I Become Sect master In Another World-Chapter 182 — Violet Frenzy

The old man’s fingers shifted.

Not with intent.

Not with haste.

Just a slight movement—idle, almost bored.

The skull in his right hand began to turn.

At first, nothing changed.

Then the runes carved into its surface flickered.

One line lit.

Then another.

Violet light crept along the grooves like liquid fire seeping through cracks, slow and deliberate. The glow thickened, deepened, until it no longer looked like light at all—but something heavier, denser, dragging the air around it inward.

The space near his hand bent.

Not visibly at first—just enough that the edges of the skull seemed slightly wrong, stretched thin, then pulled back into place. The air shuddered. Breathing became difficult, as if lungs were pressing against something solid.

Below—

The battlefield faltered.

A creature mid-leap jerked violently and dropped straight down, claws scraping stone as it hit. Another froze with its mouth open, snarl locked in place. Dozens—hundreds—stuttered in unison, their bodies locking as though invisible chains had snapped tight around them.

Every head lifted.

Necks creaked.

Eyes rolled upward.

Violet reflections burned in their pupils.

The old man’s lips curved.

Not sharp.

Not cruel.

Just satisfied.

His fingers closed.

There was no crack.

No dramatic sound.

Only a dry, muted snap—like brittle wood giving way under pressure.

The skull collapsed in his palm.

Fragments crumbled inward, folding into themselves as if swallowed by the glow. For a heartbeat, the violet light vanished—

Then it imploded.

The air screamed.

Not in sound—but in force.

Everything nearby compressed violently toward the point where the skull had been, space collapsing inward as if the sky itself had been punched. Dust, blood, loose stone—all drawn upward in a violent spiral.

Then the pressure reversed.

Violet energy erupted downward.

Not spreading.

Not dispersing.

It fell.

A vertical torrent slammed into the battlefield like a descending sky, corrupt spiritual energy crashing through bodies and stone alike. Creatures convulsed as it washed over them, backs arching, limbs snapping outward as veins burned purple beneath their skin.

The ground fractured.

Stone screamed.

And the air—

The air no longer moved.

It pressed.

As if the world itself had decided to kneel.

The creatures convulsed.

Not all at once—one by one, then in waves.

Their screams ripped free, raw and broken, as bodies seized violently. Flesh swelled beneath skin that stretched too thin, muscles bulging in grotesque knots. Limbs lengthened with wet cracks, joints popping as arms dragged lower than they should, fingers scraping stone.

Spines bent.

Not snapped—

Bent.

Backs arched until ribs pressed outward, bone threatening to tear through skin as veins blackened, then burned violet beneath the surface. The color pulsed, rhythmical and alive, surging through them like a second heart.

Violet light bled from their pores.

Not mist.

Not flame.

Pressure—forced out, seeping through flesh that could no longer contain it.

Eyes rolled back.

Then snapped forward.

Once feral.

Once hungry.

Now—

Solid violet.

Unblinking.

Aware.

The battlefield changed.

The air thickened, pressing down on lungs, dragging breath short and shallow. Qi grew sluggish, heavy, resisting circulation as if weighed down by something unseen. Even stone seemed to strain beneath the sudden oppression.

Elder An Ning felt it hit him like a wall.

His eyes widened.

"...What—"

The ground beneath his feet detonated.

Hundreds of creatures launched forward at once.

Not charging.

Not attacking.

Colliding.

They smashed into him like a living avalanche, bodies piling, claws scraping, teeth snapping inches from flesh. The impact alone cracked stone and drove him back a half-step.

An Ning moved.

Shadow tore outward as he swung.

His blade carved arcs of darkness through the swarm—clean, absolute. Bodies split apart midair. Arms sheared free. Torsos cleaved in half. Heads spun away, expressions frozen in rage and delight alike.

Blood sprayed.

Chunks rained down.

But—

They didn’t stop.

The pieces moved.

A severed hand slammed into the ground, fingers digging in, pulling itself forward. Another crawled up his leg, nails biting through fabric and skin. Detached arms flailed wildly, claws slashing, teeth gnashing though no jaw remained.

Fragments lunged.

Bit.

Clawed.

Wrapped.

An Ning’s pupils shrank.

"Get—OFF!"

His aura erupted.

Shadow burst outward in a violent shockwave, blasting limbs and torsos away in every direction. Stone shattered. Blood atomized into mist. He spun immediately, sword screaming through a full circle—

The fragments were shredded.

Reduced to pulp.

For a breath—

The pressure eased.

Dust drifted.

Blood fell.

The battlefield inhaled.

Then—

Pain.

Something struck his back.

Claws punched through armor and flesh, ripping deep grooves across his spine. Blood exploded outward as An Ning’s body lurched forward.

His teeth ground together.

He twisted—

Too slow.

The air above him collapsed.

A massive shadow descended.

Impact.

The world slammed shut.

The mountain convulsed as a bulky creature crashed down onto him, stone pulverizing beneath the force. Dust and debris erupted outward in a suffocating cloud, swallowing sound, light, and motion alike.

The shockwave rolled.

Terraces cracked.

Qi rippled.

Then—

Silence.

Not peace.

Not stillness.

The kind that waits for what crawls out of the dust.

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Then—

Blood erupted from the dust.

The cloud split violently as Elder An Ning tore free, shadow and stone scattering outward. His eyes burned with unrestrained fury. What remained of his robes hung in tatters, fabric shredded down to the seams, his back soaked crimson where claws had torn deep furrows through flesh.

He didn’t slow.

Didn’t stagger.

He swung upward.

Shadow screamed as his blade carved through the descending mass, cleaving the bulky creature cleanly in half mid-lunge. The two pieces separated in a spray of blood—

—and laughed.

The upper half twisted in the air, mouth stretching wide in delighted hysteria.

The lower half hit the ground—and leapt.

An Ning reacted on instinct.

His left fist drove forward, shadow compressing around it as he smashed one half into wet pulp. Bone and flesh collapsed inward, exploding outward in fragments.

But the other half was already moving.

Too fast.

An arm—nothing but sinew and bone wrapped in violet-lit flesh—thrust forward.

Straight through his back.

The claw burst from his chest.

Blood sprayed across the air in a crimson arc.

An Ning’s body jerked.

His eyes widened just a fraction.

He coughed.

Thick blood spilled from his mouth, splattering onto shattered stone as his breath hitched violently in his chest.

Nearby—

"No!" Elder Liya screamed.

Her voice tore raw from her throat as she tried to surge forward, blade flashing as she cut down anything in her path.

Elder Wan froze.

The color drained from his face. His lips parted, but no sound came out—only a sharp, broken inhale as horror rooted him in place.

Elder Wu crushed a creature into the ground beneath his palm, skull collapsing with a dull, final crunch.

He looked up.

Saw the claw.

Saw the blood.

And his breath caught.

"...An Ning," he whispered.

The swarm closed.

Not charging.

Engulfing.

Hands grabbed An Ning’s arms. His legs. His shoulders. Fingers dug into wounds, into armor seams, into muscle. Dozens of bodies piled onto him, dragging him downward under sheer weight.

He roared.

Shadow detonated outward again and again, pressure waves blasting bodies apart, tearing limbs free, painting the ground in blood and fragments—

But for every one that fell, three more replaced it.

They climbed over their own dead.

They didn’t hesitate.

They didn’t care.

Across the battlefield—

The sect began to break.

Elder Jian Fan dropped to one knee, blade embedded in stone to keep himself upright. His chest heaved violently as blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, splashing onto the ground beneath him.

In the medicinal garden, emerald light flickered unevenly.

Elder Hua stood in front of Cheng Fang and Xu Ran, vines snapping and coiling as she lashed them through the horde—but her aura wavered, brightness faltering with each strike.

Xu Ran’s sword trembled in her grip.

Blood soaked her sleeves, ran down her arms, dripped from her fingertips. Her breathing came in short, broken gasps, eyes wide and burning as she forced herself to stand.

Cheng Fang held her upright.

His armor was cracked, dented inward where claws had struck. His own breath was ragged, chest rising and falling too fast as he tightened his grip, refusing to let her collapse.

Around them—

Disciples bled.

Some stood only because they refused to fall.

Others didn’t stand at all.

Bodies lay broken across terraces once filled with laughter and training, stone slick beneath pools of red.

Flames licked at shattered halls.

Smoke rolled through courtyards.

And above it all—

The Sanatan Flame Sect burned.

Above—

The old man watched.

He did not lean forward.

He did not tense.

He simply hovered, hands folded loosely behind his back, violet pupils glowing as the battlefield unraveled beneath him.

And he smiled.

Below, Elder Liya slammed a creature aside with her shoulder, blade flashing as she split another cleanly in half. Blood sprayed across the stone beneath her boots, slick enough that her feet skidded as she forced herself forward.

Her breath burned her lungs.

Her arm screamed in protest.

She ignored it.

She looked up.

Locked onto the figure in the sky.

Her teeth clenched hard enough to ache.

She launched herself upward.

"STOP HIM!" Elder Wan shouted.

He tried to move—tried to follow—

Something seized his leg.

Then another hand.

Then many.

Wan crashed face-first into the stone, ribs cracking audibly as bodies piled atop him. He was slammed down again and again, the breath torn from his chest with each impact as claws dug into his back and shoulders.

He screamed—

And vanished beneath writhing forms.

High above—

The old man tilted his head.

His gaze settled on Elder Liya as she tore through the air toward him, pink aura burning violently around her like a dying star.

"You truly think," he said mildly, "that you can reach me?"

His palm lifted.

Violet light gathered instantly, compressing into a massive, translucent hand that blotted out the sky as it descended.

Elder Liya screamed—not in fear, but fury—and swung upward with everything she had left.

Her blade ripped a crescent of pink light through the heavens.

The two forces collided.

BOOM—

The impact shattered the air.

Shockwaves tore outward, flattening creatures mid-leap, ripping chunks from cliff faces, blasting bodies and debris in every direction. Stone cracked. Trees uprooted. Blood misted the sky.

Elder Liya was thrown downward.

Not falling.

Launched.

She struck the ground like a meteor.

The terrace exploded beneath her, stone collapsing inward as dust and debris engulfed her form.

Silence—just for a heartbeat.

Then coughing.

Blood spilled from her mouth as she tried to rise, armor shattered, one arm trembling violently beneath her weight. Her vision swam, the world blurring at the edges.

She dropped to one knee.

The old man’s gaze shifted again.

This time—

To Elder Feng Yu.

He stood amid the chaos, robes torn, aura flaring as his strikes split creatures apart. Each motion forced enemies back just long enough for disciples to flee past him.

Again.

And again.

"GO!" Feng Yu roared, shoving the last group away. "RUN!"

A claw ripped across his shoulder.

He didn’t look back.

He turned—

And faced the horde alone.

They crashed into him.

Blood sprayed into the air as his blade flashed again and again, bodies falling even as more replaced them.

Nearby, Wang Tian and Luo Chen stood back-to-back.

Both were bleeding.

Both were shaking.

Neither lowered their weapons.

Wang Tian spat blood onto the stone and grinned ferociously. Luo Chen’s grip tightened, eyes cold, calculating even as exhaustion dragged at his limbs.

Ahead of them, Muo Qian and Su Quan planted themselves before the weaker disciples, bodies forming a living wall. Their chests heaved, sweat and blood streaking their faces, but their eyes burned with refusal.

Elder Liya forced herself upright.

Onto her knees.

Blood dripped from her lips, splashing onto the shattered stone below.

A shadow fell over her.

A creature stepped forward.

It smiled.

Its claws lifted—

A sword pierced straight through its neck.

The creature froze.

Then the head slid free.

The body collapsed bonelessly to the ground.

Elder Liya’s breath caught.

That sword—

Her eyes snapped upward.

A familiar hand caught the hilt as it fell, fingers steady, grip unshaken.

"Are you injured?" a calm voice asked.

Not loud.

Not rushed.

Elder Liya stared.

"...That sword..."

Her gaze followed the blade upward.

Blue aura erupted like a rising tide.

Lin Shu stood there.

Hair drifting gently, eyes cold and focused, sword spinning once before settling cleanly at her side. The chaos around her seemed to recoil, instinctively pulling back from her presence.

"I came out of seclusion," Lin Shu said quietly. "Explain."

Beside her—

Space distorted.

A massive presence unfolded.

Lorgann appeared, its gaze sweeping across the burning sect, shattered halls, bleeding disciples.

Its pupils narrowed.

Teeth bared.

"How," it growled, voice shaking the air itself, "dare they."

Lava-colored spiritual energy detonated outward.

The ground cracked as Lorgann roared, its body expanding violently—scales erupting across its form, wings tearing free in a thunderous spray of heat and force as it returned to its colossal true shape.

The sky trembled.

The creatures hesitated.

Above—

For the first time—

The old man’s smile twitched.

The sky shuddered.

Not violently.

Not yet.

A subtle tremor rippled through the clouds, spreading outward like a breath drawn too deep. Loose debris still hanging in the air shifted, pebbles drifting, ash changing direction as if the heavens themselves had adjusted their stance.

Above the battlefield—

The old man’s smile broke.

Not completely.

Just enough.

The corners of his mouth stiffened. The easy curve he’d worn since the first scream flattened into something thinner, more deliberate. Violet light churned within his pupils, no longer languid—now watchful.

Calculating.

Below, Lin Shu stepped forward.

Her boots touched shattered stone without a sound. Blue aura rolled off her in controlled waves, steady and deep, pressing outward not like flame—but like the sea advancing without hurry.

Her grip tightened on her sword.

The blade answered.

A faint hum spread through the air, clean and cold, as if the weapon itself had recognized the scale of what stood before it.

"You will pay," Lin Shu said.

Her voice did not rise.

It didn’t need to.

It cut through the battlefield with surgical clarity, reaching sky and ground alike.

"For every life you have taken."

The creatures nearest her recoiled—some hissing, others faltering mid-step, bodies twitching as if instinct warned them away from something they could not measure.

Above—

The old man’s gaze narrowed.

Not in anger.

In interest.

The skull dust still clung faintly to his fingers, violet motes drifting away as he flexed them once, slowly. Threads of power gathered again around his hand—not unleashed, not yet—but present.

Waiting.

The air thickened.

Pressure pressed inward from every direction, not crushing—but coiling.

The battlefield stilled.

Two wills measured one another across the sky.

Then—

Somewhere between breath and heartbeat—

The balance tipped.

And the war—

Did not continue.

It deepened.

To Be Continued...