Chapter 1143: Chapter 1128: The Terrifying Yan Tu
At the moment he saw the corpse of the Fourth Tower Chief Ning Chun, even though Yan Family’s ancestor Yan Tu had weathered countless storms, he couldn’t help but tremble all over, feeling dazed!
Throughout the history of Stars Tower, no Tower Chief had ever met a violent death, yet now, the corpse of the Fourth Tower Chief Ning Chun was laid out before him.
Yan Tu’s old eyes immediately widened, an indescribable evil aura instantly emanated from him.
“Speak, who did this!”
Silently and without any warning, three gray-black Three-pronged Iron Wire Saw grasses slowly climbed onto Yan Tu’s feet at that moment.
As soon as they climbed up, they suddenly seemed to come alive, fiercely stabbing into Yan Tu’s calves from three directions!
“Hmm?”
The slight pain in his calves caused Yan Tu’s expression to change, and he instinctively looked down.
Sweeping his gaze, Yan Tu’s face changed dramatically as the three gray-black Three-pronged Iron Wire Saw grasses were now stabbing into his calves, with faint traces of blood seeping out.
In an instant, Yan Tu’s expression changed drastically.
But what surprised Ye Zhen the most was Yan Tu’s crisis response.
The moment he looked down and realized something was wrong, a cloud of blood mist exploded from beneath Yan Tu’s waist, and both his legs were abruptly severed at the roots.
“Dare to plot against this old man, seeking death!”
As his legs exploded into a blood mist, Yan Tu let out a thunderous roar, striking a palm towards Ye Zhen, who was kneeling at the foot of the stairs.
Ye Zhen suddenly looked up, and from his eyes burst forth a prepared dark red Soul Refining Divine Light, blasting straight towards Yan Tu, and the moment it appeared, it directly smashed into Yan Tu’s forehead.
With Ye Zhen’s deliberate surprise attack, he was fully prepared, leaving Yan Tu no chance to strike.
But in the next moment, Ye Zhen’s face changed.
The Soul Refining Divine Light, which had never failed him, after blasting into Yan Tu’s forehead, seemed to vanish into thin air, as if Yan Tu was unscathed. Not only did his palm’s momentum not waver, but in an instant, the hand seal condensed into the size of a millstone, with a huge mysterious Dao Pattern flickering in the middle, covering Ye Zhen’s skull.
This sudden change left Ye Zhen utterly astonished.
The distance was too close, whatever Ye Zhen wanted to do was too late.
However, in the next instant, four colors of light—earth yellow, gray-black, purple-red, and jet black—suddenly burst from within Ye Zhen, and in an instant, formed four layers of defense outside Ye Zhen.
Bam!
As the hand seal slammed down, Ye Zhen was like a stubborn stone, immediately smashed into the ground by Yan Tu.
The outermost jet-black light was the Thunder Light Shield of Ye Zhen’s Acquired Spirit Treasure Thunder Light Pearl, which spontaneously protected its master by unleashing its origin power at the critical moment.
However, this Thunder Light Shield was shattered by Yan Tu in an instant.
Next were the protective flames of the Purple Flame Golden Lamp and the protective Spirit Light of the Longevity Banner, which were all shattered by a single palm from Yan Tu.
Though they appeared to be protective glows emitted by the Soul Artifacts to guard their master, they were merely instinctual protective glows emitted at critical moments, far inferior in power compared to when the holder actively activated them.
What’s even more fatal was that after a palm strike, Yan Tu used his own Dao Pattern attack.
This Dao Pattern was something a Martial Artist comprehended and gained insight into from the Heavenly Dao, the best use of which was to greatly enhance the power they controlled.
Under normal circumstances, directly using the condensed Dao Pattern to attack the enemy was a desperate measure.
Every direct attack with the Dao Pattern would result in some loss, requiring much time to re-condense it afterward.
Thus, the first three protective Spirit Lights laid down by the Soul Artifacts instinctively protecting Ye Zhen were torn like paper.
However, they weren’t without effect. The extremely short-lived barrier provided Ye Zhen with a precious sliver of time.
When Yan Tu’s Dao Pattern palm print covered Ye Zhen’s forehead, with a frantic urge of his Divine Sense, Ye Zhen’s recently acquired Yellow Sand Golden Soul Armor immediately enveloped his entire body.
Yan Tu’s Dao Pattern palm print was just blocked by the Yellow Sand Golden Soul Armor.
Ye Zhen himself, with a thought, took advantage of the situation to dive, immediately seizing the opportunity to escape into the depths of the earth.
Bam!
As Ye Zhen dove down, a powerful force directly blasted into Ye Zhen’s forehead, causing the light of the helmet of his Yellow Sand Golden Soul Armor to flicker rapidly, while Ye Zhen was struck as if by lightning, spurting blood from his mouth.
In an instant, all the spiritual power in his Dantian was drained by the Yellow Sand Golden Soul Armor, leaving not a single drop, but even so, the light of the Yellow Sand Golden Soul Armor instantly dimmed immensely.
With a mournful cry in Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea, the armor all retracted back into Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea.
Fortunately, Ye Zhen took advantage of the Earth Escape, directly entering the depths of the earth to avoid danger.
Shaking his head vigorously, the dizziness slightly abated, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense immediately surged up like a tide.
Ye Zhen wanted to know what was happening outside right now.
The instant his Divine Sense surged toward the surface, Ye Zhen was stunned, and an immensely joyful light burst forth from his eyes.
The Little Demon’s ability and effect were several times stronger than Ye Zhen had imagined.
At this moment, Yan Tu was looking incredulously at his bloody lower half, with three small stalks of gray-black Three-Edged Grass sticking into his abdomen like blades following his wound.
With a face full of shock, Yan Tu instinctively wanted to smash those three stalks, but when he struck out with his palm, not a shred of spiritual power surged out.
Yan Tu, like a wooden stake, toppled over as he gazed skyward.
Earlier, when Yan Tu discovered that three small stalks were attacking him, the immensely experienced Yan Tu immediately made a choice.
He severed his own legs!
Yan Tu had experienced countless storms in Jianghu, and with just a glance, he thought of many things.
Since those three strange stalks dared to sneak attack him when his mind was disturbed, they were likely a trump card meant for him.
And the attack from the three Three-Edged Iron Saw Grass cutting into the flesh, under normal circumstances, could not pose any threat to him.
Unless they were poisoned!
If the grass was poisoned, then the poison used against a Dao Realm expert like him would certainly be no ordinary kind.
Once poisoned, his life would be over today.
Hence, Yan Tu, who was extremely decisive in killing, severed his legs at the first sign of anomaly, dispersing the rapidly spreading Jade Finger Scorpion Poison in the explosion of blood mist from his legs.
Yan Tu’s thoughts were extremely meticulous; since someone had driven three stalks to launch a sneak attack when his mind was disturbed, the person who disturbed him must be suspicious.
So instinctively, Yan Tu immediately struck at Ye Zhen.
However, what Yan Tu did not expect was that these three small stalks had a will of their own, and even as Ye Zhen fled in panic, the stalks could extend three feet to attack him proactively!
Even more fatal, Yan Tu, after exploding his legs and directly invoking Dao Patterns to finish off the assailant, performed these actions in one seamless motion.
He had no extra time to activate his Protective Spirit Armor.
Therefore, it wasn’t until the three stalks pierced into his body again that he realized something was wrong.
By the time he realized, it was too late.
His Divine Soul was completely paralyzed, unable to muster even an ounce of Divine Soul Power.
So there it was, Ye Zhen witnessing Yan Tu collapsing skyward.
Bang!
Yan Tu’s heavy body landed heavily on the ground, and blood gushed like a spring from the wounds on his mangled lower half.
One must say, Yan Tu truly was a ruthless person.
Yet he avoided Ye Zhen’s first ambush, but failed to dodge the second.
The two Mid Establishment Realm guards who rushed in, also Yan family members, were left speechless by the sudden chaos. Why did their ancestor suddenly attack the Fourth Tower Chief?
Though the five clans of Stars Tower claimed unity outwardly, there were hidden intrigues among them.
Thus, when Yan Tu attacked Ye Zhen, these two dared not utter a sound.
It wasn’t until their ancestor lay on the ground, blood gushing out, that they finally cried out in alarm.
“An assassin, someone get the assassin!”
In their cry of alarm, they didn’t forget to throw out several blood-colored Talismanic Messages, each being the highest-level Warning Talisman from Stars Tower.
However, just as they tossed the talismans skyward, an inexplicable chill ran down their necks.
Turning around, they saw the Second Tower Chief Huang Tan, blood at the corners of his mouth, glaring at them.
Before they could react, two sinister spirits suddenly surged into their Spirit Palace; as blood sprayed from their orifices, their heads were severed.
With Ye Zhen’s current Divine Soul Power, dealing with an average Establishment King, even without using Soul Refining Divine Light, a simple Soul Thorn could gravely wound their Divine Soul.
As the two blood-colored Warning Talismans exploded in the sky, countless beams of island light immediately began to flash over Star Island.
Casually smashing Yan Tu’s head, sealing his astonished Innate Divine Soul, and taking the storage ring from the Yan family’s ancestor, Ye Zhen released two streams of light before submerging into the ground.
In the next instant, the two maids each had a bloody hole in their foreheads, dying instantly.
As Ye Zhen’s figure vanished without a trace, the three Three-Edged Iron Saw Grasses withdrew into the ground like snakes, disappearing.
“I am eager to see Stars Tower thrown into chaos…” murmured Ye Zhen as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes cold.
“I wonder how Ou Tu and the others, who went to threaten my parents, will react to this news?”
Muttering to himself, Ye Zhen retreated to the banks of the underground river without hastily healing his wounds.
He first pulled out two Small Movement Formation Plates, transmitting a Jade Scroll each time, and after waiting briefly for a reply, he swallowed several pills, grasped a Supreme Spirit Crystal, and began recovering his depleted spiritual power.
Ye Zhen believed that the ensuing chaos in Stars Tower was only just beginning!
His plan for revenge against Stars Tower was truly beginning now!