Chapter 380: Divine Weapon Fragment

"Found them!" The place where the Taixi Sect imprisoned the disciples of various sects was extremely secretive and hard to find; within the vast Taixi Sect, searching for such a small group of people was truly no easy task.

Even for Su Tianji, with Owner Fang's directions, it clearly took a considerable amount of time to find the location.

One disciple after another could be seen, heavily guarded by numerous cultivators, forming a long queue as they walked toward the high platform ahead.

On the platform stood a spiritual treasure, its front end connected to a device resembling an iron helmet.

Several cultivators could be seen shoving the cultivator at the very front onto the platform, barking, "Put it on!"

"No! Please no...!" He was a young disciple in grey-white hemp robes, around seventeen or eighteen years old, staring ahead in sheer terror as if he had already endured something utterly horrific and refused to experience it again, instinctively shrinking backward.

Right then, the two True Lake Realm grand cultivators beside him sneered and exchanged a glance.

Immediately following that, the two cultivators grabbed his arms, their powerful spiritual essence instantly sealing the young disciple's mere Origin River Realm cultivation, pinning him down onto the high platform.

Tianleizi watched the scene expressionlessly. "This boy still has a large amount of residual poison that hasn't been purged, which is why he resists the treatment so vehemently. It seems we must spend a bit more time and give him a thorough shocking."

A pleasant, genial smile appeared on Tianleizi's face. "Little guy, only by cooperating obediently and accepting the treatment can you recover faster. Once the residual poison in your body is mostly cleansed, this seat will lighten the intensity of your treatment as appropriate, understood?"

He then waved his hand at the several cultivators. "Begin."

"No... Please no..." The disciple was forced up amidst his struggles, and before long, everyone heard a heart-rending, agonizing shriek!

"Shameless, utterly shameless to the extreme!" Su Tianji's beautiful eyes burned with a furious fire; it was evident she had never been this enraged in her entire life.

Originally, she had only heard Owner Fang mention that the Taixi Sect kept these disciples here, without knowing exactly what was happening, but seeing this scene made her heart run cold.

What were they doing? Even when dealing with prisoners, such inhumane methods were rarely ever employed!

Yet those before her eyes were all merely seventeen or eighteen years old, in the prime of their youth, the golden years most suited for cultivation.

Furthermore, these were by no means ordinary disciples; each was highly talented and spiritually gifted within their respective sects. Such disciples, even if they might not necessarily become the core echelon, were mostly among the elite of their sects, and even in the Liuyun Dao Palace, they would receive immense attention and care.

Every single one of them was the future talent of their sects!

"No... Please no..." Right at that moment, another terrified and tearful female voice rang out. Looking toward the source of the sound, one could see a round-faced girl of fifteen or sixteen, her countenance filled with utter despair.

Such a talented and young female disciple would usually be a pampered junior sister doted on by all her senior brothers and masters within a sect, but here, Tianleizi clearly harbored no sympathy or tenderness for the fair sex, and simply waved his hand.

"Aaaaaah—!"

"Stop!" A cold shout, born from a fury beyond measure, thundered through the air.

"Someone has broken in!"

"Stop her quickly!" Tianleizi's expression turned dark and grim. Although he did not know why someone would suddenly trespass into this place, at this very moment, as long as they captured her, everything could be dealt with!

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Meanwhile, seeing the colossal pillars of spiritual essence piercing through the heavens and earth, with the vast spiritual power from all the spiritual mountains of the Taixi Sect linking together to form a grand and flawless array, Venerable Duyou, who had just escaped from that terrifying and matchless sword aura, finally regained some confidence.

Turning his head back now to see Nalan Hongwu's slightly pale countenance, Venerable Duyou laughed uproariously, "It appears that last move drained quite a bit of the martial qi in your body. Dealing all at once with a grand array laid down by four late Divine Sea Realm experts must not have been easy on you either, was it? What a pity..."

"Indeed, a pity I failed to keep you here, you old scoundrel!" Nalan Hongwu snorted coldly. It was evident that he had only recently comprehended his Sword Twenty-Three, and moreover, because it was not grasped under the extreme circumstances the Sword Saint faced, its power fell short. It had merely shattered the Four Symbols Grand Array and crippled a large number of the Taixi Sect's experts, while Venerable Duyou, with the aid of a rare treasure, had unexpectedly managed to escape.

"That is not what this old man meant," Venerable Duyou shook his head slowly.

"As a mere Martial Emperor Realm warrior, you actually nearly caused this old man to perish here. A warrior like you can truly be described as unprecedented and unrepeatable, can you not? Even this old man feels a tinge of envy."

"If you do not die, in a thousand years, the entire continent's balance between warriors and cultivators might very well change because of you! The seventh realm of warriors, the Martial Emperor Realm, only in your hands does it truly possess the potential to match the combat power of a cultivator of an equivalent realm, the seventh realm of cultivators, the Divine Court Realm!" A dark expression crept onto his face as he sneered, "But now, you are to be buried right here!"

"Buried right here?" Nalan Hongwu sneered.

"You are already at the end of your tether," Venerable Duyou stared at him icily. "Do you still intend to put up a desperate struggle?"

"Or perhaps..." His gaze shifted to rest upon Fang Qi, as if sizing up an ant. "Could it be you still delude yourself into thinking that this useless boy, who is merely at the Great Martial Grandmaster Realm—two whole major realms below you—can help you escape?!"

As his words fell, countless surges of spiritual essence churned in the sky, actually forming a colossal Bagua diagram above the entire Taixi Sect, nearly blanketing the whole establishment!

Seeing the formation of this immense Bagua diagram, Venerable Duyou laughed maniacally, "Do you see this?! This is the Bagua diagram passed down to this venerable one from antiquity, inherited from the ancient immortal path! Never mind mere Martial Emperor Realm experts like you, even a legendary quasi-immortal on the verge of ascension would be trapped by this array!"

Of course, there was naturally some exaggeration in his words; after all, this array had been passed down for so long, and those among the later generations who could comprehend its true meaning were few and far between, making it a different matter entirely whether its full power could even be unleashed.

But even so, it was more than enough to handle a Martial Emperor whose martial qi was nearly depleted.

Nalan Hongwu looked toward Fang Qi and said in a heavy voice, "Kid Fang, it's time to go. Elder Su's side should be just about finished."

"Go where?" Owner Fang shook his head. "Hasn't this owner already made his intentions clear?"

"What intentions?" Nalan Hongwu asked, utterly baffled.

"I told you all before we came," Owner Fang spoke up. "At that time, my question was, who is coming with me to flatten the Taixi Sect."

"What?!"

"Arrogant!"

In an instant, a wave of curses and shouting erupted from the crowd of the Taixi Sect up in the sky.

And at this moment, Owner Fang was seen glancing at his divine weapon fragments, browsing through the divine weapon exchange list.

The row at the front of the divine weapons, the fragment exchange list.

Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword Fragment: Because it is broken down to a mere fragment, it can only be used once; upon activation, it completely synchronizes with a television drama character who once possessed the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword (requires a synchronization rate of 20%).

Exchange Method: One divine weapon fragment

Kusanagi Sword (King of Fighters) Fragment: Because it is broken down to a mere fragment, it can only be used once; upon activation, it completely synchronizes with a game character who once possessed the Kusanagi Sword (requires a synchronization rate of 20%)

Dustless Sword Fragment...

Haotian Mirror Fragment...

Yes, this was exactly what the system meant when it told Owner Fang to figure things out on his own.

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