CHAPTER 266: CHAPTER 198: EARTH GOD?

Earth God?

Small Knife quickly pressed his hand into the water within the restriction’s range, where the spirit water was swiftly absorbed by him, entering his personal space.

Everyone, clean up the battlefield and prepare to retreat!

Staring at the map, they gathered the demon beast corpses and retreated from the water’s edge before more demon beasts approached.

With Celestial Net surveillance, everyone soon managed to hide within the island’s central cave.

In front, when that Qi Cultivation Third Layer elder, who mastered the escape technique, died, a certain oil lamp was extinguished directly.

Exclamations rang out.

Soon, two cultivators hurried to the Water Element Sect.

These two were only outer disciples, with strength at Qi Cultivation Second Layer, but they headed straight to a small courtyard within the Water Element Sect.

This place belonged to the inner sect disciples of the Water Element Sect, and outer disciples were not allowed to approach.

However, they still came here.

Only because the inner sect disciple in seclusion here was their father.

With the seclusion status and array activated, only they could send a flying message.

Peak of Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, Water-Splitting Sword, Wang Tianwu, ranked in the top three in the inner sect in terms of strength.

An elder inner sect disciple of the Water Element Sect, with a complex web of relations built over many years.

Also, the top expert of the Wang Family, a cultivation clan.

Of course, his fame wasn’t high because he was already over a hundred years old; even if he broke through, he couldn’t become a core disciple due to limited potential.

Moreover, everyone knew there was virtually no chance for him to break through, and any available resources would be used to nurture the next generation.

This was the normal choice for cultivators from family clans.

At that moment, the two urgently waited outside.

The soul lamp had extinguished, and even the steward proficient in the perfected escape technique lost his life upon checking.

Originally, the position of this small island wasn’t good, and had seemed deserted for a long time on the surface, leading to a decrease in sect contribution rewards. To prevent other outer disciples from choosing it, the family head used authority to assign it to a special inner sect disciple.

If the island’s secret wasn’t discovered, that would be best; if it was, they could control the lucky one who became an inner sect disciple.

After all, the person was just a lucky kid with Qi Cultivation First Layer and no backing.

The family only needed time.

Once the family head reached Advanced Qi Cultivation, he could legitimately seize the island.

High-level Qi Cultivation, coupled with the family’s longstanding connections, could secure one entry-level spirit vein.

Unlike if they seized that insignificant island now and other families would definitely notice something amiss, risking exposure of the secret.

Who would have thought so much would happen in such a short time?

The door opened.

An old man stepped out, looking up and laughing heartily.

Originally unable to find a breakthrough opportunity, the family’s flying message sparked inspiration during his anxious distraction.

He thus broke through in one fell swoop.

How miraculous.

"I know what’s going on. I’ll recall that inner sect disciple and reassign him. I will use sect contribution to acquire the island," the old man directly decided.

For now though, he hurriedly stepped down from his managerial position to become an outer sect elder.

This life was essentially over.

The next step was to acquire the island, develop his family’s spirit vein, and cultivate his grandson.

Thinking of that child, Wang Tianwu smiled at the thought of the Water-Splitting Sword.

In his lifetime, not only did he want to nurture a potentially outstanding grandson, but he also wanted to cultivate a middle-grade magical artifact.

This would provide the foundation for the family to become a top clan in the Water Element Sect.

Wang Tianwu quickly went to hand over his duties.

Just then, he ran into an elder, a true inner sect elder with high status and authority.

Promoted from the core disciples, at the peak of Qi Cultivation.

He happened to see this elder sorting core disciple records and casually looked at the inner sect disciple’s reports.

At that moment, he realized it was too late to transfer that position.

His plans had been suppressed without reporting them; transferring back would have been fine.

But now.

If by any chance this elder saw the kid’s report, calling him back would alert the serpent.

This behavior was disrespectful.

Apparently, he had to make a trip himself.

Then he quickly relinquished the steward position, advancing to become an outer sect elder.

Immediately, he used sword control to fly far away.

With Advanced Qi Cultivation, success was naturally within reach.

...!

"Playing a bit too risky." On this side, due to the system prompt recalling it, more demon beasts entered the Celestial Net range.

Small Knife frowned. Was spirit water that tempting?

The spirit water had already been retrieved.

On the island’s edge.

The restriction was completely destroyed, and several demon beasts were fighting fiercely here.

Even though the spirit water’s aura had vanished, these demon beasts didn’t withdraw. Instead, they became more violent.

Residue from the battlefield here, like some beast blood, seemed to have produced a catalytic effect when merging with the water.

Over time, several died in succession.

This made Small Knife quite happy.

Within the Celestial Net range, whenever a demon beast died, its soul power would be absorbed by the totem pole.

So he simply manipulated the Eight-direction Water Dragon Array, which hadn’t fully recovered, to sprinkle a few drops of spirit water into the island waters.

Instinctively, in the island’s coastal waters, the demon beasts became even more frenzied.

Several demon beast groups were attracted, including some at Advanced Qi Cultivation level.

These demon beasts fought recklessly, devouring each other.

Yet the soul power from their deaths benefited the Celestial Net.

Here, the totem pole’s level cap rapidly broke through, directly reaching level 190.

To truly enhance the level, it required a large amount of metal and similar materials.

Thus, Small Knife once more became a porter.

In reality, large quantities of metal were transported by him into the space.

滴: One high-level Qi Cultivation native has entered the Celestial Net range, please be on alert.