louisehourcade Chapter 503 - 285: Gaining the Martial Saint’s Legacy, Completing the Shortcomings
Chapter 503 - 285: Gaining the Martial Saint’s Legacy, Completing the Shortcomings
"For a Holy Soldier, the Martial King First Layer is still too low, like a three-year-old child wielding a huge blade!"
Wei Fan felt as though he was holding not a sword, but a mountain weighing ten thousand jun, each movement extraordinarily difficult.
As power surged through, his lifespan was uncontrollably drained; even though he tried his best to defend his origin, some life force still slipped away.
Nevertheless, a Holy Soldier is a Holy Soldier. Even if moving it is hard, the mere ripples that it creates can annihilate all enemies. As the Holy Formation drew near, it was blasted away by the Holy Soldier’s ripples before it could even approach his body.
The entire Guangling Sect trembled, light curtains undulating with waves as if they were on the brink of shattering. Everyone involved in the formation’s defense had faces flushed and Qi Blood surging.
Although they controlled a Holy Array, what Wei Fan wielded was a Holy Soldier and he was a Martial King Powerhouse; there was no comparison between the two.
"It’s bad! What Wei Fan holds is truly a Holy Soldier. If the Holy Soldier sweeps down, we’re all dead!"
The Holy Soldier in Wei Fan’s hands merely made a gentle slash, and the light curtain formed by the Holy Array was torn open, revealing the Guangling Sect disciples within.
"Pfft..."
"Pfft..."
At the same time, the sound of spurting blood roared in succession, the first being Guangling Sect’s Grand Elder controlling the Array Banner. The backlash caused cracks to climb all over his Golden Body, Golden Blood splattering, and many disciples exposed, transforming into blood mist.
In the next moment, as the Holy Soldier continued to fall with its ripples, in just the blink of an eye, the Guangling Sect Grand Elder turned to ashes and dissipated, leaving the Array Banner to drift in the void.
Beside him were Foreign Affairs Elder, Law Enforcement Elder, and three other Guangling Sect Elders who assisted in orchestrating the grand array. They too turned to ashes and disappeared in an instant, erased from the world.
"The Holy Array cannot resist the Holy Soldier!"
Everyone’s hair stood on end as the Holy Soldier gently swung, ripping through the Holy Array and exterminating the formation’s hosts, a power devastating enough to chill the heart, seemingly on a different power level.
Indeed, it was on a different power level. What a Martial Saint left behind couldn’t be truly wielded by a Martial King, let alone a group led by Martial Venerable Elders with even lower cultivation levels. They couldn’t possibly exert the power of a Saint-level Array.
If Wei Fan didn’t have the Holy Soldier, the Saint-level Array could have stopped him. But the key is he also possessed a Holy Soldier.
"Guangling Sect is finished!" Gao Wanfu and Elder Gongyang ended their communication, witnessing Wei Fan breaking the Mountain Protection Array of Guangling Sect with the Holy Soldier.
The entire grand array was torn open with a gap hundreds of meters wide. As Wei Fan’s Holy Soldier disappeared, he seized the opportunity before the gap closed to slip into the array and grabbed the fallen Array Banner.
"The House-Slaying Demon Fiend has entered!"
"This is bad, run quickly!"
"I surrender!"
...
Chaos ensued throughout Guangling Sect, with screams everywhere, and even Martial Venerable powerhouses soared into the sky, intending to flee.
Yet, as Wei Fan unfurled the Array Banner, the light curtain over Guangling Sect became as solid as iron, bouncing everyone attempting to escape back down.
"King Wei Wu, spare our lives!"
"I was blinded just now!"
...
A few Martial Venerables realized they couldn’t escape and began to beg for mercy. Of course, they were not alone; all the disciples previously involved in operating the grand array faced deathly despair.
"You’ve already been given a chance!"
Wei Fan’s expression remained calm and indifferent, his hand shaking the Big Banner, Heart Spirit radiating to envelop the entire Guangling Sect, discerning the disciples who previously operated the grand array.
Due to the backlash when he broke the array, all those involved in operating it now had surging Qi Blood, making them easily identifiable.
Next, waves of power descended from the light curtain, slaughtering those involved in operating the grand array.
Boom boom...
The Saint-level Array controlled by him could even massacre Martial King powerhouses. To slaughter these Guangling Sect disciples required no effort.
In an instant, Guangling Sect was filled with blood mist blooming like fireworks, regardless of being Martial Venerable or Divine Realm Martial Sect, all exploded without resistance.
"Wei Fan, you will die a horrible death!"
"How dare you, beast, kill so many people!"
...
The curses lasted for about four or five breaths before they completely vanished. The entire Guangling Sect was stained red with blood mist, and those disciples spared were shivering with fear.
"Self-inflicted sins cannot live!" Gao Wanfu shook his head.
If Guangling Sect’s Martial Venerables had obediently opened the grand array, Wei Fan wouldn’t have resorted to slaughtering so many. But these Martial Venerables insisted on challenging whether Wei Fan could breach their Martial Saint array.
Now, many who could have lived were killed by Wei Fan, blood staining the ground.
But it was their own doing. Despite Wei Fan’s warning, they still sided with the Martial Venerable Elder against Wei Fan. Given Wei Fan’s nature, he wouldn’t spare them.
[Slaying Guangling Sect’s Grand Elder, gained 20,000 years of Ordinary Power]
[Slaying Guangling Sect’s Law Enforcement Elder, gained 20,000 years of Ordinary Power]
[Slaying Guangling Sect’s Foreign Affairs Elder, gained 20,000 years of Ordinary Power]
...
[Ordinary Power: 610,000 years]
[Martial King’s Power: 300 years]
The crazily flickering panel had stopped moving, and Wei Fan didn’t know how many people he had killed, but he conservatively estimated it was a few hundred.
Although it was only a few hundred, it still resulted in over 200,000 years of power, mainly because he killed too many Martial Sovereigns, not leaving a single Guangling Sect Martial Sovereign behind.
Since all the Martial Sovereigns had taken action, there was no need to be polite. If he didn’t kill them, they might cause trouble later.
These people naturally couldn’t retaliate against him, but he still had friends, and they could seek revenge through them.
"Everyone gather at the Sect Leader’s Hall!"
Wei Fan subdued his killing intent and gathered the remaining disciples at the Sect Leader’s Hall. "Leave it to the senior, I’m off to check the Hidden Merit Hall!"
He handed the control array banner to Gao Wanfu, then ran to the Guangling Sect’s Hidden Merit Hall, no longer concerning himself with the aftermath.
The Guangling Sect was a Holy Sect, its founding ancestor was a Martial Saint powerhouse, leaving behind a Martial Saint inheritance.
After obtaining the Five Emperors Fist, he increasingly felt the inadequacy of the Purple Profound Martial Arts Manual and urgently needed a stronger main cultivation technique. This was partly why he hurried to destroy the Guangling Sect.
Because throughout the wilderness, besides the Guangling Sect, there was no other place to find a Martial Saint inheritance.
Quickly, Wei Fan discovered where the Guangling Sect stored important cultivation techniques in the Hidden Merit Hall, and found the Guangling Sect’s sect martial arts manual, Guangling Martial Arts Manual.
Guangling Martial Arts Manual, from the True Qi Realm to the Martial Saint Realm, was a complete Martial Saint technique, accompanied by a series of martial techniques.
[Guangling Martial Arts Manual (Uninitiated)]
After spending several hours, the Guangling Martial Arts Manual appeared on the panel.
"Will I have to change cultivation technique again when breaking through to Martial Saint?"
Having read the Guangling Martial Arts Manual from beginning to end, Wei Fan frowned. It’s unclear whether the Guangling Martial Arts Manual is incomplete, or perhaps the founding ancestor of the Guangling Sect didn’t have a high realm, and the technique only reached the First Layer of the Martial Saint.
In other words, if he were to break through the Martial Saint Realm, the Guangling Martial Arts Manual would become useless. To continue advancing at the Martial Saint Realm, he’d have to learn other cultivation techniques.
"It’s a pity that even Guangling Sect has only one Martial Saint inheritance!"
Wei Fan couldn’t help but sigh. Under the influence of the Dao Collapse, with a thousand years, many inheritances in the wilderness have been severed. Once, one of the supreme cultivation holy lands of the Human Race, it now only has one incomplete Martial Saint inheritance left. Who knows how many divine skills have faded in the river of time.
"As expected of a Holy Sect, their foundation is indeed deep!"
The Martial Saint Realm was still far away for him, and he was quickly attracted by other things. Guangling Sect’s Hidden Merit Hall had far more Martial King level cultivation techniques than the Demon Hunter Sub-Hall.
Even among the five Martial King techniques collected by the Demon Hunter Sub-Hall, three were found here.
"The Great Sun Shattering Fist, Martial King Chapter’s technique, turns out to be here!"
Not only did he find the Great Sun Shattering Fist here, but he also discovered the Purple Profound Martial Arts Manual and the Beidou Sword Sect’s sect martial arts. Many martial arts said to have been lost to the world were found here.
"Flowing Clouds and Clear Wind Step!"
Wei Fan quickly found a Martial King level step technique, filling the speed shortcoming.
"Array Mastery!"
He found the Guangling Sect’s collection of array secret manuals and couldn’t help but rejoice.
Array Dao is a compulsory course for Martial Kings; even those without array talent would comprehend it upon reaching the Martial King Realm.
Not only because array techniques are widely applicable, but also due to its relevance to the Martial Saint Realm.
The initial array understanding acquired at the Extreme Martial Sect was long since comprehended by him, yet he always lacked deeper array techniques to delve into. This Array Mastery might be a legacy from the Martial Saint.
Earlier when attacking the Guangling Sect, it was due to insufficient array prowess that he used the clumsy method of utilizing Holy Soldiers to break in. If he had higher proficiency in arrays, he wouldn’t need to exert effort in mobilizing Holy Soldiers and could dismantle the Guangling Sect’s mountain protection array with his array skills.
"You rascal, left the matters to me while you came here to scavenge!"
Gao Wanfu also arrived here, equally longing for the Holy Sect collections. Within a few hours, Elder Gongyang had already gathered people to Guangling Sect, leaving the matters to the Martial Sovereign Demon Hunters to handle, while he rushed over here.
"You have a good temper, if I deal with this, I’m afraid I’d lose control and kill again!"
Wei Fan invited Gao Wanfu over, "Senior, equal shares for those present!"
Guangling Sect had many Martial King level cultivation techniques, about a dozen or twenty, available for selection at will.
Gao Wanfu was not shy. The Demon Hunter Organization had a pitifully small number of Martial King level items, and he had long been coveting the Holy Sect collections.
"Senior, I’ve heard that before the Dao Collapse, the wilderness was one of the supreme cultivation holy lands in the world, a place near the Dao, logically, the wilderness should have abundant inheritances.
But why even in Guangling Sect’s Hidden Merit Hall, there’s only the Guangling Sect’s own Martial Saint inheritance, and the Martial King techniques are scarce."
Wei Fan voiced the confusion in his heart.
The Guangling Sect’s Martial King techniques are indeed numerous, but compared to the status of the wilderness in this world before Qi Daozhen’s death, these contents hardly match the wilderness’s prestige.
Even if the Battle of the Fallen Saint resulted in many experts perishing and many legacies severed, it shouldn’t be that even a Holy Sect like the Guangling Sect only has the founding ancestor’s cultivation techniques. It’s impossible that during Qi Daozhen’s lifetime, there wasn’t a single Martial Saint in the wilderness.