Chapter 310

White Tiger Split, an ancient divine weapon.

Pure hardness, pure sharpness, pure weight.

Each attribute is extremely extreme, and it is this extreme that gives White Tiger Split its terrifying destructive power.

Wu Tie hurled White Tiger Split, infusing it with mana; White Tiger Split flashed a pale white light all over, accompanied by a deafening tiger roar, and its weight suddenly surged.

In the air, a thick, visible air-blast trail tore open, and White Tiger Split, barely after being unleashed, slammed heavily into the city wall.

Inside the castle, in the stone tower, a low, angry roar came.

A middle-aged man clad in black heavy armor, his face slightly dark, handsome and dignified, rushed out of the stone tower at the same moment Wu Tie acted, simultaneously letting out a loud roar.

But his speed was still slightly slower than Wu Tie's strike; he had just flashed onto the city wall when White Tiger Split had already struck it.

On the thick city wall, large ancient runes lit up one after another.

Yellow mist coiled and sprayed from the brick seams, forming thick dragon-scale-shaped shields on the wall surface.

A chill flashed from the spearhead of White Tiger Split; a three-zhang-thick earth-yellow shield was pierced in one blow, followed by a huge roar, a hundred-zhang-long section of the city wall shattered into countless fragments that sprayed outward, breaking the bones and tendons of many dwarf warriors inside the city.

White Tiger Split pierced straight through the entire castle, striking the opposite side facing the great rift—a higher, thicker, sturdier wall.

Again with a tremendous roar, White Tiger Split easily pierced this wall; likewise, a hundred-zhang-long section of the wall was blasted into ruin.

Wu Tie formed hand seals, spinning like a windmill.

White Tiger Split 'whooshed' in the air, turning like a rolling pin, rolling from east to west along the wall.

At this moment Wu Tie's power was vast enough to be terrifying; the weight of White Tiger Split was comparable to a dozen great mountains combined. The defensive enchantments on the wall had been ground to dust, and White Tiger Split 'rumbled' as it crushed past, causing the wall to burst and shatter wherever it passed, together with the dwarf warriors on it being ground to powder.

The heavy-armored man who had rushed out of the stone tower let out an angry roar, a white air blast exploded beneath his feet, his form flickered and he appeared before Wu Tie, throwing a straight punch at him.

The middle-aged man's aura was sharp and oppressive; as his punch came down, faintly visible in the void were five great mountain shadows arranged in the five elemental positions, striking toward Wu Tie. This is a fist technique, likewise a divine ability; Wu Tie recalled a technique called 'Five Peaks Demon-Suppressing Seal' that follows this pattern.

After the punch, the middle-aged man's aura became thick and heavy; behind him, yellow light surged, and faint mountain and river shadows appeared and disappeared. The surrounding mountains trembled slightly, and the underground earth's spiritual qi seemed to resonate with his aura.

Wu Tie felt as if this entire mountain range had become his enemy, facing a pressure of mountains and rivers spanning ten thousand li.

"Good fist."

Wu Tie let out a loud shout, kicked his mount, the great dragon lizard, flying hundreds of zhang away, hovered a few chi in the air, and likewise threw a punch toward the sky.

The opponent used the divine ability path of the Five Peaks Demon-Suppressing Seal; Wu Tie likewise bolstered himself with his comprehended Great Dao of Strength.

Mana crystals within the Life Pool burned rapidly, a tremendous force bolstered his whole body; Wu Tie's muscles bulged, and beyond his physical strength, the Great Dao of Strength forcibly added tenfold strength to him out of thin air.

This is also the limit Wu Tie can currently endure.

His bones could withstand greater force, but his flesh, organs, nerves, and blood vessels can at most bear tenfold the load.

"Hualala" a tremendous roar, myriad acres of pine and peach trees appeared behind Wu Tie.

The opponent used the Five Peaks Demon-Suppressing Seal's divine ability routine, a postnatal earth-attribute ability; several faint green light threads in Wu Tie's Life Pool suddenly lit up, then large swaths of green light threads condensed into a thick stream of light, wildly spiraling and dancing around his soul.

Wood overcomes earth; Wu Tie employed his innate wood-attribute divine ability; in the void all around, thick wood-attribute heavenly and earthly elemental energy rolled and gathered toward him; the wood-attribute elemental energy gathering behind him was several times denser than the earth-attribute power behind the armored man.

Speaking of it, it happened fast; the two fists collided heavily.

With a tremendous boom, Wu Tie's right fist burst flesh and blood, but strands of thick, life-force-laden azure wood power surged upward, and the splattered flesh and blood instantly regenerated.

The armored man's entire right arm instantly shattered.

He let out a hoarse wail, looking at Wu Tie as if seeing a ghost, then turned and fled.

Judging roughly by the aura emanating from his body, Wu Tie had indeed just condensed his Life Pool not long ago; his soul still lacked much legal aura, a novice just entered the Life Pool Realm.

Yet Wu Tie's mana intensity, divine ability power, and even his physical strength completely overwhelmed this high-level, near-perfect Life Pool Realm armored man.

The armored man also came from a prestigious clan of the Divine Jin State; he knew full well that this situation could only mean one thing—the cultivation method Wu Tie practiced far surpassed his ancestral technique by a hundredfold, even a thousandfold.

Even, Wu Tie's cultivation method could be compared to the secret transmission of the Divine Jin State's imperial clan, only then could such a thing happen—a novice Life Pool Realm crushing a perfected Life Pool Realm.

Blood gushed from the wound like a spring; the armored man didn't even have time to staunch the flow, let alone take medicine to control internal injuries; he endured the excruciating pain of his five viscera and six bowels trembling and rupturing from the shock, gritted his teeth, and with all his strength fled away from the battlefield.

He was the highest cultivator in this castle, and also its supreme commander.

He simply could not withstand Wu Tie's punch… this castle is doomed!

"Fleeing in battle is not a good habit." Wu Tie turned into a golden long rainbow, instantly overtook the armored man, and blocked his path.

"Soaring Earth Golden Light!" the armored man spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Such a superb evasion light divine ability; even though he came from the Divine Jin State's aristocracy, his family still had not inherited such a high-level divine ability.

Soaring Earth Golden Light, a divine ability ranked among the top in evasion light techniques, in the Divine Jin State is possessed only by the imperial clan and a few top-tier aristocratic families.

Or perhaps only those who have rendered supreme merit to the Divine Jin State and earned the favor of its Divine Emperor can receive such a high-level divine ability as a reward.

The armored man's inherited flight technique is called 'Six Harmonies Wind and Cloud', also extremely fast, but compared to the legendary Soaring Earth Golden Light… heh, heh, the armored man couldn't help but smile bitterly in despair.

Unable to win, unable to outrun, he couldn't help but curse at Wu Tie: "You must also be a top noble from the Fuxi Demon State… you, you, you, instead of fighting on the front lines, why come bother us small fry?"

Wu Zheng rode the great dragon lizard, brandishing a great axe, and came running madly.

Hearing the armored man's roar, Wu Zheng laughed: "This guy's armor looks splendid; he must be of high status. Chop off his head, and he should have his family's insignia token; if he truly comes from a noble house, this guy is worth more than tenfold military merit."

Wu Tie grabbed with his right hand toward the direction of the castle.

Under Wu Tie's control, White Tiger Split had already swept across all four city walls; the entire castle lay in ruins.

White Tiger Split let out a high-pitched tremor, then with a 'pa' it almost teleported back into Wu Tie's palm, where he firmly grasped it.

Wu Tie had no more words for the armored man; his body flickered, a golden light flashed, and White Tiger Split pierced his heart.

From within the armored man's body came an angry roar; his brow suddenly split open a three-inch crack, and a yellow-light-wrapped figure tumbled out of the crack, shooting up over ten zhang high, about to break through the void and escape.

Upon reaching the Life Pool Realm, the soul is already quite refined; even if the body is shattered, the soul can still detach and flee.

As long as a suitable vessel can be found, seizing rebirth is not difficult for these noble-born Life Pool cultivators.

However, this guy cultivates an earth-attribute technique; his soul is heavy and condensed, which is good in combat, but for flight and escape, the life soul condensed by earth-attribute techniques is just too slow, too slow.

Wu Tie's Soul-Scattering Banner shot out from above his head; the banner struck down and swept the armored man's life soul into it.

Seven long swords transformed into seven brilliant strands of starlight that twirled around the banner; with just a stir, a miserable howl rang out, the armored man's life soul suddenly dimmed, becoming nearly transparent, and seventy to eighty percent of its soul power was shredded; the aura of the Soul-Scattering Banner surged upward.

Wu Tie opened his mouth and swallowed the Soul-Scattering Banner back in.

Wu Zheng laughed loudly, chopping off the heavily armored man's head with one axe, then went to his side and rummaged, pulling out his storage wristband, and indeed found a palm-sized green jade tablet inside.

"Hmm, not bad, he's a direct descendant of the Chu clan of the Great Jin aristocracy, his cultivation is nearing completion in the Life Pool Realm—this guy is worth money."

Wu Zheng threw the head and the token to Wu Tie.

Wu Tie took the head and token, his expression unchanged, and stuffed them into his own wristband.

The castle, after Wu Tie's tossing about, had completely collapsed; losing the protection of its walls, countless poisonous spiders and bats surged into the castle, and great numbers of dwarf warriors, relying on their fine weapons, slaughtered great numbers of the poisonous spiders and bats, but were then swiftly devoured entirely.

Only several dozen armored soldiers tried to break out in all directions, but were intercepted by the Wu clan disciples led by Wu Tie and Wu Zheng.

Twenty Chonglou Realm Wu clan disciples surrounded and beat this group of forty-some Chonglou Realm enemies; obviously, the Wu clan disciples held an absolute advantage.

Although everyone's cultivation level was comparable, the Wu clan's ancestral cultivation method clearly surpassed those black-armored soldiers by who knows how many grades—whether in magical power depth, or the might of divine abilities and secret arts, or any other aspect, the Wu clan disciples enjoyed an overwhelming advantage.

Wu Tie roughly calculated that, if it came to a fight to the death without retreat, any Wu clan disciple could easily slaughter a hundred-strong unit of those black-armored soldiers before them.

"These guys won't do." Wu Tie recalled his mount, stood on its huge head, watched the black-armored soldiers being cut down one after another above the castle, and lightly shook his head.

Wu Zheng curled his lip: "These guys… they don't even count as real enemies. Heck, you're on the battlefield for the first time, and you strike so decisively!"

Wu Zheng looked curiously at Wu Tie: "Back when some of our clan's brats attacked a castle, they actually threw up… and some even asked why we attack these castles, kill the people inside… what do you think?"

Wu Tie fell silent for a moment.

In his mind flashed the scene from years ago when Wu Zhan, Wu Jin, Wu Yin, and Wu Tong were severely wounded by the enemy, then killed by the enemy.

He recalled the scene of the Changsheng Sect rampaging through the Cangyan Realm.

He recalled those gruesome scenes he had witnessed over the years…

He recalled how Grey Master, for his sake, chose to burn everything to fulfill him.

Finally, he recalled the feeling of utter ease as he bathed in sunlight after just bursting out of the gate of the ninth tunnel.

He recalled Old Tie telling him about sitting by the lake under starlight with his beloved girl, quietly enjoying the sight of fireflies dancing on the water.

Wu Tie smiled, looked at Wu Zheng, and said: "This sunshine is so comfortable… I think I, and my descendants, all have the right to live under this sunshine."

"I love this blue sky and white clouds… so whoever stops me from surviving under this clear sky, I will kill them."

Wu Zheng gaped foolishly, pointed at Wu Tie, and muttered: "All pretentious, what's the fuss? I don't have all those messy thoughts… well, loot money, loot grain, loot resources… being able to loot a few beautiful women, especially looting a few from the Great Jin aristocracy… tsk, that's damn satisfying."

Grinning, Wu Zheng gave Wu Tie a hard punch to the chest.

"But that sounds inspiring… well, later when these Great Jin scoundrels ask us why we attack the surface for no reason, we'll tell them… we also have the right to survive under the sunshine!"

Wu Zheng lifted his head, gazed at the blue sky and white clouds, at that red sun, and suddenly tears streamed from the corners of his eyes.

Who knows whether the sunlight stung his eyes, causing the tears.

"We inherently have the right to live under the sunshine… our ancestors… this land originally belonged to us." Wu Zheng took a deep breath, then roared: "Exterminate them all, leave not a chicken or dog… well, take everything, not missing a single arrowhead or pellet—this is all money, all good stuff!"

This castle held thousands of dwarf warriors and nearly a hundred human cultivators stationed there.

In just a quarter of an hour, the sky-full of poisonous bats and ground-covered poisonous spiders gnawed them down to nothing.

Thereafter, great hordes of poisonous bats and spiders rushed east and west toward the two other castles on mountain peaks tens of li away.

Wu Tie and Wu Zheng led twenty clansmen, riding giant dragon lizards, to attack the castle atop the eastern mountain; in just half a quarter hour, Wu Tie violently demolished the entire castle and slew its strongest cultivator, a Life Pool Realm expert.

After half a day, Wu Tie and Wu Zheng, leading their own family members, forcibly destroyed twenty-three castles.

As they launched an attack on the twenty-fourth castle, a pitch-black looming ship crushed the thick clouds in the sky and came howling to a stop before Wu Tie and the others.

On the ship, over a dozen men in long robes and high caps emerged, leading hundreds of armored troops swarming out.

"Watch out, this is the Demon-Suppressing Army of the Great Jin Demon-Suppressing Hall—they're proper troops, not the rabble from before." Wu Zheng shouted: "Six Life Pool Realm experts—can you hold them?"