Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 633 - 633 0412 Destroying the Royal Court (Part 8)_2

Chapter 633: Chapter 0412: Destroying the Royal Court (Part 8)_2 Chapter 633: Chapter 0412: Destroying the Royal Court (Part 8)_2 However, in many instances in the world, you can’t just refuse to do what you don’t want to do. The power of the Slave Mark lies in its ability to compel obedience as it’s impossible to refuse any command issued by the master, even if it requires the Immortal Slaves to harm themselves, they would do so without hesitation. This is exactly the predicament facing Wang Youjun and Jin Jin right now, despite their unwillingness to act, their bodies uncontrollably carried out Qi Tian’s orders and demands.

Wang Youjun and Jin Jin were both genuine Gold Core powerhouses. For them to stop the Striking Through Air Talisman aimed at Qi Tian was a breeze.

However, their actions thoroughly infuriated the Chi Di cultivators outside the Defensive Barrier. Those cultivators were already resentful at them for abandoning their own and becoming Qi Tian’s Immortal Slaves. They had just witnessed the duo begging for mercy from the East Court King and believed that they were showing signs of regret, only to realize they had been deceived. As Qi Tian issued a single, simple command, they immediately complied, which was tantamount to a dog returning to eat its own vomit.

The Chi Di cultivators outside the Defensive Barrier became increasingly angry. They grabbed handfuls of Striking Through Air Talismans and hurled them at Wang Youjun and Jin Jin, the sheer quantity of them made one’s scalp tingle.

Both Wang Youjun and Jin Jin were sweating profusely from fear. They didn’t dare hold back a bit and exerted their utmost effort to neutralize the dozens, even hundreds of Striking Through Air Talismans assaulting them at the same time.

Qi Tian observed their predicament with complete understanding, but didn’t have any intention to lend a hand. If they couldn’t handle such a minor issue, how would they be of use to him? Moreover, Qi Tian also wanted to take this opportunity to make Wang Youjun and Jin Jin realize that since they pledged their allegiance to him, an irreversible change had occurred and they would never be accepted by these Chi Di cultivators again.

Sure enough, as Qi Tian had expected, in the beginning, when Wang Youjun and Jin Jin began blocking the Striking Through Air Talisman on Qi Tian’s behalf, they showed some hesitation, with a degree of reservation. When more and more talismans started targeting them directly, their expressions gradually began to change. Both were afraid of death and felt they were exceptional as Gold Core powerhouses. It was inevitable for them to have an inflated sense of self-worth in the Chi Di cultivation world. In their eyes, having expressed their determination to defect to the East Court King should have earned them an opportunity to redeem themselves instead of being targeted to be killed, which effectively deprived them of any chance of survival.

And what does it spell when two individuals, extremely afraid and unwilling to die, find their path to survival completely blocked?

The hesitation gradually faded from the expressions of Wang Youjun and Jin Jin. Initially, their gaze at the Chi Di cultivators conveyed a hint of longing and remorse. However, as time passed and more and more talismans were hurled at them, any trace of hesitation, remorse, and longing disappeared from their expressions, replaced by resentment and anger. The Chi Di cultivators were no longer their comrades but enemies aiming to kill them. Their counterattacks grew more resolute and decisive, with no sign of hesitation.

Qi Tian noted the change in them and a faint smile crossed his lips. This wasn’t his first time subjugating Immortal Slaves. Both Deng Chuanliang and Gao Jin Mei had been trained by him. With his wealth of experience in this regard, just as before, Wang Youjun and Jin Jin, after a period of struggle, resigned themselves to reality and would dutifully serve him henceforth.

Qi Tian paid no more attention to Wang Youjun and Jin Jin. Instead, he sat cross-legged between them and made contact with Gao Jin Mei.

After a Slave Mark is planted on an Immortal Slave, a subtle connection is established between the slave and the master; the closeness of the connection depends on the quality of the Slave Mark used. Qi Tian had used a top-grade Slave Mark purchased from Wanjie City. Upon establishment, it enabled him to communicate directly with the Immortal Slaves from a considerable distance, providing better results than a Message Paper Crane and not affected by the isolation or restrictions of a Defensive Barrier.

Gao Jin Mei, unable to tolerate the provocation of the short and stout Gold Core powerhouse, had gone after him to kill. At this point, she had successfully killed the short and stout Gold Core powerhouse after a fierce battle. Just when she had planned to return, she received an instruction from Qi Tian through the Slave Mark, asking her not to openly return to Chi Huo City, but to conceal her presence, return discreetly without attracting any attention, hide for the time being, and wait for his next order.

While Gao Jin Mei didn’t understand what Qi Tian intended, since he had given an order, all she had to do was comply. So, while all of the Chi Di cultivators were focusing on the Defensive Barrier in the sky hovering above the Floating Imprisonment Ox Array, she sneaked back into Chi Huo city silently and hid at a not-too-distant location.

After issuing instructions to Gao Jin Mei, Qi Tian started cultivating earnestly. On the one hand, he had to deal with Chi Di’s One Emperor and Six Kings. On the other hand, the Chi Di Cultivation World was just a small hill on his path to growth. There were countless mountains beyond that required his conquest, and how could he do so without substantial cultivation realm and strength?

Qi Tian had the audacity to start cultivating in front of so many cultivators, which ignited the fury of the Chi Di cultivators. Some of those in charge of launching the Striking Through Air Talismans redirected a fraction of their firepower towards Qi Tian, while the other Chi Di cultivators who were not assigned to this task, brought out all the trapping arrays and runes they had accumulated over the years and began setting up additional trapping defensive barriers or arrays around the Defensive Barrier of the Floating Imprisonment Ox Array, thereby increasing the difficulty of Qi Tian potentially breaking the formation.

The East Court King observed all of this with great satisfaction. He stood in mid-air with his hands clasped behind his back, like a director controlling everything – glancing at Qi Tian and his companions inside the Defensive Barrier, then commanding the Chi Di cultivators outside the Barrier – as if everything was under his control.

Time flew and before long it was the next day. The Chi Di cultivators’ siege and attack on Qi Tian and his companions continued. Qi Tian remained unscathed, while Wang Youjun and Jin Jin began to feel a bit weary. Although they were Gold Core powerhouses, the incessant blocking of the Striking Through Air Talismans was exhausting. After all, each talisman was equivalent to the full force attack from an early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Fending off hundreds, even thousands of these talismans indeed drained their energy.

However, Wang Youjun and Jin Jin were just a bit weary and hadn’t hit their limits yet. As long as they had a little rest, meditated, and took some elixirs, they could fully recover.

Knowing this, the East Court King didn’t allow the Chi Di cultivators outside the Defensive Barrier to let up. Once they did, all their efforts from the previous day would have been in vain.

But this kind of attack was unsustainable. The Striking Through Air Talismans needed to be made, they didn’t just appear out of thin air. Although that talisman-maker worked at a decent speed, he was just one person and struggled to meet the demand. Eventually, the East Court King had to give him fifty thousand low grade spirit stones and then, using his own authority, forced the talisman-maker to teach several other talisman-makers to make the Striking Through Air Talismans. Only then was he able to increase the production speed.