Ninth In the World

Chapter 131: Di Jiu’s Combat Strength

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Di Jiu rushed out, his Spiritual Force sensed that a Golden Core cultivator was shadowing him. This Golden Core cultivator was accompanied by the fat manager and the fella at the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment Realm.

Di Jiu was relieved. He had been afraid that the fat man would not come out. As long as he did, he was scared of nothing.

Di Jiu had obtained many good items from the Qi Family’s Commercial Building, so he was currently wearing a full-body, supreme-grade armor. Armor was the best item to use when dealing with this kind of Beast Tide.

“What is this person trying to do?” asked the Golden Core cultivator shadowing Di Jiu when he saw Di Jiu rush out to the front line.

Although no one dared stay on the flying boat, anyone who went out was not foolish enough to rush up to the front.

“He is probably relying on his own strength to stand out,” said the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator hesitantly.

The fat manager sneered. “This guy is definitely not someone who likes to stand out...”

Then, he stopped speaking. Although he believed that Di Jiu did not like to stand out, it seemed like Di Jiu’s motive for helping Zheng Feisheng out had been to stand out. He had investigated and discovered that Di Jiu and Zheng Feisheng were not that close. They had just teamed up after meeting on the road.

“Regardless of whether he wants to stand out, let’s use this opportunity to kill him and take the corpse,” grunted the Golden Core cultivator.

Di Jiu’s motives and actions did not matter to him. He would just be easy prey for a Golden Core cultivator like him.

Di Jiu grabbed a pair of octagonal hammers and rushed to the front line. He immediately hit two Level-One Peak five-legged wolves, saving a cultivator at the perfected Qi Refinement Realm.

“Thank you, sir...” the cultivator thanked Di Jiu before leaving swiftly.

Di Jiu laughed and said arrogantly, “Anyone with a low cultivation level, move out of the way. I’m a Foundation Establishment Expert. Let me do this.”

“Yes, yes...” Everyone liked people like Di Jiu during a Beast Tide.

The Qi Refinement Realm cultivator saw Di Jiu rush into the mass of demon beasts while waving his hammers around like crazy and smashing some low-level demon beasts.

“This man is really earnest.” The Qi Refinement Realm cultivator Di Jiu had saved sighed and shook his head.

The first type of people to die in a Beast Tide were people like Di Jiu. However, it was precisely because these sort of people existed that someone would always rush to the front.

Although Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force was very powerful, he was no fool. It might look like he was killing demon beasts like crazy, but the number of demon beasts he killed was actually not high. The places where he went were mostly occupied by level-one demon beasts. He would not have headed over if there had been slightly more level-two demon beasts.

Di Jiu had read many jade slips about demon beasts, so he knew very well how to not attract the attention of high-level demon beasts, even if he went deep into a crowd of beasts. What he should not do was kill or injure too many demon beasts.

If he killed too many of them or attacked a large range of demon beasts, the high-level demon beasts would notice him quickly. Even though he was currently amid a crowd of level-one demon beasts, he was still very safe. If he used his full strength, he’d be able to clear off all the level-one demon beasts around him. The reason he did not kill them off immediately, and instead killed them off slowly one by one, was because he needed time. He was waiting for the fat manager to bring his people over to try to surround and kill him.

“Detain him! I will kill this weakling as fast as I can,” said the Golden Core cultivator beside the fat manager in a low voice when he saw that Di Jiu had been trapped by a group of level-one demon beasts.

“Alright.” The fat manager signalled to the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator by his side. The two of them rushed towards Di Jiu in a pincer attack.

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators like them might not have an easy time dealing with a big group of demon beasts. However, they were not in danger when they entered the crowd of level-one demon beasts.

Di Jiu had already used his Spiritual Force, so he had sensed that the fat manager and the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator were approaching. However, he kept frantically swinging his hammers in turns and attacking the demon beasts.

Although he did not really take the Golden Core cultivator seriously, he was slightly more concerned about him. Still, he was only a mere second-stage Golden Core cultivator. Di Jiu had killed a sixth-stage Golden Core cultivator when he had been at the fourth-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, so it should not be hard for him to deal with this Golden Core cultivator.

“Where will you hide now, punk?” The fat manager moved behind Di Jiu, unscrupulously taking out a metal hook before grabbing him.

There was no need to act cautiously at a place like this.

Meanwhile, the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator grabbed a Kun Cloud Saber ¹ and slashed in the direction of Di Jiu’s escape route.

The two of them had thought that after the fat man sneaked an attack on Di Jiu, Di Jiu would surely retreat in the opposite direction and the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would detain him.

Actually, they were not the main attacking power. That was the Golden Core cultivator that would come over when Di Jiu was detained.

Unfortunately, the two of them had overestimated themselves and underestimated Di Jiu, who did not retreat after the fat manager’s attack. Instead, the hammer in his hand transformed into a giant peak and smashed at the fat manager with a roar.

The powerful aura crushed him. The fat manager even found it difficult to breathe. He was really astonished. He had tried his best not to underestimate Di Jiu, yet he had not expected that he would not even have the ability to fight back against him.

While the hammer smashed towards him, Di Jiu would be killed by his companion. However, this was meaningless to him, as he would be killed as well. The fat manager would not benefit from this situation.

Suddenly, the fat man felt regretful. He never would have thought that Di Jiu would be so reckless. This move had put his own safety at risk.

The fat manager was a mere third-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he could not escape from that hammer, which now contained a little Gathering Peaks’ fist intent.

After smashing this hammer, Di Jiu used his other hammer to smash at the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If the Golden Core cultivator had stayed where he was, Di Jiu would have killed the fat man and the ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in a few moments.

However, the Golden Core cultivator attacked Di Jiu, who abandoned the two hammers and took out a saber with a broad blade.

As the saber aura struck, limitless saber shadows rushed at the second-stage Golden Core cultivator like waves.

The Golden Core cultivator attacking Di Jiu immediately sensed that something was amiss. Di Jiu’s limitless saber shadows split a level-one demon beast into two like paper. The saber ripples in his Spiritual Force became even more vigorous before transforming into inordinate wave ripples.

Di Jiu had not been affected by the sneak attacks of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators. The second-stage Golden Core cultivator was so terrified that he dared not underestimate Di Jiu anymore. Di Jiu was definitely not a Foundation Establishment cultivator. His true Dharma treasure was not those hammers, but the saber.

Suddenly, a pitch black flute was taken out and a scary sound echoed in the surrounding area.

Di Jiu’s saber shadow ripples shook amid this sound, as if they were about to disintegrate.

The Golden Core cultivator did not feel any joy, though. He was certain that the power of this flute was incomparable to Di Jiu’s saber shadow ripples.

The Quintessential Essence in him boiled, frantically trying to escape from the range of Di Jiu’s saber shadow attack.

Bam, bam, bam! Waves and waves of saber shadow ripples flowed over and slammed into the Golden Core cultivator. The protective layer of Quintessential Essence around the Golden Core cultivator was torn open right away.

The Golden Core cultivator let out a sigh of relief. The ripples might have created numerous wounds on his body, but they were not serious enough to take his life.

He had to flee!

This was the only thought on the Golden Core cultivator’s mind. His exchange of blows with Di Jiu had scared him. He had indeed looked down on Di Jiu. However, even if he had not, he would still have been at a disadvantage.

Crack, crack, crack! As the Golden Core cultivator let out a sigh of relief, several scary killing intents separated from the saber shadow and slammed into his body. The killing intents then rushed into him and exploded inside his body and meridians.

His bones and meridians shattered as his life-force seeped away. The Golden Core cultivator looked at Di Jiu helplessly. He had finally understood that Di Jiu was indeed a Foundation Establishment cultivator instead of a Golden Core cultivator. However, this was the first time he had seen such a frightening Foundation Establishment cultivator ever since he had started cultivating.

No, this was not right. There was actually another frightening Foundation Establishment cultivator. He suddenly recognized Di Jiu and pointed at him. “I see... You are...”

Di Jiu realized that he had been recognized as the cultivator the Qi Family was after. However, this did not matter anymore. The broad-bladed saber in his hand twisted and the cultivator’s storage bag landed in his palm right after the cultivator was killed.

Boom! Another explosion was heard. The ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator had blocked Di Jiu’s hammer after watching it smash and kill the fat manager. Then, he had seen Di Jiu’s saber chop off the head of the Golden Core cultivator who had been on their side.

They had chosen the wrong target. The ninth-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator did not care about his own injuries. He just turned frantically around with the intention of escaping.

“Are you thinking of leaving?” Di Jiu crossed over more than 10 low-level demon beasts and stopped the Foundation Establishment cultivator from escaping with a punch.

It was impossible to spare a life right now.

“Don’t attack me! I surrender! I could give you a treasure...” The Foundation Establishment cultivator was terrified. Unfortunately for him, Di Jiu’s fist move could not be stopped even if he took out the treasure he was speaking of.

Bam! The Foundation Establishment cultivator was turned into a bloody mist by Di Jiu’s fist move.