Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 601 - 601 0396 Sun Xingbiao Loses His Life_2

Chapter 601: Chapter 0396: Sun Xingbiao Loses His Life_2 Chapter 601: Chapter 0396: Sun Xingbiao Loses His Life_2 But in the hurry, how could the group of Gold Core First Level cultivators that Sun Xingbiao had elevated at a huge cost be something they could easily take care of in a short time? They could only watch helplessly as Sun Xingbiao charged towards Qi Tian.

“Master, run, run quickly.” Gao Jinmei shouted.

Deng Chuanliang also followed suit, shouting: “Master, your celestial crane is fast enough, use its highest speed to run away as fast as you can. Sun Xingbiao cannot catch up with you, and he is only so ferocious because he has consumed drugs. As soon as the drug’s effects wear off, he will return to his original state. At that time, you can fight him head-on, he will be no match for you.”

Sun Xingbiao’s face was twisted with anger. With a flick of his robe’s sleeve, a flying sword flew out and landed at his feet. This flying sword was clearly not ordinary, its speed was incredibly fast. In a race to the extreme, it wouldn’t lag behind the celestial crane statue. Of course, if Qi Tian was willing to use top-grade spirit stones to power the celestial crane statue, this flying sword probably wouldn’t be able to catch up with it.

However, at this moment, Sun Xingbiao didn’t know that the speed of the celestial crane statue can vary depending on the grade of the spirit stone. He only drove the flying sword with the fastest speed towards Qi Tian, intending to behead Qi Tian before he could escape.

But to everyone’s surprise, Qi Tian did not panic, did not dodge, nor turn around to run away. Instead, he drove the celestial crane statue, heading towards the rapidly approaching Sun Xingbiao.

Sun Xingbiao shouted ecstatically, “Qi Tian, today is the day you die.”

Just as the two were about to collide, Qi Tian’s hand brushed over the Wuhang Ring, pulling out the Red Hoop Stick. Utilizing the Eighteen Demonic Strokes, he struck towards Sun Xingbiao.

Sun Xingbiao burst into a vicious laughter, “A little Gold Core First Level kid dares to clash head-on with me. I see you are tired of living, I will send you to hell now.”

Sun Xingbiao took out his weapon, a long knife. He had spent a vast sum to acquire it in Wanjie City. To kill Qi Tian this time, he had exhausted years of savings, and still had to go through the Crown Prince and Chen Wenbo to access the treasuries of the National and Guardian National Master Mansions and other locations to obtain numerous cultivation resources to exchange for these things. If he could kill Qi Tian this time, everything would be fine, but if he couldn’t, all these places would go bankrupt.

With a loud bang, Qi Tian’s Red Hoop Stick collided with Sun Xingbiao’s long knife. The anticipated victory didn’t arrive. Instead, it felt as though the long knife had struck a chunk of divine iron. The tremendous force made it impossible for him to hold onto the long knife, and it flew out of his hand.

What?

Sun Xingbiao’s face turned pale. He couldn’t believe that just after one clash, Qi Tian had knocked his long knife away. What on earth was going on?

Before Sun Xingbiao could figure it out, Qi Tian’s aura erupted. The Red Hoop Stick swung again, sweeping towards Sun Xingbiao’s head. Sun Xingbiao hurriedly dodged, but in the rush, he wasn’t able to fully evade and the Red Hoop Stick landed solidly on Sun Xingbiao’s shoulder.

With a series of cracking sounds, multiple bones in Sun Xingbiao’s body, including his scapula, humerus, and ribs, shattered one after another. Sun Xingbiao was critically wounded, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Sun Xingbiao was horrified. He had just been planning to kill Qi Tian, but in the blink of an eye, the offensive and defensive positions had reversed, and he was being beaten up by Qi Tian. This script was completely wrong.

Sun Xingbiao didn’t dare to linger, he steered the flying sword, intending to flee. However, his preparations had made no contingency for a total defeat. His emergency plans were not comprehensive enough, and in the rush, how could he make the most rational response and arrangements? Just on the act of trying to control the flying sword to turn around, he failed to complete it in the shortest possible time, and Qi Tian, brandishing the Red Hoop Stick, struck again.

This time, Sun Xingbiao wasn’t so lucky. He couldn’t dodge in time and the Red Hoop Stick hit him squarely on the head. Instantly, Sun Xingbiao’s head exploded like a giant watermelon, and he was definitely dead.

Qi Tian waved his hand, and before Sun Xingbiao’s corpse could hit the ground, he stored it away, along with the flying sword. After doing these, he stowed away the Red Hoop Stick as if he had just done a trivial task, casually stood on the back of the crane statue with his hands clasped behind him, and shouted to Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei, “You two do not need to worry about my safety, I have already killed Sun Xingbiao. You can focus on annihilating the rebels that are attacking you.”

Deng Chuanliang and the others initially thought Qi Tian was just boasting. But when they saw only Qi Tian standing on the crane statue in the air and no sign of Sun Xingbiao, even if they were unwilling to believe it, they had to accept the fact.

Obviously, Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei’s morale rocketed while Sun Xingbiao’s subordinates, who had all ingested the tiger-wolf drug, were disheartened and lost the will to fight. They all turned around to escape, but at this time, neither Deng Chuanliang nor Gao Jinmei would let them go.

Just now, Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei had to worry about Qi Tian’s safety and did not focus all their attention on eliminating their enemies. But now things were different. Qi Tian had killed Sun Xingbiao, and so they had no worries left and could put all their focus on eliminating the enemies. They didn’t need to worry or fear anything, and even if someone wanted to escape, there was no way they could get out of their line of sight.

Although both the Gold Core First Level and Gold Core Third Level were in the Gold Core Stage, there was still a big difference in actual strength. Moreover, these Gold Core First Level cultivators had all arrived at this point due to drug-induced enhancements, so their strength was increasingly worrying. When Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei got serious, they were executed one by one, falling from the sky like dumplings in water, crashing to the ground and dying beyond any doubt.

In no time, all foes were exterminated by Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei. The two flew to Qi Tian and landed on the back of the crane statue.

“Master, we were genuinely worried just now,” Gao Jinmei said with a lingering fear.

Qi Tian smiled faintly, “You needn’t worry. I’ve had a breakthrough in my training recently, so now I can confidently battle cultivators at the Gold Core Second Level. Sun Xingbiao’s advancement was drug-induced, how could his Gold Core Second Level compare to mine?”

Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jinmei exchanged bitter smiles. Qi Tian’s Gold Core Second Level was a match even for Sun Xingbiao. At least, Sun Xingbiao had truly broken through to the Gold Core Second Level while Qi Tian was only at the Foundation Establishment Ninth Level. Yet, at this stage, he had the combat strength comparable to the Gold Core Second Level. They dared not imagine how formidable his combat power would be after breaking through to the Gold Core Stage.

“Master, what should we do next?” Deng Chuanliang asked.

Qi Tian replied, “Simple, continue to clean up Wangdu County. Dig out everyone who opposes Prince Zhao’s ascension to the Crown Prince, whether they are government officials, cultivators, or anyone else.”

“Yes.”

With Qi Tian’s order, Marquis Ma marched into Wangdu County with his army of five hundred thousand, stationed there, and began a carpet search throughout the county. All those who were against Prince Zhao becoming the Crown Prince were uncovered.

Qi Tian wasn’t idle either. He took Sun Xingbiao’s corpse and secluded himself for cultivation. He used Sun Xingbiao’s corpse as fuel for the Heavenly Dao Engine, and he striped Sun Xingbiao’s ring off to examine it.

Even after he had thoroughly searched Sun Xingbiao’s Storage Ring, he didn’t find many valuable things. Before Qi Tian’s arrival, Sun Xingbiao had been to Wanjie City and had exchanged almost all his cultivation resources for assets to combat Qi Tian. However, even after doing all this, he had underestimated Qi Tian and had ended up losing his life.