The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 464 - 463: A Thousand Cuts

Chapter 464: Chapter 463: A Thousand Cuts

The cell door was reinforced with an inhibiting spell put in place by a formidable power.

Eight or nine times out of ten, the spell was personally set by the Alliance Hierarch, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to timely detect every time it was triggered in her premonitions.

Formations and inhibiting spells are not the same.

Formations require external objects to create a specified area and cannot be conjured out of thin air, while inhibiting spells are zones established by the strong, using the power of natural laws and employing the Power of Laws based on their own strength.

To break an inhibiting spell, one must breach it with the Power of Laws.

Xie Jiuniang looked towards the inside of the Water Cell.

She just so happened to see the old ancestor of the Mo Family inside the cell, who was looking up at the door.

The current Mo Family ancestor wore an expression of deep resentment, his eyes seemingly eager to swallow Xie Jiuniang whole, "Guanlan, release me quickly! That scheming scoundrel Lan Yuanming threatened me to stay at the border and follow your orders, and dare you treat me this way?"

"Are you trying to back out on your word? Or do you intend to kiss Qiansha’s filthy feet? Even if you do, his master..."—the Mo Family ancestor was now devoid of his usual aloof image in public, spouting all manner of foul and indecent language.

Xie Jiuniang dropped an Array Plate.

She arranged a small isolating Formation.

This isolating Formation was to prevent the upcoming commotion from alarming the Town Guard on the first floor.

However, she was well aware that the moment the inhibiting spell was touched, the Alliance Hierarch would certainly notice.

Xie Jiuniang ignored all the curses thrown at her by the Mo Family ancestor.

On the contrary, Jian Lingyan muttered after listening for a bit, "Lan Yuanming—who is that? Oh, is that the name of the Alliance Hierarch? Lord Guanlan is indeed the Hierarch’s man, and there’s a major family with the surname Lan in the Cultivation World, right?"

"I’ve never heard of that," Jian Lingyan mumbled to himself.

Xie Jiuniang paid him no mind.

After setting up the isolating Formation, she stood coldly in front of the inhibiting spell and slowly raised her right hand. Moments later, a layer of silver luminescence condensed in her hand.

Those who the Law had enlightened could see that her right hand was not bathed in silver light but was instead made up of fine silver threads, the power of the Law of Time.

The Mo Family ancestor stopped cursing abruptly at the sight.

"The Law of Time? You’re not Guanlan!" The Mo Family ancestor immediately realized something was amiss. His Cultivation Base might be sealed, and he couldn’t use his Divine Sense, but his eyesight remained sharp.

Xie Jiuniang’s right hand shimmered, and the silver light formed a blade.

In an instant, it pierced into the inhibiting spell and then made a horizontal cut through a line within the spell. To Xie Jiuniang, this inhibiting spell looked like a spider’s web, woven by a multitude of fine threads, which were in truth the Alliance Hierarch’s Power of Laws.

Violently breaking the inhibiting spell was not easy.

However, cutting a single thread was not a difficult task for her.

Once one thread was cut, the rest of the spell would start to unravel, and although it wouldn’t immediately collapse, the end wasn’t far off.

This was akin to a piece of intact cloth, which is difficult to destroy barehanded; all that’s needed is to pick a single thread from the cloth and break it.

Then, grab the end of that thread and pull hard, and the cloth would be severely damaged.

Xie Jiuniang intended to do just that, severing one thread after another on the prohibitive spell.

But could anyone else in the Cultivation World attempt this?

Not everyone can see another person’s Power of Laws, and even some Divinity Transformation Cultivators who had comprehended Laws couldn’t achieve this; usually, only peak masters are capable, like the Alliance Hierarch or the elder Nalan, among others.

Lord Qiansha, due to his innate talent, was also capable of such a feat.

Xie Jiuniang’s Power of Laws wasn’t obtained through comprehension but by sheer luck, with the acquisition of the Time Leaf.

Because of the Time Leaf, she came into contact with the Heaven and Earth Laws; and coupled with her abilities to predict and backtrack, which required her to enter the river of time repeatedly, her prolonged exposure eventually led her to naturally comprehend it.

Everything had come into place naturally.

In the realm of comprehending Laws, while others toiled through hardships, she took a shortcut on an express route.

Such colossal opportunities were not available to everyone; it was because Xie Jiuniang was reborn and returned, bearing a trace of the Law of Time, that the Time Leaf acknowledged her.

At the moment when the inhibiting spell’s thread was severed.

The Alliance Hierarch, who was confronting the Demon Lord in the central battlefield, sensed it immediately. He had not expected that while fighting the Demon Lord for the Cultivation World, someone would dare cause trouble behind his back.

The first thought that came to the Alliance Hierarch’s mind was the Mo Family.

Only the Mo Family would be so eager to save someone.

Indeed, at this moment, the Alliance Hierarch only thought that the person breaking the prohibition was there to save the Mo Family ancestor, not to kill the opponent. He had never even doubted Xie Jiuniang.

Because in his eyes, Xie Jiuniang was just a Nascent Soul Cultivator who could not possibly break the prohibition he had set.

The thoughts of the Alliance Hierarch, who was confronting the Demon Lord, did not show on his face.

Thus, momentarily restrained by the Demon Lord, the Alliance Hierarch could not attend to the matters of the Water Cell.

And all this was within Xie Jiuniang’s expectations.

The moment she stepped into the Water Cell, Xie Jiuniang knew that the opportunity she had been waiting for had finally arrived!

The Mo Family ancestor clearly saw the murderous intent in Xie Jiuniang’s eyes.

It could be said that she did not hide her hatred for him at all!

How could a person capable of breaking the Alliance Hierarch’s prohibition be weak?

Given that he was now shackled and imprisoned, with his movement and Cultivation Base restricted, he simply could not escape. Perhaps, as of now, he could only be at the mercy of others, without a single bit of resistance.

He could not even self-destruct!

For the first time, the Mo Family ancestor felt a deep sense of panic inside, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Heh!"

Xie Jiuniang chuckled lightly.

This faint smile, in the silent Water Cell, was especially eerie, and seemed to be filled with endless murderous intent.

In the next moment, Xie Jiuniang’s Face-changing Technique faded away.

She revealed an exquisitely beautiful face, truly not a single feature was anything short of delicate, not a mark was imperfect.

However, this stunning beauty was completely ignored by the Mo Family ancestor.

The only thing he paid attention to were her eyes, which went from the original coldness to unrestrainable hatred, and then to the eyes’ corners gradually reddened, appearing exceptionally demonic. Suddenly, the scent of lotus spread out again, instantly sobering one up.

"It’s you?!"

When the Mo Family ancestor got a clear view of the newcomer, he was greatly shaken.

At most, he had only seen the grown appearance of Xie Jiuniang once, not counting the slightly childish portraits from before.

At first, the Mo Family ancestor still harbored a glimmer of hope.

Now he had not a trace of hope left. He knew very well how much Lord Qiansha hated him, but as much as Lord Qiansha despised him, he couldn’t kill him, which had made him quite proud.

However, she was the Child of Destiny...

"I am the only Ninth Grade Pill Master in the Cultivation World, even your Pill Master ancestor does not dare to kill me, let alone you, the younger generation," boasted the Mo Family ancestor, clearly experienced enough to quickly stabilize his mind, hoping to bluff Xie Jiuniang with his words, "If you openly defy the rules set by the Alliance Council, not even your Pill Master ancestor can cover for you, and it might even implicate your Sect..."

Unexpectedly, Xie Jiuniang was not fooled and disregarded it completely, simply pressing down on a mechanism on the wall. The sound of rushing water could be heard, and the water in the Water Cell quickly disappeared, fully revealing the Mo Family ancestor.

Then Xie Jiuniang threw out two advanced Puppets, which firmly restrained the Mo Family ancestor’s body.

Preventing any chance of his struggle.

She also took out a bundle of cloth and gagged his mouth with it.

This gave him a very bad premonition.

Sure enough, she took out a Broken Sword, cut off his Vestment robe from his body, and then switched to a sharp dagger.

"Do you know what is the one thing I’ve been wanting to do every moment since I arrived at the border?" Xie Jiuniang wore a faint smile on her face, looking quite joyful but inexplicably causing one’s heart to palpitate, "It is to personally slice off your flesh bit by bit with a knife, and then gradually shatter your bones..."

"Mmmm, mmm?" No!

The Mo Family ancestor’s eyes were filled with terror.