The sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning struck directly at Ju Xian from a clear sky.
"Good timing!"
Ju Xian swung her Qing Tian Sword, and a giant ice-fire ball collided with the charging lightning. The moment they met, it was like a celestial thunder igniting terrestrial fire, and with a rumble, the massive explosion shook the entire Tai Yi Sect, causing the earth to tremble!
Yun Tian's chest felt a sudden sweetness; his Lightning Summoning Technique was broken, and he suffered a backlash!
"Elder Yun!"
"Celestial Master Elder!"
"Master!"
Seeing Yun Tian injured, Yun Ya and Yun Yi cried out in alarm. The one called Junior Brother Yun even rushed forward to support Yun Tian, calling him Master! His face was filled with anxiety. He hadn't expected this newcomer to be so formidable that even his master was injured.
Filled with anger and grief, he drew his sword and roared, "Demoness, I'll fight you to the death!"
Ju Xian sneered. Was it her imagination? She did feel a bit like a villain right now!
"Junior Brother Yun, you are no match for her!" Yun Ya was entangled by Qi Mo and couldn't break free. Seeing Junior Brother Yun lose his mind, he was extremely anxious!
Ju Xian found the newcomer bothersome and cast a vine technique, binding him tightly. This was inspired by Ayou's vine technique. She had tried using her green spiritual energy to cast it and found it surprisingly easy to learn. This had frustrated Ayou for several days!
Seeing that Fairy Ye did not kill Junior Brother Yun with a single sword strike, Yun Ya breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention to dealing with Qi Mo alongside Yun Yi. However, Qi Mo had long lost patience. He spat out a torrent of dragon's breath, fierce flames surging towards them. Then, he shot up into the sky, swooping down and opening his mouth to unleash a bowl-thick white lightning bolt towards Yun Tian! How dare he use Lightning Summoning against his master, he would let this old rascal taste the power of lightning!
Yun Tian's calm expression had completely vanished. The lightning power spewed by the divine dragon carried the pressure of a divine beast. It was like a thunderbolt from the heavens. Struck with only thirty percent of his former strength, he was certain to die. In a panic, he opened the Purple Light Shield to protect himself, forcibly activating the Hun Tian Cauldron and unleashing its devouring power.
However, the Hun Tian Cauldron was a divine artifact. Even if it had fallen in rank, it was not something the injured Yun Tian could control at this moment. Spiritual energy was continuously absorbed by the Hun Tian Cauldron, and the lightning power was also drawn in. As his spiritual energy weakened, the lightning power caused the Hun Tian Cauldron to spark and crackle. If it lost control, the cauldron's backlash would drain Yun Tian dry. When a dragon god raged, all creation bowed! And Qi Mo inherited the lineage of ancient divine dragons, dragons born from the very creation of heaven and earth, not to be compared with the spirit beasts that became dragons in later ages!
Yun Tian was filled with hatred. It was true that the dragon race had been good to be exterminated back then. Otherwise, with such formidable strength, how could these later ascendant immortals have any standing in the upper realm! The moment Qi Mo appeared, he sensed a connection between the Golden Dragon and the ancient divine dragons. With his spiritual energy being absorbed, Yun Tian's hair turned white in mere moments, and he aged instantly. His handsome face was now covered with wrinkles, his expression contorted in a grimace!
Making a swift decision, Yun Tian rapidly formed a hand seal, casting a look of pity at the disciple bound on the ground. He had taken Yun Ji as his disciple, but his talent was limited, and he had not yet entered the Celestial Master's gate. If it weren't for his usual respectful demeanor, and the fact that his disciples had protected him for hundreds of years, this kindness was now the time for him to repay it. Without a hint of hesitation, he changed his palm into a claw, forcefully absorbing Yun Ji's spiritual power!
"Master, why are you..." Yun Ji cried out in pain, looking at his beloved master in a daze. Was his master going to drain him dry? Did his missing senior brothers suffer the same fate! Thinking of his several exceptionally talented senior brothers who had mysteriously disappeared ten years ago... were all his disciples eventually drained dry?
"Disciple, it is time for you to repay my kindness!" Yun Tian said expressionlessly. After absorbing Yun Ji's life force, he regained his celestial demeanor.
"Junior Brother Yun!" Yun Ya's eyes were bloodshot. Ignoring the burning flames, he turned to rescue him, but was flung away by a vine whip from Ju Xian. He watched in horror as Yun Ji was drained into a desiccated corpse, eventually dissipating into smoke and dust! That was his own brother!
Yun Ya could not understand why this Celestial Master Yun Tian, who usually treated people with warmth, had acted like a demon and devoured his own brother! Was the sect he joined a demon den? Where else would one absorb another's spiritual power for their own use? This was a forbidden art on the Tian Xing Continent; how could Celestial Master Yun Tian know such a technique? It so greatly defied the will of heaven; was he not afraid of incurring karma? His thoughts raced, bombarding Yun Ya's mind, throwing him into utter confusion! After being flung aside, Yun Ya wanted to get up immediately, but before he could even move, he spat out a mouthful of blood, witnessing his closest blood relative turn to dust before his eyes, the pain piercing his heart. He suddenly cried out to the heavens!
"Ahhh! Yun Tian, you old scoundrel, you killed my brother! I will surely tear you into a thousand pieces!"
"Senior Brother!" Yun Yi finally broke free from the flames and rushed over to support Yun Ya.
Yun Yi was also filled with apprehension. Ever since returning from Tian Chen, he had felt that the sect had changed at some point, becoming unrecognizable! He had begun to doubt the sect he had always taken pride in. Every year, countless young boys were taken into the sect, but in his hundreds of years of memory, the sect's disciples did not seem to increase. Instead, familiar faces had disappeared. He had always focused on cultivation, detached from worldly affairs, and when he occasionally emerged from seclusion and asked about other senior brothers, he was told they were out on training. He hadn't paid much attention. Cultivating oneself, cultivating the body, cultivating the heart, one must experience the mortal world to achieve destiny. There are smooth paths in cultivation, but only for those with talent. Those with poor aptitude and wavering resolve are inevitably eliminated by the long river of history. Therefore, even though countless disciples were accepted every once in a while and then disappeared, he didn't pay it any mind. Because he believed it was the inevitable outcome; to contend with heaven, to cultivate against the heavens, all depended on opportunities...
But now, the truth seemed rather cruel. To witness a fellow disciple he had known for hundreds of years disappear like this was incredibly frustrating. It would have been better to die at the hands of an opponent than to meet such an end!
"Yun Tian, Yun Ji was also your kinsman! He regarded you as a father, and you are so heinous!" Yun Yi glared at Yun Tian and questioned him.
"Yun Ya, Yun Yi, this was a matter of necessity. With a great enemy at hand, all sacrifices are necessary and valuable! Yun Ji, this Dao protected him for hundreds of years. What is the loss of his life in exchange for such kindness?" Yun Tian spoke with an air of compassion and nonchalance.
"Ha! Spoken so righteously, so this is the Tai Yi Sect? What a Tai Yi Sect! Under the guise of a righteous sect, your actions are so evil. Devouring your own disciples with a straight face; I fear this is not the first time you've done this!" Ju Xian sneered, the scene just now had disgusted her to the core!
"Come, if you want to fight, then fight, stop the nonsense! Today, my sword will show no mercy to this hypocritical demon!"
"Fairy Ju Xian, such bold words! This is not the upper realm where you were still a Divine Venerable. When I behead you, you will be defeated on Tian Xing, thus eliminating future trouble!" Yun Tian was enraged by her words. A mere ant could be killed as easily as killing an ant. If she were still in the upper realm, he wouldn't even glance at such a talented waste! Becoming his nourishment was already an honor! kuAiδugg
The two of them soared into the air simultaneously, and in a flash, they were locked in battle once more.