Chapter 151: A Bountiful Harvest

Hearing Qu Di's cries for help, Qu Tian immediately activated his secret technique, the Heavenly Moon Halberd.

Qu Tian let out a furious roar as an astonishing aura erupted from his entire body, and the Heavenly Moon Halberd lit up with a dazzling orange glow.

"Secret Technique - Heavenly Moon Halberd!"

A flash of surprise crossed Qin Chuan's eyes. He had not expected there to be something called a secret technique.

Qu Tian thrust the Heavenly Moon Halberd forward, his entire figure gliding toward Qin Chuan like a shooting star, resembling a streak of orange light flashing past.

"Goodness! A secret technique! I finally get to witness such a powerful secret technique."

The elite outer sect disciples let out waves of exclamations.

At this moment, Qin Chuan still had about 0.5 seconds of immunity left. He only needed two more sword strikes to finish off Qu Di, but doing so would inevitably place him within the coverage area of Qu Tian's complete secret technique.

This was clearly a multiple-choice question.

Under the state of the secret technique, Qu Tian's attack power was stacked to 200%, meaning it would generate over 4,600 points of damage. Subtracting the 5% negative effect, it would still deal over 4,370 points of damage.

Meanwhile, Qin Chuan's toughness value was only around 2,200. A single direct hit would practically result in instant death.

Facing this situation, Qin Chuan remained unhurried and calmly delivered two consecutive sword strikes, collecting Qu Di's head.

This outcome nearly caused Qu Tian to vomit blood in rage and completely stunned the elite outer sect disciples.

Qu Tian had initiated the secret technique from ten meters away, and even with the sliding distance, it would take a fraction of a second. Yet Qin Chuan managed to execute Qu Di within that brief window, completely defying everyone's expectations.

"You will pay for your ignorance with your life!"

"Prepare to die!"

With fire spewing from his eyes, Qu Tian let out a heaven-shaking roar.

"Ding! Killed..."

"Ding! Slaughter activated. Sharpness increased by 15%, speed increased by 5%, and all attributes of targets within a thirty-meter radius reduced by 15%."

"Whoosh!"

At that very moment, the Heavenly Moon Halberd had already pierced into Qin Chuan's body, only to glide right through without causing any damage whatsoever.

This result once again shocked everyone beyond belief.

"Hiss!"

"Am I seeing things?"

"He was clearly struck by such a powerful secret technique, so why is he completely unharmed?"

......

The disciples stared wide-eyed, disbelief and utter astonishment written all over their faces.

"What the hell, how is it immunity?!"

Qu Tian was so shocked he was on the verge of vomiting blood. He could not fathom for the life of him that Qin Chuan possessed an immunity effect.

Such immunity effects were only ever heard of and had never actually been witnessed by anyone.

"A miraculous spirit skill like this must have an extremely short duration. In the remaining two moves, I will tear you to shreds!"

Consumed by shock and rage, Qu Tian had not even noticed that his core attributes had dropped by 20%.

And the second move launched at that exact instant.

"Dragon Qi Guardian."

Under the shroud of the secret technique, Qin Chuan finally activated this overpowered skill, boosting his toughness value to over 4,400 within the three-second time limit.

Having triggered slaughter, Qin Chuan had become terrifying to an outrageous degree, with his sharpness value alone stacked to over 3,460.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Chuan swept his sword forward in a direct, head-on collision posture.

"What?! You're courting death!"

Qu Tian felt as though he had been provoked. Under the state of his secret technique, he was practically invincible among peers of the same rank, let alone against Qin Chuan, who was only at level 36.

Yet the ultimate result completely defied his expectations once again.

At this moment, Qu Tian's spiritual defense had dropped to over 2,400, rendering it entirely incapable of withstanding Qin Chuan's razor-sharp edge.

"Clang!"

"Ah!"

The Heavenly Moon Halberd let out a miserable shriek as the Dragon-Patterned Cold Crystal Sword nearly cleaved it in half with a single sweep, while Qin Chuan remained completely unscathed.

"Hiss!"

This was the third time the disciples had gasped in sharp intakes of breath. These "surprises" truly came one wave after another.

"This... This is impossible!"

The blow to Qu Tian this time was massive. Without even launching the third move, he staggered back a few steps in shock.

"What on earth is going on here? How did you suddenly become so formidable?"

Qin Chuan did not offer an explanation. Instead, he calmly stated, "You have already lost. Prepare to meet your end!"

"No, I haven't lost yet! Moon Halberd Chaotic Dance!"

With the two parties now less than five meters apart, Qu Tian unleashed his ultimate move in a rage, wielding the Heavenly Moon Halberd with both hands to whip up a dazzling storm of strikes.

In truth, Qu Tian's courage had already been broken; losing was now inevitable.

No matter how profound his unwillingness and reluctance might be, he could not alter this outcome.

At this moment, Qin Chuan's speed held a massive advantage. He wove through the flurry of the Heavenly Moon Halberd like a ghost.

"Courting death!"

Seeing Qin Chuan closing in right against the Heavenly Moon Halberd, Qu Tian let out an angry roar and violently slammed the halberd into the ground, fully activating his crowd-control spirit skill.

His ultimate move consisted of two control phases: the chaotic dance phase could inflict dizziness upon hitting a target, and the final ground slam produced an area-of-effect stun.

Strictly speaking, this crowd-control spirit skill was exceptionally powerful, but unfortunately, it had crossed paths with Qin Chuan.

The exact instant the halberd struck the ground and glowed with orange light, Qin Chuan immediately unleashed Body Tempering, closed the distance, and delivered a basic attack.

"Ding! Triggered a 40% deceleration effect."

"How... How is this possible?! Why does he have another immunity spirit skill?!"

Qu Tian's mental defenses completely collapsed. He could not comprehend why Qin Chuan possessed so many immunity spirit skills.

The battle had reached its conclusion; victory and defeat were decided.

Under the state of slaughter, Qin Chuan easily reaped Qu Tian's head.

"Ding! Obtained 176 merit points. Killed the sub-sect master of the Black Wind Cliff Outer Sect, additionally obtaining 352 merit points."

"Ding! Obtained 44 points of vital energy."

This battle had brought a fair bit of pressure to Qin Chuan, though it clearly had not pushed him to his limits.

The two sub-sect masters had been slain within seconds, scaring the remaining disciples until their legs turned to jelly, robbing them of even the courage to flee.

At this moment, Qin Chuan's dark hair billowed, and his eyes flashed with cold light like lightning, filled entirely with killing intent!

Thus, the outcome held no suspense whatsoever. Qin Chuan simply treated this as clearing out another wave of wild mobs.

After sweeping the battlefield for spoils, Qin Chuan hauled in three more Earth Crystals and two orange-grade spirit weapons.

Naturally, the greatest harvest was the entire jade crystal mine.

"Ding! Devouring successful, all attributes increased by 0.2%."

......

Following this devouring session, Qin Chuan's overall base attributes increased by another 20%, resulting in a bountiful harvest indeed.

His core attributes were now equivalent to those of a cultivator in their forties, all accumulated through countless ores and primal origins.

In a sense, within the Illusory Jungle, Qin Chuan had inherited the "legacy" left behind by Xi Ruo.

It was precisely because of this that the current Qin Chuan had been forged, unknowingly becoming the hope of the Spirit Realm.

Shortly after, Qin Chuan located the imprisonment array deep underground. Another round of devouring commenced, and his experience points began to skyrocket.

After consuming three Earth Crystals, Qin Chuan was on the verge of evolving once more.

"Hmm, these Earth Crystals really are marvelous things. I wonder how many Earth Crystals are stored in the Black Wind Cliff treasury."

Qin Chuan had not abandoned his plan to raid the Black Wind Cliff treasury, though achieving such a grandiose goal would be exceptionally difficult.

While two Swift Spirit Leopard legions conducted searches, Qin Chuan effortlessly cleared out two more sub-sects, smoothly advancing to level 37 while undergoing another evolution.

Sharpness: 1030 + 1648 (160%) + 515 (50%) = 3190+
Toughness: 943 + 1178.75 (125%) + 282.9 (30%) = 2400+
Speed: 902 + 1127.5 (125%) + 360.8 (40%) = 2390+
Merit Points: 342,800
Vital Energy: 102,600
Slaughter Value: 27,620/40,000
Evolution Points: 47.428 billion/107.696 billion
Experience Points: 0.96 trillion/3.4 trillion

Up to this point, Qin Chuan had raided five sub-sects without encountering any truly formidable opponents.

This was certainly not because Black Wind Cliff's strength was lacking, but rather because Qin Chuan was simply too powerful in these regions.

Although these opponents were ordinary, Qin Chuan still decided to continue purging the sub-sects, as Dragon Soul Crystals were immensely useful to both himself and Long Ao.

At this moment, Long Ao chimed in with some excitement, "Master, I feel a bit recovered. If we gather a bit more dragon qi, I should be able to provide you with a passive skill."

"Oh, that's fantastic. Let's seize the time and continue our sweep."