Chapter 660: The Nine-story Pagoda (1/2)
Chapter 660: The Nine-story Pagoda
Over the following days, Nie Tian discovered a few more groups of Qi warriors from the Bliss Mountain Sect thanks to the keen perception of his flesh aura.
Like the first group they had encountered, they all consisted of one senior and two to three vigorous youngsters who had spent years refining their fleshly bodies.
However, all of them died at Nie Tian’s hands. Not a single one escaped.
Nie Tian then realized that this place agreed with him very much, since no one had spiritual power to use.
After a few rounds of body refinement with Heavenly Wood Heal, the toughness of his body wasn’t something those juniors from the Bliss Mountain Sect could imagine. None of them could pose a threat to him.
After killing another group of five people, Nie Tian took his time to gather their rings of holding, and said with a relaxed expression, “From the look of it, there’s a good chance that we’ll eventually take Master Voidspirit’s legacies.”
Zhao Shanling had seen him repeatedly eliminate juniors at his age from the Bliss Mountain Sect without effort, and thus felt assured as well.
Eyes narrowed, Zhao Shanling asked, rubbing his chin, “How come your body is so tough? I assumed that you had rich flesh power because you practiced the Blood Sect’s best incantations, but from the look of it, it’s not that simple.”
He had long since conducted a thorough investigation of Nie Tian.
He knew that Nie Tian had a close relationship with the Blood Sect. Meanwhile, the Blood Sect was one of the few sects in the Domain of the Falling Stars that focused on the cultivation of flesh and blood aura.
He had assumed that Nie Tian’s vigorous flesh power was thanks to some profound incantations he had learned from the Blood Sect.
However, from what he had noticed during his battle against the juniors from the Bliss Mountain Sect, he could tell that he hadn’t used any of the Blood Sect’s incantations.
Most of the time, he had ripped his opponents apart by relying solely on his physical power, as if he were a terrifying spirit beast.
Such a combat style was usually seen among spirit beasts, Bonebrutes, or Demons, who were known for their tough bodies.
Nie Tian laughed and said, “I also practice body refinement incantations, very powerful ones… We should be close to our destination now, right?”
Zhao Shanling seemed somewhat uncertain as he said, “I don’t know. I didn’t go this deep last time. Plus, the journey wasn’t as smooth the last time I came. Last time, I came across spatial blades that would flash past from time to time. I don’t know why we haven’t seen a single one this time.”
Nie Tian’s eyes widened. “Spatial blades?”
Zhao Shanling gazed into the distance and said, “Yeah, I suppose they were formed by the residual spatial power left by Master Voidspirit after he failed during his attempt to break through into the Saint domain. Last time I was here, I encountered spatial blades that flashed right by me soon after entering. Considering I had lost all of my spiritual power and couldn’t protect myself from those spatial blades, I could only get out.
“But it’s really strange that we haven’t come across a single spatial blade so far.”
The two of them talked in low voices as they marched towards the depths of the barren, black land.
Over the following days, they didn’t encounter any more Qi warriors from the Bliss Mountain Sect. Everything seemed very smooth.
One day, Nie Tian suddenly pointed in a direction and exclaimed in a low voice, “Wait! I can sense numerous vigorous flesh auras in that direction. I’m afraid that’s where the restof the Bliss Mountain Sect Qi warriors are gathered!”
“Let’s be careful then!” Zhao Shanling said as they snuck forward.
An hour later, a towering, nine-story silver pagoda entered their view.
Under the sky filled with flowing multicolored light, the nine-story pagoda looked brilliant, while thrumming with intense spatial fluctuations.
SHEW! SHEW! SHEW!
Numerous glowing spatial blades were hovering around the nine-story pagoda like a shoal of a thousand fish.
A few dozen Bliss Mountain Sect Qi warriors could be seen standing beside the nine-story pagoda, most of whom were juniors with vigorous flesh auras.
There were five elders among them. They all had grim faces as they were gathered in a location a bit farther away from the nine-story pagoda, an intense discussion going on among them.
About a dozen badly mangled corpses of Bliss Mountain Sect disciples were scattered before the gate to the pagoda. From the look of it, they had been cut to pieces by the floating spatial blades.