Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 778 - 327: Wind God Painting of the Saint Ancestor
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Qi Keqing's sight grew hazy, but once it sharpened, she realized she was beside someone she knew well.
Staring in shock at the Sword Ancestor next to her, she cried out, "Sword Shocking?"
The Sword Ancestor felt just as surprised while gazing at Qi Keqing, who had plummeted from the emptiness unexpectedly.
Yet, because they trailed Ning Qi to this spot, and Ning Qi had silently moved Qi Keqing over to them, all were ready in their minds.
"Qi Keqing, are you alright?"
Qi Keqing shook her head, her face lighting up with joy as she asked, "Did Domain Master Ning rescue me?"
Even though it sounded like a needless question, it showed Qi Keqing's happiness.
The Sword Ancestor nodded faintly.
Before they could exchange further words, abruptly, beside Qi Keqing, numerous figures tumbled from the void one after another, resembling falling dumplings, quickly assembling into a force.
The Fuyao Realm folks overflowed with great happiness, rescued and freed from Kuang Shanqing's grasp.
Luckily, prior to shifting them, Ning Qi had covered the Fuyao Realm troops with a concealment array.
Combined with their utmost carefulness, they stayed silent, keeping the total commotion small.
Nearby, the Langya Domain individuals were completely stunned watching Ning Qi save countless Fuyao Realm cultivators right away.
The Sword Ancestor spoke, "Congratulations on temporarily escaping danger. However, to be cautious, ensure you remain concealed."
Qi Keqing's face grew grave, and she promptly commanded, "Did you hear that?"
The Fuyao Realm crowd nodded together.
After stabilizing, all turned their gaze to the node.
There, Ning Qi clad in white materialized, facing away from them, talking to Divine Wind Domain's Domain Master, Kuang Shanqing.
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Ning Qi grinned, "This is all thanks to Sikong Lan. On the surface, he surrendered to you, giving you false information about me, but secretly he told me everything, because I gave him a magical treasure!"
Down there, Sikong Lan caught Ning Qi's words too.
Sikong Lan teetered on insanity. When had he secretly informed Ning Qi of everything, and when had he received a magical treasure from Ning Qi?
What Ning Qi said filled Sikong Lan with unmatched dread, oddly making him think Ning Qi was setting a trap for him.
Sikong Lan thrashed wildly, twisting like a larva, yet unable to utter a noise or send a transmission.
Upon hearing this, Kuang Shanqing's visage darkened profoundly.
It dawned on him why Ning Qi was aware of all this place beforehand.
Though he had awaited Ning Qi, the truth diverged completely from his expectations.
Kuang Shanqing figured he'd seize Ning Qi with Qianying hidden in shadows, then extract from him the method to forge the Compass, offering it to the Vast Realm Will for lavish rewards.
However, in truth, Ning Qi not only handled Qianying but also extracted Qi Keqing and the others to safety, forcing Kuang Shanqing into total passivity.
Naturally, Kuang Shanqing didn't wholly believe Ning Qi's claim, but surely one of Ning Qi's spies lingered among the group below.
Abruptly, Ning Qi thrust his right hand downward, vanishing several individuals from the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect forces under Sikong Lan's command.
Witnessing that, Kuang Shanqing's look shifted once more.
He might have overlooked the prior moves, but Ning Qi rescuing people straight in front of him screamed utter disrespect!
Fury boiled within his heart, fully overwhelming the unease Ning Qi had previously sown.
Noticing Ning Qi lifting his hand anew, seemingly poised to save even more,
Kuang Shanqing erupted with a formidable energy surge, launching the first strike.
In a blink, within the region below, hundreds of translucent wind blades materialized from nothingness, each spanning and extending a few zhang.
No sooner had these wind blades formed than they blanketed the lower area like layered fish scales.
Buzz!
A chorus of humming noises followed as the wind blades surged forward in unison, carving through the air like sharpened edges, promptly hacking Sikong Lan and the survivors into multiple segments!
Cries erupted in rapid succession!
But that was merely the beginning; to unleash his wrath, Kuang Shanqing directed the wind blades once again right before Ning Qi, slashing viciously back and forth underneath, pulverizing every chopped remnant into fine dust.
Only when it halted did the surface lie gouged three feet deep, its borders appearing corroded, as though Sikong Lan and his companions had never been there.
Kuang Shanqing lifted his eyes to Ning Qi.
He discovered Ning Qi regarding him with a profoundly uncanny look, bordering on a sneer.
Ning Qi retracted his outstretched hand, overflowing with profound satisfaction.
At long last, that scoundrel Sikong Lan was dead, alongside every soul from the Cyan Profound Immortal Sect and their trailing sects who had stepped into the war realm with him.
Though not slain by his own strike, it fell to his cunning design.
Should the Mountain and Sea Realm Will discover it, no wrongdoing could be pinned on him.
The three forces beheld it all from the rear; their demise came at Kuang Shanqing's hands, not Ning Qi's.
Observing Ning Qi's demeanor, Kuang Shanqing abruptly realized he'd been played by him!
Yet he brushed it aside; those slain were Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators regardless, and Sikong Lan's bunch meant nothing now.
"Please, I’ve waited for you so long, and now it’s just us two. Let’s duel for our respective Spirit Realms!" Kuang Shanqing declared.
His words had scarcely ended when he lunged toward Ning Qi.
In an instant, multiple emerald afterimages tore across the void, ripping it asunder like tattered parchment, shattering into fragments.
Verdant shadows closed in on Ning Qi from all angles, the winds raging fiercely in the void; prior to nearing him, they shifted form yet again.
The emerald shadows dissolved into obscurity, winds churning nearby, harmonizing with the fragmented void to birth a horrifying tornado hurricane.
This tornado hurricane derived not solely from the Wind Rule but also absorbed every fragment of the adjacent void.