The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Qin Hao watched the scene with shock, a chill filling his heart. To think that just because of some noise, he would kill his own subordinate disciple.

But he could no longer afford to be shocked.

He knew he was no match for his adversary!

Reaching behind him, he frantically pinched at his magic formulas, wanting to leave a message for Su Qi to run away fast!

To have one person survive was enough!

And he himself... would do everything in his power to delay them!

"Besides you, there's another rat..." The Immortal Master squinted his eyes, looking into the distance, "Really reckless, daring to break into my warehouse."

He spoke softly, "I've always been the one to plunder others, and yet someone has set their sights on my goods."

The Spirit Stone Veins seemed to be emitting overflowing spiritual power.

That was good stuff.

It had not been easy for him to mine a vein, which could sell in the Present World for tens of millions of Spirit Coins, and it was priceless at that.

Of course, what was more important, he wanted to leave it for that Venerable, to establish a stronger relationship with them.

And at this moment...

"It's time for you to depart."

The Immortal Master calmly looked at Qin Hao, his lips moved slightly, and behind him, the Flying Shuttle with a tail of red light zipped through the air with lightning speed.

"Crack!"

The Flying Shuttle pierced directly through the center of Qin Hao's forehead.

But the very next moment...

The Immortal Master exclaimed in surprise because the image of Qin Hao in front of him was merely an afterimage made of mist.

"Forgot, there's also the clone technique."

And the real Qin Hao was already running madly along the shattered path, the wind bolstering his speed, his eyes full of dread.

That Flying Shuttle from just a moment ago, if he truly had been standing there, would have given him no time to react.

This further emphasized the vast power disparity between him and the Immortal Master, proving that the gap between Early-stage Golden Core and Golden Core Perfection was indeed difficult to bridge!

"Click." The Immortal Master clicked his tongue, a hint of admiration in his eyes, "Such amazing strength, each spell is like a trait, it's just a pity that outsiders simply can't cultivate them, these secrets... will only be kept for that Venerable."

The Flying Shuttle danced around the Immortal Master, following his whistles, then rapidly crossed through the air, spanning hundreds, thousands of meters, without losing any speed, the red light piercing straight towards Qin Hao's figure.

"Old thief, I'll fight you!" Seeing he could not avoid it, Qin Hao, with his eyesight locked by the energy, roared in rage with eyes bloodshot, and expanded the spell in his hand to thirty centimeters.

A blue-white pattern formed, releasing all the spiritual power in a burst!

The Immortal Master, without a word, watched with an indifferent gaze that seemed to be looking at an ant, the sharp, lightning-fast Flying Shuttle broke through everything!

And just at that moment!

The ground shook violently!

The entire Heavenly Mountain roared!

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The Immortal Master narrowed his eyes, looking down at the ground as cracks started to appear beneath his feet, as if the underground had been hollowed out and was collapsing.

The cracks grew larger, and visible gorges formed, with large amounts of rocks and soil falling downward.

Qin Hao did not know what had happened, but he immediately noticed a change in the Immortal Master's expression.

It became colder, filled with murderous intent.

"...Spirit Stone Veins!"

He held a massive Spirit Stone Vein in his hand, deeply buried under Heavenly Mountain, and such a collapse could only mean that there was trouble with the Spirit Stone Vein!

But as the collapse became more extensive and the shaking more violent...

The Immortal Master's expression became even uglier, with lots of dull stones breaking out from within the vast gorges.

They were all Spirit Stones drained of energy and spiritual power, and once the energy drained away, these would turn into ordinary broken rocks and additionally...

With a stomp of the Immortal Master's foot, they turned into fragile powder.

"Another rat, daring to touch my Spirit Stone Veins."

His eyes were cold, and his killing intent suffused the air.

Although the Spirit Stone Veins were vast beyond measure, underpinning the whole Heavenly Mountain, enough for tens of thousands of people to use for a year.

But he would not allow anyone to touch his belongings.

"Boom!"

Another thunderous boom sounded, and this time the Immortal Master's face turned even grimmer, as hundreds of dull Spirit Stones were flung out.

This meant that the little rat didn't just nibble on an insignificant corner of the iceberg, but had taken a vicious bite.

And Qin Hao was also astonished.

He knew that Su Qi had gone after the Spirit Stones, seemingly to recover his own strength, but...

Hundreds of Spirit Stones had their spiritual power sucked away?

How was that possible?

Ordinary Cultivators couldn't possibly draw in too much spiritual power, because it was easy to burst their meridians and be driven to madness.

More than a dozen is typically the limit for Cultivators at Late-stage Golden Core, but hundreds... seemed a bit excessive.

However.

The next moment.

"Bang bang bang!"

The entire area around Heavenly Mountain experienced widespread collapses, with numerous cracks, causing the Immortal Master's pupils to narrow!

And at the same time, there were a great number of... a tsunami-like outpouring of dull Spirit Stones surging out!

Like a rain of dull Spirit Stones!

They shot high into the sky in a vast fall!

And the Immortal Master's eyelids twitched violently, his face turning ashen as he looked below... the thousands of kilometers of Spirit Stone Veins had turned dull and crumbled into rubble, their spiritual power completely depleted within!

His eyes widened, and he let out a thunderous roar, "Where is my Spirit Stone Vein?!"

All drained!

How was this possible!!

What in the world was happening! Such a massive Spirit Stone Vein!!!! How could it just be that simply drained!

And with it appeared a figure, Su Qi's form standing on the crumbling Spirit Stone Vein, casually dodging all the swiftly shooting rubble!