Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 284 - Climbing The Cliff

Chapter 284 - Climbing The Cliff

The seven people attacked together, carrying an overwhelming aura that crushed down on Liu Wuxie. They even raised a cloud of dust that covered half the sky.

Liu Wuxie was in the center of the storm and was on the verge of collapsing, as though he would be killed the next moment.

With so many experts present, Liu Wuxie didn’t want to reveal too much of his strength. Striding the Seven Dipper Steps, Liu Wuxie vanished mysteriously.

With his current strength, he could kill all of them with one strike, but he chose not to do so. The Heretic Blade slashed at the neck of a Quasi-True Core Realm cultivator, beheading him.

Everything happened too quickly, and no one noticed how Liu Wuxie appeared behind that Quasi-True Core Realm cultivator.

“Everyone, unite and restrain his movement technique!” Gong Xing roared. The remaining six people began to converge, not giving Liu Wuxie the chance to launch a sneak attack.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Wuxie had only managed to kill one person, relying on his movement technique. As long as they could restrain his movement, it would be easy for them to capture him.

The encirclement began to shrink, restricting movement space for Liu Wuxie.

However, Liu Wuxie merely wore a mocking smirk and increased his speed, appearing behind two Quasi-True Core Realm cultivators and killing them.

As blood splashed, Liu Wuxie had killed three cultivators in the Quasi-True Core Realm in two breaths.

“Brat, you can die now!” Gong Xing roared. It was disgraceful to the Fire Rock Dynasty that Liu Wuxie could kill their cultivators so calmly in the encirclement. The four attacks were like a violent storm intertwining, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently.

Liu Wuxie was like a slippery loach facing the incoming attacks. Despite the attacks, he could always find a gap and slip away, naturally making Gong Xing and his companions furious.

“Brat, fight us head-on if you have the guts! Is running all you know?” The other three cultivators roared, and their speed was far inferior to Liu Wuxie's.

“Talk if you all can catch me!” Liu Wuxie provoked, and his words drew a burst of laughter from the crowd.

The four gradually became exhausted trying to catch up to Liu Wuxie, but they couldn’t even touch the corner of his clothes. His speed was practically unparalleled at the same cultivation level.

Drawing the Heretic Blade, Liu Wuxie drew an arc and appeared behind a True Core Realm cultivator as he cleaved down the Blade.

An arm was severed with blood splashing out. With one lesser person to restrain Liu Wuxie, his speed increased, and Gong Xing was already struggling to keep up with him. This caused flaws in their formation, let alone killing Liu Wuxie.

Another two people’s arms were severed, and Gong Xing was the only one left, barely holding on.

“How is this possible?! We’re all in the True Core Realm, and how can you be so powerful?!” Gong Xing was afraid and retreated as he fought. The other three were rolling on the ground, wailing in pain, and the energies in their bodies were swiftly being extracted.

They would only die even if Liu Wuxie didn’t kill them. After all, Liu Wuxie’s true essence contained a hint of poison attribute, and the poison would slowly corrode their heart pulse till their death.

“You all are a bunch of frogs in a well!” Liu Wuxie didn’t want to waste any more time with Gong Xing and swung his blade at his back. His blade’s trajectory was tricky, but it had no flaws.

When the Heretic Blade swung down, Gong Xing screamed and ran, abandoning his companions.

However, he was one step too late as a blade aura tore apart his back. Blood gushed out from his wound, and dyed his clothes red. Gong Xing staggered before collapsing to the ground.

With that, Liu Wuxie had killed three people and injured four in merely five breaths.

Everyone in the surroundings took a cold breath and looked at this scene with disbelief.

“There’s something weird about that kid. It’s unbelievable that he relied on a movement technique to kill so many people.” The other nations’ representatives discussed among themselves.

“Are you kidding me? Do you think he relied on his movement technique to win? He has deceived us, and his strength cannot be underestimated,” a Blue Wind Empire’s representative said with a meaningful smile.

“Senior Brother Wen Li, is this person really that powerful?” the few people around him asked. Wen Li was a genius of the Blue Wind Empire, with cultivation reaching the third level of the True Core Realm.

“To slay seven people so easily, do you think he accomplished that relying on his movement technique?” Wen Li asked, and his question left everyone silent.

Movement techniques could only be used to evade battles and merely add a touch of elegance. It was unheard of for anyone to defeat their opponents by relying on movement techniques.

Gong Xing and others were still wailing in pain, but Liu Wuxie ignored them and collected their interspatial pouches before heading to the cliff’s right side.

There was already someone taking the lead and trying to ascend the mountain. But the cliff's surface was smooth, and flying in the True Core Realm was impossible. This meant it wouldn’t be easy to retrieve the dragon bone.

It used to be a mountain, but some unknown power had split it into two, creating a canyon in the middle. The walls on the two sides were smooth like mirrors, with nowhere to step on.

The divine dragon’s spine was on the right side of the mountain's waist. Liu Wuxie wasn't the only one who discovered it; many other experts also found the divine dragon's spine through various means.

Retrieving the divine dragon’s spine wouldn't be easy because they would have to resolve the issue of ascending the mountain.

Someone took out suction cups. They stuck themselves to the wall like lizards and slowly climbed up. However, more people took out daggers and stabbed them into the wall to ascend the cliff.

Everyone used various means, but the waist of the mountain was a few hundred meters high. If someone in the True Core Realm went up and lost control, falling would result in inevitable deaths.

“This is too dangerous. If a fight occurs, the consequences would be unimaginable.” Many people backed down and left to search for more dragon auras.

The golden true core rotated even faster, looking eager to absorb the laws in the divine dragon’s spine.

Divine dragon’s law...if I can grasp it, the backlash when inscribing immortal runes will significantly weaken. Liu Wuxie thought to himself. The divine dragon’s laws weren’t inferior to immortal runes and even surpassed them in some aspects.

Liu Wuxie took out two daggers and swiftly climbed up the cliff. His speed was fast because he utilized the Nine Heavenly Crane Dance, allowing him to cover two meters with each climb. He caught up with the first group in less than fifteen minutes.

“Who’s that person? He’s fast!” Exclamations came from behind Liu Wuxie because only a madman would use their movement technique while climbing the cliff.

Liu Wuxie ignored the discussions and increased his speed. A faint dragon's aura poured down when he approached the divine dragon’s spine. This slowed everyone’s ascending speed, and some couldn’t withstand the pressure.

“Brat, get lost! This isn’t somewhere you should come!” Just when Liu Wuxie wanted to climb, a foot descended towards his head.

A conflict already broke out even before the dragon bone was seen. To Liu Wuxie’s left, there was already a fight, with several people losing control and falling to the ground, squashed to minced meat from the impact.

Liu Wuxie suddenly shifted to the side to avoid the incoming foot. The foot stomping towards Liu Wuxie had seemingly guessed his next move and continued to stomp at him, wanting to force him to jump down.

If Liu Wuxie lost his footing, his only outcome would be death.

This made Liu Wuxie furious because he hadn't provoked this person. He had tried to avoid any potential conflicts, but he didn't expect to still encounter someone trying to start a fight with him.

“You’re courting death!” Liu Wuxie pulled out his daggers and left the cliff, soaring into the sky. His sudden departure drew attention because the higher one went, the stronger the wind became. Only those in the Heavenly Dipper Realm could withstand such wind, making it too dangerous for Liu Wuxie to leave the cliff abruptly.

This was too dangerous because the wind could carry him away. Even the man who stomped his foot at Liu Wuxie didn’t expect the latter to react in this manner. Taking advantage of Liu Wuxie, who had not yet reached him, he swung his sword down to strike him.

If he could prevent Liu Wuxie from approaching, Liu Wuxie would lose his footing and fall to his death.

“What pathetic tricks!” Liu Wuxie’s murderous intent grew, and a dagger shot towards the left underarm of the assailant, forcing him to evade to the side.

In one fluid movement, Liu Wuxie began to fall from the wind blowing on his right side. In the nick of time, he performed a flip. Like a celestial crane, he stomped his foot at the man who attacked him.

Everything was completed in the blink of an eye, with Liu Wuxie calculating each movement meticulously.

The man who attacked Liu Wuxie had a look of shock on his face, but his body was firmly pressed against the wall, and he didn't have any spare hands to make a move.

Losing his advantage from a higher spot, Liu Wuxie’s feet were like a crane’s beak with murderous intent spreading out. Liu Wuxie might not be a bloodthirsty person, but he wouldn’t spare anyone who tried to kill him, regardless of their identity.

“How dare you?! I’m a representative of the Black Chu Empire!” The man was afraid and disclosed his identity, which was surprising because he was from the Black Chu Empire.

“Hmph, I don’t care who you are. No one can save you!”

Facing Liu Wuxie’s attack, the man only had two options: to take Liu Wuxie’s attack head-on or descend. If he chose the second option, only death would await him. But he would also die even if he took the first option.

No one expected Liu Wuxie’s attack to be so ferocious.

“Damn it!” The man was furious and suddenly left the cliff, unleashing an attack towards Liu Wuxie with his palm. They were both experts, and their clash was swift.

“Trash!” Liu Wuxie said, his legs like scissors, sealing off the man’s path of retreat. When he descended, his right hand grabbed onto the sole dagger left on the cliff, and his body swayed.

“Brat, you dare kill Junior Brother He? I want you dead!” A roar came from above, from someone in the second level of the True Core Realm. He was also a representative of the Black Chu Empire.

Ignoring the threat, Liu Wuxie stomped his foot down, causing the man who attacked him to scream and throw up a mouthful of blood.

When the man let go of the cliff, he lost control and fell before smashing into minced meat. The entire fight only lasted two breaths.

After the fight, Liu Wuxie stepped with his right foot on the dagger that was deep in the cliff and stood on it.