Chapter 523: Re-Slaying the Envoy

Four thousand nine hundred li from Blood Moon City, in a desolate wasteland, after a ripple in space, Xu Jin's figure emerged from the void.

The instant he appeared, Xu Jin slipped into invisibility, activated the Mingji Star Pattern, invoked the authority of heaven and earth, and reopened the Overlooking Eye.

Previously, Xu Jin had already determined the distance between himself and the Purple Wing King, precisely executing a spatial directional teleportation; now, excluding the flight distance of the Purple Wing King and his group, they were no more than three hundred li from Xu Jin.

At this moment, Xu Jin activated the Overlooking Eye again to observe his surroundings up close and eliminate any danger.

Although the chance of being lured into a trap was extremely low.

But he still had to rule it out once.

Caution ensures safety for ten thousand years.

The next instant, Xu Jin's viewpoint soared infinitely upward, once more sensing the aura of the eight individuals led by the Purple Wing King, speeding toward this direction.

Within a thousand li, apart from the Purple Wing King's group, he detected no other sixth-rank cultivator's aura.

Within two thousand li, there were two sixth-rank cultivators—no real threat.

Only beyond three thousand li did he detect scattered seventh-rank auras.

As for eighth-rank, they existed only in Blood Moon City, five thousand li away.

This distance was sufficiently safe.

At five thousand li, an ordinary eighth-rank would need at least one and a half minutes to arrive.

Even a top-tier eighth-rank would require more than half a minute.

As long as no expert in spatial teleportation star art arrived, Xu Jin was safe.

Thus, Xu Jin's theoretical window for safe action was at least half a minute—225 breaths, 450 seconds—though it could be longer.

But for safety, Xu Jin never stinted.

"Within a hundred breaths, I will end this battle and withdraw."

After making his decision, Xu Jin began pre-setting his designated battlefield, since the Purple Wing King was an early-stage eighth-rank.

The Seven Kill Dragon Stake Array had to be deployed.

Five breaths later, Xu Jin swallowed a Three-Refined Dragon Turtle Soul-Forging Elixir to restore his soul cultivation, while simultaneously activating the Spirit Platform Star Art to accelerate the recovery of his soul power.

Spatial directional teleportation star art was useful, but it drained soul power heavily.

Even with Xu Jin's astonishing Yuanling cultivation, he could use it at most seventeen times consecutively before exhausting his Yuanling entirely.

Previously, Xu Jin had used it seven times in succession, depleting nearly forty percent of his Yuanling—he needed to recover some.

Forty breaths later, Xu Jin suddenly opened his eyes—close!

The group of eight had entered the ultra-sensitive range of Xu Jin's Mingji Star Pattern.

It was indeed the Purple Wing King leading them.

Seven of them were Purple Wing Clan, but one seventh-rank peak cultivator of another race had a dazzling golden horn on his head.

Golden Pillar alien!

Why was there a Golden Pillar alien in this group?

But it didn't matter!

The next instant, Xu Jin activated star force, changed his appearance, and instantly manifested his form.

Ten li away, the Purple Wing King's group slowed abruptly upon sensing Xu Jin's aura.

"Who are you?" shouted a seventh-rank Purple Wing Clan member.

At the same moment, a seventh-rank peak Purple Wing Clan member roared, "It's a demon of the Blood God Cult—only one! Kill him!"

Xu Jin, however, stepped upon the stars and advanced, calling out from afar, "Lord Purple Wing, I've been sent by the Left Protector to welcome you!"

The distance closed instantly to seven li.

For a mere sixth-rank, the Purple Wing King's group showed little caution, but the Purple Wing King frowned, "Welcome?

You came alone?

I won't say anything, but the newly appointed Envoy is here—your Blood God Cult has quite the arrogance!"

"Newly appointed Envoy?"

Xu Jin, accelerating, was startled.

He hadn't expected the Eight Wilderness King to send a new Envoy so quickly.

But it made sense.

Sending a new Envoy alongside the Purple Wing King to Blood Moon City was an unprecedented show of force.

No wonder the Wood Hall Chief had ordered Zhong Ji to stay away.

"You didn't know?"

As Xu Jin was startled, the Purple Wing King's expression turned grim.

Something's wrong!

They had already notified the Left and Right Protectors of the Blood God Cult about the new Envoy.

Yet this man claiming to welcome them said he didn't know!

Something's off!

At that exact instant,

Xu Jin realized he had made a mistake—he was exposed.

But it didn't matter!

Instant acceleration!

The sonic boom of breaking the sound barrier rang out—the instant it did, Xu Jin became a blur.

Shhh!

Fivefold Flow Flash!

At the same instant, the Huang Long Sword materialized!

Star Art: Move Mountains!

Under the maximum boost of Fivefold Flow Flash, the distance of less than five li vanished in an instant!

But the Purple Wing King reacted swiftly.

Seeing Xu Jin charging, terrifying purple lightning surged down upon him.

Boom!

The seventh-rank peak alien at the front was instantly pulverized by Xu Jin's Huang Long Sword, empowered by Move Mountains.

Simultaneously, the other seventh-ranks instinctively scattered, and the Purple Wing King's lightning crashed down upon Xu Jin.

Because their flight formation was linear, Xu Jin had intended to use Fivefold Flow Flash to strike them in sequence—but it failed!

Yet the instant the lightning struck, Xu Jin's body plummeted downward.

Earthly Magnetic Force!

The lightning the Purple Wing King unleashed dissipated mysteriously in midair, most of it gone.

Spatial Defense Star Art: Spatial Barrier.

The residual lightning struck Xu Jin's head—no threat at all!

But the power of Xu Jin's Earthly Magnetic Force was now erupting!

Including the Golden Pillar Envoy and the early-stage eighth-rank Purple Wing King, all were forced downward by Xu Jin's full-power Earthly Magnetic Force.

And under Xu Jin's deliberate control, their falling trajectories formed a concentric circle, plummeting toward the center—toward Xu Jin himself.

One after another, like dumplings dropped into boiling water, they fell toward his head. The next instant, blinding five-colored lightning chains exploded outward from Xu Jin.

Heavenly Gang Lei Guang Chains!

Heavenly Gang Lei Guang Chains fueled by the Five Elemental Divine Thunder.

Fifteen chains, as thick as a child's arm, flashed and wrapped around the aliens.

Two chains per alien—the Purple Wing King received an extra one!

Almost instantly after the five-colored Heavenly Gang Lei Guang Chains appeared, the Purple Wing King's face contorted in terror, "Watch out—this is the Five Elemental..."

Boom!

A muffled thunder rolled across the battlefield—the moment the Purple Wing King shouted, his subordinates turned to charred corpses beneath the terrifying lightning.

Two chains wrapped around each—upon contact, all defenses shattered, protective starlight ruptured, and their entire bodies were reduced to ash.

Only the seventh-rank peak Eight Wilderness Envoy and the Purple Wing King remained unharmed.

The eighth wilderness Envoy, Ju Zong, at seventh-rank peak, had just barely raised a massive shield to block the lightning and hurled a seventh-rank Star Pearl meant for survival.

A Star Pearl was a star core sealed with a star art, previously seized by Xu Jin in battle.

The aliens had studied star core usage extensively.

Starlight erupted, absorbing most of the five-colored Heavenly Gang Lei Guang Chains, but the shield and protective starlight were shattered.

The Purple Wing King unleashed two consecutive lightning strikes, dispersing Xu Jin's widely scattered five-colored Heavenly Gang Lei Guang Chains.

The next instant, freed from restraint, the Purple Wing King roared as a Zhai Xing Lou materialized; vast starlight poured from the sky into him, purple thunder dense as rain, surging like an ocean toward Xu Jin.

Full assault!

Before the purple thunderous ocean reached him, a spatial ripple vanished.

Seven Kill Dragon Stake Array!

As Xu Jin vanished, the Earthly Magnetic Force dissipated.

The surviving Envoy, Ju Zong, instantly shot skyward, desperate to escape the battle zone—being caught in the crossfire of an eighth-rank's attack would be disastrous.

On the other side, Xu Jin, newly reappearing, revealed a cold smirk in his eyes.

The moment the Purple Wing King turned back in shock, the sonic boom of breaking the sound barrier sounded again.

Fivefold Flowflare!

Shhh!

The Eighth Realm Envoy Ju Zong, who had just surged skyward, was instantly obliterated into a cloud of shredded flesh, turning into a rain of blood!

His Nascent Soul fled.

Seeing this, Prince Zi Yi hesitated for a moment.

Until now, he had never considered the danger.

He was Eighth Realm.

The assassin was merely a Sixth Realm, Ninth Layer peak.

But now, he suddenly sensed mortal peril.

The Five Elements Divine Thunder's power was already supreme.

But more terrifying was that, even with his own full-force intervention as an Eighth Realm beginner, the assassin had effortlessly slain all seven Seventh Realm cultivators!

And remained unscathed!

In an instant, Prince Zi Yi wondered: if it were him, could he do it?

No.

Absolutely not!

At this thought, Prince Zi Yi realized his own peril.

He realized this assassin could threaten even an Eighth Realm cultivator like himself.

So—fight or flee?

These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant; the delay was but a breath!

Before Prince Zi Yi could decide to fight or flee, Xu Jin, having just slain Envoy Ju Zong, spun around, flared his Thunder Wings, and shot toward him like lightning—the moment he appeared, a chilling aura surged!

Five Elements Divine Thunder!

Boom!

The Five Elements Divine Thunder crashed down from above; Prince Zi Yi unleashed his full defense, and purple lightning instantly wrapped him in a cocoon.

But that purple lightning, before the Five Elements Divine Thunder, melted like snow poured with boiling water.

At the last moment, Prince Zi Yi flipped his wings over his body, shielding himself entirely—and barely survived the strike of the Five Elements Divine Thunder!

His heart was already terrified!

Boom!

The second Five Elements Divine Thunder followed instantly.

Behind Prince Zi Yi, the Zhai Xing Lou emerged; starlight swayed down from heaven, and several stars in the cosmos blazed to their brightest at that instant.

Clearly, Prince Zi Yi had pushed his cultivation to its absolute limit to save his life.

With full force, he blocked Xu Jin's second Five Elements Divine Thunder—but was blasted from the sky, his wings reduced to ash.

Boom!

The third Five Elements Divine Thunder crashed down; Prince Zi Yi directly used his Zhai Xing Lou to block it.

The Zhai Xing Lou was shattered through several layers; as Prince Zi Yi spewed blood furiously, its starlight dimmed and retreated back into his body!

Shhh!

The sonic boom of Fivefold Flowflare rang out; Xu Jin drove the Huang Long Sword straight through Prince Zi Yi's skull.

In the next instant, Prince Zi Yi's terrified Nascent Soul emerged: "My lord, spare—"

Boom!

Another Five Elements Divine Thunder erupted, obliterating Prince Zi Yi's Nascent Soul into nothingness.

In the next instant, Xu Jin's gaze shifted—and vanished from the spot.

Where his gaze fell, space shifted!

And where Xu Jin's gaze fell was precisely the fleeing Nascent Soul of Envoy Ju Zong, who was desperately escaping while using his Eight Realm Silver Token to call for help.

"Your Majesty, save me! The Blood God Sect has sent assassins!"

Boom!

Lei Guang crashed down, obliterating Envoy Ju Zong's Nascent Soul into nothingness—and the Eight Realm Silver Token along with it, melted into a pool of golden liquid!

In the next instant, Xu Jin activated the Mingji Star Pattern and sensed with all his might.

In every direction, within a ten-li radius—no one!

"Eight breaths—no one can arrive in time!"

In the next moment, Xu Jin began using the fastest method to draw out the Asura Spaces of these foreign races.

The first he drew out was naturally Prince Zi Yi's Asura Space.

After pulling out the Asura Space, Xu Jin didn't even look—he tossed it all into his own immense Asura Space, and simultaneously extracted every Star Core from Prince Zi Yi's corpse.

Eighth Realm Star Cores—extremely precious!

Twenty of them!

This was why Xu Jin had used Flowflare for his final strike.

If he'd used Five Elements Divine Thunder, Prince Zi Yi's corpse would have turned to ash like the other five Seventh Realm foreigners!

Fifteen breaths later, Xu Jin retrieved the Star Cores from the other two Seventh Realm corpses, drew out the Asura Spaces of the remaining seven foreigners, and dumped all their contents into his own Asura Space!

Boom boom boom boom!

Lei Guang scoured the battlefield like a flood, reducing Prince Zi Yi and the Eight Realm Envoy's corpses to ash—ensuring not a single trace remained—then, as space rippled, Xu Jin vanished into thin air!

At the same moment, in the Eight Realm Ancestral City's royal palace, Wang Ju Zhang roared while clutching a Golden Token!

"Ju Zong!"

"Ju Zong!"

"Ju Zong!"

He called out over a dozen times—no response. Then, in the next instant, Ju Zhang's expression stiffened: the aura of Ju Zong's Eight Realm Silver Token had vanished from within his Golden Token!

"Blood God Sect—you dare!" Wang Ju Zhang's thunderous roar echoed through the palace!

(End of Chapter)