Chapter 6082 - 6085
The outside world was a scene of utter devastation.
On the sacred mountain, thousands of pilgrims lay on the ground, groaning in agony.
Their life essence was forcibly extracted, transforming into streaks of blood that flew towards the summit.
Those with lower cultivation levels had already become desiccated corpses, while those with higher levels were struggling to survive.
In the sky, eight crimson pillars of light connected, forming an array that enveloped the entire sacred mountain.
Between the pillars, crimson energy intertwined like chains, forming a massive cage.
Kai looked up at the summit, his eyes flashing with cold light.
He transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the summit against the direction from which the blood streaks had flown.
The higher he went, the stronger the suction became, and the denser the crimson energy grew.
If Kai hadn’t possessed the power of chaos, capable of devouring all laws, he too would likely have been affected by this suction, his life essence spilling out.
When he reached the mountainside, a dozen figures suddenly appeared ahead, blocking his path.
Leading them was an old man with white hair, clad in a golden divine robe, his aura as deep as the sea—a peak eighth-grade Upper Immortal!
Behind him stood twelve golden-armored generals, each possessing cultivation levels of the sixth or seventh rank of the Upper Immortal Realm.
“Halt,”
the white-haired elder said calmly. “This is a sacred mountain, no idlers allowed.”
Kai stopped, coldly staring at the elder. “Your divine race, under the guise of pilgrimage, actually performs blood sacrifices, slaughtering countless lives. Aren’t you afraid of divine retribution?”
The white-haired elder laughed. “Divine retribution? In the Fourteenth Heaven, the Divine Temple is heaven itself. As for you, if I’m not mistaken, you are Kai from the Thirteenth Heaven, aren’t you?”
“You know me?” Kai raised an eyebrow.
“Of course I know,”
the white-haired elder stroked his beard. “Destroying the Heavenly Path, killing the Great Venerable, forcing back the Temple’s special envoy… your name is renowned throughout the Temple. The Temple Master is very interested in you and specifically instructed that if he sees you, he should try to recruit you.”
He paused. “Kai, join the Temple. With your talent, if you are nurtured by the Temple, you will surely become a True Immortal within a hundred years. Why make an enemy of the Temple for those ant-like beings of the lower realms?”
Kai also laughed. “Recruit me? And then, like the pilgrims on this sacred mountain, one day use me as a blood sacrifice?”
“You are different,”
the white-haired elder shook his head. “You are a genius with the bloodline of the Golden Dragon and the power of Chaos. The Temple will only value you, not harm you.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t believe it.”
Kai held his Dragon-Slaying Sword level. “Get out of my way, or die.”
The white-haired old man’s face darkened. “You won’t listen to reason, so don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
He waved his hand: “Form a formation! Take him down!”
Twelve golden-armored generals quickly dispersed, forming a battle formation that surrounded Kai in the center.
As soon as the formation was complete, the auras of the twelve men merged into one, their power surging, even faintly exuding the oppressive aura of a ninth-grade Upper Immortal!
“Kill!” Twelve people shouted in unison, and twelve golden spear shadows, like dragons emerging from the sea, pierced towards Kai from all directions.
Kai neither dodged nor evaded, sweeping his Dragon-Slaying Sword horizontally.
“Chaotic Sword Domain – Open!”
The gray domain instantly unfolded, covering an area of a hundred feet.
After entering the domain, the twelve spear shadows slowed down drastically, and their power was greatly reduced.
Kai’s figure moved like a ghost, weaving through the spear shadows.
With each swing of the Dragon-Slaying Sword, a divine general fell.
The sword light was like lightning, and blood blossomed.
Three breaths later, all twelve divine generals fell to the ground, and the battle formation collapsed.
The white-haired old man’s pupils shrank sharply: “Such a fast sword… such a strange domain…”
He finally put away his contempt: “It seems that the Palace Master underestimated you. Your true combat strength is probably close to the ninth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm.”
“Get out of the way now, it’s not too late.”
Kai pointed his sword at the old man.
The white-haired elder laughed: “Young man, you are indeed strong. But this is the Holy Mountain, territory cultivated by the temple for ten thousand years.”
He formed hand seals: “I’ll show you the true power of the Holy Mountain Grand Array.” As soon as he
finished speaking, the Holy Mountain trembled, and eight blood-red pillars of light simultaneously shot down, converging on the white-haired elder.
The white-haired elder’s aura rose steadily, from the peak of the eighth rank to the early stage of the ninth rank, then to the middle stage of the ninth rank… finally settling at the peak of the ninth rank!
His white hair turned blood red, his eyes were crimson, and his body was surrounded by blood-red light, like a blood demon descending to earth.
“Under the blessing of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, I can briefly possess the power of the peak of the ninth rank.”
The white-haired elder’s voice became hoarse and eerie, “Kai, it’s an honor for you to die in this state.”
He struck out with a palm.
The blood-red palm print blotted out the sky, countless vengeful spirits howled within his palm, carrying a terrifying suction force, as if to drain Kai’s essence, blood, and soul.
This was an evil technique infused with the power of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array!
Kai’s expression turned solemn. The power of this palm strike had indeed reached the peak of the ninth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm, and even faintly touched the threshold of the True Immortal Realm.
He couldn’t take it head-on.
Kai retreated rapidly, simultaneously unleashing dozens of sword lights from his Dragon-Slaying Sword, slashing towards the blood-red palm print.
The sword lights struck the palm print, like mud oxen entering the sea, only creating slight ripples.
The palm print continued its momentum, relentlessly pursuing Kai.
“You can’t escape.”
The white-haired elder sneered. “Within the Holy Mountain’s boundaries, no matter where you run, you can’t escape the array’s perception.”
Kai suddenly stopped.
He stopped running and turned to face the blood-red palm print.
“Who said I was going to run?”
The Dragon-Slaying Sword was held upright in front of his chest, and Kai closed his eyes.
Within his body, the Chaos Dao Seed spun wildly, the Golden Dragon Bloodline boiled, and the Netherworld Qi circulated.
The three forces began to merge under the harmonization of the Yin-Yang Returning Origin Technique.
Chaos was the foundation, the Golden Dragon was Yang, and the Netherworld was Yin.
The three elements returned to one, capable of breaking all laws.
“Slash.”
Kai opened his eyes and slashed out with his sword.
There was no dazzling sword light, no terrifying aura.
There was only a simple and unadorned gray sword light, as thin as a hair, flying silently toward the blood-red palm print.
The white-haired elder initially didn’t take it seriously, but the next second, his expression changed drastically.
The moment the gray sword light touched the blood-red palm print, the palm print began to dissolve!
It wasn’t shattered, but dissolved, like ice and snow meeting fire, rapidly crumbling.
The vengeful spirit in the palm let out a shrill scream, turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating.
The gray sword light, undiminished in its momentum, pierced through the palm print and shot straight at the white-haired old man.
“Impossible!”
The white-haired old man was horrified and hurriedly summoned all his protective magic treasures.
A golden shield, a jade talisman, a blood-red banner… seven or eight top-tier defensive magic treasures lit up simultaneously, forming layers of barriers in front of him.
But the gray sword light seemed to ignore them, piercing through layer after layer.
*Swoosh!
* The sword light finally pierced through the last barrier and pierced into the white-haired old man’s chest.
The white-haired old man’s body stiffened, and he looked down at his chest.
There was no wound, no blood, but his life force was rapidly fading.
“What… what kind of power is this…”
he managed to utter these words, his body beginning to turn to ashes and dissipate in the wind.
One sword strike, slaying a peak ninth-grade Upper Immortal!
Although his peak ninth-grade Immortal Realm cultivation was somewhat inflated due to external forces, Kai’s sword strike was still incredibly impressive!
Kai sheathed his sword, his face pale.
That last strike had nearly exhausted seventy percent of his power. While
the Three Elements Returning to One technique was powerful, it also placed a tremendous burden on his body.
He dared not delay, swallowing several recovery pills before continuing his flight towards the mountaintop.
No one stopped him along the way. Soon, Kai reached the summit.
The summit was a massive platform, with eight crimson altars standing in an octagonal pattern at its center.
Each altar was about ten zhang high, intricately engraved with array patterns, from which blood flowed, emanating a thick, pungent stench.
Crimson energy connected the eight altars, forming a complete array. At the center of the array, a gigantic crimson heart floated, beating rhythmically.
Thump…thump…thump…
With each beat, the entire sacred mountain trembled.
Countless blood threads flew in from all directions, converging into the heart.
After absorbing the blood, the heart beat even more powerfully, emitting an increasingly terrifying aura.
Kai could sense that within that heart, a terrifying being was being conceived—the remnant consciousness of the Ghost Crying Saint Venerable, or rather, the embryonic form of a ghost corpse.
Once the heart was fully formed, the ghost corpse would awaken completely, becoming a killing tool controlled by the temple.
It must be destroyed!
Kai’s gaze swept across the eight altars, quickly locking onto three. According to the golden-crowned cultivator, destroying all three altars simultaneously would interrupt the blood sacrifice formation.
However, the altars were protected by arrays, and the eight altars were interconnected; attacking one would trigger a counterattack from the other seven.
“I have no choice but to force my way through,”
Kai thought, selecting three of the closest altars. He took a deep breath, preparing to attack simultaneously.
But just then, a familiar voice rang out.
“Kai, you really came.”
Kai turned to see Lin Wuchen and Yue Liuli emerging from behind an altar.
And it wasn’t just them.
From all directions, figures appeared.
There were over thirty Divine Race cultivators, each possessing a powerful aura. The weakest was at the sixth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm, and the strongest, several elders, were at the ninth rank!
They were clearly prepared, waiting for Kai to walk right into their trap.
“I didn’t expect you to actually dare to come to the Fourteenth Heaven.”
Lin Wuchen looked at Kai, a complex expression flashing in his eyes. “Being defeated by you in the Thirteenth Heaven is the shame of my life. Today, I will personally wash away this shame.”
Yue Liuli also said coldly, “Kai, you ruined my temple’s grand plan and killed my temple’s cultivators. Today, you will not return alive!”
Kai glanced at everyone, his expression calm: “Just you?”
“Arrogant!”
A ninth-rank elder sneered, “Kai, you are indeed exceptionally talented and have astonishing combat power. But this is a sacred mountain, with the Blood Sacrifice Array enhancing our strength. And you, all alone, how can you withstand us?”
Another elder spoke up: “Kai, the temple master values talent and will give you one last chance. Join the temple, hand over the secrets of the Golden Dragon Bloodline and the Chaos Power, and I will spare your life. Otherwise, today is your death day.”
Kai smiled: “Recruit me? And then, like you treated Ghost Cry Saint Venerable, one day turn me into a puppet?”
The elders’ faces darkened.
“Stubborn to the end, then die!”
More than thirty divine cultivators attacked simultaneously. Various supernatural powers, magical treasures, and formations rained down on Kai.
The mountaintop platform was instantly engulfed in a dazzling array of colors, and the terrifying energy fluctuations caused the space itself to tremble.
Kai, at the center of the attack, remained remarkably calm.
This was the moment he had been waiting for.
“Chaotic True Body!”
“Golden Dragon Bloodline!” ”
Yin Yang Return to Origin Technique – Three Elements Return to One!”
The three supreme powers erupted simultaneously, and Kai’s aura instantly surged to its peak.
Half of his body shone with golden light like the sun, while the other half was shrouded in gray mist like chaos, with black energy flowing between his chest and abdomen, perfectly fusing the two powers.
On the Dragon-Slaying Sword, three-colored sword light flickered erratically, and the blade emitted an excited hum.
“Break!”
Kai unleashed a sword strike, and the three-colored sword light spread out in a fan shape, meeting all the attacks head-on.
Rumble…
A terrifying explosion swept across the entire mountaintop. The protective formations of the eight altars trembled violently, countless cracks appeared on the platform, and several altars even began to tilt. More
than thirty divine cultivators were blasted away by the explosion, and those with weaker cultivation levels were seriously injured and coughed up blood on the spot.
Kai was also badly injured. Withstanding so many attacks, even with the Three Elements Unity protecting him, he suffered considerable internal injuries.
But he didn’t stop. Taking advantage of the moment the divine cultivators were knocked back, he transformed into three afterimages and simultaneously pounced on the three chosen altars.
“Not good! He’s going to destroy the altars!”
“Stop him!”
The divine cultivators were shocked and hurriedly tried to stop him.
But Kai’s speed was too fast. The three afterimages arrived at the three altars almost simultaneously, and the Dragon-Slaying Sword was swung out.
“Chaos – Heaven Opening!”
Three gray sword lights simultaneously struck the altar bases.
The altar’s protective array was like paper before the chaotic sword light, shattering instantly.
The sword light continued its momentum, slashing into the interior of the altars.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Huge cracks appeared on the three altars simultaneously, the cracks spreading rapidly, and finally…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three altars exploded!
The moment the altars exploded, the Blood Sacrifice Array violently trembled.
The eight crimson pillars of light dimmed, and the crimson energy chains connecting them snapped inch by inch.
The crimson heart, suspended in the center of the formation, emitted a shrill scream, its beating becoming erratic. The
tremors of the entire sacred mountain ceased.
The blood threads that had been flying towards the summit broke, the suction force within the pilgrims vanished, and their essence blood stopped flowing out.
Inside the cave, the statue of the Ghostly Weeping Saint, which was about to fully awaken, suddenly trembled, the cracks on its surface stopped spreading, and the scarlet light began to fade.
Success!
The Blood Sacrifice Formation had been interrupted!
“No!!!”
The divine cultivators roared in despair.
Their plan, painstakingly crafted for three hundred years and on the verge of success, had been ruined by Kai alone! ”Kill him! Kill him!”
Lin Wuchen’s eyes were bloodshot, he looked like a madman.
Yue Liuli also gritted her teeth: “Kai, I will tear you to pieces!”
The remaining twenty-five Divine Clan cultivators attacked again, this time without holding back, all using their strongest killing moves.
Kai smiled.
The great formation was broken, the ghost corpse failed to awaken, his goal had been achieved.
Now, it was time to leave.
“Ming Li, retreat!”
Kai transmitted his voice to Ming Li in the mountainside cave.
“Mr. Chen, I have rescued most of the cultivators, and I have also destroyed the Soul Control Bell.”
Ming Li replied, “But the cave entrance is sealed by the Divine Clan, I am breaking through.”
“Hold on, I will come to meet you.”
Kai no longer fought with the Divine Clan cultivators, he swung the Dragon Slayer Sword and unleashed a ring of sword light, forcing back the crowd, then transformed into a stream of light and rushed towards the mountainside.
“Stop him! Don’t let him get away!”
The Divine Clan cultivators gave chase.
Kai was extremely fast, and in a few breaths he arrived at the mountainside cave.
A dozen or so divine race cultivators guarded the cave entrance, and the sounds of fighting echoed from within.
“Get out of the way!”
Kai unleashed a sword strike, a crescent-shaped gray light sweeping across the cave, instantly slicing through the divine race cultivators at the entrance.
He rushed into the cave and saw Ming Li protecting dozens of rescued cultivators, locked in fierce combat with over twenty divine race cultivators.
Although these cultivators were not highly skilled, they had formed a simple battle formation under Ming Li’s command, barely holding on.
“Mr. Chen!” Ming Li’s spirits lifted upon seeing Kai.
“Go!” Kai forced back the attacking divine race cultivators with a single sword strike, opening a passage.
Ming Li led the rescued cultivators swiftly out of the cave,
while Kai brought up the rear. The divine race cultivators outside had caught up and joined the cultivators inside, numbering over forty, completely surrounding Kai and his group.
Lin Wuchen and Yue Liuli also arrived, their faces ashen.
“Kai, you’re not getting away today!” Lin Wuchen gritted his teeth.
Kai scanned his surroundings. The number of Divine Clan cultivators had grown to over fifty, including six at the ninth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm.
A direct confrontation was not an option.
He looked at Ming Li: “How many can you take with you?”
Ming Li smiled bitterly: “With my cultivation level, I can only teleport ten at most. And the distance can’t be too far.”
Kai nodded: “That’s enough. You take these cultivators and go first; I’ll cover the rear.”
“No! Mr. Chen, we’ll all go together!” Ming Li cried urgently.
“That’s an order,” Kai said firmly. “Your presence will only be a burden. Don’t worry, if I want to leave, they can’t stop me.”
Ming Li gritted his teeth and finally nodded: “Mr. Chen, be careful!”
He formed hand seals, unleashing a Ghost Clan secret technique, and a cloud of black mist enveloped the ten cultivators.
The black mist dissipated, and the eleven had vanished.
Previous Page Yue Liuli also manipulated the God-King Binding Immortal Rope, binding Kai.
But it was too late.
Kai’s figure disappeared into the crack, and the crack quickly closed.
The silver sword light and golden chains collided with the closed space, bursting with dazzling light, but could not penetrate.
Kai had escaped.
“Ah!!!” Lin Wuchen roared to the sky, seemingly insane.
Yue Liuli’s face was so gloomy it could drip water.
The six ninth-rank elders looked at each other, their eyes filled with horror.
Under the siege of more than fifty powerful members of the Divine Race, within the range of the Holy Mountain’s great formation, Kai not only destroyed the Blood Sacrifice Formation and saved people, but also escaped unscathed.
This strength, this courage, this method…
If this boy is not eliminated, he will surely become a major threat to the Divine Palace!
“Chase him!”
one of the elders gritted his teeth, “He forcibly broke through space, he must be seriously injured, he can’t have escaped far!”
“Use all our power to search the area within ten thousand miles of the Holy Mountain, we must find him!”
The Divine Race cultivators transformed into streaks of light, scattering in all directions to search.
Meanwhile, in a valley a hundred miles away from the Holy Mountain, a rift opened in space, and Kai staggered out.
His face was ashen, and he had a deep, bone-revealing sword wound on his chest, left by Lin Wuchen’s final strike.
A mark from a golden chain stretched across his back, nearly breaking his spine.
Even more serious were his internal injuries.
Forcibly using the Three Elements Unity technique to break through space had almost exhausted all his power; his Chaos Dao Seed and Golden Dragon Bloodline were both dim and lifeless.
But he was still alive.
Kai swallowed the last few pills and sat cross-legged to meditate.
Half an hour later, Ming Li appeared, enveloped in black mist.
“Mr. Chen!” Ming Li was shocked to see Kai’s injuries.
“It’s alright, I won’t die.”
Kai opened his eyes. “What about those cultivators?”
“I’ve placed them in a cave a hundred miles away, set up a concealment array, they’re safe for now,” Ming Li said. “Mr. Chen, your injuries…”
“I need time to recover.” Kai stood up. “It’s not safe here, the Divine Race will be searching soon. We need to leave as soon as possible.”
“Where to?” Ming Li asked.
Kai looked into the distance, a determined look flashing in his eyes.
“To the Divine Hall.”
“Since the Divine Hall wants to kill me, then I’ll go find their enemy. Moreover, the Divine Hall is the only hope to save Senior Mu Sha’s soul.”
The two transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the valley.