Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 779 - 779 0485 Battle Results_2

Chapter 779: Chapter 0485: Battle Results_2 Chapter 779: Chapter 0485: Battle Results_2 Qi Tian flew forward like a bolt of lightning. Qian Menchao, seeing that it was impossible to snatch the treasure from Wang Youjun’s hands, coldly said, “Youngster, I’ll remember you. Start praying now and hope that your master always stays by your side. The day he leaves you alone, will be the day you die.”

After threatening Wang Youjun, Qian Menchao glanced at the approaching Qi Tian. An unimpressed smile crept up to his face. Making a spirit rune with his hand, a silver light shot out from his sleeve cuff, landing at his feet. The next moment, silver light shot up, lifting him off the ground, spreading up his body rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it formed a diamond-shaped light cocoon. Then, like the cocoon had grown wings, it shot upwards with a swish at an extremely high speed.

Qi Tian was taken aback upon discovering that his current speed, even after being boosted by the Heavenly Dao Engine, was actually not as fast as the enemy’s.

Interesting.

Qi Tian swung his arm, releasing a bronze crane statue. He hopped onto the statue’s back and embedded a top-grade spirit stone into it. Then, urging the crane statue to its maximum speed, Qi Tian pursued Qian Menchao.

Qian Menchao glanced back, initially intending to mock Qi Tian. But when he actually looked back, he was almost scared out of his skin. He saw Qi Tian standing on a crane, moving even faster than him, and in a short time, was already catching up to him.

Desperate, Qian Menchao tried to input more power into the magical instrument under his feet, hoping to increase his speed. But tragically, he realized that his speed was virtually at its limit, with hardly any potential to go any further.

After a further dozen or so seconds, Qi Tian caught up, swung his red hoop stick over his head and brought it crashing down.

Qian Menchao bobbed and weaved in his light cocoon, unable to escape Qi Tian’s blows. At first, he could dodge the attacks, but eventually, he failed to evade a strike. Qi Tian’s stick hit him square on, shattering the light cocoon and exposing Qian Menchao.

“I…” Qian Menchao wanted to say something to Qi Tian, but Qi Tian didn’t give him the chance to speak. Qi Tian smacked him squarely with his stick.

With no chance to dodge or avoid it, Qian Menchao took the full brunt of the Eighteen Demonic Strokes attack on his chest. Instantly, his ribs broke and pierced his heart. Qian Menchao died on the spot.

Qi Tian waved his hand, collected Qian Menchao’s corpse, and then maneuvered the crane statue back towards the battlefield.

By then, the remaining Gold Core Realm practitioners had scattered and fled. Qi Tian, directing the crane statue, caught up with a Gold Core Realm Second Level cultivator. He gave the cultivator no chance to beg for mercy before striking him down.

At this point, Qi Tian clearly felt the effects of the Bloodburst Pill had passed their peak. The pill’s effects were rapidly on the decline, which meant that the side effects would hit him within a few minutes.

Qi Tian did not pursue the other Gold Core Realm practitioners. Instead, he returned to the Northern Expedition Army’s camp and passed orders for Gao Jinmei and his team to return immediately. The fierce battle had left them extremely exhausted, especially during the first half when the royal army had deployed all its Gold Core Realm practitioners. Even Gao Jinmei, at the Gold Core Realm Third Level, struggled greatly, until Qi Tian tamed Sun Xiang and sent him to help. With Sun Xiang’s aid, Gao Jinmei and his team managed to severely injure several Gold Core Realm practitioners and even killed one unfortunate fellow.

At this moment, after receiving Qi Tian’s command, Gao Jinmei and the rest quickly returned to their main camp without any delay.

“Count the spoils from this battle later. For now, guard the camp for me. I need to recuperate for a couple of days. Gao Jinmei, tell Prince Zhao that he doesn’t need to wait for me. Let the Northern Expedition Army begin their assault on the Red Sand City. If any Gold Core Realm cultivator tries to block your way, deal with them yourselves. Also, keep a close eye on Zhao Haiying. Deal with him after my recuperation,” Qi Tian spoke without pause, issuing several commands one after the other. After all the people were driven out of his camp, he took out the Array Disk and Array Flag and started to set up an array. Despite his utmost speed, he barely managed to finish before the power of the Bloodburst Pill waned. Exhausted, he slumped onto the ground, lacking the strength even to lift a finger.

Qi Tian had prepared for this moment. Beforehand, he had placed some pills that could restore his True Essence on the table. When he slumped onto the ground, although his body was unable to move, his mind was still clear. He manipulated the Transporting Whirlwind from the palm of his hand to fly to the table, pick up a pill, then fly it towards his mouth. This seemingly simple action took Qi Tian a lot of effort due to the inertia of the Transporting Whirlwind that kept flying towards his palm and not towards his mouth.

Only after great difficulty did he manage to manipulate the Transporting Whirlwind to bring the pill to his mouth. After swallowing this pill with difficulty, his severely depleted body absorbed its effect before Qi Tian could even summon it. Qi Tian had no choice but to go through the same process to get the second and third pills. Only then did he manage to scrape together a wisp of True Essence and cast a spirit rune.

With this spirit rune, the array Qi Tian had set up slowly activated and began to protect his camp.

Qi Tian once again collapsed. Only after recovering his breath did he repeat the previous process. With difficulty, he managed to accumulate some True Essence, gather a bit of strength, force himself to sit cross-legged, and then enter a state of cultivation.

This time, Qi Tian underestimated the aftermath left by the Bloodburst Pill. Had he known its potency, he would have prepared more and wouldn’t have ended up as weak as he was now.

After two days of meditative practice, Qi Tian started to feel half alive again. At this moment, he was able to open his Storage Bag and take out items from the storage room of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Retrieving some items that could restore his True Essence, especially Stone Milk Liquid, he quickly devoured several jars. The robust Spirit Qi contained in the Stone Milk Liquid entered Qi Tian’s body, quickly replenishing his dried up meridians.

With the nourishment of the Spirit Qi, Qi Tian’s weak body rapidly recovered. After half a day, having consumed a large amount of Stone Milk Liquid among other things, he fully recovered. Moreover, he felt his cultivation level has advanced a bit. This was an unexpected surprise.

Qi Tian breathed a long sigh of relief. This battle was extremely dangerous. If he had not attended the Eight Pill Alliance’s auction at the Wanjie Commerce before, he would have been defeated today, even with the Heavenly Dao Engine.

Today’s event once again proved to Qi Tian that the Heavenly Dao Engine was not omnipotent. It was merely a part of his strength. If he wanted to enhance his overall power, besides upgrading the Heavenly Dao Engine, he also needed to advance his cultivation level and possess more powerful weapons, armor, amulets, and the like.

With this in mind, Qi Tian summoned the bodies of Cui Yifan, Qian Menco and another Gold Core Realm cultivator that he had killed. After extracting their Gold Cores, he took their Storage Bags and other items, then threw the bodies into the Heavenly Dao Engine as fuel. Then, Qi Tian started to check out what he could gain from Cui Yifan and others.

Soon, Qi Tian finished counting everything. The loot was mediocre. Both Cui Yifan, who was at Gold Core Stage 4th Level, and Qian Menchao, who was at Gold Core Realm Third Level, were not rich. If they had not lacked cultivation resources, they wouldn’t have targeted the barren Cultivation World of the Great Zhao Nation in the first place.