Chapter 1221: What is this thing?
"Alright, let me take the lead in this and you’ll step in once the one hiding in the back of the sect comes out." Lin Fan said to Ye Qing Huan as they stood on top of a hill looking over the Clear Star Sect.
With their speed, it wasn’t hard for them to come to this place since it was near the Mu Empire.
In fact, Ye Qing Huan even took out a special flying carriage that allowed them to arrive in this place in just two days.
It was no wonder she was able to come to the Mu Empire so often even though the Heavenly Demon Sect was so far away from the Mu Empire.
Well there was that and the transport arrays that were scattered around the continent.
These were special arrays that were only accessible to those with special statuses.
Ye Qing Huan as the eldest daughter of the Ye Family did have this special status.
Ye Qing Huan looked at Lin Fan with one brow raised as if she was wondering what he was planning to do, but she nodded in agreement to what he said. After all, Ye Qing Huan wasn’t actually worried that something would happen to Lin Fan.
He had shown power that far surpassed his current cultivation level, so she wasn’t worried that something would happen to him even if something went wrong.
Not to mention that she would be there to help if something did happen.
Once he got Ye Qing Huan’s agreement, Lin Fan didn’t hesitate to take something out.
"This...What is this thing?" That was all that Ye Qing Huan could say the moment that she saw the thing that Lin Fan took out.
There was a smile that appeared on his face when he saw her like this.
After all, this was the first time that he had been able to completely surprise her like this.
It was only natural that Ye Qing Huan didn’t know what the thing he took out was since it was something that didn’t come from this cultivation continent.
Normally he wouldn’t have taken something like this out, but this was the perfect chance to do something like this since this was something that would be able to hide his identity.
At the same time, this was his trust in Ye Qing Huan to show her something like this.
Once the Five Great Sects saw the report of this thing, then they would be aware of the magic continent.
Once that happened, they would be aware of the invaders.
While Lin Fan had no idea just what the Five Great Sects were doing about the invaders, he wanted to make sure that they would handle it. He wanted to throw it all to them so that they would stop bothering him in the Mu Empire.
Basically, he was trying to hit two birds with one stone here.
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"It’s so boring being on guard duty..." The gate watching disciples of the Clear Star Sect were all bored out of their minds from their guard duties.
After all, it wasn’t as if there was anyone that actually dared to attack the Clear Star Sect.
With the power that the Clear Star Sect possessed, it could be said that they were the local tyrants of this area. Even if someone wanted to attack them, it would depend on if they had the ability to do so.
Other than the Clear Star Sect, there were only two other sects of power in this kingdom and they had come to an agreement with each other. After all, it wasn’t as if two sects could fight without the third being involved.
To avoid being attacked by two different sects at the same time, that was why there was this treaty between the three sects.
So there really wasn’t anything that could threaten the Clear Star Sect.
"Did you hear what the elders have been talking about? They mentioned that there was something special coming through our sect lately."
"I’ve heard that the entire east forest has been designated as a forbidden zone because of it."
"But since they’ve gone this far, it has to be..."
They didn’t get a chance to finish what they were saying as something large suddenly slammed into the gates of the Clear Star Sect.
All of these disciples that had been standing at the gate were blown away by the explosion that was caused by this thing slamming into the gates of the Clear Star Sect.
Once that thing made contact with the gate, the entire gate was blown to pieces and disappeared without a trace. All of the disciples couldn’t believe what was happening and they didn’t even know what to do about this thing that landed in front of them.
When the dust settled and they saw what it was, they were even more shocked.
"What is this pillar and where did it come from?"
But that was all that they could say as they heard the sound of something else approaching.
When they looked up again, they found that there were more things that were raining down on them.
"You dare!"
None of the disciples could act in time, but that didn’t mean that there was no one that acted. As soon as this voice fell, there was a barrier that appeared around the entrance of the sect.
The moment that these things clashed with the barrier, they shattered to pieces.
The disciples all let out sighs of relief seeing this before their confidence surged once more.
They were disciples of the Clear Star Sect, the local tyrant of this area. It was only natural that they would have the arrogance that would come from being from a sect like this.
Even more so when they saw that the barrier of their sect was strong enough to stop the enemy.
Since they were safe, it was only natural that they would be filled with arrogance like this.
It was just that this was soon shattered.
"Crack!"
Before the disciples of the Clear Star Sect could act up, there was something that suddenly pierced right through the barrier that was around the sect. It seemed to be some kind of spear that was made of wood that also had water and fire around it that pierced right through it.
As far as they knew, there was no kind of cultivation technique that could do something like this.
"Who are you?"
Even the sect master of the Clear Star Sect who had activated the sect protecting barrier couldn’t believe what just happened.
That barrier had been handed down the various generations of the Clear Star Sect and was something that had protected the Clear Star Sect for a long time. The sect master just couldn’t believe that it was shattered with a single blow like this.
At the same time, there was a trace of fear that filled this sect master since he could sense the power that was contained within that spear of wood. If he had been on the receiving end of that spear, it wasn’t certain if he would have been able to get out of it in one piece.
That was just how powerful that spear was.
"I’m here to punish you for your crimes."
Everyone looked up into the sky when they heard this voice, but they couldn’t help being shocked by what they saw.
That was because this was something that they had never expected to see.
"What is this thing?"
"It seems to be some kind of person made of metal?"
"Is this kind of puppet?"
There were many voices that sounded out as the disciples of the Clear Star Sect tried to figure out what this thing floating in the air was.
But the sect master of the Clear Star Sect was silent as he used his spiritual sense to sweep this thing. His brows knitted even more when he realized that he wasn’t able to break through this floating metal person with his spiritual sense.
It was as if there was something that was blocking his spiritual sense from entering that thing.
It either meant that there was something special about this metal person or...the metal person was stronger than he was.
He really hoped that it was the former rather than the latter...
After a long moment of silence, the sect master finally asked, "Are you sure that you aren’t mistaken? Our Clear Star Sect is a righteous sect that has maintained the peace in this kingdom for many generations. How could a sect like ours possibly have done some kind of crime?"
Even if he wanted to take down this metal person, he didn’t actually dare to do so since he was afraid of the strength that this metal person would have.
It was just that the metal person didn’t seem to be interested in talking as he raised a hand.
The moment that this metal person raised his hand, there was energy that gathered. It was just that this gathering of energy was unlike anything that they had seen before.
They could tell that it was elemental energy that was being gathered, but it didn’t seem like there was any spiritual energy being used. It was as if the elemental energy was being pulled right out of the air with how things were appearing.
The sect master didn’t have time to be stunned since he could see that this metal person was gathering this elemental energy into some kind of attack.
"You dare!" The sect master said before suddenly pushing out with his palm.
The metal person waved his hand to release his attack as well.
"Boom!"