Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Ambush at the Cave Entrance

Zhang Chi continued flying, but he soon discovered another anomaly. Below, an Immortal Cultivation Marketplace was also completely silent, having been reduced to ruins.

If not for Zhang Chi having memorized the map of the Great Abyss, it would have been impossible to tell that this had once been a Marketplace.

’These Demon Cultivators are insane!’

Zhang Chi sighed faintly and flew on, soon discovering several more similar scenes.

This left him extremely puzzled.

He immediately ascended to a higher altitude and concealed his Flying Boat.

This way, it would be a case of "out of sight, out of mind."

It would also prevent other cultivators from seeing him and suspecting him of being the perpetrator.

After all, it was best to avoid unnecessary trouble.

An hour later, he finally flew deep into a desolate, continuous mountain range.

At the same time, using a Secret Technique and the aid of his Phantom Beetles, he successfully observed and overheard the Song Family’s situation.

’Ruins of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect? And the Song Family has been captured by their Golden Core Cultivators?’

This discovery surprised Zhang Chi; he didn’t know whether to call the Song Family’s luck good or bad.

They seemed to have found a small ruin, but in doing so, they provoked some powerful, mysterious figures and ended up as captives.

Upon learning this, Zhang Chi immediately halted his Flying Boat. He decided to investigate further, needing to ascertain the exact Cultivation levels of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators before making his next move.

If their Cultivation was at the Golden Core Late Stage and there were few of them, he could proceed with his plan.

If there was a Peak Golden Core expert or if their numbers were large, then he would have to reconsider and plan for the long term.

However, since his divination had predicted an auspicious outcome, the latter scenario was unlikely.

’Wait, the Ten Thousand Laws Sect? Isn’t that an Ancient Sect from the old legends? Does this Sect still exist? Or is it just a coincidence?’

Then, Zhang Chi suddenly realized the name "Ten Thousand Laws Sect" seemed familiar, and he soon made a startling discovery.

「Three days later.」 He had finally used his Phantom Beetles to quietly gather more intelligence.

For the past twenty years, the Song Family had been searching for a small Secret Realm. They had finally succeeded not long ago, discovering one of the branch locations of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.

The place was initially devoid of danger, but their good fortune was short-lived. A few days later, seven Golden Core Cultivators showed up and attacked them viciously.

Fortunately, they were quick-witted enough to surrender on the spot, which allowed them to survive the ordeal. However, they were all placed under a Blood Curse Technique and became the cultivators’ slaves.

Furthermore, these seven Golden Core Cultivators were all from the Ancient Sect, the Ten Thousand Laws Sect. They even seemed to have lived for countless years, though how they managed this was a mystery.

The Song Family didn’t know the origins of these seven Golden Core Cultivators, but they were certain they were not from the Great Abyss. Instead, they most likely came from some unknown Ancient Secret Realm.

It was their occupation of the site that had alerted the others.

In addition, all seven cultivators were at the Golden Core Late Stage. However, five of them had already left, leaving only two behind to guard the ruins and the members of the Song Family.

Zhang Chi even suspected that the traces of destruction he’d seen along the way, which seemed to be the work of Demon Cultivators, were actually caused by these cultivators from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.

After gathering this intelligence, Zhang Chi made a decisive choice: he would take advantage of the five Golden Core Cultivators’ absence to kill the remaining two, as well as everyone from the Song Family.

Before killing them, he could also perform a Soul Search to obtain more information about the Ten Thousand Laws Sect.

This situation very likely held a major opportunity for him.

Of course, killing two Golden Core Late Stage cultivators would be difficult, but it was a risk worth taking for the potential opportunity.

Besides, these Golden Core Cultivators were not good people; they deserved to die.

As for the Song Family, it was better to kill them immediately as well. Otherwise, they would likely be used by the Ten Thousand Laws Sect against him.

However, before taking action, Zhang Chi performed another divination and immediately confirmed that some of his speculations were indeed correct.

Moreover, it revealed that if he was careful, taking out these cultivators wouldn’t be too difficult.

Following that, Zhang Chi found three locations nearby and set up three Tier Three Middle Grade Arrays.

He had personally refined all the Array Deployment Tools for them.

Of course, this was thanks to the Great Dream Heart Scripture, which had long ago raised his proficiency in arrays to the Tier Three Middle Grade level.

With these arrays in place, even if his opponents had a Breaking Charm and high Cultivation levels, it should still take them some time to break through.

Without a Tier Three Forbidden-Breaking Talisman, they would most likely be trapped by the array for a while.

SWOOSH!

Once the arrays were in place, Zhang Chi went to the area outside the waterfall cliff. He set up a fourth array there, then concealed himself near the entrance and waited patiently.

Not two days later, a middle-aged Golden Core Late Stage cultivator with an ethereal, immortal-like bearing, dressed in long, wide-sleeved robes, flew out from the cave.

This cultivator was planning to head to a nearby Marketplace to procure some cultivation and living supplies.

He was also going to search for his other five companions.

After his five companions had left, they had never returned, nor had they responded to any of his transmission messages.

As for the members of the Song Family, although not physically bound, they were under house arrest within the ruins and had no opportunity to leave.

The Ten Thousand Laws Sect cultivators worried that if the Song Family members were allowed out, they would take the opportunity to send a call for help.

BOOM!

However, just as the cultivator reached the waterfall, the surrounding scenery abruptly changed. He had triggered the Tier Three Formation set by Zhang Chi and was now trapped within it.

He was now surrounded by swirling clouds and mist, obscuring his vision of the distance. Even his Divine Thought could not penetrate it.

WHOOSH WHOOSH...

At the same time, dazzling beams of Sword Light instantly wove themselves into great nets, shrouding the Golden Core Late Stage cultivator from all directions.

This was precisely the Star Sword Array that Zhang Chi had set up in advance, hiding his seven Magical Treasure Flying Swords within the formation.

Now that his opponent had fallen into the trap, he naturally attacked with his full strength without a moment’s hesitation.

Though he remained hidden, he had already activated his Asura Blood Burning Technique, making his Cultivation even more powerful.

At the same time, he had also switched his Cultivation Technique to the more lethal Star Sword Essence Technique.

In this way, by using the Sword Essence enhanced by the Demon Technique to power the Star Sword Array, its might had reached its absolute peak.

After all, this was his first time facing a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator, and one who seemed to be an Ancient Cultivator at that, so he had no choice but to go all out.

And that wasn’t all. He was also clutching two Tier Three Peak Spirit Talismans in his hand.

One was a Vajra Talisman, and the other was a Wind Blade Talisman.

Both Talismans had been given to him by Lu Daoyi; or rather, they were common life-saving trump cards that top-tier sects provided to their Nascent Soul Seeds.

In addition, he was operating his Celestial Net Evil Body Technique at full power. Five layers of Celestial Net Gang Force already enveloped his body, and his full suite of Defensive Magical Treasures was ready to be activated in an instant.

"Not good!"

The Golden Core Late Stage cultivator from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect was horrified. The instant the array activated, he hastily raised a hand.

SWOOSH!

A burst of white light instantly erupted, striking the array behind him.

The effect of this white light was surprisingly similar to that of a Breaking Charm; it pierced directly through the array, allowing him to see the cave again.

But before he could escape toward it, the suddenly appearing Sword Array trapped him.

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