Chapter 632: Seeker of the Dao? I

Heizhu had deliberately let Datou and the others run far away, since she didn't want the coming battle to affect that promising seedling.

At this moment, she gazed at the slender shadow below, utterly motionless, and a flicker of doubt crossed her eyes.

'Did I succeed?'

With a hint of试探, she manipulated the 【Heavenly Punishment True Words】 to spit out several more characters.

【Defeat】, 【Fool】, 【Weak】.

Boom—!

Amidst an extremely violent explosion, blazing fire surged straight into the sky, and shattered rocks rained down in all directions.

A violent shockwave swept outward, tearing the earth open in an instant, shaking violently.

Yet before the explosion's aftershocks had even faded, a long spear suddenly pierced through the thick black smoke, like a lightning bolt splitting the gloom, streaking straight toward Heizhu's position.

The spear's tip carried an icy, 极致 killing intent, piercing the air with a shrill whistle, as if determined to pierce through everything before it.

Faced with this sudden attack, the black-haired woman's pupils shrank sharply: "A treasure?!"

With no time to think, the 【Heavenly Punishment True Words】 instantly appeared behind her, then rapidly spat out several characters.

【Stasis】, 【Stasis】, 【Stasis】!!

Watching the spear, still violently trembling, now just half an inch from her face, a bead of cold sweat slid down Heizhu's temple.

Though her Dharma Body wasn't weak, she had no interest in testing how sharp this spear truly was with her own body.

But the good news was that the 【Heavenly Punishment True Words】 performed exceptionally well against Seekers specialized in treasures.

'This is what they call affinity!'

As this thought flashed through her mind, Heizhu's lips curled into a cruel, wicked smile.

The next instant, the massive mouth on her back coldly spat out a single character.

【Seal】!

This was a character Heizhu rarely used in battle, its function being to completely seal the flow of cultivation energy within an opponent.

It might not work well against enemies specialized in Dharma Bodies, but against those specialized in talismans or treasures—

Without cultivation energy, those Seekers could not use either.

The only drawback of this technique was that the stronger the opponent, the more cultivation energy the 【Seal】 character required to take effect.

As for that slender shadow, Heizhu estimated she'd need to expend at least three or four tenths of her own energy, possibly even more.

With this thought, the great transcendent of Jiujie Sect immediately dove downward.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Even if she couldn't kill him, she wanted to see who was behind that mask.

Yet before she'd even reached halfway, Heizhu suddenly halted, her face filled with utter shock.

It wasn't that the 【Seal】 character had consumed too much energy—

It was too little.

So little it matched the amount needed to seal the energy of a beginner Seeker.

'What's going on?!'

Realizing this, Heizhu's heart sank with dread.

There were only two possibilities: either the figure below was truly just a beginner Seeker, or he possessed a method to counter the 【Heavenly Punishment True Words】.

Given everything that had happened before, even a fool knew it couldn't be the latter.

Without hesitation, Heizhu pulled back swiftly—and what happened next proved her judgment correct.

A slender figure, wreathed in purple runes and crowned with a massive radiant halo, erupted from the earth with lightning speed, hurtling straight toward Heizhu's position.

Li Ang watched the black-haired woman fleeing rapidly into the distance and sneered.

Leaving aside that Bai Xiaoxiao had no cultivation energy whatsoever except for 【Borrowed Origin True Eyes】, even if he were present in person, she could never seal his energy flow.

After all, numerical gaps aren't so easily erased.

Moreover, Divine Annihilation Implements don't require cultivation energy to function.

That's right—Bai Xiaoxiao was now fully equipped with Divine Annihilation Implements.

【The Lone Eye of the King of Wisdom】, 【The Gauntlet of the Crimson Dragon Emperor】, 【The Dusk Holy Spear】.

Since he couldn't truly act himself, reinforcing the girl with these implements was just as good—and more than enough to handle a great transcendent Seeker.

Seeing she couldn't shake off the pursuit behind her, Heizhu formed a hand seal and unleashed full power into the 【Heavenly Punishment True Words】.

【Peak】, 【Strong】, 【Body】.

【Weak】, 【Defeat】, 【Dizzy】.

She frantically strengthened herself while trying every means to weaken Li Ang.

Until finally, the two figures—one large, one small—collided.

Boom—

A violent shockwave instantly erupted, spreading outward from the point of impact in all directions.

The air was torn apart, dust and shattered stones surged upward like a tidal wave, rushing far away as if trying to overturn heaven and earth.

Far away, Datou and the others were thrown off balance by the sudden gale.

After steadying themselves, they instinctively turned to look back—and saw one of the figures hurtling toward their position.

Seeing this, the group froze in shock.

Before they could react, the figure slammed violently into the ground.

Under the immense impact, the soil surged outward like a wave.

Ma Chao stared at the scene far off, resembling a natural disaster, and swallowed hard: "Th-this is a great transcendent..."

The legendary great transcendent Seeker had only exchanged a brief blow—and unleashed a cataclysmic disturbance as if heaven and earth had turned upside down.

Just as the seekers of the Law were stunned by the sight, a thin, gaunt figure crawled out from the center of the crater.

After getting a clear look at the figure, everyone present breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn't that powerful seeker of the Law from the Jiujie Sect, things would be fine.

At this moment, Li Ang gazed into the distance at Black Bamboo, who had already shrunk to a black speck, and let out an almost imperceptible sigh.

Bai Xiaoxiao's body was still a bit too weak in the end; even with the blessing of a God-Slaying Artifact, she could only match Black Bamboo at a sixty-forty split.

But if the other party thought they could escape just like that, then Liangzhi Society would only laugh at her for being too young.

After the fight just now, he had long since planted an anchor point on her body.

And what came next was, naturally, to teach this powerful seeker of the Law from the Jiujie Sect a lesson.

With this thought, a pitch-black rift suddenly appeared beside Bai Xiaoxiao, and from within it, a javelin gleaming with a cold, icy sheen slowly emerged.

It was 【Great God Declaration · Gungnir】.

At the same time, on the other side.

Black Bamboo glanced back at Sanchuan Town, which had already completely vanished from sight, relaxed her body slightly, and then cast a dark, grim look at her own slightly twisted right hand.

Her hand was broken.

Fortunately, she had only been testing the other party; since the situation looked wrong now, there was naturally no need to keep entangling herself.

Therefore, borrowing the force of that punch she had exchanged with the mysterious person, she took the chance to break away from the battlefield—and the price, naturally, was her entire right hand.

For Wan Xing, a powerful seeker of the Law like herself, losing one arm was nothing to speak of.

Recalling what had just happened, Black Bamboo muttered in a low voice, "So many magic treasures—are they from the Thousand Mechanisms Hall? But why have I never heard of a powerhouse like this?"

"Or could it be—"

"Someone from the west?"

"Enough. I'll report what happened here to the Sect Master first."

Thinking this, she accelerated once more toward the headquarters of the Jiujie Sect.