Chapter 196
Safe
The sect master heaved a sigh of relief. When he had crushed the token to summon the elders, it had also sent a signal to the ancestor. He hadn’t been sure if the ancestor was in the middle of cultivating.
If the ancestor was busy, then he wouldn’t have been able to summon him no matter how hard he tried. Luckily, the ancestor wasn’t busy. Maybe he would survive long enough for the distress signal to reach the imperial forces.
Chu Shen could sense the enormous amount of soul energy flowing from behind the sect master. In that direction was a man standing in midair. A platform of earth was floating beneath him.
“They kidnapped my mom. I don’t care if it is honorable or not, I’m killing them.” Chu Shen answered the man, his voice cold.
The ancestor turned towards the sect master. “Is this true?” His voice showed his anger.
The sect master bowed. “I’m sorry, sir. I myself wouldn’t fall to such despicable acts, but there were circ.u.mstances. His mom has the wood element. There is no way we could possibly miss this opportunity.”
The ancestor frowned. “If she has the wood element, then why didn’t you convince her to come? Use our resources and wealth to tempt her, not kidnap her.”
The sect master shook his head. “Her name is Chu Lai and she belongs to the Chu Sect.”
The ancestor sighed. “I see. Then you really did have no choice.” He turned towards Chu Shen. “I’m sorry, young man, but I can’t release your mom. I can promise you that she will not be mistreated though, and she will receive the best care possible.”
Chu Shen didn’t say anything for a while. “You know, I don’t hate you as much. I think I’ll spare you if you move now. However, everyone that kidnapped my mom MUST DIE!”
Chu Shen dashed forward towards the sect master, his hammer raised. “IMPUDENT!” The thunderous voice rang out as a universe appeared in front of Chu Shen. The soul energy from the universe pressed down on his body and soul, or at least, it tried.
Chu Shen’s domain exploded outwards, absorbing the soul energy of the ancestor. His hammer was unleashed on the sect master. Streams of water shot at Chu Shen from the sect master and multiple shields of water appeared in front of him.
Chu Shen’s hammer started vibrating. The water streams and shields of water started to dissolve from the void Qi. The water shields were stacked upon one another, allowing two of the twelve to survive long enough to impact the hammer.
The hammer smashed through the shields but it slowed down noticeably. Using that, the sect master lunged forward, a rapier appearing in his hand. Black armor appeared around Chu Shen and started vibrating.
The rapier stabbed Chu Shen’s armor. The sect master grinned fiercely, but then he paled. A vibrational force traveled from the rapier into his body, destroying his internal organs. Just like the elder from before, he coughed up blood before dying, his corpse falling to the ground.
Chu Shen turned towards the ancestor. His universe appeared around the ancestor, causing him to fall to his knees. Chu Shen dashed up beside him, his hammer falling down.
The ancestor took a deep breath before a gravity field manifested around him. Chu Shen dipped downwards, his hammer missing the ancestor. Adjusting to the gravity, Chu Shen took off the ancestor again. Suddenly, the gravity disappeared, causing Chu Shen to completely miss the ancestor and fly up into the air uncontrollably.
Gravity fluctuated rapidly, sometimes light, sometimes heavy. Chu Shen tried to adjust, but he simply couldn’t do it. His domain had been activated, but there appeared to nothing to absorb.
Frustrated, Chu Shen managed to face the ancestor who was still kneeling from the pressure of Chu Shen’s soul domain. He unleashed a blast of pure Qi, not forgetting to cause the Qi to vibrate as he did so.
The ancestor paled. He tried to form a shield of earth, but the pressure from the soul domain interrupted him. The ancestor tried to use soul energy, but it was absorbed by the universe surrounding him. There was no way for him to survive this.
Just like the past three victims of Chu Shen, the ancestor’s internal organs were turned to liquid. His body fell as blood streamed from his mouth. Chu Shen stared at the body as it fell.
Below him, many students of the Blazing Tiger Sect stared upwards. Horrified expressions were on their faces. A couple of them were desperately trying to flee, but most of them understood that they couldn’t possibly escape if Chu Shen didn’t want them to.
The Blazing Tiger Flaming Mirror formation had been taken down when the elders left the wall. Chrissa, Lucas, and Aslo all appeared beside Chu Shen. Lucas looked down at the people below them. “What will you do Chu Shen?”
Chu Shen sighed. “I can’t kill the innocent. The elders, the sect master, and everyone else that knew about the plot to kidnap my mom are dead. Now I just need to rescue her. Besides, the Blazing Tiger Sect doesn’t have any powerhouses now. It is destined to disappear from this world.”
Lucas nodded. “Good. Let us help you get your mom, then. If we don’t kill the guards right away, the might try to threaten your mom. My lasers make it easier for us to kill them instantly without alerting anyone else.”
Chu Shen nodded. “I’ll leave it to you, Lucas.”
The prison had only a few guards, and a series of formations. The security was lax due to the prisoners always being sealed. Also, who would attack the prison?
The guards didn’t even know what had happened when focused beams of red light shot silently into their skulls. Lasers were very inefficient in the atmosphere due to the scattering of photons. However, the one thing Lucas wasn’t lacking in was power, and that made up the difference.
Chu Shen flew into the prison, casually shattering the metal bars that held his mother. Chu Lai had tears streaming down her face as Chu Shen walked into the cell. She hugged him, desperately clinging to him. She knew how tough it must have been to rescue her, yet he didn’t hesitate.
“Don’t worry, mom.” Chu Shen whispered in her ear. “You’re safe now. Dad’s been avenged, and they won’t be hunting you down anymore.”
He pulled away from her embrace. “Come on, mom. Let’s go home.”