Chapter 484 482: Servant
The eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators closing in for the kill were all stunned for a moment.
They never imagined the Spirit Infant Realm youth and the Little Skeleton would actually dare to take the initiative and charge at them.
What's more, the pair was brimming with confidence.
It was as if they didn't take them seriously at all.
The eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators were furious!
"A piece of trash at the Spirit Infant Realm and a skeleton at the Cyan Soul Initial Realm dare to be so arrogant? Ignoring us like this? You deserve to die!"
The leader, a human cultivator at the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm, roared in fury, then conjured a powerful attack and charged.
These Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators from the Six Paths Illusion Realm might have been from the lowest tier of talent, but they were still far stronger than the Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Mortal World.
Even their leader, a cultivator at the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm, was hardly any weaker than Nangong Wanyu.
After all, they had all traversed one-third of the Extreme Celestial Tier and had likely been in the Six Paths Illusion Realm for a very long time.
They weren't newcomers to the Six Paths Illusion Realm, and the longer one stayed there, the stronger they became.
If Jiang Jichen hadn't relied on a sneak attack to kill that other Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator earlier, it would have certainly taken some effort.
Of course, that was assuming Jiang Jichen didn't use any of his trump cards.
The eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators attacked from all sides.
Their attacks came in like a tide, instantly turning the space around Jiang Jichen and the Little Skeleton into a Land of Destruction.
Yet Jiang Jichen didn't retreat. With his Holy Sword in hand, he slashed in all directions, unleashing a Protective Sword Form.
He was Heaven and Earth within a thirty-foot domain of Red Dust. Ethereal Sword Shadows drifted, falling only within that radius. In an instant, the shadows multiplied, condensing into a golden light shield of Sword Shadows to protect him and the Little Skeleton.
Next, Jiang Jichen executed his Second Sword Technique.
Eight-direction Wind and Rain, Earth and Heaven Shaking!
His long sword danced, golden Sword Shadows swaying like wind and rain assailing from all eight directions, sweeping from far to near to drench the world.
Fast, swift, ruthless, chaotic... The technique seemed disorganized and without rules, yet it concealed the profound truths of the Sword Dao. It was extraordinarily and devastatingly powerful.
Now that his Realm had advanced and he had spent half a year comprehending the Dao in the Heavenly Dao World, the power of his old sword techniques was on a completely different level.
His Sword Intent flared out, blocking the endless Power of Destruction.
Jiang Jichen remained unscathed. With his profound and unparalleled Sword Dao, he deflected and neutralized every attack that came near him, one by one.
He moved freely amidst the thousands of attacks, appearing remarkably nonchalant and unconstrained.
"This..."
"How can a Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator be this strong?"
"Could he be an Extreme Genius?"
...
The eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators were utterly shocked that a full round of their attacks had failed to even harm a Late-Stage Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator.
A sense of dread suddenly bloomed in their hearts.
Their opponent's defense was impenetrable, placing him in a practically invincible position.
He seemed to see through all their attacks, grasping the trajectory of each one from the very beginning.
Furthermore, he possessed an astonishingly unparalleled Divine Sense, allowing him to sense their attacks a step ahead of time.
"When did a monster like this appear in the Six Paths Illusion Realm?"
Fear began to grow in the hearts of the eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators.
Even their Nascent Soul Realm leader no longer dared to act arrogant. His expression had turned grave.
And from not far behind them, the angry curses of the Undead Race members could still be heard.
They were calling them useless trash!
Jiang Jichen's expression remained confident and composed.
'With attacks of this level,' he thought, 'if I focus solely on defense using my Seven-Colored Divine Thought and Heart Hidden Heaven and Earth, they really can't touch me.'
"Quick! Attack together! Target him and him alone! We have to break his defense first!"
The Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm leader yelled.
And so, the eight Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators conjured their strongest attacks and unleashed them all on Jiang Jichen.
In that moment, all attacks and all attention were focused entirely on Jiang Jichen.
Facing these terrifying attacks, Jiang Jichen's expression remained indifferent.
"Wait, where did the Little Skeleton go?"
Just then, one of the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators suddenly realized that the Little Skeleton that had been behind Jiang Jichen was gone.
A sense of dread welled up inside him, and he cried out.
PFFT!
But the word had barely left his lips when he saw his own head fly into the air, his body still standing on the ground below.
His Spirit Infant shot out of his body in terror!
But a golden Finger Light appeared out of nowhere, easily piercing through his Spirit Infant.
And then, his consciousness faded into Darkness.
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
Immediately after, the Little Skeleton's small frame began to move with astonishing speed.
Its joints creaked and groaned as it moved, making one worry it might fall apart at any moment.
But it was incredibly fast. In a blur of motion, it lopped off four more heads.
Similarly, the four escaping Spirit Infants were obliterated by the Soul-destroying Finger Light that Jiang Jichen unleashed with a casual flick of his finger.
Only then did the remaining Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators finally react.
"No!"
They screamed in terror and tried to flee.
But Jiang Jichen, who had been purely on the defensive until now, stepped forward with his Holy Sword in hand.
Mountain River Shadow, like the art of Shrinking Inches, allowed him to instantly appear beside a Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.
"Die!"
Jiang Jichen barked coldly, swinging his sword without mercy.
The Sword Intent was incomparably sharp. At close range, he cleaved the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator in two.
At the same time, the Little Skeleton's Big Bone Saber sliced a Nascent Soul Early Stage Realm Cultivator in half at the waist.
In the end, only the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm leader remained.
He was trapped between Jiang Jichen and the Little Skeleton.
At that moment, the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's body trembled as boundless fear spread through his heart.
'Too terrifying!'
'This monstrous youth and the Little Skeleton... their combination is practically invincible.'
'Just now, Jiang Jichen drew all of our attacks to himself.'
'Meanwhile, the Little Skeleton used the Earth Escape Technique to silently sneak up behind us.'
'Such coordination... it's insidious. Perfect.'
"This is all a misunderstanding! I am willing to submit and become your slave!"
the leader said, his voice trembling.
A Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator actively offering to become the slave of a Spirit Infant Realm Cultivator—the sight was truly shocking.
This was because a slave was different from a follower.
Followers joined voluntarily and were free to leave as they pleased.
A slave, however, was bound by a master-slave contract, their very life and death held in their master's hands.
"Misunderstanding? What's there to misunderstand? This ends with one of us dead."
Jiang Jichen said coolly.
Hearing Jiang Jichen's words sent a fresh wave of terror through the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
And yet, he took the initiative to condense a drop of his essence blood, form it into a slave contract talisman, and send it into Jiang Jichen's body.
Jiang Jichen watched as a Blood Talisman entered his body of its own accord.
He then felt a Life Chart Talisman appear within his Divine Thought.
With a single thought, he could destroy this Life Chart Talisman, and the person it was tied to would have their Life Cultivation instantly crippled.
For a cultivator, losing one's Life Cultivation was a fate no different from death.
"I beg you, Master, spare this old slave!"
The Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm elder immediately dropped to his knees, kowtowing repeatedly as he cried out in a trembling voice.
Jiang Jichen thought for a moment before finally nodding. "Fine. Restrain your subordinates. If they dare harm even one more Skeleton Soldier, they die!"
In that moment, Jiang Jichen radiated an air of supreme authority.
It was also in that moment that Jiang Jichen suddenly understood: in the Six Paths Illusion Realm, the strong truly reigned supreme.
As long as you were strong enough, you would never lack for followers, let alone slaves.
And for his assault on the Heavenly Dao Holy Mountain, such assets would be indispensable.