Chapter 1283 Letting Go
The Hai'e Sha felt overjoyed by those around him celebrating him. If he handed all these people over to the Land of Hope, coupled with his excellent performance in the martial arts competition, he believed he would be accepted even if his identity was exposed.
In the evening, Hai'e Sha dispersed the crowd and returned to his room alone to rest for the next day's competition.
However, as soon as he entered the room, Hai'e Sha saw an unfamiliar figure.
The person was sitting on his bed, leisurely examining some bamboo slips.
The figure paid no mind to Hai'e Sha's entrance.
The lingering effects of alcohol in Hai'e Sha's mind immediately vanished.
Although the figure exuded no overt malice, the moment Hai'e Sha saw him, he felt as though a venomous bite had struck his chest.
A nauseating sensation instantly consumed Hai'e Sha's mind.
Shengyue Shenzun flicked his finger, enveloping the entire room within his spiritual awareness.
"At least at the fifth level of Hedan. When did I provoke such an existence?" Hai'e Sha stared at Shengyue Shenzun in shock.
Hai'e Sha couldn't fathom why someone of such immense power would suddenly target him. Had his identity been exposed?
Yet, upon reflection, he had rarely shown himself in the Forgotten Sea region. When he did act, he always ensured his opponents could not escape. To this day, apart from his close brothers, he believed no one else had seen his true face.
"Could it be that I've been too ostentatious these past few days?"
Hai'e Sha shook his head forcefully, ultimately looking at Shengyue Shenzun with a wry smile. "Senior, with your formidable strength, for what purpose do you seek me?"
"If there is anything I can do..."
Before Hai'e Sha could finish speaking, the scene before his eyes suddenly shifted.
In front of Hai'e Sha, he saw a person identical to himself.
"Where is this..." Before Hai'e Sha could react, the self before him was suddenly pushed into a bottomless abyss.
Hai'e Sha never imagined that Shengyue Shenzun's actions had nothing to do with him.
He was destroyed simply because it was necessary.
Watching Hai'e Sha journey through hell, Shengyue Shenzun slowly put down the bamboo slip.
Shengyue Shenzun desired only the person's physical body. To obtain it completely, he needed to perfectly peel away the other's spiritual power.
The best method for this was naturally to make the spiritual power collapse on its own.
Shengyue Shenzun felt a surge of irritation. If the Buddha Bone were with him, he wouldn't need to waste so much time. With the Buddha power within the Buddha Bone, he would only need to mildly stir up the karma within the other person...
That way, the destruction of spiritual power would be much faster!
"Three Emperor Buddhas... Bei Xuan. I never expected Bei Xuan to have that fellow behind him!"
Although Shengyue Shenzun had never truly clashed with the Three Emperor Buddhas, the name alone revealed everything.
The Great Dao of Buddhism was undoubtedly with that person.
If Shengyue Shenzun wished to retrieve his Buddha Bone, he would inevitably have to confront this individual.
However, if he were to directly confront the Three Emperor Buddhas now, Shengyue Shenzun felt a twinge of apprehension.
A being born from the entire Great Dao of Buddhism... and now was the time of their greatest fortune. To challenge them now would be akin to seeking death.
The more Shengyue Shenzun thought about it, the angrier he became. Ultimately, he could only unleash his fury upon Hai'e Sha.
Hai'e Sha's spiritual power had never endured such intense torment. His spiritual power dissipated bit by bit, and Shengyue Shenzun seized the opportunity to embed a portion of his own spiritual power into Hai'e Sha.
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The next morning, as Hai'e Sha left his room, he saw someone approaching him from the side and ignored them without even a glance.
Hai'e Sha's subordinates exchanged glances, puzzled by their leader's change in demeanor today.
"Hmph, he thinks he can get into the Land of Hope now!"
"He looks down on us brothers who have shared life and death!"
Hearing the whispers behind him, Hai'e Sha suddenly stopped and turned to look at them.
In the next moment, the spiritual energy in Hai'e Sha's hand surged towards their heads.
However, there was no gruesome scene.
Looking at the fear and shock in their eyes, Hai'e Sha suddenly let out a laugh. "You can leave!"
"But don't let me see you again, or I will surely kill you!"
After Hai'e Sha's figure vanished, the people in the corridor exchanged glances, a sense of unwillingness in their eyes.
They were all at the Foundation Establishment realm, and they had followed Hai'e Sha precisely to have a backing at the Hedan realm.
But now, it seemed that backing was unreliable!
These individuals could only scatter like birds and beasts, each going their separate ways.
Hai'e Sha, controlled by Shengyue Shenzun, did not want to eliminate these individuals. However, acting within the Land of Hope would surely lead to investigation.
At this juncture, it was not worth causing trouble for himself over these people.
Shengyue Shenzun, at his level, no longer cared about the lives of these individuals. At most, he would simply drive them away like swatting insects.
Today was the final day of competition for the cultivators of the Land of Hope.
A considerable crowd had gathered to watch the matches.
Even Tie Mu Haze and others were enthusiastically seated in a corner, discussing with people.
Although most of these cultivators were at the Foundation Establishment realm, with only a few at the Hedan realm, their cultivation levels were secondary.
The main point was that these individuals were all young!
They possessed great potential for cultivation.
Tie Mu Haze's visit to the Land of Hope this time was partly to recommend some members of his own tribe to enter the academies of the Land of Hope, and partly to observe the potential combat power that the academies of the Land of Hope could unleash.
Furthermore, he hoped to recruit some individuals who could contribute to the Barbarian tribe, or at the very least, forge alliances.
As time gradually passed, a participant named Hai'e Sha caught Tie Mu Haze's attention.
Tie Mu Haze had been observing these individuals throughout this period.
Hai'e Sha, with his fierce countenance, was not initially within his scope of observation.
Tie Mu Haze, having lived for hundreds of years and reached the Hedan realm, could discern that the other's talent had reached its limit.
But today... his performance was somewhat beyond Tie Mu Haze's expectations.
Hai'e Sha did not necessarily defeat his opponents effortlessly, but the ferocity of his actions today had escalated several notches compared to before.
His opponents either died or were severely injured, making any further advancement in their cultivation impossible.
"Such ruthless methods!"