Chapter 600: But Wait... There’s More

As the strongest faction in the Azure Spiritual World, the Northern Sea Mystic Sect totally had the ability to send 2 experts at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm to attempt to break through to the Martial Dipper Realm.

Like Zhui Fengzi, Chen Yuanzi was one of the candidates who was supposed to make the attempt.

Because of Shang Xia’s antics, the Northern Sea Island suffered huge losses and Chen Yuanzi lost his temper trying to locate him. In the end, he gave up the chance to break through.

That was the reason why a peak-tier expert like himself was in charge of snatching Origin Dippers and fate dipper essence that others might have obtained.

Of course, Chen Yuanzi only gave up his chance to break through using the Manyu Continent’s world origin. It didn’t mean that he would never be able to break through again.

On the contrary, his foundations, accumulations, contributions, and experience were of the highest level in the Northern Sea Mystic Sect. Even though he had given up his chance this time, he was still a very viable candidate to break through with the next opportunity.

Because of the bigger picture, Chen Yuanzi chose to give up the chance to break through. The Northern Sea Island also suffered huge losses and they needed a super expert like Chen Yuanzi to stabilize the situation.

After his experience, Chen Yuanzi’s foundations would become even more solid and he would be more prepared to charge into the Martial Dipper Realm in the future. It could be said that his chances of success if he tried to advance would greatly increase.

Unfortunately, with Shang Xia crippling both his palms, his dreams of ever advancing were destroyed.

It wasn’t scary if his palms were severed. It wasn’t as though there weren’t Martial Dipper Realm experts with handicaps. However, Shang Xia didn’t just cut his palms off. He damaged Chen Yuanzi’s source qi directly. The moment the source qi of an expert at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm was damaged, it was most likely irreversible. When that happened, their chances of entering the Martial Dipper Realm in the future were as good as gone.

After Chen Yuanzi’s hands were severed, Shang Xia’s Four Constellation Qi entered his wounds.

It wasn’t as though Chen Yuanzi didn’t try to resist the foreign extermination qi. He discovered that even if he roused all his strength, he couldn’t do much! He would need a long time if he wished to expel them from his body.

During the entire process, the foreign extermination qi didn’t stop corroding his body. The lower part of his arms was starting to wither as though they had been through the passage of time. It didn’t take long before his arms looked like withered tree branches.

The rate of corrosion became worse as time passed. It extended up his arm and started to reach for his shoulders.

Helpless, Chen Yuanzi could only use his source qi in his dantian to try to force the foreign extermination qi out of this body. With its appearance, he quickly managed to suppress it. However, it also started to be damaged by Shang Xia’s extermination qi.

Shang Xia’s blade didn’t just injure Chen Yuanzi. The despair it brought caused infinitely more damage to Chen Yuanzi than what it achieved physically.

With a single blade, Shang Xia’s Four Constellation Samsara Divine Blade Art ate at his opponent’s life force and severed his future!

The martial intent he comprehended didn’t just allow him to release a tyrannical blade art. The blade intent it contained was extremely sinister and ferocious. If one had to grade his martial intent, it would be absolutely superior to most!

Shang Xia never thought that the strike he unleashed earlier severed all hopes of a grand completion stage Martial Extermination Realm expert breaking through to the Martial Dipper Realm.

Whatever the case, battles of that level originally meant that one person would die. Neither would show mercy to their opponent. Even if Shang Xia knew that he crippled Chen Yuanzi, it wouldn’t really bother him. He would even lament that he failed to kill the other party with that strike earlier.

Despite that, in Shang Xia’s current state, there was no time for him to be concerned for others at all. He was about to fall into his enemy’s hands!

Chen Yuanzi was no weakling. Both of them unleashed their martial intents in their last exchange and Shang Xia wasn’t really doing well either.

His blade art might have eliminated a huge amount of power from Chen Yuanzi’s martial intent, but the rest of the power contained in the seal struck his body directly. He was injured to the point where he spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

His organs seemed to have rearranged themselves, and god knew how many bones were broken. Chen Yuanzi’s seal even had the intention of lingering in his body to cause hidden damage.

If his target was anyone else, even someone at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm, another cripple would be created. In fact, they might suffer even heavier damages and die on the spot.

Unfortunately, his martial intent struck Shang Xia. His physique far surpassed cultivators of the same level because of the baptism of world origin and tempering of his extermination origins.

Even though Chen Yuanzi’s seal caused him to suffer serious injuries, his dantian wasn’t affected. The energy that planned to remain hidden in his body was quickly eliminated such that none remained.

It was unfortunate that Shang Xia had to fully focus on dealing with his internal injuries. He had no choice but to succumb to the suction force of the Northern Sea Island.

Even so, Shang Xia never gave up hope.

The chance he was looking for was the appearance of the other super islands!

His guess earlier was spot on. The Northern Sea Mystic Sect might be strong, but they weren’t crazy enough to offend every other power out there. Unless the Eternal Sect and Divine Capital Sect agreed with their plan, they wouldn’t have done what they did.

Since the other 2 superpowers joined the fray, they wouldn’t allow the Northern Sea Island to grab every expert who might have Origin Dippers or fate dipper essence.

The reason Shang Xia had been struggling before was to buy himself as much time as possible. He was waiting for a change in the situation.

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When Shang Xia was 300 miles away from the Northern Sea Island and despair was about to overwhelm him, 2 silhouettes appeared in the distance.

He discovered that the suction force coming from the Northern Sea Island was starting to weaken as different forces started dragging him in 2 different directions.

“My chance is here!” Shang Xia screamed inwardly. He remained alert the whole time and now that the 3 super islands were affecting each other, he managed to find a spot where the suction forces from each island canceled each other out.

Ignoring the consumption of his inner qi, Shang Xia used everything he had. He didn’t care that he spat out another mouthful of blood due to his worsening injuries as he swung his blade at the intersection.

Resplendent rays of light emerged from the blade and shattered the space in the region. All the suction force on him was nullified completely and he finally managed to control his body.

There was no hesitation as he converted the energy he hadn’t used in that blade strike to run. He couldn’t be bothered with hiding his presence at the moment as he left behind a long streak of light as he ran away from all 3 islands.

The massive disturbance he caused naturally couldn’t avoid detection. He might be hundreds, even thousands of miles away from either one of the islands, but he caught the attention of many.

Luckily, Shang Xia wasn’t the only smart and resourceful one present. The appearance of the Eternal Island and Divine Capital Island allowed many experts to accurately grasp the chance to release all their life-saving methods. They took the opportunity to run from the 3 super islands.

Their actions provided some cover for Shang Xia, but those super islands were naturally unwilling to let those people escape. Without mentioning anything else, those who displayed such astounding adaptability and quick reactions were most likely the ones who obtained an Origin Dipper or fate dipper essence.

The islands started to fine-tune their control over their vortexes as they directed it in different directions.

The Northern Sea Island who acted first directly withdrew their vortex and allowed the other 2 islands to capture the others.

From the time he started to escape from the Northern Sea Island to whatever situation he was in, Shang Xia maintained his divine perception at his limit. He could feel a splitting headache, but even so, he didn’t dare to retract it in the slightest and let his guard down.

That was how he was able to weave his way through the suction force of the other islands and it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that he was dancing on the edge of a knife at the moment. The slightest carelessness would cause him to plunge into the depths of hell.

As he got further and further away from the islands, his unique evasion method drew their attention. The experts who were struggling to escape also noticed what he was doing.

Who would have thought that despite being wholly focused on escaping, Shang Xia would feel a strange thumping in his glabella?

The Crimson Soul Tablet was reminding him that there might be an Origin Dipper or a strand of fate dipper essence nearby.

Why now?! Why the f…

“Argh!” One of the experts who had been resisting the suction force since the start was finally unable to hold on. He was dragged over by the Divine Capital Sect and captured.

As he was dragged over, he flew past Shang Xia who wasn’t too far away.

With the distance between them drawing closer, Shang Xia could feel the thumping between his eyebrows getting stronger.

Shang Xia’s gaze turned a little strange as he looked at the expert.

Clearly, the other party also discovered Shang Xia’s presence and he screamed, “Fellow cultivator, please save me! I am Li Yuchen of the Zhenyang Sect of the Xi Continent! I will definitely reward you heavily if you assist me!”

Shang Xia decided to make his body as he released a Four Constellation Palm in Li Yuchen’s direction.

It was also at that moment that the distance between the 2 of them drew the closest.

When Shang Xia reached his hand out, the other party tossed something out. Shang Xia felt something tightening around his wrist as though he was trapped by something.

Soon after, a massive suction force appeared. Before he could react, he felt the world spinning around him as they swapped places.

Li Yuchen was standing in Shang Xia’s original position while Shang Xia appeared in the path of where the Divine Capital Sect was dragging Li Yuchen.

“Hah… Hahaha! Fellow cultivator, many thanks! Huh?! Wait, no! I was wrong! Please forgive me!” His laugh was cut short when he discovered a rope around his waist.

When the rope was pulled taut around him, Li Yuchen discovered that he couldn’t circulate his inner qi any longer!

That was the Spirit Binding Rope!

Shang Xia, who was holding tightly onto the other end, glared at Li Yuchen who had a face full of shock. Yanking it violently, their positions swapped once again and Li Yuchen returned to his fate of being pulled over to the Divine Capital Island.

There were several items in Shang Xia’s hand after he executed his maneuver. Before he could take a look at them, Li Yuchen who was flying towards the Divine Capital Island screamed, “Imperial Star Fate Dipper! That guy stole my Imperial Star Fate Dipper!”

“Asshole!” Shang Xia’s expression changed immediately. He couldn’t be bothered to look at whatever he obtained and he spat out a mouthful of blood before turning to run away.

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