Chapter 302: 302. Chapter 299: Buried

302. Chapter 299: Buried

"Seize him." Cen Yuan said flatly.

Her gaze swept over Fan Lecang, who had talked too much earlier—these ants, she would make them learn what it meant to be worse off than dead.

A cultivator at the second layer of Earth Immortal stepped forward. Ding Huan saw this fellow and immediately mocked him: "Chong Jie, I didn't kill you last time, and you still have the nerve to step forward—truly desperate enough."

This fellow was the one who had intercepted him and Fu Qijian last time, and in the end was gravely wounded by Fu Qijian, nearly killed by Fu Qijian as well.

If Ding Huan hadn't sensed danger and given up on killing this fellow, this fellow wouldn't have lasted till today.

Chong Jie's face was dark and cold; he only stared at Fu Qijian. As long as Fu Qijian didn't make a move, he could definitely handle Ding Huan with ease.

It was simply because among the Earth Immortals here, Fu Qijian's cultivation was the weakest—he could sense Fu Qijian's realm.

As for the rest, they were either Earth Immortal Completion or Earth Immortal Peak; Chong Jie couldn't sense a single one's cultivation.

This time, sensing that Fu Qijian was an Earth Immortal, he felt it was normal—otherwise, how could he have been gravely wounded last time?

"Chong Jie, you just go teach this little thing a lesson. I, Ku Chuan, guarantee that no one will be able to disturb you." As the words fell, an old man whose face was covered in withered marks stepped out from behind Cen Yuan.

Cen Yuan glanced at Ding Huan, then said to Chong Jie:

"Don't kill this man. Capture him. I want to take him to the place of another person I've buried alive, and bury him alive there too."

Ding Huan's eyes twitched, his tone turning cold: "Who did you bury alive?"

What worried him was Qi Qi Xinyue. If this woman had buried Qi Qi Xinyue alive, he would make this woman wish she were dead.

"Your old friend, Zhi Qi. Wasn't he quite devoted to you? Now I've sealed all his meridians and sea of consciousness, shackled his dantian, and buried him alive at the place he told you about."

Cen Yuan said coldly.

Ding Huan clenched his fist.

Among those few from the God Race, the only one Ding Huan had any goodwill toward was Zhi Qi.

Zhi Qi had not only told him the location of the God Race people's entrance, but also hoped that once his cultivation grew strong in the future, he could go take Qi Qi Xinyue away.

And now, the news he heard was that Zhi Qi had been buried alive by someone.

"Behind this woman there are still two Earth Immortals and seven Human Immortals. Looks like the God Race is joining hands with Jiuyuan. Keep a few alive, kill the rest."

Ding Huan stared at Cen Yuan and said slowly. He felt that the God Race as a species was truly vile.

He and Zhi Qi had no particular friendship, but Zhi Qi was one of the few among the God Race who still possessed some emotions.

Now he decided to do something for Zhi Qi.

Cen Yuan seemed to have heard something funny. Before she could continue speaking, seven or eight people rushed over from beside Ding Huan.

"Earth Immortal Completion?" Elder Ku Chuan stared in shock at Qi Qi Yonghan charging toward him.

At the same time, Chong Jie had already been wrapped up by Xun Youshan's long halberd—he couldn't even fight back, let alone break free of the halberd's binding.

Even though he was at the second layer of Earth Immortal, his strength was nowhere near the same level as Xun Youshan's.

The people Ding Huan had brought out were no ordinary Earth Immortals.

Every living being here had survived ruthless, brutal elimination and countless battles. Each one was a once-glorious existence, a legend of an era.

On the contrary, Fu Qijian—the one Chong Jie was most wary of—was the one with the shallowest background and the least real combat experience.

Cang Yongqian, Ji Xuwen, Fu Qijian, and Ji Gu charged toward Cen Yuan's side.

When Cen Yuan realized she couldn't break free of these people's domains at all, and even the Earth Immortal experts beside her seemed like ants, her expression changed.

The first time she had seen Ding Huan, Ding Huan had still been an ant worse than an ant.

If Zhi Qi hadn't blocked her, she would have killed Ding Huan on that first meeting.

The second time she heard of Ding Huan, Ding Huan was already quite famous in the Ascension Realm, and had even wiped out the Changyan Academy.

At that point, she knew there had to be a secret on Ding Huan.

If she couldn't obtain this secret from Ding Huan, then even after returning to the God Race, she would find a way to obtain it from Qi Qi Xinyue.

Seeing Ding Huan again, she discovered she no longer even had the qualification to speak with him.

Even though she was now the City Lord of Li Yuancheng, appointed after the cooperation between Jiuyuan and the God Race, she still had no power to resist.

She watched helplessly as the two Earth Immortal cultivators beside her were cut down, and watched helplessly as Chong Jie and Elder Ku Chuan were captured by Ding Huan's people.

Before she could continue thinking, she felt her neck tighten. A hand seal hoisted her up and then dumped her in front of Ding Huan.

By the time she came back to herself, her meridians and sea of consciousness were completely bound.

She could see the Human Immortal experts of the God Race and Jiuyuan, one after another, their corpses split in two.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the battle was over.

Four Earth Immortals, seven Human Immortals, and a pile of True God realm cultivators here weren't even enough for the experts on Ding Huan's side to warm up.

Ding Huan's gaze fell on that group who had originally been genius cultivators of the Ascension Realm but had ended up joining Jiuyuan.

This group had long been terrified. After Ding Huan arrived, two of their side had died, one had been crippled, and two more had been taken back in custody by the Sect Master of Tiandao Sect.

Now even Cen Yuan, the City Lord of Li Yuancheng, had been subdued and thrown at their feet.

There were still nine of them here in total now, yet not one dared to raise their head to look at Ding Huan.

"You're clearly cultivators of the Triple Heaven Star Land—why must you bite the hand that feeds you?" Ding Huan's tone carried mockery.

"Sect Master Ding, they all took part in the process of slaughtering the sects of Jiuyuancheng Sect. Junior Brother Fan and I never made a move, but we saw it all clearly."

Gu Lianghui stepped forward and said respectfully.

Ding Huan raised his hand and sent out a blade gleam in a sweep. Although there were a few of the Ascension Realm's top ten True Gods here, before Ding Huan's domain they had not the slightest chance to resist.

The already desolate Li Yuancheng, because of Ding Huan's utterly merciless strikes, looked all the more grim and chill.

Cultivators watching the slaughter from afar were all terrified—neither daring to turn and flee, nor daring to step forward and speak.

Some cultivators who wanted to escape Li Yuancheng discovered that Li Yuancheng had been sealed off, and grew even more panicked and uneasy.

"Ding Huan, if you touch me, it won't just be a war with Jiuyuan—the God Race won't let you off either…" Cen Yuan was still snarling.

"How did Zhi Qi die?" Ding Huan asked again.

"He leaked the Shenzu Sect's secrets to outsiders, and went against the Shenzu Sect's will. The clan chief sentenced him to death." Cen Yuan really didn't want to answer Ding Huan, but didn't dare stay silent.

"How did the Shenzu Sect's clan chief learn that Zhi Qi leaked the secrets? And in what manner was he killed?" Ding Huan asked another question.

"It was Cen Yuan who used a magic treasure to eavesdrop on Zhi Qi's transmission, and it was also Cen Yuan who stirred things up, saying Zhi Qi's heart wasn't with the Shenzu Sect and that he had to be buried alive." An abrupt voice answered this question for Cen Yuan.

Ding Huan turned and saw a young Shenzu Sect Void God realm cultivator — after the slaughter just now, he had luckily become one of the few cultivators left alive.

Hearing these words, a hint of fear appeared in Cen Yuan's eyes.

"And who are you? How do you know so clearly?" Ding Huan's gaze fell on this Shenzu Sect Void God realm cultivator.

This Void God realm cultivator bowed: "Because my name is Zhi Chili. Zhi Qi is my thirteenth uncle."

"Would you like to avenge your thirteenth uncle?" Ding Huan asked.

Zhi Chili barely considered it: "I would. Thank you, Sect Master Ding."

Ding Huan nodded: "Do you know how Qi Qi Xinyue is doing?"

Zhi Chili shook his head: "I only know she's a Holy Maiden. As soon as she returned to the Shenzu Sect, she was sent off for training. I have no idea where exactly."

"Very well. Drag Cen Yuan outside the Wen Qi Sect and bury him alive." Ding Huan said.

As for Cen Yuan's ring, he took it without the slightest hesitation.

"Ding Huan, you're mad. You dare bury me alive?" Cen Yuan grew hysterical. She had never imagined Ding Huan could be so crazy.

She was a person of the Shenzu Sect — the link the Shenzu Sect had sent to Li Yuancheng to cooperate with the Jiuyuan.

Ding Huan couldn't even be bothered to respond. He was watching to see if Zhi Chili could survive.

Hearing Ding Huan's words, Zhi Chili didn't hesitate for half a moment. He stepped forward, grabbed Cen Yuan by the neck, and charged straight toward the Tianqi Sect's location.

Cen Yuan's shrill screams kept coming all along the way.

"Sect Master Ding, I need to return to the sect for a look." Only at this moment did Xiu Cang voice his first request.

The Wen Qi Sect was his very life to him. Now that the Wen Qi Sect had been destroyed in his hands, he had long been in agony.

Now that he could finally go see the sect, how could he hold back?

"Of course."

After speaking, Ding Huan looked at Fu Qi Jian: "Qi Jian, why don't you accompany Sect Master Xiu on a trip."

There were still many Jiuyuan cultivators in Li Yuancheng. He was worried that Xiu Cang would be ambushed when returning to the sect.

"Then we'll go purge the Li Yuancheng City Lord's manor." Qi Qi Yonghan understood Ding Huan's meaning and proactively offered to take back the City Lord's manor.

After Qi Qi Yonghan and the others left, Ding Huan finally looked at Lou Buzhi: "Buzhi, you still haven't said — how did you end up here?"

Lou Buzhi sighed: "I showed extremely strong alchemy talent at the Danqing Gate, which attracted covetous eyes. They used underhanded means to make me hand over the Dao of Alchemy.

Fortunately, my master saved my life. I quickly seized the chance of a mission and used the Ascension Platform to come to the Ascension Realm."

"Just as I thought." Ding Huan could only sigh inwardly. When he learned Lou Buzhi possessed the Dao of Alchemy, he had vaguely sensed this was a ticking time bomb.

"As long as your life is saved, that's enough. When the time comes, join my sect, the Blue Star Sect." Ding Huan patted Lou Buzhi again.

He had seen the Dao of Alchemy — though it was decent, it wasn't worth paying too much attention to.

Lou Buzhi lowered his head in silence. In fact, when he had nowhere left to go, the first thing he thought of was Ding Huan's Blue Star Sect.

The Blue Star Sect was at the height of its power in the Dao Cultivation Realm. How could he not have thought of it?

Only, after enduring countless hardships to reach the Blue Star Sect, he was directly driven away — not even qualifying to take the selection test.

The reason was that he had nothing good to offer the deacon in charge of recruiting disciples.

With no other choice, he chose to enter the Ascension Realm and try his luck at the Ascension Platform.

Because of Ding Huan's existence, Hu Wuxin and Mo Zheng both paid great attention to the Ascension Platform, so the platform was still running normally — which was how Lou Buzhi was able to reach the Ascension Realm.