Chapter 101 Annihilation

Familiar shouts of battle rang out from below; it was Jun Ruoxie. This guy had actually set his sights on me.

"Bluestone - Amidst a Thousand Peaks!"

Xu Yuanlang's earth-elemental magic weapon transformed into a giant rock and slammed down below.

Jun Ruoxie dodged the attack in a sorry state, but his still-healing injuries flared up again, causing him to wince in pain.

"Damn it, damn it! If I hadn't been still recovering, I could have killed this man."

Xu Yuanlang grabbed the jade bottle containing the aura of Fu Guang. At that moment, two shimmering orbs of light suddenly lit up on the distant ground, as if the heavens and earth were buzzing.

Like ocean waves, the shockwave tore through mountains and ravaged rivers, heading straight for Bright Peak.

"Damn it, the aftershocks of the clash between two Foundation Establishment cultivators are terrifying. We can't stay in this dangerous place for long."

Upon witnessing this scene, Xu Yuanlang didn't even have the thought of resisting. He leaped off Guangming Peak and fled away from the two of them without a care in the world.

"withdraw!"

Hong Tian quickly ordered his subordinates to flee.

Not only them, but also Li Zhimian and his group, a group of cultivators from Nine Star Mountain, were all forced to flee in disarray by the aftershocks of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"He Qiguan, if you're so capable, then take this move!"

Suddenly, Cao Nanxing's figure disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, several terrifying spiritual energies flowed in his palm, and he slapped down at He Qiguan.

Before they even made contact, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, seemingly freezing the entire world. Then, countless trees began to grow on the ground, and the whole world seemed to be heading towards He Qiguan.

"A trivial skill!"

He Qiguan laughed wildly, his voice shaking the heavens and earth, clearly audible for miles around.

At this moment, birds flapped their wings, and beasts fled. The closest monsters fell to the ground with a thud, their hearts shattered, their fate unknown.

"This is the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Xu Yuanlang glanced back. The two men were not large, but in that instant, their aura burst forth, like a pair of giants, filling the entire world.

Mountains and rivers are like toys in their hands; with the slightest movement, they can change the mountains and alter the course of the rivers.

He deeply imprinted the two figures in his heart and couldn't help but show a look of envy, wishing that he could also achieve Foundation Establishment in the future.

"Bang!"

He had just lost focus when he suddenly heard the earth crack open rapidly. Turning his head, he saw a cloud of smoke, hundreds of feet high, rising from the ground.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn't smoke or clouds at all, but rather a sharp blade of light slicing through the earth, the attack aimed directly at him.

"Damn it!"

Xu Yuanlang hurriedly changed direction, trying to get far away, but he had only run about ten zhang away when the ground suddenly bulged up like a brittle cake, and then a huge crack more than two zhang wide and bottomless appeared.

The crack stretched for an unknown distance, and as far as the eye could see, even high mountains were forcibly cleaved in two.

Xu Yuanlang swallowed hard, feeling only a sense of relief. At the same time, he didn't care about anything else and desperately tried to escape to the side.

Unbeknownst to him, a pair of eyes had been watching him from behind, and only gently closed them after he had moved away from the attack range.

"Huff huff..."

Three days later, Xu Yuanlang escaped from Jiuxing Mountain. He turned around and looked back. Even though they were hundreds of miles apart, the sight was still terrifying.

Just then, a monk dressed in black robes suddenly emerged from the bushes nearby.

Both of them were stunned, seemingly not expecting such a coincidence.

"Xu Yuanlang?"

"Li Zhiqi!"

They recognized each other, which was natural. The two families had a very bad relationship, so they would do everything they could to collect information about each other, and portraits of core members were of course essential.

"I knew it! I knew you'd be tracking me this time."

"What a pity, if someone hadn't interfered, you would definitely be dead."

Li Zhimian's face showed a hint of regret. If Cao Nanxing hadn't disobeyed orders and mistakenly entered He Qiguan's ambush, the situation that was originally a trap would have turned into a melee between the two sides.

"You're disappointed, aren't you?"

"No, it's the same whether I deal with you here or not."

Li Zhimian raised his magic weapon. He was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He thought that as long as he could hold off Xu Yuanlang, his family members would be able to come and deal with this brat.

"I can manage to stall for a while!"

Li Zhimian thought to himself, and the next moment his expression suddenly changed. He felt a pain in his chest, and then his spiritual power immediately dissipated within his body.

He looked down, somewhat confused, but that one glance made his eyes widen as he saw a red beam of light pierce through his chest.

"Delaying time? You're not qualified!"

Xu Yuanlang's indifferent voice reached Li Zhimian's ears, and he looked up at Xu Yuanlang in disbelief.

The surroundings went dark instantly. In his final moments, he felt dizzy and his body crashed to the ground with a thud, followed by the sound of footsteps in his ears.

"A top-grade first-tier purple ginseng. It's true that only members of Foundation Establishment families can produce such good stuff."

Xu Yuanlang took off the rare purple ginseng and then took off his storage bag.

After finishing everything, he turned and walked forward. The cultivator hiding in the tree canopy breathed a sigh of relief; it was Zhang Qing.

Seeing that Xu Yuanlang had so easily defeated Li Zhimian, who was stronger than him, he trembled. He had just offended Xu Yuanlang not long ago, and if he were discovered, he would probably only face death.

"out!"

Just as he was feeling lucky, Xu Yuanlang suddenly turned around, and several sword lights shot out from the Demon-Slaying Gourd.

The sword light hurtled toward his location at lightning speed. Zhang Qing looked terrified and hurriedly jumped down from the tree, preparing to flee into the distance.

"what!"

A sharp pain suddenly appeared, and he almost lost his balance, falling directly to the ground.

"What is that?!"

He quickly looked down and saw that his calf had been pierced by a broken needle.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Xu, spare my life! I still have some spiritual items in my storage bag, I'll give them all to you!"

Zhang Qing slid down to his knees and, without saying a word, took off his storage bag and held it above his head.

Seeing his humble and submissive demeanor, Xu Yuanlang stopped in his tracks.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, if you would spare my life, I am willing to provide you with information about a treasure, that treasure..."

He kept his head down while subtly shifting his sleeve.

"This is it..."

As he looked up, a long nail suddenly flew out from his sleeve, aimed directly at his heart and lungs.

He was very confident; he knew his trick had killed countless people, and this kid would naturally do the same...

"Um?"

Xu Yuanlang was looking at him perfectly fine when the long nail was driven into his back.