Chapter 55: 【Powerless to Save, Sun Xiao Beheaded】 (Second update, please follow)

The situation changed in an instant.

Lu Chengtong had been paying attention to Sun Xiao, but did not notice that the battle between the few Nascent Soul Ancestors had already changed.

Fang Tuo was dead.

The black-armored cultivator from the Blade-Asking Immortal Sect was very ferocious. He was both a spirit body and a cultivator, and his combat strength was continuous. Waving a pitch-black golden great blade, he caused the surrounding spirit Qi to vibrate, making it so that cultivators like Fang Tuo, who needed to rely on external spirit Qi to cast spells, had their spell power greatly weakened.

Furthermore, the black-armored cultivator simply did not give them a chance to cast spells.

It could be seen that the black-armored cultivator did not dare to kill the green-robed cultivator from the Treasure-Gathering Immortal Sect, so he only blocked his methods, found the right opportunity, and directly killed the Golden Wind Immortal Sect Sect Master Fang Tuo.

Fang Tuo was dead. Although the other party also suffered not-light injuries, the situation had already become three against two.

The green-robed cultivator activated his flying sword, and after forcing the three people on the opposite side back, he sighed and said:

"Fang Tuo is dead, so the Golden Wind Immortal Sect no longer exists. There is no point in fighting anymore, so I will go back to report."

Clearly, he saw that the situation was not good and decided to retreat and leave.

The meaning in his words was that the resources and land of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect had already been abandoned.

The black-armored cultivator naturally would not stop him; he originally did not want to fall out with the people from the Treasure-Gathering Immortal Sect. Not to mention whether he could kill the green-robed cultivator, even if he could kill him, the trouble brought about would be many.

The Treasure-Gathering Immortal Sect, like the Blade-Asking Immortal Sect, was a major sect ranked in the top twenty of the Northern Wasteland Region, and the former had many allies, so it was not good to offend them to death.

The Supreme Elder of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect, Luo Tu, immediately said upon hearing this:

"I am willing to join the Treasure-Gathering Immortal Sect. I wonder if the immortal sect will take me in?"

Things had reached this point, and there was no power to save it.

He and Fang Tuo could be considered friends, but it was limited to that; they were not life-and-death friends, just calling each other fellow Daoists.

The reason he served as a Supreme Elder was just for the resource supply here.

Now that the Golden Wind Immortal Sect had been destroyed, he needed to choose a new mountain gate to seek benefits, plus today's grudge, undoubtedly he could only join the Treasure-Gathering Immortal Sect.

"If fellow Daoist wants to join, you are naturally welcome. Then fellow Daoist, come with me!"

After speaking, he took Luo Tu and left together.

Dugu Wenda still wanted to intervene to stop them, but seeing the black-armored cultivator motionless, he did not dare to act rashly.

The Purple Radiance Immortal Sect was attached to the Blade-Asking Immortal Sect, and the black-armored cultivator's combat strength could not even rank in the top ten in the Blade-Asking Immortal Sect. He absolutely dared not disobey the black-armored cultivator's wishes.

The outcome was decided, and further fighting had no meaning.

Seeing Fang Tuo die, those Golden Core Masters of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect fled without hesitation.

Standing in their position, they saw clearly the so-called sect struggle. Both sides were originally evenly matched; once a Nascent Soul realm cultivator died, what awaited them was inevitably failure.

The Nascent Soul Ancestor who freed up his hands would slaughter these Golden Core cultivators as easily as killing chickens and sheep.

Only by seizing the time to flee was the fundamental thing.

Dugu Wenda immediately shouted:

"All people of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect, don't let a single one go, kill!"

He gave this order, on one hand, out of a desire for revenge—after all, the Dugu family was almost driven to extinction by Fang Tuo—and on the other hand, this was also following the hearts of the people.

Everyone followed to fight to the death, all for the sake of obtaining a share of resources.

Only by killing these people could they occupy enough resources; things like incorporation basically did not exist.

The biggest taboo for cultivators is leaving behind future troubles, because cultivators have long lifespans, and you cannot guarantee whether your enemy will suddenly obtain some opportunity, then surpass you, and come to seek revenge on you.

Only by exterminating them completely can one cut off the roots!

Under such a situation, it was even harder for Lu Chengtong to make a move.

That Sun Xiao, because he was injured, did not participate in the pursuit. Dugu Wenda had him take the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect disciples who arrived later to exterminate the disciples located at the Golden Wind Immortal Sect station, and at the same time arranged for the encirclement and suppression of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect people distributed in various places.

Lu Chengtong did not leave; he sensed that Hou Zhao had not left either.

Hou Zhao should have learned a concealment method from the Piaoxue Tower, and actually was not discovered by those few Nascent Soul Ancestors.

He should still be looking for an opportunity to make a move. The three Nascent Soul Ancestors soon left.

They took Fang Tuo's corpse and storage ring and headed toward the Golden Wind Immortal Sect's treasury, looking like they wanted to divide the spoils of war.

A storage ring is much higher-grade than a storage bag. The lowest-grade storage ring also has thirty-three zhang square, which is 36,000 cubic zhang of space, and can store many things.

But that thing is naturally extremely expensive; Golden Core cultivators cannot afford it, and a considerable portion of Nascent Soul cultivators cannot afford it either. Only Nascent Soul Ancestors at the level of a Sect Master have the confidence to purchase it.

Even if a storage ring were given to Lu Chengtong, he would not dare to wear it.

The wealth of a Nascent Soul Ancestor must be extremely large. They went to divide the property, which gave Hou Zhao an opportunity to make a move.

Lu Chengtong transformed into the appearance of an inner sect disciple of the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect, wearing the attire of the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect, and worked alongside Sun Xiao.

Sun Xiao had not yet noticed the existence of two threats beside him; he was extremely relaxed now.

Even a bit excited.

The job Dugu Wenda arranged for him could yield quite a lot of profit.

There were many corpses on the ground, and their storage bags all had a certain amount of wealth. Accumulating it, it must be a not-small number.

Although the storage bags on the corpses of those Golden Core Masters had been taken by others, there should be quite a lot of things on the Foundation Establishment cultivators and Qi Refining cultivators.

While leading a group of disciples to slaughter those Golden Wind Immortal Sect disciples fleeing in panic, he was looting wealth.

But not even two quarter-hours later, his expression sank.

There were not many corpses on the ground that had storage bags!

Generally speaking, cultivators who reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining will have money to buy a storage bag to carry spirit stones and other items with them.

Even if the disciples who did the killing had already picked them up first, there shouldn't be so few!

But after searching for so long, he had only obtained twenty-something; it was simply as if it had been looted once.

He was just about to say something when suddenly, a silver light emerged from the darkness.

The flying sword hit the tortoise shell again.

Sun Xiao was just about to make a counterattack when suddenly, a strong feeling of soul tearing appeared.

Lu Chengtong made his move.

In an instant, he used his divine soul power to release the 【Soul-Bewildering Soul-Seizing】 supernatural power to impact Sun Xiao's divine soul, and at the same time, activated the Treasure Mirror to release supernatural powers with the Treasure Mirror's divine soul to obtain Sun Xiao's divine soul memory.

Although the Six Ding Tortoise Shell Shield had strong defense, it could not defend against divine soul attacks.

As a Golden Core Master, he naturally also had divine soul defense treasures on his person, but that was just a top-grade Dharma artifact. It could defend against the divine soul impact spells of ordinary Golden Core Masters, but facing Lu Chengtong's divine soul impact, it shattered in one strike.

And then the Treasure Mirror's supernatural power took effect, directly seizing a portion of his divine soul.

This caused his soul to be unable to attach to his body.

Dharma treasures like the Six Ding Tortoise Shell Shield that are 'automatic defense types' rely on the perception of the divine soul. When the divine soul detaches from the body and closes off perception, it also loses control over the Six Ding Tortoise Shell Shield.

Hou Zhao did not know what happened, but seeing Sun Xiao lose his defense, he immediately controlled his flying sword to stab out—a decapitation with one strike!