Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2274 - 1606: Taiyi

Watching those cultivators who tried to flee, Li Zhirui merely waved his hand, and countless vines burst out of the ground, weaving into a cage around them, sealing off the entire Yuanmu Mountain and cutting off any chance of escape.

Although doing this would force them into a desperate situation, provoking resistance to the death, this group of cultivators, as ”sacrifices” to resolve the karmic entanglement of the Tongtian Sect disciples, naturally would not be let off easily.

Besides, the simple principle of eradicating the weeds down to the roots to eliminate future trouble was a rule he had always strictly followed.

”I don’t want to die! Senior, I beg you, spare me!”

”Senior, I didn’t take part in attacking the Tongtian Sect, please, spare my life...”

”Senior, I’m willing to be your servant or slave, from now on I’ll obey your every order, I only ask that you let me live.”

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In the face of death, the cultivators showed every kind of ugliness. Some knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, some sobbed with snot and tears running, completely abandoning their dignity, appearing utterly lowly.

Even those Heavenly Immortal Cultivators, once they realized the surroundings were sealed and there was no way to escape, acted the same.

They pinned their hopes on Li Zhirui’s mercy, hoping he would spare them.

But in the face of their pleas, not the slightest ripple appeared in his expression. He only moved to restrict some of the Heavenly Immortal Cultivators, so they couldn’t use their own power.

”Why aren’t you making a move yet!”

Seeing that the disciples behind him still hadn’t reacted, Li Zhirui gave a cold shout, which finally snapped them back to their senses. In a fluster they began to unleash Divine Powers and Spells, and activated their Magical Treasures.

And what they were facing was nothing more than a flock of defenseless lambs who hadn’t had time to resist and could only wait to be slaughtered!

The result was not hard to imagine.

”Aaahhh——”

For a time, wails rang out unceasingly. The Spirit Mountain that had once been so picturesque was now covered everywhere with broken limbs, blood, flesh, and White Bone.

It was precisely the wails and lives of these cultivators that finally woke the others up to the fact that begging could not preserve their lives—only strength could.

Unfortunately, they understood this a bit too late!

Facing the Tongtian Sect disciples who had already built up momentum, they had almost no time to prepare and could only hastily display their own methods.

But defenses thrown up in such haste, and each on their own, in the face of that terrifying torrent of Spells unleashed jointly by over ten thousand cultivators, were as fragile as glazed glass.

A light knock would shatter them into pieces, to say nothing of this torrent’s overwhelming attack, which blasted their defenses directly into dust!

Many cultivators lost their lives right within that dazzling Spirit Light, and not even complete corpses could be found.

On the other side, in the Heavenly Immortal battlefield, several Heavenly Immortal Cultivators were evenly matched.

Yet if one carefully examined the cultivation of those few Heavenly Immortal Cultivators from the Tongtian Sect, one would discover they were merely at the Early-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm!

Their opponents all had higher Realms, some even higher by two minor Realms.

But even so, the combat strength of both sides was actually about the same!

”How in the world did Yuanmu Gate develop into a Heavenly Immortal power? The strength of all their disciples is this flimsy?”

Standing outside the conflict, Li Zhirui hovered in midair, taking in the entire battlefield at a glance, feeling quite curious.

What’s more, the other powers couldn’t possibly be unaware of this situation, yet even knowing, they still hadn’t made a move against Yuanmu Gate?!

There might be some unknown secret hidden within all this, but as for what exactly, he had no inclination to investigate.

He wasn’t one of the Local Creatures of This Realm; sooner or later he would leave the Tao Spirit Realm, so what was the point of knowing so much.

In fact, before attacking Yuanmu Gate, Li Zhirui had thought this assault would bring quite a few casualties among the disciples. After all, no matter what one said, Yuanmu Gate was still an old-established Heavenly Immortal power.

There were bound to be casualties, but judging from the current situation, what he had worried about was not going to happen.

In just three to four hours, this great battle was already nearing its end.

One had to understand, this wasn’t the usual brawl between a few hundred cultivators, but a life-and-death war of annihilation launched by one power against another!

The number of cultivators taking part on both sides exceeded forty to fifty thousand, and the span of cultivation was extremely wide, from the Qi Cultivation Stage up to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Yet such a battle, which should have been bloody and brutal, ended up becoming dull and flavorless in the end, almost a one-sided slaughter.

Moreover, the only reason the battle dragged on for three to four hours was that the Tongtian Sect’s number of Heavenly Immortal Cultivators was relatively small, and their cultivation wasn’t high. After finishing off one opponent, they needed time to recover.

That was what stretched out the duration; otherwise, in less than two hours, the war could have ended.

”With this kind of strength, they actually managed to become a Heavenly Immortal power and endure for so many years—this is a bit outrageous,” one Heavenly Immortal Cultivator said with a shake of his head, his face full of disdain.

”That may be, but we absolutely must not, just because of this one battle, start thinking our own strength is very great and that we can defeat most Heavenly Immortal Cultivators.”

Another person didn’t feel this was anything to boast about and remained calm as he said, ”We think it was easy because we had the Sect Leader’s assistance, restricting the enemy’s strength, which is why they fell to us.”

The Elder who had accompanied everyone here, seeing the battle was over, hurriedly stepped out to take charge of the situation and respectfully asked, ”Sect Leader, what should we do next?”

”Just handle it as you see fit.”

Li Zhirui had never liked meddling in such trivial matters, and since there was nothing particularly urgent right now, he simply let the Elder worry about it.

”I’ll go take a look at the Scripture Pavilion first.”

With that, he disappeared.

To him, the most valuable thing in Yuanmu Gate was the Methods stored in the Scripture Pavilion.