Chapter 501: With Me Here, Who Dares Mend the Heavens (4)
Before the Master of the Du Alliance arrived, his spiritual sense had already locked onto Zhang Zhi. “Boom!”
The granite beneath Zhang Zhi’s feet suddenly collapsed, forming a pit about a zhang in diameter. Zhang Zhi was also forced to the ground by the immense pressure.
The Master of the Du Alliance arrived immediately. With his fat right hand spread open, his five fingers grasped Zhang Zhi’s head like an eagle’s talons, and then he swung it away without mercy.
“Bang!”
Zhang Zhi’s head instantly exploded like a watermelon, with red and white matter splattering everywhere.
The Master of the Du Alliance quickly dodged, a look of disgust on his face.
“Zhang Zhi!”
Old Man Cao was furious and shocked. He immediately rushed towards the Master of the Du Alliance with his treasured sword: “Du Wu, you old thief! How dare you kill my disciple!”
“Hmph! Overestimating yourself!”
Du Wu snorted coldly, his spiritual sense turned to suppress Old Man Cao, and he vanished from his original spot like a ghost.
Old Man Cao felt as if he were stuck in a swamp, his speed greatly reduced. Before he could even resist, a dark figure had already closed in.
Old Man Cao didn’t even have time to retract his sword and could only weakly brace himself with his elbow for defense.
“Bang!”
In the next moment, Old Man Cao was kicked and sent flying out like a cannonball, smashing a large hole in the east wall of the great hall.
“Old Man Cao, how dare you attack the Master of the Du Alliance! Are you trying to rebel?”
“Your disciple betrayed us, and his death is well deserved! As his master, not only are you not feeling guilty, but you dare to defy your superiors. Truly, the rot starts from the top!”
“Let’s all attack together. For the sake of the Cultivation World, we cannot let these two, master and disciple, leave today.”
Several old men in the great hall attacked with words, adding insult to injury*.
“Master!”
At this moment, Zhang Zhi’s life soul had emerged from his body. He saw his master being kicked away and anxiously floated over.
“Trying to escape?”
Du Wu was still relentless. His powerful spiritual sense instantly imprisoned Zhang Zhi’s life soul in place.
At this time, Old Man Cao’s spiritual sense spread over from a distance, striving to obstruct Du Wu’s spiritual sense to protect his disciple.
Meanwhile, outside the main altar, chaos had already erupted.
“Did you all hear that? A cultivator in the main altar has personally admitted it!”
“I see now, these cultivators are hiding the truth by every means possible because they fear that once the evil spirits disappear, we mortals will no longer depend on them.”
“Let’s all charge! For our descendants, we must not let them mend the heavens!”
“Yes, the world has become so dangerous that even if we die, we’ll likely turn into evil spirits. You don’t need to be afraid!”
“Don’t you want evil spirits so badly? Kill us if you have the guts!”
A group of ordinary people fearlessly squeezed towards the entrance again.
“Good! I’ll see if you can turn into evil spirits after you die!”
Protector Lei’s gaze chilled. He swung his sword backhand.
The massive sword energy was like a crescent moon rising in the sky, dazzling and exceptionally cold, cutting through the crowd as if slicing tofu.
“Pfft! Pfft!”
In the next moment, dozens of ordinary people along the path were suddenly cut in half. Blood splattered everywhere, and internal organs flew out, resembling the eighteenth level of hell.
“Ah!”
The other ordinary people were scared out of their wits and scattered in all directions.
“This beast actually dares to slaughter defenseless civilians?”
Qi Huang’s eyes were bloodshot.
“Don’t you want to become ghosts?
Show me a ghost then?”
Protector Lei stepped forward and sneered coldly.
However, at this moment, something dumbfounding happened. The life souls of those dozens of ordinary people actually emerged from their bodies as vengeful souls.
“How is this possible?”
Protector Lei was stunned, because according to common sense, ordinary people have weak spiritual sense, and once they die, their life souls should be immediately annihilated by the will of the Heavenly Dao.
Protector Lei looked closely and saw that a layer of extremely dense Yin energy was lingering around these life souls, to the point where it was visible to the naked eye. This was naturally why they could survive.
“The Imperial Capital has a large population and abundant Yang energy. Where could such dense Yin energy come from?”
Protector Lei looked around in surprise and doubt. He then realized that the surrounding temperature had dropped somewhat at some point, and he could faintly see wisps of Yin energy pervading the heavens and earth, hazy and eerie.
Qi Huang naturally understood what was happening. Lu Yao had already removed the veil from her face, revealing the “blood tear.” Influenced by this, the Yin energy in the world began to gather here.
As the Yin energy in the air increased, the strength of those dozens of vengeful souls rapidly increased. In the blink of an eye, they broke through to the realm of evil ghosts, and their ghostly forms appeared in everyone’s sight.
Lu Yao felt it was enough, so she quietly put the veil back on, as it was not yet time to shatter space.
“Am I… have I become a ghost?”
“Haha, it turns out you can become a ghost after death. This feeling is much better than being alive. I feel so relaxed, like I’m floating into immortality. This isn’t death, it’s simply becoming an immortal!”
“Yes, if I had known this earlier, why would I have bothered to live like a turtle?”
After regaining their senses, those dozens of evil ghosts were overjoyed. Indeed, it was far more comfortable to be a ghost in this world than to be a person.
“Everyone, look! Are those ghosts?”
“Is it really that good to be a ghost? They seem so comfortable! It makes me want to try too!”
“Since you can really become ghosts after death, what are you afraid of? Let’s fight those cultivators to the death.”
“Don’t you want that scene? Kill us, and we’ll fulfill your wish!”
Although the other ordinary people couldn’t see the ghosts, they could see the Yin energy, so they immediately forgot their fear and excitedly pushed forward again.
A bunch of trash, what good can they do even if they become evil spirits? Aren’t they just stepping stones for cultivators!
Protector Lei did not expect that he, a peak Shentong Realm cultivator, could not even intimidate a group of ordinary people. Filled with rage, his spiritual sense emerged from his body, confining those dozens of vengeful souls in place and preparing to annihilate them immediately.
“You said evil spirits are stepping stones for cultivators?”
Just then, a crisp female voice rang out.
Protector Lei looked in the direction of the voice and saw a girl, wrapped up tightly, walk forward. Yin energy coiled around her, impenetrable even by the scorching sun, making her appear terrifying.
This girl was naturally Lu Yao. Seeing that the true face of the Immortal Alliance had been exposed, she decided not to tangle with these people any longer.
“So it was you, you evil spirit, causing trouble! Who gave you the courage to be so presumptuous at the entrance of the Immortal Alliance?”
Protector Lei felt his authority challenged and cursed with a ferocious expression.
Lu Yao wasted no words and flicked her finger towards Protector Lei. Her sharp zombie fingernails tore through space, and a spatial scar, imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly spread towards him.
Protector Lei blocked with his sword, a hint of disdain on his face. He was confident in his sword, as it was forged from the finest materials in the Cultivation World.
“Screech!”
With a metallic groan, Protector Lei stiffened, then fell straight down. Blood began to seep from the center of his eyebrows, and a perfectly round small hole appeared on the sword in his hand.
Clearly, no precious material could contend with spatial energy.
Of course, Lu Yao was not yet capable of using spatial energy to its fullest extent; what she did was more like “utilizing spatial energy.”
Qi Huang was both shocked and enlightened by this scene. She never expected that a powerful physical body could indirectly utilize spatial energy.
Lu Yao killed Protector Lei with a casual gesture, then slowly strode forward, stepping over his corpse. With a tone devoid of emotion, she taunted, “Now… who is whose stepping stone?”
Seeing Protector Lei dead, the disciples of the Immortal Alliance cried out in surprise and scattered like birds.
“Everyone, charge!”
The ordinary people on the street saw an opportunity and surged into the Immortal Alliance’s main altar like a tidal wave. They soon became entangled with the cultivators. Although they were simply sacrificing themselves, they immediately transformed into evil ghosts and zombies under the nourishment of Yin energy and continued to charge.
In this way, humans and evil spirits “colluded” and quickly overwhelmed the Immortal Alliance’s main altar, creating a deeply ironic scene.
Lu Yao removed her cloak and vanished like a ghost, leaving behind spatial scars that spread outwards like layers of ripples. Wherever they touched, they turned cultivators and buildings alike into dust.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Yao, carrying immense Yin energy, arrived at the great hall. The surrounding buildings and ground corroded, scattering like ashes.
“Hmm?”
Du Wu saw the uninvited guest who had suddenly appeared. He put aside the matter of killing Zhang Zhi and cautiously retracted his spiritual sense, asking, “Who are you?”
“This is actually a peak… peak flying zombie!”
Someone whispered in terror.
“Peak flying zombie realm?”
Qi Huang’s mind was in turmoil upon hearing this. Wasn’t flying zombie the highest realm for zombies? Lu Yao had already shattered space, so her strength should be far beyond that of a flying zombie, shouldn’t it?
Could it be that the world Lu Yao came from had a weaker space, which is why she shattered space prematurely?
Qi Huang couldn’t help but speculate. She recalled carefully and felt that this possibility was very high. After all, after reaching the Heavenly Punishment Realm, she felt that her speed was not much different from Lu Yao’s. If she could reach the peak of the Heavenly Punishment Realm, she would definitely be similar to Lu Yao now.
“A rebel!”
Lu Yao replied after a moment of thought.
“A rebel? What is your intention in coming here?”
Du Wu frowned and asked. If he hadn’t sensed that she was not to be trifled with, he would not have wasted so many words with an evil spirit.
“To give you an opportunity!”
Lu Yao said calmly.
“What opportunity?”
Du Wu asked subconsciously.
“A chance to live! Give up mending the heavens, and I can spare your lives. Otherwise, after today, the Immortal Alliance will no longer exist in this world.”
Lu Yao replied.
