Chapter 38: Take Back Everything You Have
One of the greatest things that Ye Tianxin had relied on to climb up to where she was today was this Amorous Hoop, a heaven-grade weapon.
The Amorous Hoop, as its name implied, was a hoop but with sharp edges. When a cultivator filled it with energy, its power would be even more terrifying. The ‘amorous’ in its name did not symbolize love, but hatred. It meant that no matter what it tangled with, it would never let go.
...
Ye Tianxin watched as the Amorous Hoop, which had accompanied her for ten years, get trapped by Lu Zhou’s powerful Fiend Monk’s Hand Seal and lose its luster.
BOOM!
She wanted to stop it and take back her weapon! If she lost it, her strength would be greatly reduced even if she managed to escape today.
The power of the Blue Waves Technique exploded out of her, pouring toward Lu Zhou like waves. Unfortunately, she was facing her former master, an opponent who knew the Blue Waves Technique better than her.
“Break!”
Waves that were stronger than hers exploded out of Lu Zhou’s body and rushed toward her. When compared to them, Ye Tianxin’s waves were as insignificant as a tiny stream. In the next instant, she was drowned by the huge waves that blotted out the sky.
Bam!
One of the waves hit her in the chest. She snorted as blood rushed up to her throat and spewed out of her mouth, and then she fell from the sky.
“Soul Chase!” Lu Zhou’s figure flickered, and he reached the ground in the blink of an eye.
Ye Tianxin’s whole body was in great pain and her mind went blank. The moment the stronger waves crashed down on her, she knew she was defeated. However, she could not understand why the old thing still used Soul Chase after she was defeated. Was he trying to show off his prowess?
In the face of Lu Zhou, whose every move was an ultimate skill, her heart was filled with despair.
‘This old thing just doesn’t give me any hope!’
...
Lu Zhou fixed his eyes on the falling Ye Tianxin. At the same time, he kept his eyes, ears, and mind wide open. He needed to be sure if any other villainous disciples were hiding nearby.
His avatar had provided him with a powerful perception, but a pity that he found none of them. Anyhow, he found it to be strange. Ye Tianxin should not have the courage to do such a thing by herself.
He slowly raised a hand and energy poured out of it, surrounding Ye Tianxin’s body and tightly binding her up. Soon, she slowly landed in front of him, supported from below by the special energy.
“Ding! You have captured a villainous disciple, the sixth disciple Ye Tianxin. You are rewarded with 1,000 reward points.”
Their eyes met; there was only a gap of two meters between them. Ye Tianxin’s eyes were filled with fear and shock. She had never been so afraid before, not even when she first arrived at Golden Court Mountain to learn from Ji Tiandao.
They were too close to each other. Her heart began to beat violently and her breathing became rapid and suppressed. Meanwhile, Lu Zhou’s expression remained the same. The feeling of being at his peak made his heart as calm as still water. When one had strength, one had confidence and vigor.
“Ye Tianxin,” he said lightly, but the words struck into her heart like thunder, “you have deserted the sect and betrayed me...”
“What do you want, old thing?”
“I’ll take back everything I gave you.”
“Ah?”
Ye Tianxin trembled all over, her eyes widened, and her face, which was slightly blushed, turned deathly pale. She wanted to beg for mercy, but she found that the old villain in front of her had lifted a hand as if there was no room for discussion.
The old hand held a ball of powerful energy. It lightly waved, throwing the ball at her, which shot straight into her dantian.
She was stunned as she heard the wall of her dantian, which she had spent years cultivating, crack and shatter like glass. In the next instant, it blew apart like a balloon and all the energy inside leaked into the surroundings.
This meant that she had become an ordinary person now. She had lost all her cultivation base. For a cultivator, there was nothing crueler in this world than destroying his or her cultivation base.
To become stronger, Ye Tianxin willingly joined Golden Court Mountain without fear. After going through hardships and making a lot of effort, she finally reached her present status and achievements. But now, all of that was gone with the destruction of her dantian.
She was completely struck dumb, so much so that she forgot the pain of her body and how to think. After a brief moment of paralysis, a severe and excruciating pain swept through her, filling her with misery. In just the blink of an eye, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
Ye Tianxin smiled sadly and raised her head with difficulty. At this moment, all the fear in her vanished. The expression on her face looked like crying, but at the same time, it also looked like laughing.
“Old...Old thing, kill me now... Haha...”
Lu Zhou noticed that her hostility had surged to 60%, and doubts arose in his mind. Although Ji Tiandao was short-tempered, had done all the evil things that one could imagine, and always scolded and beat his disciples, he had never done anything that could make someone hate him so much.
Why did Ye Tianxin hate Ji Tiandao so much?
Anyhow, it was meaningless to know that now. Everything Lu Zhou did, he did it to protect himself.
“You are too stubborn!” Lu Zhou lifted a hand and slapped her face. Consequently, a red handprint appeared on her pale cheek.
“You’re welcome to torture or kill me. Haha...hahaha...” Ye Tianxin laughed shrilly and stared at the ground. “Poor Fourth Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother...They could have escaped the disaster. Why? It’s all your fault! You’ve killed them! From today on, there will be no Golden Court Mountain in this world.” When she had finished, she laughed again. She wanted to infuriate Lu Zhou.
But, it was a pity that Lu Zhou remained impassive. He glanced at the remaining time of the peak-form card on the system panel: he had only five minutes left. He would not make it in time even if he used Soul Chase.
However, the system did not inform him anything about his third and fourth disciples, which meant their lives were not in danger.
His fourth disciple was not stupid. How would he risk his life?
Lu Zhou just said one word, “Fool!”
“Are you scolding me?” Ye Tianxin paused. That was not how the old villain used to scold her.
“No one will dare to bully Golden Court Mountain as long as I’m still alive.”
Ye Tianxin swallowed as she looked at Lu Zhou’s confident look. She recalled her fifth senior sister’s words, ‘Master has become different from before.’ However, she did not expect him to become so unpredictable and unfathomable.
Lu Zhou put one hand on her shoulder. In response, she cried out and closed her eyes with fear.
‘I’m still alive?’
When she opened her eyes again, she saw that they were flying in the sky. A layer of invisible energy shield had wrapped them, blocking the strong wind.
Swoosh!
“Ah...”
It was her master’s great divine ability, the Soul Chase.
‘Why? Why can this old thing keep using Soul Chase? Does he not need to muster energy? How does he do it?’
It was not the secret drug of Primal Fiend or any other secret drug.
Although she had lost all her cultivation base, her experience told her that there were no traces of energy gathering around Lu Zhou, and his behavior was completely different from someone who had taken an explosive secret drug.
It meant that all the energy came from within himself!
However, it was plain that he was old and his body could no longer contain additional energy!