Ding Huan had even killed cultivators at the Primordial Soul Realm, and upon seeing Qi Yushan, he could tell that this man was merely at the initial stage of the True Pill Realm.
Since this man was only at the initial stage of the True Pill Realm, Ding didn’t fear him.
When he had killed Can Ping, he had just stepped into the Star Cloud Realm; at that time, Can Ping was at the late stage of the True Pill Realm.
He was at the peak of the Star Cloud Realm when he killed Gong Hua, equivalent to the peak of Foundation Establishment.
But what level was Gong Hua? He was a powerful opponent, perfectly cultivated at True Pill, a Half-step Primordial Soul.
Now, Qi Yushan was just at the initial stage of the True Pill, and Ding truly didn’t fear him.
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Thinking back to how he had almost died at the hands of Qi Yushan, Ding Huan couldn’t feel at ease without killing him.
A few streets later, Qi Yushan entered the Dao Spring Rest Inn.
Ding Huan didn’t go in; he planned to wait outside for two hours. If Qi Yushan didn’t come out within that time, he would check into that Rest Inn himself.
But Ding Huan didn’t end up waiting two hours; it was less than 15 minutes before Qi Yushan hurried out of the Rest Inn and started rushing toward the outskirts of Yanyue City.
It seemed like the man had either gone to the Rest Inn to retrieve something or meet someone, and now that Qi Yushan was heading out of Yanyue City, Ding Huan naturally followed without hesitation.
Although Ding Huan’s cultivation wasn’t as high as Qi Yushan’s, his Divine Will was much stronger. Thus he followed closely behind Qi Yushan without being noticed at all.
Half a day later, Qi Yushan entered a desolate mountain range and stopped at a somewhat steep rocky hill.
Ding Huan didn’t need to use his Divine Will; just a glance was enough for him to know there was a hidden Prohibition at the base of this rocky hill.
Inside the Prohibition, there probably was a cave mansion.
Could this be Qi Yushan’s cultivation spot?
It seemed unlikely that Qi Yushan would settle for such a dismal place; this area was indeed remote, but the spiritual energy was scarce, why would he ever consider establishing a mansion for enclosed cultivation here?
Soon, Ding Huan realized he had guessed wrong. Qi Yushan didn’t touch the Prohibition but instead started setting up several Array Plates around the perimeter.
All these Array Plates were Second-Level and Third-Level, and they were all trapping arrays.
At this point, Ding Huan understood this fellow was plotting to rob and possibly murder someone.
Who knew which unlucky soul was cultivating in seclusion here, only for Qi Yushan to discover them and then head to Yanyue City to purchase trapping Array Plates?
Ding Huan could not help the curses spilling in his mind; this bastard truly couldn’t stop his vile habits.
Even here, where someone was just trying to cultivate in a place devoid of adequate Spiritual Energy, this man still pursued them with murderous intent, revealing just how despicable his character was.
With that in mind, Ding Huan also started setting up a trapping array.
He had a bunch of Array Plates with him, but being a Fifth-level Array Master himself, he didn’t need to use Array Plates against Qi Yushan.
Casually, he set up a Fourth-level Killing Trap Array.
The Killing Array was just by the way; the main concern was that Qi Yushan might have some escape techniques.
"Boom!" Just as Ding Huan had finished setting up the Killing Trap Array, Qi Yushan used a Magical Treasure and struck the concealed Prohibition of the cave mansion.
"Crack!" The Prohibition of the mansion shattered, and a figure rushed out.
The Magic Artifact in Qi Yushan’s hand blasted toward the figure, shattering it into pieces.
Ding Huan smirked inwardly; that figure was obviously a decoy.
Indeed, right after Qi Yushan’s Magic Artifact had blasted away, another figure burst out from the cave mansion.
"Bang!" This figure then smashed into Qi Yushan’s previously laid trap, revealing its form.
Seeing the form of the cultivator who appeared, Ding Huan finally understood why Qi Yushan was so relentless in his pursuit.
It was Sang Yuhe.
Among the cultivators who entered the Four-direction Star Land from the Taoist Realm, Sang Yuhe was the one Ding Huan had the best impression of.
Unfortunately, the cultivation technique practiced by Sang Yuhe was inferior. Although she had just managed to step into the True Pill Realm, her strength was far inferior to Qi Yushan’s.
"Qi Yushan, what do you mean by this? I haven’t revealed any information about the Immortal Demon Pill, nor have I reported you to the guild. I even fled to this place, and yet you still won’t let me go."
Sang Yuhe spoke with extreme bitterness.
She could be described as being extremely submissive just for the sake of survival.
"Heh, in my eyes, Qi Yushan, only the dead are truly safe. Just die, and I’ll leave your corpse intact."
While speaking, Qi Yushan walked over, holding his Starfire Spear.
Despair shone in Sang Yuhe’s eyes; she had been running for several years. During this time, she had hardly managed any proper cultivation.
Qi Yushan was like a relentless shadow, always following her.
"Eh, Senior Sang, you’re here too?"
Ding Huan, after removing his mask, seemed as if he had discovered a new continent, his tone filled with the joy of encountering an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
"You’re Ding Huan?"
Sang Yuhe saw Ding Huan and was momentarily stunned. After all, Ding Huan was just an ordinary mortal.
Indeed, he had cultivated for a few days, but to the cultivators in the Taoist Realm, he was still just a mortal.
How could a mortal have left the Mortal World to enter the Taoist Realm, even reaching the outskirts of the Yanyue Sect?
The Taoist Realm had extremely strict restrictions on entries from the Mortal World. She couldn’t understand why Ding Huan was here.
She was so shocked by the sudden appearance of Ding Huan that she momentarily forgot her own predicament.
"Is that you?" Qi Yushan was also taken aback, then burst into wild laughter, reaching out to grab Ding Huan.
To kill Ding Huan previously, he had chased him through several workshops.
Upon hearing Qi Yushan’s words and actions, Sang Yuhe finally came to her senses.
No matter how Ding Huan came here, since he did, he was just like her, waiting for Qi Yushan to come and kill him.
Qi Yushan clearly had his guard down. When Qi Yushan reached for him, Ding Huan suddenly had a long spear in his hand.
This was the first time Ding Huan directly faced a True Pill cultivator. He was not the slightest bit intimidated, but rather, full of fighting spirit.
As soon as he gripped the spear, a strong murderous aura enveloped Ding Huan.
With a sweep of his spear, the heavens of killing intent were instantaneously drawn in by Ding Huan.
Qi Yushan hadn’t even gotten close to Ding Huan when he was shocked by this violent killing intent. Ding Huan hadn’t even unleashed the spear, yet Qi Yushan felt the oppressive sensation of death.
How could this be?
Qi Yushan frantically thought to retreat, but he realized just one step back that he had made a foolish decision.
At that moment, Ding Huan’s spear roared out, and the sweeping killing intent was driven by this thrust as if a gap had been torn in the ocean, sending a violent surge crashing down.
Qi Yushan, amidst this overwhelming surge of killing intent, was enveloped only by death.
"No!" Qi Yushan screamed, his whole body’s essence blood ignited, turning him into a bloody figure.
Then, to Qi Yushan’s astonishment, he managed to break free from Ding Huan’s spear, escaping the terrible onslaught of murderous intent.
How could he dare to continue attacking Ding Huan and Sang Yuhe? At that moment when Ding Huan sprang forward, fear had already seized him.
Just escaping from Ding Huan’s spear, he wildly fled for his life.
However, Ding Huan seemed to be struck in acupoint restraint, watching Qi Yushan flee while still gripping the long spear, his eyes blazing with an intense glow.
That spear thrust, casually delivered, had rolled up a heaven of murderous aura, locking the killing intent in space, which moved with the murderous intent of his spear.
That was the Second Spear of the Nine Divine Powers.
Without realizing it, he had haphazardly wielded a divine skill so naturally.
With that single spear thrust, he rolled up a Killing Domain—a passing world, no more than that, perhaps.
Where the spear passed, all things perished into oblivion.
But there must have been a flaw in that spear thrust; otherwise, how could Qi Yushan have escaped from the Killing Domain?
Right, there was a gap in the space of killing intent when the spear was launched.
Sealing this gap in killing intent was simple—turn it into a trapping and killing motion when forming the Killing Domain.
Others couldn’t achieve it, but he could. Because he was a Fourth Level Array Master, he could easily condense the Mark of Divine Will into a trapping space Array...
Upon this realization, Ding Huan’s mind stirred. Could this be the embryonic form of Array Patterns?
The more he thought about it, the more he was convinced that one day, if he could touch the spatial rules, he would be able to use his insights from today to draw the true spatial Array Patterns.
Sang Yuhe, who was watching, became completely dumbfounded.
Was she seeing things?
Wasn’t Ding Huan just a mortal?
How could a mortal nearly blast Qi Yushan, a True Pill Realm cultivator, into oblivion?
Bad news, Qi Yushan was trying to flee.
"Bang!" The figure of Qi Yushan attempting to escape seemed to hit an invisible space and then was hurled back, crashing into the cave mansion he’d previously smashed.
Truly, what goes around comes around; who is spared by the heavenly Dao?
Just a short while ago, he did the same to Sang Yuhe, who was similarly thrown back by his trapping array.
And now, in such a short time, he got a taste of his own medicine from the trapping array.
Was there a trapping array here?
Qi Yushan had no doubts that he was caught in a high-level trapping array. He saw Ding Huan appeared to be lost in some realization.
Knowing this was his only chance to escape, the fear from Ding Huan’s previous spear still chilled him, making him dare not advance to attack Ding Huan.
Boom! Qi Yushan’s Starfire Spear struck Ding Huan’s trapping array,
Unfortunately, since Ding Huan had set a Fourth Level trapping array, Qi Yushan’s spear, no matter how powerful, only shook Ding Huan’s array a few times, utterly unable to break through it.
Even as a bloody figure, Qi Yushan kept frantically bombarding the trapping array, not wanting to miss this only chance to escape.
Sang Yuhe, snapping back to reality, urgently shouted,
"Mr. Ding, Qi Yushan is trying to escape!"
She knew she was no match for Qi Yushan. Over the years, her strength had even regressed, and despite Qi Yushan having just burnt his essence blood and greatly weakened, she still couldn’t contend with him.
"Haha!" Ding Huan laughed heartily, raising his long spear:
"This is my second spear, Killing Domain."
Seeing Ding Huan awaken from his realization, Qi Yushan trembled, knowing he could not escape:
"Mr. Ding Huan, there is no enmity between us. Besides, you were brought to Triple Heaven Star Land by me, so killing me would be ingratitude."
"Oh, ingratitude, huh? Then what did you mean by chasing me to the Workshop Market and then to Changqiu City? What did putting all those Marks of Divine Will on me mean?"
Ding Huan sarcastically retorted.
Qi Yushan’s lips trembled:
"How did you know?"