Chapter 196 (1/2)

Chapter 196

Safe

The sect master heaved a sigh of relief. When he had crushed the token to summon the elders, it had also sent a signal to the ancestor. He hadn’t been sure if the ancestor was in the middle of cultivating.

If the ancestor was busy, then he wouldn’t have been able to summon him no matter how hard he tried. Luckily, the ancestor wasn’t busy. Maybe he would survive long enough for the distress signal to reach the imperial forces.

Chu Shen could sense the enormous amount of soul energy flowing from behind the sect master. In that direction was a man standing in midair. A platform of earth was floating beneath him.

“They kidnapped my mom. I don’t care if it is honorable or not, I’m killing them.” Chu Shen answered the man, his voice cold.

The ancestor turned towards the sect master. “Is this true?” His voice showed his anger.

The sect master bowed. “I’m sorry, sir. I myself wouldn’t fall to such despicable acts, but there were circ.u.mstances. His mom has the wood element. There is no way we could possibly miss this opportunity.”

The ancestor frowned. “If she has the wood element, then why didn’t you convince her to come? Use our resources and wealth to tempt her, not kidnap her.”

The sect master shook his head. “Her name is Chu Lai and she belongs to the Chu Sect.”

The ancestor sighed. “I see. Then you really did have no choice.” He turned towards Chu Shen. “I’m sorry, young man, but I can’t release your mom. I can promise you that she will not be mistreated though, and she will receive the best care possible.”

Chu Shen didn’t say anything for a while. “You know, I don’t hate you as much. I think I’ll spare you if you move now. However, everyone that kidnapped my mom MUST DIE!”

Chu Shen dashed forward towards the sect master,  his hammer raised. “IMPUDENT!” The thunderous voice rang out as a universe appeared in front of Chu Shen. The soul energy from the universe pressed down on his body and soul, or at least, it tried.

Chu Shen’s domain exploded outwards, absorbing the soul energy of the ancestor. His hammer was unleashed on the sect master. Streams of water shot at Chu Shen from the sect master and multiple s.h.i.+elds of water appeared in front of him.

Chu Shen’s hammer started vibrating. The water streams and s.h.i.+elds of water started to dissolve from the void Qi. The water s.h.i.+elds were stacked upon one another, allowing two of the twelve to survive long enough to impact the hammer.

The hammer smashed through the s.h.i.+elds but it slowed down noticeably. Using that, the sect master lunged forward, a rapier appearing in his hand. Black armor appeared around Chu Shen and started vibrating.

The rapier stabbed Chu Shen’s armor. The sect master grinned fiercely, but then he paled. A vibrational force traveled from the rapier into his body, destroying his internal organs. Just like the elder from before, he coughed up blood before dying, his corpse falling to the ground.