Heaven Refining physique
Chapter 168: Wall of Nihility Spheres

Chapter 168: Wall of Nihility Spheres

The group of cultivators were once again discussing their next plan, but this time, it was about how to kill Jiang Hao.

They didn’t have much time, so they decided rather quickly this time.

There were about twenty-two groups present, and they decided to send two cultivators from each group to attack Jiang Hao at the same time. But just as they thought of that, they saw black orbs floating around Jiang Hao.

’What are those?’

’Some kind of ability?’

’My spirit beast is afraid of it...’

’How worthless is its bloodline to be afraid of a mere attack? Can’t you see he’s already controlling ten of them, like it’s just some worthless ability?’

’Wait... isn’t this something we’ve heard of before?’

The others fell silent and looked towards the disciple of Blazing Valley.

’I don’t know the specifics, but there was a black orb attack that occurred at our establishment recently. We only heard its description...

Also, this guy was present in the last city. I’ve heard a few cultivators followed him to rob him, as you can see from his cultivation realm.

But they all died.’

’Well, he is strong. We already know that. What about the attack?’

’It was said that wherever it struck, nothing was left in a small area.’

’Are you sure it’s the same attack? Can’t you see how easily he’s creating them? It doesn’t even seem to require spirit qi. I can’t sense any spirit qi from those orbs either. What if it’s just some illusion to scare us?’

’Well, I can’t say for sure. I haven’t seen it with my own eyes.’

’Forget it, it’s just a fake ability.’

...

In the end, they decided to proceed with their plan. The number of black orbs floating around Jiang Hao had already reached twenty. Even if it was a weak attack, allowing him to prepare more would be devastating.

They moved immediately. There was no need for further discussion. Although they knew Jiang Hao wouldn’t be unaware of their movements as he must have deployed his spirit sense, they didn’t care. After discussing among themselves, they launched the attack.

Since they were grouped together, they all came from one direction, the front side Jiang Hao was facing.

Jiang Hao opened his eyes and waited for them to cross the twenty-meter mark.

The cultivators didn’t stop upon seeing his eyes open. In fact, they increased their speed, keeping a close eye on the floating orbs.

Just as they crossed the twenty-meter mark, all the orbs trembled slightly before shooting forward with such speed that they couldn’t even follow their movement, let alone react or dodge.

The nihility spheres reached the wall of cultivators in a blink of an eye and exploded beautifully, forming another wall as all spheres connected in a single line.

The cultivators didn’t even have the chance to scream before being consumed by that black wall and erased from this world, leaving nothing behind.

There was only a single trench was carved on the ground where the wall of nihility spheres had touched.

Seeing that was enough to force the rest of the cultivators back from their original location. They were all stunned to the core.

The disciple from Blazing Valley sighed. There was no doubt, it was the same attack.

Jiang Hao closed his eyes and sat back down again.

This time, no one spoke. Some of the groups left immediately in terror. They already understood that getting their hands on the Serene Night Herb was impossible.

They hadn’t gone far when they witnessed one more terrifying scene, flying, burning icicles. They weren’t aimed at the fleeing groups but rather at the group of Blazing Valley disciples.

The attack was slow enough to be seen, but since it had already drawn near and the disciples weren’t paying attention, dodging was impossible. The icicles struck the heads of the Blazing Valley disciples, piercing through completely.

Their entire bodies froze before falling to the ground like ice pillars.

Only one disciple of Blazing Valley remained alive, the one who had given Jiang Hao and Ming Yue information.

The survived disciple looked at his fallen sectmates in terror but didn’t utter a word. He was alive, and he knew the reason for it.

Just a little goodwill had saved his life today. He internally vowed to always show goodwill from now on.

The moment he saw the black orb attack, he understood that Jiang Hao was an enemy of their sect. With such strength, their lives were like threads before him.

And looking at his dead sectmates, he knew his assumption had been correct. Only the one who killed them wasn’t Jiang Hao, but someone else.

...

The sight of the dead cultivators from Blazing Valley was enough to force the other sect groups to flee in panic. Now, the entire area was empty, leaving behind only one perfectly alive cultivator and one unconscious disciple from Blazing Valley.

The surviving disciple looked at his leader but did nothing. He bowed respectfully to Jiang Hao and Ming Yue before leaving. There was no need for words.

"Oh well, let’s go and get that herb, shall we?"

Ming Yue stretched and patted Hunlang, who understood and descended.

Within an hour, darkness had fallen over the world, and the petals of the Serene Night Herb’s bud began to unfold slowly.

Jiang Hao could already see spirit qi gathering around it. Eventually, the spirit qi began to revolve around the mound, forming a small domain.

The bud finally bloomed into a beautiful white flower. It looked like the moon, and it had a natural glow of its own.

"Finally, it has bloomed. Go on, Yi Lin,"

Ming Yue said, then turned to look at Jiang Hao.

"Junior Brother, I think you’re forgetting something."

Jiang Hao looked at her in confusion, as he couldn’t think of what she was referring to.

Ming Yue pointed towards the unconscious disciple.

"Your new category of spirit herb is about to die."

Jiang Hao looked at the unconscious disciple. Sure enough, even with the resilience of the Soul Sea Realm, if such injuries weren’t treated properly, death was certain.

And this one was too badly injured to heal on his own. Without a healing pill, death was inevitable.

Jiang Hao shrugged, as he didn’t care either way.

But Hunlang definitely cared. Last time, since she was worried for Yi Lin, she didn’t express her desire to eat. And since Ming Yue said to leave, she hadn’t said anything. Yi Lin had finally found someone else to travel with.

But this time, she was truly hungry.

She looked at Ming Yue innocently and nudged her. Ming Yue understood her desire and nodded.

"Go on. You don’t have to ask me for that."

Hunlang’s eyes lit up. She asked only because the cultivators were killed by Ming Yue, so it was only natural to ask first.

The bodies of the cultivators were still encased in ice, but as time passed, the ice had weakened, losing its strength. So they were easily accessible to Hunlang. There was still time before the main consciousness pulled these bodies away, so she had enough time to fill her stomach.

"By the way, Hunlang, bring their storage bags, okay?"

Ming Yue reminded her.

"Wuuuu..."

Hunlang nodded and left.

Yi Lin picked the herb with care and stored it inside her storage bag.

Inside, it would stay in its bloomed state for a longer period. She could easily plant it in her abode once she returned to the sect.

"Thank you, Sister Ming and Brother Jiang,"

She said, full of gratitude. She couldn’t have hoped to gain it on her own, but now it was in her hands, all because of Ming Yue and Jiang Hao.

"You don’t have to. As I said, it was a gift meant for you from me."

Yi Lin nodded and accepted it.

They waited until Hunlang finished her quality time, and then they left.

The journey at night was quite silent. They didn’t encounter many cultivators. Most of the groups had been gathered near the Serene Night Herb, so this was to be expected.

And those who had fled must have changed direction for the next city, or had already reached it.

Even with their speed, it didn’t take long to reach the city.

The city was quite empty. As expected, most of them had changed paths and gone to the next safe zone on this level.

They didn’t stop here either.

Time passed, and one week later, they arrived before the main safe zone of the Soul Sea Realm. As expected, they were the first to arrive.

On the way, they had acquired many resources, which they divided equally. Although Ming Yue tried to give Yi Lin more, since Soul Sea herbs didn’t matter much to them, Yi Lin declined, saying it would become too much of a burden on her consciousness.

They didn’t find any open or hidden inheritances. Yi Lin explained that these inheritances were usually located away from the main paths leading to the next city. So if they wanted to find them, they would have to search extensively.

Neither Ming Yue nor Jiang Hao liked that idea, so they simply moved in a straight line to reach the main safe zone directly.

Cultivating here for the time being seemed far more beneficial than wasting time searching for something that wasn’t guaranteed to be found.

They selected a house and began cultivating.

There was even a chance they might break through to the mid-stage of the Soul Sea Realm before the competition began.

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