Chapter 100: The Time of the Immortal Gate’s Annihilation

Chapter 100: Chapter 100: The Time of the Immortal Gate’s Annihilation

’Is that Evil Qi?’

After his Spiritual Power reached Level 20, Chu Fan found that he could see many things that ordinary people could not.

This Evil Qi, for example.

There were actually many kinds of Evil Qi. The two most easily understood were the kind that condensed from an accumulation of negative emotions, and the Death Qi left behind by those who died with grievances.

But the Evil Qi drifting toward Diao Yinqi was neither of these.

Recalling what Shan Jiangming had done in Yingchuan County, Chu Fan immediately came to a conclusion.

’This is the Innate Qi of fetuses who died in the womb!’

No, to be precise, it was Innate Death Qi.

’The Cultivation Technique practiced by this Immortal Gate truly is an Evil Technique!’ The killing intent in Chu Fan’s eyes intensified.

If every wisp of Evil Qi represented the life of a fetus, then just how many had died at Diao Yinqi’s hands?

And what about the other members of the Immortal Gate? How many more unborn children had they killed?

Chu Fan wasn’t too familiar with other places, but for Cultivators from the Six Sects and Eight Gates of the Eastern Domain, once their Cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Realm, simply absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was no longer enough to meet their needs.

Therefore, after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, a Sect would distribute Spirit Stones monthly to aid in Cultivation.

However, Spirit Stone Veins were scarce to begin with and monopolized by the Major Sects. Those Minor Sects had to either purchase them or find other ways.

The method used by the Immortal Gate was likely one of these evil, selfish, and harmful paths.

Seeing the constantly rising aura from Diao Yinqi’s body and his increasingly crimson eyes, Chu Fan made his decision.

"Yun Xi, retreat a hundred zhang!"

Below, Yun Xi, whose eyes were red with killing, heard Chu Fan’s shout and immediately pulled back, disengaging from the fight without hesitation.

This was her trust in Chu Fan, and it was also the tacit understanding between them.

"Trying to run? Where do you think you’re going?" Diao Yinqi’s voice had changed.

With a point of the Soft Sword in his hand, a bolt of light shot straight at Yun Xi.

"You think you’re worthy?" Chu Fan snorted disdainfully. His body spun, and he unleashed the Third Technique of the Dream-Breaking Meteor Sword.

"Awakening Dream Clarity Like Sun and Stars!"

The sword strike, like a falling meteor, its dazzling Sword Aura wrapped in endless Sword Qi, intercepted Diao Yinqi’s bolt of light.

The two streams of Sword Qi, one red and one white, vied for dominance, erupting in a blinding radiance.

"BOOM—" With a massive explosion, the Immortal Gate disciples closest to the blast below instantly exploded and died.

"Soul Emergence Realm?" Chu Fan also cried out in alarm.

He never expected that after being empowered by that Evil Qi, Diao Yinqi would actually advance by an entire Great Realm.

"You think the two of you can just throw your weight around in my Immortal Gate? Die!"

Diao Yinqi scoffed. His Body Technique had nearly doubled in speed, and in an instant, he was right in front of Chu Fan, striking with his sword. ℴ

The power of this strike was indeed enough to make Chu Fan feel suffocated.

He was indeed invincible within his own Realm, but the level of Diao Yinqi’s current attack was at least at the middle or Late Stage of the Soul Emergence Realm.

Seeing that Yun Xi was now over a hundred zhang away, Chu Fan steeled himself. He neither blocked nor dodged. With his sword in his right hand, he formed a seal with his left.

"To overcome all obstacles—"

"Battle!"

The moment he uttered "Battle!", a pitch-black Lion Shadow materialized. The Lion Shadow raised its head and roared, its voice like a great bell.

"What is that?" Countless people looked up and screamed in terror at the enormous Lion Shadow that completely concealed Chu Fan’s body.

Diao Yinqi’s sword struck the Lion Shadow directly. The Sword Qi that had been powerful enough to suffocate Chu Fan vanished without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.

In the plaza, the disciples of the Immortal Gate who were looking at the Lion Shadow clutched their heads and let out agonized screams. Pitch-black blood flowed from their seven orifices as they collapsed to the ground.

The three Nascent Soul Realm Elders reacted, quickly averting their gaze and fleeing, not daring to look at the Lion Shadow again.

But Chu Fan clearly saw black arrows, condensed from Death Qi, shoot toward the three Elders.

Meanwhile, Diao Yinqi, who was closest to Chu Fan, seemed to be caught by an Immobilization Technique. He was suspended in mid-air, frozen in his sword-swinging posture, his once-crimson eyes now filled with disbelief.

A snake-like strand of Death Qi slithered onto Diao Yinqi’s body. In just an instant, it drained his life force, and his body crashed heavily to the ground.

The Lion Shadow remained for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and in that short time, it heralded the annihilation of the Immortal Gate.

From the Sect Leader to the disciples, a total of eight hundred and seventy-three people were all dead!

Long after the Lion Shadow vanished, Chu Fan slowly descended from the sky.

At this moment, he finally understood the source of the Divine Power for the Inner Lion Shadow Divine Technique.

It drew out the Death Qi from the Juntian Mirror World, transforming it into a Divine Technique that used boundless Death Qi to devour all life within a hundred zhang.

No wonder the Xiezhi had warned him to use this second Divine Technique with extreme caution!

Because the Death Qi did not distinguish between friend or foe. Anyone within a hundred zhang would die.

The most shocked of all was Yun Xi. She had never imagined that Chu Fan could kill hundreds of people in an instant with a single move.

This was completely beyond her comprehension.

Moreover, those who died by this technique had met a miserable end. Except for Diao Yinqi, everyone else had died with a black, unknown liquid flowing from their seven orifices. Their eyes had burst from their sockets, their mouths were wide open, and their faces were contorted in horror.

Yun Xi even started to suspect that Chu Fan might have also practiced an Evil Technique.

In the end, she reassured herself. ’So what if Chu Fan practiced an Evil Technique? As long as he’s still Chu Fan, as long as he doesn’t betray me... forget just practicing an Evil Technique, even if he becomes a wicked monster, I’ll help him find his way back to righteousness.’

’Besides, how could Chu Fan ever become a wicked monster?’

She walked to Chu Fan’s side, her words startling him from his thoughts.

"Are... are you okay?"

"That was the Inner Lion Shadow Divine Technique, the Juntian Mirror’s second Divine Technique. It’s just a combat Skill that uses the Death Qi between heaven and earth to devour life force. Don’t overthink it." Chu Fan had seen the worry in her eyes and felt the need to explain.

"Of course I believe you!" Yun Xi said with a gentle smile.

A smile like that could erase all the sorrows of the world.

Now that he had discovered the Immortal Gate was no righteous sect, Chu Fan certainly wasn’t going to just kill everyone and leave.

Besides, the Immortal Gate had existed for so many years, and their methods were so dirty; they must have accumulated a great deal of wealth.

Although Chu Fan loathed and detested the actions of the Immortal Gate’s members, he never claimed to be a good person himself. Why would he pass up an opportunity to profit?

He and Yun Xi searched every hall and building. Anything of value was moved into the Juntian Mirror World, not even sparing the tables and chairs.

As for gold, silver, valuables, weapons, steel, and medicinal herbs—they certainly wouldn’t let those go.

He collected any decent Martial Arts Techniques, and as for the Cultivation Techniques that seemed wicked, he glanced through them once before burning them all.

After all that, he even toppled the halls with a few palm strikes and moved the timber and stone blocks used to build them into the Juntian Mirror World.

The Juntian Mirror World was massive, after all. It could hold not just a single Immortal Gate, but probably the entire continent.

Finally, he piled all the corpses together and put them to the torch.

Only then did the two of them leave.

However, at the very moment Chu Fan and Yun Xi were battling the Immortal Gate, the Red Blood Mansion had already learned of the events in Nanling County.

An Elder from the Red Blood Mansion reported the matter to Yan Qi via a Communication Jade Scroll. Yan Qi flew into a thundering rage and decided to go to Nanling County himself to get to the bottom of it.

After leaving the Immortal Gate, Chu Fan and Yun Xi embarked on a path of slaughter.

Along this path, their Cultivation continuously improved through killing.