Chapter 237: Chapter 235: Suppress You to Death
It all happened too fast. In the blink of an eye, eight Celestial Embracing Realm Elders were ambushed and killed, just like that? Who could have possibly imagined this would happen?
Especially that tangible, heaven-shaking pressure. In that brief moment, it filled them with a terror that felt like it would tear their very souls apart!
It was as if the inescapable Death God himself was standing right above them!
The Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists from the Thousand Kills Sect, who had been lying in ambush within a one-li radius, immediately rushed out from their hiding places the moment they felt the pressure lighten!
Facing over a hundred Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists, even the peak Celestial Embracing Realm ancestors of the Qin Family wouldn’t dare to clash head-on.
"Where do you think you’re going? Leave your lives behind!"
The Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists of the Thousand Kills Sect were going mad. Losing eight Celestial Embracing Realm Elders in an instant was a devastating blow, enough to make even a superpower cough up blood!
"Put me down!" Qin Li said in a low voice. "We’ll never escape like this!"
Sure enough, from all directions—front, back, left, and right—over a hundred red-eyed Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists surrounded their group.
Xiaohai roared, unleashing the aura and pressure of the Celestial Embracing Realm, which surged outwards and upwards like a tidal wave!
But against the combined aura of so many Celestial Integration Realm experts, the power Xiaohai unleashed was like a furious wave in the middle of the Great Sea. No matter how much it churned and roared, it had little effect on the ocean as a whole.
This was a classic case of a change in quantity leading to a change in quality!
Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists, normally no match for a Celestial Embracing Realm expert, were actually able to ignore the latter’s aura and pressure when gathered in such large numbers!
However, Qin Li’s side was not without the ability to resist. Including Xiaohai, they had five Celestial Embracing Realm Martial Artists. Little Fox had also reached the peak of the Celestial Integration Realm!
Qin Haiyang put Qin Li down and sent him a voice transmission: "In a moment, the four of us old fossils will unleash our power to hold them back. You take the two girls and run!"
Qin Li shook his head slightly. Although he had just coughed up some blood, it was nothing to his incredibly tough physique. Shangguan Shiyu also seemed mostly unharmed. ’As expected of an Innate Spirit Body,’ Qin Li thought. ’Truly extraordinary!’
"Charge!"
An unknown Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artist roared from the other side. In an instant, the hundred-plus experts, who constituted nearly ninety percent of the Thousand Kills Sect’s elites, charged toward them.
Qin Li glanced at Shangguan Shiyu and asked softly, "Can you still manage?"
Shangguan Shiyu’s eyes focused, and she gave a radiant smile. With a slight exertion of her hands, she began to circulate the Suppression Technique, her face instantly taking on a cold, murderous expression.
Without any hesitation, Qin Li began circulating the Suppression Technique almost in unison with Shangguan Shiyu. The heaven-shaking pressure once again suppressed the Celestial Integration Realm experts, making even breathing an immense effort for them!
"Kill!"
Qin Li felt the Innate Purple Qi in his meridians begin to boil. Even with his powerful physique, the pain was unbearable. Qin Li knew this was the consequence of using the Suppression Technique beyond his limits. The purple crystal in his Dantian erupted with a blinding light, a radiance that seemed poised to shoot out of his Dantian and soar into the heavens!
Little Fox, Xiaohai, and the four Qin Family elders didn’t hesitate for a second. They struck like lightning, slaughtering the men who were immobilized by the immense pressure!
Shangguan Shiyu’s body had begun to tremble slightly. Her delicate, rosy face was now deathly pale. But she clenched her jaw, refusing to make a sound for fear of disturbing Qin Li.
Qin Li saw her state and felt a pang in his heart, which was quickly followed by a surge of tremendous anger. It might have looked like they were on a rampage, but in reality, the Thousand Kills Sect had brought all of this upon themselves!
’If you don’t provoke me, why would I provoke you? You’re trying to take my life, and you expect me to let you live to get revenge?’
With that thought, the immense pain wracking his body seemed to lessen considerably.
All of this took longer to describe than it did to happen. In less than the blink of an eye, more than half of the hundred-plus Celestial Integration Realm experts had been slain by the four Qin Family elders, Little Fox, and Xiaohai!
By now, Shangguan Shiyu had reached her breaking point. Not a trace of color remained on her face.
Qin Li roared, "Shiyu, let go!"
Shangguan Shiyu’s two delicate, jade-like hands suddenly released their grip. Two Mid-grade Spirit Stones, now drained to a transparent white, hit the stone ground with a CRACK and shattered into pieces. Shangguan Shiyu’s body crumpled to the ground as she gasped for breath.
Qin Li stood there, coldly watching the remaining Thousand Kills Sect’s Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists, their eyes filled with terror and dread. Gritting his teeth, he pushed the Suppression Technique to its absolute limit, and the heaven-shaking pressure actually intensified!
Mid-grade Spirit Stones, their Spiritual Power instantly drained, fell from Qin Li’s hands one after another. With each crisp sound they made hitting the ground, another Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artist fell!
By now, the ground at Qin Li’s feet was covered in a layer of sparkling Crystal Stone fragments!
The moment Qin Li pushed the Suppression Technique to its limit, a series of CRACKLING sounds began to echo from within his body! At the same time, his physical body, along with his meridians, was being constantly crushed by this terrifying pressure!
Xiaohai was like a crazed beast, his body moving through the air like a Ghost. His black afterimages could be seen everywhere, but no one could pinpoint his actual location!
Finally, by the time Qin Li had consumed dozens of Mid-grade Crystal Stones and reached his own breaking point, the last Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artist was eliminated!
Looking at the wide, unseeing eyes of the dead Celestial Integration Realm Martial Artists on the ground, even Qin Haiyang and the others couldn’t quite believe it. Such a brilliant victory was their own handiwork!
Qin Li’s body remained standing, holding on through sheer will, refusing to fall. He squinted at the massive valley, at the magnificent, terraced stone buildings in the distance. ’You got off easy,’ he thought. ’If I had even a shred of strength left, I’d destroy your entire sect gate!’
"Let’s go, quickly!"
Qinling Mountain hoisted Qin Li onto his back while Little Fox carried Shangguan Shiyu in her arms. The group shot toward the valley entrance like a bolt of lightning.
All in all, from start to finish, the entire event had taken less than a quarter of an hour. The Thousand Kills Sect, a tyrannical and powerful Sect, had its elites almost completely wiped out!
Nearly ninety-nine percent of their forces had been slaughtered in this completely one-sided battle!
When the white-haired elder and the few other Elders walked out, the scene before them almost made them faint from shock!
The white-haired elder spat out a mouthful of blood, his voice incomparably mournful and tragic. "Qin Li, you whelp! The Thousand Kills Sect is not finished with you!"
The other three Elders also stared at the scene in horror. One of them couldn’t withstand the shock; after spitting out a mouthful of blood, he collapsed and fainted.
The remaining two’s eyes were nearly splitting from their sockets as they roared, "A Venerable! This must be the work of a Venerable Realm expert!"
"That’s right. It must have been the Lin Family and the Thousand Mechanism Sect who interfered."
After this Elder spoke, they looked at each other, their faces ashen. They could all see the terror and dread in each other’s eyes. If the Thousand Mechanism Sect and the Lin Family were truly involved in this... then even calling upon the three ancestors—Jin, Yu, and Tie—would likely be useless!
"Grand Elder, you see... the Sect Leader has gone mad, and our Sect has been massacred. The masterminds are likely the Thousand Mechanism Sect and the Lin Family. What... what should we do now?" the Eighth Elder of the Thousand Kills Sect asked the white-haired elder, sounding lost.
’That’s right, what should we do?’ the white-haired elder thought. ’What good would it do to inform the three ancestors, Jin, Yu, and Tie, about this now?’
Standing to the side with tears streaming down his old face, the Ninth Elder suddenly spoke. "Grand Elder, do you remember your personal disciple, Sun Tai? Isn’t his condition remarkably similar to the Sect Leader’s?"
The Grand Elder’s gaze hardened. "Are you suggesting," he said in a low voice, "that Qin Li was behind this from the very beginning?"
The Ninth Elder shook his head and sighed. "We’ve been so focused on Qin Li himself, but have we ever stopped to think? A mysterious young monster like him couldn’t have just popped out of a rock, could he? Is it possible he doesn’t have a master or a sect?"
The Grand Elder was stunned for a moment, then said, "You’re right. I’ve... I’ve thought about it before, but never in depth. But who in this world could produce such a disciple? I fear even on the entire Profound Island, there is no such Great Power, is there?"
The Eighth Elder sighed softly. "Grand Elder, have you forgotten about *those* places?"
The Grand Elder’s ashen-gray face instantly turned deathly white. His old eyes flew wide open as he shook his head. "Impossible! That’s impossible! Those places have never had contact with any outsiders! In the last several thousand, even ten thousand years, who has ever actually seen anyone from those places?"
"Just because we haven’t seen them doesn’t mean no one has. Didn’t the three ancestors, Jin, Yu, and Tie, say back then that if one could break through to the Celestial Venerable Realm and completely shatter the shackles of a Venerable, one might be able to truly roam the Celestial Essence Continent! There are many things on this continent that are beyond the reach of those at our level!"
The Grand Elder’s face fell, filled with dejection. "If that’s truly the case, then who in this world would dare to move against that little bastard?"
The Ninth Elder said grimly, "This is just a guess on my part. The most likely possibility is still that the Lin Family and the Thousand Mechanism Sect interfered. As long as that little bastard dares to participate in the Venerable Tournament two years from now, I believe Pang Wen will definitely be able to kill him!"
The Grand Elder nodded and sighed. "Let’s hope so." In that instant, he seemed to age several decades. Today, more than a hundred Celestial Integration Realm experts and eight Celestial Embracing Realm powerhouses had failed to stop Qin Li. In the Venerable Tournament two years from now, even if Pang Wen reached the Celestial Embracing Realm and possessed immense strength, could he... could he really kill Qin Li? (To be continued. To find out what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. More Chapters are available, so please support the author and read the official version!)
