Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Massive Destruction

The Demonic Tribulation Light.

This was the Legendary Technique for slaughtering Lü Yang had cultivated in his current life. He used the Blood Sun Sword Pill as its vessel, while Yu Suzhen gathered and refined Celestial Fiend from Beyond the Heavens to create it.

Once the Ability was activated, the treasure serving as its vessel immediately shattered.

The Tribulation Light within would then burst forth, activating the Heavenly Stems. It would draw upon the Heavenly Stem Qi that permeated the space beyond the Thirty-six Layers of Gang Cloud, transforming it into a stream of fire.

As the Tribulation Light fell from the firmament, broke through the Thirty-six Layers of Gang Cloud, and drew near the ground, it would stir the Earthly Branch Qi from beneath the vast planetary crust.

This forced the Qi to surge upward, where it collided with the Heavenly Stem Qi falling from the sky. The two energies would ignite and explode, wiping out all life within a five-thousand-mile radius!

If this were unleashed by someone merely at the Final-phase of Qi Refining, it would never have achieved such power.

However, Lü Yang had activated this Technique through Su Nu. Backed by the status and Mana of her Foundation Establishment cultivation, its might was unleashed to its absolute limit!

At this moment, the entire Outer Realm fell silent.

Even the Qi-eating Insects, which had been in a maddening frenzy, froze. One by one, they stared blankly up at the tribulation fire descending from the heavens.

The scene was apocalyptic, as if the very heavens were collapsing.

In the Dao Court’s encampment, a disciple came running, his face filled with terror. He practically stumbled and crawled as he yelled, ”General! Outside... outside...”

And then he saw Wang Jinting’s calm face.

No, that wasn’t right. It wasn’t calmness.

It was numbness.

Wang Jinting no longer knew what expression he should be wearing. Just staring directly at the descending tribulation fire made his eyes sting with pain.

’Escape using the Panorama Map?’

’That’s right. As a Treasure of Fruit, the Panorama Map can travel anywhere within the Outer Realm. Dodging this tribulation fire should have been effortless.’

’However... he had his limits!’

’The Panorama Map could survey the entire Outer Realm and teleport at will, but that required Magical Power. Even if he exhausted all of his Magical Power, he could only move within a three-thousand-mile radius. But the aura of that tribulation fire in the sky covered a full five thousand miles! There was no way for him to escape!’

”Ha, haha...”

Wang Jinting opened his mouth, forcing out a few dry, raspy laughs. He glanced at Guang Ming nearby but no longer had the energy to even question him.

Then, he turned to Yun Miaozhen beside him.

Recalling Fairy Miaozhen’s earlier defiance, Wang Jinting asked slowly, holding on to a sliver of hope, ”Fairy, do you have a way to deal with that?”

Then he saw Yun Miaozhen give him a blank look.

’Deal with that?’

THUMP!

The next moment, Yun Miaozhen’s body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground. Her beautiful eyes, once overflowing with Sword Qi, now held nothing but terror.

Her Sword Heart... had shattered.

There was no epic combat, no clash of evenly matched power. Merely witnessing the tribulation fire descend from the heavens was enough to shatter her Sword Heart!

”This is impossible... It can’t be... Why...?”

Hearing Yun Miaozhen’s muttering, Wang Jinting was stunned for a moment. Then, his expression changed as he looked at her, his eyes filled with an inexpressible pity.

”There is no ’why’,” Wang Jinting said flatly. ”We’ve lost.”

This was the outcome.

”...Lost?”

Only then did Yun Miaozhen finally snap back to reality. But in the next instant, with her Sword Heart shattered, her face twisted in stark terror.

”I... I’m not a disciple of the Dao Court.”

”This Battle for the Dao has nothing to do with me!”

”I quit!”

’Are you kidding me? How could she die here?’

’She was a Direct Disciple of the Sword Pavilion! The Yun Family had placed all their hopes on her to reach Foundation Establishment! As a favored daughter of Heaven, she had barely even begun to show her true potential!’

Indignation, anger, fear, ambition... A torrent of uncontrolled emotions poured from her shattered Sword Heart.

In the end, however, all those emotions turned to dust.

The tribulation fire descended from the firmament. For five thousand li, Heavenly Stem and Earth Evil Qi ground against one another, and the resulting inferno melted metal and stone. Endless balefire consumed every living thing.

Countless Dao Court disciples stared blankly as their bodies ignited, shattered, and turned to dust. The last thing they saw was the incandescent white of the explosion. Even the Souls that drifted from their ruined bodies were not spared, turning to ash in the seething torrent of celestial and fiendish energies.

The nearby Qi-eating Insects met the same fate.

These mindless demonic creatures were certainly ferocious. They bravely charged the tribulation fire, only to burst apart in midair like moths drawn to a flame.

—The tribulation fire blazed, and a world was unmade.

Everything they had achieved in life became meaningless. Mid-phase of Qi Refining? Late Stage? Perfection? A Legendary Technique? The only difference was how long one could survive beneath the tribulation fire.

At this moment, Wang Jinting couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.

For this Battle for the Dao, the Dao Court and the Pure Land had joined forces and come well-prepared. They thought they could take advantage of the Stain Sect’s current weakness—a gap between their old and new generations—and score a huge win.

But who could have predicted this outcome?

’We were on the verge of victory, and then the Stain Sect pulls a Foundation-Stage Cultivator out of nowhere! Seriously, you’ve already reached Foundation Establishment. Do you get some kind of kick out of bullying Qi Refining cultivators?’

”You monster...”

Watching Yun Miaozhen turn to ash, Wang Jinting let out one last, resentful curse. Then, his form was swallowed by the light, vanishing completely.....

....

Meanwhile, the members of the Stain Sect had also witnessed the scene unfold.

After the incandescent white light faded, a colossal mushroom cloud with Red Fire and golden lightning rose slowly into the sky, unleashing a shockwave that rippled out in all directions.

Even from their distant position, they could feel the faint caress of the ensuing gust.

”Holy sh—”

On the battlefield, Xu Xin was sprawled on top of the exhausted Chongming. He patted Chongming’s body. ”Little Young Master, you dead? If not, get a load of what a Perfected Person can do.”

”Dead my ass... Get the hell off me.”

Chongming’s body twitched, and he let out a low curse. He wanted to roll over, but he was completely out of strength and could only let Xu Xin stay on top of him.

Nearby, Daoist Jiao Long was also coiled on the ground.

His massive size meant he had sustained the most injuries. Fortunately, his life force was also the most tenacious, so he was still alive. He just stared silently at the ground below.

Lying there was Bi Feiyuan.

Her once-perfect body had been chewed beyond recognition. One of her luminous, beautiful eyes had been eaten, leaving only a dark, empty socket.

”...She’s dead.”

Seeing Qin Tianhe approach, Daoist Jiao Long said in a low voice, ”Her techniques are too limited. After all, those insects don’t care how pretty she is.”

”So what I’m hearing is, you think I’m pretty?”

Suddenly, Bi Feiyuan struggled to lift her head. She turned her blood-soaked face and gave Daoist Jiao Long a flirtatious wink with her one remaining eye.

Daoist Jiao Long was silent.

Meanwhile, Qin Tianhe laughed. ”Looks like our luck held out. With a Perfected Person making a move, we still won this Battle for the Dao in the end!”

Bi Feiyuan heard this and glanced at the completely unscathed Qin Tianhe. The corner of her mouth twitched. ”Says the freeloader.”

At her words, Qin Tianhe’s smile froze on his face. ”Hey, I was the one who found the Dao Court’s position!” he protested. ”I made a huge contribution!”

’Judging by the outcome alone completely invalidates all my hard work!’

”What’s that got to do with you? Wasn’t it because that bald-headed monk defected? ...Speaking of which, where is that bald-headed ass? What’s his name again? Don’t tell me he’s dead.”

”Oh, right. Forgot about him.”

”He was inside the blast radius. Must’ve been collateral damage.”

”Tough luck for him, then.”

Just then, an awkward, timid voice suddenly spoke up from nearby.

”Esteemed Upper Cultivators... I am still alive.”

Everyone turned in surprise to see Guang Ming hunched over, hiding cautiously in a corner. He’d actually escaped the tribulation fire’s range?

”I... never went over there in the first place...”

Facing a series of curious gazes that seemed ready to dissect him, Guang Ming hastily explained, ”The one who went over there... that was just a clone of me.”

As he explained, Guang Ming was cursing up a storm in his mind. ’I knew it! I knew this bunch of Demons from the Stain Sect was treacherous, so I kept an ace up my sleeve just in case...

When dealing with these monsters, you have to be on your guard even when you’re surrendering. Otherwise, they’ll just use you up like some disposable resource!’