Chapter 00210: The Strongest Foundation Establishment Cultivator
# The Strongest Foundation Establishment Cultivator
Chapter 210
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 210: The Strongest Foundation Establishment Cultivator
Liu Yinzhu, tears streaming down her face, carried the body of Gu Mo towards Ziyuan Heavy Mountain.
"Brother Huan, how did you know Sister Yinzhu would escape here?" Yan Mei asked excitedly.
Ding Huan had no choice but to explain, "Isn't this the easiest direction to escape from Zixia Valley?"
Although Yan Mei still felt something was off, Ding Huan's explanation made sense.
"Then, Brother Huan, where are we going?" Yan Mei decided to follow Ding Huan wherever he went.
Ding Huan chuckled, "Naturally, we're going back to Zixia Valley."
Yan Mei was shocked, "Brother Huan, are you really going to follow Sect Leader Gu Mo's words and rebuild Zixia Valley?"
"Rebuilding Zixia Valley is impossible, but I can establish another sect. Even if I don't establish another sect, I can seal Zixia Valley and go into seclusion there."
Ding Huan naturally considered Zixia Valley as ownerless land.
Yan Mei nodded, "Right, Sect Leader Gu Mo said that Zixia Valley was also taken from someone else before. We have no ties to Zixia Valley, so we can establish our own sect. Sect Leader Gu was quite honest, revealing such secrets."
Ding Huan sneered inwardly.
Honest? That was the funniest joke he had ever heard.
He knew Gu Mo's intentions too well.
If Zixia Valley and the Nine Sound Sect were truly devastated as he predicted, with no one left, Ding Huan would seal Zixia Valley immediately upon arrival.
With his current strength, if he didn't seal the valley, how could he compete with others?
Earlier, Gu Mo had said that after his death, his ring would be left to Liu Yinzhu.
It was clear that the ring contained the sealing flags for Zixia Valley.
Thus, Gu Mo's goal was achieved—he had preserved Zixia Valley.
As for whether Zixia Valley would become Ding Huan's private retreat, Gu Mo wasn't worried at all.
Because within Zixia Valley, there was still Elder He, who was in seclusion attempting to break through to the Void God Realm.
Once Elder He emerged, regardless of the reason, he would immediately kill Ding Huan.
Even if Gu Mo disliked Elder He, between Elder He and Ding Huan, he would choose Elder He.
As long as Elder He killed Ding Huan, Zixia Valley would belong to Elder He.
After all, Elder He was still a member of Zixia Valley.
This was Gu Mo's plan—Ding Huan could die, but Zixia Valley must not fall into the hands of outsiders.
After a while, Liu Yinzhu, her eyes red, approached.
"Ding Huan, where are we going now?" She followed the sect leader's orders and stayed by Ding Huan's side.
"Back to Zixia Valley," Ding Huan summoned a flying ship.
"Really going back to Zixia Valley?" Liu Yinzhu looked at Ding Huan in shock.
If Ding Huan's judgment was wrong, returning to Zixia Valley would be suicide.
But since Ding Huan insisted, she had no choice but to follow.
"Sister Yinzhu, open the sect leader's ring and give me the protective formation flags inside."
"But the ring's restrictions..."
Liu Yinzhu only spoke halfway before exclaiming in surprise, "The sect leader's ring restrictions are gone."
Ding Huan chuckled inwardly.
Of course, Gu Mo had anticipated his move to Zixia Valley and had removed the restrictions in advance.
Otherwise, removing the restrictions of a Soul Formation cultivator's ring would be a waste of time.
The flying ship arrived outside Zixia Valley in a short time.
The sect's protective formation was wide open, and the place was in complete disarray, with corpses everywhere.
"Where is everyone?" Liu Yinzhu asked in astonishment.
Whether the Nine Sound Sect or Zixia Valley had won, the victors should have been here.
Ding Huan said, "There's no one left. This battle must have ended in mutual destruction for both the Nine Sound Sect and Zixia Valley. If I hadn't killed that Soul Formation expert from the Nine Sound Sect, he could have gathered the remaining disciples here. But now that he's dead, and the Nine Sound Sect's leader is also dead, most of the surviving disciples have fled. As for Zixia Valley's disciples, they must have been completely wiped out."
Liu Yinzhu's eyes reddened again as she trembled, "If some of the Nine Sound Sect's disciples escaped, where are the rest?"
"The rest are the bold ones. They must have gone to the scripture pavilion or the medicinal mountain to loot treasures, planning to take them and leave."
Ding Huan spoke calmly.
He had calculated that entering Zixia Valley would not affect him.
This meant that among the remaining disciples, no one posed a threat to him or Liu Yinzhu.
"Sister Yinzhu, be careful when checking the bodies. Some might not be completely dead. Save those from Zixia Valley, and finish off those from the Nine Sound Sect."
After saying this, Ding Huan grabbed the protective formation flags and went to seal the sect's protective formation.
In less than half an incense stick's time, Liu Yinzhu and Yan Mei heard a series of rumbling sounds from the sect, and the sealing formation began to activate slowly.
Liu Yinzhu looked at Ding Huan in shock.
Her formation skills were average, and sealing the sect's protective formation would have taken her half a day.
Ding Huan had done it in just over ten minutes.
Was he really just a Foundation Establishment cultivator?
Almost simultaneously with Ding Huan sealing the sect's protective formation, a dozen figures rushed out from the depths of Zixia Valley.
These were clearly disciples of the Nine Sound Sect, who had been looting Zixia Valley.
Before they could finish gathering their spoils, they saw the sect's protective formation being sealed.
This was unacceptable!
Once the sect was sealed, they would be trapped inside.
Even if the Nine Sound Sect had a valid reason, sending tens of thousands of people to attack Zixia Valley again would be impossible.
Moreover, they knew that after this battle, the Nine Sound Sect's remaining strength was not much different from Zixia Valley's.
If a sect sealed its own mountain gate, any other sect attacking it would be seen as bullying, making them the enemy of the entire cultivation world.
No matter how powerful the Nine Sound Sect was, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing.
"Sister Yinzhu, leave the True Dan cultivator to you. I'll handle the rest."
Ding Huan saw that among the rushing cultivators, only one was at the early True Dan stage, and he was injured.
Even if Liu Yinzhu wasn't a match, she could still hold him off.
As for the other eleven, Ding Huan didn't take them seriously.
All eleven were injured, with four at the Foundation Establishment stage and the rest at the Qi Refining stage.
His Nine Divine Abilities were group-killing techniques, and their power wouldn't diminish whether used against one person or a group.
The dozen or so people rushing over saw only three people and a beast on Ding Huan's side, and they felt reassured.
They understood Ding Huan's plan—to seal the sect's protective formation and then use the sect's resources to go into seclusion.
But now, this opportunity had fallen into their hands.
If they killed these three, they could stay in Zixia Valley and go into seclusion.
After all, Zixia Valley was a decent-sized sect with abundant resources.
Staying here to cultivate would be much better than returning to the Nine Sound Sect.
Ding Huan wouldn't indulge them.
He summoned his spear and charged at the eleven cultivators.
Liu Yinzhu, worried that the True Dan cultivator might attack Ding Huan, also charged at the early True Dan cultivator from the Nine Sound Sect.
"A mere ant..."
The leading late Foundation Establishment cultivator laughed when he saw Ding Huan daring to charge at them alone.
Like this late Foundation Establishment cultivator, the other Nine Sound Sect disciples all summoned their magical tools and attacked Ding Huan.
The first move of the Nine Divine Abilities, Soul-Shattering Spear, unleashed a storm of spear lights that easily enveloped the eleven.
Even if these eleven weren't injured, Ding Huan's Soul-Shattering Spear could still trap them all.
The eleven cultivators had just summoned their magical tools, and their attack spells hadn't even formed, when they realized their space was locked by Ding Huan's spear lights.
Before the spear lights' killing intent fully erupted, the cultivators under the Soul-Shattering Spear felt their souls being torn from their bodies by the spear's intent.
This terrifying sensation left no room for resistance.
"He's at the True Dan stage..."
A Foundation Establishment cultivator roared, desperately trying to retreat.
But they were trapped by the Soul-Shattering Spear's killing intent.
Unless they could break free from Ding Huan's spear, they had no chance.
Their strength was far inferior to Ding Huan's.
Not only could they not break the first move of the Nine Divine Abilities, they couldn't even summon defensive tools.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!" Eleven blood lines spurted out.
In the distance, Liu Yinzhu had just exchanged a move with the True Dan cultivator.
When she turned back and saw Ding Huan had killed eleven people in the blink of an eye, including four Foundation Establishment cultivators, she was utterly shocked.
Ding Huan was undoubtedly the strongest Foundation Establishment cultivator she had ever seen, without a doubt.
This Foundation Establishment cultivator was simply too overpowered.
Killing Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators was as easy as eating and drinking for him.
What's more, he had already killed several True Dan cultivators, and not long ago, even the Nine Sound Sect's Soul Formation elder, Hao Wudao, had fallen to Ding Huan.
If Ding Huan could grow further, even the legendary strongest cultivator of the Three Heavens Star Continent, Ji Xinting, would have to step aside.
How long had it been since she first met Ding Huan? His strength seemed to be skyrocketing every moment.
The injured early True Dan cultivator also stared at Ding Huan in horror.
Even he couldn't kill eleven people, including four Foundation Establishment cultivators, in a single move.
This person must be at the True Dan stage, and stronger than him.
As an early True Dan cultivator, how could he face two True Dan experts?
"Fellow Daoist, if you let me go, I will give you all my possessions and swear a blood oath never to reveal anything about this place."
The True Dan cultivator was terrified.
"Sister Yinzhu, let's attack together."
Ding Huan acted as if he hadn't heard the man's words.
His spear surged again as he charged at the early True Dan cultivator.
Give him all his possessions? If he killed the man, wouldn't everything belong to him anyway?
Liu Yinzhu understood Ding Huan's intent.
Her sword unleashed three sword beams, and she decided to end the fight quickly.
With Ding Huan by her side, she didn't need to hold back.
"Puff! Puff!" Two sword beams cleanly tore through the True Dan cultivator's body, drawing blood.
Liu Yinzhu was momentarily stunned.
Since when had she become so powerful?
She quickly realized that the man had focused most of his attention on Ding Huan.
He hadn't expected her to suddenly unleash her ultimate technique.
Of the three sword beams, he could only block one, and the other two ended his life.
(End of Chapter)