Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 151: Chapter 149: Overwhelming Power

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Amidst conversation, the sword cultivators from Taiyi Mountain had already made their move, their Sword Qi a rainbow, slashing horizontally across the void, aiming to kill a cultivator who was fleeing midair.

That cultivator inwardly cursed his luck, having come over just to see what was causing such a commotion, only to find the disciples of Taiyi Mountain so domineering. He had barely arrived and taken a few glances when they decided to slay him—it was truly unreasonable with nowhere to appeal for justice.

A few cultivators who were originally hiding and watching from the shadows thought to escape, but they were not as fast as the Taiyi Mountain sword cultivators. In no time, they were caught up to, and a fierce battle ensued.

Even though the fleeing cultivators were not as powerful as those from Taiyi Mountain, they had the strength of the Foundation Establishment Realm and naturally wouldn’t just await their deaths. They each controlled their Spiritual Artifacts to defend against the attacks, fighting while retreating, trying to find the slightest chance to escape.

The sword cultivator who had slain Li Miaozhen’s Communication Spirit Bird was now also in front of her, striking with his sword towards her.

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“Die!”

This person had profound cultivation and a ruthless nature, merciless in his attacks. His Flying Sword moved through the void, cleaving a swath of Sword Qi dozens of feet long towards Li Miaozhen.

“Just you?”

Li Miaozhen said disdainfully, curling her lips. She casually struck with her palm, and with a thump, scattered the Sword Qi.

The middle-aged sword cultivator’s face changed, shocked that Li Miaozhen’s strength was so formidable; just one strike was enough to shatter his Sword Qi.

His hand changed sword techniques rapidly, swinging his Flying Sword, sending out a rain of Sword Light, stabbing towards Li Miaozhen from all directions.

“Bang!”

A light sound followed as Li Miaozhen forcefully stepped down, immediately causing several cracks on the large bluestone she stood upon.

Her figure, accompanied by the violent sound of the wind, pounced towards the middle-aged sword cultivator like a fierce tigress descending the mountain. Before she even got close, she reached out with a claw.

Instantly, a vast tiger claw phantom emerged from her hand, not only shattering all the Sword Light in front of her but also continuing with undiminished force towards the middle-aged cultivator’s body.

A tearing sound was heard as the middle-aged cultivator’s Magic Robe was ripped apart, leaving several bloody marks on his body.

His face paled as he realized the ferocity of Li Miaozhen.

He had thought that his many years of arduous training in the Sword Dao made him no weaker than anyone else at his level. It was only now that he discovered there was a significant gap as he directly found himself on the losing side. No wonder many of his sect fellows had previously fallen to this woman.

He dared not be arrogant anymore and quickly called out to the other Taiyi disciples, “This woman is formidable, hurry and help me.”

Chen Buqi also said, “Keep a few to protect me from being disturbed; the rest should assist.

Zhuo Feifan, you go too. Li Miaozhen is a True Disciple of the White Tiger Lineage from the Beast Taming Sect. Killing her would be a great achievement.”

Zhuo Feifan’s facial muscles twitched.

Was this some sort of joke?

Li Miaozhen was the True Disciple of the White Tiger Lineage from the Beast Taming Sect of her generation, an absolute terror among the younger generation that no one wanted to provoke. Having fought countless battles from her cultivation journey, many disciples from his own Taiyi Mountain had paid with their lives to fortify her notorious reputation.

Even though Zhuo Feifan prided himself highly, he did not believe that with his recent advancement to Foundation Establishment, he would be a match for Li Miaozhen.

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However, he ultimately refrained from saying much more. When they had left, his Sect elders had already issued orders that the mission was to be led by Chen Buqi. Even if he felt dissatisfied in his heart, now was not the time to turn against Chen Buqi; otherwise, he would appear tactless and disregarding of the bigger picture. If anything went wrong, he could not bear that responsibility.

Over ten people were divided into two groups. The four disciples who were already on good terms with Chen Buqi stayed close by his side.

The remaining few exchanged glances, then leapt into the air, some charging toward Li Miao Zhen and others toward the several Sword Cultivators engaged in battle.

As long as they took care of those Cultivators, they would have additional fellow disciples to besiege Li Miao Zhen.

To be honest, these people had not expected the Beast Taming Sect to be willing to let Li Miao Zhen enter the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm.

You see, although the Secret Realm was a rare opportunity, the fortunes it offered to the Sect’s True Disciples were actually not that substantial. For True Disciples, whether it was treasures or Cultivation resources, the Sect would not let them miss out.

Under normal circumstances, Major Sects would not be willing to let their own True Disciples venture into such Secret Realms. If discovered by rival Sects, they might conspire to besiege and kill them inside, which could result in a significant loss.

However, when they remembered who Li Miao Zhen’s master was, they came to understand.

That notorious White Tiger Hall Master seemed never to fear that her disciples would die in battle; on the contrary, she would find as many opportunities for combat as possible for them.

And Li Miao Zhen seemed to have inherited her Master’s combat-loving nature. She never shied away from a fight, and would even challenge disciples from other families when she had the chance, let alone now when the fight was brought straight to her door.

Facing the approaching Sword Cultivators, Li Miao Zhen indeed showed no fear; instead, she let out a hearty laugh, “A bunch of chickens and dogs also dare to battle with me. Today, I’ll slaughter a few more Sword Cultivators from your Taiyi Mountain.”

“Demoness, you dare to be so rampant. Prepare to die.”

Several Cultivators from afar raised their Flying Swords and thrust them at Li Miao Zhen.

Li Miao Zhen’s eyes flashed with excitement, and with a hearty laugh, she unexpectedly charged straight at the Cultivators.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng was intently watching the battle between Li Miao Zhen and the several Sword Cultivators, internally marveling at Li Miao Zhen’s courage. Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart as someone launched a sneak attack on him from behind.

Qin Feng had no time to turn around and made a swift dash forward, leaving his hiding spot.

A Flying Sword pierced the tree he had been using as cover with a “pu-chi” sound, then spun back into the hands of a Taiyi Sword Cultivator who was behind him.

“Heh heh, kid, you’ve got guts. Instead of escaping while I was preoccupied with pursuing others, you dare to hide here. What, do you think your Qi Refining Realm’s Concealing Breath Technique can really hide from me?”

The Cultivator sneered a few times, looking at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng realized that he probably had been spotted the moment he arrived. The only reason he had not been killed right away was that the Cultivator did not consider his Qi Refining Cultivation worthy of attention and felt that it wasn’t too late to kill him after dealing with the hidden Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

“Why waste words on the kid? Just kill him and go help Senior Brother Han.”

From a distance, another Taiyi Sword Cultivator called out, “We must not let Li Miao Zhen leave here alive. Otherwise, she might bring people back here and mess up our big plans.”

“Don’t worry, brother; I’ll kill him right away.”

That Sword Cultivator quickly controlled his Flying Sword to slash at Qin Feng.

In his eyes, to kill a mere Qi Refining Realm Cultivator with his strength would be a piece of cake.

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His expression changed quickly.

Because Qin Feng had actually summoned several Spiritual Beasts, among them a powerful Ghost-Faced Spider.

Even though his combat prowess was not weak, it was not possible to easily slaughter so many Demon Beasts, so the battle became deadlocked for a time, and at the very least, he could not join the siege on Li Miaozhen right away.

Qin Feng was not giving his all, as he neither released the Iron Armor Rhinoceros nor revealed his ability to merge with the Ruyi Golden Snake, planning to keep these as trump cards. If Li Miaozhen could not stand against those few people, he would breakout with the Ruyi Golden Snake.

Hundreds of feet away, Li Miaozhen cast a glance this way. Seeing that Qin Feng was not in danger, she stopped intervening and began to fight with the cultivators besieging her.

However, for some reason, this true disciple of the Beast Taming Sect neither merged with her Spiritual Beasts nor unleashed the Spiritual Beasts she had nurtured to assist her. Relying solely on her own strength to fight those Sword Cultivators, she seemed to have fallen into a disadvantage.

At the cliff face, Chen Buqi, looking somewhat pale, manipulated the small mirror, continuously refracting the thunder falling from the sky toward the cliff.

Even though the small mirror was the one truly in action and he was only assisting, the consumption of True Yuan in his body was still not a small amount.

Fortunately, by this time the cliff had absorbed a great deal of rule lightning power, and gradually reached saturation. The originally vague entrance took shape completely, revealing an entrance several zhang large.

He turned his head to look at Li Miaozhen, who was falling into disadvantage under the siege of several fellow sect members, then glanced at another battlefield, where it seemed his side had an absolute advantage.

In that case, there was nothing to worry about. He’d better hurry inside and set up the Array.

“Let’s go, let’s quickly enter. After setting up the Array, we’ll come out. Even if people find out my Taiyi Mountain’s arrangement, what of it?

Humph, the other sects really think this Cave Heaven World is a Secret Realm where everyone can come in searching for treasures, how laughable. Little do they know, the greatest treasure is the Secret Realm itself.”

Chen Buqi led several fellow disciples quickly into the entrance and soon disappeared from sight.

Outside, once Li Miaozhen saw that he had completely entered, she suddenly changed from the restricted combat situation she had been in before. A fierce light flashed on her body, as she merged with her Lifebound Spiritual Beast, and her combat power skyrocketed, far surpassing her previous state. With a bang, she actually grasped a Flying Sword that flew towards her, twisted it with both hands, and with a snap, she actually twisted the Flying Sword into a twisted shape, breaking it into several pieces.

Not far away, a Sword Cultivator suddenly opened his mouth wide and spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood.

His face turned deathly pale. He hadn’t expected that Li Miaozhen, who had previously been at a disadvantage, would suddenly become so fierce, destroying his Lifebound Flying Sword with a single grab.

Before he could recover, he suddenly felt a pain in his body. He had been reached by Li Miaozhen and had his internal organs shattered with a palm.

“Damn it!”

The middle-aged Sword Cultivator shouted angrily, “Everyone, attack together, form the Seven Stars Sword Formation, and kill this woman.”

As he spoke, he took the position of the Tianji Star, along with the others setting up the Sword Array to besiege Li Miaozhen.

However, when their Flying Swords cut towards Li Miaozhen with cold light, she did not dodge or evade. Instead, she suddenly opened her mouth and roared, “Roar…”

The roar turned into waves of white sound, not only shattering their Sword Qi but even causing the Flying Swords to tremble repeatedly, some seemingly disobedient.

Then Li Miaozhen moved rapidly, her hands assuming the shape of tiger claws, and she continuously struck out, directly breaking the Flying Swords of two people, and then blew their heads apart.

The remaining few changed expression drastically, and for a time, they hesitated to come forward.

Li Miaozhen sneered, taking the initiative to attack and focusing her target on the middle-aged Sword Cultivator.

“What? You want to kill me? Come on then, show me what you’ve got and how you dare claim you can kill me.”

Li Miaozhen mocked as she spoke, “Earlier, I was merely waiting for that kid Chen Buqi to fully open the entrance. Did you really think I was no match for you? How ignorant to even think about killing me!”

Her figure leapt like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, she was already in front of the Cultivator, striking a palm down onto his chest.

The middle-aged Sword Cultivator’s face drastically changed as he raised his sword to defend, all the while his body flickering as he tried to put some distance between him and Li Miaozhen.

But Li Miaozhen, like a shadow, was unshakeable, her hands flickering with Spirit Light as she forcefully shattered all of the Sword Cultivator’s Sword Light, and eventually struck down directly with her palm, smashing his skull.

On the other side, Qin Feng and another Sword Cultivator fighting him were both somewhat stunned.

They had not expected Li Miaozhen to swiftly kill four people in an instant. Could this truly be the strength of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

Qin Feng was deeply shocked.

He knew that this Senior Sister Li would be incredibly powerful, but he didn’t anticipate she would be to this extent.

Being new to the Sect with little time passed since his entry, and with practically no communication between the Outer and Inner Sect, he was unaware of the Inner Sect’s affairs until just moments ago when he heard Chen Buqi’s words. That was when he learned Li Miaozhen was also the True Disciple of the White Tiger Lineage.

Early summer, Sea City.

Mu Lan clutching a document bag drove towards the Empire Building, it contained the drafted divorce agreement.

Throughout the journey, Mu Lan’s expression was calm, showing no signs that she was a woman about to get divorced.

At eighteen, Mu Lan had tried everything to marry Huo Tingxiao. Seven years had passed, and she thought even a stone would have warmed up by then.

Unfortunately, no matter what she did, Huo Tingxiao treated her as if she were air, just as he had said those years ago, “You will only get the title of Mrs. Huo, nothing more.”

Pale fingers gripped the steering wheel, and during the drive, she received a call. Whatever the other person said, Mu Lan got distracted. To avoid a pedestrian suddenly crossing the road, she instinctively made a sharp turn, causing her white Maserati to spin out of control and crash into the roadside railing.

With a “bang”, the airbag deployed instantly!

The huge impact buzzed in her head, the sudden car crash drew more and more onlookers.

“There’s someone in the car, call 120 quickly.”

“My gosh, she’s bleeding so much, the lady looks badly hurt.”

“Miss, miss, can you hear me speak? Can you tell me your family’s contact information?”

Mu Lan’s vision was blurry; she could only see the mouths of the people around her moving, but couldn’t hear their voices.

Her mind was filled with the words the person on the phone had said, continuously agitating Mu Lan.

Suddenly, her eyelids uncontrollably drooped, and the next second, she lost consciousness entirely.

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The next morning.

High-level surgical ward at the First People’s Hospital.

Standing beside the bed, the man frowned deeply at the still-unconscious Mu Lan.

Upon receiving the news of Mu Lan’s car accident and hospitalization, Huo Tingxiao did not rush back immediately but waited until he had finished all his work before arriving at the hospital.

His physique was tall and straight, wrapped in a dark shirt, and his features were sharp, especially his eyes, which, when looking at someone, resembled a black panther locking onto its prey, emitting an intimidating aura.

“Why hasn’t she woken up yet?”

The tone was as cold as an ice-pick, scaring the attending physician behind him into shivering.

“Huo… Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo’s condition is somewhat special; the car accident caused a head impact, thus forming a clot, so…”

Before he could finish explaining, Mu Lan showed signs of response on the bed.

This made the attending physician sigh with relief; thank goodness, if she hadn’t woken up, he really feared that Huo Tingxiao would freeze him to death with his gaze.

However, before his heart could settle, a new crisis emerged.

Mu Lan moved slightly, and involuntarily let out a moan from her lips.

“Hiss…”

Headache!

She slowly opened her eyes, looking bewildered at the entirely unfamiliar surroundings. Mu Lan’s mind blanked for a moment.

The white ceiling, the faint smell of disinfectant in the air, and certain fragmented images momentarily flashed through her mind. Her gaze landed on the unfamiliar man before her, and instinctively, Mu Lan became somewhat defensive.

“This… Where is this?

Sir, you… who are you?”

Sir?!

This term made Huo Tingxiao’s already furrowed brow look even more twisted.

The doctor was also confused by the situation in front of him, a bad premonition swirling in his mind.

He held out two fingers in front of Mu Lan and waved them.

“What is this?”

Mu Lan couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

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“What’s your name?”

“Mu Lan.”

“And him… who is he?”

“I don’t recognize him.”

Huo Tingxiao’s face completely darkened, already somewhat unapproachable, now he looked even more like King Yama.

The attending physician, on the verge of tears, wondered if this was some kind of stunt Mrs. Huo was pulling during an argument.

“Then do you remember what happened before?”

“Of course I remember. I felt awful with menstrual pain during the comprehensive science exam this morning, and I fainted right after I finished the answer sheet…”

Mu Lan sat up, her tone already somewhat impatient.

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“Exam… Comprehensive science? Filling in an answer sheet?”

This answer baffled the attending physician.

Of course, seeing him like this, Mu Lan was even more confused.

“Yes, it’s the second day of college entrance exams today, the comprehensive science test in the morning. This… isn’t this the school infirmary?”

“Mu Lan, enough, this act is really boring.”

The tone of Huo Tingxiao’s voice made Mu Lan frown and retort sharply.

“Who are you, sir? Speaking so rudely. What’s this about boring or not boring?

Glancing at the wall clock, Mu Lan, in a rush, pulled out the IV needle from her hand and attempted to get out of bed.

“It’s already noon, and I still have an English exam at three. I don’t have time to dilly-dally with you all.”

But she had barely lifted the corner of the blanket when Huo Tingxiao restrained her, the difference in strength rendering her completely immobile, crouching on the hospital bed like a small quail.

Their distance suddenly so close they could feel each other’s breath, Mu Lan staring blankly at the handsome face before her, the complex emotions in Huo Tingxiao’s eyes deep as dark pools, almost seeming to suck her in completely, leaving her momentarily disoriented.

The situation was completely unexpected, frightening the attending physician into hastily arranging a series of tests for her.

But just after the CT scan, Mu Lan protested.

“What’s wrong with you people? I just have menstrual pain, I don’t need any tests. If you delay any longer, what if I’m late and can’t take the exam? Can you all just let me be?

Hey! Why are you carrying me?! Ah! Help! Kidnapping! Is there no law anymore?!”

The attending physician secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, pondering to himself — law? In Sea City, the law is Huo Tingxiao.

After the examination, Mu Lan was taken back to the ward by the bodyguards, while Huo Tingxiao was led to the consultation room, where five or six specialists and the dean surrounded the new CT and lab reports, discussing her condition.

The conclusion reached was — Mu Lan might have lost her memory.

“Memory loss?”

A tone full of skepticism.

Clearly, Huo Tingxiao did not accept this conclusion.

And with their level of strength, they would definitely not be able to stop her.

Better to preserve their lives to return and report the situation to the Sect’s elders, than be killed by Li Miaozhen. This way, when the Secret Realm opened next time, they could still maintain some initiative.