Jun Changxiao might abandon teammates, but he would never abandon his own people. So when he heard the Level Two Wanted Order announced across the firmament, he returned without hesitation.
What about that white egg?
He had already placed it in the incubator.
Strange to say, once the clingy little thing went in, it was immediately isolated and couldn’t break through the barrier even if it wanted to fly out.
“This rabble is this Seat’s to handle.”
Jun Changxiao, fully armed, stood before the Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun. He once again summoned the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, pinching the scabbard between two fingers. Simultaneously, the soul form in his ring also used its fingers to grasp the Seal-Breaking Talisman.
Harming members of my sect.
Is an unforgivable act!
Therefore, he didn’t care about becoming enemies with all the planar warriors on the battlefield!
In that moment.
Standing before the Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun, the fully armed Jun Changxiao was like a war god who had battled across nine heavens and shattered eight wildernesses, accompanied by wild wave-like BGM.
“Hm?”
“Who is this person?”
“A guy hiding his head and showing his tail with a mask!”
The dozens of Earth-rank experts flying over sneered continuously, their gazes still focused on the Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun. They had already determined that this beast had been bombarded all over by everyone and would be easy to capture.
“Get lost!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”
The several Earth-rank experts charging at the front once again condensed high-level martial techniques like “Great Wide Noodles” and bombarded forward. Under the energy’s rampage, space directly shattered!
This power was extremely terrifying!
However, facing the overwhelming energy wave pressing down, Jun Changxiao silently prayed in his heart, “Old buddy, I’m entrusting mine and Hall Master Zi’s lives to you—don’t let me down!”
Though this guy appeared calm in the face of danger, his heart was panicking like crazy. After all, he had never used the modified Hard-to-Retrieve Blade before and had no idea how powerful it was!
Though lacking confidence, with things having developed to this point, he could only place his hopes on this divine weapon given by Shouwuan.
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao suddenly drew his hand back. His black hair danced wildly as he shouted loudly, “Bankai!”
“Whoosh——”
The sound of the blade leaving its sheath rippled across the firmament. The surrounding space instantly changed from its grayish state to brilliant daylight, so blinding that the experts charging from all directions could hardly open their eyes. Even more shocking, terror rose in their hearts.
The radiance quickly dissipated and everyone’s vision recovered. They hurriedly looked over, and their eyes immediately widened.
All the various martial technique energies seemed controlled, frozen in place unable to advance even a fraction.
The masked man still stood in midair, but a巨sword had appeared out of thin air in his hand—five feet long and six inches wide. From the hilt area extending toward the tip, the characters Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Marsh were written in sequence.
“This is… the modified Hard-to-Retrieve Blade!”
Jun Changxiao gripped the hilt, feeling that power as if it came from ancient times. Disbelief rose in his eyes.
He had thought the divine weapon Shouwuan gave might be an eighty-meter great blade after upgrading. Only now, seeing its complete form, did he realize he had guessed wrong.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Ancient aura spread from his palm, instantly enveloping his entire body!
Jun Changxiao said, “Amazing!”
“Swish!”
He raised the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds with one hand!
The camera just happened to show the other side of the sword body, which was engraved with the eight characters: Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun, and Dui.
The Eight Trigrams of the Book of Changes.
This heavy sword with a somewhat medieval style had been imbued with mysterious power from the East!
“Fight! Fight!”
Jun Changxiao channeled spiritual energy into the sword body. Only then could one see the first character on both sides being outlined from the first stroke and gradually turning crimson red, then spreading downward to the other characters until it covered the Marsh and Dui characters. The entire sword instantly erupted with an aura that seemed capable of shaking heaven and earth and stirring space!
The planar experts’ eyes filled with horror at the sight.
In that moment, they could see from the energy released by the sword body that space was twisting violently. The martial technique energies they had previously unleashed were gradually collapsing into nothingness under some kind of binding force!
What… what was going on!
“Swish!”
Just then, Jun Changxiao charged forward with the sword.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”
The space-shaking aura swept over, instantly enveloping the several Earth-rank experts at the front.
This power seemed like spatial force. After rampaging over, it gradually formed some kind of binding force that made them unable to move even a fraction.
“Die!”
Jun Changxiao swung violently. The Hard-to-Retrieve Blade tore through space, forming an unparalleled crimson sword radiance that swept past the several bound Earth-rank experts.
“Splurt!”
“Splurt!”
Heads flew and blood sprayed.
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun’s eyes immediately widened.
Instantly killing several Earth-rank experts with one strike—was the weapon this guy summoned really that powerful?
Moreover!
They clearly could have dodged, so why did they stand in place motionless, allowing the sword energy to ruthlessly cut across their necks!
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun couldn’t understand, because it hadn’t experienced the despair of being targeted by the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, being controlled and bound by its pressure aura, only able to wait for death.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Just then, follow-up planar warriors had already charged over. When they saw several Earth-rank experts killed just like that, they too were shocked with horrified expressions.
“The Kun beast is already injured—kill this person and we can easily subdue it!” someone shouted loudly.
“Kill!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”
In an instant, tens of thousands of energies erupted from all around.
With so much energy charging over, even a Heaven-rank expert wouldn’t dare contend with it.
However, with the ancient power of the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s enhancement, Jun Changxiao had the determination to compete with heaven and earth!
“Swish!”
Spiritual energy madly channeled into the sword body. The crimson radiance flashing from the sixteen characters grew increasingly intense, then erupted with a visible ripple that instantly rampaged in all directions with him as the center.
“Whoosh——”
Wherever the ripple energy passed, the energies bombarding over instantly froze in place.
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun was truly dumbfounded at this moment!
The sword energy released could freeze tens of thousands of forces in space—this absolutely mastered deep-level spatial mysteries!
“That sword of his…”
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun’s gaze locked onto the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, shocked in its heart, “Could it be… a Divine Artifact?!”
Not only energy was imprisoned, but also the thousands of warriors nearby. They now seemed transformed into lifelike statues, completely unable to move.
Their thoughts remained.
Therefore, feeling a terrifying pressure aura rampaging around their bodies, making them unable to move even a fraction, unprecedented fear gradually gathered in their eyes.
As for the planar warriors not affected, they were also frightened pale, because they could clearly sense that not far ahead of them, there was an undercurrent of power. If it rampaged over even slightly, their movements would become sluggish.
The system said, “This is the Absolute Sword Domain of the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s second form. Once activated, any person or energy within the covered area will be forcibly suppressed.”
Jun Changxiao exclaimed, “Awesome!”
Though the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade’s first form also had the ability to control others, it had to target and lock on first. After activating the second form, it could freeze everything within hundreds of zhang—that was absolutely terrifying.
There were quite a few Earth-rank experts in the Absolute Sword Domain.
This meant that after the upgraded Hard-to-Retrieve Blade was unsealed, it could completely press Martial Saint level experts to the ground and rub them in the dirt!
With such an awesome trump card, going directly to Taixuan Sacred Sect would be no problem!
“Wait!”
Suddenly, Jun Changxiao noticed something wrong.
Under the Absolute Sword Domain, though thousands of warriors were bound, the spiritual energy in his own spirit core was continuously decreasing at a speed several times faster than constantly deploying various martial techniques!
The system said, “After the host unseals the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, this energy that can control others’ movements is converted from dantian spiritual energy, so it decreases every minute and second.”
“That’s way too fast!” Jun Changxiao collapsed.
Based on the rate of spiritual energy consumption, it could only be sustained for a few minutes at most!
“Even using cheats has the risk of getting banned,” the system said. “If the host wants to be awesome, naturally you must pay a price.”
“Understood.”
Jun Changxiao raised his head and locked onto the thousands of warriors controlled by the Absolute Sword Domain. His gaze immediately filled with intense killing intent.
Chasing him thousands of li for an egg—now that the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade had broken its seal and made them as insignificant as ants, naturally he would kill them all to expand the planar outpost!
If he were in Xingyun Continent, Jun Changxiao might have some scruples, but since this was the planar battlefield and killing was the main theme, he could only be unrestrained!
“Everyone.”
He raised the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, killing intent surging as he said, “Safe travels!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Sword light instantly rippled out, permeating throughout the sealed space. Those bound experts couldn’t move or speak—only fear and despair before death filled their eyes.
…
Xingyun Continent outpost.
Discovering that the area hadn’t expanded for a while, Li Qingyang said, “The Sect Master and the others should have stopped fighting.”
“Wonder if they obtained that unsealed opportunity?” Xiao Zuiji looked into the distance.
“Let’s get to work.”
Li Qingyang began assigning tasks to everyone.
“Buzz!”
However, before they could start moving, the outpost began extending outward again—one hundred meters, two hundred meters, five hundred meters, one thousand meters…
“This…”
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others were dumbstruck.
Instantly expanding from the original foundation to over a thousand meters meant their side had killed at least over two thousand warriors!
The outpost expansion speed was still increasing. In less than a few dozen seconds, it had extended from over a thousand meters to nearly three thousand meters!
“Xingyun Continent warriors have successively killed four thousand six hundred eighty-two Yellow-rank warriors, three hundred twenty-nine Profound-rank experts, and sixteen Earth-rank experts. They have entered killing frenzy mode. A Level One Wanted Order is hereby issued with a bounty of 20,000 Merit Points!”
The heavy voice rang out across the firmament, instantly spreading throughout the entire planar battlefield. Warriors at all three hundred planar outposts heard it clearly and all stood dazed in place one by one.
“My heavens!”
“Killed so many people!”
“…”
“Xingyun Continent warriors have successively killed eight thousand nine hundred eighty-two Yellow-rank warriors, one thousand two hundred twenty-nine Profound-rank experts, and forty-six Earth-rank experts. They have entered insane slaughter mode. A Super Wanted Order is hereby issued with a bounty of 100,000 Merit Points!”
Just as the planar warriors were shocked, the heavy and desolate voice transmitted again.
For a moment, the entire planar battlefield completely exploded!
Insane slaughter.
Super Wanted Order!
This was absolutely unprecedented!
“City Lord!”
In the great hall of the Nine Heavens Continent outpost, an expert said incredulously, “The highest wanted order isn’t Level One—there’s actually a Super level above it!”
Mo Shangsheng said in shock, “This City Lord is also learning of this for the first time!”
“From the Upper Realm’s announcement, Xingyun Continent killed over ten thousand experts in such a short time. Even a Heaven-rank expert couldn’t possibly do that, right!” The expert’s mouth twitched.
“Xingyun Continent warriors have successively killed twenty-three thousand six hundred eighty-two Yellow-rank warriors, three thousand four hundred fifty-six Profound-rank experts, and sixty-two Earth-rank experts. They have entered killing god mode. Thunder Punishment Tribulation activated!”
Hearing this voice, Mo Shangsheng nearly fell from his chair!
From the last announcement until now had been very brief, yet the wanted person had killed over ten thousand more. Could those dead warriors have washed their necks clean and let him casually chop?
Also… Thunder Punishment Tribulation?
“City Lord!”
An elder standing outside the great hall cried out in terror, “Come out quickly and look!”
“Swish! Swish!”
Mo Shangsheng and over ten elders all came outside the hall and looked up toward where the opportunity had risen earlier. They saw thunder serpent-spewing clouds rapidly gathering, and the entire world instantly changed from grayish to pitch black!
In that moment.
The entire planar battlefield instantly lost color, shrouded in absolute darkness.
“Could this be…”
Mo Shangsheng said in terror, “The Thunder Punishment Tribulation?!”
…
Xingyun Continent outpost.
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others had long since stood there like wooden chickens.
The current outpost had already expanded to over ten thousand square meters, fully possessing the initial scale to become a small village.
Of course.
What shocked everyone wasn’t that the outpost had rapidly expanded, but that Hall Master Zi had actually killed tens of thousands of planar warriors in such a short time. The wanted order had been continuously changed, finally directly activating Thunder Punishment Tribulation!
Hall Master Zi: I know you might not believe this, but I didn’t do it—the Sect Master did it alone. I’m also a bit panicked now, a bit at a loss.
“Thunder Punishment Tribulation?”
Jun Changxiao, who was about to continue harvesting nearby warriors, looked up at the thunder clouds gathering above and immediately frowned.
The female system said, “Dear participant, because you killed too many people in a short time, you violated the Upper Realm rules’ limit, so thunder tribulation is descending as punishment.”
“Very powerful?” Jun Changxiao asked.
The female system considered briefly and said, “Since the battlefield was established, no one has been punished before, so how powerful it is, I’m also not clear.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao stood in place, gripping the Hard-to-Retrieve Blade, and said proudly, “Thunder punishment? What is there to fear!”
“Sect Master!”
Just then, the Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun transmitted, “Thunder Punishment Tribulation comes from the Upper Realm. Its power is strong enough to blast any target into scattered soul and spirit—stop spacing out and run quickly!”
“Scattered soul and spirit?”
Jun Changxiao immediately panicked a bit. When he looked back, he discovered that guy had already run without a trace, clearly worried that being bombarded by thunder punishment would implicate it!
Originally planning to contend with the thunder clouds above, he immediately became cowardly and hurriedly activated the Mechanical Armored Wings to flee at maximum speed.
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun had already run several dozen li.
Suddenly sensing the Sect Master chasing from behind, its expression collapsed as it roared, “Don’t follow me! Quick! Quick! Go somewhere else! Otherwise I’ll be implicated by you!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The thunder clouds above moved rapidly following Jun Changxiao’s flight, then enveloped both him and the Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, a lightning bolt that shook the entire planar battlefield erupted from the clouds. The originally pitch-black environment was rendered completely bright.
“Not good!”
Jun Changxiao, fleeing, felt the thunder tribulation pressing down from high above. An intense sense of foreboding instantly surged into his heart.
“Ah ah ah!”
The Purple Firmament Dao-Transformed Kun screamed loudly.
It could have easily dodged, but that guy had to flee in the same direction, so it also got enveloped by the thunder tribulation!
“Boom——”
The thunder tribulation from the Upper Realm erupted, then bombarded down ruthlessly!
The moment the power erupted, all warriors in the plane felt the earth shake violently and were frightened with drastically changed expressions.
With such fierce bombardment, even a Heaven-rank expert would die without a burial place, right!
“It’s over.”
Mo Shangsheng said, “The Xingyun Continent warrior who killed like harvesting hemp couldn’t escape the thunder tribulation bombardment and should have already scattered into soul and spirit.”
“Being directly erased by the rules has never happened before through the ages.”
“From this matter, it’s not difficult to see that although the Upper Realm deliberately has mortal planes slaughter, there are still limits,” Mo Shangsheng said. “When the limit is exceeded, even if no one can deal with them, absolute power will be used to erase them.”
…
In the punishment zone, the ground cracked.
Violent thunder attribute rampaged wildly. From top to bottom, space showed a torn trace.
Obviously, this crack was left by the lightning that just shot down.
Those ten or twenty thousand planar warriors who hadn’t died under Jun Changxiao’s sword were now frightened standing in midair, their legs and hands trembling violently.
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
Many Yellow-rank experts fell to the ground, then collapsed.
The thunder punishment had been closest to them. Though they weren’t affected by the power’s ripples, when it bombarded down and after bombardment, the terrifying power they felt was like taking a tour through hell!
“Is this the Upper Realm’s power!”
“Too terrifying!”
“In that moment, I felt like I was… no… didn’t even count as an ant!”
“That Kun beast and the masked guy should be dead!”
As the many warriors discussed, they still had lingering fear.
They were frightened not only by Jun Changxiao’s terrifying slaughter just now, but also by the thunder punishment. At this time, no one cared about the opportunity left by Guanhai Zunren anymore!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”
Thunder attribute continued rampaging. However, as it gradually dissipated, the warriors who had been spared from slaughter widened their eyes, because dozens of li from where the thunder tribulation struck, a tower emanating desolate aura stood out of thin air!
…
“This… this King is actually… still alive!”
In the ethereal space, Purple Lin Demon King said incredulously.
When the thunder tribulation bombarded down, he had reverted to human form, because accepting thunder tribulation with a gigantic body would definitely be fatal. If his physique became smaller, perhaps there would be a sliver of hope.
However, what Purple Lin Demon King hadn’t expected was that the instant the thunder tribulation fell, the Sect Master waved his hand. The scene before his eyes suddenly changed, and then he appeared in this ethereal place.
“Wah!”
Jun Changxiao, sitting cross-legged nearby, spat out a mouthful of blood, his face pale as he said, “This… this Upper Realm’s thunder tribulation is indeed terrifying!”
In the life-or-death crisis, he had summoned the Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower and activated its defensive form.
The thunder tribulation power from the Upper Realm was very strong. Whether this thing could withstand it, he could only gamble on it.
It didn’t disappoint!
The Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower in defensive mode successfully resisted the Thunder Punishment Tribulation!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Suddenly, violent thunder attribute appeared and quickly filled the entire space.
“This is…”
Purple Lin Demon King exclaimed, “The thunder punishment power that just bombarded down!”
“Buzz!”
Er Ya appeared out of thin air before Jun Changxiao, pouting as she said, “The attacking power just now was very strong. I only absorbed half—the other half was wasted.”
The Tianyuan Soul-Suppressing Tower’s defensive system had two types: one was absorbing energy inside, the other was purely blocking hard.
The thunder punishment power was very explosive. Er Ya could only devour half the power at the instant of contact, then block the other half hard. Otherwise, Jun Changxiao would have been done for long ago.
“As long as everyone’s safe, as long as everyone’s safe.”
Jun Gou Sheng was very content now, because nothing was more important than staying alive!
“Master.”
Er Ya took out a small whip, smiling as she said, “I must properly discipline these absorbed thunder attributes!”
“Mm mm,” Jun Changxiao said.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
Er Ya wielded the sexy little whip, madly whipping throughout the space. The thunder tribulation attributes were immediately whipped into individual human forms, then trembled cowering in corners.
“This…” Purple Lin Demon King’s eyes widened.
Attribute energy was formless and shapeless—how could it be whipped by a whip, and how could it make whipping sounds!
“Master!”
Er Ya glanced at Purple Lin Demon King wearing red underwear and said disdainfully, “Does this guy need discipline?”
“Little girl!”
Hall Master Zi’s gaze turned cold, “Watch your words!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Just as the words fell, red ropes flew out from the void, instantly binding him in an elaborate tie, then hanging him in midair.
“Crack!”
Er Ya walked over with the whip, saying coldly, “This is my territory—don’t be arrogant.”