Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked down at the untouched ice case on the podium, then turned in unison to the grief-stricken Xue Shilou beside them.

If Xue Shilou hadn’t instinctively protected his own ice case, Yang Kongtong wouldn’t have made a mistake.

“Why are you all looking at me? It’s instinct to protect your own things when in danger,” Xue Shilou protested.

“Creed Leader Yang... is still young at heart,” Mu Baiyi said slowly. He hadn’t expected Yang Kongtong to go to such lengths just to steal an icicle.

As I thought, the Heartless Creed is full of lunatics.

“Great, great, great. How dare you toy with me!”

No matter how exceptional Yang Kongtong’s mental state was, he couldn’t withstand such drastic emotional swings. Consumed by fury, he crushed the ice sword into shards and fixed his gaze on the other ice case.

“Don’t give him the chance!” Mu Baiyi transmitted an auditory message to Creed Leader Chi and Liu Zhen. It seems the other ice case contains what he really wants!

“Golden Crow Incinerates Heaven!”

Creed Leader Chi leaped into the air, transforming into a blazing sun of flames, which then split into ten, becoming three-legged golden crows.

Ten suns across the sky and golden crows incinerating the heavens—this was an unparalleled art created by the Radiant Sun Creed based on ancient legends, one that only the creed leader was qualified to learn.

The ten golden crows transformed into ten beams of golden light, rushing toward Yang Kongtong with an overwhelming aura and terrifying pressure.

The citizens of Muxue City could feel a heat reminiscent of summer in that instant. It was an experience they had never known before.

“Fusang, appear!” Liu Zhen formed hand seals, conjuring the phantom of the ancient Fusang Tree.

With the Fusang Tree’s appearance, the golden crows cried out. This was a complementary technique that significantly amplified the power of Golden Crow Incinerating Heaven.

“Frozen Ice, break.” Yang Kongtong raised his hand.

A halo of condensed ice appeared behind his head, then shattered into ten ice arrows. He drew his bow and loosed them. One by one, the golden crows were hit, wailing in agony before coalescing back into Creed Leader Chi.

“Immortal Fairy, is this an ancient move?”

“This is a unique technique of the ancient Ice Soul She-Devil. It appears that Ice Soul has imparted this move to Yang Kongtong.

“The Plum-Plucking Immortal Palm he used earlier is one of the three great unique techniques of the Heavenly Mountain Holy Land. Only the Holy Lord, Holy Son, and Holy Maiden had the right to learn it.

“The Heavenly Mountain Holy Maiden of that generation had fallen for Yang Kongtong. She violated ancestral teachings to pass this technique to him and was subsequently severely punished by the Holy Lord, confined for a hundred years.

“Yang Kongtong stormed the Heavenly Mountain Holy Land to rescue her, defeating the Holy Lord and taking her away. It caused quite a stir back then.

“See how exquisite his footwork is? It’s almost like teleportation. That’s the Carefree Step created by Leng Ningxiang. She based it on the Kunpeng Tribe’s swift movement technique and combined it with assassination cultivation techniques. It’s one of the finest footworks in the world, so fast that it’s nearly instantaneous.”

Lu Yang’s eyelid twitched. Yang Kongtong’s repertoire is truly eclectic.

At the moment, Yang Kongtong was using the three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators as target practice, drawing and releasing arrows. He pierced the Fusang Tree with one strike, the extremely cold arrow intent melting the scorching Fusang Tree. Caught off guard, Liu Zhen took a hit to the chest and spat blood.

Yang Kongtong continuously shot ice arrows, striking Liu Zhen three times in succession. Although the wounds were not fatal, they severely hampered his movement, rendering half his techniques unusable.

When Yang Kongtong shot the fourth arrow, Liu Zhen saw no way to dodge. With ruthless resolve, he clamped down and bit the arrow. His teeth ached, the cold contorting his face into a grimace.

Even Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou felt a chill while watching from below.

A jet-black ghost saber came slashing, with demons and ghouls running rampant. It interrupted Yang Kongtong’s fifth arrow. This was Mu Baiyi’s Avici Saber Technique.

Meanwhile, Creed Leader Chi formed a golden great sun seal with both hands and struck at Yang Kongtong. Terrifying energy erupted like a deluge, shaking the very fabric of space. Any Fusion cultivator who came into contact with it would die instantly.

Yang Kongtong flicked his right hand, transforming the Ice Soul bow into a great spear, simultaneously fending off both attackers.

Liu Zhen was a vindictive one. Despite his grievous wounds, he was determined to tear a piece of flesh from Yang Kongtong.

Yang Kongtong’s spear technique originated from the Shaohao[1] Clan, one of the great human clans and the wellspring of ancient spear techniques. Most spear techniques practiced today were derived from one aspect or another of the Shaohao Spear Technique.

“A member of his harem was also from the Shaohao Clan. Did he learn his spear technique from her?” Lu Yang mused. Yang Kongtong really has an impressive variety of skills.

“You are half correct. Among those who liked him was someone called Ji Hong. She was the daughter of the Shaohao Tribe Chieftain. But she dared not violate ancestral teachings and didn’t teach him the spear technique. Instead, Yang Kongtong learned it through his Harem Golden Core.

“You remember how the Harem Golden Core works, right?”

“Borrowing the power of one’s lovers to fight?”

“That’s right. Yang Kongtong often borrowed Ji Hong’s power to fight, as if possessed by her. After using it enough times, he gradually mastered the Shaohao Spear Technique.”

“So she just didn’t violate the ancestral teachings openly?”

“In any case, before Ji Hong became the tribe chieftain, the Shaohao Clan had no idea that Yang Kongtong knew their spear technique.”

“Attack his left hand; it’s not agile!” Liu Zhen lived up to his reputation as a veteran Transcendent Tribulation cultivator. His battle experience far surpassed that of Mu Baiyi and Creed Leader Chi. After exchanging blows, he finally exposed Yang Kongtong’s weakness.

Hearing Liu Zhen call out his flaw, Yang Kongtong’s expression turned cold. It was true that he lacked the soul of his left arm, which prevented him from using it freely.

“Do you think finding my weakness means you can defeat me?!” Yang Kongtong moved with the Carefree Step, leaving only an afterimage behind.

“Protect the ice case!” Liu Zhen shouted. He believed that Yang Kongtong was temporarily withdrawing from the battlefield to seize the ice case.

Just as the three focused their attention on Lu Yang’s side, Yang Kongtong appeared behind them. The Ice Soul Great Spear pierced through their hearts, freezing them solid in blocks of ice.

“No, this is an illusion!” Mu Baiyi yelled, activating his heart scripture to dispel the illusion.

While the three were breaking free from the illusion, Yang Kongtong finally grabbed the opportunity to snatch the ice case from the martial arts school.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, what should we do? He’s got the ice case!” Xue Shilou said frantically. Although he didn’t know what was inside, it was certainly something that could boost Yang Kongtong’s combat power; otherwise, the latter wouldn’t have tried so hard to extricate himself from the battle.

“Well, it doesn’t actually matter.” Lu Yang smiled.

“The thing inside is fake?”

“It’s real.”

Without hesitation, Yang Kongtong crushed the ice case, revealing a left arm covered in frost, frozen for hundreds of thousands of years.

“My soul can finally be complete!”

It doesn’t matter whether the arm is frozen. What matters more is that the soul remains within it. I’ve spent tens of thousands of years traversing the cultivation world, collecting pieces of my body. At last, I’m going to be whole again!

Yang Kongtong severed his own arm and replaced it with the newly acquired arm.

But just then, a ghostly voice whispered in Yang Kongtong’s ear. “Milord Yang, you’ve finally come for me.”

Yang Kongtong’s expression shifted dramatically. He would never forget this voice. It belonged to the very first person who had dismembered him without warning—Leng Ningxiang!

1. Shaohao is known to be the primogenitor of the Chinese people. ☜