Chapter 677: Chain Reaction (1/2)
Chapter 677: Chain Reaction
WHOOSH!
While Nie Tian and Hua Mu talked, a figure suddenly flashed into the cottage, his face pale.
Hua Mu was taken aback. “What happened?”
It was Lu Yuanxi, one of the three potentates of the Spirit Condor.
Nie Tian had met him on many occasions, and he had always been composed and calm. Never had he seen him so panicked.
Apparently, something bad had happened.
“I just received word that Zhao Shanling has started a massacre in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation!” Lu Yuanxi said urgently. “That maniac has entered the late Soul realm!”
Hua Mu had expected that Zhao Shanling would soon enter the late Soul realm, after learning from Nie Tian that he had obtained the Voidspirit Pagoda and gone to the Realm of Split Void to focus on his cultivation.
However, he hadn’t expected that Zhao Shanling would make the breakthrough within such a short time.
It had only been a few months since their return to the Domain of the Falling Stars, and he had already advanced to the late Soul realm. This proved how helpful Master Voidspirit’s legacies were to him.
“He’s started killing people in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation...?” Nie Tian’s expression flickered as he instantly realized that the people Zhao Shanling was killing must be the Lei Clan members.
After descending upon the Realm of Unbounded Desolation, members of the Lei Clan had not only expelled the Tool Sect, but also taken his inter-realm teleportation portal and destroyed his master’s stele in his secret stronghold.
Before he had gone to the Realm of Split Void, Zhao Shanling had told Nie Tian that he intended to settle accounts with the Lei Clan once he entered the late Soul realm.
However, he hadn’t expected his retaliation to come so soon.
“What’s the situation over there?” Hua Mu asked, his face grim.
After taking a deep breath, Lu Yuanxi said, “Zhao Shanling killed quite a few members of the Lei Clan and the Thunder Mountain Sect when he tried to breach the protective ward the Lei Clan has established around the volcano where the Tool Sect was located. That early Void domain expert from the Lei Clan is still away building transit teleportation portals in the starry river.
“A late Soul realm expert from the Lei Clan that stayed behind, Lei Zhenyu from the Thunder Mountain Sect, Zhang Zhongchi from the Poison Sect, and Lu Minhuang from the Spirit God Sect teamed up on Zhao Shanling, but they were only able to force him to leave.
“Lei Zhenyu, who’s only at the middle Soul realm, was badly injured during the battle.
“Holding a mysterious miniature pagoda in his hand, Zhao Shanling killed numerous Qi warriors from the Lei Clan and the Thunder Mountain Sect while contending against the four experts.
“Before leaving, that maniac claimed that he would wipe out the entire Lei Clan.”
Nie Tian gasped with astonishment after hearing Lu Yuanxi’s words.
Zhao Shanling, who had just entered the late Soul realm, was able to contend against three late Soul realm and a middle Soul realm experts at the same time. Not only did he manage to leave unharmed, but he even inflicted serious damage on Lei Zhenyu. Nie Tian couldn’t help but admire such formidable battle prowess.
After a deep sigh, Hua Mu said, “I can’t believe that it’s that maniac who took the initiative to strike the Lei Clan when all of the major sects have chosen to either keep silent or become submissive.”
“He only dared to do so because he’s all alone,”Lu Yuanxi said, his face gray. “He has no ties anywhere, and he practices spatial magics.”
Hua Mu nodded. “That’s right. Of all of the Soul realm cultivators in the Domain of the Falling Stars, he’s the only one who doesn’t have any disciples or people who depend on him. Now, with the help of that Spirit Channeling grade treasure, I even doubt that early Void domain expert from the Lei Clan will be able to take him in battle. Besides him, who else dares to ignore all consequences and make a move against the Lei Clan?”
“This is bad news.” With these words, Lu Yuanxi shot a glance at Nie Tian.
Nie Tian went blank briefly before pointing at himself and asking, “What does it have to do with me?”
Lu Yuanxi’s face was grim as he explained, “The fact that he showed up and started a massacre in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation means that he’s back. A few years ago, he left with you. Now that he’s back, it means you must be back in the Domain of the Falling Stars as well.
“Those from the Lei Clan have long since set their mind on the legacies you obtained from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. They would probably forget about it if you died in some remote corner of the starry river, or vanished completely.
“But if they’re convinced that you’re alive and in the Domain of the Falling Stars, they’ll do everything within their power to catch you.
“Even though there’s very little they can do to Zhao Shanling, they can do plenty of things to you.”
At this moment, Hua Mu seemed to think of something, and thus interrupted Lu Yuanxi by saying, “We need to arrange for our people to go to the green bamboo forest to bring Mr. Nie and Nie Tian’s aunt here now.”