455 No Future! (1/2)
”You've gone too far!” The instant the fourteenth moon rose into the sky, Ming Kunzi's voice thundered out from within, answering the voice within the purple sun. Ming Kunzi's voice was laced with ice. It was devoid of all emotions and seemed to contain the will of the Heavenly Dao as it echoed in the heavens.
As soon as the voice appeared, the region, which had been quaking and weighed down by the appearance of the seven suns, seemed to recover from said appearance. It was as if everything had been erased in that instant. It was as if… the Heavenly Dao had descended suddenly and enveloped the Dark Sect. The Heavenly Dao was turning the tables on the seven suns that had intruded into the space and began a counterattack!
The heavens thundered, and the seven suns shook. The purple sun shone even brighter as a figure appeared within the sun. It was a middle-aged man wearing a purple-colored robe. Behind him was a gigantic illusory figure. It seemed to be fused with the sun and had three heads and six arms!
”Ming Kunzi, your Dark Sect dares ferry the souls of my children. For this… we, the Never-Ending Clan, demand an answer!”
”Every living thing is a part of the cycle of rebirth. The Heavenly Dao itself is a cycle. One who has awakened has no need for dreams. There is only the next life… this principle cannot be changed!” Ming Kunzi, who was wearing a black robe, stepped out from the fourteenth black moon as his words rang out. He stood in the sky as he spoke coolly.
”Cannot be changed?” The middle-aged man stepped out from the purple sun. In his anger, he laughed. He raised his right hand. Instantly, a blinding light erupted from the six red suns surrounding him, and light flooded the entire area in an instant. From afar, it was like a red sea, which roared and surged towards Ming Kunzi.
Ming Kunzi snorted. He waved his hand as well, and a black light spread out instantly. It was like the dark night, and it clashed with the incoming red light. The two began a battle in the sky, in a manner that Wang Baole found incomprehensible!
The heavens shook, and the entire region quavered. No one could be seen in the fight though. It was only red and black clashing back and forth in the sky, pushing against and devouring each other!
Even the passing of time seemed to be affected. The time governing heaven and earth was no longer the same, and a breath on the earth was a day to the two entities in the sky!
It was then, as Wang Baole's breathing grew uneven, that a large hand appeared from inside the red light in the sky. It went through the sea of light and headed towards the palace where the Dark Sect was, making a sudden grab!
”How dare you!” Ming Kunzi's roar boomed and resonated in the heavens. A lantern oar suddenly reached out from within the black light in the sky. It expanded without stopping, growing until it could hold the heavens up. Then, it slammed towards the giant hand!
It was still too late. The other had come prepared. With a single grab, the giant hand pulled a soul out from within the Dark Sect's Rebirth Hall!
It was the soul of a woman whose Corpse Face had been completed. She was beautiful, and her eyes were shut as if she were sleeping. If not for today's incident, she might have been led away under the laws of the Heavenly Dao a few days later, to be reborn and begin her next life.
She had been forcibly pulled out because of what was happening today. However, just as she was led out, Ming Kunzi's lantern oar had come slamming forward to stop the giant hand. The giant hand was unable to withstand the attack and disintegrated instantly. The shockwaves from their collision contained the immense power of destruction. An Eternal Star realm cultivator wouldn't have survived it, much less a mere soul.
Before the eyes of everyone in the Dark Sect, the soul was destroyed by the shockwaves of this collision. In an instant… it was disintegrated and turned into dust!
No one could tell if the Never-Ending Clan had made the killing blow or if Ming Kunzi had been the one who had done it. Regardless, the soul had been torn apart. It had disappeared from this world and no longer existed.
The hurricanes that erupted from the collision between the lantern oar and the giant hand hadn't only destroyed this soul, but they formed waves that swept through the entire Dark Sect. Despite the protection of array formations, a blow from such a powerful cultivator of the Never-Ending Clan was still immensely powerful. All cultivators whose cultivation was below that of the Planet realm were assaulted by a loud buzzing in their heads.
Wang Baole was only at the perfected Foundation Establishment realm. He only heard a loud buzzing explosion in his ears before his vision went black, and he passed out.
After an unknown period of time, he finally woke up. The fight had already ended. The first thing he saw when he woke up was his master Ming Kunzi's back.
After inspecting Wang Baole and ensuring that there was nothing wrong with him, Ming Kunzi left. Before he left, he saw the hesitation and doubt in Wang Baole's eyes. He gave Wang Baole a deep, meaningful look.
”Baole, we of the Dark Sect serve the Heavenly Dao. No matter who we were in the past, this is our mission now. You must remember this… we must not reverse the cycle of life and death!” After saying that, Ming Kunzi turned around and slowly walked away.