Chapter 1651: Chapter 1294: Victory (Part 2)
It was also at this moment, the battle between Li Zhixuan and Xiong Batian reached its conclusion!
A gigantic figure fell from mid-air and crashed heavily onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust and a shower of blood and flesh.
As the dust settled, all that remained on the ground was a badly mangled corpse!
But even in such a state, this corpse shattered the faith and morale of countless cultivators of the Domineering Sect.
They couldn’t believe what they were seeing, couldn’t believe that their powerful Sect Master would die here, at the hands of a small faction they had never taken seriously before.
"Big brother!"
The three Earth Immortals fighting against Li Zhirui and Yuhong also saw this scene and cried out in anguish, burning with even greater fury.
"Big brother is dead; I want you all to be buried with him! Especially you, traitor!"
Upon hearing of Xiong Batian’s fall, Liu Xuan couldn’t help but turn around, and at that moment, he stood there as if soulless, unmoving.
Only when the threat to his life loomed over him did he react, quickly summoning his defensive magical artifact while retreating rapidly.
But it seemed the three had anticipated this point, so the other two, waiting for this moment, immediately moved to block his retreat.
Thump—
A sharp sword pierced Liu Xuan’s body, drawing out a large amount of blood.
"Save me..." he shouted loudly, looking in Li Zhirui’s direction.
"No one can save you!"
Yet before Li Zhirui could act, the sword inside him twisted and suddenly lifted upwards, cleaving his body in two.
"What a pity."
Li Zhirui shook his head with some regret. Although he wasn’t invested in this person’s life or death, subduing such a cowardly Earth Immortal was quite difficult and might never have been possible again.
However, with Liu Xuan’s death, the remaining three also didn’t last long and fell at the hands of Li Zhirui, Yuhong, and Li Zhixuan.
"It’s over!"
Though the battle on the ground continued, the outcome was decided; those Human Immortals and Individual Immortals couldn’t stir any more trouble.
Blood stained the earth, countless bloody limbs and bones lay around, resembling hell on earth.
Yet all of these were the ’relics’ left by the Domineering Sect cultivators.
The Li family, protected by their two formations, despite their shaky state, didn’t break, so there were no casualties from the battle.
But that didn’t mean there were no losses!
Under the relentless attacks from thousands of disciples from the Domineering Sect, despite having arranged three shifts of cultivators to resist, many still failed to restore their mana in time and had to resort to forcibly refining pills.
Once or twice wasn’t a big deal, but doing it too often inevitably led to meridian damage!
Light injuries could be healed and recovered from over time, but severe cases required rare spiritual objects to repair the meridians.
The only fortunate thing was that no one suffered fundamental damage, harming their foundation.
In exchange, the Li family paid the price of consuming half of the pills brought from their family, seventy percent of the talismans, and seventy to eighty percent of special magical items like the Heavenly Thunder Seed!
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"Do it now!"
With Li Zhirui’s command, Li Zhixuan and Yuhong took action, using their formidable divine power to wipe out the group of low-level cultivators.
They wanted to resist but were mercilessly suppressed!
The disparity in strength was so vast, like a chasm, that numbers couldn’t make up for it.
In just a short time, all Domineering Sect cultivators turned into corpses, scattered over the ground.
"Jiu, I’m heading back first."
Li Zhixuan’s aura suddenly dropped, and her face turned pale.
"Go."
At the same time, he handed over several bottles of top-grade Immortal Pills to help her quickly restore her mana and heal her injuries.
Then, she transformed into a wisp of sword light and disappeared.
"I’ll also return to the Minor Thousand World first."
Li Zhirui nodded, sending Yuhong inside while he only had to support his tired body and handle the subsequent arrangements.
Most importantly, tallying casualties, consumption, and gathering, and cataloging the spiritual objects on the corpses.
He had already gathered the spiritual objects from those few Earth Immortals.
"Jiu, this battle almost completely destroyed the Domineering Sect. Should we send someone to their mountain gate right away to scavenge for spiritual objects?" Xiaoqing asked enthusiastically.
Despite being very tired, the prospect seemed to fill him with boundless energy, and his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Li Zhirui.
"We can’t go."
Li Zhirui shook his head without hesitation and said, "The Domineering Sect’s mountain gate is in Sanhe City, where two other Earth Immortal forces reside. We can’t attract their attention with our current situation."
"Alright, I wonder who will benefit from those spiritual objects in the end." Xiaoqing was somewhat disappointed but understood the importance of priorities, so he didn’t bring it up again, only expressing a bit of complaint.
"We’ve already gained plenty."
Li Zhirui arranged everything and then retreated into the Cave Mansion to meditate and recover.
...
Sanhe City, the Domineering Sect’s base, also the most prosperous and bustling city center.
Though powerful cultivators from the Domineering Sect were away on business, leaving the sect empty and weak, no living soul dared make a move on it.
Because the Domineering Sect was extremely domineering, anyone daring to take advantage of the situation would certainly be hunted down upon their return!
Moreover, the Domineering Sect was not without cultivators holding the fort.
However, those outside didn’t know that inside the Domineering Sect, all disciples were living in constant fear.
The reason was simple — within a few hours, many Life Tokens and Soul Lanterns worshiped in the Ancestor Hall were destroyed!
Initially, it was the Mortal Realm and Individual Immortal disciples’ Life Tokens that broke, something unnoticed by those guarding the Ancestor Hall. After all, with such a great battle, casualties were expected.
But gradually, they started feeling something was wrong.
Because a Soul Lantern went out, and its owner was an Earth Immortal!
Since that Soul Lantern, other Earth Immortals’ Soul Lanterns also went out one after another, including their Sect Master Xiong Batian!
Now, the matter had blown up.
From the fall of the first Earth Immortal, they hurriedly informed the two Late-stage Human Immortal Elders remaining in the sect.
But the unexpected happened — the dispatched cultivators were utterly annihilated!
Moreover, it was unknown who leaked the information, which reached the disciples still inside the sect.
The outside world would soon find out, if it hadn’t already.
"The Domineering Sect may not survive; not only will it cease to exist, but it will also face extermination if it remains." The two elders were distressed, not knowing what to do next.
After a moment, the elder with a larger appearance rose, his eyes flickering with light, and headed towards the storeroom.
The other responded quickly and followed.
"Brother Bai, the sect is about to fall. Why don’t we divide the spiritual objects between us?"
"I was just thinking the same."
But what they didn’t know was that outside, news of Xiong Batian’s downfall had already spread far and wide.
"Do you think it’s true?"
"The source is from within the Domineering Sect, and I even obtained a projection."
With that, the person activated it — showing exactly the scene of the broken Life Tokens and extinguished Soul Lanterns in the Ancestor Hall.
"If that’s the case, send someone immediately to surround the Domineering Sect, and block the city gates — don’t let a single cultivator escape!"
It wasn’t just this human race force; another force in the city also acted swiftly.
Without Earth Immortals guarding, how could the current Domineering Sect possibly withstand them?
In just an hour, the mountain gate was shattered, and the Devil Race and human race flooded in, searching for spiritual objects.
If they found valuable spiritual objects, they might even come to blows over them.
As for all this, in the Nameless Mountain where Li Zhirui was meditating, he was naturally unaware.
He thought only of recovering quickly and then leading his people away from here!
Because who knew when the other two Earth Immortal forces from Sanhe City would come, or whether they would attack.