Was it you that night?
Chapter 259 - 257: Battle of Life and Death!

Chapter 259: Chapter 257: Battle of Life and Death!

Zuo An was originally a bit panicked, after all, Dongfang Wuya was absent, and as the sect leader, his cultivation base was only at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Facing the siege of the Demon Realm and other Immortal Sects kicking him while he was down, even if all the elders came to battle, they could not possibly be a match for these people.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Shen Qinghe arrived.

Now, as soon as he saw Shen Qinghe, all his panic vanished without a trace.

Qinghe was a disciple personally trained by Dongfang Wuya and had long been in a different realm from their cultivators. With Shen Qinghe there, it was impossible for the Sky Pole Sect to be in trouble!

And the leader who came to besiege the Sky Pole Sect this time was none other than Nan Sheng.

She had a grand presence, sitting atop a fairy chariot draped with fluttering white gauze.

Ever since she heard of Dongfang Wuya’s fall, she knew her chance for revenge had come. She was expelled from the Sky Pole Sect, losing all her face, and was humiliated by Shen Qinghe numerous times.

Without Dongfang Wuya to back her up, she wanted to see how this woman could still defy her!

"Nan Sheng, it’s really you, no surprise at all," Shen Qinghe said upon seeing Nan Sheng surrounded by a crowd of demons and cultivators, truly not surprised in the least.

Nan Sheng, assisted by Xi Nu, stepped off the fairy chariot with full pomp.

She looked at Shen Qinghe arrogantly, wondering what Shen Qinghe’s current cultivation base was, but she couldn’t see through it.

And somehow, ever since Dongfang Wuya’s death, her cultivation base had advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the Transcendance Tribulation Stage in the blink of an eye, only a step away from Ascension.

That’s why she led the group to the Sky Pole Sect, wishing to personally humiliate Shen Qinghe. Yet, now facing Shen Qinghe, she couldn’t see through to which stage Shen Qinghe’s cultivation base had reached.

"So, you’ve reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and that’s why you’ve come to flaunt your power at the Sky Pole Sect. Nan Sheng, you’ve really become even more disgraceful than before," Shen Qinghe saw through Nan Sheng’s cultivation base at a glance.

Nan Sheng’s complexion turned ugly, "How do you know I’ve reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage?!"

It couldn’t be that Shen Qinghe’s cultivation base was higher than hers, could it? How was that possible?

Dongfang Wuya was dead, and no one else was left to support Shen Qinghe, so she could finally defeat Shen Qinghe fair and square.

"Isn’t that an obvious fact that can be seen at a glance?" Shen Qinghe lightly lifted her brows, "What, did you think that with Mr. Wuya gone, you could run wild at the Sky Pole Sect?"

Nan Sheng, having her wicked thoughts poked by Shen Qinghe, became infuriated with shame and anger: "I am only following the will of the people! Who in the cultivation world doesn’t know that Mr. Wuya was executed by the Heavenly Emperor because he tried to protect you, the World-Ending Catastrophe? Today I’ve come with a group to eradicate a menace for the cultivation world!"

Following her command, a swarm of demon cultivators rushed forward in an instant.

This time, many cultivators from The Four Seas and Eight Wilds also came, the most powerful being Xuantian Daozun, who was at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

His life-bound magic treasure was an Ancient Divine Hammer, and unlike Nan Sheng, who had increased her cultivation level in short order, he had been cultivating for three thousand years to reach the Great Perfection of the Tribulation Complete Stage.

Unfortunately, although he reached the Great Perfection a thousand years ago, he never had the chance to Ascend.

He had come not for Nan Sheng, nor to rid the common folk of evil, but because he had learned that Shen Qinghe had consumed the Snow Bone Grass.

Ever since Shen Qinghe took the Snow Bone Grass, her cultivation base had increased so rapidly that it was astounding. If he could consume Shen Qinghe’s Nascent Soul, perhaps he could undergo metamorphosis and Ascend.

He thought that by killing Shen Qinghe and seizing her Nascent Soul, his time to metamorphose and Ascend would come.

Who knew that Shen Qinghe would see through Nan Sheng’s cultivation base at a glance, which alarmed him.

At that moment, Shen Qinghe suddenly looked at them and said with deliberate pauses, "You think you can bully the Sky Pole Sect because Mr. Wuya is not here? Today, I will make you understand that anyone who dares to invade the Sky Pole Sect will leave with no chance of return!"

While she spoke, a sword condensed from ice ridges appeared in her hand. The most eerie thing was that as soon as the sword solidified, it became transparent, except for the blade, which emanated a bone-chilling coldness that kept assaulting them continuously.

At this time, Shen Qinghe had yet to draw her sword.

The demon cultivators with a lower cultivation base soon could not withstand the chill down to their bones and wanted to retreat, but they were pierced through their demon cores by Nan Sheng’s sword.

"Anyone who dares to flee without fighting today will end up like this!" The tip of Nan Sheng’s Thousand Shadows Divine Sword was still dripping blood, while the demon cultivator she had pierced through the demon core vanished in an instant.

Witnessing this, none dared contemplate fleeing anymore. Death awaited them either way, better to die fighting.

All demon cultivators surged forward en masse, and some cunning ones abandoned attacking Shen Qinghe, hoping to strike at other cultivators of the Sky Pole Sect.

Little did they know that as soon as they charged forward, they encountered an invisible barrier.

This barrier was bitterly cold, to the extent that they could not free themselves once they touched it.

Nan Sheng and the others watched, wide-eyed, as several demon cultivators were enveloped by the cold energy, instantly becoming as transparent as the energy itself.

Nan Sheng was inwardly shocked at this sight, but Xuantian Daozun was not surprised; he thought it was thanks to Shen Qinghe’s life-bound magic treasure, which could exude lethal cold energy, surely the work of Snow Bone Grass.

He thought to himself, Snow Bone Grass is indeed an immortal herb coveted by all cultivators; Shen Qinghe, having cultivated with a mortal’s body, had such a fortune in such a short time, wasn’t it the Snow Bone Grass that had made her what she was?

At that moment, his eagerness to obtain Shen Qinghe’s nascent soul and achieve Ascension grew more fervent.

The sect disciples he brought were all above the Emergence Stage of cultivation, and there were as many as ten of them. With a subtle glance, they all surged forward.

Meanwhile, Nan Sheng originally had the intention to retreat, but then she heard Xuantian Daozun whisper to her, "Thousand Shadows Fairy, this opportunity must not be missed; let’s join forces to attack Shen Qinghe and kill her!"

Nan Sheng’s spirit was lifted.

How formidable Shen Qinghe was, after all? Her and Xuantian Daozun both were at the Tranoscendance Tribulation Stage of cultivation. Together, how could Shen Qinghe possibly survive?

Today was the life-and-death battle between her and Shen Qinghe!

She replied in a murmur, "Good, I will join forces with my senior!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xuantian Daozun attacked Shen Qinghe, with Nan Sheng also striking with her sword at the same time.

Both being at the Tranoscendance Tribulation Stage, they were the two highest cultivative entities in the cultivation world; their simultaneous action meant a crushing double force of mana.

Everyone else at the scene was overwhelmed by such powerful mana, gasping for breath, yet the Sky Pole Sect members protected by the barrier seemed unfazed.

In the instant that Nan Sheng and Xuantian Daozun made their move, Shen Qinghe had already swung her sword to meet the attack.

Nan Sheng and Xuantian Daozun had thought that killing Shen Qinghe would not be difficult, but they did not expect her swordsmanship to be so fast that it took them by surprise.

All they felt was the deeply chilling Sword Qi assaulting their entire bodies, even penetrating the protective Gang Qi around them and seeping into their internal organs.

Such discomfort made them more certain that the battle had to be swift and decisive.

Xuantian Daozun and Nan Sheng exchanged a glance, simultaneously using their strongest moves, one attacking Shen Qinghe from the front and the other attempting a sneak attack from behind...