Overestimating Himself, Tormenting the Source Core

Heavenly Mist Sect.

Within the Sect.

The Sect's Discussion Hall.

Li Moqing, Mo Lingyuan, and the others drank tea and chatted, thoroughly at ease.

Then Mo Lingyuan's Communication Talisman began flashing rapidly. Everyone fell silent and looked at him in confusion.

"Elder Mo, what is it?"

After a moment, Li Moqing and the others asked with concern.

"Shen Xinghu is leading the Starwave Sect against my Azure Feather Sect!"

Mo Lingyuan extinguished the Communication Talisman and answered with a deep frown.

"The Azure Feather Sect may face annihilation. Sect Master, this old man must go to its aid!"

"Go, quickly!"

"Yes, Sect Master!"

Mo Lingyuan turned into a streak of light and sped away.

Azure Feather Sect.

Above it.

Boom!

A towering mountain came crashing down over Shen Xinghu's head. It was so vast that it blotted out two thousand li!

Crash!

Space shattered across a two-thousand-li radius!

"Ah!"

Countless Starwave Sect members could not withstand the mountain's immense pressure and burst into clouds of blood!

"Yun Shengya?" Shen Xinghu looked up in surprise, then sneered. "Hmph! You overestimate yourself!"

"Break!"

With a stern shout, he gave his Source Power a light push, and a wave of pressure poured forth.

Boom!

The thousand-li mountain instantly crumbled into rubble!

The mountain's pressure dispersed; the cliff that could sever the heavens broke apart!

Boom!

But Shen Xinghu's pressure remained fierce as it hurtled toward Yun Shengya.

"Hmm?!"

Yun Shengya's brows shot up. He drove his Source Power to its limit, forming a barrier around himself.

Bang!

Even so, he could not withstand the pressure and was hurled three hundred li away!

Whoosh!

Yun Shengya fell like a meteor and slammed into the earth, carving out a pit a hundred zhang deep!

"Pfft!"

Yun Shengya spat blood. His bones were shattered, his meridians severed. He could no longer get up.

"Huh? Still alive?"

Shen Xinghu raised an eyebrow and landed beside the pit Yun Shengya had made.

"Just as well."

A cruel, mocking smile curled his lips.

"Supreme Elder!"

At the sight, Jin Pingqi cried out and flew toward Yun Shengya as a streak of light.

"Want to save Yun Shengya? Ask this old man first!"

A figure landed before him, blocking his path.

"Li Buhuan? Die!"

Rage surged through Jin Pingqi. He formed a killing move and attacked the newcomer with all his might.

"Good! Let this old man see what you can do!"

Though Li Buhuan was only at the seventh layer of Core Formation, he showed no fear of Jin Pingqi, who was at the ninth. The two fought fiercely.

"Supreme Elder!"

The other Azure Feather Sect members cried out in alarm.

"Worry about yourselves first!"

The Starwave Sect members' spirits soared, and their killing intent grew fiercer!

"Pfft!"

Inside the pit, Yun Shengya spat blood again.

Sect Master, this old man promised you I would hold on to my Source Core. It seems I must break my word!

Yun Shengya watched Shen Xinghu approach, a playful smile on his face, and felt a bitter ache in his heart.

But drawing that old thief here reduced the Sect's losses and bought time for the Ancestor to return. Even if this old man dies, he'll have no regrets!

The thought eased Yun Shengya's heart, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Shen Xinghu shook his head and came to Yun Shengya's side, looking down at him as though he were an ant. "At death's door, and you can still smile?"

Boom!

Yun Shengya ignored Shen Xinghu. He poured out the last of his Source Power, forming the image of a towering mountain for one final struggle.

Crack!

But his organs had already ruptured. The mountain appeared for only an instant before dissolving like smoke.

"A dying man's struggles are—"

Seeing this, Shen Xinghu could not help but sneer.

"Hmm?"

His expression changed abruptly, and his sneer died on his lips.

Yun Shengya had suddenly spat a mouthful of blood at him.

"Hmph!"

Shen Xinghu snorted. Source Qi surged out and scattered the approaching blood.

"Die!"

Humiliated and furious, he thrust out a palm at Yun Shengya.

Bang!

Yun Shengya instantly turned into a cloud of blood.

Unexpectedly, his Source Core did not vanish with his body. It glimmered faintly within the bloody mist.

Shen Xinghu caught Yun Shengya's Source Core and held it in his hand, a cruel smile spreading across his face.

"Old thief Xinghu, kill me now!"

Yun Shengya's angry voice rang out from the Source Core.

He knew his Source Core had survived not because that old thief Xinghu could not destroy it, but because he did not want to!

The old thief meant to torment him!

"Kill you now?" Shen Xinghu chuckled. "Yun Shengya, you tried to spit blood at me before you died. Why would I let you die so easily?"

Boom!

Source Qi rose from Shen Xinghu's palm, forming a restraining pressure that he drove into Yun Shengya's Source Core.

"Ah!"

How powerful was the restraining pressure of someone at the Fourth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm? Yun Shengya cried out in agony from within his Source Core.

It trembled and shook in Shen Xinghu's palm, but it could not escape!

A Source Core was, after all, only a core. Unlike a Nascent Soul, which had already taken shape, it had no power to break free.

Once it fell into another's hands, it was at their mercy!

Shen Xinghu's restraining pressure was precisely measured: enough to subject Yun Shengya to endless torment, but not enough to destroy his Source Core.

"Hahaha..."

Shen Xinghu watched the Source Core shake in his palm and listened to Yun Shengya's cries. Reveling in it, he laughed aloud.

"No! Supreme Elder!"

Every Azure Feather Sect member who saw it was stricken with grief.

"Shen Xinghu, you torment Elder Yun like this? Even if it costs me my life, I'll kill you!"

Fury blazing, Jin Pingqi drove his Source Power harder, threw off Li Buhuan, who had kept him occupied, and flew at Shen Xinghu.

"Kill me?" Shen Xinghu floated proudly in the air, Yun Shengya's Source Core in his hand. "What a joke!"

"Since you're so eager to die, I'll kill you, take your Source Core, and torment you too!"

His eyes were cold as he spoke sharply.

"Sect Master, don't! Retreat!"

Hearing Shen Xinghu's words, Yun Shengya endured the pain and shouted from within his Source Core.

"Too late!"

Shen Xinghu's voice rang coldly. A wave of pressure poured forth and hurtled toward Jin Pingqi.

Boom!

The pressure came so fast that Jin Pingqi could no longer dodge!

"Die!"

Seeing this, Shen Xinghu roared and drove his Source Power harder, strengthening the pressure further!

Bang!

To his surprise, a thunderous impact rang out, and his pressure vanished without a trace!

"How?"

Shen Xinghu's brows shot up in astonishment.

"Huh?"

Everyone else was baffled too. They even forgot to keep fighting.

"Who's there?!"

Shen Xinghu looked around in surprise.

Boom!

No answer came. Only a wave of pressure laden with killing intent and fury descended.

Crack!

Everywhere it passed, space crumbled to dust!

"Hmm?!"

Sensing its strength, Shen Xinghu was stunned. He had used only thirty percent of his power in his last attack, but he did not dare take this lightly.

He drove his Source Power wildly, forming a barrier around himself.

Bang!

Even so, he was blasted a thousand li away, and Yun Shengya's Source Core slipped from his hand.

"Pfft!"

Shen Xinghu spat blood, steadied himself, and turned toward his attacker.

A streak of blue light crossed the sky and caught Yun Shengya's Source Core. Then its bearer stood proudly in midair.

His gaze was icy, his bearing commanding without a hint of anger. White hair streamed behind him and blue robes snapped in the wind. It was Mo Lingyuan!

"Ancestor!"

Recognizing him, the Azure Feather Sect members shouted in delighted surprise.

"Oh no, it's Mo Lingyuan! Run!"

The Starwave Sect members, meanwhile, fell into chaos. Panic-stricken, they abandoned their fights and fled in every direction.