Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 262 - Massacre Begins

The defensive array began to fracture, with cracks spreading like spider webs.

Xue Shichou’s face was terrifyingly sinister because there was a time limit to the spiritual talismans. With the energies inside constantly exhausted, the power would gradually decrease until the talismans were reduced to ashes.

“Everyone, channel your true essence!” There was no room for retreat, and they had to kill Liu Wuxie no matter what. With Xue Shichou taking the lead, everyone poured their true essence into the giant palm.

“Hmph, is that all you got?” Liu Wuxie smiled sinisterly. This was just the beginning of his spiritual array; they were already reaching their limit.

A hundred spirit stones hovered in the sky and scattered around the ten array flags. As terrifying spiritual energy poured into the spiritual array, the cracks on the barrier swiftly recovered.

This shocked everyone from the Xue Clan. Both sides fell into a stalemate. No matter how the giant palm descended, it couldn’t tear Liu Wuxie’s spiritual array apart, but this couldn’t go on indefinitely.

“Xue Shichou, what should we do?” Everyone panicked because the energy in the spiritual talismans was rapidly depleting. The spiritual array could only last for ten breaths at most. Not to mention that this was already their trump card.

With a determined look, Xue Shichou reached for his chest. This made everyone hold their breaths, and even spectators didn’t dare to get too close.

“He’s too powerful! He held his ground against over a hundred spiritual talismans?!” Everyone had disbelief on their faces. Qin Li and the experts from the Qin Clan and Yan Clan arrived, but they were too late because the Xue Clan had already launched their attack.

“Let’s observe if he can withstand this! I wager the Xue Clan hasn’t played all their cards yet. There must be additional aces up their sleeve.”

News had already spread that the Xue Clan planned to kill Liu Wuxie in the Python Mountain Battlefield.

“Unless they can take out a fifth-grade talisman, it won’t be easy for them to kill Liu Wuxie.” The fourth-grade talismans were blocked and Xue Clan would only stand a chance with a fifth-grade talisman.

Everyone held their breaths, as it had been a long time since such an earth-shattering battle had occurred in the Great Yan Dynasty.

Xue Shichou retrieved a palm-sized talisman from his robe. As he unveiled it, Liu Wuxie narrowed his eyes, sensing an impending threat. It was a fifth-grade talisman.

Liu Wuxie instantly realized that the Xue Clan still had a trick up their sleeve. Only Xue Shichou knew about the fifth-grade talisman and wouldn’t use it unless absolutely necessary. After all, the value of a fifth-grade talisman was unimaginable, and it could be kept as a heirloom treasure in the Xue Clan.

“Liu Wuxie, I want you dead for killing my younger brother!” For the first time, Xue Shichou addressed Liu Wuxie directly, his eyes brimming with lethal intent. The fifth-grade talisman soared from his hand, merging with the fourth-grade talismans in the air.

A thunderous explosion echoed, and an immense gale surged from all directions, merging into the spiritual talisman. The huge palm swelled in size, transforming into a blade that descended with a swift swing.

“Such power! Is this the power of a fifth-grade talisman!?!” Everyone was shocked because this was their first time seeing a fifth-grade talisman.

As for the Pentabolt Talisman that Liu Wuxie had used in his fight with Qin Shi, only Liu Wuxie knew about it. Everyone else only felt that it was a coincidence that Qin Shi was killed by thunder.

The blade left behind a large crack in the barrier, releasing a powerful shockwave to the surroundings. The shockwave uncontrollably blew away Zuo Hong and others.

If this carried on, the powerful energy would tear them apart.

Liu Wuxie positioned himself at the heart of the platform, his face etched with solemnity. As he traced patterns in the air with his finger, an unseen rune materialized, representing an unfinished immortal rune.

“Go!” The incomplete rune fused into the spiritual array, rapidly healing the crack.

Forcibly inscribing an incomplete immortal rune caused Liu Wuxie to suffer a backlash. He threw up a mouthful of blood, his face becoming pale.

Liu Wuxie took out a few pills and swallowed them. It didn’t take long before his injuries no longer affected him. He circulated the Desolate Devouring Art, devouring the energies from the spiritual talismans seeping through the crack before merging into the world in his dantian.

The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron could devour everything in the world.

Everyone was left stunned by the battle. There may have been many True Core Realm experts in the Great Yan Dynasty, but they rarely fought. The intensity of Liu Wuxie’s battle with the Xue Clan had far exceeded the scope of True Core Realm experts.

“Xue Shichou, do you think you can obliterate me with a fifth-grade talisman?” Liu Wuxie, emanating a deadly aura, wiped the blood from his lips. He deemed using an immortal rune to counter the force of a fifth-grade talisman a worthy trade-off.

His true essence manifested into a pair of wings, lifting him from the ground.

“What is he trying to do? Does he intend to confront the fifth-grade talisman directly?” Everyone was astounded, as it seemed more prudent to take refuge within the barrier and wait for the spiritual talismans’ energies to deplete.

Liu Wuxie was not one to remain passive. He established a spiritual array to safeguard Zuo Hong and the others.

“Fatality Blade Art!” With a downward swing of his blade, the heavens quaked as a blade ray shattered the barrier and clashed with the gigantic palm.

The world shuddered as the Fatality Blade Art made contact with the giant palm, triggering a potent shockwave. The Xue Clan’s experts, who were gathered around the platform, were hurled into the air by the shockwave.

The experts of the Xue Clan spat out blood, with at least half of them being hurled away, crashing onto the ground, and crying out in torment.

With a single move that sent over seventy individuals soaring through the air, Liu Wuxie’s formidable power left everyone in awe yet again.

Xue Shichou’s face changed upon seeing Liu Wuxie break through the fifth-grade talisman and appear outside the spiritual array.

Emerging like a tiger among sheep, Liu Wuxie began his ruthless onslaught. His first target was Xue Qiongyu, whom he had vowed to subject to a fate worse than death.

In a flash, Liu Wuxie materialized before Xue Qiongyu. The latter attempted to resist, but it was futile. Liu Wuxie’s hand clamped onto Xue Qiongyu’s neck, hoisting him off the ground.

The events unfolded in an instant, with Xue Qiongyu unable to react before Liu Wuxie seized him. He tried to speak, but Liu Wuxie’s chokehold silenced him, and the lack of oxygen turned his face crimson.

However, Liu Wuxie didn’t kill Xue Qiongyu outright. He first incapacitated him, then brandished the Heretic Blade, unleashing hundreds of strikes. In the blink of an eye, Xue Qiongyu’s body vanished, leaving only his skeletal frame behind.

Aside from Xue Qiongyu’s head, there wasn’t a piece of him intact. This was a brutal method of killing someone because Xue Qiongyu wouldn’t die immediately. Then again, Liu Wuxie would only use such means against his enemy when his anger peaked.

The Xue Clan’s actions had enraged him thoroughly.

The sight of Liu Wuxie’s onslaught turned the faces of the remaining Xue Clan experts ashen. Some even contemplated fleeing. The spiritual talismans continued to hover in the air, but it was futile as Liu Wuxie had already vacated the platform. The energy of the spiritual talisman kept colliding with the barrier, but Zuo Hong and the others were safe.

“Kill!” A massacre unfolded as Liu Wuxie hacked his blade down at the Xue Clan’s experts. His blade was ruthless, reaping lives.

Screams could be heard echoing in the sky as ten-odd corpses appeared on the ground.

Seeing how Liu Wuxie killed so many Xue Clan experts with just one strike left everyone dumbfounded.

“Liu Wuxie is too strong. Has he already reached the True Core Realm?” The spectators could feel their blood boiling and were dumbstruck.

“That’s impossible. He hasn’t reached the True Core Realm, but his true essence and martial techniques far exceed ordinary people.” Everyone soon denied that possibility. As for Liu Wuxie’s secrets, everyone only knew that he had caused the Nine Stars Illumination phenomenon and nothing else.

The massacre continued as chaos descended on the Xue Clan’s party. After losing the supply of true essence, the power of the spiritual talismans gradually weakened.

“How is this possible?!” A Xue Clan’s elder smiled despairingly as he looked at his companions dying.

Everyone’s hearts were heavy as they saw Liu Wuxie reap the lives of the Xue Clan’s experts.

“Attack together!” Xue Shihong roared and charged over first, with others following suit, disregarding the danger.

If they couldn’t kill Liu Wuxie today, he would become the Xue Clan’s nightmare when he returned to the Imperial City.

“All of you are too weak!” Whenever Liu Wuxie took a life, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron devoured the energies from their bodies and converted them into spiritual liquid. After returning to the Imperial City, he could use the Golden Marrow to reach the eighth level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

The Xue Clan had a True Core Realm expert, so Liu Wuxie had to do everything he could to raise his cultivation.

The massacre continued as Liu Wuxie didn’t choose to fight Xue Shichou head-on. He used his movement technique to pick on the weaker ones first. Whenever he swung his blade, he would take a few lives.

The spiritual talismans hovering in the air gradually became dim as time passed. When energy completely depleted, they culminated into a shockwave.

Liu Wuxie, akin to a shooting star, evaded the epicenter of the explosion.

“No!” The other Xue Clan elites weren’t that fortunate. They were swept by the shockwave and sent flying away.

The explosion vaporized several individuals, leaving not a trace of blood behind. Only a handful of Xue Clan’s elites remained, as Liu Wuxie had swiftly dispatched most of them.

Blood dripped down from Liu Wuxie’s blade, and the ground was long dyed in blood.

The spectators were all left dumbfounded by this scene.

“Liu Wuxie, you demon!” A Xue Clan’s elder roared; he couldn’t describe his feelings. These people were all the Xue Clan’s elites, and this was a fatal blow to the Xue Clan.

The other clans could surpass the Xue Clan.

Liu Wuxie slowly walked towards the other remaining elites. He didn’t waste time talking to them. Whenever he took a step forward, his murderous intent became denser.

“Self-detonate to kill him!” Several elders came forward with their bodies swelling up. They poured their true essence into their acupoints. When their bodies exploded, they formed a shockwave to kill Liu Wuxie.