Ninth In the World

Di Jiu did not care about the beetle, His eyes immediately fell on the Golden Core cultivator next to the Tiny Treant. That man was also at the seventh-stage Golden Core Realm. The restriction on the Tiny Treant was consistent with the aura of this guy, so it was obvious that the Tiny Treant had been imprisoned by him.

As soon as Di Jiu appeared, the Golden Core cultivator of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building took a few steps back unconsciously.

The Qi Family’s Essence Soul Ancestor had said earlier that if they met Di Jiu while they were alone and Di Jiu was already a Golden Core cultivator, they would have to avoid him.

However, even if the Essence Soul Ancestor had not said this, they would not have provoked Di Jiu. He had robbed the northern province headquarters of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building in the North Ridge City and killed 19 Golden Core cultivators, so a fifth-level Golden Core cultivator like him was nothing compared to Di Jiu.

“Is this Tiny Treant yours?” The eyes of the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator who had stolen the Tiny Treant landed on Di Jiu as he spoke coldly.

If he hadn’t seen the fifth-level Golden Core cultivator of the Qi Family take a few steps back when he saw Di Jiu, he wouldn’t even have bothered looking at Di Jiu. Asking him a question did not imply that he was afraid of him. Entry to the Sky Screen was age-restricted, so there were very few people like him, who had attained the late-stage Golden Core in less than 100 years.

Even though Di Jiu had concealed his cultivation level, he believed that he was at best at the ninth-level Golden Core Realm. Although it was easy to suppress a ninth-level Golden Core cultivator, it was impossible to kill them. There were five more people there though, so he believed that the six of them could work together to defeat a ninth-level Golden Core cultivator.

Di Jiu smiled silently. His long saber had already rolled up waves of saber qi towards the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.

Someone had cut the Tiny Treant’s arms off. What was there left to talk about?

When he saw Di Jiu attack without saying a word, the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator snorted. Instead of retreating, he stepped forward and used his escape imprint.

The escape imprint suddenly turned into a giant mountain that crashed down, suppressed Di Jiu’s saber qi whirlpool and dispersed it.

A normal cultivator would have avoided this saber flare. However, Di Jiu was too lazy to retreat, so he attacked with his fist instead. He had used his whirlpool saber in an effort to test his opponent’s ability. Now that he knew how strong his opponent was, Di Jiu would not retreat.

His fist shadow turned into a solid giant peak that collided with the seal of the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator.

Boom! As the violent Quintessential Essence burst open, the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator felt as though an invisible hammer had slammed into his chest. He could not help but vomit a mouthful of blood.

The seventh-level Golden Core cultivator was secretly relieved. Although he had vomited blood, his escape imprint had still shattered Di Jiu’s fist mountain.

He believed that he was not Di Jiu’s match. When he thought of this, he no longer had any intention of attacking Di Jiu. He just wanted to withdraw his escape imprint quickly and escape from the scene.

Before he could escape, he was shocked to discover that more than one fist mountain was coming from Di Jiu’s fist. By the time he realized this, the second fist mountain had already slammed down.

As cold sweat oozed from his back, the Golden Core cultivator no longer dared retreat. While his Quintessential Essence was burning wildly, he was forced to use his escape imprint for the second time.

Boom! The collision was more violent than the first impact. After vomiting some blood again, the Golden Core cultivator smashed Di Jiu’s fist mountain once more.

Then, he watched desperately as a third fist mountain slammed down. If he was given a chance to breathe, he would smash Di Jiu’s third fist mountain as well.

Unfortunately, he had no such chance now. If he fought with Di Jiu, he might not lose as fast. If he delayed Di Jiu, he could get some help from everyone else.

The third fist mountain enveloped the Golden Core cultivator with a deadly aura. Meanwhile, he heard Di Jiu say, “My fist mountain is only able to hit three times at best. Unfortunately, you only blocked two hits…”

As he heard this, the Golden Core cultivator’s eyes filled with regret. If he had known that there were only three waves in Di Jiu’s fist mountain, he would certainly not have taken a step forward. If he had stabilized himself, he would have been able to block the third fist mountain. It would be a pity if he died before he got a chance to use his best move.

“However, there is a fist wave in the back of my fist mountain, so it would be useless to block my third fist mountain. You bullied my pet beast, so you deserve to die.” Di Jiu’s last words caused the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator to vomit some more blood involuntarily. It was unknown if this was because he was angry with Di Jiu, or because he had been bombarded by Di Jiu’s fist mountain.

Boom! The third fist mountain collided sturdily with the Golden Core cultivator’s body!

Bam! The cultivator was blasted out by Di Jiu’s fist mountain like a kite with a broken string. When he landed on the ground again, he had no aura anymore.

The Furious Waves raged constantly, so there was no life-force under the peak. This was the true form of Di Jiu’s fist move.

The Tiny Treant ran over to Di Jiu as fast as it could and stood next to Qin Yin.

The other five Golden Core cultivators looked at Di Jiu in shock. Although they could not estimate his true strength, if he could kill a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator with one fist, he was probably not a Golden Core cultivator, but a half-step Essence Soul Expert. Unfortunately, they had not gotten the opportunity to discuss how to join forces in the meantime. The killed Golden Core cultivator had not gotten the opportunity to seek help either.

They had been feeling the deadly aura of Di Jiu’s fist ever since he had slammed it out. If they had to face this kind of aura, they would feel like they were being suffocated.

When Di Jiu opened his hand, the storage bag of the killed Golden Core cultivator landed on it. Then, he used a flame to turn the cultivator quickly into nothing.

In his opinion, the restriction on the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator’s storage bag was just for show. He opened the storage bag easily, grabbed the broken arm of the Tiny Treant and threw it at it. Then, he raised his hand to break the Tiny Treant’s restriction and said, “Go pick it up yourself.”

“Congratulations for finding your pet, my friend. You must be hiding some great secrets. You just killed Mi Sa and took revenge for your pet. It would benefit us all to join forces and keep exploring,” another seventh-level Golden Core cultivator told Di Jiu after Di Jiu used the thunder technique to kill the Golden Core cultivator who had threatened the Tiny Treant.

“These guys intercepted and shot me, Big Brother. They decided who would cut off my arm first and whom I would belong to. Mi Sa was very quick. Otherwise, I would have been dismembered by these bastards,” the Tiny Treant said in an angry tone as it joined back its broken arm.

Di Jiu did not speak. Although he had killed the seventh-level Golden Core cultivator easily, this did not mean that he could defeat five middle and late-stage Golden Core cultivators if they joined forces.

Even if he could, he would get hurt in the process.

This was obviously a holy place where one could cultivate, so there would be some top-quality treasures around. There were a lot of people there, so no matter how powerful the dimension array outside was, it would not hold if too many people attacked. If the people outside joined forces to attack the natural space strangulation array, the array would be destroyed sooner or later.

Once the array was ruined, a lot of people besides the few of them would come in.

“Although I work for the Qi Family’s Commercial Building, I have not sold myself to the Qi Family. My surname is not Qi, and I did not attack your pet earlier either…” When Di Jiu did not speak, the fifth-level Golden Core cultivator from the Qi Family’s Commercial Building took the initiative to speak out.

Di Jiu looked at the fifth-level Golden Core cultivator as he asked, “Are you asking me not to kill you?”

If there was a force in the Polar Night Continent that Di Jiu hated immensely, that had to be undoubtedly the Qi Family’s Commercial Building.

The other Golden Core cultivators looked at the Qi Family’s Golden Core cultivator in surprise. They were all silently thinking that Di Jiu was awesome. However, there were five of them, so if they joined forces, they would not necessarily be afraid of him. Why was someone already asking for mercy when they had not even tried that yet?

The Qi Family’s Golden Core cultivator was not like them. He knew very well how many Golden Core cultivators Di Jiu had killed during the robbery of the northern province headquarters of the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. He had killed 19 of them. No matter what techniques Di Jiu used to kill him, if he did not ask for mercy right now, he would definitely die.

The Golden Core cultivator gritted his teeth and took out a jade slip to show Di Jiu. “I have a jade slip here, my friend. You can look at it. If you don’t attack me, I could give it to you.”

As Di Jiu’s mental strength scanned the jade slip, he soon understood what the Golden Core cultivator meant.

His surname was not Qi, but Zhong. His name was Zhong Xun, and he was one of the few people with different surnames working at the Qi Family’s Commercial Building. The flame that the hunchback had snatched away from the Qi Family’s Commercial Building in the northern province had belonged to Zhong Xun’s father, who had gotten it from the Sky Screen.

In order to get this flame, Zhong Xun’s father had fallen after the Sky Screen had been recreated. Zhong Xun had only been able to enter the Sky Screen because his father had obtained that flame.

However, his father had also hidden a secret. This flame was not complete. It still lacked a fire nest. Without a fire nest, the flame could hardly be upgraded.

Therefore, instead of handing the flame over to an Essence Soul cultivator, the Qi Family had put it in a cave abode with fire attributes in the North Ridge City.

The flame had been born in the Fire Nirvana Nest. After its birth, when the nest stone was swallowed, it would become a complete flame and have a chance of advancing in the future.

Zhong Xun’s father had been unable to take the fire nest before he was hurt by the fire. When he had given the flame to the Qi Family, he had not said anything about the fire nest. Ever since he had died, Zhong Xun had been the only person alive who knew this.

Zhong Xun had thought that the flame had been taken away by Di Jiu, so he wanted to save his life by using the information he had about the location of the fire nest.