Chapter 5: Shadows stir, calamity beckons

Two days passed in the blink of an eye — like fleeting clouds.

And the aura around him was getting stronger, it was a sign that he was about to breakthrough at any moment.

At this moment even the slightest disturbance could lead to unimaginable outcome.

If in this critical moment someone with ill intent strike, the consequences would be catastrophic — at best, qi deviation....at worst, complete annihilation of body and soul.

The ones lurking in the shadows was in no hurry, their goal wasn't to eliminate him but to leave him cripple and break his pride.

Xian Taiyi who was in the center of attention was still focused on his cultivation, oblivious to all the malicious gazes directed at him — like vultures circling a dying beast.

Even if he knew, nothing would change his predicament.

But what they didn't know was that fate had tightened it's grip.

At this moment, the qi around him surged, twisted, and condensed — forming dense streams of spiritual essence that spiraled violently into his body.

The air grew heavy, oppressive.

This was the sign of a breakthrough — the threshold of the Nascent Soul.

At this very moment — Wu Ming descended, Swift and silent.

Yet at this moment he felt a killing intent not much different from him. Whether due to his own lapse or the enemy's overwhelming concealment, he had sensed nothing beforehand — it was not a good sign.

Frowning, he had a moment of hesitation, but his hesitation lasted only an instant. He, who relies on himself didn't have a choice but to gamble and the price was too tempting to let it slip.

Even though his instinct was crazily overwhelming him to run away he forcefully suppress his fear and lunged forward.

If only he knew what his fear was about, he wouldn't have been so fixated on it.

Both the party collided with each other with brutal force, no one was free to deal with the prince.

They will deal with him after finishing these lowly ants, both the party thought simultaneously.

Yes, both the party was unrelated to the Xian prince, due to some coincidence they thought each other as enemy's who was trying to protect the prince.

It was a pure misunderstanding — but it was after all a good outcome.

So, nobody would correct their misunderstanding and there was nobody to explain that to them either.

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Wu Ming's heart trembled " tsk, the little beast was prepared all along"

" Brothers — kill them. Leave no one alive!"

Killing intent erupted.

The battlefield descended into chaos as they clash and blood stained the ground. Screams and explosions intertwined, tearing the surroundings apart.

And in that storm of violence — the center was left exposed.

Wu Ming's gaze sharpened, locking into Xian Taiyi like a predator upon its prey.

'So what if you've stepped into Nascent Soul ?' he thought coldly. ' A fresh breakthrough that is yet to stabilize, such a shame you won't be enjoying the sense of enjoyment of breakthrough for long'

He took full advantage of the moment his enemy was trapped in a formation talisman. Without restraint, he gathered his full cultivation.

Spiritual power surged within him like a raging tide, all converging into a single, merciless intent—

To cripple him completely with no way out for him to step foot into cultivation.

But— in that instant heaven and earth seemed to fall silent.

An invisible pressure descended.

And Wu Ming remained unaware — the moment killing intent took root in his heart ..his fate had already been sealed .

What awaited him was not victory — but a calamity so profound, even his soul would not escape.

At this very moment Xian Taiyi who was engrossed in his cultivation slowly opened his eyes " anger clouded one's judgement and derailed the outcome" he seems to be murmuring to himself..yet the words felt as if they weren't meant for him alone.

He glanced at the cultivators covered in wounds gazing at him with bloodshot eyes and the next instant the disappeared, as if they weren't present in the first place.

Dusting away the leaves he slowly stands up, it was time for the secret realm gate to open.

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