Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 800 - 337: The Arrival of Twenty Harmonization Experts
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Ning Qi has lingered in this spot for some time already.
He personally observed how Brahma, as the leader of the Heavenly Fire Domain, plotted to sacrifice the True Martial Realm reincarnators as mere cannon fodder, trading their lives to buy his own escape.
Though Brahma wielded formidable strength as a commander, confronting the Hao Ran World cultivators left him unwilling to guide his followers to safety alongside him.
To him, his own survival was the only priority!
Luckily, Ning Qi's timely arrival ensured Brahma's scheme wouldn't come to fruition.
Thus, Ning Qi swiftly relocated the True Martial Realm reincarnators to his location and halted Brahma's bid to flee via teleportation.
Despite Brahma clutching a void teleportation talisman, it proved irrelevant against Ning Qi, whose expertise in teleportation and command of spatial rules meant that even a completed escape could be reversed with ease!
The onlookers behind him displayed pleased looks upon witnessing Ning Qi's moves.
"Haha, let’s see how that scoundrel still wants to run now!"
"I’ve long found them father and son displeasing. If Brahma dies at the hands of the Hao Ran World cultivators, then Fan City probably won’t be able to do anything against them."
"..."
Ning Qi had erected a concealment formation, rendering their presence invisible to outsiders.
His gaze scanned the Hao Ran World forces across the battlefield, pondering whether to intervene against them.
After deliberation, Ning Qi chose to refrain.
Making another strike would only aid the Central Domain's interests, after all.
The Heavenly Fire Domain under Brahma, plus the surviving forces of Earth Metal Domain and Vine Wood Domain, all hailing from the Mountain and Sea Realm, weren't groups Ning Qi intended to support further.
Besides, insights from the True Martial Realm reincarnators in his service had enlightened Ning Qi about the inner workings of the Three Spirit Domains.
In essence, the rulers of these Three Spirit Domains viewed rank-and-file cultivators as expendable, fostering a ruthless pragmatism among them that mirrored the brutal law of the jungle.
They lacked the camaraderie seen in cultivators from the Profound Truth Realm, Fuyao Realm, or Langya Realm.
Ning Qi resolved to rescue solely the True Martial Realm cultivators from their ranks, allowing the others to clash to the death with the Hao Ran World invaders!
In due course, he would emerge to settle the chaos.
Ning Qi directed his attention forward.
Within the void, the trio of Hao Ran World commanders had fully encircled Brahma.
Brahma's face bore a deeply somber expression, utterly baffled by the unfolding events.
Fei Bing and his allies unleashed a joint assault, and despite Brahma's arsenal of magical treasures and spiritual artifacts, he was swiftly subdued and restrained by the three.
Fei Bing and the others demanded, "Speak, where did those people just go?"
Brahma, gripped firmly by the trio, had lost all his former vigor and arrogance; his appearance was now ragged, garments torn, reduced to a total captive.
Brahma retorted with disdain, "If I knew, would I still be here?"
At these words, Fei Bing, Hua Jieyu, and Qiu Daoyu shared knowing looks. They accepted the statement as truth.
Yet, the vanishing act of the sacrificial pawns Brahma had prepared remained a mystery.
Moments earlier, over a hundred figures had been visible, and their abrupt absence filled Fei Bing and his comrades with unease.
Qiu Daoyu ventured, "Could it be that Ning Qi has arrived?"
Fei Bing and Hua Jieyu creased their foreheads, scanning the surroundings warily.
"If he really has arrived, with his strength, why not reveal himself? After all, the Realm Venerable ordered all our armies to avoid him, ensuring we wait for reinforcements."
This remark only deepened the trio's confusion.
Truly, the Vast Realm Will had detailed Ning Qi's terrifying prowess to them, portraying a figure who had subdued the entire Lower Realm as utterly beyond their reach.
It defied logic for Ning Qi to appear and then evade confrontation.
Just then, Brahma seemed to glean a clue from the three's exchange.
Reflecting on how the Hao Ran World cultivators had hastily withdrawn, a realization dawned on him.
Their withdrawal stemmed not from fear of him, Brahma, but from dread of a certain cultivator called Ning Qi!
Still, the name Ning Qi rang no bells for Brahma.
That said, for Fei Bing and the rest to fear him so, Ning Qi had to be a powerhouse from the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Desperate for a way out, Brahma decided to fabricate a tie to Ning Qi's fame and declared outright:
"Are you afraid Ning Qi has come?"
The three jolted in surprise, whipping around to face Brahma.
Fei Bing inquired, "You know Ning Qi?"
Brahma's mouth twitched into a faint smirk, though it pulled at an injury, flashing a grimace of discomfort across his features.
Undeterred, he pressed on, "I have a very good personal relationship with Ning Qi. If you don’t release me, he will surely come immediately for me and exterminate you all!"
This claim stunned not just Fei Bing and his group, but also Ning Qi and his concealed allies in the void, who all wore bemused expressions.
This wretched Brahma excels at empty boasts!
He remained oblivious to Ning Qi's proximity or that Ning Qi himself had foiled his teleportation attempt.
"Realm Lord, this guy is highly adept at leveraging others’ power; feigning authority by exploiting others is a common tactic among these types," one of his subordinates remarked to Ning Qi.
Ning Qi gave a subtle nod, dismissing further thought on Brahma.
He produced a compass and examined it briefly.
The device displayed a map bathed in a soft azure light.
Ning Qi spotted the luminous points denoting the Earth Metal Domain and Vine Wood Domain forces rapidly closing in on this position, evidently rushing to Brahma's aid.
Yet this development suited him perfectly, as it would spark a fierce clash between the factions, wearing down their forces and simplifying his eventual intervention.
Ning Qi cast another look toward Brahma and the rest, noting how Brahma kept delaying with his fabricated link to Ning Qi.
Evidently, Brahma could persist long enough for the reinforcements from the other domains to arrive.