Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1280: Chapter 686: Completion_2

This place was only a thirty-minute distance from the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, he never thought Li Yuanba could do anything to him in such a short time.

He even thought that if Li Yuanba really attacked him, perhaps he could even counterattack and kill Li Yuanba instead.

Li Yuanba indeed acted, he initiated the fusion of body and sword, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword glimmered, and the light enveloped his entire body.

This was an attack secret technique from the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’, where the unity of person and sword could unleash attacks and achieve certain Sword Escape speed.

After initiating the fusion of body and sword, he activated ’Beyond Reach’, the sword light shooting forward from the fusion of body and sword disappeared midway, and upon reappearing, it was already in front of Xue Huan.

Xue Huan was well prepared, since the ’Invisible Primordial Magnetism’ divine skill was countered, the force field emitted from the top-grade fourth-grade mountain treasure above his head would unleash its power.

The top-grade fourth-grade mountain treasure was his life-bound treasure, it was infused with some rare earth materials, enhancing the force field effect of the mountain treasure.

It was equivalent to laying a trap around his body, in his opinion, if Li Yuanba really approached, he would be restricted and slowed by the top-grade fourth-grade mountain treasure.

In such a close-combat state being slowed, with Xue Huan’s cultivation, he would only need one strike to kill Li Yuanba.

Just as Xue Huan had thought, Li Yuanba plunged straight into the force field set by the top-grade fourth-grade mountain treasure.

The sword light was affected, its speed was reduced by almost half.

However, what Xue Huan didn’t expect was that even if the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword’s speed was halved, it was still much faster than the fourth-grade top flying swords of other sword cultivators.

The Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword boasted four hundred million speed runes and carried the ’Speed Rule Imprint’, it was blessed with the power of speed rules to boost its flying speed.

To completely restrain the speed of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword, unless one was a great cultivator proficient in speed rules, or someone even greater.

Xue Huan reacted quickly, he was ready to attack the approaching Li Yuanba, but the speed of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword was faster; with the fusion of body and sword, it struck Xue Huan first, taking Li Yuanba with it.

The earth spell shield on Xue Huan was instantly pierced by the ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword.

The Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword pierced through his body, the terrifying ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ immediately entered his body, rapidly spreading throughout.

Wherever it passed, the ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ extinguished all life.

Xue Huan’s attack movements halted, he hadn’t expected to be harmed by Li Yuanba.

It was only because his cultivation was strong enough, having touched a trace of rule power, and the earth rules being the strongest in defense, that the ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’s’ attack was slightly delayed.

It was this slight delay that allowed his Nascent Soul to escape from his body.

He fled like a startled bird, his Nascent Soul immediately heading towards the Purple Flame Sect mountain gate as soon as it emerged.

Li Yuanba had revealed his full strength, how could he let Xue Huan escape so easily? If Xue Huan left, his secret would be out.

Whether it be the ’Invisible Primordial Magnetism’ divine skill or the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword, any of those secrets would bring him immense trouble.

Though the Nascent Soul’s escape technique was extremely fast, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword was even faster.

Having lost the influence of the force field from the top-grade fourth-grade mountain treasure, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword’s speed returned to its peak. With a faint flash of the sword light, Xue Huan’s Nascent Soul barely moved ten meters before being struck by the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword.

Li Yuanba heard the unwilling scream of Xue Huan’s Nascent Soul, of course, Xue Huan was unwilling. He was just half a step away from becoming a Great Cultivator.

Just another hundred years at most, and he would undoubtedly ascend to a Great Cultivator.

Guarding the Purple Flame Sect mountain gate was a safe mission arranged by the sect for him and also a mission with great benefits.

It was known that Xue Huan, a half-step Great Cultivator, was guarding the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, but in truth, a real Great Cultivator was watching over.

In the absence of great powers, a Great Cultivator was already the top combat force in the Cultivation World.

Li Yuanba killed Xue Huan’s Nascent Soul with a slash, then used his Divine Sense to seize Xue Huan’s carcass and spoils of war, and just as he put them away, he sensed an aura rising in the distance.

The final fall of Xue Huan’s Nascent Soul triggered a strong aura, alarming the Great Cultivator guarding the Purple Flame Sect mountain gate.

Li Yuanba gave a faint smile, he performed ’One Step Beyond’, appearing thousands of miles away. He possessed ’God’s Eye’, capable of executing ’One Step Beyond’ to a distance of three thousand miles at its furthest.

He appeared a thousand miles away, looked back with ’God’s Eye’ towards the Purple Flame Sect mountain gate, discovering that the Great Cultivator only issued a warning aura instead of leaving the Purple Flame Sect mountain gate.

”There’s something fishy!” He found something amiss.

Regardless of the situation, this Great Cultivator should have gone to support as soon as sensing Xue Huan’s peril, rather than just issuing an aura warning.

The critical point is, why would the White Emperor Sect have a Great Cultivator guard the dilapidated mountain gate of the Purple Flame Sect, and only claim outwardly that a half-step Great Cultivator was the one guarding it?

There must be some unknown secret within, in Li Yuanba’s analysis, the most likely scenario was that some treasure was hidden within the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, a treasure valuable enough for the White Emperor Sect to assign a Great Cultivator to watch over, yet not wishing other forces to know.

While pondering, he received a message from Tang Xue Ning, inquiring about his situation.

The two set a meeting location, and Li Yuanba headed over.

”How is our intelligence department operating, why didn’t they even discover the presence of a Great Cultivator from the White Emperor Sect here?” Tang Xue Ning complained angrily.

Upon sensing the aura of a Great Cultivator, she immediately distanced herself from the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate.

Once she reached a certain distance and deemed herself safe, she sensed another explosion of a Great Cultivator’s aura, and also detected the combat aura of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

But the battle aura was too short, she didn’t have time to help even if she wanted to.

Although she trusted Li Yuanba’s escape methods, she still worried deeply, after all, Li Yuanba had only recently advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, how could he contend against Xue Huan, a half-step Great Cultivator?

Upon seeing Li Yuanba, she didn’t believe he had dealt with Xue Huan, only felt helpless about losing this opportunity.

No one knew when they could get intel on Xue Huan again or another opportunity this good.

”Indeed, let’s return to the sect first!” Li Yuanba agreed with a nod.

It was truly too dangerous; had he not reacted swiftly, being enveloped by a Great Cultivator’s aura by being too close to the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate would have made escape difficult.

”What are we returning for, let’s kill a few White Emperor Sect cultivators first!” Tang Xue Ning said, with fury and murderous intent in her eyes.

”Let’s report the mission first, then see if we can take on new tasks. Killing ordinary White Emperor Sect cultivators isn’t as good as slaying their elite ones!” Li Yuanba advised.

Tang Xue Ning was about to nod when she suddenly noticed something amiss.

”What mission are you talking about?” She asked in surprise and doubt.

”The task of killing Xue Huan,” Li Yuanba replied.

”You killed Xue Huan?” Tang Xue Ning, too excited and disbelieving, raised her voice slightly.

How long had it been since they parted, she had sensed the combat aura of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage, but that brief aura made her think the two sides merely brushed past.

She hadn’t imagined that Li Yuanba actually killed Xue Huan, who was a half-step Great Cultivator, not to mention that Xue Huan had mastered the ’Invisible Primordial Magnetism’ divine skill, bane to sword cultivators.

Seeing Tang Xue Ning’s disbelief, Li Yuanba brought out Xue Huan’s body.

”Killing him like this was too easy on him!” Upon seeing Xue Huan’s body, Tang Xue Ning believed what Li Yuanba said, she looked at the corpse with hatred and remarked.