Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1292 - First Place
Chapter 1292 – First Place
Liu Wuxie’s forging was nearly complete. When he reached for the sword, it measured three and a half feet long and two fingers wide, radiating a sword aura powerful enough to tear through space.
The moment Liu Wuxie gripped it, he felt a connection. No one had infused the blade with soul or blood, leaving it without a master.
“What a terrifying sword!” exclaimed several grandmaster blacksmiths in praise when they clapped their eyes on the sword. They were so shocked that they seemed to have momentarily forgotten what had just happened.
Whether this sword received the Immortal Slaying Domain’s acknowledgement would not change its quality.
“Why have I never seen this blacksmithing technique before? It even contains a dragon-clan technique, further amplified by magic. This is unbelievable!” Many grandmaster blacksmiths approached, wanting to learn how Liu Wuxie had accomplished this feat.
“Go,” Liu Wuxie said, and the longsword flew up, burrowing into the Immortal Slaying Domain.
Everyone turned to Liu Wuxie’s quadrant of the Immortal Slaying Domain, and attention fixed on that sparsely populated corner.
As a minute passed, it stretched into what felt like a century. Elder Long watched with his fists clenched. If Liu Wuxie couldn’t make the top three, he wouldn’t be able to obtain the Dragon Origin Herb or establish an interstellar teleportation array.
Knowing Liu Wuxie’s temperament, he would try to force his way into the lesser realm and pay the price if he ended up failing.
“Quick, look at the Immortal Slaying Domain! It seems to be moving!” Many people’s necks went stiff from craning upward.
Amidst the chaos, more eliminated weapons tumbled from the Immortal Slaying Domain.
The Grand Unity Sect’s part of the sky still had dozens of longswords, and the one forged by Mo Hong released the strongest glow.
“Wait, why is the Immortal Slaying Domain moving?” Confusion rippled through the crowd. The Immortal Slaying Domain had covered half the sky, and it seemed to be drifting toward Liu Wuxie’s sector.
Suddenly, a dazzling beam shot out from the Immortal Slaying Domain as though it could reach the depths of the cosmos. The entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain felt a surge of sword intent that blotted out the sun.
The weapons hanging in midair began to fall, including dozens from the Grand Unity Sect’s region, leaving them to grit their teeth in frustration.
“What’s going on? Can anyone tell me what’s going on?!” many people cried out, clutching their heads, unable to comprehend what was wrong with the Immortal Slaying Domain.
“I’d have told you by now if I knew,” said a youth standing by the side, clenching his fists, desperate to know what was happening.
If Mo Hong’s sword shone like a full moon, Liu Wuxie’s blazed like ten suns rising at once. Its radiance dazzled even through the Immortal Slaying Domain, drowning the other artifacts in its brilliance.
As many had guessed, Liu Wuxie’s longsword appeared. The Immortal Slaying Domain had acknowledged it, and it didn’t fall to the ground; it hovered in the sky like a bright sun. The moment it appeared, it overshadowed the other artifacts.
Those standing closest to the longsword stumbled back, unable to withstand its suppressive aura.
“What a terrifying sword!” Shock filled every face. This sword was infinitely close to the Void Realm, but the one who forged it had only been at the fifth-level Origin Conversion Realm!
How could he possibly produce such a breathtaking weapon?
Outside the White Moon Valley, flowers decked the Grand Unity Sect’s warship to welcome their disciples back and celebrate the champion. Now, silence enveloped the ship, and everyone’s faces turned grim. They had not only lost over seventy elites but the first place as well.
Though second place would also receive resources, it paled in comparison to the first place. Second place would receive only a handful of mines, nothing compared to administrative rights over an entire planet.
“That’s impossible!” Many Grand Unity Sect disciples stared in disbelief, unable to accept the sudden reversal. They couldn’t believe how someone at the fifth-level Origin Conversion Realm had needed only fifteen minutes to turn the tide and seize their glory.
Liu Wuxie’s feat made them feel powerless.
“Liu Wuxie! His name is Liu Wuxie!” The sword shone as six characters—Heavenly Dragon Sect and Liu Wuxie—flashed in the sky. The rules required participants to etch their names and factions on the weapons they forged.
“He’s a disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect?” Bewilderment spread. Weren’t Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples present at the event? Most people hadn’t heard of Liu Wuxie or which planet he came from.
When they learned he came from the Heavenly Dragon Sect, their expressions turned odd.
“That’s strange. Why didn’t the Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples step forward to help when the Grand Unity Sect targeted Liu Wuxie?” People began to notice that Liu Wuxie wasn’t welcome in the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
As for those who knew that Liu Wuxie was a disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, they all gloated. Everyone had the same reaction outside the White Moon Valley as well, including the Grand Unity Sect’s upper echelons.
They didn’t expect the person they targeted to be a disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and this was a twist of fate.
After all, no one had paid Liu Wuxie any attention at the start. Even if the Heavenly Dragon Sect had declined, it remained a superpower in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, and why would they send a disciple at the fifth-level Origin Conversion Realm?
It made no sense at all. However, the answer became clear now that his blacksmithing technique turned out to be so heaven-defying.
With that, Liu Wuxie secured undisputed first place in the blacksmithing event.
When the teleportation gate slowly opened, it was finally time to depart, and all the artifacts in the sky returned to their owners. Everyone also began to leave through the teleportation gate.
Right then, faint energy descended from the Immortal Slaying Domain and settled upon Liu Wuxie.
“Faith energy!” The revelation shook him. He hadn’t expected the Immortal Slaying Domain’s feedback to be in the form of faith energy.
Then again, the Immortal Slaying Domain had been protecting the entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, drawing in boundless faith energy.
When the faith energy poured into Liu Wuxie’s body, the Conversion Art began to stir. If he could comprehend the Great Conversion Mythical Art, he would be able to convert anyone whose cultivation did not greatly surpass his into a devotee obeying his will.
In other words, this was good news for him.
“It looks like I must place well in the other events too, to gain more faith energy,” Liu Wuxie told himself. He caught the longsword and dismissed the spiritual array, as most had already left.
“Saintess!” The elven race had stayed behind and ran over, lingering fear on their faces. The scene was horrific when they witnessed their saintess slaughtering close to two hundred people.
“I’m fine,” Vanya said, nodding as relief and excitement spread across the faces of the other elves.
A few male elves couldn’t help but scrutinize Liu Wuxie with curiosity. After a brief exchange, they headed for the teleportation gate and returned to the sky above the White Moon Valley in a flash.
The moment Liu Wuxie emerged from the teleportation gate, countless gazes swept over him, many with openly hostile expressions. Before he could steady himself, dozens of auras locked onto him, including those of Earth Immortals.
At that moment, everyone from the Grand Unity Sect shared a single thought—kill Liu Wuxie.
Fury flared in Liu Wuxie’s chest at the Grand Unity Sect’s boundless shamelessness. Was this how a superpower should act?
Three hundred thousand years ago, the Grand Unity Sect took advantage of the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s chaos to strike, injuring Long Xiao in the process. What would they not do?
The Grand Unity Sect and the Heavenly Dragon Sect were mortal enemies. Liu Wuxie had just seized the first place, fanning the Grand Unity Sect’s fury. One person ruined all their meticulous planning, costing them the Gos Star.
Everyone knew that the Gos Star was rich in resources? If the Grand Unity Sect could gain control over it, it wouldn’t take long for them to rise as the most potent force in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain.
The Earth Immortals’ auras locked onto Liu Wuxie, ensuring he couldn’t flee. Even the ghost clan and the demon clan looked at the Grand Unity Sect with disdain for their shamelessness.
Dignified Earth Immortals ambushing a junior at the Origin Conversion Realm was more shameless than shameless.
Even so, many had expected the Grand Unity Sect’s actions, primarily because they had invested too heavily in Gos Star over the years. Even so, a superpower like the Grand Unity Sect ought to avoid stooping so low as to ambush a junior.
Liu Wuxie’s victory in the blacksmith event meant that the Grand Unity Sect’s investment over the years would go down the drain. The loss pushed the Earth Immortals into killing Liu Wuxie, even at the cost of staining the sect’s name.
The Earth Immortals’ powerful shockwave sent all the elves flying, unable to get close. Their auras also pinned Liu Wuxie in place. With Liu Wuxie’s current cultivation, he could only fight with experts at the eighth-level Primal Origin Realm at best.
He had no chance against Earth Immortals.
Just as an Earth Immortal moved to kill Liu Wuxie, a figure suddenly appeared before him.
“Get lost!” Zhuge Ming struck, unleashing a palm that sent the Earth Immortals flying away. He was at the Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm, one step away from the Heaven Gaze Realm. He was leagues ahead of Earth Immortals.
The Heaven Gaze Realm cultivators would not act; if they were to make a move, the clash would escalate into a war between the two forces, turning the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain into a battlefield.
With a loud rumble, Zhuge Ming sent the Earth Immortals flying away.
It was Liu Wuxie’s first time seeing a Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm strike collapse the surrounding space into a black hole. It was a terrifying scene; the palm would have leveled everything within a hundred-mile radius if it had struck the ground.
Zhuge Ming’s sudden appearance brought a glimmer of understanding to Liu Wuxie’s eyes. He finally knew why Zhuge Ming led the expedition. With Hua Feiyu’s timely intervention and Zhuge Ming leading the expedition, everything finally made sense to him.
