Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 652: The Tribulation of the Weapon Refiner

"Hahaha, so it's you, Fellow Daoist Yuan Changting!"

Qi Wuhui had indeed left seclusion. Seeing it was an old friend, a smile appeared on his face.

Yuan Changting, who had originally been agitated, calmed down immediately upon seeing Qi Wuhui, beaming as he said, "Haha, Elder Qi, I've come to disturb you. I hope you don't mind?"

"Haha, I'd be delighted if you came looking for me!" Qi Wuhui paused, then added, "However, if you're here for artifact refining, you'll need to queue up. I can help you jump the line, but you'll still have to wait quite a while!"

"It's not about artifact refining," Yuan Changting shook his head.

"Oh? Not about refining?" Qi Wuhui became somewhat curious.

Yuan Changting glanced at the attendant.

Qi Wuhui waved a hand.

The attendant tactfully walked out of the main hall and very cooperatively closed the main door.

Yuan Changting then took out a pagoda treasure. It was a sixty-rank True-Grade Dominator Artifact of the sealing-suppression type, possessing powerful sealing functions that could isolate the inside from the outside, preventing information leaks.

Qi Wuhui didn't think much of it. Instead, he became interested in what Yuan Changting wanted to say. What matter was so important that it required using a Dominator Artifact for isolation?

"Elder Qi, have you heard of a Nothingness Dominator?" Yuan Changting asked with a slight smile.

Qi Wuhui was slightly taken aback and said, "Nothingness Dominator? You're referring to... the Scavengers?"

He suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

"Yes and no!" Yuan Changting shook his head. "Those mindless Scavengers can't be called Nothingness Dominators. Only cultivators who can independently control Nothingness Power and are unaffected by it can be called Nothingness Dominators!"

Qi Wuhui frowned. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Changting, what exactly are you trying to say?"

A faint glow of treasure light began to emanate from his body.

"Hehe, Elder Qi, as you know, the cultivation of a Chaos Dominator has an upper limit. I wonder, what is your upper limit? Is your Dao foundation sufficient to support it?" Yuan Changting inquired.

Qi Wuhui fell silent for a moment. He vaguely guessed something but still said, "My foundation is fairly decent. The upper limit is ninety-four ranks."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Changting's expression stiffened.

He lowered his voice and said, "Even if it's ninety-four ranks, you're still six ranks short of one hundred. When the time comes, Elder Qi, what will you do then?"

"I have a path here that can help you break through your cultivation limit. As long as you..."

"Silence! Have you gone mad?" Qi Wuhui's expression turned severe, and numerous treasure lights erupted from his body.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Qi doesn't wish to listen!"

Yuan Changting sighed, then pointed to the small pagoda above his head. "This is your masterpiece, the pinnacle of your work. How effective its suppression effect is, you should be well aware!"

He checked the time and said, "Time is almost up. I'll give you ten breaths to choose! Join us, avoid death, and you can even gain many benefits. Most importantly, you can break through your cultivation limit!"

Qi Wuhui's face darkened completely. He never imagined that his old friend of many years, Yuan Changting, had long since become a lackey of the Scavengers. Did he not know that the Scavengers' minds were abnormal? How effective could their promises possibly be?

As far as he knew, the Scavenger leader outside the Second Frontline was also stuck at the seventy-two-rank realm. Such an obvious flaw, and he couldn't see it?

Unwilling to be captured without a fight, Qi Wuhui immediately began to struggle.

Countless treasures emerged from his body, intending to break the pagoda's restrictions.

However, Qi Wuhui discovered to his despair that the sealing-suppression pagoda he had forged was simply too powerful. It directly suppressed his strength to one ten-thousandth of its original level.

"This pagoda of yours is not right!" Qi Wuhui frowned.

"Hahaha, can't figure it out, Elder Qi? I had your pagoda strengthened by a Nothingness Dominator using Dominator Artifact essence. It has already reached the Saint-Grade! Hahaha!"

Yuan Changting laughed heartily.

"Forget it. Since you're unwilling to surrender, just stay suppressed!"

Yuan Changting checked the time, then acted without hesitation!

The small pagoda instantly emitted a faint light. Qi Wuhui was almost instantly suppressed into the pagoda, utterly powerless to resist.

At the same time.

Across all the cities of the Second Frontline, a series of assassination operations targeting artificers instantly commenced!

On the street, around an Artifact Refining Master who was casually strolling, suddenly, a full seven Chaos Dominators launched a surprise attack, assaulting this Artifact Refining Master.

The Artifact Refining Master's defensive measures automatically activated, blocking one wave of damage. Then, another seven Chaos Dominators struck, breaking through the artificer's defenses and tearing his body apart.

Nothingness Power struck the Artifact Refining Master's origin, completely erasing him!

Immediately after, the fourteen Chaos Dominators self-destructed!

The terrifying power of the self-destruction instantly covered an entire street. A large number of Chaos Dominators, caught off guard, suffered injuries ranging from light to severe. Some unlucky souls even perished as a result.

"What happened?"

"Run!"

"Someone's attacking in the streets!"

"My stall! It's ruined!"

Chaos instantly erupted in various parts of the Second Frontline.

The artificers were instantly hit hard!

"How dare you!"

A thunderous shout resonated throughout the Second Frontline!

Every city, without exception, instantly entered a state of temporal and spatial stagnation!

Everyone froze, unable to move!

The Chaos Dominators who were committing the atrocities revealed looks of terror in their eyes, with pleas for mercy overflowing.

But by this time, it was already too late!

The Second Speaker took decisive action!

Utilizing the arrays within the cities, he instantly suppressed all the cities across the Second Frontline.

The chaos ceased instantly!

"Traitors, fall forever into the Nether Prison!"

All the cultivators who were committing atrocities and hadn't self-destructed in time were instantly pulled into the Alliance's prisons.

They would suffer endless torment.

However, many still managed to self-destruct successfully and escape danger.

Or they fled immediately after succeeding in their attacks.

And at the exact moment the Second Speaker acted.

The First Speaker, the Third Speaker, and the Fifth Speaker materialized out of thin air at the Seventh Speaker's residence.

Combat erupted instantly!

The Seventh Speaker rushed out of his residence in a disheveled state, only to be met by the iron fist of the First Speaker, Ying Wenzheng!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A fierce battle broke out in an instant!

The Seventh Speaker didn't even get a chance to explain before being violently besieged!

"Damn it!" The Seventh Speaker never expected that he had been exposed.

He clearly hadn't done anything, just sent out a message. How could they have instantly pinpointed him!

"Escape!"

The Seventh Speaker didn't dare to prolong the fight and immediately planned to flee.

Suddenly.

"Confinement Array, rise!"

The Third Speaker immediately shouted.

Outside the Seventh Speaker's residence, a hidden super-large array activated, sealing and suppressing the Seventh Speaker.

The Seventh Speaker's pupils constricted. "You knew all along?"

He sighed. "Since that's the case, I can only abandon this Avatar."