Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Burning Down the Vajra Sect

"Why are you here?!" The Vajra Sect sect master's pupils suddenly contracted. Great waves surged violently in his heart as he stared in disbelief.

The young man he was looking at had messy hair and a dirty face, and he was wearing a black fur coat. However… the coat was covered in dried bloodstains and gave off a baleful aura.

His face may have been covered by dirt and strands of disheveled hair, but at that moment the poisonous wind passed by and lifted his hair, revealing a pair of piercing eyes.

Even through the thick fog of heterogeneity, the sharpness and indescribable coldness in his eyes couldn’t be concealed.

Their eyes met, and a chill rose in the Vajra Sect sect master’s heart.

"Kid!!"

Although he had never seen Xu Qing’s appearance, his scavenger nickname floated to the front of the sect master’s mind.

He knew that the ancestor, the two grand elders, and a large number of disciples had gone out to hunt this person down. However… the ancestor and elders hadn’t returned, yet Kid, who was being chased by everyone, had actually appeared in the Vajra Sect.

The possible implications of this were horrifying, but the Vajra Sect sect master didn’t have any time to think about it. He quickly formed hand seals and a storm instantly swept out in all directions to dispel the poisonous wind. At the same time, the gales created by the storm rushed at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing glanced at the Vajra Sect sect master coldly before ignoring him. Backing away and avoiding the wind attack by a hair, he changed directions and continued to throw out Black Pills as he sprinted furiously.

Booms rang out again, and the sect master’s expression changed as he noticed the strangeness of the Black Pills. He stomped his feet on the ground and chased after Xu Qing to stop him from continuing to scatter them.

However, Xu Qing wouldn’t fight and just avoided the sect master again. With the power of the flight talisman, he flew around freely inside the sect, forcing the sect master to apply his own flight talisman to keep up.

Looking from afar, the Vajra Sect sect master followed closely behind Xu Qing, and thunderous booms echoed wherever they passed.

Xu Qing continued to throw out Black Pills unceasingly.

“Damn it!” The Vajra Sect sect master was so angry that he felt like flames were rising in his heart. He wanted to stop Xu Qing, but even after pulling out the flight talisman, their speeds were unexpectedly even. It was impossible to catch up in a short period of time.

Soon, the exploding Black Pills formed more and more vortices. The surrounding concentration of heterogeneity rapidly rose to an astonishing level, seemingly approaching the level of a forbidden area.

Finally, when Xu Qing didn’t have many Black Pills left, the entire Vajra Sect… had basically transformed into a giant vortex.

As the vortex rotated, endless amounts of heterogeneity poured in. The dense heterogeneity blotted out the sky and formed a churning fog that shrouded all directions.

Looking from afar, the Vajra Sect was completely submerged in fog. Screams and shouts filled the air as the disciples were all incomparably shocked.

At the same time, although the Vajra Sect cultivators had partially dispelled the poisonous wind, due a lack of manpower they couldn’t stop the next wave of poison powder. More and more poison powder was blown in with the wind and merged with the surrounding fog.

Wherever the poison passed, all plant life instantly withered. Even the rocks on the mountain emitted sizzling sounds like they were being corroded.

Pitiful screams rang out one after another.

The Vajra Sect was in a tragic situation. Rich heterogeneity filled the air, polluting everything around. The poison powder in the wind swept through the area, and coupled with the heterogeneity, it formed a dreadful blight.

All of this happened within a hundred breaths of time, so quickly that no one could react.

The Vajra Sect instantly fell into chaos. A few disciples scrambled to escape the mountain, but with the intense poison, even a detoxification pill wouldn’t help them survive. Some of them tried to hide but it was already too late. And the remaining disciples chased after Xu Qing as the sect master roared furiously.

However, Xu Qing was too fast. Taking advantage of the chaos in the sect, he quickly disappeared without a trace. The disciples were about to search for him, but suddenly, flames erupted not far away.

The surrounding disciples felt their scalps go numb, and the Vajra Sect sect master was even more astonished. He didn’t care about chasing Xu Qing anymore and immediately ordered the disciples to extinguish the fire.

However… it wasn’t just one place that was set on fire. Very soon, raging flames continuously popped up around the sect one after another.

“Kid!!” The Vajra Sect’s sect master let out a mournful cry. His hatred reached the extreme, but he couldn’t go hunt Xu Qing down for the time being. All he could do was extinguish the fires as fast as possible.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing’s figure swiftly stepped into a luxurious building inside the sect. After he entered, he quickly plundered everything he could before setting it on fire and leaving immediately.

The whole process of entering, looting, and burning was extremely fast. Shortly afterwards, Xu Qing arrived before an even more luxurious building and read the words inscribed on the plaque.

“Hidden Treasure Pavilion?” Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed. After approaching the pavilion door, he lifted his right hand and punched. The door shattered instantly and the poisonous fog outside immediately gushed in. Then Xu Qing stepped inside and saw rows and rows of shelves.

Placed on the shelves were various medicinal pills, spirit coins, and other treasures.

Sweeping his gaze over the shelves, Xu Qing’s heart pounded wildly. He immediately walked up and grabbed anything he could take. After looting the pavilion, he was about to leave, but suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

Xu Qing noticed that the poisonous fog gushing into this Hidden Treasure Pavilion had seeped into the walls through some invisible gaps. He could see the faint outline of a secret door.

Raising his eyebrows, Xu Qing directly struck out with a kick. A loud boom rang out and cracks appeared on the secret door, but it didn’t shatter.

Xu Qing made a noise of surprise and a cold gleam flashed through his eyes. Cracking sounds rang out from his body and the Chief Shadow suddenly materialized behind him. With a silent roar, it fused with Xu Qing’s right hand and he threw a punch with all his might.

With a bang, the secret door shattered into pieces, revealing a dark room. There wasn’t much inside, only a palm-sized cloth bag.

Xu Qing was a little surprised and raised his hand to pick it up. However, an intense light suddenly shone from the bottom of the bag. Streaks of light flew out and drew a complex pattern on the ground. As the pattern shone, wind blades appeared and spiraled up into the air, blocking Xu Qing’s hand.

Xu Qing immediately retracted his hand and looked at the cloth bag protected by wind blades with a strange gleam in his eyes. He felt that it must be extremely valuable, so he looked down at the glowing pattern under the bag.

“What is this?” Xu Qing frowned. Sensing spiritual energy fluctuations coming from it, he let out a cold snort before taking out his two remaining Black Pills and crushing them.

Heterogeneity instantly surged over from all directions, immediately engulfing the entire secret room. The shining pattern flickered violently, but it couldn’t stop the corrosion from the heterogeneity. Eventually, it dimmed and let out crackling sounds as it was extinguished.

Xu Qing grabbed the cloth bag and immediately left the Hidden Treasure Pavilion.

His expression was ice-cold as he looked at the chaotic Vajra Sect, filled with heterogeneity, poisonous wind, and blazing fires. Xu Qing’s flight talisman flashed as he soared into the air to leave.

He knew that even though the ancestor wasn’t in the sect right now, his accomplishments were only due to a carefully prepared surprise attack. He would definitely be in danger if he lingered here.

He didn’t run over to the Vajra Sect just to kill people. More importantly, Xu Qing wanted to completely destroy their mountain gate and steal everything he could. Now that he’d accomplished his goals, he accelerated rapidly and soared into the sky.

However, at that moment, Xu Qing heard a furious roar. The Vajra Sect’s sect master flew out of the fog with disheveled hair and rapidly rushed towards him.

In mid-air, Xu Qing lowered his head, eyes filled with killing intent. The strength of the seventh level of the Sea and Mountain Art erupted from his body and the Chief Shadow appeared behind him as he threw a punch directly at the approaching sect master.

A dreadful noise rang out. The Vajra Sect’s sect master roared in rage as he was forced back several steps. Just when he was about to charge at Xu Qing again, a purple blade projection materialized behind Xu Qing.

The heavenly blade descended, slashing at the Vajra Sect’s sect master.

The sect master’s expression changed drastically and he suddenly fell back, retreating back into the poisonous wind and fog of heterogeneity. However, the purple light from the blade strike chased after him.

Xu Qing himself didn’t give chase. His gaze flickered and he immediately left, turning into a ray of light that shot into the sky, rumbling like thunder into the distance.

As soon as he left, seven figures rushed out of the fog where the sect master had retreated into earlier. Each of them struck ruthlessly with all their might.

Their combined attack was so powerful that the air seemed to explode. A thunderous boom echoed through the sky and the air itself appeared to fold in. This blow was even comparable to the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If Xu Qing hadn’t left right away and continued to fight the sect master, he would have been blasted into pieces just now.

The seven figures were all old men. At that moment, their faces paled and they all spat out mouthfuls of blood. Clearly, in order to release that strike just now, they had used a secret technique to combine their forces.

Seeing Xu Qing running away, they hesitated on whether or not to pursue him.

“Seven Dharma Protectors, do not give chase.” The sect master staggered out from within the fog. One of his arms was broken and dripping with blood. His face was pale and his body seemed on the verge of collapsing.

“That thief is too careful. I can’t believe he didn’t come after me. But right now, our main focus is to disperse the poisonous wind and heterogeneity in the sect as soon as possible, and then wait for the ancestor’s return!”

The sect master gritted his teeth, full of grievances. He had risked injuries earlier to bait Xu Qing in, but his plan had failed.

The seven old men fell silent before one of them stepped forward to support the sect master. Looking at the chaotic and devastated sect, their expressions were blank. Sighing, they could only try their best to quell the chaos.

Soon, a day passed.

When dusk arrived, more than half of the poison and heterogeneity had finally disappeared from the Vajra Sect. To remove the poison, the disciples had to exhaust themselves with constant wind spells, and to get rid of the heterogeneity… they had to crush their spirit coins and use pure spiritual energy to dilute it.

It was incredibly costly.

And even after that, the whole sect was still in shambles. Even the main hall at the top of the mountain was in ruins. Most of the buildings had collapsed, and traces of fire were left everywhere.

If the Vajra Sect was to fully recover, it would be even more costly.

But most serious of all was the conditions of the sect’s disciples. The heterogeneity in their body’s had become very dense, and most of them had turned blue-black, on the verge of mutation. They had to spend huge amounts of White Pills or even Clear Dust Pills to neutralize and dissolve their heterogeneity.

The sect master and seven Dharma Protectors were all exhausted and had bellies full of grievances. Finally, a long ray of light appeared on the horizon.

The Vajra Sect ancestor had returned.

He, too, was in a sorry state. Injuries covered his body and his hair was disheveled as he suppressed his anger. After escaping the forbidden area, he had already decided that he would do whatever it took to kill that Kid.

When he saw the sect from a distance, he was stunned, pausing in mid-air for a moment before instantly accelerating to go over. Standing above the sect, he lowered his head and stared blankly at the ruins beneath his feet.

“Ancestor...” When the disciples of the Vajra Sect saw the figure of the ancestor, they immediately cried out.

“Ancestor, that kid took advantage of your absence and caused chaos in our sect. Our disciples have suffered heavy casualties.”

“Ancestor, that bastard also cleaned out our Hidden Treasure Pavilion, and anything he couldn’t take away has been polluted by heterogeneity.”

“Ancestor, that kid is inhuman. Many of the disciples have been poisoned and we can’t cure them.”

Only the sect master and Dharma Protectors remained silent.

Listening to the cries of the disciple, the Vajra Sect’s ancestor looked down at the shattered mountain gate, at the disciples crying miserably, and at the sect master who had lost his arm and the injured Dharma Protectors. His body slowly trembled.

His face turned from green to white, then from white to red, and finally completely ashen. He staggered and couldn’t help coughing up a large mouthful of blood.

His breathing hastened and he clenched his fists tightly. His eyes were so red it seemed like he was going to eat someone. The Vajra Sect ancestor let out a mournful roar toward the sky.

“I’m going to kill you!”

His roar echoed like thunder in all directions, but it couldn’t reach Antler City’s teleportation array.

In Antler City, Xu Qing was standing in line next to the enormous teleportation array.

This array was constructed on top of a magic altar in the shape of an octagon. Countless runes were engraved on it in an extremely complicated way. Every so often, the runes would light up the array, giving off an incredibly imposing aura.

All around were guards with extraordinary cultivation bases, looking coldly at the queue of people. Their gazes were ice-cold, as if they would instantly kill anyone who seemed to have the slightest intention of breaking the rules.

Soon, everyone in front of him disappeared, and it was Xu Qing’s turn to walk towards the altar that had the teleportation array on it.

When he stepped onto the altar and entered the complex teleportation array, Xu Qing turned around and looked at this piece of the world where he had lived for so many years.

At that moment, the sun was setting, and its remaining rays spilled onto the ground. The summer wind was warm as it blew over, lifting the hair in front of Xu Qing’s eyes and allowing him to see this piece of the world more clearly.

He looked in the direction of the city ruins, then at the scavenger camp. Finally, he shot a cold glance in the direction of the Vajra Sect.

“We’ll meet again.”

Xu Qing’s gaze grew colder and colder as the teleportation array beneath his feet glowed increasingly brightly. Finally, a sea of light erupted and drowned out everything, including Xu Qing’s figure.

The next instant, when the light of the teleportation array faded, Xu Qing had disappeared.

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