Chapter 255: Soul Transferral

Chapter 255: Soul Transferral

Heaving hard, Hui shifted the outer ring of the compass one last time. It clunked into place, and the entire platform began to hum. The black clouds swirling overhead twisted together into a wild tornado that whirled over Huis head. In the center of the feng shui compass, the red lines spread, opening into a circle. The tornado hovered over that circle, all the power funneling into the compass.

A thousand black threads spread out from the compass, touching every single person inside the barrier. Some threads quested beyond the barrier, but none could pierce it, save the ones that slid through the barriers crack. Huis mind split into a thousand pieces, each one following one of the black threads. His eyes blurred, and he fell against the compass. His mind trembled under the weight of controlling the threads. A mouthful of blood splattered over the compass. Cracks appeared all over his body, and blood soaked into his robes.

Hui shuddered and drew a breath, marshalling his wits. He swapped into his plant form, and the injuries closed up, but opened just as fast.

I cant sustain this for long. This isnt something I should be doing. But theres no choice!

Digging his fingers into the compass surface, he opened his third eye. The threads appeared before him, dancing on the wind. Hui lifted one hand off the compass and pointed at one of the threads, then one of the Starbound cultivators. One after another, his hand speeding until it became a flicker of light. One after another, threads connected to the cultivators all around him, tying them back to him.

The pillars darted up, circling around the sect. They marched three quarters of the way around now, and still more pushed into the sky with every passing moment. Hui glanced at them, then turned away and pressed on. No time for hesitation.

As the threads connected, images shot through his head. There was no time to process them, nor think. He let the thoughts flow through him.

Weak.

dying, Im dying, Im

end? Cant be. I wont

Master! Help!

A thousand thoughts. A thousand selves. All connected to him, unfiltered, nonstop. His sense of self eroded under the weight of the thoughts. They overloaded his sea of consciousness. Huis hand slowed. I who?

Its me! Sis Mei, give in! Im trying to help you! Hui shouted silently, unable to spare the breath for speaking.

Sis Mei stared at him for another moment, then closed her eyes. She fell to the ground.

Half of the Starbound Peak cultivators laid on the ground now. The remaining cultivators represented the strongest of Starbound Sect. Peak Lords, fourth and third stage cultivators, all manner of geniuses and powerhouses. Hui gasped. Despite the power flowing into him from Mount Mu, his body withered again. Strength fled him. He fell against the compass, barely holding onto consciousness. I'm trying to help! Stop fighting!

Chen Wuya snorted. I guess this is as far as you get. It was amusing watching you, junior, but ultimately, this is your limit, isnt it?

No! Hui shoved himself up. He threw his hand out to Mount Mu and released his hold on his cultivation, calling out to Mount Mus qi with all his might.

Mount Mu twitched. Its branches shook. Gold qi shook out of it like pollen, flew on the wind and rushed into Hui. Without holding a single scrap back, he threw the qi into the compass and continued to reach out, forcing the remaining cultivators to fall with all his might.

Ninety-eight.

The Jade Garden Peak Lord closed his eyes and slumped. The Cauldron Peak Lord followed him, toppling to her knees. Illusions flickered around the Butterfly Pavilion Peak Lord, and then she, too, fell.

Ninety-nine.

Hui swept his hand over the sect. All the cultivators beneath his palm fell. As the final pillar flew towart the sky, Hui, too, fell.

One hundred.

Dead. Every single cultivator within the sect, dead!