Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 366: Chapter 363: Total Annihilation

’He died just like that?’

With a single point of his finger,

the burly bald man’s Vitality completely vanished.

He was as dead as dead could be.

Shen Changchuan was even a little surprised himself.

A Soul Emergence Fourth Layer Cultivator,

had just died at his hands like that?

It had been so easy, it even took him by surprise.

However,

then again, perhaps it wasn’t so strange.

’The man had been careless!’

’If he hadn’t been facing me, a mere Soul Emergence Second Layer cultivator, but another Soul Emergence Fourth Layer Cultivator who was his equal,’

’it probably wouldn’t have been so easy!’

’Because if he were facing a Soul Emergence Fourth Layer opponent,’

’he wouldn’t have been so careless.’

’After my attack shattered his own,’

’he would have surely been on his guard.’

’In that case,’

’even if I used Thunder Shadow Swift Movement to rapidly close in,’

’and followed up with a Divine Technique, I might not have been able to kill an opponent who was prepared.’

"As expected, you can never let your guard down, no matter the opponent!"

"Otherwise, this man’s fate today could very well be mine in the future..."

A glint flashed in Shen Changchuan’s eyes.

Having personally slain a Soul Emergence Fourth Layer existence,

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but issue himself a stern mental warning.

The world was a vast place;

anything could happen.

’Just because I have a progress bar panel doesn’t mean I’m invincible among those in my Realm.’

’The Immortal Cultivation Realm is vast and boundless, filled with countless geniuses. There are bound to be prodigies even more talented than me.’

’In fact,’

’somewhere in this Immortal Cultivation Realm,’

’it’s not impossible that a Cultivator at the mere Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Realm exists who could kill me!’

’Never mind distant possibilities,’

’take a closer example, like Shen Chong, who’s suspected of being possessed by an old master.’

’If, back when he was at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Realm, he’d had a mysterious old master performing Possession and Substitution for him,’

’then even I, now at the Soul Emergence Second Layer, might not be able to handle him!’

So,

one could never be too careful!

’And I’ll need to be more careful when going to places like auctions in the future.’

’These people probably targeted me because I was young, alone, and from out of town... After all, to them, someone like that is the safest target...’

The thoughts flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.

But while he was mentally absorbing the lesson,

he hadn’t relaxed his physical guard.

He hadn’t forgotten,

there were still three others around.

The burly bald man had just taught him a vivid lesson, and he had no desire to follow in the man’s footsteps.

However,

Shen Changchuan had ultimately overthought things.

Shi Miaoying and the other two were not wolves in sheep’s clothing, with strength that far exceeded their Realms.

In fact,

after Shen Changchuan had slain their leader, the burly bald man, they still hadn’t even snapped out of their shock from the terrifying impact of his two combined Tier Two Magic skills.

Shen Changchuan didn’t hesitate for a moment.

Unleashing one Perfection Level Tier Two Magic after another, and even bringing out his Treasure Artifact, he went all out and charged the remaining three!

With the force of rolling thunder,

a terrible danger surged toward them!

Only then did the three realize something was wrong.

Their gazes fell upon the lifeless corpse of their leader falling to the ground behind Shen Changchuan, and their faces twisted in horror!

But alas,

it was too late!

If

the burly bald man, at the Soul Emergence Fourth Layer Realm, could at least trade a blow or two with Shen Changchuan,

then how could the remaining Soul Emergence Third Layer and Soul Emergence Second Layer cultivators possibly be his match?

Without wasting much energy,

by coordinating his Perfection Level Tier Two Magic,

Shen Changchuan slew Shi Miaoying and the others one by one.

As he was about to kill Shi Miaoying,

her face was a mask of terror,

and she tried to threaten him by revealing her backer.

But Shen Changchuan didn’t wait for her to finish her threat before ending her life.

’Who cares what kind of background she has?’

’Since I’ve already made a mortal enemy of her, I might as well be thorough!’

Besides,

’if she really had powerful connections, would she have been reduced to being a Tribulation Cultivator?’

Of course,

even as he had this disdainful thought,

Shen Changchuan’s movements were swift. After looting everything of value from their bodies, he destroyed the corpses to erase all traces.

The same process,

repeated three times.

He then proceeded to wreak further havoc on the already shattered battlefield, ensuring no clues remained.

Only then did Shen Changchuan climb onto Xiaofeng’s back and swiftly depart.

...

「Half a day later.」

"Damn it, a bunch of paupers! And you had the gall to try and rob someone? You deserved to die broke!"

Aboard Xiaofeng’s back,

Shen Changchuan, who had initially been in a good mood after turning the tables on his attackers,

couldn’t help but lose his composure and curse aloud when he opened their four Storage Bags.

They were so damn poor!

The Storage Spaces were practically bare! Aside from some daily necessities and a few worthless trinkets, there was almost nothing of value!

There were barely any Spirit Stones!

Even though he had found a few top-tier Magical Artifacts on them comparable to half-step Treasure Artifacts—especially the Buddhist Bead String from the leader—

it was still far from enough to satisfy Shen Changchuan.

This was because even the burly bald man’s most powerful weapon, that string of Buddhist Beads, probably wouldn’t fetch many Spirit Stones on the market.

The Buddhist Bead String was powerful, to be sure,

in no way inferior to a Treasure Artifact.

But judging by the thick stench of blood, the sinister chill it emitted, and the faint wails of countless resentful souls that seemed to echo from it,

it had to be some kind of vicious Demon Dao artifact, forged from human lives and blood.

Demon Artifacts were inherently less versatile than Treasure Artifacts.

Furthermore, the burly bald man had refined this Buddhist Bead String into his life-bound weapon,

and now that its master was dead,

its power had plummeted.

And it wasn’t just the burly bald man’s Magical Artifact.

The other three’s Magical Artifacts were the same!

No,

they shouldn’t even be called Magical Artifacts.

They were Demon Artifacts.

The combat artifacts Shen Changchuan looted from the other three all bore the hallmarks of the Demon Dao.

Cruel and bloodthirsty.

And they all came with negative side effects.

As a result, the total value of everything on all four of them was a paltry fifty or sixty thousand Spirit Stones!

What a massive loss!

One at Soul Emergence Fourth Layer, one at Third Layer, and two at Second Layer.

And they were Tribulation Cultivators, no less.

The spoils from killing them after a tough fight were only worth fifty to sixty thousand Spirit Stones?

Does that make any sense?!

’Damn it, don’t tell me I left Fangxian City so quickly that I ended up being their very first mark!’

Shen Changchuan suddenly realized something.

An auction as grand as the one at the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion couldn’t possibly be over in just a day or two.

The auction in Fangxian City wasn’t even over yet.

And Shen Changchuan, having left early,

might not have been the very first person to leave,

but he was definitely the first of Shi Miaoying’s four targets to leave!

"Ugh, if I’d known, I wouldn’t have left so soon!"

"I’ve missed out on a huge payday!"

Shen Changchuan slapped his thigh in regret.

These Tribulation Cultivators hadn’t even made their first score,

and he’d already uprooted their entire operation.

Of course they were poor!

"Ah, well. Forget it."

"I guess I’ll just chalk it up to a good deed. ’To save a life is a greater merit than to build a seven-story pagoda,’ after all!"

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