Peak Cultivator's Slice of Life-Chapter 40: Started

No need to wait for years, in just a few days, inside a closed restaurant in a small town not far from the Sky Sun Sect, a portal opened and figure after figure stepped out of it.

The first to step out was a middle-aged man with long black hair, a large build and wearing a black robe.

His eyes were blood red, and only his existence alone shook the space around.

Fortunately he moved quickly to seal the restaurant with his power so that the effects of his existence didn’t drift away.

This was only because of his existence, not to mention the others that followed behind him.

After him there was a handsome young man carrying a black sword on his back then a small old man with a hunched body and a hand always on his back, then a middle-aged woman who seemed to be filled with hatred and a skeleton wearing a tattered robe.

Even after them, there were still those who came out of the portal.

One of them was actually a humaid lizard-like Desert King that was twice the height of other humans.

Besides him, there were three other men with imposing auras although they seemed weaker than the first three.

They were at least on par with the middle-aged woman and the skull.

In total, there were nine of them, from the Blood River Sect Master, Death Sword Monarch, Heaven Tree Monarch, Blood River Sect Grand Elder, and Lin Rong who was the Sect Master’s wife.

The Desert Monarch joined willingly while the other three were invited by the Sect Master because he wanted reassurance.

In fact, one of those people was a 2nd Stage False Void Master. Only, he was a Dao Cultivator.

Although Dao Cultivators were very few in the Boundless Ancient Realm, this didn’t mean they were all friends. There were also many conflicts among Dao Cultivators. Some chose to cooperate with Bloodline Cultivators if it was beneficial.

Everyone just wanted benefits. Whoever gave them benefits, then they didn’t mind helping them.

Offending Yi Mingxue might seem like a foolish choice, but this lineup was too convincing.

They were all certain he would die without a doubt.

At the restaurant, they gathered.

"Blood River Sect Master, how are we going to attack him? Are we going to attack together or individually?" The Desert King was the first to speak. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

He was just as impatient as Lin Rong.

Only, he didn’t know their strategy yet, unlike Lin Rong who already knew so she could remain silent.

The Blood River Sect Master didn’t answer right away.

In his hand, a glass ball with thousands of alternating colors emitted light.

The glass ball seemed mysterious from the moment it appeared and its aura made everyone subconsciously stare at it seriously.

It might just be an object, but everyone felt a threat from it.

When observed more carefully, it turned out to look like an enormous world with various lives inside.

Life was fickle, like an illusion that could disappear and appear constantly.

After taking out the glass ball, the Blood River Sect Master stared at the Heaven Tree Monarch instead of answering the Desert King’s question.

This made the monster somewhat annoyed as it felt ignored.

"Brother Heaven Tree, we need your forest first. Absorb the little bitch’s vitality then give her vitality to us," he said.

The Heaven Tree Monarch who was a small, hunchbacked old man smiled faintly.

He stared at the Heaven Sun Sect with his eyes drooping.

Shua!

He casually waved his hand, drastically releasing his power.

Instantly, countless trees appeared everywhere, covering an area of millions of kilometers, either on land or above cities, crushing those cities into forest ruins.

Even those trees appeared in the air connected to each other.

This kind of power could be said to be unimaginable, worrying even the 3rd Stage False Void Masters.

From the moment the trees appeared, the Heaven Tree Monarch was instantly able to sense Yi Mingxue’s existence clearly.

He could even see her through the trees.

"You can’t run, little girl," he said.

Each tree then began to release power towards her, absorbing her vitality despite not touching her directly.

It would not stop as long as she was around his trees.

However, there was one thing that puzzled him.

’Why is this girl’s vitality so great?’ He wondered in his mind.

He indeed felt an enormous vitality from her.

It was beyond his expectations.

’Is it because of her Dao of Life? If it’s like this, my forest won’t affect her strength too much because she has too much of her vitality.’

The old man knitted his brows many times but then he became indifferent.

’So what if it doesn’t affect her strength. With this much vitality, we will become even stronger. Hmph, hmph, and her strength is unlikely to remain the same after she received the soul attack. Although her soul is stronger, her strength will be lost by at least 40%!’

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Several long trees swung like whips towards Yi Mingxue.

Not only did the old man absorb her vitality, he also attacked directly.

Everyone in the Sky Sun Sect naturally became panicked by the scene.

The problem was that they didn’t even know what was happening, only guessing a super strong expert was starting a fight.

Yi Mingxue who was the target of those trees seemed relaxed.

Even Asher was relaxed as well.

He stepped in his disciple’s Dimensional Artifact while saying, "these trees are very annoying. However, you can absorb them all with your Dao of Life."

His figure disappeared right after he said that while Yi Mingxue nodded.

For a moment, a green light emanated from her eyes.

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

Right after that, all those trees disappeared as if they never existed except for the damage they caused.

"What?"

The Heaven Tree Monarch widened his eyes in shock so much that he almost staggered.

The trees had never disappeared, how did it suddenly become lost.

Little did he know that he was dealing with a Dao of Life that had reached its ultimate limit.

"What happened?" The Blood River Sect Master and the others asked.

Unfortunately, the Heaven Tree Monarch couldn’t answer because this was also something he didn’t understand.

BANG!

Suddenly the restaurant itself exploded, revealing everyone inside.

An instant later, Yi Mingxue had already appeared in front of them which of course shocked them even more.

"I didn’t expect there to be more old dogs here," she said, directly offending them with her words.

When she saw her in person, Lin Rong’s eyes almost bled with rage.

"Bitch, die..." She lunged towards Yi Mingxue while the others were still in shock.

At this point, she didn’t think about any plans anymore or what happened to make the forest disappear.

She only wanted revenge.

The Blood River Sect Master knitted his brows seeing his wife move first.

Quickly, he activated the power of the glass ball in his hand.

BANG!

It released an enormous illusory world inside, enveloping a much larger area than the forest belonging to the Heaven Tree Monarch.

The reason it could definitely attack the target was because it covered such a huge area.

That illusory world then sent various illusory attacks at Yi Mingxue.

Those illusory attacks did not touch the physique because it was only an illusion.

However, the soul would not be able to escape such attacks.

To fight against it, a 3rd Stage False Void Master would have to direct their 50% to guard their soul. If it was a 2nd Stage False Void Master of a Dao Cultivator, it would probably take about 40% as their soul was slightly stronger even than a 3rd Stage False Void Master.

As for peak experts like the Sacred Star Monarch, it would probably need around 30%. Only peak experts of Dao Cultivators would only need less than 20%, perhaps only 15%.

Such a reduction in strength did not make them too weak.

Of course, these were all estimates. The exact number could not be ascertained because everyone had a slightly stronger or slightly weaker soul.

Clearly, the effect would be to directly reduce aura pressure.

Yi Mingxue knitted her brows when she received the attack.

Ever since she heard about this artifact, she had already thought about how much it would affect her.

However, it turned out that it only made her feel somewhat amused.

To get rid of that tingling, she only needed very little strength.

She benefited slightly from having the Dao of Life which basically had a stronger defense with less energy.

With the two Daos reaching the limit of the Half-Void Body, her soul underwent a further transformation.

The effect was naturally different from Dao Cultivators who only relied on one Dao to the ultimate limit.

Of course, only she herself realized the soul attack effect.

The Blood River Sect Master who used the artifact didn’t realize it.

In the end, it was not his own strength.

Yi Mingxue immediately ignored the soul attack and stared at Lin Rong who was getting closer to her.

The woman turned out to have a pair of long red claws.

They were so sharp that they tore space wherever they passed.

In terms of speed, she was also quite terrifying.

"Die you little bitch..." She shouted again to Yi Mingxue when she arrived in front of her.

This battle might have only just begun, but it was already spreading at high speed throughout the entire Boundless Ancient Realm.

Experts who happened to be nearby and watching were transmitting what they saw in the form of live footage via telepathy.

When Lin Rong’s claws were about to hit Yi Mingxue, the woman turned out to be only smiling faintly.

She moved her sword in a seemingly slow motion.