Chapter 965: Chapter 962: Decisive Victory
At this moment.
Everyone was deeply moved.
They were speechless, their pupils trembling violently.
Even though they had seen what happened just now with their own eyes.
No one dared to believe it.
Because it defied logic.
After all.
Xiao Die was just a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator, while the opponent was a Nascent Soul Stage expert from Yanzhou City.
The difference in their realms was as vast as the heavens and the earth.
But who could have thought that a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator could not only walk in the void but also defuse the opponent’s terrifying strike with a mere branch?
That scene had overturned their understanding of this world.
"Why is it like this? What on earth is going on?" The old man in black trembled with disbelief in his eyes.
As Xiao Die approached, the ominous feeling in his heart grew stronger.
No time to think.
He instantly used teleportation to disappear from his position.
"Can you escape?" Xiao Die’s gaze was cold as she too vanished into the void.
But in the next moment.
A pitiful cry suddenly came from the sky, and the Nascent Soul Stage expert appeared spitting blood in the air.
He was in a sorry state, like a meteor crashing heavily onto the mountain west of Jade Maiden Palace.
Boom!
The earth shook and the mountains swayed! The old man’s physical body directly pierced through the mountain.
"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on? You’re clearly just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so why can’t I defeat you?"
The Nascent Soul expert from the Yanzhou Imperial Family was utterly broken, neither able to fight nor flee, who wouldn’t collapse?
Xiao Die paid him no attention.
She raised the branch in her hand and swung it at him from a distance.
Boom!
The void instantly twisted, annihilated, and surged towards the Nascent Soul expert.
This scene deeply shocked everyone.
Because clearly, she was using just a branch.
But in Xiao Die’s hands, it seemed like an Immortal Artifact.
The old man quickly tried to dodge but still lost his left arm, blood flying, looking extremely grim.
"Xu Wendong, who exactly are you?" The old man, enraged, looked at Xu Wendong, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
He knew.
The reason this Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator possessed such combat power was most likely because of Xu Wendong.
Xu Wendong smiled: "If I say I am the Heavenly Dao, would you believe it?"
The old man coldly snorted: "Do you think I would believe that?"
At this time.
Xu Wendong’s precious son, Wan Jie from Myriad Beast Sect, stepped forward, wearing a shy smile: "Father, I want to show off!"
Perhaps others doubted Xu Wendong’s words.
But Wan Jie knew Xu Wendong had extraordinary means.
It was precisely because of this belief that he wanted to make an impression.
Hearing Wan Jie call Xu Wendong father.
Everyone displayed looks of astonishment.
Some even thought they were hallucinating.
After all.
Wan Jie was much older than Xu Wendong.
How could he call Xu Wendong father?
"You’re truly no good!" Fuyao looked at Xu Wendong with a hint of disdain.
She knew.
Xu Wendong must have engaged in dual cultivation with Nalan Yanran, otherwise, Wan Jie wouldn’t be calling Xu Wendong father.
Xu Wendong shrugged: Even if I’m no good, I’m still a righteous gentleman.
At least when I dual cultivated with others, it was always mutual and I never used dirty or despicable means.
And you?
You’re a good person then? Did you have my consent when you dual cultivated with me?
He ignored Fuyao and looked up into the sky, softly saying: "Xiao Die, come back!"
"Yes!"
Xiao Die responded and swiftly returned to the ground.
Recalling what just happened, it felt like a dream.
Meanwhile.
Xu Wendong looked at Wan Jie, saying: "Kill this old bastard in three moves!"
"Damn, damn, damn!" Wan Jie was incredibly excited, having sensed a mysterious force enveloping his body just now.
Though inexplicable, this force was terrifying.
Thus.
He took steps forward into the void under everyone’s shocked gaze.
He slowly clenched his fists, and the gauntlets crafted by Xu Wendong enveloped them, radiating dazzling light.
The Nascent Soul expert from Yanzhou City displayed a solemn look; earlier, a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator had severely injured him, crippling one of his arms.
Now facing Wan Jie, a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator, made him feel a chill down his spine.
But more so, he felt fearful and uneasy.
He naturally did not believe Xu Wendong was the Heavenly Dao Rules, yet he couldn’t explain what was happening before him.
"Although father asked me to settle you in three punches, I want to be straightforward and give you a swift end!"
Wan Jie smirked devilishly, and his figure vanished into the night sky like a specter.
When he reappeared, he found himself behind the Nascent Soul expert from Yanzhou City.
"Die!"
With Wan Jie’s furious roar, his right fist, which had been gathering power, thunderously struck the head of the Nascent Soul expert!
Time.
Seemed to freeze at this moment.
Everyone displayed tense and fearful looks.
In theory.
A Nascent Soul expert should have been strong enough to dodge even while being ambushed.
However.
The Nascent Soul expert from Yanzhou City appeared to be immobilized in mid-air.
Pum!
Accompanied by a dull sound, the head of the Nascent Soul expert from Yanzhou City exploded like a watermelon.
The head shattered, blood flying everywhere.
In the next second.
His physical body also burst into a mist of blood, disappearing into the world.
This moment deeply shocked everyone.
No one had imagined that Wan Jie would actually kill the Nascent Soul expert from Yanzhou City with one punch.
Even though they witnessed it, they felt as if they were dreaming.
Meanwhile.
A fiery red sun emerged in the distant east.
With a breeze blowing.
The air filled with a thick scent of blood was dispersed by the wind.
"Finally, daylight!"
"We won, we won!"
After a brief calm, Jade Maiden Palace erupted in deafening cheers.
Everyone cried tears of joy, embraced together, celebrating the survival and triumph.
This battle had been extraordinarily brutal for them.
Among Qingzhou’s Four Great Sects, except Fuyao, the Sect Leader of Jade Maiden Palace, who survived, Xu Canghai, Xia Hou, and Qiu Yuanshan all heroically perished!
The Qingzhou cultivation realm also suffered over two hundred Golden Core stage casualties.
Of course.
Even so, they held off an assault from over ten thousand cultivators from the Eight States Cultivation World and ten Nascent Soul stage experts.
One could certainly call it a great victory!
"Did we really win?" Fuyao asked in a daze, even though they had won today, the world was still ruled by the Nine Provinces Imperial Family.
Moreover, they possessed multiple Nascent Soul stage experts and numerous powerful techniques.
Those techniques and resources were beyond their capability to contend.
Xu Wendong’s eyes were firm: "We truly won. From now on, no one can harm our brothers and sisters!"
Fuyao looked at Xu Wendong, her eyes serious: "What exactly happened before? Do you truly possess divine skills?"