Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 455 - 455 0321 No Possibility of Escaping to Heaven

Chapter 455: Chapter 0321: No Possibility of Escaping to Heaven Chapter 455: Chapter 0321: No Possibility of Escaping to Heaven Chapter 0321: No Further Possibility of Escape

Qi Tian inevitably quickened his pace, curiosity piqued about where this passage created by the indigenous cultivators was leading.

After walking a bit further, Qi Tian discovered another fork in the path. However, unlike the previous ones, this bifurcation was distinctly peculiar; one path continued forward while the other branched upwards and backwards- a marked deviation from the usual left and right branching.

Qi Tian utilized the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense both branches. As before, there was no trace of any Spirit Qi fluctuations, and even if there were, it was incredibly faint.

Reaching into his bag, Qi Tian fetched an Array Disc and Array Flag, swiftly setting up an array at the fork, incorporating a few middle-grade spirit stones into the array. He then proceeded along the forward path.

After roughly another ten miles, Qi Tian’s eyes lightened as he emerged from the path. He was astounded to find himself in a wilderness, with lush flora spread all around. Not far from him, he could see a small village bustling with indigenous cultivators.

Among these cultivators, aside from two Half-Step Golden Core individuals, the rest were not particularly powerful. They were all gathered outside the village, staring in the direction of the setting sun.

Qi Tian quickly hid. He didn’t have to wait long before he saw a group of cultivators flying towards the village. On recognizing their clothes, Qi Tian’s eyes narrowed. Unbelievably, they were all Half-Step Golden Core individuals, numbering over a hundred. If that was all, it wouldn’t have surprised Qi Tian much. After all, this was the indigenous cultivators’ home ground. Gathering a hundred Half-Step Golden Core individuals wasn’t unheard of. The real issue was the attire of these Half-Step Golden Core cultivators; they were donned in the distinct attire of the Ghost God Temple, a premier power in Wanjie City.

The clothing of the Ghost God Temple was very particular. Ordinary cultivators couldn’t wear it. Only those who had cultivated the Temple’s techniques could do so. Therefore, this group of Half-Step Golden Cores could not be imposters; they were authentic disciples of the Ghost God Temple.

They flew towards the native cultivators’ village, unhesitant and undisguised. It was impossible that nothing was underfoot here.

Qi Tian’s eyes flickered as he pondered numerous possibilities, but none of them seemed promising. Seeing the disciples of the Ghost God Temple drawing nearer to the native cultivators’ village, with the native cultivators showing no signs of hostility, only pointing and discussing animatedly, he knew he couldn’t stay here any longer.

Turning around, Qi Tian hopped back onto Immortal Crane Bronze Statue, slapped on top-grade spirit stone, and flew back at the fastest speed.

Within minutes, the Immortal Crane Bronze Statue brought Qi Tian back to the last diverging point of the mine shaft. The Array Disc and Array Flag he had left here were intact, suggesting that no one else had passed through this place.

Stowing away the Immortal Crane Bronze Statue, Qi Tian pulled out an Innate Spirit Treasure Level shovel, activated the Heavenly Dao Engine, and began digging above the mine shaft.

After spending over an hour, Qi Tian dug out a new tunnel, about twenty centimeters above the mine shaft, and almost two hundred meters long, embedding several spiritual talismans within the rocks.

Just as he finished setting up, Qi Tian sensed, using the Heavenly Dao Engine, that cultivators had appeared at the farthest end of the mine shaft. He quickly headed for the fork in the path and hid inside the stealth array.

Those who entered the mine shaft were not others, but the indigenous cultivators who had brought the Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple. The major powers of Wanjie City had been aware of this secret realm for quite some time. Although the indigenous cultivators had initially clashed fiercely with these powers, they soon realized that the major powers of Wanjie City were not in unity. Often, they were in competition with each other – a competition that wouldn’t end until death.

When Wanjie Commerce showed their determination to take over their mine, the indigenous cultivators of the mine started contacting the Ghost God Temple. After Wanjie Commerce eventually took over their mine, the indigenous cultivators, born of desperation, agreed to the Ghost God Temple’s strict conditions, finally bringing in their reinforcements.

They had spent a little time on the ground earlier, finalizing the last details of the cooperation before they began to enter the mine tunnel. They absolutely did not expect that someone would have discovered this secret pathway out of the mine. They thought all the cultivators from Wanjie Commerce were currently engrossed in the frenzy of mining spirit stones. Little had they imagined that Qi Tian would unexpectedly discover them and set up an ambush.

Qi Tian’s expression was icy-cold. The Spirit Qi detection function of the Heavenly Dao Engine was always locked onto this group of people. He was planning a big move. Anyone else in his place would perhaps have a pounding heart, but he remained extremely calm right now, going about it as if he wasn’t going to kill people but rather slaughter chickens.

The indigenous cultivators and Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple who entered the mine tunnel were quite vigilant, sending two individuals ahead to reconnoitre the path. But the gap between them was not long, barely a few dozens of meters. It didn’t take long for both the two scouts and the main troop to end up in the ambush set by Qi Tian. Without a moment’s hesitation, Qi Tian fiercely waved the Array Flag in his hand.

In an instant, the hundreds of Spiritual Talismans Qi Tian had buried in the passageway exploded all at once. They were like sticks of dynamite, blasting the whole pathway thoroughly. The mine tunnel beneath was filled up with numerous large rocks.

Through the Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian could sense that these Half-step Golden Core cultivators and indigenous cultivators were all stupefied by this unexpected incident. Without exception, they were all buried alive under the large rocks. Some unlucky ones were directly severely injured, but the majority of the cultivators were just injured without dying. Given enough time, they could still extricate themselves from under the rocks.

But how could Qi Tian possibly give them this opportunity? He’s set up such a big game and paid such a large price, not to teach these indigenous cultivators and Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple a lesson, but to annihilate them all. After all, they planned to counter-kill all the cultivators from Wanjie Commerce, including Qi Tian. There is no reason for them to want to kill Qi Tian, while he only severely wounds them in return.

Qi Tian leaped, charging out from the hiding array. He took out the Red Hoop Stick and dashed out wielding it. His eyes were as cold as steel. He used the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense the positions of each Ghost God Temple Half-step Golden Core cultivators and indigenous cultivators. Once he verified their whereabouts, he smashed the Red Hoop Stick towards that spot. The immense strength of several tens of thousands of pounds surged out through the large rock. The rocks shattered, and the Half-step Golden Core cultivators and indigenous cultivators underneath also breathed their last, with no possibility of escape.

By doing so, Qi Tian was like playing a game of whack-a-mole, killing several in a minute. Even if occasionally a cultivator managed to drill out from under the rocks, they were unable to resist Qi Tian, a formidable man, whose battle strength was even higher than those at the half-step Golden Core stage.

By spending half an hour more, Qi Tian had wiped out all the Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple and indigenous cultivators within the mine tunnel. Subsequently, a dark hole shimmered in the palm of his hand, the Transporting Whirlwind flew out, wrapping up the bodies of the Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple and the indigenous cultivators along with the fragmented rocks and transferring them into the storage room of Heavenly Dao Engine.

The Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple probably came here with aspirations, they never thought for a moment that such a large force was all nonsensically exterminated by Qi Tian’s hand. In the end, even their own lives became a source of cultivation for Qi Tian.

Having done all this, Qi Tian decided that if he were to do it, he had to do it thoroughly, and so he intended to wipe out the settlement of the indigenous cultivators outside the mine tunnel as well. When he ventured out just now, he used the Heavenly Dao Engine to reconnoitre the entire camp and found several places with extremely rich Spirit Qi. According to his experience, those were places where spirit stones were stored, which he should never overlook.

Although the mine tunnel had collapsed, it really wasn’t a problem for Qi Tian. With the Innate Spiritual Treasure Level mining shovel, Qi Tian dug a passage arbitrarily, then followed the mine tunnel all the way out, arriving outside. By now, the sun had set, and the surroundings were pitch black.

Qi Tian used the Heavenly Dao Engine to reconnoitre the camp again and found that the number of people left to guard the camp had been reduced to the minimum. There were only two Half-step Golden Core cultivators, one belonging to the Ghost God Temple and one being the indigenous cultivator. The remaining dozen or so were all indigenous cultivators.

The two Half-step Golden Core cultivators were sitting together drinking, conversing in the common language of Wanjie City. Obviously, these indigenous cultivators had put in a great effort to be able to communicate with the cultivators of the Ghost God Temple.

Qi Tian put on a disguise mask and changed into a black outfit, then, concealing all his aura, he quietly approached the camp. While he wasn’t scared of the people left in the camp, it would be best and most convenient if he could take them out quietly.

The indigenous cultivators did not neglect the camp’s surroundings, even the Half-step Golden Core from the Ghost God Temple summoned a few Yin Ghosts to stand guard at the outskirts. However, the methods they used, whether they were arrays or Yin Ghosts, were all energy, and Qi Tian could effortlessly dispel these defenses using the Heavenly Dao Engine.

But using such method doesn’t mean that there were no problems. Initially, it was all smooth sailing. When he had cleared the periphery and knocked out all the other indigenous cultivators, leaving only the last two Half-step Golden Cores, he still startled the two individuals who were drinking.