CCTnovel Chapter 713: The Rear Force
Chapter 713: The Rear Force
Chapter 713: The Rear Force
Destruction was always easier than construction. This was true for the demons, and it was true for Mount Shu as well.
The only exception was Red Cotton Peak.
Before the arrival of the White-Bone Mountain, Red Cotton Peak was in a state of chaos. Hundreds of diabolical cultivators were mixed in with the crowd, wantonly injuring and killing people. The righteous cultivators fought back, but they also turned on each other amidst the confusion.
Fortunately, Red Cotton Peak had a very effective warning system. All shops immediately shut their doors, allowing the righteous cultivators to form groups and move with their backs to the shops.
The diabolical cultivators, who had been using the crowd as their cover, suddenly found themselves surrounded. Had it not been for the sudden appearance of White-Bone Mountain, these diabolical cultivators would likely have met their end in a matter of moments.
Seeing that White-Bone Mountain had arrived and was about to smash down on Red Cotton Peak, the diabolical cultivators on the peak eagerly anticipated a scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Don't you love hiding in your buildings? Don't you enjoy leaning against your shops? Then crumble together with this mountain peak! We want to see rivers of blood!
With such thoughts in mind, the diabolical cultivators leaped into the air in unison so that they wouldn't get injured alongside the righteous cultivators.
On the other hand, the righteous cultivators were caught off guard, and many of them bore the impact of the collision with Red Cotton Peak.
Kaboom!
Following the deafening collision, clouds of dust and smoke rose up.
Surprisingly, Red Cotton Peak did not crumble under that fierce hit, but the more astonishing thing was that it had only lost a few earthen buildings and mountain rocks. Most of the buildings and pavilions on the peak were still standing!
The damaged buildings were all shops of merchants that had opted out of the reconstruction plan for Red Cotton Peak. On the other hand, the shops of the merchants that had trusted Chu Liang's advice and let the Hall of Construction renovate their buildings had emerged from the collision almost entirely unscathed!
In fact, the shops that had been upgraded to Feng-grade buildings were so unaffected that someone sleeping inside might not even have been awakened.
The diabolical cultivators couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. The Feng-grade buildings were terrifyingly sturdy!
The thing that terrified them even more was the Mount Shu Sect's swift response. The Mount Shu Sect's Four Guardian Elders and their disciples charged over on their flying swords, killing their way toward the White-Bone Mountain!@@@@
According to the Dark King Sect's plan, Red Cotton Peak should have collapsed by now, and the diabolical cultivators should have retreated amidst the chaos. However, not only was Red Cotton Peak still intact, but it also retained the majority of the righteous cultivators, who now ascended en masse to hunt them down!
Earlier, they could use the crowd as a cover while they injured and killed the righteous cultivators, but now the diabolical cultivators were suspended in midair and utterly conspicuous. Dumbfounded, they scattered in all directions, wailing and fleeing for their lives.
The main force of the Dark King Sect's operation this time was, once again, the White-Bone Hall.
The White-Bone Hall had continued to recruit the largest number of diabolical cultivators among the Dark King Sect's halls, so it was the most convenient for them to handle large-scale operations like this. Nevertheless, the core forces providing the real power came from the Northern Abyss Hall and the Vermillion-Azurite Hall. As for the Scarlet-Robe Hall, they did not participate in the operation against the Mount Shu Sect.
Seeing that the operation had already failed, the masters of the three participating sects stepped up to protect their disciples as they retreated.
Despite looking like a lion hunting a rabbit, Chen Mingcang went all out; he did not hold back in the slightest. He showed Chu Liang his utmost respect by using his strongest divine ability—the Dark King Transcendent Form!
However, what Chen Mingcang didn't realize was that Chu Liang was not the same as he had been six years ago. The young disciple who had been trampled on in the past was now a seventh-realm Eminent One...
This news had long spread among the Circle of Immortal Friends, but it had yet to reach the ranks of the Dark King Sect. The informant who had provided them with intelligence on the Mount Shu Sect had only reported that Chu Liang had been captured by the demons. There had been no mention of his cultivation level.
Thus, Chen Mingcang noticed nothing amiss... until the very moment that Chu Liang's sword qi surged skyward.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The violet and azure swordlights converged, and Chu Liang unleashed a terrifyingly powerful sword intent.
Seeing that, Chen Mingcang's pupils dilated in shock. This is... the aura of the Dao Attainment Realm? How did this kid get to this level...?
Chen Mingcang wasn't the only one in shock.
The voices of the two sword spirits rang out in surprise beside Chu Liang.
"Whoa, kiddo! You're already at the seventh realm?"
"Oho! Now we can hack that guy to pieces and send him to see his ancestors!"
What kind of power would a seventh-realm sword intent containing the Great Dao of Severing the Void unleash when paired with the Violet and Azure Twin Swords?
For anyone other than Chen Mingcang, the beam of swordlight looked so bright and dazzling that it was very difficult to describe. On the other hand, all Chen Mingcang saw was a sliver of white light tearing through the void. Despite being in his formidable Dark King Transcendent Form, Chen Mingcang suddenly felt like a skinless fish lying on a chopping board.
Well, I'm screwed.
The violet and azure swordlight cleaved the enormous Dark King Transcendent Form in two, and it faded away in a flash.
That piercing beam of swordlight was world-shakingly astonishing! Both the Vermillion-Azurite Hall Master and the White-Bone Hall Master were stunned.
Even White-Bone Mountain seemed to be intimidated by the sword qi, as it turned toward Chu Liang.
However, it might have been a little better off if it hadn't turned...
In the very next instant, the violet and azure swordlight shot toward the White-Bone Mountain, piercing straight through that gigantic skull![1]
Chu Liang shouted, "What are you looking at?!"
1. In case anyone forgot, the White-Bone Mountain is not a real mountain; it's actually a gigantic skull. ☜