Chapter 106 - A Forced Confession (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“What… what is going on?” Lonemoon had not recovered from the initial shock. He moved to stand up but found that his leg felt like it weighed a thousand kilograms. There was no way he would be able to move.
“Master!” Yi Qing quickly moved toward them and looked at the person on the floor. “Who… is this?” Why did he fall down from what seemed to be the Lightning Tribulation?
“I don’t know, but…” Shen Ying frowned, “the last two bolts of lightning were from him.”
“Him? But those were bolts of Violet Nightfall Heavenly Lightning from the Heavenly Dao. How can someone… He trailed off, as if having suddenly thought of something. He studied the stranger’s aura and his expression darkened, “You are an Immortal of the Upper World.”
Everybody was stunned. They looked closely and found that his body is indeed surrounded by Immortal Qi.
“Pfft, you know I am from the Upper World and you’re not going to back off?” The person was clearly furious. He glared at each person around him as if they were dirt underneath the sole of his shoes. “You wretched woman, what spells did you cast on me?” He could not shake it off.
Shen Ying didn’t move. She stood atop him, one foot on his shoulder. Lonemoon tried to pull together his battered body and asked, “If you’re an immortal, why are you trying to stop me from ascending?”
“Pfft!” The man scoffed. He glanced at the group even more condescendingly, “There is no such thing as Immortal Ascension in this world.”
No such thing as Immortal Ascension!
“What do you mean?” Lonemoon had already successfully completed the Lightning Tribulation.
“It means none of you can ascend,” the man mocked. He did not seem worried about his own situation at all. “You’re just part of a small world, yet you dream of achieving immortality? What a joke! Let’s not talk about going through 83 bolts of divine lightning – you won’t even be fit to become an immortal even if you go through double of that. There is simply no such thing as a Heavenly Gate in this realm.”
“No Heavenly Gate?”
“That’s right. I wanted to use the Lightning Tribulation to destroy your immortal bones and save your life. If you form immortal bones, this world will reject you immediately. Even if a cultivator like you achieves immortality, you would not be able to withstand the pressures of Heaven and Earth.”
“That’s impossible.” He had just survived 81 bolts of divine lightning and felt the Heavenly Beam. He didn’t know why the beam hadn’t shone down onto him.
“Believe it or not, it’s your choice!” He laughed coldly, “Why don’t you think about whether there has been one single cultivator from this realm that has achieved Immortal Ascension?”
“…” Lonemoon fell silent. After all these years, the only person whom he heard had achieved immortality was the ancestor of the Yu Family. After what happened with the Immortal Ascension Pagoda, he knew that ancestor had not actually succeeded – he had turned into a demon. That means nobody ascended into immortality. At that moment, he felt completely confused. Was there really no Heavenly Gate in this realm?
“Then which gate did you come from?” Shen Ying asked.
The man in the pit suddenly paused and turned pale.
The crowd began to react. That’s right, if an immortal could come down to the Lower Realm, how can there be no Heavenly Gate? This man was lying!
“I’ll ask you one more time,” Shen Ying’s expression darkened. “Why did you add extra bolts of lightning to the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation?”
It is called the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation, yet there were 82 bolts of lightning – 83 for Father Niu. It was obvious he was trying to stop people from ascending into immortality.
Panic flashed in the person’s eyes, but he did not respond. He looked extremely suspicious, as if he hiding something. Then, he threatened them, “You… All of you, I don’t care what kind of methods you used to capture me, but I advise you to release me immediately or you would not be able to bear the wrath of the immortals from the Upper Realm.”
“Oh really?” Shen Ying narrowed her eyes. She raised the leg which was on the man’s shoulder and stepped on his face instead. She pushed his head down into the ground. All they heard were muffled sounds coming from under her foot. She imitated his tone, “Then try me, see if I can handle your wrath?”
“Ri- ridiculous!” He was furious now. A white light shone onto his body as a surge of Immortal Qi burst forth, cutting the air, heading straight for Shen Ying. The sinister immortal suppression forced everybody around to crumble and fall to their knees.
Not good!
“Master!” Yi Qing exclaimed, alarmed.
Yet…
Nothing happened.
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Shen Ying continued stepping on his face, even more forcefully than before.
The crowd: “…”