C36 Kunlun Secret Skill Immortal Killing Sword Array!
"Return!"
Having fully assimilated the treasures from the Awakening Secret Realm, Qin Buyi didn't linger in the ruins of the Heavenly Court. He chose to head back.
A strong sensation of weightlessness washed over him. Fifteen minutes later, his vision cleared.
Qin Buyi found himself back at the exact spot he had departed from.
He glanced at the mission list, noting that the deadline for both the war mission and the epic mission was approaching in nearly five months.
The recent journey in the Awakening Secret Realm had consumed over seven months. Contemplating the looming deadlines, Qin Buyi sighed to himself,
"Thank goodness the awakening mission only starts within a month. If it had to be completed in that timeframe, the peril would have doubled."
Meanwhile, as Qin Buyi's presence reemerged on Blue Star,
In the capital, at the Cultivator Association Headquarters,
Martial Marquis's brow furrowed. Suddenly, his gaze pierced through the veils of time and space, locking onto Qin Buyi's location.
His frown gave way to a smile, his face alight with excitement.
Seven months prior, Qin Buyi had slipped through his fingers, leaving him with the bitter taste of missing out on a golden opportunity.
Since Qin Buyi's escape, his trace had vanished from Blue Star. Martial Marquis mobilized all his resources in the search.
But as the months passed, Qin Buyi had seemingly evaporated. The search teams came up empty, and even Martial Marquis's personal investigations turned up nothing—as if searching for a needle in a cosmic haystack.
Just when Martial Marquis was on the brink of giving up, Qin Buyi's aura flared up once again, sending him into a frenzy of delight.
Without delay, Martial Marquis dashed out of the Cultivator Association headquarters, speeding towards the signal of Qin Buyi's presence.
Woo Kui, as was his routine, entered Martial Marquis's office to report on the Kunlun Sect's resources, which had been managed over the past seven-plus months.
Although the Kunlun Sect had not been fundamentally weakened since Qin Buyi's last raid, the Spirit Stones and weapons essential for daily operations had been swept away by him.
The Spirit Stones that kept the Kunlun Sect's daily operations running were taken by Qin Buyi. Unable to function, the sect had no choice but to seek assistance from Martial Marquis, who held the sect's true assets.
Woo Kui noticed the open office door with no sign of Martial Marquis. He assumed it was just a brief outing.
Qin Buyi sped across the ocean, aware that any Void Refining Perfection from the Kunlun Secret Realm could easily end him. "In seven months, Kunlun Sect will likely have amassed more resources," he mused.
Suddenly, Martial Marquis appeared before him. Without a word, he launched an attack.
"Kunlun's Great Capture!"
A massive hand swooped down at Qin Buyi.
"Not this again," Qin Buyi silently remarked, looking up at the descending hand.
With a "clang," he drew his Killing Saber, ready to confront the hand above.
"Killing Swordsmanship: Slaughter!"
The saber's vibrations tore through the air, striking the hand with brutal force.
"Chi!"
The once formidable hand, now like torn fabric, was cleaved apart by the Killing Saber.
"How can this be?" Martial Marquis stared in disbelief at Qin Buyi, who had been powerless against him just seven months prior. Now, he effortlessly countered his attack.
Martial Marquis's desire for Qin Buyi's extraordinary encounter grew, wondering what could empower a mid-stage Deification cultivator to withstand an attack from someone in the early Void Refining Stage.
Radiating intense killing intent, Qin Buyi roared, "Killing Swordsmanship: Extermination!"
Not waiting for Martial Marquis to react, Qin Buyi took the initiative to strike.
A colossal moon, spanning thousands of kilometers in diameter, ascended from the ocean, casting Martial Marquis in its luminous embrace.
Within this lunar sphere, over ten thousand phantasmal Killing Sabers materialized, their blades uniformly aimed at Martial Marquis.
"Kill!" bellowed Qin Buyi.
The legion of Killing Saber shadows descended upon Martial Marquis in a relentless assault.
"This... The might of an attack from someone in the Deification Middle Period is actually a threat to me? What sort of extraordinary encounter has led to this?"
Martial Marquis's inner fervor intensified as he gazed at Qin Buyi, seeing him as nothing less than a walking, human-shaped trove of treasures.
"Kunlun - Fiery Palm!"
Within the confines of the moon, Martial Marquis unleashed a series of palm strikes, each glowing crimson as if ablaze. The sky swiftly filled with the silhouettes of his fiery palms.
These incandescent palm images hurtled towards the descending shadows of the Killing Saber.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Explosions echoed across the heavens as the Killing Sabers and fiery palm shadows collided, igniting a myriad of sparks.
As the moonlight waned, Martial Marquis stood unscathed, his eyes alight with avarice as he beheld Qin Buyi.
"Killing Swordsmanship: Death Domain!"
A somber glow gathered at the tip of the Killing Saber, condensing from the size of a fingertip to the slender width of a strand of hair.
"Strike!"
At Qin Buyi's command, the dark light shot towards Martial Marquis with incredible velocity.
"Whoosh!" "Clang!"
Martial Marquis reached out, capturing the threadlike dark light between his thumb and forefinger, rubbing them together.
In his grasp, the dark light flickered like a tiny ember before being swiftly snuffed out.
"Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve? If that's all you've got, spare yourself the embarrassment," Martial Marquis taunted, his voice dripping with assurance.
Witnessing the ease with which the Death Domain Sword Technique's dark light was neutralized, Qin Buyi's eyes narrowed.
Prior to the enhancements of Extermination and Slaughter, the Death Domain had been his most formidable weapon.
Yet, following their advancements, the potency of the Death Domain now seemed lackluster.
"It seems I must take time to refine and amplify the power of the Death Domain," Qin Buyi mused internally.
The clash between Qin Buyi and the Martial Marquis was thunderous, the noise carrying for miles.
At that moment, within the Martial Marquis's divine consciousness, other cultivators at the Void Refining Stage were already hastening toward the commotion.
"I've had my fun. Surrender now, or if you end up missing limbs, it's on you," Martial Marquis warned with a menacing tone, pressed for a swift conclusion to the battle.
Should any other Void Refining Stage cultivators witness Qin Buyi's prowess, even the simplest of minds would deduce that he had stumbled upon an extraordinary opportunity. In such a case, merely sharing the spoils would be the least of his worries; the chance of having the prize snatched right from under his nose was all too real.
Consider the Kunlun Secret Realm: there were three cultivators at the peak of Void Refining, each more powerful than Martial Marquis.
How could he, merely at the early stages of Void Refining, hope to rival those three at the pinnacle of perfection, not to mention the looming threats from the Fire Cloud and Water Moon Secret Realms?
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Immortal Killing Sword!"
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Slaughtering Immortal Sword!"
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Immortal Slaying Sword!"
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Immortal Trapping Sword!"
Four small swords sprang from Martial Marquis's lips, swiftly growing to the size of ten-foot-long flying swords as they soared towards Qin Buyi.
As the distance between the approaching Void Refining Stage cultivators and their location narrowed, Martial Marquis, with a hint of urgency in his voice, bellowed:
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Immortal Killing Sword Array!"
At his command, the four flying swords positioned themselves at the cardinal points around Qin Buyi.
"Attack!" Martial Marquis directed, pointing at Qin Buyi.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
The quartet of flying swords hurtled towards Qin Buyi, their passage slicing through the air with a piercing whine.
