CHAPTER 476: CHAPTER 476: DID YOUR SENIOR BROTHER DIE

Everyone was urging Zi Ji to return, believing she had expended too much energy and was no longer fit to fight. Bai Yisheng and Li Qi were preparing to forcibly take her back to the City of Extinction.

One after another, figures emerged from the City of Extinction: cultivators of the King Tao, Divine King, Imperial Dao, Lord, and Saint Realms.

Facing the Star Sea experts, they were fully prepared for anything, even to die in battle here.

There was no other way! Although Star Sea had come for the Wuji Sect, everyone knew that this also included Fairy Valley.

The atmosphere quickly grew heavy.

Terrifying killing intent spread wildly, sweeping through the surroundings and oppressing all the cultivators watching the scene, forcing them to retreat.

"Don’t pull me!" Zi Ji was still struggling, her face etched with dark lines of frustration. "Li Qi, I order you to get out of my way immediately!"

"Junior Martial Uncle, now is not the time to act on impulse. You must return to the City of Extinction," Li Qi said sternly.

"Little Junior Sister, take my advice and go back! Leave the rest to Fairy Valley," Bai Yisheng also urged.

She became anxious. Before she left, her senior brother had repeatedly admonished her to take good care of Fairy Valley and the Wuji Sect. If something happened to Fairy Valley, how could she possibly explain it when her senior brother returned?

The infuriating thing was that these two blockheads were still hindering her.

Zi Ji glared at Li Qi. "I am the Junior Martial Uncle."

Li Qi remained silent.

At that moment, Wang Xiaodao spoke up, "Girl, are you looking down on this old man?"

Zi Ji was taken aback.

"After all, I am a powerful cultivator at the Eighth Stage of the Saint Realm. Surely I’m not that useless, am I?" Wang Xiaodao laughed. "Besides, Fairy Valley has so many Saint Realm experts!"

Following his lead, others quickly added their voices.

"That’s right! You should go back quickly!"

"Yes, leave the rest to us."

"There’s no need to worry..."

They all urged her.

Zi Ji was on the verge of spitting blood. What in the world? Why were they obstructing her?

She hesitated for a moment, then lightly slapped Li Qi, sending him flying. Then, she broke free from Bai Yisheng and charged out.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

"Senior brother instructed me to protect all of you well," she said earnestly. "Fairy Valley and the Wuji Sect are one family."

"Besides, you really can’t beat them!" Zi Ji sighed.

The Fairy Valley members were somewhat discomposed. They were touched by Zi Ji’s actions, but did she have to keep repeating that particular phrase? What did she mean, they couldn’t beat them? Fairy Valley was, after all, a superpower. Albeit having declined considerably, it still had its foundations. Surely they weren’t that pathetic, were they? But the way Zi Ji spoke, it made them sound like a minor faction about to face a behemoth. It sounded as if she were blatantly insulting them.

As Zi Ji spoke, she walked forward. "I will protect you. I won’t allow anyone to hurt you, never..."

At that moment, she was very calm.

The Fairy Valley experts who had just emerged from the City of Extinction were all dumbstruck. They could not understand how, in the face of such a powerful lineup from Star Sea—which included a late-stage Saint Realm expert wielding a Quasi-Emperor Weapon—she planned to respond.

Blind confidence? Or did she truly possess a trump card?

The Star Sea Elder wielding the Quasi-Emperor Weapon laughed, "Very well. Today, I’ll kill you first, then I’ll annihilate the Wuji Sect and Fairy Valley."

Zi Ji slowly raised her head.

"This old man would like to see what trump cards you still have," the Star Sea Elder said, looking at her.

Under everyone’s gaze, she extended a hand and opened it. In her palm lay only a single Talisman Paper.

Looks of exasperation crossed the faces of the Fairy Valley members.

The Star Sea contingent, on the other hand, broke into smiles. They had thought she truly had a trump card, never imagining it would be just a piece of Talisman Paper.

This ancient cultivation method had long since declined and been abandoned by the world. It was too difficult to practice, and its conversion into combat power was far too inefficient.

WHOOSH!

The Paper Talisman ignited. A mysterious and unfathomable power surged into the heavens, breaking the boundaries of time and space.

"And then?" the Star Sea Elder sneered.

BOOM!

A thunderous noise suddenly erupted from above the Heaven Domain, as if a great thunderclap had exploded.

Everyone looked up to see a black fissure appearing—one meter, three meters, five meters, ten meters—expanding to hundreds of meters in length in just a few breaths.

Powerful fluctuations of aura, like the collapse of the Nine Heavens’ celestial river, cascaded down.

It was killing intent, and sharp sword light.

The two intertwined, slashing down swiftly, instantly piercing through the Star Sea Elder’s body and pinning him to the earth.

Not only that, but the number of sword lights also continued to increase. They slashed towards all the Star Sea experts, and in the blink of an eye, became as dense and numerous as raindrops.

They blotted out the sky and swept over the land with irresistible, devastating force.

"Zi," Wen Yuqing’s voice sounded, audible only to Zi Ji.

"Teacher? Is that you?" Zi Ji exclaimed excitedly.

"It’s me!"

"Can I see you?"

"I’m sorry, I’ve run into some problems on my end, so I can’t see you for now," Wen Yuqing answered. "Is your senior brother doing well? Is he dead yet?"

Zi Ji was speechless.

"Just joking..." Wen Yuqing said with a smile. "Has your senior brother been chasing girls? He hasn’t been fooling around, has he?"

Fooling around? What does that mean?

Zi Ji was a bit puzzled. Then, recalling her senior brother’s recent actions, she replied, "Yes! Senior brother has been fooling around constantly."

Heh? Wen Yuqing’s smile froze, her tone growing notably cooler. "Very good. He shows promise. Well then... Zi, the next time you see your senior brother, could you do me a favor and beat him up for me?"

Zi Ji was instantly thrown into disarray. Why was Teacher’s first question about her senior brother whether he had died? And the second, whether he had been chasing girls or fooling around? Now she was being asked to beat up her senior brother... But her senior brother was so powerful; how could she possibly beat him?

But with her Teacher’s command given, she hesitated for a moment before weakly replying, "I... I’ll do my best."

"You’re really adorable," Wen Yuqing laughed.

Zi Ji remained silent, a little flustered.

"Here’s a Token for you." As her voice faded, a bronze-colored Token fell from the Void. It was devoid of any text or symbols.

It appeared simple and unadorned on the surface, but when held, one could feel threads of warmth emanating from it.

Zi Ji was curious.

Wen Yuqing continued, "Your senior brother is a mischievous fellow, and his mind doesn’t work quite normally. He might try to follow in my footsteps, but this path is destined to be perilous, fraught with many powerful enemies. If you find yourselves outmatched and facing a great disaster, use this Token. And remember one crucial thing: do not let anyone else know about this, not even your senior martial brothers or sisters."

With a soft "Oh" of understanding, Zi Ji quickly stashed the Token away.

"If he doesn’t come, and you don’t encounter any powerful enemies, then pretend I never said any of this," Wen Yuqing added.

Before long, the fissure gradually dissipated.

The Heaven Domain above returned to normal. Below, however, every single Star Sea expert lay dead, their bodies pierced through, blood pooling and gushing. Their Dantians and Divine Souls were extinguished along with their lives.

Only the thick, pervasive stench of blood filled the air...

The watching cultivators, the experts from Fairy Valley, and members of more than eighty other factions were, in that moment, as silent as cicadas in winter. They gazed at Zi Ji’s small figure as if witnessing a terrifying god of slaughter.

What had just happened?

Many Saint Realm experts, upon regaining their senses, immediately extended their Divine Sense to investigate what had occurred. However, a formidable power blocked them, preventing any progress.

"Li Qi!" Zi Ji called out.

"Ah!" Li Qi responded, "Junior Martial Uncle, I am here!"

Zi Ji said, "Go and retrieve their Divine Weapons."