Chapter 00244: The Pursuit of a True God Realm Expert
# The Pursuit of a True God Realm Expert
Chapter 244
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 244: The Pursuit of a True God Realm Expert
Ding Huan's heart stirred.
Although he didn't take the trash from the Moonlight Sect seriously, nor did he care much about their seventh-grade protective formation, he knew that carelessness was often the beginning of defeat.
The cultivator who had shaken his head earlier was someone he recognized—Shen Guan.
Back in the Great Ravine Canyon, Ding Huan had even given Shen Guan a Swift Movement Talisman.
From any angle, Shen Guan had no reason to harm him.
Shen Guan knew that Ding Huan had wiped out the Twin Soul Sect and had even warned him not to enter the Moonlight Sect, indicating that the danger within the sect was beyond a certain level.
Thinking of this, Ding Huan summoned his Farewell Spear once more, and a storm of spear lights erupted.
The first to feel the overwhelming aura of death was the sect's guardian elder, He Quan, who hastily retreated in terror.
Boom! Ding Huan's Farewell Spear struck the sect's protective formation once again.
"Ding Huan, you're courting death!" A newly promoted late-stage True Core elder roared, grabbing his Glazed Trident and hurling it toward Ding Huan.
He had just broken through to the late-stage True Core realm, and his power had surged.
He couldn't believe that someone who had only come to the cultivation world from the mortal realm a few years ago could be so formidable.
Ding Huan's Farewell Spear smashed into the protective formation, and the True Core cultivator realized that Ding Huan didn't even bother to look at him, which only fueled his rage.
But before he could even beg for mercy, a blade of light slashed down from his forehead.
Splat! Blood sprayed as Ding Huan's Farewell Spear struck the core of the Moonlight Sect's protective formation for the third time.
The True Core elder had sacrificed his life to block Ding Huan's spear, but it hadn't even slowed the attack.
Some elders could clearly hear the protective formation creaking and cracking.
If they didn't act soon, the Moonlight Sect's protective formation would be shattered by Ding Huan.
Seeing Ding Huan kill the sect's teaching elder with a single blade of light and then take the elder's storage bag, the external affairs elder, Zhu Jun, could no longer contain his fury.
"Everyone, attack together! Kill him!"
He didn't believe that Ding Huan could handle so many of them alone, especially since they still had a Soul Formation elder on their side.
"Stop!" Before anyone could act, He Quan spoke up again.
His face was still pale.
Although Ding Huan hadn't attacked him directly, he had felt the terrifying killing intent radiating from Ding Huan.
As a Soul Formation cultivator, he couldn't withstand that pressure.
He was certain that even if the entire Moonlight Sect attacked Ding Huan, they would all be slaughtered.
Unless the hidden expert within the sect stepped forward, He Quan knew that as long as Ding Huan didn't enter the Moonlight Sect, that expert wouldn't intervene.
Zhu Jun looked at He Quan in confusion.
"Elder He, what are you doing?"
He Quan coldly glanced at Zhu Jun before turning to Ding Huan and clasping his fists.
"We will compensate you for your losses. Can you give us the time it takes to burn an incense stick?"
Ding Huan replied indifferently, "Two incense sticks wouldn't be a problem. I think I can wait for three."
"Thank you, Sect Master Ding. All elders and disciples, retreat immediately—"
Boom! Before He Quan could finish, Ding Huan's Farewell Spear struck the core of the seventh-grade protective formation again.
"Sect Master Ding, you just said there was no problem," He Quan's expression changed.
Ding Huan chuckled, his Farewell Spear continuing to unleash a storm of killing intent.
"Of course, there's no problem. I probably won't break your formation within three incense sticks, so you have plenty of time to prepare. Once you hand over the compensation, I'll leave."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This time, Ding Huan's Farewell Spear unleashed three consecutive waves of killing spear lights, all aimed at the core of the protective formation.
He Quan's heart skipped a beat.
He knew that with Ding Huan's relentless attacks, the Moonlight Sect's protective formation would be torn apart in less than an incense stick's time.
If Ding Huan broke through, the Moonlight Sect might not survive.
Even if Ding Huan didn't destroy the sect, they would never be able to set up another seventh-grade protective formation.
There were rumors that Ding Huan was a sixth-grade formation master, and it seemed they might be true.
"Elder Li, take some people to the treasury and prepare the compensation—" He Quan handed a jade token to a long-faced man beside him, his voice urgent.
Elder Li didn't need He Quan's reminder to understand the urgency.
Once Ding Huan broke the protective formation, it would be too late.
Judging by the power of Ding Huan's attacks, it wouldn't take long for the formation to collapse.
While Elder Li went to the treasury, He Quan began repairing the formation.
Since they couldn't confront Ding Huan directly, they could only try to patch up the formation.
Unfortunately, his formation skills were far inferior to Ding Huan's.
Although he kept throwing formation flags, the effect on the formation's protection was minimal.
When Ding Huan finally cracked the protective formation, Elder Li returned.
Ding Huan stopped attacking the formation and turned his gaze toward Elder Li.
But he wasn't looking at Elder Li—he was looking at the gray-robed man following behind him.
This man was definitely not at the Nascent Soul realm.
He had surpassed it.
He was at the True God realm.
Ding Huan finally understood why Shen Guan had warned him.
The Moonlight Sect had such a powerful expert.
True God realm cultivators didn't exist in the cultivation world.
Therefore, this man must have come from the Ascension Realm.
"Are you Ding Huan? The sect master of the Blue Star Sect?" The gray-robed man walked up to Ding Huan, his eyes scrutinizing him.
Ding Huan replied calmly, "That's right. I am the sect master of the Blue Star Sect. Did you bring the compensation?"
Elder Li glanced at the True God realm expert, but seeing no reaction, he handed a storage bag to He Quan.
He Quan scanned it with his divine sense and then handed it to Ding Huan.
"Sect Master Ding, here is what you asked for."
Ding Huan said indifferently, "This isn't what I asked for. This is what Yi Wandao voluntarily offered as compensation."
With a sweep of his divine sense, the storage bag in He Quan's hand was now in Ding Huan's possession.
After storing the bag, Ding Huan mounted his Farewell Spear, merging with it and disappearing like a streak of light.
"Thank you, senior, for stepping in. Otherwise, Ding Huan would never have left so easily," He Quan bowed to the True God realm expert, his tone sincere.
The gray-robed True God expert glanced at He Quan and said indifferently, "Even if I hadn't come out, he would have taken the compensation and left. I didn't help in any way, so don't flatter me. I must return to the Ascension Realm now. Farewell."
With that, the gray-robed man stepped out of the Moonlight Sect's protective formation and vanished.
He Quan watched the man disappear, a hint of mockery on his lips.
Then he declared sternly, "From today onward, I will act as the interim sect master of the Moonlight Sect until a new sect master is chosen. No more internal strife over the position of sect master."
Previously, He Quan had refused the position, leading to fierce competition among the True Core elders.
But Ding Huan's appearance had made him realize that without a strong leader, the Moonlight Sect would inevitably fall.
So he decided to take the position himself to prevent further infighting.
...
Ding Huan hadn't gone far when he sensed someone following him.
He didn't need to ask to know it was the True God realm expert from earlier.
Ding Huan turned a corner and arrived at a desolate area, where he quickly set up dozens of formation flags.
"Heh, you're quite meticulous. Are you planning to set up a trapping and killing formation here?" A chuckle sounded, and Ding Huan saw the gray-robed man from the Moonlight Sect appear before him.
"Who are you?" Ding Huan took several steps back as if he'd seen a ghost, dropping the unfinished formation flags on the ground.
"I am Qi Long from the Desolate God Sect of the Ascension Realm. I know you're skilled in formations, so I won't give you a chance to set one up. Don't worry," the gray-robed man said calmly.
"Why are you following me?" Ding Huan took a deep breath, trying to keep his voice steady, though his unease was still evident.
Qi Long smiled faintly.
"Hand over your storage ring and tell me where you found those things in the mortal realm."
Ding Huan was stunned.
He had no idea what the man was talking about.
What things in the mortal realm?
"A woman named Qing Yu said that the reason you're so powerful is because you discovered an ancient cave," Qi Long added.
Ding Huan finally understood.
That wretched woman had set him up again.
Ding Huan threw out a dozen formation flags.
"You're asking for death!" Seeing Ding Huan ignore his words and continue setting up formations, Qi Long was furious.
He hurled a pair of meteor hammers at Ding Huan, though he deliberately avoided Ding Huan's head.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions rang out, and the space around them seemed to shift.
Ding Huan disappeared, and Qi Long found his hammers striking a defensive formation.
The air was filled with the dull thuds of spiritual energy colliding.
A fifth-grade defensive formation? Qi Long was puzzled.
He had been chasing Ding Huan the entire time, and Ding Huan hadn't had any opportunity to set up a formation.
When had this fifth-grade defensive formation been set up?
Wait, Qi Long suddenly realized that this place already had a defensive formation.
Ding Huan had simply activated it.
Qi Long knew that to kill Ding Huan, he would first have to break the formation.
A mere fifth-grade defensive formation wasn't a concern for him.
It might block him once, but not a second time.
Just as Qi Long prepared to shatter the formation, a wave of killing lights surged toward him.
Qi Long immediately realized that this place not only had a fifth-grade defensive formation but also a fifth-grade trapping formation and a fifth-grade killing formation.
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