Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 701: Chapter 700: Snatching Spiritual Energy

“Replace me, take me instead of my child!” Sister Zhang cried out.

Onlookers shook their heads. Sister Zhang had completely broken down, unable even to grasp the simplest truths. “Sister Zhang,” they said, “the City Lord is trying to breakthrough from the fragmented core stage to the infant stage. The spiritual energy he needs has already been collected from every household. What he lacks now is an insight, an insight that cannot be pinpointed and can only be obtained through the demon method.”

“These children, untrained as they are, are closest to the innate body. After refining them, the City Lord will be more capable of grasping the Tao and becoming a true Nascent Soul person. How can you replace your child?”

Infected by Sister Zhang, the other children’s parents also cried out against the blood sacrifice of their children.

Sensing the turmoil, the City Lord’s brows tightened as he used his Lion’s Roar technique to quiet them.

The roar of the lion was thunderous, leaving everyone ringing in their ears and swaying on the spot.

“The matter of blood sacrifice is a tradition of the Maple City, and you are ignorant of the overall situation, neglecting the teachings of your ancestors by putting your children first.”

“It is your children’s misfortune to be chosen. It’s fate. You need to learn to accept fate!”

The words of the City Lord were very effective, and everyone calmed down, no longer creating a fuss.

They knew the City Lord was right.

The Deputy City Lord looked up at the sun and calculated the time. He said, “City Lord, it’s time for the blood sacrifice of the children.”

The City Lord nodded, his face revealing a cold ruthless expression: “Then let’s begin…”

“Wait!”

“Who’s there!” The City Lord frowned, his mind filled with murderous intent. This blood sacrifice ceremony had irritated him and was continually interrupted.

“Us.” both Qin Luan and Seven Kills Taoist said at the same time.

The Seven Kills Taoist used his sword technique, erasing the fresh blood constituting the grand array with his Sword Qi, and cut the ropes binding the children.

The surrounding crowd quickly scattered, leaving the two men plenty of room.

“Who are you?” Seeing the two strangers, the City Lord didn’t take action right away.

He couldn’t see through these two people’s cultivation. It seemed they were also at the Golden Core Stage.

With two Golden Core Stage cultivators obstructing, the blood sacrifice ceremony could not proceed.

“Cloud roaming cultivators from Jiuzhou, Qin Luan.”

“Seven Kills Taoist.”

“Jiuzhou? Have any of you heard of this city?” The City Lord asked the other four Golden Core cultivators. They all shook their heads. None had ever heard of a place called Jiuzhou.

“Performing a blood sacrifice in broad daylight, is this your so-called tradition?” Qin Luan asked harshly. Jiuzhou had long been rid of such demonic traditions, in his mind, those who practiced the demonic arts always operated in the dark, unlike the blatant performance in the Xuanming Continent.

“Ridiculous!” The Seven Kills Taoist chimed in.

“Ridiculous? Do you think we want to perform the blood sacrifice? If it weren’t necessary, who would choose such a path!” The City Lord was incensed at their questioning.

“The spiritual energy is now scarce, with Crane City leading all the Cultivation Cities in snatching for it for survival. If I do not achieve the Nascent Soul Stage, with no one at the Nascent Soul Stage guarding our city, we will probably be conquered by people from the other Cultivation Cities tomorrow, and our spiritual energy will be plundered!”

Qin Luan and the Seven Kills Taoist were stunned, they hadn’t considered this explanation.

They looked towards the crowd and saw not gratitude in the eyes of the people, but hate.

To prevent the City Lord from reaching the Nascent Soul Stage was equivalent to inviting the people of the other Cultivation Cities to come and plunder without any defense.

Qin Luan and the Seven Kills Taoist were somewhat at a loss. They had originally thought by stepping forward, they were upholding justice, standing against evil, and would be revered by all. Yet, it turned out that instead of winning admiration, they had incurred resentment.

Suddenly, a hearty laugh echoed from the city wall.

“Haha, so you haven’t started the blood sacrifice yet!”

A cultivator who radiated the fluctuations of the Nascent Soul Stage stood on the city wall, looking at the forced halt of the blood sacrifice ceremony and laughing heartily.

“I heard that Maple Leaf City is planning to use a blood sacrifice ritual to raise a Nascent Soul Cultivator, so I hurried over. I thought I was late, but it seems you are slower than I thought, it hasn’t even started yet.”

“The City Lord of Crane City!”

The City Lord of Maple Leaf City broke out in a cold sweat. The City Lord of Crane City was a veteran Nascent Soul Cultivator. If he himself had just broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, then the City Lord of Crane City, unwilling to compete with a cultivator of the same stage, would leave. But now, with no Nascent Soul in the city, they will only be peacefully robbed of their spiritual energy.

“Take a good look at your city, after today, Maple Leaf City will become a normal human city.” The City Lord of Crane City sneered. Maple Leaf City was a big fat piece of meat, it would be unjust not to rob them of their spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy for those who can use it.

The City Lord of Crane City released the oppressive aura of the Nascent Soul, suppressing everyone, ready to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, to collect spiritual energy.

“A mere Nascent Soul Cultivator, not much cultivation, yet such big talk.” Qin Luan and Seven Kill Daoshi also sneered. They had made a mistake just now, and were trying to find a way to make up for it.

Qin Luan and Seven Kill Daoshi released their cultivation, revealing unmistakably that they had reached the Divine Transformation Stage.

“Down!” Qin Luan used a thunder spell, striking the City Lord of Crane City with thunder from the sky, causing him to fall from the city wall to the ground.

“Divine Transformation Stage!” The City Lord of Maple Leaf City exclaimed. It was the legendary Divine Transformation Stage.

Seven Kill Daoshi drew his sword and held it against the City Lord of Crane City’s neck: “I heard it was your Crane City that has been plundering spiritual energy from other cities?”

The City Lord of Crane City was even more shocked than the City Lord of Maple Leaf City. When had two God-transformation stage cultivators appeared in Xuanming Continent?

“Seniors, forgive me, our Crane City had no other choice.” Knowing that he was no match, the City Lord Crane City knelt to beg for mercy, revealing the whole truth, fearing that a tremble of Seven Kill Daoshi’s hand might behead him.

“The two of you have hidden your identities, possessing such inconspicuous talents. I greatly admire you. I thought that the only God-transformation stage cultivator in Xuanming Continent was True Monarch Zhu Zhu.”

“The plundering of spiritual energy by Crane City is also due to True Monarch Zhu Zhu.”

“True Monarch Zhu Zhu’s life is coming to an end. He hopes to break through to the Body Integration Realm and needs a large amount of spiritual energy to do so.”

“He didn’t have enough spiritual energy, so he ordered Cultivation Cities with Nascent Soul cultivators to surrender a certain quota of spiritual energy. If the quota is not met, he will annihilate us.”

“We at Crane City also lacked spiritual energy. For survival, we had to rob the Cultivation Cities that only had Golden Core Period cultivators.”

Qin Luan and Seven Kill Daoshi exchanged glances, then tentatively asked, “There’s no one behind True Monarch Zhu Zhu, right? There won’t be another Body Integration Realm cultivator popping out to command True Monarch Zhu Zhu or something.”

The City Lord of Crane City hastily said: “No, no, definitely not. Where does Xuanming Continent get so much spiritual energy to develop two Body Integration Realm experts?”

“Where is True Monarch Zhu Zhu?”

Upon receiving a location and direction from the City Lord of Crane City, Qin Luan and Seven Kill Daoshi flew off in that direction.

Before leaving, Seven Kill Daoshi left several sword pills for Maple Leaf City to protect themselves.

Contained within each pill was Sword Qi, with a single Sword Qi capable of killing a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Like receiving a treasure, the City Lord of Maple Leaf City quickly expressed his gratitude. The citizens, seeing that they no longer needed to sacrifice their children, also knelt and thanked them.

The two then found the declining True Monarch Zhu Zhu.

True Monarch Zhu Zhu was in a Cultivation City, demanding spiritual energy. When they did not give enough, True Monarch Zhu Zhu lost his temper, ready to destroy the city and kill its people.

The two arrived just in time, engaging in a heated fight with True Monarch Zhu Zhu.

How could True Monarch Zhu Zhu, at the end of his lifespan, possibly withstand the two, both in their prime and with extraordinary talents, potential candidates for Human Emperor?

Without any surprises, Qin Luan, armed with thunder light, and Seven Kill Daoshi, releasing Sword Qi, combined forces and killed True Monarch Zhu Zhu.

However, their moods did not improve.

Although True Monarch Zhu Zhu was dead, there were still many Nascent Soul Cultivators on the verge of life and death on the Xuanming Continent. These people, in order to break through, would also commit atrocities against humanity.

“The disaster in Xuanming Continent stems from the lack of spiritual energy, a dilemma that the two of us cannot solve. We should record this incident and report it to the Imperial Palace and let Mr. Jiang decide.”