Chapter 14: Heavenly Punishment Spell

Chapter 14: Heavenly Punishment Spell

Lin Nuo pondered, wasn’t Zhao Yuedong hanging out with Zhou Jianhu? Where’s Zhou Jianhu?

He can’t be dead, right?

That would be a happy ending for everyone.

Lin Nuo quickly looked down at the compass disck.

It was blacked out.

Well, I actually expected this situation; after all, those from the Demon Sect aren’t idiots. They must have considered that my compass was stolen, and now several of my companions have vanished into thin air, with my compass malfunctioning.

No problem, as long as I can confirm Su Kexin’s escape route, I can definitely catch up by taking a shortcut.

“Lin Nuo, Senior Brother, it’s dangerous here, you should go!”

Zhao Yuedong shouted while battling with the demon disciples, her body already covered in several wounds.

Go?

Are you kidding me? I came all this way, and you want me to leave?

Lin Nuo ignored her, not bothering with alternate routes, and charged straight into the crowd.

Charging in recklessly as a second-tier cultivator is undoubtedly seeking death.

“Even if my brother is only at second tier, he still risks himself to come help me; I have to protect him!”

Zhao Yuedong quickly fended off her enemies to join Lin Nuo.

However, at that moment, a demon disciple charged at her, swinging a demonic palm just a foot away from Zhao Yuedong.

Crap, too fast, there’s no time!

“Get away!”

Just as Zhao Yuedong was about to be hit, Lin Nuo rushed in, punching the demon disciple away.

He zipped past Zhao Yuedong like a gust of wind, continuing on his way.

The heart-stopping scene lingered in Zhao Yuedong’s mind; that palm was going to hit her directly, and she would surely have perished.

At the very last moment, Lin Nuo happened to save her.

“Lin Nuo, Senior Brother…”

Zhao Yuedong snapped back to reality, but all she could see was Lin Nuo’s rapidly retreating back.

That direction… is where other sect disciples are fighting the Heavenly Grade Li Long!

“Lin Nuo, Senior Brother, it’s dangerous, don’t go!”

As if he would heed her words, Lin Nuo kept charging forward; even if that lone disciple was blocked by the Heavenly Grade Li Long, he had no intention of taking a detour.

The disciples who had faced the Heavenly Grade Li Long were all injured, one by one retreating.

“Brother, don’t go, that’s a Heavenly Grade Demon Dragon! None of us can handle it, are you trying to get yourself killed?”

A kind-hearted Taoist grabbed Lin Nuo, trying to persuade him.

Lin Nuo shook off the Taoist’s hand and kept going.

“Not listening to advice, just asking for your own death…”

The Taoist sighed and had no choice but to retreat with his companions; the Heavenly Grade Demon Dragon was simply too strong, and their powers were far from sufficient to resist a Heavenly Grade Beast.

People continued to retreat ahead, but Lin Nuo still pushed against the tide.

The exit was blocked, truly difficult to break through. Even if he succeeded, the Li Long’s murderous nature was too strong; it would undoubtedly pursue him, which would be a hassle.

So…

“Brother, I can sense you’re only around third tier, hurry and leave, now’s not the time to be a hero.”

Facing the warnings from retreating cultivators, Lin Nuo simply ignored them.

The Heavenly Grade Demon Dragon noticed the tiny Lin Nuo approaching and opened its massive maw, letting out a ferocious roar.

“Humans without a death wish dare to come this way? Impressive courage.”

The Li Long spoke in a deep voice; beasts above the Heavenly Grade can speak human language and possess human-like intellect.

Lin Nuo remained fearless; he pulled out five talismans from his pocket, a cold smile curling on his lips:

“You can die.”

“A mere second-tier cultivator dares to be so arrogant? Fine, I’ll grant you your wish today.”

The fierce Li Long swung a massive claw, striking at Lin Nuo’s position. Boom! It created a huge hole.

Lin Nuo dodged skillfully, sticking a talisman on the Li Long’s leg.

“Little cultivator, talismans are useless against me.”

“Hm.”

The Li Long lifted its foot to stomp Lin Nuo, who evaded again, skillfully sticking talismans on its remaining three legs.

Finally, gathering power, he leaped onto the Li Long’s head.

“Arrogant human, you will pay for your hubris!”

The Li Long raged, intense spiritual energy surging through its body, becoming extremely hot, flames igniting on its forehead.

The last talisman.

Lin Nuo affixed the final talisman and quickly jumped down.

“Beast of Sin, Heavenly Punishment.”

Lin Nuo coldly uttered four words, and immediately, the sky rumbled as if the world was collapsing, a bolt of silver lightning struck down violently at the Li Long’s location.

“What is this?! The Heavenly Punishment Spell…?!”

The Li Long was greatly astonished; amidst the deafening roar, it let out several piercing cries as it was struck by the lightning.

The five talismans emanated radiant white light, dispersing electric energy across the Li Long’s body.

Every part of it exploded rapidly.

The once-vibrant Heavenly Grade Li Long suddenly lost all life, its head dropping to the ground as the gathered spiritual energy dissipated.

“It’s over.”

Those were the sixth-tier talismans he brought from the Lin family; sticking them on the opponent allows for the casting of spells. And “Beast of Sin, Heavenly Punishment” is a high-level beast extermination spell, which has extremely high requirements for talisman quality. Previously, one single talisman was enough, but now, with his body in a weak state, he could only throw all the talismans down to make up for the lack of spiritual energy against the Heavenly Grade Li Long.

A sixth-tier talisman is quite expensive, so yeah, this was quite the investment.

Seeing that the Li Long had lost its life, Lin Nuo leaped over its body and continued on his way, vanishing from everyone’s sight.

Whether it was the disciples from other sects or the disciples of the Demon Sect, they were all greatly astonished and found it hard to believe.

The Heavenly Grade Li Long, which many had failed to defeat together, was actually killed by a mere little cultivator with lightning?

“The Li Long is dead, retreat; go back and report to our master!”

The black-clad disciples of the Demon Sect noticed the situation was not right and hurriedly retreated from the battlefield.

The mist in the forest was still thick, and the cultivators feared a trap, not daring to pursue.

Everyone’s gaze turned to the fallen black Li Long.

“What was that?! How did the Li Long get struck dead by lightning?!”

“It seems like a spell; which cultivator is he, to be able to use such a profound spell?”

“The talisman looks similar to what Miss Zhao has; he seems to be a disciple of the Xuanyun Sect.”

People’s eyes turned to Zhao Yuedong, rushing over to inquire about the situation.

“Miss Zhao, who is that brother? Do you know him?”

“Ah, he’s a brother from my sect, named Lin Nuo…” Zhao Yuedong felt a bit embarrassed facing so many cultivators.

“What tier does he have? To be able to take down a Heavenly Grade Demon Dragon, at least above sixth tier, right?”

Zhao Yuedong shook her head: “No, our Xuanyun Sect just completed spiritual realm testing; he’s second-tier…”

“Second tier, how can that be! But high-level spells still are… No, if only the talismans are high quality and the user is skilled, even a second-tier could use them… Does the Xuanyun Sect teach high-level spells to second-tier cultivators?”

The other sect cultivators looked on with envy; if second-tier cultivators were taught high-level spells, they might as well switch over there.

“No, I don’t… I don’t know why he could do it…”

Zhao Yuedong was also bewildered, as the Xuanyun Sect had been spreading the news about Lin Nuo being all talentless, only reaching second tier in five years, lacking aptitude, wasting resources, etc. The most important thing was he hadn’t produced any actual results.

But now, that lightning spell was indeed strange.

Suddenly, Lin Nuo came running back from ahead.

“He’s back, we have to thank him for saving us!”

All the cultivators rejoiced and were just about to express their gratitude when unexpectedly, Lin Nuo jumped onto the Li Long’s corpse, opening his palm as a dark soul fragment floated into his hand.

“Damn it, I forgot to loot the gear.”

He quickly stuffed the Heavenly Grade fragment into his bag and zipped away like the wind.

“…”

Everyone felt like something was off.