Chapter 458: The Shattering of Everything

Granted, if Xu Lei had the time to settle down and cultivate slowly in the future, he could eventually recover all of this lost Magical Power.

But right now, facing the ruthless Saint Master, a lack of Magical Power was a death sentence. An ordinary Cultivator wouldn’t have a future; there would be no chance to slowly cultivate it back.

Meanwhile, the expressions of all the other surrounding Cultivators changed drastically.

“Saint Master, what are you doing?”

“Why are you doing this? Didn’t you say that all who were present would get a share?”

“We helped you open this Yin Yang Gate, unsealing the Daoist Scripture Hall, but you don’t intend to share a single thing with us. How can you be so despicable?”

“You were deceiving us all along, you despicable scoundrel.”

Some Cultivators cursed in a frenzy, perhaps realizing that the Saint Master would never let them go.

“Saint Master, have mercy! We don’t want these treasures!”

“We don’t want anything! Please, let us leave! Give us a chance to live!”

“We never even wanted to take any Treasures!”

“Just let me live, and I’ll work for you like a dog. I’ll do absolutely anything.”

Of course, some Cultivators were begging for their lives.

But it was useless; the Saint Master was completely unmoved.

He once again activated his giant, Rune-covered palm, sending one strike toward the heavily injured Bodhisattva Guan Yun and another blasting toward the other Cultivators.

Dozens more of the other Cultivators were instantly smashed to a pulp by the Saint Master’s single palm strike.

Meanwhile, Bodhisattva Guan Yun was somehow still alive. She struggled back to her feet and threw out her white Lotus Platform. The platform roared as it expanded, smashing into the Saint Master’s incoming hand. Upon impact, the Saint Master’s giant hand was actually blown apart.

But Bodhisattva Guan Yun’s Lotus Platform was also destroyed in the blast.

Just then, Bodhisattva Guan Yun’s figure shot backward as she tried to fly directly out of the Celestial Palace.

But the Celestial Palace’s Barrier wouldn’t let her pass through!

Clearly, the true master of the Celestial Palace was the Saint Master. The reason Bodhisattva Guan Yun and Yuan Kong could come and go freely before was only because the Saint Master had granted them permission.

“Still trying to run? Do you really think you can? Not a single one of you will escape!”

The Saint Master, still looking down from on high, boomed, “This Sun Palace is what I obtained, so this Sun Palace is mine! Everything in the Celestial Palace is naturally mine as well. None of you are qualified to share it with me! Who the hell do you think you are? You are nothing but ants! You worthless Cultivators of the Dharma Decline Era! If it weren’t for me, many of you would have died of old age long ago. You wouldn’t have even survived to see today. So what if I kill you now? As for those of you who just Ascended… you can only blame your own rotten luck!”

As he spoke, his two giant palms continued to slam down again and again.

Agonized screams rang out one after another. Despite their numbers, they were helpless. They had already expended a great deal of Magical Power to help Bodhisattva Guan Yun open the gate, and the Saint Master’s attacks were simply too ferocious. Many couldn’t withstand the assault at all and were smashed into bloody pulp by his relentless palm strikes.

The Saint Master was like the grim reaper himself; wherever his palms passed, lives were harvested.

Some of the faster Cultivators had already fled from the entrance of the Daoist Scripture Hall, but they were completely unable to break the Celestial Palace’s Barrier and escape.

Jue Xuan was still alive. Xu Lei saw him moving incredibly fast. The Saint Master had sent a palm strike toward Jue Xuan’s location, but his speed had suddenly skyrocketed. All the other Cultivators standing in that area were killed, but Jue Xuan had actually managed to get away.

But Jue Xuan’s expression was grim; he clearly hadn’t expected events to unfold this way. He tried to leave, but was also blocked by the Barrier.

Then he ran toward Bodhisattva Guan Yun. It was unclear what he planned to do, but perhaps he wanted to join forces with her to break the Barrier.

Some of the other Cultivators who had managed to flee a short distance also tried to reach Bodhisattva Guan Yun and Jue Xuan, hoping to break the Barrier together.

Unfortunately, some of them were struck down and killed instantly by the Saint Master’s palm before they could even get halfway there.

By now, Xu Lei had also covered a considerable distance, managing to avoid being killed directly by the Saint Master.

He had managed this by using a Spatial Talisman.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to get him out of the Celestial Palace.

Xu Lei also wanted to rush over to Bodhisattva Guan Yun, hoping she might have some other method for dealing with the Saint Master.

However, after watching the Saint Master kill one Cultivator after another as they tried to reach Bodhisattva Guan Yun, Xu Lei could only give up on the idea.

But even though Xu Lei had abandoned that plan, the Saint Master’s gaze remained fixed on him.

Another palm strike came flying toward Xu Lei.

Xu Lei hastily used another Spatial Talisman. However, its Spatial Transmission was a random teleportation within a one-thousand-meter radius. To his dismay, it transported him right back to the entrance of the Daoist Scripture Hall!

Putting him just a short distance away from the Saint Master!

This caused Xu Lei’s expression to freeze.

He still had one Spatial Talisman left, but he saw the Saint Master launching another ferocious attack.

Xu Lei didn’t use his last Spatial Talisman.

‘Since I can’t escape, I won’t run anymore.’

He summoned his black alms bowl.

The black alms bowl floated above his head, emitting a protective glow around Xu Lei.

Xu Lei poured most of his remaining Magical Power into the black alms bowl to maintain its maximum defensive power.

At the same time, Xu Lei took out the Round Tube Magical Artifact. He used its spatial transmission to send his Lotus Treasure Fragments, Phoenix True Flame, and some other Treasures back to the safety of his hidden underground cave.

Meanwhile, Xu Lei activated his Spatial Ring, ready to pull out all the explosives stored inside and detonate them at once.