C42 He Killed the Martial Marquis and Fought Against the Void Refining Perfection
Qin Buyi employed his Probing Eye to assess the condition of Martial Marquis, who was in dire straits.
His cultivation had plummeted to the early stages of the Nascent Infant Stage and was alarmingly unstable, threatening to decline even further at any moment.
Upon realizing Qin Buyi had located him, Martial Marquis lost his former imposing demeanor, and with a heavy heart, he pleaded, "I'll hand over all my cultivation resources to you. Can you spare my life?"
Qin Buyi shook his head, his voice icy as he responded, "No."
Martial Marquis immediately grasped the gravity of his situation from Qin Buyi's stance. Without another word, he turned and fled.
But with his cultivation reduced to the early Nascent Infant Stage, his escape seemed painfully slow in Qin Buyi's eyes.
"Killing Swordsmanship: Slaughter!"
Drawing the Killing Saber, Qin Buyi aimed a swift slash at Martial Marquis's throat.
"How dare you!" A thunderous roar echoed from the distance at that moment.
Qin Buyi glanced back, spotting two old men radiating murderous intent, rapidly approaching.
"Both at Void Refining Perfection?"
The Probing Eye revealed their cultivation levels, leaving Qin Buyi taken aback.
Upon closer inspection, he recognized them immediately—they were two of the three rulers of the Kunlun Secret Realm, as detailed in the intel from Lan Tianhe.
Martial Marquis, seeing these two figures, couldn't contain his relief and cried out, "Father, save me!"
Woo Qiankun, hearing his son's plea, attempted to reason with Qin Buyi, "If you dare kill my son, I swear you'll meet an unmarked grave!"
"Spare my son, and we'll stay out of each other's way henceforth. Plus, I'll add five million Low Grade Spirit Stones as a token of gratitude."
As the Woo family duo anticipated Qin Buyi's relenting, a discordant voice cut through the air.
"Chi!"
The sound of the blade parting flesh rang out sharply, silencing the scene in an instant.
Qin Buyi withdrew the Killing Saber, methodically wiping the blood from the blade.
Approaching the headless body of the Martial Marquis, he swiftly removed the Storage Ring. Without a moment to inspect its contents, he promptly turned it over to the System Mall for recycling.
Ding! Item value calculation in progress...
Ding! Calculation complete, total value: 1,350 points.
Qin Buyi's eyes sparkled at the sight of the points, and he mused, "Now, this is the kind of wealth befitting someone at the Void Refining Stage."
If Zhang Yuan could hear him, he'd likely rise from his grave in indignation, protesting:
"I just stepped out of the Kunlun Secret Realm for a brief jaunt. Who carries their entire fortune while traveling for leisure?"
Without a second thought, Qin Buyi reserved 1,000 points for the System Mall and converted the remaining 350 points into 35 attribute points.
As he allocated the attribute points to himself, Qin Buyi silently urged, "Breakthrough!"
"Crack!"
A crisp sound echoed within him.
Following the initial snap, successive cracks resounded...
Cells within his tendons, muscles, bones, and blood underwent a swift renewal process, with robust new cells emerging as the old ones perished.
Amidst this rapid cellular turnover, a piercing pain shot through him, and Qin Buyi's forehead was soon slick with a sheen of sweat.
His blood surged toward his brain's sea of consciousness with the force of a raging river.
Upon reaching the sea of consciousness, it seemed to collide with an unseen barrier.
"Boom!"
A thunderous noise reverberated in Qin Buyi's ears.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
"Boom!"...
With each relentless assault on the sea of consciousness, the booming persisted.
"Crack!"
After dozens of impacts in quick succession, the blood finally breached the sea of consciousness.
The invading blood carved out new expanses within the sea of consciousness.
Post-transformation, the sea of consciousness in Qin Buyi's mind had doubled in size compared to before the breakthrough, and his Divine Consciousness had advanced to the potency of the late Void Refining Stage.
Once the sea of consciousness was fully remodeled, tranquility returned to his body.
Qin Buyi accessed his information panel:
Name: Qin Buyi
Desolate Body - Primary
All attributes increased by 5%.
Cultivation: Fifth Rank - Void Refining Early Period (234/500)
Divine Consciousness: Void Refining Late Period
Strength: 234
Speed: 234
Stamina: 234
Attack Power: 234
Defense: 234
Fortune: 234
...
Killing Saber - Fifth Rank (234/500)
Broken Blade (1/9)
Attack Amplification: 10%
Attack Power: 234
Killing Saber Technique - Fourth Rank (200/200, unable to advance due to missing follow-up)
Attack Power: 200
Azure Dragon - Fifth Rank (234/500)
All this transpired in the flash of a moment.
Upon witnessing Qin Buyi's decisive slaying of the Martial Marquis, Woo Qiankun's eyes turned blood red with rage as he spat out, "You little rat, you're going to pay with your life for my son's death."
Standing nearby, Zhang Feng echoed the sentiment with equal venom, "You wretch, I won't be satisfied until I've reduced you to dust and scattered your ashes to the winds!"
Qin Buyi faced the two men with a calm demeanor and replied, "How presumptuous of you. Is it that only they have the right to kill me, and I'm not permitted to defend myself?"
"You insolent brat, it would have been an honor for you to be killed by my grandson. Now, you owe him your life!" Zhang Feng bellowed in fury.
Qin Buyi couldn't help but laugh at Zhang Feng's outburst, taunting, "Old man, have you lost your wits?"
Zhang Feng expectorated a small gourd from his mouth and clutched it in his hand, declaring with rage,
"Kunlun Secret Skill - Immortal Slashing Flying Dagger!"
The gourd swiftly reverted to its original size in Zhang Feng's grasp. As the lid popped open, a wisp of mist emerged.
The mist churned and coalesced into a human head with wings and distinct facial features.
The head, formed from the mist, was too nebulous to discern any clear details.
Zhang Feng then commanded, "Turn around, my treasure!"
The misty head swiveled, emitting a bizarre shriek as it lunged at Qin Buyi.
In an instant, it materialized before Qin Buyi and penetrated his sea of consciousness.
Qin Buyi's eyes narrowed in realization; the Immortal Slashing Flying Dagger was an attack targeting the Divine Consciousness.
"Killing Swordsmanship, Soul Dispersing!"
The Killing Saber in his grasp swiftly dimmed and vanished.
The vanished blade reemerged within Qin Buyi's sea of consciousness, its point directed at the head conjured by the Immortal Slashing Flying Dagger.
Once manifest in the sea of consciousness, Divine Consciousness surged into the Killing Saber like soldiers rallying to their general, infusing the weapon with energy.
The blade, aglow with golden light, radiated a potent and undiluted intent to kill.
The winged head had no chance to act within Qin Buyi's mental realm before the Killing Saber made its swift cut.
"Chi!" "Chi!" "Chi!"...
With Divine Consciousness now advanced to the late Void Refining Stage, the lethality of the Soul Dispersing Saber Technique had significantly intensified.
Dominating its home turf, the Killing Saber relentlessly pressed its attack.
"Boom!"
After several strikes from the Killing Saber, the head, a manifestation of cloud and mist from the Immortal Slashing Flying Daggers, could no longer hold its shape and dissipated into a formless mass.
A bizarre cry echoed from the mist as the head retreated even faster than its arrival.
Meanwhile, Zhang Feng waited with assured anticipation for the outcome, while Woo Qiankun watched the gourd in Zhang Feng's hand with fervent eyes.
The technique of Divine Consciousness attack was exceedingly rare; not a single script existed within the entire Woo family. Even within the vast Kunlun Secret Realm, only the Zhang family possessed this art, and they guarded it jealously, never sharing it with outsiders.
Woo Qiankun had once offered a trove of exotic treasures in exchange, but Zhang Feng had promptly refused, leaving Woo Qiankun with an itch of envy each time he witnessed the Immortal Slashing in action.
In an instant, Zhang Feng saw the cloud head enter Qin Buyi's sea of consciousness and, in less than two seconds, it scattered and fled without a backward glance.
It seemed as though some venomous predator was in pursuit, and upon its hasty return to the gourd, the cloud head hastily sealed the lid.
Despite Zhang Feng's calls, it refused to emerge again.
Qin Buyi turned to Zhang Feng and declared, "It is only proper to reciprocate. Now, taste the strike of my blade!"
"Killing Swordsmanship: Soul Dispersing!"
A golden Killing Saber burst forth from Qin Buyi's sea of consciousness, hurtling towards Zhang Feng.
"Whoosh!"
As the Killing Saber drew ever closer, Zhang Feng called out in growing desperation for his Immortal Slashing Flying Dagger to come to his defense.
But the dagger remained silent, unresponsive as if caught in the grip of death itself.
The Immortal Slashing Flying Dagger was Zhang Feng's sole Divine Consciousness attack technique. Now, with no response from it, he was left to watch helplessly as the Killing Saber neared.
"Chi!"
The Killing Saber penetrated Zhang Feng's sea of consciousness effortlessly.
Once inside, it wreaked havoc, relentlessly slashing through his sea of consciousness.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
With each strike, Zhang Feng's expression twisted in increasing agony, sweat soon soaking his entire body.
A Divine Consciousness attack was not undefendable, but only a Divine Consciousness attack could counter another of its kind.
This was the value of such an attack: conventional methods were virtually ineffective against this direct assault on the sea of consciousness.
Woo Qiankun, witnessing Zhang Feng's torment, turned to Qin Buyi, his eyes alight with fiery desire.
To him, Qin Buyi was akin to a treasure in human form, clearly exhibiting the rare Divine Consciousness attack that had inflicted such damage on Zhang Feng.
A long-standing craving surged within Woo Qiankun at the sight of hope personified in Qin Buyi, greed consuming his entire being.
"Boy, your life is mine!" Woo Qiankun bellowed.
As Woo Qiankun advanced, Qin Buyi nonchalantly reached into his pocket, as though retrieving something.
Qin Buyi's hand rummaged inside until it grasped a tail.
"Got it."
"Wu, the old ghost, behold the treasure!" Qin Buyi cried out to Woo Qiankun.
Woo Qiankun, having closed half the distance to Qin Buyi, halted midair, his expression a mix of astonishment and skepticism, as he fixed his gaze on Qin Buyi.
He had to exercise caution; intelligence reports painted this kid as alarmingly sinister. In the span of a single year, he'd transformed from an unremarkable person with no cultivation base into a formidable opponent. Now, even those at the pinnacle of Void Refining had to tread carefully around him, wary of whatever other aces he might be hiding.
As Woo Qiankun hovered in midair, Qin Buyi called out to him, "Come on over, Old Ghost Wu."
Woo Qiankun remained motionless.
After a period of careful observation, Qin Buyi made no move. He suspected that Qin Buyi was feigning inaction to buy time, and thought to himself with a sneer, "Cunning kid, once I seize the extraordinary cultivation technique you possess, I'll subject you to the most excruciating tortures until death claims you."
No longer hesitating, he charged at Qin Buyi, bellowing, "Kunlun's Great Capturing Hand!"
Above Qin Buyi, a massive palm materialized, bearing down on him.
Qin Buyi countered with a shout of his own, "Witness my power, Secret Technique - Azure Dragon!"
He pulled a tail from within his clothes and flung it outward. A palm-sized Azure Dragon, snoring faintly, soared towards Woo Qiankun.
"Azure, time to wake up. No more sleeping, we've got work to do," Qin Buyi implored, infusing the Azure Dragon with his Divine Consciousness.
The Azure Dragon's eyes fluttered open, its gaze still clouded with sleep as it took in its surroundings. Below, its old master gestured eagerly, while above loomed a figure brimming with murderous intent. Caught between them, it seemed to be in mid-flight.
The Azure Dragon, with its exceptional intelligence, grasped the situation in an instant.
Then, a thunderous dragon's roar erupted from the Azure Dragon's mouth...
