Cultivation Online

Chapter 2200  Confronting the Chaos Elders(2)

”Damn it! What kind of mess did you drag me into, Elder Pan?! Elder Zi! You offended a monster!” The third cultivator shouted at the Chaos Elders. ”It… it wasnʼt supposed to be like this…” Elder Zi murmured, her dazed eyes clouded with disbelief, struggling to accept the reality before her.

”L-Letʼs talk about this!” Elder Pan suddenly said. ”If you agree to stop here, weʼll overlook the fact that you killed two of our members and act like we donʼt even know each other!”

”And if I refuse?” Yuan asked just for the entertainment.

”Then youʼll be hunted by the entire Chaotic Sect!”

”If I kill all of you right here, would the Chaotic Sect even know who I am?” ”They will! After all, we wouldnʼt be here if we didnʼt receive the Chaotic Sectʼs approval! In other words, they know who you are and that if we donʼt return, youʼll be the first one they suspect!” Elder Pan said.

”And what assurance do I have,” Yuan asked, ”that if I spare you now, you wonʼt return with more to hunt me later? You canʼt blame me for not trusting you, either.”

”Thatʼs…” Elder Pan didnʼt know how to respond.

No, it was more like he couldnʼt, as there was simply no way he would let Yuan go after this humiliation.

Of course, Yuan already knew this, and he calmly declared, ”I refuse your proposal. Now, die for me!”

Yuan activated True Dragon Awakening, causing his aura to skyrocket. However, he didnʼt stop there and further strengthened himself with his second cultivation.

”Screw this—Iʼm out of here!” the third cultivator exclaimed, turning to flee without hesitation, abandoning the Chaos Elders. But before he could escape, Yuan summoned a wall of Primordial Fire, encasing them in a blazing sphere that sealed every path.

”W-Why?! We have no enmity, and I never even raised a hand against you!” the cultivator cried, his voice breaking as Yuan barred his path.

”Youʼre right, which is precisely why youʼre still alive. Stay there and donʼt lift a single finger until I tell you to do so if you want to live. Iʼll be with you shortly after I deal with these two,” said Yuan before turning to look at the Chaos Elders, who were clearly panicking and trembling in fear.

”Wait… please… calm down! We were wrong, okay? Have mercy!” Elder Zi, the female Chaos Elder, pleaded with teary eyes.

Yuan coldly sneered, untouched by her tears, ”Would you have spared me if you were in my shoes? Probably not.”

”But—”

As Elder Zi opened her mouth, Yuan drew Number One Under Heaven and unleashed a swift, devastating strike. A flash of golden sword light filled her eyes, and in the next heartbeat, his Supreme Sword Aura cleaved her body and soul clean in two.

Elder Pan stared at Elder Ziʼs split corpse with a terrified expression. He couldnʼt even begin to fathom how an Immortal could kill a God Ascension cultivator with such ease. Even if they werenʼt as powerful as God Ascension cultivators in the Nine Heavens, theyʼre still beings that cannot be touched by mere Immortals.

”Was it worth it?” Yuan suddenly asked.

”What…?” Elder Pan muttered.

”If you think about it, things ended up like this because you couldnʼt wait a few days. Try to be a little more patient in your next life, alright?”

Elder Pan trembled at Yuanʼs words. Then, after a tense silence, his face flushed red as he roared, ”If you think Iʼll go down without a fight, youʼre—”

However, Yuan didnʼt even give him the chance to finish his sentence and swung his sword that was wreathed in a golden aura.

In an instant, Elder Panʼs entire being was erased from existence.

Yuan turned to look at the remaining cultivator afterward and spoke in a nonchalant voice, ”Do you want to live?”

The cultivator, too terrified to speak, could only silently nod his head.

”Bring me to the Burning Tree within the Land of Inferno, and Iʼll let you live.”

”The Burning Tree…? You might as well just kill me now. Thereʼs no way weʼll get there alive. Even if we do, we wonʼt make it back,” he said.

”If youʼre worried about the Asura Clan attacking us, rest assured—they wonʼt,” Yuan said calmly.

The cultivator frowned and asked, ”Why are you so certain? Are you tied to the Asura Clan? No… if you were, you wouldnʼt need me to lead you there…”

”Stop asking so many questions. Donʼt forget your place—if youʼre no use, say so, and Iʼll cut you down immediately.” Yuanʼs voice was flat and cold.

The cultivator gritted his teeth, fists white with tension.

After a moment of silence, he loosened his fists and murmured, ”Fine. Iʼll take you to the Burning Tree.”

”Good. Then let us be on our way,” Yuan said.

The cultivator sighed, as though surrendering to fate, and started flying south. ”So, how are you related to the elders? And how did you end up in this situation?” Yuan questioned as they traveled.

”There are twenty-four elders at the Chaotic Sect—well, twenty now since you just killed four of them. We were ordered by the Sect Leader to take care of the ʼinsolent bastardʼ who dared to insult and look down on our sect. In other words, Iʼm just following orders.”

”If thatʼs true, youʼre truly unlucky.” Yuan shook his head, but he did not feel pity.

He continued, ”Is the Chaotic Sect always like this?”

”Pretty much. We do not tolerate anyone who disrespects us.”

”Iʼm surprised you guys survived this long with that kind of mentality.” ”Itʼs because we donʼt let people look down on us that weʼve survived this long. As long as we donʼt mess with the Asura Clan, we wonʼt go anywhere.”

”If you say so.”

A few days later—

”Weʼve just entered the Inferno Alchemistsʼ territory,” said the cultivator.

”How long until we reach the Burning Tree?” Yuan asked.

”If nothing goes wrong, we should arrive in a week,” he said.

”Very well.” Yuan nodded.