Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 1381: 1349: Heavenly Monarch Jiang Got His Money Stolen

Chapter 1381: Chapter 1349: Heavenly Monarch Jiang Got His Money Stolen

Amidst the hundreds of thousands of Thunder Department Taoist Soldiers and billions of thunderbolts, a black-haired, eerie youth wielded a blood path secret technique, charging left and right, single-handedly resisting the army formations of numerous Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarchs, yet found himself at a great disadvantage.

However, he did not die immediately and was still able to counterattack occasionally, slaughtering thousands of cultivators.

A flash of blood light passed, and thousands of Foundation Establishment Golden Core Cultivators turned into groups of dried corpses, plummeting to the ground.

The eerie youth manipulated a Blood Pool Treasure, and where the blood light illuminated, bodies of large swathes of cultivators, including Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarchs, momentarily froze, providing him an opportunity to take another thousand lives.

His combat prowess was dazzlingly brilliant, often carving out a bloody path when seemingly doomed, seeking life from death, leaving the surrounding Heavenly Monarchs exceedingly wary.

“Impressive!”

“Truly worthy of being the strongest cultivator in the realm for over ten thousand years; you’re among the foremost of the Ascension Cultivators.”

The old Daoist clicked his tongue in wonder.

This eerie youth, like him, was a Peak Divine Transformation Cultivator, yet significantly weaker. Still, managing such feats with the inferior heritage of a Minor Thousand World was already quite astonishing.

Even more frightening was that he could withstand an army formation without an Inner Sect Elder leading it, displaying combat prowess far surpassing theirs.

“Haha!”

“The Small World also has its luminaries.”

A burly man laughed: “It’s just a pity that such individuals are invariably treacherous and untrustworthy. If they were to ascend to Refining Void, they would likely wreak havoc. Otherwise, truly absorbing them would undoubtedly elevate the power of the sect.”

“Swallowing up Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain might not even be impossible.”

He felt a tinge of regret.

However, the two men around him simply sneered.

Absorb?

Ascension Cultivators start at the Peak of Divine Transformation; absorbing them would inherently require granting them Refining Void opportunities, at least the Void Refinement Technique; otherwise, it couldn’t be called absorption.

But what if Ascension Cultivators ascend to Refining Void?

What kind of terrifying scene would that be?

It must be understood that even the sect ancestor is merely at Refining Void!

Ascension Cultivators are unknown, their nature uncertain, and giving them the chance to ascension could overthrow the entire sect, even lead to its destruction—extremely likely to happen.

Moreover, Ascension Cultivators, after all, are outsiders, and the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure within the sect is limited; who would be willing to yield?

The three casually chatted, while the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear.

The Ascending Blood Dao Cultivator ultimately could not withstand the Thunder Department battle formation. His aura gradually weakened, revealing a look of despair, yet a fierce resolve not to be humiliated, as an even more terrifying aura began to emerge within him.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a Jade Ruyi silently appeared, striking the back of the Ascending Blood Dao Cultivator’s head, caving it in.

The Blood Dao Ascension Cultivator, who was about to unleash a self-destructive secret technique, rolled his eyes, his divine soul descending into chaos, and fell headlong from the sky, being captured by the Thunder Department Taoist Soldiers.

The blood-stained Jade Ruyi slowly flew back into the elder Daoist’s hand.

“Senior brother, this Mixed Element Vajra Ruyi still proves formidable, silent and shapeless, yet wielding a heavy force of a million catties, capable of soul-suppressing and mind-destroying…”

The burly man praised.

“A mere small technique, unworthy of mention.”

The elder Daoist smiled slightly, putting away the Jade Ruyi: “This Blood Dao Cultivator himself is just the material for a main Dao General, and together with various treasures from the Minor Worlds, it’s quite a sum; fellow junior brothers, come with me to assess everything and return it all to the sect.”

“One must know, though Small World cultivators are weak, they have been the lord of a realm for ten thousand years; their wealth is not to be underestimated…”

“Hahaha, senior brother is right!”

The major event achieved, the three thoroughly relaxed.

Throughout, none of the three, nor the tens of thousands of cultivators, noticed a green-clothed youth silently observing beside the Daoist with immortal demeanor.

Since the three came to Nanchu Country, this green-clothed youth had quietly watched them.

Watching them casually converse, watching them encircle and attack the Ascending Blood Dao Cultivator, watching them capture the Blood Dao Ascension Cultivator, discussing sect rewards with satisfaction.

‘Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect… truly harsh on Ascending Cultivators, readily turning them into puppet Taoist soldiers.’

‘Even more like a Demon School than Blood Lake Corpse Bone Mountain.’

Jiang Ding mused silently.

He gazed at the blood-robed Ascension Cultivator, and at the Storage Bag filled with numerous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures at the Blood Dao Ascension Cultivator’s waist, feeling a slight pang.

Though this wealth was not much for one of the wealthiest individuals in a Harmonization Power, merely a small amount, it still pained his heart.

Money!

This is my money!

“Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect,”

“You dare to forcibly snatch money from my pocket, this is a first!”

“Back in the Beast Spirit Immortal City, I was just once deceived by the Shang Family’s Golden Pill price hike. Without any cause, I’ve never provoked you, yet you dare to steal my money, my money.”

“Well, truly well…”

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

This Blood Dao Cultivator is naturally his handiwork, a blood and flesh puppet refined to explode at a certain time, leaving no trace.

He is unwilling to clash with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect now.

In the unfamiliar Upper Realm, with unclarified conditions and intelligence, without overwhelming force to dominate, he finds no reason to be arrogant.

And the blood and flesh puppet is merely for resolving the Ascension Cultivator’s whereabouts issue; the location problem caused by the Ascension Baptism’s True Spirit Qi still remains unsolved.

“Let me see, what this so-called Ascension Soul-locking Map is?”

Jiang Ding reached out as if fetching from his pocket and took a jade ring-shaped storage treasure from beneath the waist of an elder with immortal demeanor.

With a slight sweep of Materialist Sun Sword Intent, he simulated the master’s divine sense, searching within and then extracted a jade screen the size of a pond.

This is the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect’s treasured Ascension Soul-locking Map!

“Break his limbs, and nail the Soul Suppressing Nails into his Divine Soul…”

The elder with the immortal demeanor coldly issued orders, and tens of thousands of Thunder Department Taoist Soldiers responded thunderously, with battle formation aura soaring, countless lightning enclosing and suppressing the Blood-robed Cultivator.

Despite the happenings close at hand, despite his storage treasure ring being taken, its restriction breached, the elder seemed blind, deaf, unable to feel or sense anything, all his sensory methods lost efficacy.

This scene was somewhat terrifying.

This is a fragment of power from the Human Dao Sword Skill in the Six Paths Reincarnation, also marking the Great Sun Celestial Lord’s significant breakthrough in concealment spells, with the Immortal Sect making rapid progress in concealment spell technology, strengthening the concealment abilities of Immortal Sect investigative Sword Cultivators.

In past years, within the Human Dao of Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Skill, even the Nine Great Daoists of Eight Great Immortal Sects who maintained order instantaneously fell, with no escape, let alone these cultivators.

“Ascension Soul-locking Map… Approaching Void Refinement stage treasure.”

“Not bad, as it’s aimed to lock Nascent Soul Cultivators, the material quality isn’t overly exceptional, which is good news.”

Jiang Ding murmured to himself, gaining confidence.

He is not skilled in Artifact Refining.

However, he is the leader of many disciplines within Xianmen Sect, head of the Immortal Sect Sword Dao Science Academy, and has been involved in the development of various Harmonization Stage army formations, magic, and materials in the Immortal Sect.

Although aided by the Central Array Spirit Computer, and through cooperative research by the Immortal Sect’s large-scale scientific team, each contributing a piece rather than relying solely on individual capability.

This enduring Immortal Research effort has brought him great benefits, granting him insight far beyond the average Refining Emptiness Peak Cultivator, possessing solid Immortal Dao Foundation.

Now, when truly faced with such a Void Refinement stage treasure, he quickly understood its principles.

“Through array detections of spatial fluctuations spread across Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect areas, once a fluctuation named ‘Ascension’ arises, it immediately locks onto such fluctuation, recording and pinpointing it.”

“This structure for locking True Spirit Qi function works this way…”

Jiang Ding showed an expression of enlightenment.

After pondering for a moment, he delved his divine sense into the Ascension Soul-locking Map, altering the spell structure for locking Array Spirit slightly, shifting it from himself to the Blood Dao Ascension Cultivator puppet.

“Let’s test it.”

Amidst the tens of thousands of battling and shouting Thunder Department Taoist Soldiers and the elder, Jiang Ding began testing repeatedly.

Even though the surrounding was bustling, with earth shaking and mountains rocking, space fissuring, and Taoist Soldiers continually dying, his area remained peaceful, all attack remnants coincidentally circumventing this spot.

No one glanced over, as if happening in another world.

In an extremely short time, Jiang Ding conducted 1,727 tests, amended numerous issues, and ultimately set this shift alteration to dissolve autonomously in thirty years, leaving no trace and causing no harm to the Ascension Soul-locking Map.

“A mere small skill, nothing worth mentioning.”

Then, the elder with the immortal demeanor successfully captured the Blood Dao Ascension Cultivator through stealth, faintly smiling.

This was certainly not coincidence.

If Jiang Ding had not completed the test, they would continue fighting, possibly even lasting several years.

Moreover, without considering suspicion from external cultivators, this battle could extend indefinitely, fighting until they die of old age, leaving companions as piles of bones, yet remaining oblivious, constantly engaging, fighting, unable to sense the passage of time.

Until complete death, Divine Soul extinguished.

This is the Human Dao Sword Skill of Six Paths Reincarnation.

“Fellow Daoists,”

“Carry my money and leave well…”

Jiang Ding cast a deep glance at these Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect cultivators and turned away.