Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 566: Zhan Tian's "Rise"
Previously on Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”...
Once the first cultivator got close, the others followed in rapid succession.
All of them beheld the stunning sight of Zhan Tian deep in cultivation, along with the treasure pearl drifting toward him.
They each halted briefly before pressing onward toward Zhan Tian.
Though Zhan Tian sensed the crowd drawing near, he stayed utterly calm, persisting with his cultivation right there.
The fire pearl came closer, drawing a quick look from him.
Astonishingly, it proved to be a natural Five-Fusion Dao Treasure!
This item offered him scant worth. Still, its choice of master displayed sound discernment, so he accepted it with mild reluctance.
As the fire pearl neared, Zhan Tian pressed his True Spirit mark onto it.
The fire pearl submitted completely, permitting Zhan Tian to refine it effortlessly, which amused and irritated him in equal measure.
His actions ignited raging envy among the seven cultivators who had closed in.While they advanced,
Zhan Tian at last absorbed sufficient Fire Dao Principle power, forming the Fire Dao Principle Origin Essence inside his Origin Space!
The ambient Fire Dao Principles erupted in joy, bowing toward Zhan Tian like subjects before the Fire King!
Zhan Tian achieved a breakthrough, ascending to Second-Order Dao Venerable realm!
At the same moment, his will dove into his Origin Space, guiding the Annihilation power to blend with the Fire power!
The pair of Dao Principles merged seamlessly, led by the Dao Principle of Annihilation with Fire Dao Principle in support. Annihilation effortlessly enveloped Fire, achieving flawless fusion!
The fusion flowed smoothly and felt profoundly instinctive.
What demanded billions of years from typical Dao Venerables, he completed in mere breaths.
He had advanced to Two-Fusion Dao Venerable!
The seven arrivals detected the Second-Order Dao Venerable aura radiating from Zhan Tian, each showing signs of relief on their faces.
The lead figure reached him first.
"I am Wuji, a Fourth-Order Elder of the Wuliang Dao Court. This fire pearl is destined for me. Fellow Daoist, hand it over at once. This Sovereign will let you live!"
Zhan Tian gave a faint chuckle and replied, "I am Zhan Tian, disciple of the Seven Stars Dominator. What point is there in mentioning the Wuliang Dao Court?"
Wuji's face shifted: "You're a Dominator's disciple?"
"Doesn't it appear so?" Zhan Tian responded coolly.
"Hmph, you dare trick me! You're just a Second-Order Dao Venerable, and prior to your breakthrough, merely First-Order. No Dominator would favor you!"
Feeling the other six nearing, Wuji sneered, "Since you refuse to yield, prepare to die!"
He struck without delay. A massive umbrella unfurled, unleashing countless steel needles charged with piercing metallic might, hurtling toward Zhan Tian.
Every needle carried the full might of a Third-Order Dao Venerable's strike, numbering almost a thousand!
A vicious grin crept across Wuji's lips. This Supreme Treasure wielded tremendous might. He had slain a Fifth-Order Dao Venerable with it before. A puny Second-Order stood no chance.
Abruptly, his sight wavered. The so-called Zhan Tian, who had stood firm, disappeared without trace.
In his shock, a deadly peril surged within him.
He teleported instantly from his position, reappearing hundreds of kilometers distant.
There, he watched a war blade crash down where he had stood. Had he lingered, it would have struck true.
Yet even if hit, could a mere Second-Order Dao Venerable pierce his defenses?
Before the thought concluded, a war blade materialized before him, clashing against his Daoist robe.
Pure Annihilation power, with unstoppable crushing force, demolished the robe's protections and surged into his body, obliterating flesh and blood!
Terror gripped Wuji. He activated his life-saving art without pause.
His form shriveled rapidly, crumbling to ash under the Annihilation power.
In truth, his real body had escaped billions of miles away, abandoning a mere empty Incarnation!
Wuji whirled to flee at once!
But turning, he found Zhan Tian somehow positioned behind him, delivering his third strike!
The Annihilation Blade exploited the prior gap, carving into Wuji's body.
Wuji's frame split apart instantly. Endless Annihilation forces eradicated every spark of his vitality. Silently, Wuji fell dead!
Luckily, Zhan Tian lacked the means to eradicate all of Wuji's Incarnations and Avatars across endless time and space, so Wuji merely forfeited one primary battle body and his gear.
These setbacks proved gravely costly regardless.
By now, the other six cultivators had only just neared the scene.
They saw Zhan Tian's devastating strike firsthand and fled in abject terror!
"Where do you think you're escaping to?"
Zhan Tian harrumphed coldly. Those who lusted after his treasure must face death!
With those words, his form dissolved into the flames. His silhouette blinked through the blaze like instant shifts. While foes slogged as if mired, he glided freely.
This explained how Zhan Tian effortlessly flanked and chased Wuji.
Zhan Tian overtook a fleeing cultivator swiftly. He swung his blade down, channeling Two-Fusion Annihilation Dao Principle power plus a mighty Chaos blade art, boosting his strike to Sixth or Seventh-Order Dao Venerable potency!
The caught Third-Order cultivator perished under Zhan Tian's single blow!
As he felled the Dao Venerables, Zhan Tian swiftly deepened his grasp of Annihilation power. Faintly, greater insight dawned.
Such blistering progress stunned ordinary minds. Perhaps only a cheat like Su Yuan could comprehend it.
Zhan Tian merely leveraged a Chaos Dominator's base to advance, rendering it seamless.
Witnessing this, the surviving five grasped flight was hopeless against Zhan Tian. They huddled swiftly, hoping joint force would withstand him.
Yet events defied their hopes.
Zhan Tian's onslaughts struck with blinding speed!
Before fully uniting, he cut them down sequentially!
When the massacre concluded, the echoes of his cultivation breakthrough had scarcely faded.
Zhan Tian flicked his hand, claiming the loot from the seven. Numerous Dao Yan Crystals emerged, fueling his future cultivation.
"Next up, Thunder Dao Principle and Wind Dao Principle!"
Zhan Tian mulled briefly before heading straight to the thunder and wind zones for cultivation.
Though feasible in the fire zone, progress on those Dao Principles would crawl at under one-ten-thousandth the prior rate.
After Zhan Tian left,
the slain seven's information on him transmitted instantly.
The monstrous battle prowess and freakish insight of Seven Stars Dominator's fresh disciple Zhan Tian spread like wildfire.