Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1466 - 1466 0839 Earn Sword

Chapter 1466: Chapter 0839: Earn Sword Chapter 1466: Chapter 0839: Earn Sword Chapter 0839: Earning the Sword

Although Qi Tian had accelerated, the Nascent Soul Master who had set his sights on the herb at the same time was one step ahead of him. He flew to the herb’s location and gathered it, but he didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he began to search the surrounding area, seemingly hoping to find more similar plants.

At this moment, the sound of Qi Tian’s flight reached the ears of the Nascent Soul Master, who looked up at Qi Tian and instantly revealed a vigilant expression. He didn’t leave but drew his flying sword. There was still some distance between him and Qi Tian, but as a Nascent Soul Master, he could tell that Qi Tian’s cultivation level was only at the Gold Core Stage. However, for a cultivator at the Gold Core Stage to have remained so composed until now, he must possess some life-saving measures. He didn’t launch a preemptive attack on Qi Tian but was fully on guard.

Qi Tian soon arrived and stopped not very far from the Nascent Soul Master, watching him indifferently.

The Nascent Soul Master didn’t speak, but he also didn’t plan to waste too much time here. After confirming that Qi Tian posed no threat to him, he began to retreat, seemingly intending to leave and avoid any conflict with Qi Tian.

The man was actually like this, somewhat beyond Qi Tian’s expectations. He thought that the other would act like Song He and the others, who would deal with him, an opponent, without distinguishing right from wrong, perhaps even attempting to kill him without any mercy right from the start.

Qi Tian shook his head secretly. He had originally planned to counterattack after the other party first made a move against him, which would have given him a legitimate reason to deal with the opponent. Now, with the other’s behavior, Qi Tian found himself with one less excuse to act.

Unable to find a reason to snatch the herb from the other’s hand, Qi Tian felt a surge of exasperation and called out, “Sir, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. Judging from your reaction, you seem to be somewhat wary of me. I don’t know why you feel that way, but I must commend you; being wary of me is the right thing to do. I won’t make a move against you—just crush the Teleportation Talisman and leave this secret realm willingly, and I won’t trouble you.”

The Nascent Soul Master couldn’t help but laugh. He didn’t want to trouble Qi Tian; he just felt such matters were a waste of time, and it wasn’t out of fear of Qi Tian. Now, here was Qi Tian, brazenly asking him to crush his Teleportation Talisman. What did this mean? Did a mere cultivator at the Gold Core Realm actually think he was powerful enough to confront him?

Unwilling to cede, the Nascent Soul Master replied, “Lad, if you really think you have the ability, then come on. Expecting me to voluntarily crush the Teleportation Talisman and leave the secret realm is simply out of the question. Instead, it is you I originally didn’t wish to trouble, but you’ve gone too far. Now don’t blame me for my lack of courtesy, crush your Teleportation Talisman, and get out of this secret realm immediately.”

Qi Tian’s eyes lit up and he shouted, “You said it yourself, so don’t blame me for not being polite!”

As he spoke, Qi Tian spurred the flying sword beneath his feet, instantly increasing his speed as he pounced on the Nascent Soul Master.

A cold smile emerged on the lips of the Nascent Soul Master, who formed spirit runes with his hands and murmured incantations. His flying sword, which he had been holding the whole time, took flight, transformed into a beam of light, and at a speed barely perceptible to the naked eye, slashed swiftly towards Qi Tian.

Qi Tian was always using the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine to monitor his surroundings, and the Nascent Soul Master’s attack with his flying sword was quickly detected by him.

Qi Tian’s mastery of Nascent Soul Stage techniques was increasing, but many were limited by his current level of cultivation and thus unusable. Still habitually, he took out a huge rock and used it to shield himself against the incoming flying sword.

This flying sword was extremely sharp and tough. Qi Tian had used a rock like this as a blunt weapon to knock out several Nascent Soul Masters, but this time the stone met its match. The flying sword pierced into the rock and didn’t stop there; it continued to burrow deeper at a pace visible to the eye. It wouldn’t take long for the sword to penetrate the rock and emerge from the other side to continue its attack on Qi Tian.

Qi Tian knew that although the stones he had excavated from the Saint’s Tomb were solid, they wouldn’t offer much resistance against a flying sword wielded by a Nascent Soul Master. It would be neither soft as tofu nor particularly defensive.

Qi Tian had not expected this method to stop the flying sword; instead, he used it to momentarily control the flying sword. Now that it was entirely embedded in the rock, struggling to push forward, it would take only a few seconds for the flying sword to break through the stone.

A few seconds was a brief moment, but for Qi Tian, it was enough time to do a lot. With a flip of his wrist, the rock that had been in his hand disappeared, and with it, the flying sword that had burrowed inside the rock had vanished as well.

The Nascent Soul Master had been focusing on controlling his flying sword all along. Since obtaining it, he had grown fond of it and had put tremendous effort into it. In order to control the sword, he had even attached a strand of his spiritual power to it, which made it extremely responsive in his control. With the presence of this spiritual power, other Nascent Soul Masters couldn’t snatch it away from him when they clashed.

However, that all changed in an instant as both the sword and the rock disappeared without a trace. The Nascent Soul Master felt as though a piece of his spirit had been torn from his spiritual sea; he suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, a splitting headache, and his entire being was drained of strength. Wracked with discomfort, he completely lost his ability to judge and control danger from the outside world.

Qi Tian had only intended to take the Nascent Soul Master’s flying sword—not expecting that his unintentional move would have such a significant effect. Upon reflection, he understood what had happened. Seeing the Nascent Soul Master in agony, Qi Tian flew over and kicked him in the waist, knocking him to the ground.