The Legend of Min Hong

Chapter 444: Dead!?

"I will make sure I rip your guts out and send your empty husk of a body down to the abyss of the netherworld!"

Gu Ming bellowed as he looked over to the 160 some Peak Nascent Soul experts who were now laying lifelessly on the ground around him, with expressions that struck fear into Gu Ming himself

Some had eyes wide in horror, some corpse were so shriveled their bones could turn to dust upon the slightest contact

Some had nothing left other than the charred image of their bodies before they were vaporized by the blood red bolts of lightning

For someone as strong and experienced as Gu Ming, he was only able to account for the cause of death of about10 percent of all the dead experts, as for the rest, he couldn't even get the slightest inkling of how they were killed, and that greatly scared him

Partly because the person who had done this sounded like a little kid, and the stubborn idea that he might have a father, bodyguard or elder sibling somewhere looking after him, and if the little kid was this strong, what about these aforementioned people?

"I will have to find any survivors and find out more about this little kid"

These were the sort of question that was running through Gu Ming's mind as he turned around and bolted towards the same direction he had approached from with a sense of greater urgency

About thirty minutes later, Min Hong arrived at the spot where he had told the Pirate Leader to set the flying ship

He had purposely taken as much time as possible because he wanted to ensure that no one was following him

"You guys should stay here and lay low, I will communicate any other instructions and information to you when something comes up"

The Pirate Leader nodded with a bow before Min Hong stepped out of the flying ship and Min Hong watched as a formation within the flying ship was triggered and instantly, the flying ship's color melded with his surroundings with a much greater precision that would put a chameleon and octopus to shame

Then He scanned the area and after finding no one, He looked towards a certain direction and swapped places with his clone, appearing 15 miles from his previous position in an instant as he headed for the underground hideout

"Your compatibility with the 'Nightmare Aberration' is getting better and better You could even cast it with a simple glance at your opponent"

Little Fei commented after Min Hong had covered a 60 mile distance in just 4 seconds;

"Yeah I know, but I still don't feel comfortable with the fact that I need to lock gaze with the expert before it can work"

Min Hong muttered as he glided through the night, cool sky with nonchalance and leisure

"True, and kudos Little Fei for the blood red lightning ability It was really easy to use and very powerful as well" Daniel chipped in;

"I don't think it is too powerful because you can only kill experts below your total battle power with it, anyone on equal battle power would simply receive a little damage, and it won't be fast enough to touch an expert stronger than your total battle prowess"

Little Fei added as Min Hong drifted through the darkening night sky

"Furthermore, we manage to only spend 10 percent of our energy on the battle, and though it was because all those experts total battle prowess were only at the Peak Nascent Soul level, otherwise, I might have had to spend more" Min Hong added;

"Yeah, but don't forget you were also using only half your strength to power your attacks, otherwise, we could have ravaged them like hungry wolves amongst a herd of sheep"

Daniel consoled with a smiling tone as Min Hong began to slow down slightly;

"You guys have noticed it right?"

Min Hong asked and Daniel and Little Fei responded with their intents as the trio entered a vigilant mode

Min Hong looked around, and what he had earlier thought was the darkening sky ended up being pitch black smoke that started out as a simple mist, but had now turned into plumes of smoke that were hindering Min Hong's vision

He activated his 'Savvy Domain' technique but was stunned to realize that the span the technique covered which was his range of spirit sense had been drastically reduced, and he was barely able to see or sense anything further than half a kilometer away from him, and this greatly alarmed Min Hong

This was the first time in his life that Min Hong had been in a life threatening disadvantage, and he could do nothing about it

But just as he was scanning the area around him, Min Hong whipped out Little Lin and Little Bing, as they took his flanks, protecting him from both sides, and before long, Min Hong had transformed and released all his power before peaking at a 7 Start Nirvana/Samsara stage battle power due to the influence of the boos that came from both staffs

He unlocked every shred of power, technique and ability he had as his ears picked a subtle interference in the energies around him, and this was due to the fact that his 'Clairvoyant' ability had been triggered, and Min Hong's spiritual sense had been made extremely sensitive

When he intercepted this ripple, he heard;

"Third Formation Activate Xi Tai Battle Link!"

"Spirit Sense!?" Min Hong's brows shot up in surprise;

"Did I just intercept a spirit transmission?" Just as his thoughts began to stray, Little Fei bellowed;

"The mists around you is distracting your thoughts! Stay focused!"

"Behind you!" Daniel bellowed, but Min Hong was just too late;

Bang!

Kacha!

Blergh!

Boom!

Min Hong felt something slam into him with the force of a comet, whilst sensing his spinal cord shattering into shards as he actually spat out a mouthful of blood which had chunks of his organs within them; then he was sent about 10 meters deep into the earth where he threw up another three mouthfuls of fresh blood

Creak!

Crack!

Pop!

Min Hong's regenerative capabilities kicked in instantly as he began to feel the shards of his spine that had shatter begin to heal themselves, but due to the extent of the injury, it would at least take him 5 solid days to completely heal from this attack

He had barely spent two seconds within the pit he had yet to stand up from when he saw a about three hundred concentrated basketball sized fireballs begin to rain into the hole, he tried to use his 'Omnipresence' technique, but the smoke around befuddled his sight and senses, and as a result, he was unable to select a specific destination where his clone would appear

But being as stubborn as he was, Min Hong raised up his hand before and just as he was about to summon a bit of his Qi;

Blergh!

He spat out another mouthful of blood as his life force for the first time in his life waned and flashed slightly before his eyes

Min Hong quickly brought out four eye grade spirit stone as he absorbed their energies via his left hand and summoned a 'Black Hole' with his right hand, he vigorously absorbed the energy within the spirit stones as his black hole expanded till it covered his body, but contrary to his expectation, these fireballs weren't meant to hit him, instead they began to explode at close proximity

Boom! Boom!

Bang!

Boom! Boom!

The black hole shattered and about three of these fire balls exploded on Min Hong with the power level of a Peak Nirvana/Samsara stage expert

Min Hong was totally helpless and scared

He had not even seen the person who was attacking him yet and the expert had almost ended his life with just two simple techniques; just a third attack, and Min Hong was very certain he would lose his life inside this pit he had been unable to get out of, and as if jinxing himself, Min Hong saw a blue lighting descend from the sky and streaked directly towards him

Min Hong had no time to do much as he simply wrapped Little Fei and Daniel with a portion of Spirit Sense, before launching them out of his body after covering them with Oblivion Dao aura;

Kaboom! Bang!

The human sized pit Min Hong was currently laying in war ripped apart and instantly he was blasted into nothing other than blood and gore, then about five minutes later, a miniature Dao Tree with about eight different branches protruding out of it floated out of the rocks and debris where Min Hong previously was

Then in just two seconds, two experts appeared at the pit as they stared at the miniature Dao Tree in awe;

"This kid is one super talented monster!" One of the two experts who was a very old man with skinny appearance, long white hair and grey colored beards exclaimed in a hoarse voice

He already looked 75 in terms of physical appearance, and one didn't need to think too much to predict his real ages; he was truly an old ghost

"Yeah, another one bites the dust" The second expert who was much younger than the first one added;

"It's a real pity 7 Star Nascent Soul stage at such a tender age He makes me want to spank all the younger generations in my clan" 

"Yeah, they only know how to raise their shoulders, brag and bully others whenever they move half an inch on the path of cultivation Aiyoo, only Huoyi knows what our younger generations are turning into"

"But how come he doesn't have a Dao Tree?" The much younger figure who was wearing a sky blue robe asked once again....

The old expert also looked at Min Hong's mangled body with befuddled expression;

"Xi Kong, I think the Kirin dragon must have shattered his Dao Tree."

"I don't think so Old Man Bai; otherwise, how would we explain a 7 Star Nascent Soul stage expert possessing a Peak Saint Stage battle prowess?" Xi Kong asked with a befuddled but curious frown...