Chapter 394 (1/2)
”H-how could you do this… hundreds of years of planning…”
”Oh hey there old fart, do you like what I did with the place? Give me a moment, I just need a little sip.”
Wang Long was holding a person's head in his hand while staring deep into their eyes. The person was motionless and by the robe, he was wearing it was clear that he was of high status.
A ray of dark purple light escaped from Wang Long's eyes and entered the man's eye sockets. His body started convulsing and spasming in random directions as the dark light took over it. In a matter of seconds, his body turned into a dried-up husk that quickly dropped down to the ground next to other similar husks that were once powerful cultivators.
The dark light that escaped Wang Long's eyes soon returned to its master. It entered back through his mouth and revitalized his body increasing his cultivation by a small fraction in the process.
”Ah, I should have gone with the demonic cultivation a long time ago, do you know how much easier it is to cultivate with it? Just a little suck and I improve, no more pesky meditation for this guy!”
Wang Long chuckled while looking at Wang Xuan, the current Soaring Dragon Patriarch.. The old man's face was pale as he looked around. Above him was a giant black dragon whose wings were glowing in dark purple light. Even now he could feel his own nascent soul being drawn to these wings as his grandson's soul beast was clearly absorbing the souls of everyone in the vicinity.
”Why Long'er… why would you destroy the Sect that brought you up? We were meant to be the new Emperors!”
Wang Long stuck a finger into his nose as the old man continued to talk but it didn't seem that he cared much.
”That old questline? I never liked it in the first place, I didn't think it would have worked anyway, I was always better at playing solo.”
Wang Long laughed while looking at the large number of points he had gathered through this short period of time. After the Patriarch left the sect he had decided to get rid of his faction. There were no rules against killing your own people for points and points is what he needed.
The sect reserves, the council of old elders was also there. It was composed of the oldest nascent soul elders that had retired from the sect life. They were there to only act as a last resort as their life energy was slowly fading.
Luckily for Wang Long, they were put in an induced slumber to keep them alive for long. They would only be awoken to perform battle tasks that required a large powerful force before returning back into the underground below the sect grounds.
With some secret techniques that the Patriarch had given him, he was able to operate the grand formation. This formation was also responsible for awakening these old monsters and also keeping them hidden away.
The large chamber where they slumbered was something that was shown to him by the current Patriarch, Wang Xuan. This show of faith would be this Sect's undoing as the only people that had a reasonable chance to take him out, would not even get a chance to fight.
When the deed was done and almost all of the powerful elders were taken out, he continued with phase two of his plan. He ordered everyone to return to the sect at once, with the help of the formation he would be able to trap them here, and with his newfound strength that he gained from killing so many monstrous cultivators he could not be stopped.
The points that he had received were spent to gain some new and improved immortal grade abilities. He threw away his old method that was similar to his enemies. After seeing Zhang Dong absorb his lightning he knew that it would be an uphill battle anytime they met.
Instead, he decided to go with one of the demonic techniques. The one he chose was the Abyssal Devouring Scripture. It allowed him to feed on people's souls and Qi to make them his own. With every devoured soul his soul beast would increase in size and his cultivation would be pushed towards a new point.
After going through his whole sect he was already on equal footing with the strongest cultivators that this empire had to offer. This didn't mean that he was going to stop, there were more people living here, he could still get much stronger before fighting his opponent.
”Questline? What are you talking about… Tong was right about you… I should have never trusted you.”
”Blah blah, you just figured that out, old man? I have to thank you though, if you never left the sect I would have probably never been able to go through this plan so easily, thanks for giving me the keys to the formation, it came in handy.”
The old Soaring Dragon Patriarch looked around himself and could see thousands of bodies on the ground. All of them were dried-up corpses of his fellow sect members. Women, children the elderly, no one was spared from Wang Long's demonic technique.
”You damn monster! I will not show any mercy to a foul wretch like you, as long as I live the Soaring Dragon Sect can recover!”
His cultivation exploded causing the ground to rumble and split apart. Wang Xuan's cultivation peak was at the great circle of the nascent soul. He along with the Azure Emperor and the Patriarch from the Heavenly Crane sect were believed to be the top three cultivators of this empire. Even when going against Wang Long he didn't show fear as he still believed to be stronger.
”Haha, not so fast old man, do you really think that I wouldn't come prepared for you?”