Chapter 529: Killing After a Breakthrough (2/2)
Dong Li, on the other hand, would fend it off with her bone shield, while launching counterattacks with her cyan awl. She didn’t seem to be under much pressure.
Seeing this, Nie Tian felt more relieved, and refocused on his breakthrough.
Meanwhile...
Soon after Hong He had parted with the team, Huang Hu had also split up with Su Lin. After failing to discover any precious materials in that area, he also started moving stealthily towards the location where Dong Li and Nie Tian were.
Having known Hong He for years, Huang Hu had a good idea as to what kind of person Hong He was. The moment he had proposed to split up and search, he had realized that he had set his mind on Dong Li.
Unlike Hong He, Huang Hu didn’t have a strong interest in women, though he was very greedy when it came to valuables and treasures.
Su Lin had been satisfied after getting the Earthshatter Beast’s eye from Dong Li. However, what Huang Hu had wanted was to kill Nie Tian and Dong Li both, and pillage all of their belongings.
While he felt frustrated about his fruitless search, it suddenly occurred to him that, since Hong He had gone to force Dong Li to be with him, he could probably go to demand valuables from Dong Li and Nie Tian as well.
Meanwhile, it had already been some time since Hong He had parted with him and Su Lin, so he imagined that Hong He might have already gotten what he wanted.
If he went over now, not only would he not interrupt Hong He’s business, but Hong He might have killed Dong Li and Nie Tian already. He might just get there in time to split the spoils.
As he approached, he caught sight of Dong Li stretching her well-built body in the air before swooping down with the strength of her black phoenix.
One streak of cyan light after another shot down with her, clashing with Hong He’s golden crosses.
Surprised, Huang Hu muttered, “It’s not over yet? As outstanding as Dong Li’s cultivation talent might be, her cultivation base was still clearly lower than Hong He’s. Normally speaking, Hong He should have prevailed by now. Is Dong Li really as powerful as people say she is? So much so that she’s even capable of beating opponents with higher cultivation bases?”
With these thoughts, Huang Hu picked up his pace.
At the same time, Nie Tian finally finished his breakthrough and successfully entered the middle Greater Heaven stage.
The moment his eyes snapped open, he shrewdly sensed that Huang Hu was rapidly approaching.
He grinned somewhat sinisterly, his eyes brimming with a thirst for blood. “The Heaven Palace sect!”
With a swing of his arm, he summoned a tree branch to his hand, and all the others into his ring of holding.
A chaotic magnetic field instantly enveloped him and expanded to cover a five meter range around him.
Now that he had entered the middle Greater Heaven stage, the speed at which his chaotic magnetic field expanded and the intensity of its twisting force were both greatly enhanced.
His chaotic magnetic field was powered by the different types of power he practiced. Since all of those powers had become more refined after his breakthrough, it was natural that the might of his chaotic magnetic field had risen to a new level.
“Starshift!” With a thought, he vanished from where he was sitting.
Hong He, who had failed to subdue Dong Li after so many exchanges, looked rather edgy. He hadn’t expect that the gorgeous Dong Li was actually such a tough bird.
Even though her cultivation base was lower, her battle prowess proved to not be inferior to his in the slightest. Meanwhile, she was able to fly about with the help of her black phoenix, which made her even harder to handle.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
His golden lightning clashed with Dong Li’s cyan spiritual power in the air, filling the sky with dazzling light.
At this moment, he was swinging his sword wreathed in golden lightning to cast more Cross Slashes.
All of a sudden, the vortexes of spiritual power in his spiritual sea suddenly stopped spinning under the influence of some magnetic force, which caused the golden lightning around his sword to flicker.
In the next moment, he felt as if all of his internal organs had suddenly been twisted. His face turned pale with shock.
He hastily calmed himself, then attempted to stop the great changes inside of him and restore functionality to the vortexes within his spiritual sea.
PUFF!
A slightly chilly tree branch that carried rich wood power suddenly pierced into his back.
Gasping, he turned around. Upon seeing Nie Tian’s brutal smile, he was scared out of his mind.
Just as he was about to raise his sword, the tree branch blossomed with blinding light, sending a streak of rich wood power into him, where it rapidly turned into a small, green bud.
It grew at an alarming speed as it madly drained Hong He’s flesh power, along with his life force.
Before he could do anything, the expanding branches and thorns penetrated his five yin organs and six yang organs.
“Do you know who killed Ning Yang?” Nie Tian asked with a brutal smile.
“Umm!” Hong He was too shocked to say anthing.
“I did!” With a cold laugh, Nie Tian raised his hand high in the air and vigorously slapped the top of Hong He’s head. Upon contact, different types of power poured in like an uncontrollable flood.
CRUNCH!
Hong He’s skull cracked as it was almost slammed into his chest. He dropped dead before the Heavenly Wood Thorns could kill him.