Chapter 1562: Soul Searching Secret Tactic
Just by looking at the face of the middle-aged man, one could already tell he had a special relationship with Duan Ling Tian. They most likely had a blood relationship.
If Duan Ling Tian really had such a relationship with a leader of a fifth-rate force or above, why would he appear in their Moon Illumination Sect?
When they thought of this, Sect Leader Jiang Wei and the sect's Supreme Elders felt certain again in their hearts.
However, in the next moment, horror dawned on their faces when they discovered the skinny old man standing nearby had tightened his grip on the cane. The surroundings in a hundred-meter radius suddenly darkened as though the night had arrived.
At the same time, dried tree branches appeared from the sky as though they had been granted life.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
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The speed of these dried branches was so fast that Jiang Wei and the others could not react in time. In just a blink of an eye, they were bound by the pliable but tough dried branches.
"Damn it! My True Origin has been sealed!" Horror dawned on Jiang Wei's face when he tried to struggle.
He was shocked to see the dried branches that restrained him contained sealing energy. It suppressed the True Origin in his body, causing him to be unable to mobilize the True Origin in his body.
"My True Origin has been sealed too!"
"My goodness! What kind of territory is this?!"
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At the same time, the other Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders also shouted in terror. Their voices were filled with panic and fright.
They could not recall the last time they had felt afraid.
When Jiang Wei and the others looked at Ku Mi again, horror appeared in their eyes. Although they knew the skinny old man was not to be trifled with, they did not expect they would be like three-year-old children in front of an adult, completely helpless to fight back against this skinny old man.
Just a mere consolidation of territory and he had completely bound them up, their lives completely in his hands.
"Lord, I've really never heard of Duan Ling Tian before," Jiang Wei said in a trembling voice.
"Lord, we really didn't lie to you... If you don't believe me, you can ask the other people in our Moon Illumination Sect, Lord," one of the Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elder pretended to move ahead in order to hide his intention of retreating.
When Ku Mi heard the Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elder's words, he said nonchalantly in his harsh voice, "There's no need for so much trouble."
At the same time, his gaze was instantly locked on Jiang Wei's eyes.
"Look at me!" Ku Mi said harshly after locking gaze with Jiang Wei. His voice seemed to have consolidated as it entered Jiang Wei's ears. It took him by surprise, and he instinctively looked at Ku Mi.
Ku Mi's eyes turned red as it shot out red laser and pierced Jiang Wei's eyes.
Almost instantly, Jiang Wei's eyes turned dim, no longer alert as it was earlier.
"T-This is..." When the other Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders saw this scene, they were stunned before realization dawned on them. It was as though they had seen a ghost as they shouted loudly, "Soul Searching! It's Soul Searching Secret Tactic!"
"S-Soul Searching Secret Tactic... I-Impossible! Impossible!"
"How's it possible for a powerhouse who mastered the Soul Searching Secret Tactic to appear here?!"
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At this moment, the few Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders stared at the scene unfolding before their eyes in disbelief as they muttered to themselves.
However, the scene before them proved that nothing was impossible.
No matter what, the few Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders were still Saint Stage powerhouses. Naturally, they would have some knowledge about the legendary Soul Searching Secret Tactic. They knew the person who mastered the Soul Searching Secret Tactic would be someone powerful.
Not only had these people completely mastered their Spiritual Energy and Divine Consciousness, but their cultivation base was exceptionally profound too!
At the very least, there were not many people with such a cultivation base in a sixth-rate sect, clan or Saint Nation.
Their heartbeats seemed to have stopped in unison.
At this instant, they could not help but recall the way the powerhouse who cast the Soul Searching Secret Tactic had addressed the middle-aged man. "Lord Mansion Master... Mansion Master... D-Don't tell me this middle-aged man who resembles Duan Ling Tian is really a leader of a fifth-rate force or above?"
"Exactly! Only a leader of a fifth-rate force or above has a powerhouse who has mastered the Soul Searching Secret Tactic!" The moment the few Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders thought of this, despair rose up in their hearts.
They knew Jiang Wei had no secrets before the Soul Searching Secret Tactic. Whatever Jiang Wei knew, this old man would find out.
After a while, the crimson lasers that shot out of Ku Mi's eyes turned dim gradually as he retracted his Soul Searching Secret Tactic.
At this moment, his eyes had turned extremely cold.
"Huh?" After Ku Mi had retracted his Soul Searching Secret Tactic, Jiang Wei, the Sect Leader of Moon Illumination Sect, had also regained his senses. The moment he regained his senses, he fell in a daze.
When he saw Ku Mi was staring coldly at him, he once again said, "Lord, I really have never heard of Duan Ling Tian before in the Moon Illumination Sect."
When the few Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elders heard his words, a bitter expression appeared on their faces immediately.
"Sect Leader, your words are useless now... This Lord has just cast the Soul Searching Secret Tactic on you," one of the Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elder said bitterly.
When Jiang Wei heard this, horror dawned on his face immediately. "S-Soul Searching Secret Tactic?"
Naturally, he knew what the Soul Searching Secret Tactic was.
Not only that, but he also knew how powerful the powerhouse who had mastered this spell was. Even a sixth-rate force did not have such a powerhouse at this level.
It would also be easy for a sixth-rate force that did not have such a powerhouse at this level to annihilate their Moon Illumination Sect that was a seventh-rate force.
Despair instantly rose in Jiang Wei's heart.
"Lord Mansion Master..." At this moment, Ku Mi disclosed everything he had learned from Jiang Wei through the Soul Searching Secret Tactic to Duan Ru Feng, including the situation Duan Ling Tian was in previously in the Moon Illumination Sect and the incident that had taken place after killing Liu Huan, the Moon Illumination Sect's inner court elder who was at the Paramount Saint Rudiment Stage, killing Qian Kong the Moon Illumination Sect's Supreme Elder with just a strike of his sword, and how he managed to escape from this few Saint Stage powerhouses.
Ku Mi had also told Duan Ru Feng about the extraordinary sword in Duan Ling Tian's hand.
During this time, Jiang Wei and the few others also heard Ku Mi addressing Duan Ling Tian as Young Mansion Master. They finally found out about the relationship between this middle-aged man and Duan Ling Tian. As it turned out, Duan Ling Tian was his son.
At this moment, only despair was left in their hearts.
It did not even cross their minds that Duan Ling Tian was the son of a leader of a fifth-rate force or higher.
"As prophesied by the Old Prophet, my son is indeed a blessed person... I think the sword that grants him so much offensive power at the Saint Rudiment Stage must be more powerful than the ten Super Saint Weapons in the Ten Great Saint Weapons Ranking!" After hearing Ku Mi's words and finding out Duan Ling Tian was safe, Duan Ru Feng sighed in relief.
Casting a nonchalant glance at Jiang Wei and the others, the skinny old man asked Duan Ru Feng politely, "Lord Mansion Master, they..."
"Just do as you like," Duan Ru Feng replied indifferently before saying, "Let's go to the dragon clan."
The moment his words left his mouth, he left as though he had vanished without a trace in front of Jiang Wei and the others' eyes.
His speed was so fast that it made their blood curdled.
However, when they saw Ku Mi looking at them sinisterly, horror dawned on their faces as they said in terror, "Lord, please forgive us! Please spare our lives!"
"It's us who failed to recognize Young Mansion Master and offended him! Please spare our lives seeing as we didn't harm Young Master!"
"Lord, we're willing to help look for Young Mansion Master."
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Sensing the murderous intent oozing out of Ku Mi's body, Jiang Wei and the others pleaded for their lives one after another.
At this moment, the so-called dignity of a Saint Stage powerhouse had already long been thrown to back of their minds.
To them, it was no longer important in the face of their lives.
Only being alive was important.
If they died, everything else would be useless.
As Saint Stage powerhouses, they knew how difficult the journey to make it to where they were was.
They would die in regret if they had died here.
"How noisy!" Ku Mi snapped coldly. Although it seemed like he did not make a move, the dried branches that grew within the hundred-meter radius rushed toward Jiang Wei and the others like pythons.
After a while, they were turned into bloody pulps. They died in the most horrible manner.
At the same time, Ku Mi caught up to Duan Ru Feng.
After he left, the sky in the hundred-meter radius began to lighten as the darkness faded away.
The dried branches in the dark night disappeared as well.
Jiang Wei, the Sect Leader of Moon Illumination Sect and the Supreme Elders had also completely vanished from the world.
Naturally, nobody in the sect noticed this for a period of time. It was only after some time that the sect's people discovered their Sect Leader and Supreme Elders had all vanished without a trace.
Without a doubt, the Moon Illumination Sect that no longer had any Saint Stage powerhouses as their support had also begun to decline, no longer able to regain their past glory.
This took place much later on in the story.
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At the south of Windfall Nation, a travel-weary figure emerged near the frontier of the vast desert.
"This is Windfall Nation?" This person was none other than Duan Ling Tian who had come from the Nine Sect Alliances' district and crossed the vast desert to come to Windfall Nation.
Hovering in the sky above the frontier of Windfall Nation, Duan Ling Tian narrowed his eyes and looked ahead. The oasis that appeared in his eyes was like two different worlds compared to the desert behind him.
'I'll continue to walk and ask for direction from a passerby to the capital of Windfall Nation,' Duan Ling Tian thought to himself.