Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile

It had been a month since Zhi Qiang had been planning to kill Ye Chen. No matter what, he couldn't swallow a Qi-gathering cultivator destroying his fame, status, and everything.

In the end he even went so far as to borrow a cursed sword that boosted his cultivation to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. With all this, he needed only the right opportunity, and it was right now, with Ye Chen being a distance away from powerful cultivators.

There was no way anyone could have the time to save him.

Thinking of this, Zhi Qiang's lips curled into a cruel smile, and he started to imagine despair on Ye Chen's face.

A pity he was attacking from behind so he couldn't see his expression.

"Watch out!" Lu Changhe shouted as he rushed to save Ye Chen.

There were also Su Qiming, Wei Sun, and others, but how could the heretical and fallen sect elders let them do as they wished? Furthermore, even if they acted with all of their strength, it was too late, as the cursed sword was just a few inches away from piercing Ye Chen's skull.

"Die!!!"

Zhi Qiang roared with killing intent, thrusting the cursed sword with full power, making sure that Ye Chen would die in one strike and even his soul would be annihilated.

But just as the sword neared—

Swoosh!

A terrifying aura erupted from Ye Chen, halting the sword an inch away.

It trembled and screamed violently with a vile aura; however, no matter what, the sword refused to move forward.

"H-how is this possible?!" Zhi Qiang exclaimed with a shock.

Meanwhile, Li Mei and Su Ying hurriedly suppressed their special physique. They had almost acted with their full power and let everyone know they possessed a special physique. Fortunately, Zhen Yunqi was here and hid their auras with a formation long ago. She, after all, got a reminder from Ye Chen and knowing his real identity, she did not worry too much about Zhi Qiang's sneak attack.

As for reminding Li Mei and others? The opportunity to face such a situation was not so easy, especially after knowing he will be fine no matter what so, like Ye Chen, she did not relieve their worries.

"Hahaha! It's been a long time since I breathed fresh air like this," Ye Chen laughed manically, his blood-red pupils turning into chilling violet.

'What the hell are you laughing at? Go get to work,' Ye Chen, who was inside the sea of consciousness, rolled his eyes.

The one who now controlled his body was azure dragon and it also stopped the attack of Zhi Qiang just now. Ye Chen had already discussed this plan beforehand and although the azure dragon did not have any cultivation, the power hidden within the Divine Azure Dragon Blood Essence was enough to erupt with strength comparable to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Ye Chen did have other methods, such as the death talisman he got from the spatial ring of the seventh saint. However, when he thought of how raging the divine blood essence was, he decided to weaken it through the azure dragon, which would make the suppression easy, and he did not have to worry about losing control.

There was a loss of divinity when doing this, but it was only temporary. If not, no matter how hard it was to suppress it, Ye Chen will never use it in such a way.

"I get it. I get it. You want me to kill everyone here, right? Then, let me start doing it." Ye Chen or rather azure dragon, cracked its knuckles as it looked at heretical disciples.

After which it turned to look at dumbfounded Zhi Qiang.

"What kind of trash nascent soul cultivator are you? You need help and a boost in cultivation just to kill a Qi-gathering cultivator? I had never seen trash like you in millions of years," the azure dragon stated disdainfully.

"W-who are you?" Zhi Qiang inquired with an ugly look.

He really wanted to run away after sensing the powerful aura, but the space was sealed, leaving no way to back out.

"Who am I? Are you even worthy of knowing it?" The azure dragon sneered with killing intent.

Zhi Qiang's expression changed at this and before he could do something, a powerful kick landed on his face.

Crack!

There was the sound of breaking bones and then boom! His figure blasted back like a bullet, breaking the trees in the way.

"Retreat!" Mo Tianji's expression became ugly at this and he hurriedly commanded.

But how could the mere Qi-condensation and foundation establishment cultivators escape?

The azure dragon brandished the spear and went on a full massacre, cutting every disciple into tiny pieces with unimaginable speed.

"Argghhh, help!"

"P-please don't kill me."

"Elders, save us from the demon!"

The heretical disciples could only shout with despair, especially since their soul and blood essence were also being extracted.

"Lu Changhe, did you see?! Ye Chen is raising a bloodthirsty demon in his body. Let's work together and kill him now!" Mo Tianji shouted; his eyes filled with murderous intent as he saw heretical disciples getting dismembered one by one.

Hearing him, Lu Changhe could not help but frown. He did not know about Ye Chen, but from the actions of extracting soul and blood essence, he could not help but link it with the evil techniques.

To be sure, he decided to inquire Su Qiming and others, but they did not even bother to reply. They were, after all, not optimistic about the royal family and did not want to meddle in the fight for the throne.

Moreover, they had no idea what Ye Chen was doing. However, they were sure he would not be training any vile techniques; if he were, Wei Sun would be the first one to act.

"Master, what's happening to senior brother?" Li Mei inquired with a worried look as she saw the unrecognizable Ye Chen.

Lan Ming and others were also worried about him and turned to look at her.

"I don't know but he will be fine," Zhen Yunqi replied and cursed Ye Chen in her heart a thousand times for not explaining to her.

'This brat sure knows how to make these cute girls worried,' she thought with an unhappy look.

"What are you thinking? Let's kill that demon! If you don't want to, then let us heretical sect do it!" Mo Tianji lost patience as only forty percent of disciples remained alive.

If not for the fact that azure dragon was killing them slowly on purpose, there might not even be ten percent left. He really wanted to go and stop this massacre, but Lu Changhe and others did not budge.

"Humph, don't call him a demon just because he is killing your vile disciples," Lu Changhe snorted.

Just now he had received a sound transmission from Ji Feng, and he said to support Ye Chen no matter what. Not to mention even if he did not receive such words, he won't take action at least until Ye Chen is done killing heretical sect disciples.

There were also fallen sect disciples, but they were already retreating.

"You! Die!!!" Mo Tianji could not control his anger further and burst out with full strength.

However, the righteous sect elders were not some vegetarians; they also used their full power with the intention of stalling them.

If there was anyone unhappy with this, then they were elders from the Flame Dragon Sect and the butler of Eighth Prince Xi Yanzhou. They, after all, did not want to see Ye Chen alive but they did not dare to play any tricks here because if someone found out, they would be dead.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Just as they were fighting, the azure dragon continued to kill; however, not everyone, especially the ones who were marked with the hidden talismans, were still alive, and on the instructions of Ye Chen, it let them escape.

'Boy, at least let me kill that nascent soul cultivator!' The azure dragon was dissatisfied because Zhi Qiang was still alive.

'No, let him live. He will be useful later. Just make sure he can't escape, and no one kills him,' Ye Chen chuckled faintly as he extracted the blood essence and soul.

He was really happy now because just by killing two hundred heretical disciples, he had gained more than half a million coins. The amount was not too much but compared to how he had to kill thousands of beasts and fight for a whole day, this amount was really good.

'Che~ I will let him live then,' The azure dragon muttered with dissatisfaction and focused its gaze on running fallen sect disciples.

Their number was as large as the heretical ones and although it did not know Ye Chen's reason behind extracting blood essence, it decided to lend a hand.

But just as the azure dragon was about to attack them, a few people in black cloaks suddenly appeared in the void with chilling ice-blue chains in their hands.

"Heaven-Freezing Soul Lock!" They roared together.