Light Cultivation
Eps. 339 — Terminate
Jian Chen dropped Gong Yao's dead body which was no longer alive, he let out a long sigh, not expecting his alleged calm imperial situation to still keep the stormy wind that would hit even greater.
Jian Chen realized there was no reason for Gong Yao to lie saying so, if what he said was true then the Dragon Empire was really in danger in the future.
The Phoenix Empire had a territory of almost half of the eastern mainland continent, their martial power was much higher compared to the other three empires, Jian Chen was confident that even if the three empires united, they would not necessarily be victorious against the Phoenician Empire.
Jian Chen's head ached, he glanced in one of the directions where there was the last surviving sword member. The member was a swordsman who used a transparent sword before.
The swordsman was about to escape from Jian Chen by silently flying away.
Jian Chen drained a deep force on his sword then unleashed a fast-moving wind blade. Despite having a fairly wide distance from the transparent swordsman but in a matter of a few breaths, the wind blade was already nearby.
The transparent swordsman belatedly realized Jian Chen's attack, intending to hold him back with a spare heirloom but the wind blade could easily split open his navel which resulted directly into him.
The transparent swordsman was instantly killed, his body floating down before falling to the ground and lifeless again.
The Dragon Shio who saw him until he gulped, Jian Chen seemed unconcerned about the death of his opponent, his gaze cold, as if killing humans was a normal thing to him.
The Shio Dragon's heartbeat almost stopped when Jian Chen looked towards him let alone as the young man started moving closer to him with the sword still dripping blood.
The Dragon wanted to run away but his instinct said it was a bad move, after all he was confident he would not be able to escape from the young man.
"You're not begging or trying to negotiate so I can't kill you?" Jian Chen looked at the Dragon Shio coldly.
"Can it be done? I'm sure anyone who has a murderous aura as close as you will not let a single one escape..." The Dragon Shio took a deep breath before pulling out his sword. "Even if I get killed here, I won't let you escape unharmed, your hands or feet should be cut off here."
After saying so, the Dragon Shio shouted out loudly while unleashing his strongest attack.
The body of the Dragon Shio was suddenly shrouded in smoldering white flames, it shouted using its last strength before moving to attack Jian Chen with all its might.
The hope of the Dragon Shio had never happened, just one step he was about to attack suddenly his dazed body and collapsed to the ground. It was then that the Dragon Shio realized that there was a large incision wound that had been engraved on his body as well as blood that had splashed out.
The Dragon Shio was completely unable to see Jian Chen's sword movements, he could only feel the intense pain it had spread throughout his body and rendered him unable to move anymore.
The Dragon Shio looked at Jian Chen sharply and hatefully, the gaze slowly fading followed by fear as the pair of golden eyes looked at him coldly.
Jian Chen raised his navel preparing to plunge into the heart of the Dragon Shio, before he did so Jian Chen said to the Dragon Shio coldly.
"You are the villain of all evil, your death is salvation for others, peace and tranquility for the Dragon Empire. How many thousands of lives you've taken with the organization you've created, now that your crime is over, I'll end it here..."
Jian Chen exerted a great amount of profound energy on the asura sword and wrapped it with the light element, as the sword was powerfully thrust into the heart of the Dragon Shio, the asura sword exploded and killed the Dragon Shio into pieces.
Lily from the inside to shake her head looked at Jian Chen's action. "Truly cruel and merciless, do you seem to hate them so much?"
Jian Chen adjusted his breathing, he did not respond to Lily's remark. The young man knows better how the organization risks the Shio if left alive.
"So what's your next plan, haven't your goals been accomplished?" Lily saw the body of the Dragon Shio who was actually living bloodstains.
Jian Chen sighed, for a moment his heart felt empty and hollow. "It feels like, no matter I'm looking for peace for the people closest to me, all the new problems will pop up again and again, it feels like I'm chasing something that's really uncertain and real..."
The hand of Jian Chen who was holding the asura sword trembled, his mind starting to imagine if the Phoenician Empire attacked and destroyed his residence.
Unlike the Qilin Empire, the Phoenix Empire could not handle even Jian Chen with his strength, it was only natural that the young man felt hopeless and helpless.
Lily who wanted to say something finally undoed her intentions, she came out of Jian Chen's Dantian Realm forcefully before appearing before the young man.
Now that Lily could see Jian Chen's fragile side, the girl knew very well how Jian Chen was feeling now that being seen in a timeline, she was the one who had always been with him.
"You're a really troublesome man..." Lily snorted but her hand stroked Jian Chen's hair. Lily's hand glowed golden, she sent a suggestion of calmness to the young man.
"What are you doing?" Jian Chen was so confused by his own feelings.
"No need to ask about what I'm doing." Lily folded her hands on her chest. "Given your problems, you may forget that you're not alone here, no one is saying that all the problems on this continent are your responsibility..."
Lily had indeed never protested with Jian Chen's behavior of always bearing all the problems alone but sometimes the young man forgot that solitude also had a limit in his actions.
"Although your empire is quite weak compared to the other three empires yet they also have this to use." Lily tapped her head with her finger. "For me the greatest ability is not strength but intelligence and knowledge."
Lily sighed, sometimes in the martial world strength became the benchmark, it was not wrong but it would be more powerful if intelligence and strength were also taken into account.
"As long as your empire has a good strategy, as long as they take good measures in defense, it does not rule out the possibility of victory being achieved against the enemy..."
Of course, winning is also not something that is easy and certainly sacrifices many parties, but as long as they are willing to think to win then the hope of victory will actually always remain, this is called the power of hope.
"Thank you Lily, you're making me a little better." Jian Chen smiled gently, Lily obviously came over wanting to comfort him.
"Hmph, good then so you don't have to be sad anymore..." Lily snorted, she began to float to where the corpses Jian Chen had killed before and began to suck their cultivation.
Jian Chen looked at the girl from afar, although Lily was indifferent and looked selfish actually the girl had a soft heart and cared about her very much.
Jian Chen was already aware of Lily's changing attitude, probably because they were always together making the bond of the two also change.
While Lily sucked the cultivation of her victims Jian Chen also did not forget to take their space ring.
"So, where are you going next?" Lily yawned wide, as usual she would fall asleep if she was going to break through.
"After hearing your words I thought a lot of things but what I want now is to go home. I'll go back to the Jian clan..."
Lily nodded, she never forbade the young man's decision. The girl then returned to the Dantian Realm, in a moment she would break through to the next realm.
Jian Chen stared at the clear sky then exhaled, slowly his body started to float. Jian Chen then darted flying from the desert province.
Before Jian Chen to the Jian clan, it was in his mind to meet the two people he wanted to meet in the imperial academy, coincidentally his path home took a different path.