Chapter 887: Killing the Invincible, Cult's Test

Just as the Yuanyang Sword Aura was about to strike the dark satellite, the latter suddenly swerved. An orange-red radiance grazed the satellite, sparking as it passed. Chen Mobai’s gaze sharpened as he once again guided the Yuanyang Sword Aura to redirect towards the satellite controlled by Buhai.

However, this abandoned satellite seemed to have been refined into an artifact by Buhai. Under his unreserved manipulation of true qi, it was exceptionally nimble, consistently evading the Yuanyang Sword Aura’s attacks by a hair’s breadth. In Yun Yangbing’s eyes, an orange-red and a dark streak of light engaged in a high-speed chase through the vast cosmos, like two racing speedsters, continuously spinning and darting. Each time, they seemed on the verge of collision, yet never actually collided.

Chen Mobai, witnessing this, felt a bit embarrassed. As a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator dealing with a junior cultist, he had expected it to be a one-hit kill. He could only conclude that the Yuanyang Sword Aura was simply too ineffective.

With this thought, he immediately performed Void Walking! In an instant, he vanished from the Taiyi Five Smoke Robe, suddenly appearing directly in front of the dark satellite that had just evaded the Yuanyang Sword Aura. Buhai naturally saw this. The previous sight of the Extreme Yang Slash effortlessly cleaving his sanctuary, refined over hundreds of years, in two had filled him with dread. This immense loss twisted Buhai's face slightly in agony.

“Trying to escape!” Thinking this, Chen Mobai didn't hold back and once again guided the Extreme Yang Slash towards Buhai.

“Three strikes and you're out. Don't say I didn't give you a chance. If you can block this third sword, I'll pretend I never met you today and let you go.”

But it wasn't just Buhai who was surprised; Chen Mobai was too. In his view, facing a minor figure who hadn't formed a Nascent Soul, his Extreme Yang Slash, after numerous upgrades, should have easily handled the situation.

Buhai, upon hearing Chen Mobai's words, felt a glimmer of hope for survival. This was only momentary, however. After activating this secret art, Buhai's foundation would be damaged; without decades of recovery, he would essentially be unable to attempt breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm again.

“Hmm,” Chen Mobai mused, “Quite resilient, as expected of the Indestructible Concrete Body.”

With this thought, the void before him ripped open, and a long-hilted sword glowing with purple light descended from it. What was supposed to be a one-hit kill had already required two moves.

A crimson blaze flickered from the fissure; then, a massive fireball seemed to ignite and explode in the cosmic void. During the previous chase, he had already used the Square Inch Tome to calculate Buhai's evasion patterns.

Buhai's entirely blackened left hand gripped the orange-red radiance embedded in his shoulder blade, pulling it out with a trace of blood. Then, with a forceful squeeze of his fingers, he crushed it into scattered red light filling the sky. Anger surged within him; he roared, and his entire body erupted with an even denser and darker torrent of metallic energy than before. Buhai's transformation of this satellite intrigued him, but under this Extreme Yang Slash, it held little to no research value.

The instant of impact. In this life-or-death crisis, Buhai finally ceased to hesitate. His Indestructible Concrete Body was already a Tier 4 technique, and now, enhanced by his Nascent Soul realm cultivation, he unleashed the power of this ancient wicked sect's premier body-refining technique to an unparalleled degree. In his view, this was simply Chen Mobai's typical arrogance.

The two collided, emitting a dull thud. To kill a cult cultivator not even in the Nascent Soul stage actually requiring three moves? He must have been too complacent recently, not cautious enough.

The orange-red radiance, already redirected under Chen Mobai's divine sense, effortlessly pierced the dark torrent covering Buhai's body. His Nascent Soul cultivation combined with Tier 4 body refinement still couldn't completely block the Extreme Yang Slash! However, Chen Mobai, who was in sync with the Yuanyang Sword Aura, felt as if he were piercing solid steel. It was relatively easy at first, but the deeper it went, the more immense the pressure on the sword aura became.

As expected, after being cleaved in two, the restrictions deep within the satellite also seemed to be completely shattered. Spiderweb-like cracks immediately appeared and spread, covering everything in the blink of an eye. The Yuanyang Sword Aura, already stuck, could no longer penetrate. Clear light flickered in Chen Mobai's eyes; already, amidst the explosion, he had precisely grasped the retreating dark shadow attempting to hide and flee.

Yun Yangbing, witnessing this from afar, wore an expression of pity. With an open mouth, a faint white glow erupted. As blood light appeared, Buhai's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at his fist, cleaved by the Extreme Yang Slash.

He immediately activated the secret art of burning vital blood from the Jingshi Temple, and his entire aura instantly transcended that major realm, becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator! This particular Extreme Yang Slash appeared as if Buhai, controlling the satellite, had crashed directly into it.

Chen Mobai spoke with an air of arrogance. The Violet Lightning Sword immediately shifted its trajectory, its tip aimed at Buhai in the distance. Truly worthy of being the foremost body-refining technique of the ancient wicked sect! In the previously dark and cold cosmic void, a brilliant, dazzling, and earth-shattering red light suddenly appeared. Chen Mobai immediately felt a touch of displeasure.

Chen Mobai, however, directly faced the satellite's explosion. His Pure Yang Immortal Robe flared with golden-red light, like ripples, momentarily freezing all fragments of fire that surged towards him before melting them into gas. As he unleashed the Extreme Yang Slash, golden lines had already begun to appear in one of Chen Mobai's pupils. Simultaneously, his right hand clenched into a tight fist, and his blackened fist fearlessly shot straight towards the Extreme Yang Slash directly before him. This was the sight of the dark satellite being cleaved in two by the Extreme Yang Slash.

After all, as the Immortal Sect's favored prodigy, he had never suffered defeat since his debut, effortlessly achieving breakthroughs from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, and even to Nascent Soul. If Buhai were in Chen Mobai's position, he would have long since grown arrogant and looked down on everyone else. He just never expected that today he could actually use Chen Mobai's "arrogant" personality to escape a disaster.

Thinking this, Buhai took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the intense burning pain emanating from where the Extreme Yang Slash had severed him. The Great Sun Qianyang Fire was terrifying; even with the powerful regenerative abilities of the Indestructible Concrete Body, it couldn't be completely extinguished in a short time. So Buhai could only suppress his injuries first, elevating his defense to its utmost limit. He crossed his arms into an X shape over his chest, channeling the Jinshi True Qi, temporarily boosted by his realm elevation, continuously through his hands to the point of intersection. Then, the surrounding shattered satellite debris, drawn by his Jinshi True Qi as if by a powerful magnetic force, from near to far, began stacking piece by piece in front of him.

In the direction the Violet Lightning Sword was aimed, immediately appeared hundreds, even thousands, of layers of debris protection, packed tightly together, giving the Violet Lightning Sword virtually no space to accelerate. Chen Mobai, witnessing this, was a bit surprised. He was just speaking casually, making a bit of small talk; how did his opponent take it seriously? Even if he took it seriously, he couldn't truly believe that mere Tier 4 body refinement and a temporarily elevated Nascent Soul realm could block a Tier 5 Violet Lightning Sword, could it?

But then, Chen Mobai realized that the news of the Violet Lightning Sword ascending to Tier 5 was known only to a select few within the Immortal Sect. Most in the Immortal Sect only knew he had mastered the Great Void Shift, unaware of the crucial Void Substitute Art involved. Therefore, based on the Ascendant Cult's outdated information, Buhai must have believed that if he could withstand the attack of this top-grade Tier 4 sword, he could escape disaster. Ignorance truly is fatal!

With this thought, Chen Mobai no longer hesitated and directly launched his sword attack. The Violet Lightning Sword, imbued with his Pure Yang True Qi, its blade erupted with blinding sunlight-like radiance, illuminating the dark cosmos around it, transforming into a bolt of lightning that hurtled towards Buhai.

Facing the Violet Lightning Sword's attack, Buhai showed no fear, directly meeting it. The hundreds of layers of satellite debris before him, like paper, were pulverized into countless particles scattering across the void the moment they made contact with the Violet Lightning Sword. Buhai, seeing this, suddenly felt an ominous premonition. These defenses, imbued with Jinshi True Qi, could at best be considered Tier 4. Even against a peak Tier 4 sword's assault, they should have been able to at least slow down and dissipate some of its power. The power of this Violet Lightning Sword was greater than he had imagined. But at this point, Buhai could only grit his teeth and push his body-refining technique to its absolute limit. He took a stance, roared in defiance, gathering the peak Jinshi True Qi of his life, meeting the Violet Lightning Sword head-on.

Chen Mobai winced slightly, but the Violet Lightning Sword unhesitatingly pierced through Buhai's body. From afar, Yun Yangbing, protected by the Taiyi Five Smoke Robe, saw the bloody hole created in Buhai's chest and abdomen by the penetrating Violet Lightning Sword, and his admiration for Chen Mobai grew even deeper. He felt his classmate was now invincible.

Buhai stared wide-eyed in disbelief at his melting hands and the bloody hole in his chest. The Violet Lightning Sword's attack far surpassed anything he knew. The purple lightning coiling around the blade tore apart everything he had prided himself on. Blood began to trickle from Buhai's mouth and seven orifices; he tried to activate his Jinshi True Qi and use the Indestructible Concrete Body to heal his injuries. However, all the power within him crumbled under the corrosive onslaught of the rampant purple lightning. As streaks of lightning appeared on Buhai's body, his body began to disintegrate.

“What a pity,” Chen Mobai spoke, a look of regret on his face. “It seems your body wasn't so tough after all; you couldn't block my third move!”

Buhai's face contorted in pain; he opened his mouth wide, trying to say something. But his body gradually dissipated under the Violet Lightning Sword’s power, eventually bursting into countless fragments, vanishing into the cosmic void. Chen Mobai nodded in satisfaction. Then, the Violet Lightning Sword streaked through the dark void, returned to him, and slowly merged into his realm. Using Void Walking, he reappeared on the Taiyi Five Smoke Robe.

“Let's go. We'll continue searching for the next satellite.” Yun Yangbing nodded upon hearing this.

Subsequently, the two continued to circle the Geocentric Star, but had no such luck encountering anyone from the Ascendant Cult again. After collecting ten abandoned satellites, Yun Yangbing felt it was sufficient. Chen Mobai nodded and immediately took him back towards the Geocentric Star.

And just after the two re-entered the celestial canopy, a silver light glowed in the void where Chen Mobai and Buhai had clashed. Yan Xinjie emerged with a solemn expression, carefully examining all lingering traces at the scene.

“How did it go?” a fleeting, inscrutable voice sounded from the void. Yan Xinjie, his mood not improved, shook his head after hearing it. “Buhai was killed in just a few moves. It probably didn't even push that kid to take it seriously.”

Yan Xinjie knew Chen Mobai was highly sensitive to the void; after all, that kid had uncovered all his arrangements in Yumucheng. So this time, when guiding Buhai to test Chen Mobai, he hadn't dared to hide and observe directly, relying solely on various small instruments placed beforehand and post-event investigation to reconstruct the events. However, those small instruments seemed to have been affected by the aftermath of their confrontation; all were damaged beyond retrieving any visual data. Through post-event reconnaissance, Yan Xinjie discovered Chen Mobai had used a maximum of three moves. One move was likely the Yuanyang Sword Aura, a complementary skill for Pure Yang Scroll cultivators; another was based on the Great Sun Qianyang Fire, more powerful than the Yuanyang Sword Aura, but still within his expectations. Only the final move, that vast, magnificent, and seemingly world-rending lightning power, caused him to frown deeply. If he hadn't been mistaken, this power had already surpassed Tier 4. He wasn't sure if it was truly Tier 5, or merely approaching it. But regardless, Buhai was killed by that very move.

“You are still too cautious,” the fleeting voice sounded again. If Chen Mobai had been able to hear it, he would have recognized it as the Divine Guard Pavilion Master. “Just the two of us, plus Lin Daoming, making three of us attacking, no matter how talented that kid is, he wouldn't be able to escape.”

The moment Chen Mobai left the celestial canopy, the Ascendant Cult members knew of it. At that time, the Divine Guard Pavilion Master wanted to act to eliminate this future Soul Transformation realm cultivator of the Immortal Sect. It was a pity Yan Xinjie was a bit conservative, insisting on using Buhai as a test.

“Lin Daoming cannot be fully trusted yet,” Yan Xinjie said. “Moreover, if we were to kill Chen Mobai, it might attract the attention of Patriarch Qianxing. Before the Cult Master's cultivation is complete, we cannot withstand a Soul Transformation True Monarch. There's no need to put ourselves in danger for a mere potential future Soul Transformation realm cultivator.”

After speaking, Yan Xinjie vanished from the spot. The Divine Guard Pavilion Master clicked his tongue and dissipated his divine sense avatar.