The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 373
Chapter 373 Sneak Attack on City Lord
After the black-robed man left, the two Elders of Primeval Stone City who were waiting outside entered the courtyard and met with the Primeval Stone City Lord.
“City Lord, I wonder where that black-robed man came from just now? Why does he give off a gloomy feeling?” An elder asked. Normally, they wouldn’t pay attention to them, but they couldn’t help but pay attention to Xiantian Tenth Layer experts.
“This is my friend! Why do you care so much?” The Yuanshi City Lord’s expression darkened. Combined with his ugly appearance, it was exceptionally ugly and fierce.
The two elders were shocked and their hearts were filled with anxiety. Ever since the City Lord had become like this, his temperament had become more and more volatile, and he had not been polite to these elders in the slightest.
“City Lord, forgive me! We were just casually asking. There’s no other meaning.”
“Well, there’s no need to talk about it. Why are you here today?” City Lord Primeval Stone said calmly. He had long since ignored mundane matters. Normally, all matters within Primeval Stone City would be handled by the various Grand Elders, but he himself had always lived in seclusion here and didn’t see any outsiders. Even the elders didn’t see him many times.
An elder said, “According to the reports of the scouts, some suspicious people appeared near Primeval Stone City. It seems that the remnants of the cult are secretly operating. I wonder if we should report this matter to the Heavenly Alliance?”
The Yuanshi City Lord narrowed his eyes and shook his head. “The matter of catching wind and shadows has not been confirmed, so there is no need for us to report it. Why should we bring such trouble on ourselves?”
“I’m afraid that these evil spirits will harm our Primeval Stone City. I have to guard against this.”
“Don’t worry, we don’t have any conflicts of interest with the remnants of these cults. They won’t come to harm us. There’s no need to mention this matter.” The Yuanshi City Lord’s expression was dignified.
Seeing this, the City Lord’s heart was set, and the two elders no longer forced themselves. They respectfully said, “Follow the City Lord’s orders!”
“Right, I have something I want you to do!” City Lord Primeval Stone said.
“May I know what it is? City Lord, please give me your orders!”
“Go to the surroundings of Yuan Shi City and help me capture a few thousand villagers. Secretly imprison them. I have my own uses.” City Lord Primeval Stone said indifferently.
“What? Catching thousands of villagers? This… doesn’t seem appropriate, right?” The expressions of the two elders changed.
“Hmm? What’s wrong? Do you want to disobey my orders?” City Lord Primeval Stone was not angry at all.
“I don’t dare! Since the City Lord has instructed us to do so, we can only do it.” They responded helplessly.
“Remember, this matter must not be leaked out. It must be handled in secret! Otherwise, you are the only ones asking!” City Lord Primeval Stone said sternly.
“Yes!” The two of them lowered their heads.
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After leaving the small courtyard, the two elders frowned, their expressions uncertain.
“Why do you feel that something is wrong with the City Lord today?” One of them said.
Another person nodded in agreement, “I have the same feeling. Do you think… that black-robed man looks like a cult figure?”
“Ah?” The man was shocked and quickly covered his mouth, “Shh! Be careful! Don’t make any more wild guesses about this matter.”
After the two elders hurriedly left, the courtyard became quiet again. Li Qing was still quietly lurking in the distance, scanning the situation with his divine sense to see everything.
“Apart from a few guards, there is only one Primeval Stone City Lord left. This place is remote and there are no powerful figures around. It is a good place to sneak attack.” Li Qing thought to himself.
The fact that he was about to assassinate a Xiantian Tenth Layer cultivator made him slightly excited.
“Move closer first and wait for the right time! When he is immersed in cultivation, he will definitely not be able to notice the situation around him.” Li Qing activated the Devil Shadow Traceless Secret Technique and his entire body turned into a translucent phantom as he quietly approached the courtyard.
The two guards were weaker and were unable to discover Li Qing’s whereabouts.
Naturally, there were formations protecting the courtyard. Li Qing had divine sense, but he was able to quietly avoid these formations and sneak into them without alarming anyone.
City Lord Primeval Stone sat alone in the empty hall. He didn’t know what he was thinking about, but his entire body looked a little lonely and desolate.
After a long time, he stood up and pressed down on the wall behind the hall. A brick actually sunk in. Then, a rumbling sound came out and a deep hole appeared.
He walked in and disappeared into the deep cave entrance.
Li Qing could clearly see it with his divine sense from outside. He couldn’t help but be surprised that there was actually a secret passageway here! He didn’t know what was hidden inside.
City Lord Primeval Stone had already gone deep into the cave. Li Qing directly walked into the empty hall and followed him into the cave.
With his divine sense exploring the path ahead, Li Qing was not afraid of being ambushed at all, so he walked very relieved. It could be seen that City Lord Primeval Stone had already entered the cave and hadn’t noticed Li Qing’s trail.
The cave was very deep, but there were no mechanisms along the way. It was very safe. Thinking about it, the Yuanshi City Lord himself had always stayed in his own residence, and no one else had the chance to enter such a place.
Origin Stone City Mistress walked all the way to the bottom of the cave. There was a stone room with bright lights. It was very spacious, and the decoration was also very exquisite. There was no way to see an underground stone room here.
Inside the stone room, there were all kinds of books placed on sandalwood bookshelves.
The pages of the book were yellow. It was obvious that they were some ancient books. He did not know why City Lord Primeval Stone had kept these books here so preciously.
In the middle of the stone room, there was a stone platform that looked like an altar.
“Eh? Why does this altar look so familiar?” Li Qing carefully recalled, “Oh right, this is Ancient Gods Clan’s altar! There is a similar altar in my spatial ring!”
Why would a Ancient Gods Clan altar suddenly appear in this stone room? This kind of altar was used by Ancient Gods Clan to awaken his bloodline. Where did City Lord Primeval Stone get it?
“By the way, City Lord Primeval Stone once entered an ancient land and obtained some things left behind by Ancient Gods Clan. Could it be that the altar was obtained from there?” Li Qing quickly came to his senses. “Doesn’t that mean that the books around him are also Ancient Gods Clan’s books?”
With some excitement, Li Qing arrived not far from the stone room and stopped. If he got any closer, he might be discovered by the City Lord of Primeval Stone.
City Lord Primeval Stone walked into the stone room and swept his gaze around. He didn’t find anything unusual and directly sat on the altar.
On the altar was a pile of ancient god blood crystals.
Looking at this pile of beautiful crystals, the Yuanshi City Lord couldn’t help but sigh, “Soon, soon! As long as I can gather a hundred of them, I can condense a drop of Ancient God’s Essence Blood, and then I can cultivate the Ancient God Transformation until I reach the Great Perfection Realm, and my appearance will completely recover!”
He raised his head to look at the yellowed books around him and muttered to himself, “Ancient Gods Clan, what exactly is the origin? Why would I go crazy after cultivating their secret arts? So many powerful secret arts can only be watched eagerly, but can’t be used. It’s really a painful thing. If I successfully cultivate the Ancient God Transformation, can I cultivate it?”
He casually took a book and wrote a line of Ancient Gods Clan characters on the cover, which translated into human language: The Application of Ancient God’s True Text.
Li Qing saw the line with his divine sense and couldn’t help but widen his eyes. “This is the use of the ancient divine runes! Isn’t this what I’ve always yearned for? Although I’ve learned the ancient divine runes, I don’t have much clue as to how to use them. I can only use them with a flash of inspiration occasionally.”
Seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but reveal an excited expression. If he could obtain these books, he would be able to carry forward the ancient god scripture!
City Lord Primeval Stone looked at the book for a while and didn’t have any clues. He shook his head, “What exactly are these ancient god runes? It’s a pity that I haven’t learned ancient god runes. It’s meaningless to read these application methods.”
He took a few books and flipped through them, then put them back where they were.
After reading for a while, he sat cross-legged on the altar and began to cultivate.
The time had finally come!
Li Qing’s gaze turned cold. The other party was cultivating and immersed in it. It was a good opportunity to sneak attack!
He quietly sneaked closer and turned into a translucent shadow. His footsteps were silent and he was getting closer and closer.
“Who is it!” City Lord Primeval Stone suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly.
Finally, he noticed it!
However, at this moment, Li Qing was already close to the Yuanshi City Lord, only a few dozen steps away. For experts of their level, the distance of several dozen steps was fleeting!
Swoosh!
Li Qing held the Heavenly Saber in his hand and took a step forward to arrive in front of the Yuanshi City Lord.
He slashed down with a saber!
The Yuanshi City Lord’s face was filled with shock. When the other party walked to his side, he realized that this was too sudden. He barely reacted.
However, he was at the tenth level of the Xiantian realm and was extremely powerful. At this critical moment, he slapped his palm on the altar and flew backwards with force.
The Heavenly Saber swiftly slashed down, leaving a deep wound on City Lord Primeval Stone’s chest. It was almost ripped open and his stomach was drenched in blood.
“Ancient Divine Transformation!”
After City Lord Primeval Stone retreated, his reaction speed was extremely fast. His body immediately emitted a brilliant golden light, condensing into golden scales that covered his entire body.
The deep wound on his chest was temporarily suppressed.
This was precisely the Ancient God Transformation. It was only a basic part of cultivation, yet it was so powerful.
Unfortunately, City Lord Primeval Stone was unable to pass the cultivation stage, and could only transform into this level, unable to completely transform into a true ancient god!
“Who exactly are you? You actually dare to sneak attack me!” City Lord Primeval Stone was furious.
“The person who took your dog’s life!” Li Qing didn’t say anything else, he raised his Heavenly Saber and chopped it down.
“How dare you! I’ll see how you can kill me today!” City Lord Primeval Stone’s gaze was gloomy.
After his transformation, the injuries on his chest were temporarily suppressed. In other words, if he was able to display his full combat strength now, did he still need to be afraid of this fellow in front of him?
“We have to deal with you quickly, or your injuries will worsen!” City Lord Primeval Stone gritted his teeth and said, “Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, come out!”
Boom!
A huge stone appeared, and the origin stone City Lord’s Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was a piece of origin stone! The texture on it was clear, and it was no different from a true Primeval Stone.
However, just as he was about to use the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form to kill everyone, the wounds on his chest suddenly worsened, and an extinctive force quickly spread out!
This was the second move of the Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes. As long as he was struck by the Heavenly Saber, he would also be contaminated with the power of extinction, extinguishing all life force in his body!
