Chapter 96 - Chapter 96: Battle of Golden Cores
Chapter 96: Battle of Golden Cores
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The strength of a sect disciple also represented the strength of a sect itself.
The Golden Core cultivators were not always forbidden from attacking disciples, but both sides’ higher-ups must first negotiate and determine the outcome before any action was taken.
If the higher-ups were defeated, the opposing disciples would naturally be annihilated.
In other words, the Golden Core stage cultivators would not attack the disciples of the opposing sect until a victor had been determined between the higher-ups.
The reason why the Blood God Sect sent all their direct disciples was to showcase the strength of their sect and to kill as many of the opposing disciples as possible.
Moreover, it was difficult to kill the disciples of the Blood God Sect, so they would not suffer too much loss.
Black Blood Elder grinned, “Disperse and enter the Shanyue Kingdom. If you encounter disciples of the Silver Moon Sect, kill them all!”
“Yes!” The members of the Blood God Sect dispersed like a swarm of blood-colored locusts and rushed into the Shanyue Kingdom.
The Silver Moon Sect had occupied the Shanyue Kingdom, so they were naturally wary of the Blood God Sect.
Especially after Zhang Chen had used the lives of mortals as a threat, many Silver Moon Sect’s disciples had been sent to the kingdom.
The reason why Shen Gengyuan’s attempt to reclaim the Shanyue Kingdom with his Foundation Establishment stage disciples had failed and he had been severely injured was largely due to this.
Other than a few who acted alone, most of the Blood God Sect’s direct disciples acted in groups of three or two.
Zhang Chen randomly chose a direction and flew in an unhurried manner, without deliberately searching for disciples of the Silver Moon Sect. If he really encountered disciples of the Silver Moon Sect, he would not hesitate to take action.
However, there were many disciples of the Blood God Sect coming, so there were more wolves than prey. It would not be easy to encounter disciples of the Silver Moon Sect.
An hour later, Zhang Chen suddenly paused.
This was because a huge Golden Core aura swept over like a giant wave. It was the Golden Core elder of the Silver Moon Sect who had arrived! “Ancestor Black Blood, don’t be arrogant!”
With a cold rebuke from a woman, a huge silver moon rose in the distance.
There was a jade tree on the silver moon. The leaves on the tree were sharp swords condensed from ice crystals.
“Ding ding ding ding ding…”
The jade tree swayed and the ice swords clashed, shooting out bone-chilling sword qi.
With the appearance of the silver moon, the temperature between heaven and earth plummeted.
It was summer, the hottest season and time of the year, with the sun shining bright. Yet, it was now snowing in the sky, and the ground was covered in frost.
“A little girl has come, hehehe-” Elder Black Blood grinned, “The Shanyue Kingdom is a vassal state of our Blood God Sect. If your Silver Moon Sect dares to make a move, we will dare to strike!”
As he spoke, a similarly huge coffin appeared beside the silver moon.
The coffin was covered in bloodstains and engraved with countless dried-up figures of demons, monsters, and humans whose blood had been drained. It emitted a putrid and terrifying aura.
“Creak! ”
The coffin suddenly opened a crack, revealing darkness inside, as if something terrifying was hidden within.
“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…”
A large amount of black blood gushed out from the seams of the coffin, with a stench filling the air.
Upon smelling it, mortals all felt dizzy and nauseous. Some even developed corpse spots.
And these spots only appeared on the bodies of the dead!
The black blood inside the coffin seemed to be endless, constantly surging out and spreading towards the silver moon, as if it wanted to submerge it.
However, as soon as this black blood approached the silver moon, it was either frozen or shattered by the cold light of the ice sword.
Zhang Chen had inquired about the abilities of those in the Golden Core stage and knew that this was a phenomenon known as the Golden Core anomaly.
When each person condensed his golden core, there would be a heavenly and earthly phenomenon.
After fully activating his Golden Core with all his might, the spiritual qi in the world would be affected and the phenomenon would appear again.
The phenomenon could also be understood as a symbol of the full strength of a Golden Core cultivator.
The phenomenon was not controllable and it was only in the Nascent Soul stage that it could be condensed into a Dharma Idol could he control it.
The appearance of the phenomenon was influenced by the cultivation technique and each different cultivation technique would produce a different phenomenon.
For example, the Blood God Sect’s cultivation technique would produce blood in the phenomenon.
The Silver Moon Sect’s cultivation technique would produce a silver moon in the phenomenon.
Therefore, the opponent’s cultivation technique and attribute could be deduced from their Golden Core anomaly.
The reason why the blood controlled by Elder Black Blood was black and had a foul odor was because he had absorbed zombie blood and assimilated it into his body.
When Zhang Chen inquired about the Golden Core abilities, he also asked about the abilities of the six elders.
Elder Black Blood practiced the ‘Blood Zombie Technique’, which was a very powerful cultivation technique.
Once a normal person was tainted with his blood containing corpse poison, they would immediately turn into a zombie and be under his control.
Zombies were born with the ability to suck blood and become stronger. The people bitten by zombies would also become zombies, and they would be under the control of Elder Black Blood as well.
In theory, Elder Black Blood only needed to release one of the zombies he had transformed into to develop an infinite number of zombies under his control.
At the same time, he could also let the zombies suck blood and obtain blood with corpse poison from inside their bodies.
It was precisely because he used the Blood Zombie Technique to form his core that the phenomenon of the black-blood elder was a coffin spewing blood.
When he reached the Nascent Soul stage, an image of a blood zombie would be born inside the coffin.
Therefore, Zhang Chen could also deduce from the image of the Silver Moon Sect’s Golden Core elder that the opponent was cultivating an ice attribute sword technique.
Apart from that, the strength of the heavenly and earthly phenomenon also represented the strength of both sides.
When two Golden Core cultivators were fighting, the heavenly and earthly phenomena were also contending against each other.
Whichever side’s phenomenon overwhelmed the other’s would be the side that won the fight.
“Boom!”
With a loud bang, the two elders officially began their fight.
Zhang Chen thought for a moment and flew in the direction where the two were fighting.
He knew that when he formed his Gold Core, he would face the Blood River Elder, but he was unsure how strong Elder Blood River really was.
Elder Black Blood was also at the late-stage Golden Core realm, so this was a good opportunity to understand the strength of someone in the later stage of the Golden Core.
When the time came to form the core, he could make preparations according to the strength of Elder Black Blood.
However, for safety reasons, Zhang Chen did not get too close. He stopped when he was 30 miles away from the battle site.
The commotion caused by the battle between Golden Core cultivators was huge, and with his divine consciousness comparable to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, he could observe 80 percent of the battle situation.
Furthermore, he used the Yin Energy Isolating Technique to hide his aura and reduce some of his presence.
Thirty miles away, Elder Black Blood stood in the air, surrounded by five zombie kings in the Golden Core stage.
Two were normal zombies, and three were blood zombies.
Normal zombies had extremely tough bodies, and blood zombies were even stronger and had corpse poison.
On the other side, there was a beautiful and aloof woman, surrounded by a chill that seemed to be able to freeze the air.
A flying sword forged from 10,000-year-old ice hung over her head, emitting a terrifying chill that could freeze even the air.
Zhang Chen only sensed it for a moment before his body turned cold and stiff.
“I won’t show mercy to the fairer sex. Go, tear her apart!” The black-blood elder ordered, and the five zombie kings rushed forward
“Hmph! Today I will eradicate evil and uphold justice by killing you, the demon!” The elder of the Silver Moon Sect snorted coldly, waving her jade hand, and the flying sword above her head shot out at an incredible speed.
“Thud…”
One of the blood zombies was directly cut in half, and the wound froze, preventing it from healing.
The sword light turned again and slashed at one of the normal zombie kings..