Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1356 - 1356 0772 Deterrent Force_2

Chapter 1356: Chapter 0772: Deterrent Force_2 Chapter 1356: Chapter 0772: Deterrent Force_2 The tomb owner, the moment after tumbling into the illusion, instantly lost all ability to resist. Every movement of his body ceased, and he stood still on the ground, a picture of complete vulnerability, at the mercy of his assailant.

Qi Tian did not hesitate for a moment and immediately launched a Wolf Teeth Knife which pierced the tomb owner’s throat, gouging a large hole in his neck. Blackish-red blood with a foul odor gushed incessantly from the hole, spraying everywhere.

Qi Tian did not stop there; he threw out a flying sword and controlled it to sever the tomb owner’s head, then Qi Tian took out numerous talismans, affixing them to the tomb owner’s head and his body, suppressing them to prevent any chance of revival, merging with another cultivator, and continuing the undead journey of a living corpse.

After completing these tasks, Qi Tian began to clean up the battlefield. A Storage Ring carried by the tomb owner piqued Qi Tian’s considerable interest. He removed the Storage Ring from the tomb owner’s finger and tossed it into the storage chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine, allowing the Engine to erase the restrictions on the ring before he started examining the treasures within the Storage Ring.

Qi Tian was pleased to find that the Storage Ring was of exceptional quality, with a very spacious interior that could easily accommodate a skyscraper. What made Qi Tian slightly upset was that such a large storage space was nearly empty, with almost nothing left to be seen.

From the remaining items, Qi Tian found some quite high-quality Nascent Soul Stage artifacts, as well as a large quantity of texts, some precious natural treasures, and more. Besides these items, there was not much else. Logically, the tomb owner was a high-level Nascent Soul Master, and he should not have had so few possessions, but the problem was that he had resided within the Saint’s Tomb for hundreds of years. All the cultivation resources he had prepared had been exhausted during these long years, otherwise, he would not have re-emerged with so little magical power.

Qi Tian transferred all the items from the Storage Ring to the Heavenly Dao Engine’s backup storage. He planned to set aside time for a detailed study later. For now, there wasn’t even time to clean up the battlefield properly; the pressing matter was to chase Zhao Deyi and prevent him from escaping.

Qi Tian had assumed the battle between him and the tomb owner would not last long, but in reality, it lasted a little longer than he had anticipated. He was uncertain what Zhao Deyi might have done during this time.

After having Lustrous Sand gather the dense fog, Qi Tian gave a wave of his hand and cleared the battlefield briefly, taking everything that could be taken, and then flew with Ghostface and Lustrous Sand to the top of the tomb, emerging outside through the hole atop the Saint’s Tomb.

Qi Tian didn’t pause at all and flew straight towards the space gate he had discovered, hoping that Zhao Deyi had indeed gone there as he had speculated. If this wasn’t the case, the situation would become somewhat troublesome.

When Qi Tian was still some distance away from the space gate, he saw from afar Zhao Deyi, clutching the shoulder where an arm was missing, running towards him in panic, as if he had seen a ghost.

Qi Tian could tell at a glance what had happened, Zhao Deyi must have suffered a major setback at the space gate; otherwise, he wouldn’t be missing an arm. In the Imperial Family Secret Territory, when it came to cultivation realms, Zhao Deyi was definitely the foremost, and no one could have caused him to lose an arm in such a short time. It was certain that Zhao Deyi had fallen victim to a trap he set, contaminating his arm with Millennium Corpse Water. To protect himself, Zhao Deyi had taken the initiative to chop off his own arm. This was not the first time Qi Tian had encountered such a situation; others, faced with the same circumstances, would make the same choice as Zhao Deyi, sacrificing a pawn to save a castle, a choice of necessity.

Qi Tian felt not the slightest sympathy for Zhao Deyi, waving his hand, the Glass Sand, the Ghost Face, and the Transporting Whirlwind passed by him, heading towards Zhao Deyi to encircle him.

At that moment, Zhao Deyi also saw Qi Tian and turned to run, but his strength had not fully recovered, and now with an arm missing and being severely injured, his speed was greatly compromised. If he could have drawn his Banana Fan at that moment, gritting his teeth to ignore the pain on his shoulder and wave the fan with his other hand, perhaps he could have increased his speed and escaped the encircling net Qi Tian had set up. But sadly, Zhao Deyi had just approached the space gate when he fell into Qi Tian’s previously set ambush, covered in Millennium Corpse Water in his bid for self-preservation. He had not dared to hesitate for the slightest moment.

Zhao Deyi knew all too well the malevolence of the Millennium Corpse Water; he could be so ruthless as to chop off his arm promptly to prevent further damage. However, he forgot one thing: the arm that he had chopped off was holding the Banana Fan. Consequently, as his arm was severed, the Banana Fan fell to the ground. Zhao Deyi reached out to grab it but missed, and then, concerned about the vicious Millennium Corpse Water and fearing more traps nearby, he dared not do anything else and simply covered his wound, running away from the direction of the Millennium Corpse Water.

Although Qi Tian was no match for Zhao Deyi in terms of cultivation realms, in other aspects, Qi Tian was able to exert an overwhelming power over Zhao Deyi. Originally, with the Banana Fan as an aid, when Zhao Deyi sensed Qi Tian catching up, he could have used the fan to accelerate. But now that the Banana Fan was lost, and without the artifact to speed him up, he naturally couldn’t escape and was quickly surrounded by the Ghost Face, Glass Sand, and Transporting Whirlwind.

This time, Qi Tian didn’t give Zhao Deyi any chance, neither allowing Zhao Deyi to explain himself nor offering Zhao Deyi the opportunity to surrender and become an Immortal Slave. He simply let the Ghost Face beat Zhao Deyi into submission, leaving him without the strength to resist, and then the Glass Sand turned into a wheel of sand, sliding across Zhao Deyi’s neck, severing his head and sending it flying away.

Zhao Deyi died with his eyes still open, unable to comprehend that he would meet such an end. The Child of Heavenly Selection, the first Nascent Soul Master in the Imperial Family Secret Territory’s history, yet with these honors, it still didn’t change his doomed fate to be killed.

After killing Zhao Deyi and picking up his head, Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, when Zhao Deyi was being beaten, he did show signs of yielding; at that moment, Qi Tian could have very likely made Zhao Deyi his Immortal Slave just by nodding, but Qi Tian never did so from the beginning to the end, as he needed to use Zhao Deyi’s head for a purpose.

Now all the cultivators in the Imperial Family Secret Territory knew that Zhao Deyi had ascended to become a Nascent Soul Master, rightfully the foremost person in the territory. And here he was, Qi Tian, who could kill such a Master and go around showing off his head, just imagine what kind of reaction the cultivators in the territory would have once they got wind of this? They definitely wouldn’t dare show Qi Tian any disrespect, wouldn’t dare ignore any of Qi Tian’s commands, they would surely revere Qi Tian like an ancestor, not daring to say ‘no’ to him. That was the effect Qi Tian wanted.

By killing Zhao Deyi, he could intimidate thousands of cultivators within the Imperial Family Secret Territory; such a trade was worth it.

Qi Tian placed Zhao Deyi’s head into a box, then hastily tidied up the battlefield. Afterward, he gathered the Ghost Face, Transporting Whirlwind, and Glass Sand, then casually carrying the box, he strolled out of the core area of the Imperial Family Secret Territory and arrived at the city gate connecting the core area to Xidu.