Chapter 991, The Annihilator of Sects
Chapter 991, The Annihilator of Sects
Translator: Jon
Translation Checker: Silavin
The air stank terribly as blood formed a river.
The square outside the reception hall was covered in corpses. The entrance of the reception hall and the spot where Lu Ye was besieged were the worst as corpses had piled up into mounds.
The Chen Family was a Tier-Six family. Although they didn’t have many cultivators, it couldn’t be considered a small number. During the battle, more and more Spirit Creek Realm Masters and Cloud River Realm Masters returned to the Chen Residence through the Sanctum of Providence. There were around several hundred people in total.
Presently, all of them were dead. Around 70 per cent of them were killed during the battle, and the remaining ones lost their lives for some mysterious reason.
The dark clouds in the sky went away as Moonlight shone on them. Xiao Xinghe and the others stepped out of the reception hall. Glancing at the scene that looked like Hell, they felt cold all over their bodies.
They had seen dead people before, but the way the Chen Family cultivators died in the end was strange. No one knew how they even lost their lives.
Moreover, it was puzzling as to why they were so fearless during the battle. The way they madly pounced on the members of Team D9 made them look like beasts who had lost their sanity instead of Humans.
Cracks were suddenly heard. They lifted their heads and saw the ten-metre-tall figure coming apart under the Moonlight. The pieces soon turned into a ball the size of a baby’s skull.
Lu Ye took it and landed on the ground, but he almost lost his balance.
Lin Yinxiu quickly went over to support his weight. Seeing that his face was pale, she asked caringly, “Are you alright, Team Leader?”
Lu Ye shook his head. It was just that he had consumed too much energy to activate a trump card such as the Dragon Throne. Moreover, he was wounded during the intense battle.
Normal attacks couldn’t break the Dragon Throne’s protection, let alone harm him. However, the Dragon Throne couldn’t resolve the repercussions brought by the attacks. He could withstand them one to two times, but it would become unbearable if it happened many times.
When he grabbed Chen Tianchui’s sledgehammer in the end, he felt the bones in his hand almost breaking upon impact.
That was the reason he didn’t use the Dragon Throne even though he was almost killed by Liu Yuemei previously.
Although Liu Yuemei couldn’t break the Dragon Throne’s protection, she could still kill him.
“I need to get some rest. All of you, find out what caused their deaths,” Lu Ye said and sat down cross-legged. Then, he fished out a lot of Spirit Pills from the Storage Bag and stuffed them into his mouth. With a Spirit Stone in each hand, he activated the Tree of Glyphs to absorb their powers.
His Spiritual Power could be replenished quickly, but the energy and Mental Power he had spent using the Dragon Throne could only be restored slowly.
Lin Yinxiu stayed by his side to protect him. The other four people were divided into two groups as they obeyed Lu Ye’s order and went to look into the cause of their deaths.
There were many things they couldn’t understand regarding this incident.
After an investigation, they couldn’t find anything useful. They only knew that an external force seemed to have exploded in the heads of those who died in the end, including Chen Tianchui. Their heads detonated as they lost their lives in an instant.
While the other members were busy, Lu Ye was pondering Chen Tianchui’s words before the latter passed away.
He didn’t hear him clearly. Or perhaps Chen Tianchui hadn’t finished his words. However, he had faintly heard something about the chosen one.
[Who was he talking about? If I’m the chosen one, who has his eye on me? What does it have anything to do with the Chen Family?]
While he was deep in thought, he suddenly lifted his head and saw a ray of light rapidly approaching him. In the blink of an eye, the light landed on the ground and revealed a middle-aged man.
The other members hurriedly came to Lu Ye’s side and glanced vigilantly at the person. Lu Ye rose to his feet and wrapped his hand around the hilt of the Inviolable Saber.
When the person scanned his surroundings and saw the horrible scene, his pupils dilated. Seeing how vigilant those people were, he showed them his military token. “I’m Xiang Dongliu, a manager from the Ministry of Laws. Which team are you from?”
Only then did they realise the reinforcement had arrived.
As soon as those from the Chen Family made a move, Lu Ye told Lin Yinxiu to send a message and ask for help. Lin Yinxiu successfully did that. It had only taken the other party a short time to arrive.
Also, Xiang Dongliu’s fluctuations of Spiritual Power showed that he was a Divine Ocean Realm Master, which was why he had the right to be a manager of the Ministry of Laws.
Upon confirming that the other party was from the Ministry of Laws as well, they set their minds at ease. They had become wary following the incident at the Chen Residence. They couldn’t be certain if the person was a friend or a foe before confirming his identity.
Even at this point, they were still cautious.
“Greetings, Sir! I’m Lu Ye from Team D9 of the Law Enforcement Hall.” Lu Ye showed him his military token and saluted him.
Xiang Dongliu sized him up and looked around. “Did you kill all of these people?”
“Some of them.”
“What happened?” Xiang Dongliu asked grimly.
Although he had come over to help upon receiving a message, he didn’t expect to see such a scene upon his arrival. He could sense that other than the commoners who lived more than ten kilometres away from the Chen Residence, all the cultivators had lost their lives.
It could be said that the Chen Family was annihilated overnight. The Chen Family of Mount Mi had become history.
Lu Ye briefly told him what had happened. Xiang Dongliu frowned upon hearing that as there were many problems with Lu Ye’s statement.
First of all, it was unbelievable that those from the Chen Family would put some things into the tea. Lu Ye and the others were from the Law Enforcement Hall. Those from the Chen Family, which was a Tier-Six family, must be aware of the consequences of doing such a thing.
It was also unreasonable that all the Chen Family cultivators besieged them after their wrongdoing was exposed.
Although Xiang Dongliu rarely came into contact with the Chen Family, he knew who Chen Tianchui was. The person was the patriarch of the Chen Family as well as a Ninth-Order Real Lake Realm Master. There was no doubt he was a brilliant person. Why would such a man make this mistake?
Lu Ye finished telling the tale quickly because the incident itself wasn’t complicated. It was just that many things about it were puzzling.
When Xiang Dongliu was done listening to the tale, he remained silent for a moment before saying, “You indeed live up to your name as the Annihilator of Sects. It’s an eye-opener for me.”
Lu Ye got the nickname ‘the Annihilator of Sects’ when he was on the Spirit Creek Battlefield. However, he had only destroyed the Outposts of Thousand Demon Ridge at most. He had never truly destroyed an entire Sect, so the nickname was a bit of an exaggeration.
It wasn’t until now that the nickname was justified.
“I hope everything you’ve told me is true.” Xiang Dongliu looked meaningfully at Lu Ye.
Realising something, Lu Ye asked, “Are you doubting us, Sir?”
Xiang Dongliu replied, “The Commander will make a judgement when you return to Grand Sky City. I’m not in any place to give a remark. I’ve only come here to help out after receiving an order.”
Lu Ye decided to remain silent. Many things were puzzling about this incident, so Xiang Dongliu couldn’t be blamed for doubting them.
“Since all of you are fine, I shall take my leave now. Just clean up the place…” As Xiang Dongliu spoke, he suddenly detected something. He turned to look in a particular direction and frowned. The next instant, he shot into the sky and flew in that direction.
Lu Ye and the others were perplexed by his action. They had no idea what he had discovered.
“Isn’t Foggy Cliff over there?” Feng Yuechan said meditatively.
Just then, violent fluctuations of Spiritual Powers were felt coming from that direction, which prompted Lu Ye and the others to turn their heads and look. Under the night sky, bright lights were seen radiating from the direction and illuminating the sky. Two different auras were madly clashing with one another.
“He’s come across an enemy.” Xiao Xinghe furrowed his brows.
One of the people who were exchanging blows was Xiang Dongliu, who had just gone over there. It was a mystery as to who the other person was.
Their auras showed that one of them was stronger than the other. However, they couldn’t tell which one was stronger as there was a long distance between them.
Only Lu Ye, who had developed a Divine Ego, appeared worried. That was because he could feel that the weaker aura belonged to Xiang Dongliu. In other words, the person exchanging blows with Xiang Dongliu was much stronger than he was.
“How dare you!” A growl was heard coming from Foggy Cliff. Following that, someone exclaimed but abruptly stopped.
The battle had ended! It had only been 30 breaths of time since Xiang Dongliu went over to contend with the mysterious enemy.
Lu Ye felt his heart sinking. He couldn’t understand why a series of strange events happened that night. He felt as if he had been swept into a current. He had a hunch that something major was about to happen.
A ray of light was coming over from Foggy Cliff as the person carried with them the majestic aura of a Divine Ocean Realm Master.
The mysterious Divine Ocean Realm Master was flying towards them after defeating Xiang Dongliu.
Lu Ye and the others felt a crawling sensation on their scalps as they immediately got ready for the battle. Although they knew they weren’t a match for a powerful Divine Ocean Realm Master, they weren’t willing to stay idle and wait for death.
Lu Ye had even summoned the Dragon Throne, but before he could activate it, the figure coming from Foggy Cliff directly flew over them.
At that moment, Lu Ye looked intently and faintly saw a curvy figure in the ray of light. The person was a woman.
When the woman flew over them, Lu Ye could see her looking down momentarily, but she had no intention of stopping as she directly left the place.
During the brief exchange of glances, Lu Ye was instantly beaded with sweat because he could see the woman looking at him with a meaningful gaze.
Around ten breaths of time later, all of them drew a deep breath. After escaping from death’s door, they donned serious expressions.
“Why didn’t she kill us?” Lin Yinxiu asked.
If the woman had decided to kill them, they wouldn’t have stood a chance to survive, not even if Lu Ye activated the Dragon Throne. He could only save himself by using the Golden Body Token, but the rest would be doomed.
“Perhaps she wasn’t even bothered to do so.” Xiao Xinghe gaped at his saber and felt helpless.
Although he was elated that he had survived, he didn’t feel so happy about getting ignored.
“Let’s go,” Lu Ye said and flew towards Foggy Cliff.
Regardless, they had to find out if Xiang Dongliu was dead or alive. After all, he was there to help them out.