stood supreme. In the clash of fists, he shattered his shadow doppelganger with a single punch.

Countless ghosts that witnessed this scene huddled together and trembled. Meng Jingzhou’s yang energy was so overwhelmingly potent that it was the bane of their existence.

“Finally settled.” Meng Jingzhou wiped the sweat from his brow. Not having an Incipient Dao Fruit is really troublesome. It took me so long just to deal with a single opponent.

“Senior Brother Meng, are you alright?” Man Gu came over to check on him, handing him a towel.

Meng Jingzhou flashed a dashing smile. “What could possibly happen to me? I have no idea what’s going on with Old Lu out there. He’s been gone for so long. I’ll go and take a look.”

He opened the spatial gate of Fengdu City and poked his upper body through.

Zhongshan Commandery was a scene of devastation, with debris strewn everywhere. Waves of fierce killing intent swept across the land.

He saw two immortals locked in intense combat above. One looked like the legendary Qilin, while the other was shrouded entirely in black mist, his identity unknown.

The sky and earth bore traces of their battle with shattered space, turbulent gales, and claw and bite marks.

Meng Jingzhou. “...”

What happened here? Isn’t Old Lu supposed to be fighting the Balance Arbiter Divine Lord out here?

Just as Meng Jingzhou was about to pull himself back to the Fengdu City space to clear his head, he spotted three figures racing toward him, fleeing as though their lives depended on it. Shockwaves erupted all around them, sending them flying, yet they picked themselves up each time and kept running.

“Wait! Let us in too!” The Thief King, with the Balance Arbiter Divine Lord and the Fittest Arbiter Divine Lord in tow, was overjoyed to see Meng Jingzhou and dashed toward him.

Zhongshan Commandery had been blasted beyond recognition. They could no longer tell where the original entrance to the Fengdu City space was. Fortunately, Meng Jingzhou had opened the gate.

For the first time, the Thief King realized just how invaluable the Speed Incipient Dao Fruit was. It truly is a lifesaver.

The Thief King and the two divine lords barreled into the Fengdu City space, knocking Meng Jingzhou flat on his back.

“A life-saving favor can never be repaid. I’ll support you in becoming the Meng Family Head.” The Thief King lay sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath. That was truly a narrow escape.

Meng Jingzhou grabbed the Thief King by the collar. “Who cares about some family head? What’s happening out there?”

The Thief King shook his head, and the two divine lords’ responses were similar. “No idea.”

They had originally heeded the Qilin Immortal’s instructions to hide far away, not daring to look or listen to whatever was unfolding on the Qilin Immortal’s side.

Before long, they heard the sound of fierce combat from above. The Qilin Immortal seemed enraged as though he could devour someone alive. Since becoming his disciple, the Fittest Arbiter Divine Lord had never seen his teacher reveal such an expression.

Without a second thought, the three of them fled for their lives across the ravaged landscape. They dared not run toward Lu Yang, for it was even more perilous in that direction.

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At the moment, Lu Yang was running all around the ruins of Zhongshan Commandery with the Qingfeng Sword strapped to his back. He had placed the sapling and the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit inside the Qingfeng Sword’s small world.

If it hadn’t been for the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit, he would have been grievously injured from the shockwaves.

Although the Qilin Immortal was extremely incensed, his eyes bloodshot, rage evidently didn’t enhance his combat prowess. He was utterly overwhelmed by the mastermind.

The Midheaven Emperor-Lord had vanished without a trace. It was unclear whether he had seized the opportunity to flee or hidden himself somewhere.

The mastermind’s target was the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit, so wherever Lu Yang fled, the battlefield followed. Lu Yang dared not escape into the Fengdu City space or leave the bounds of Zhongshan Commandery. If the battlefield shifted anywhere else, it would bring catastrophic destruction to that place.

Lu Yang hadn’t been idle either. Continuously employing “Clairvoyance,” he let impossible futures unfold before his eyes to verify that the mastermind hadn’t deployed the Timeline Dao Fruit.

He glanced back at the Qilin Immortal, who was covered in wounds yet still roaring. The rate at which he sustained injuries far outpaced his rate of self-healing. The mastermind didn’t even need to activate his Dao Fruit. He could crush the Qilin Immortal with sheer brute force alone.

“Senior Qilin Immortal, he’s trying to provoke you! Don’t fall for it!” Lu Yang transmitted an auditory message through his spiritual consciousness.

The moment the mastermind appeared, the Qilin Immortal was unable to contain his fury, and the taunts only fanned those flames. His blood and qi boiled over, flooding the heavens and inundating Zhongshan Commandery. He was fighting so recklessly as though he had no regard for his own life.

This was in line with Lu Yang’s understanding of the mastermind. Although powerful, he is fond of scheming. With the exception of the time the Everlasting Immortal Fairy perished, when he couldn’t retreat in time and was forced to fight the Four Ancient Immortals directly, he had never personally acted in any of his other interventions.

Strange. Why has he chosen to act in person this time?

Hearing Lu Yang’s words, the Qilin Immortal calmed down and adjusted his breathing. Indeed. I’m already outmatched. Being led around by the nose would only make matters worse.

“Shattering Mountains and Rivers!” Enduring the pain, the Qilin stamped his hooves upon the mountains and rivers, crushing them beneath his formidable might. Although he had regained his composure, every strike still brimmed with killing intent, showing no mercy.

Even if I perish today, I’ll have to tear a chunk of flesh from you!

“Heh.” The mastermind let out a barely perceptible chuckle. With his cultivation, he could naturally overhear Lu Yang’s auditory message. But so what if a mere Qilin has calmed down? A defeated foe remains a defeated foe.

Boom!

The mastermind raised his hand to catch the Qilin Immortal’s hoof, then abruptly yanked downward. The Qilin Immortal lost control and crashed to the ground, leaving behind a deep crater.

His opponent hadn’t even employed any spells or mighty abilities. With mere punches and kicks, he could already suppress the Qilin Immortal, giving no chance for the Survival of the Fittest Dao Fruit to take effect.

The Qilin Immortal opened his storage ring and stuffed a profusion of immortal herbs and rare medicines into his mouth as if they cost nothing, his wounds healing rapidly.

His Qilin horns glowed with scintillating runes. This was his innate divine ability. Even at the Golden Core Stage, he could shatter mountains with these horns. When contending with the Heaven Mandate Immortal, even the latter had to avoid its edge.

He burst forth from the earth and charged at the mastermind. In a flash, the mastermind seized his Qilin horns and flung him down with a reverse throw. The Qilin Immortal vomited blood as muffled cracks echoed from within. It was unknown how many bones were broken.

Suddenly, the winds and clouds shifted as the Exorcism Divine Lightning crashed down, ruthlessly slamming into the mastermind.

An incarnation of an immortal who governed heavenly tribulations descended upon the world, his gaze blazing like torches as he radiated divine majesty.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal’s incarnation swept his gaze across the scene, taking in the battered Qilin Immortal, Lu Yang fleeing with all his might, and the figure shrouded in black mist whom he could never forget. He pieced together what had transpired in an instant.

Couldn’t you have summoned me in some other way? Why must you insult me?!

The thought flashed through his mind, and his attention was immediately locked onto the figure shrouded in black mist. This person is as intractable as ever. My Exorcism Divine Lightning didn’t even manage to cleave through that black mist.

Damn it. An incarnation won’t be enough to deal with the mastermind.

“Heaven Mandate!” the Qilin Immortal cried out in excitement at the sight of his old friend. Among the Four Ancient Immortals, he and the Heaven Mandate Immortal shared the closest bond.

“Spare me the nonsense. We can catch up later! Can you get up?”

“Yes!” The Qilin Immortal pulled himself together, reigniting his fighting spirit as he soared into the sky to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heaven Mandate Immortal in battle.