On the other wooden pillars were his severely injured companions, whom he had rescued from the Lionheart Building, and the dying Liu Yu.
Finally, his gaze fell upon Qi Daxian, whose body had been pierced by a black blade and had already rotted and withered, and Tu Xingsun, whose innards had been dug out by wolves and tigers.
Karma fire raged, strong winds howled, heavenly thunder roared, and lightning tore through the sky. It was all like the end of the world.
“Ren, Ren Yuanhao…” Liu Furong’s voice was as weak as a mosquito’s hum, “Run, quickly…”
And at this moment, Ji Fu and Dongfang Jing also returned to their senses from their dazed state.
“You little pervert, don’t mind us, run quickly~”
“Little brother, take my sister and go~”
The Sect Master roared with a grim laugh, “Did you hear that? All these beautiful women are telling you to run. What are you waiting for? Don’t think that just because you can escape the Black Water Prison smoothly, you can escape from me smoothly!”
“Yes.”
Ren Yuanhao lowered his head and uttered these two words in an extremely indifferent voice.
“Hahaha, as expected, you’re trash. You can’t even save the women you love.” one of the Twelve Guards mocked.
“What are you going to fight the Sect Master with? Your pretty boy face?”
The disciples burst into laughter, and another one said, “The Sect Master has already entered the Foundation Establishment realm. You are merely the most minuscule dust in the universe, a firefly’s glow, how dare you contend with the sun and moon!”
Just then, Fang Moyu could no longer bear to watch or listen. “Enough! I was only away traveling for a year, and how did you turn the Chi Xiao Sect into such a mess? Do you still have the face to see Master? Mo Qiancheng!”
“Heh, so it’s junior brother. I didn’t even know when you got back,” Mo Qiancheng sneered. “Master’s lifelong wish was to propagate the Chi Xiao Sect. I am now carrying out his will. You, on the other hand, were only concerned with sightseeing and touring, and cast aside Master’s words. Now, you still have the audacity to stand here and criticize me?”
“You~!”
Fang Moyu gritted his teeth, about to retort, but Ren Yuanhao interrupted him by raising a hand.
“Chi Xiao Sect, is it?” Ren Yuanhao suddenly looked up, his eyes turning blood-red, as if shedding bloody tears. “If I destroy such a sect that defies the heavenly way, you won’t have any objections, will you?”
As soon as he said this, the disciples in the hall erupted in a clamor, bursting into laughter.
“I’m afraid it’s like an ant trying to shake a great tree, ridiculously overestimating itself!”
“Even that old fellow Dongfang Ji was killed by our Sect Master, and even several powerful experts couldn’t harm the Sect Master. How can you, trash hiding behind women, possibly succeed?”
“As I said, he only has his pretty boy face to rely on!”
Before these disciples could finish speaking, Ren Yuanhao drew his saber horizontally, water and fire true qi surging, his clothes fluttering violently, causing the surrounding flames to bend aside.
“A bit interesting~”
Before Mo Qiancheng could finish speaking, Ren Yuanhao’s saber instantly stirred up a storm of wind and waves. The Sky Blaze Drunken Heart Saber technique erupted, and in an instant, a cold, fierce, and violent saber intent landed on Mo Qiancheng’s shoulder!
Mo Qiancheng furrowed his brows, about to dodge. In fact, a vortex behind him pushed him forward. As the saber intent was about to strike his shoulder, he flicked his sleeve, and a long sword instantly blocked the Wuji Blade.
Ren Yuanhao’s Wuji Blade was blocked by the opponent, and his saber was immediately knocked away. The disciples were about to cheer, but to their surprise, Ren Yuanhao directly struck the Sect Master’s shoulder with an open palm. Although he raised his sword to block, he was still forced back seven or eight steps by the qi vortex of the palm strike!
“How, how is this possible!”
“The Sect Master was actually forced back several steps by this brat!”
The voices of the disciples below gradually quieted down. The entire altar seemed to only carry the sound of Ren Yuanhao and Mo Qiancheng’s heartbeats. All the thunder and wind seemed to have vanished in an instant.
“Cun Xue.” Ren Yuanhao spat out two words faintly, his blood-red eyes staring so intently that they sent chills down one’s spine, “You are not worthy of it?”
With a wave of his hand, Cun Xue, which had been brought back and re-forged by Liu Furong, sensed the true owner’s will, instantly flew out of its scabbard, and returned to Ren Yuanhao’s hand.
Ren Yuanhao, with Wuji in his left hand and Cun Xue in his right, his water and fire true qi enveloping him, exuded a majestic aura, “Senior, Dongfang Xu, I’ll leave the rescue to you.”
“Want to save them? Get past me first!”
Mo Qiancheng, whose long sword had been easily snatched away, was already enraged. He unleashed his Foundation Establishment realm cultivation without reservation and was about to block Fang Moyu and Dongfang Xu. However, Ren Yuanhao raised his saber and sword to block him, saying, “I advise you not to be distracted, or you will die.”
“It’s you who will die!”
Mo Qiancheng waved his large sleeve, instantly summoning his long sword, Duan Shui, suppressing Ren Yuanhao with his extraordinary and vast true qi. Duan Shui then ferociously gnawed at Ren Yuanhao’s body, cutting several wounds, and even shredding the fabric on his arm.
“I admit, you are much stronger than Dongfang Ji, and you can even force me to draw my sword. You have enough reason to be proud of reaching this point, but~”
Mo Qiancheng suddenly tightened his left hand, and Ren Yuanhao felt his movements slow down several times. In the blink of an eye, the Duan Shui sword had torn open the clothing on his chest. At this moment, the disciples below shouted ‘Instant’, indicating that the outcome was decided!
But at this moment, a saber suddenly collided with Duan Shui, forcibly changing its direction. Ren Yuanhao simultaneously used the berserk true qi to unload ‘Instant’s’ abilities, flying back and gasping for breath.
“Two against one?” Mo Qiancheng twisted his neck, his long sword vibrating, his true qi seeming to be escalating within him!
Fang Moyu and Ren Yuanhao stood shoulder to shoulder, but the blade in his hand was trembling madly, his tone filled with astonishment, “Have you already achieved enlightenment? Reached the Kai Guang realm!”
As soon as he said this, all the disciples’ faces showed expressions of disbelief, which then instantly turned into ecstasy!
The so-called Kai Guang realm was a deeper understanding of the Foundation Establishment realm.
The understanding of the word ‘establishment’ in Foundation Establishment varied for each cultivator. Some perceived a deeper level of fire, or wind, or space, or time, and so on. Kai Guang, however, was a deeper understanding based on this ‘establishment,’ meaning one had already traced a path that could lead to a more profound realm following this ‘establishment.’ This was Kai Guang!
“Are you guessing?” Mo Qiancheng drew his sword and then pointed it gently at Fang Moyu, “Junior brother, I am giving you another chance to make a choice. Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish.”
“A Chi Xiao Sect like this will eventually be ruined by your hands. Let us settle this with blades and swords!”
As their blades and swords clashed, the sharp edges of their weapons flashed like lightning in the air. However, in just ten breaths, Fang Moyu’s long saber was knocked away by Mo Qiancheng. The mere pressure of true qi made Fang Moyu’s breathing difficult and extremely uncomfortable!
“Die!”