Chapter 331 - Collective Breakthrough

Chapter 331 - Collective Breakthrough

Just when Bai Lin and Tang Tian were about to lose their lives, a powerful aura bursting out of the cave abruptly changed the situation.

The captain's blade was knocked away and embedded into a tree a hundred meters away. It was buried so deep that only the hilt was exposed. This caught everyone off guard.

Bai Lin and Tang Tian looked cheerful.

"It's Junior Brother Liu!" Tang Tian's eyes gleamed with joy. They had already resigned to death, but Liu Wuxie had saved them.

"Who is it?!" The captain was somewhat afraid because the outburst of aura was enough to knock his blade away. This indicated that the other party was at least in the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

The captain slowly retreated. The three mercenaries he had sent into the cave also did not respond, and they were probably dead.

"You dare hurt my brothers? You all deserve to die!" Liu Wuxie's voice was devoid of emotion.

Liu Wuxie stood outside the cave, emitting a terrifying murderous intent that locked onto the five remaining mercenaries.

His chilling, murderous intent swept over the remaining mercenaries like a cold wind, causing them to shudder involuntarily and nearly lose control. They took a frightened step back from Liu Wuxie's piercing gaze.

"Who the hell are you? Stop playing tricks with me!" The captain took a deep breath to calm his nerves. Liu Wuxie was only in the sixth-level True Core Realm, and the captain naturally wouldn't fear him.

The captain retrieved a blade from his interspatial pouch and pointed it at Liu Wuxie.

"Junior Brother Liu, you find a way to leave while we hold him back!" Bai Lin thought Liu Wuxie had forcibly stopped his seclusion because they would die if he didn't act.

Liu Wuxie naturally saw how they tried to protect him, and this incident brought their relationship closer than before.

"Take these two pills and rest to recover while I avenge you two." Liu Wuxie threw out two pills, which landed in Bai Lin’s and Tang Tian’s hands.

The two swallowed the pills without any hesitation and felt refreshed, especially since their injuries were healing rapidly. During the life-and-death battle, their bottleneck had shaken, and they could reach the ninth level of the True Core Realm at any moment.

Many people were fond of training outside, walking on the edge of life and death to seek an opportunity to make a breakthrough. They didn't expect to benefit from this misfortune. They finally touched the ninth-level True Core Realm threshold when they put their lives on the line and exhausted their true essence.

Liu Wuxie was happy for them. He noticed they had been cultivating in a comfortable environment and hadn't experienced any life-and-death battles. Their cultivation was stuck in the eighth level of the True Core Realm.

He had planned their breakthrough. He didn't come out earlier on purpose because he wanted to see how strong they were and help them make a breakthrough in their cultivation.

He would remember how they were willing to sacrifice their lives to protect him.

He appeared before the captain, releasing a tremendous aura that made him feel suffocated. The captain hadn't realized how terrifying Liu Wuxie was, as they had been far away.

"Do you want to end your life yourself, or do you need me to help you with it?" Liu Wuxie announced the death sentence of the mercenary group, giving them two choices.

"What arrogance! You're only in the sixth level of the True Core Realm!" Furious, the captain swung his blade down at Liu Wuxie with unmatched momentum. He attacked to kill Liu Wuxie in one strike.

If other outer disciples had heard what he said, they would have handed over their cultivation techniques by now. After all, each peak's top ten outer disciples possessed extraordinary strength.

"Get lost!" Liu Wuxie roared, unleashing a powerful aura that caused the surrounding trees to explode and forced Zhuo Bufan to take a few steps back. He was already tired of listening to such useless threats.

"You dare tell me to get lost? You're dead!" Zhuo Bufan laughed instead of getting angry. He stepped forward and released his powerful aura in the ninth level of the True Core Realm.

Earlier, he had been collecting spiritual herbs on a cliff, only to find their medicinal properties had vanished the moment he harvested them. This led him to follow the direction of the spiritual cloud to this place.

He was initially under the impression that a treasure had appeared like the Red Tiger Mercenary Group. But it had turned out that the commotion was caused by someone making a breakthrough.

Zhuo Bufan soared to the sky with his palm striking at Liu Wuxie. The cultivation world was crueler than Liu Wuxie had imagined, and the slightest mistake could result in death.

"I already gave you a chance to leave. Don't blame me since you're courting death!" A powerful outburst of aura swept out of Liu Wuxie, which felt like an awakening tiger.

Zhuo Bufan was shocked because he hadn't expected Liu Wuxie to be so powerful. But there was no turning back now because he already made his move. His only option was to kill Liu Wuxie and seize his cultivation technique.

His palm manifested into a gigantic palm descending and clashed with Liu Wuxie. With an outburst, the shockwave sent Liu Wuxie and Zhuo Bufan flying backward, causing countless trees to shatter.

It was a tie, with neither gaining an upper hand. This made Liu Wuxie narrow his eyes because Zhuo Bufan was stronger than the Red Tiger Mercenary Group's captain.

It was as expected of someone who was ranked in the Profound Inscription Peak's top ten.

Zhuo Bufan looked at Liu Wuxie with disbelief. He couldn't believe someone in the sixth level of the True Core Realm had blocked his strike.

As the two stared at each other, murderous intent began to brew in their eyes.

Zhuo Bufan drew his sword and was determined to kill Liu Wuxie. To eliminate potential threats, he needed to kill all three, no matter what.

He soared to the sky and stabbed his sword at Liu Wuxie's neck with extreme precision. As an experienced outer disciple, he had encountered many martial techniques, which meant he had rich fighting experience.

Liu Wuxie drew the Heretic Blade and swung it horizontally with no fancy moves, efficiently resolving Zhuo Bufan's attack. The two fought back and forth ferociously.

Even after exchanging blows for over a dozen moves, Zhuo Bufan couldn't gain any advantage over Liu Wuxie. This left Zhuo Bufan increasingly shocked and even more curious about Liu Wuxie's cultivation technique.

The two exchanged over fifty moves and were still evenly matched. Liu Wuxie controlled his strength at about seventy percent. He had just made his breakthrough and still needed time to adapt, and this was an excellent opportunity for him to temper himself.

The pace of the battle quickened as they fought. Zhuo Bufan practiced the Great Solar Sword Art, which consisted of bold moves like the blazing sun.

Many outer disciples had practiced this sword technique, but only a few could reach Zhuo Bufan's level of mastery. The latter's attacks were like a blazing sun enveloping Liu Wuxie.

The most significant advantage of this sword technique was its ability to release a blinding light that affected the opponent's vision.

Liu Wuxie resorted to using Ghost Eye because nothing could hide from this eye technique, and the blinding light posed no threat to him.