Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1552 - 1552 902 One Stick per Person

Chapter 1552: Chapter 902: One Stick per Person Chapter 1552: Chapter 902: One Stick per Person Chapter 0902: One Stick per Person

“I’ve repeatedly said there’s a problem with your hearing, and yet you refuse to admit it? No matter, I’ll repeat it once more. If you want me to join the team, fine, but I’ll be the leader and you can be my underling. Whatever gains we find in the Holy Land competition, they must prioritize me, the big brother. You, playing the little brother, will fall in line behind. Is that clear enough?”

Qi Tian’s words not only enraged Li Rusen, but Li Rusen’s subordinates were even more furious, to the point where the Nascent Soul Master who had just stopped Li Rusen immediately ordered another Nascent Soul Master to strike and kill Qi Tian.

The Nascent Soul Master who received the command was the one responsible for the assessment earlier. He pounced towards Qi Tian like a ghost. During the assessment, he had held back his strength and hadn’t shown his full capabilities. But now, intent on killing Qi Tian, he exerted his full power to achieve a one-hit kill. This would also serve to intimidate all the Gold Core Realm cultivators present, ensuring they would strictly follow the young master’s directives, preventing anyone from challenging the young master and the honor of the Li family as Qi Tian had done.

The speed of this Master was incredibly fast; he reached Qi Tian in an instant. Many onlookers didn’t even have the chance to react. Lu Songsheng could only manage to shout a warning, “Qi Tian, be careful!”, before he could only watch helplessly as the distance between Qi Tian and the Master narrowed to an arm’s reach, by which time it was too late for him to intervene.

Yi Xuwen was even farther away than Lu Songsheng, and it was impossible for him to provide any assistance to Qi Tian at that moment. Yi Xuwen closed his eyes and his expression darkened as he inwardly resigned, “It’s over.”

Nearly everyone believed Qi Tian couldn’t possibly survive a true attack. There was an immense gulf between the abilities of Gold Core Realm cultivators, even those at the Perfect Gold Core Stage, and a Nascent Soul Master—a gap nearly impossible to bridge. Although Qi Tian had shown the strength to surpass a Nascent Soul Master in Wanjie City, it was only against Cheng Daoran who had just advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm. Defeating Cheng Daoran wasn’t an unacceptable outcome. However, the Master now attacking Qi Tian was a veteran Nascent Soul Master, far stronger than Cheng Daoran. Qi Tian was certainly no match for him.

A cold smile played on Qi Tian’s lips. He had already killed dozens of Nascent Soul Masters; he didn’t mind adding another soul to his tally today. With a thought, he unleashed the Transporting Whirlwind, sweeping it towards the onrushing Nascent Soul Master.

The Nascent Soul Master could neither see nor sense the Transporting Whirlwind, but his intuition honed from life-or-death experiences made him instinctively sense danger. He tried to dodge, but it was too late—the Transporting Whirlwind instantly entangled his limbs, binding him so tightly he couldn’t move.

If it had just been that, the risk wouldn’t have been too significant. But how could Qi Tian allow him a chance to escape when he intended to use this opportunity to establish his dominance?

Before the Transporting Whirlwind even fully wrapped around the Nascent Soul Master’s limbs, Qi Tian had already drawn out his Yonghe Stick. Swinging the Yonghe Stick fiercely, he aimed a vicious strike straight at the Nascent Soul Master’s head.

Just as the Yonghe Stick was about to touch the Nascent Soul Master’s head, the Transporting Whirlwind entwined his limbs at the right moment, restraining his movements. The Yonghe Stick then fell, dealing a heavy blow to the Nascent Soul Master’s head.

The Nascent Soul Master was also careless, for he wore no defensive magical artifact that could autonomously sense external threats and activate on its own. All the defensive artifacts he carried required his control. In the blink of an eye, he managed only to issue the command to activate them, but before they could even spring into action, the Yonghe Stick had already struck his head.

Instantly, it was as if a stick had heavily struck a watermelon. The Nascent Soul Master’s head was smashed to pieces, brain matter mixed with blood, and shattered bone splattered everywhere, the red, white, and black scattered all over the place.

Qi Tian, having killed a Nascent Soul Master with a single blow, did not stop there but swung the Yonghe Stick again, this time towards Li Rusen, who was not far from him.

Li Rusen was nearly scared out of his wits. He had witnessed battles among Nascent Soul Masters before, and the death of a Nascent Soul Master was not unusual for him. However, such conflicts usually involved prolonged intense fighting, with many injuries endured before exhaustion led to death. Never had he seen a head clean knocked off like this. The scene was like a nightmare to him, both horrifying and surreal.

Li Rusen still retained some residual sanity and did not freeze completely, standing motionless on the spot in terror. Yet, he did not have the courage to fight Qi Tian. He tapped the ground with the tip of his foot, boosting his speed to the limit, and swiftly retreated. At the same time, he activated all the defensive magical artifacts given to him by the Li family patriarch and those he had collected himself, without considering whether it was a waste or necessary.

As he fled, Li Rusen shouted at the top of his lungs, “Help, someone save me.”

Those Nascent Soul Masters following Li Rusen had not expected such ferocity today. Though shocked, their reactions were quick, and they all rushed towards Qi Tian and Li Rusen. They had to save Li Rusen at all costs. If Li Rusen were killed by Qi Tian, none of them could bear the wrath of the Li family patriarch.

Having been instructed by the Li family patriarch, the Nascent Soul Master following Qi Tian shouted, “Qi Tian, you better stop now. If you dare threaten our young master again, beware of our ancestor wiping out your entire National Master Manor in the future.”

Qi Tian did not take the Li family’s threats to heart at all. He relentlessly pursued Li Rusen, striking him with the Yonghe Stick during the chase. Each hit caused one of the protective artifacts around Li Rusen to burst. If this continued, after about ten more strikes, all the defensive magical artifacts on Li Rusen would be destroyed, and then Li Rusen would have to endure the blows of the Yonghe Stick with his own body.

Yi Xuwen, who already disliked Li Rusen’s actions against Qi Tian, could no longer contain himself upon hearing the threat to annihilate their National Master Manor. He flew out from the crowd, revealed all his battle weapons and armor, and pounced on a Nascent Soul Master from the Li family, shouting, “Your Li family is too much, first coercing the Great Elder, and now even threatening to exterminate my entire National Master Manor. Don’t blame me for being impolite then.”