Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 125: Terrifying

Jiang Hao know which house belong to whom, so he knew which house he was going to get. He went there and placed his hands on the barrier.

Others became stunned—it was the house of the leader of the Azure Sky Sect.

"Oh my, looks like someone thinks you are worthless and weak."

It was said by the woman of the Ethereal Sect.

Basically, in this mission, the leader of the groups formed inside the inheritance site was decided by the battle strength rankings they held in their respective sects.

The man from the Azure Sky Sect didn’t react to her but looked towards Jiang Hao. He was given a message by the main consciousness directly inside his mind about someone issuing him a challenge. He had two minutes to accept the challenge; if he didn’t, then ownership of the house would be passed to Jiang Hao.

He was weighing his options. Jing Tian had called this guy senior—was it fake or not? Did they do it just to obtain a house easily by instilling fear?

He knew that others were watching. If he gave up again, then his reputation along with that of his sect would fall in the eyes of others, and that was totally unacceptable.

Forget it—he had a lot of life-saving methods. He could prolong the fight if things didn’t go his way.

"I accept."

Immediately, a message entered Jiang Hao’s mind.

"Challenge has been accepted."

Just a little distance away from the house, an arena appeared. It was completely made up of array formations.

It was arena for the dual. Jiang Hao moved towards it.

He arrived near it and entered. The leader of the Azure Sky Sect followed and entered as well. He was alone, as he didn’t have any spirit beast. The arena closed on all sides with protective shields. It was quite spacious.

One of the cultivators, a woman from the Azure Sky Sect, looked at Jing Tian and said,

"Looks like your senior’s plan didn’t work. Did he dig his own grave?"

Jing Tian got annoyed at hearing the word ’senior,’ but spoke calmly.

"We’ll see."

He wasn’t sure how strong Jiang Hao was. If the thing that scared Baofeng was a trick and Jiang Hao was truly weak, then he was done for. But if he really won, then there might be more to what Baofeng felt than mere illusion.

Jiang Hao tapped the arena to test its hardness. From the strength it was emitting, it was definitely Grade 4 in durability—not to mention, it was at the peak of Grade 4. It would certainly be able to withstand their attacks.

The problem was—should he use the Nihility Sphere or not? Would seeing it in action allow the cultivators of the Blazing Sect to connect the dots?

He shook his head internally. It didn’t matter if they did—it wouldn’t change anything.

Just as he was thinking, a number appeared in the middle of the arena. It was "3"—looks like it would be some sort of countdown. As expected, it changed to 2, then 1, and finally 0. Then the word "Commence" appeared in its place.

Jiang Hao looked towards his opponent, who had brought out a spear. It was the first time he had seen someone wield one, but it didn’t matter.

Before anyone could become excited about witnessing a duel, they saw a blur—and Jiang Hao was standing in front of the leader. Not only was he standing there, but his hand was extended and was deeply embedded inside the chest of the Azure Sky Sect’s leader.

Jiang Hao slowly pulled out his hand, and it was holding a still-beating heart. Jiang Hao looked at it calmly and spoke.

"Just checking if there’s anything different about a righteous heart—but looks like I have to be little disappointed. It’s darker than my expectations."

There was only utter despair in the eyes of the leader. He didn’t know what had happened. Before his body felt cold and stopped responding, he could even see his own heart slowly stop beating in Jiang Hao’s hand.

The people became stunned—then terrified. The most terrified was the man who had mocked Jiang Hao outside the gate. He was trembling. He decided on the spot not to leave this safe zone even by mistake.

Jing Tian himself was terrified, along with the group of cultivators from both sects. They could only see a blur, nothing else, it was totally beyond their perceptions.

That speed was too fast. What kind of speed was that? Was that even possible for a Core Formation realm cultivator?

In front of him, all their protection methods were useless. They had to be able to infuse their qi to activate any of their defensive methods—but it was impossible with Jiang Hao as their opponent.

There was pin-drop silence everywhere. Jing Tian finally understood one thing—the fear Baofeng had felt was real. This guy didn’t use any tricks—it was his pure intent to kill that had triggered that reaction.

There was only one thought in everyone’s mind right now—who is this guy? There’s no way someone that strong is unknown to the world.

Jing Tian again started doubting if Jiang Hao was in the Soul Sea realm, but he discarded the thought himself—it would be equal to doubting the main consciousness itself.

He sighed and looked toward his junior sister, who seemed to be just as shocked as the others.

He flicked her forehead to bring her out of her stupor and said,

"Now you understand why I was calling him senior. I think you should start doing the same, junior sister."

Yu Yan nodded absentmindedly. She also had fear in her heart. They had been traveling with this man—and it had been outside the safe zone. Given his strength, he could have easily killed them all. Not to mention, she was quite beautiful—top three in her sect. It wasn’t an empty title.

She trembled internally, thinking if Jiang Hao had really wanted to, she might not have been able to commit suicide on her own accord.

Jiang Hao didn’t know what thoughts others were going through, nor did he care. He threw the heart beside the leader who was already dead and picked up his storage bag and the spear. It looked of good quality, so it would definitely sell for a good amount of spirit stones.

When he looked inside, he saw a lot of spirit stones. There were some other weapons as well, along with many talismans—a literal multitude.

This all would really sell for a good amount. He decided—he wouldn’t use the Nihility Sphere on the cultivators of these two sects, if possible. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to get their storage bags.

But there was a problem now—would they even accept his challenges anymore? Should he have held back? Forget it—he would remember that for next time.

The real problem would be if these people decided not to leave this safe zone at all now. Well, let’s see what happens.

The sky was already getting dark as the sun had set. He decided to check out the house.

He jumped off the arena and moved towards the house. Two cultivators of the Azure Sky Sect were in his way, but they immediately stepped aside. Jiang Hao could hear their teeth grinding.

He arrived at the house and crossed the gate. The barrier didn’t stop him and he easily went inside. freewebnøvel.com

Finally, seeing him enter, others took a cold breath. They didn’t even know why they had been holding their own breath—were they afraid it would trigger him?

"Let’s go, junior sister. You should rest tonight. We will meet tomorrow. Don’t worry, that gu—I mean, senior—isn’t a bad person... well, as long as you don’t annoy him."

Yu Yan nodded. The fact that they were still alive was the greatest proof that Jiang Hao wasn’t a bad person.

She sighed and entered her house, while Jing Tian took a last glance at Jiang Hao’s house and went inside. He thought of something but didn’t know whether he should verify it or not.

He now genuinely feared Jiang Hao. He smiled wearily and shook his head.

Similar to him, some of the cultivators from both sects looked at each other. They too had thought of something.

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The interior of the house was simple, with a single stone bed in the middle. The whole bed and the walls of the house were inscribed with a spirit gathering array.

Jiang Hao took out everything from the storage bag and put it inside his ring.

He looked at the storage bag—it could be sold for a good amount of spirit stones too. But he wouldn’t be able to store it, so he just tied it along his belt.

He sat on the bed and immediately the spirit gathering array activated. The spirit density reached three times the original within seconds.

When he absorbed it through his physique actively, the absorption speed became even faster. The speed of cultivation was faster than even when he used spirit stones—but it wasn’t much faster, about 1.5 times his original speed.

That alone was quite something. If he closed his eyes and cultivated, since he was actively absorbing, he had to pay a little attention to it—but the circulation inside his body was still managed by his physique, so he didn’t have to concentrate much.

...

In a safe zone along the outer side of the region on the other side of the border, a similar scene had unfolded—one that had shocked everyone.