Chapter 197

Aftermath

Chu Shen tuned to Lucas. “You mind teleporting us back to the sect? I wanna get my mom home.”

Lucas nodded. “Sure. I have something to take care of on my own though, so I won’t be going back with you.”

Chu Shen was puzzled by this, but nodded. They disappeared as Lucas activated his teleporter. Then Lucas disappeared as well. He reappeared back where he had fought the elders when they had first captured Chu Shen’s mom.

His eyes extended, becoming miniature telescopes, scanning the area around him. Lucas locked onto one area in particular. His arm glowed before a red beam shot outwards.

He shook his head sadly. “Chu Shen, you careless fool. Allow me to do this for you at least.”

Afterwards he disappeared, reappearing where he had teleported Chu Shen. They hadn’t gone far and he rejoined them shortly.

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The great elder was exhausted. His soul energy was gone, absorbed by that brat. He was incredibly tired, as though he had stayed up for an entire night. The great elder fought through the exhaustion though, continuing to flee.

After Chu Shen escaped from his earth prison, he’d actually ignored him to pursue his mom. He’d pa.s.sed out afterwards, but woke up when the sect master sent out a distress signal ordering the elders to a.s.semble.

Upon receiving the signal, the great elder started to flee. He had experienced Chu Shen’s power; that shocking soul domain, and the ability to cancel out elemental domains. 

That brat was unstoppable. If the sect master was being pressured enough to sound the alarm like that, then no one would be able to stop Chu Shen, not even the ancestor. The Blazing Tiger Sect was finished. Rather than attempt to save a dying sect, it would be better to flee now.

All these thoughts swirled through the great elders head as he flew away. Then, his mind went blank. It was understandable. After all, a laser had just burned away any capability of higher thought as it lanced through his skull, leaving a smoldering hole where a living being used to be.

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Fu Hai was an outer disciple of the Blazing Tiger Sect. He was training at the martial arts field when he heard the explosion. Believing it was just a fight going on behind him, he ignored it.

Multiple explosions went off soon after. Fu Hai became concerned after that. There was no reason for anyone to be using that much force. He started looking around when something fell from the sky. With a THUD, it landed beside him.

Fu Hai was stunned by what he saw. The fifth elder was laying on the ground, his face contorted in pain. His eyes stared lifelessly off into s.p.a.ce and blood trickled out of his mouth.

The elder was dead.

Fu Hai freaked out. “AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!” 

A booming voice rang out. “IMPUDENT!” The voice, combined with another loud boom, made him come back to reality. Looking up at the sky, he saw the sect master falling as well. An old man he had never seen before exploded into a mist of blood as a hammer smashed into him.

A young man stood in midair. Blood covered his body and in his hand was a silvery-metal hammer. Three more young people flew over. They appeared to talk in mid air before disappearing.

Fu Hai fell onto the ground. He stayed there for the next hour. Finally, he managed to get up. He ran. He ran and ran and ran, until he reached the gate of the sect.

His friend, Kon Ba, saw him running. “Fu Hai! Where are you going?!”

Fu Hai stopped and turned towards his friend. “I’m abandoning the sect.”

Kon Ba was stunned. “Abandoning the sect? Why? Don’t you know you could be taken to the discipline hall for talking like that?”

Fu Hai shook his head. “The fifth elder and sect master are dead. I saw their bodies. The Blazing Tiger sect is finished.”

Kon Ba stared at him. “What are you talking about, Fu Hai? No one could kill the sect master, no one would dare to.”

Fu Hai sighed. “I’m not asking you to believe me now. Just go the training field. The fifth elder’s body is there. Spread the word. Without the sect master or the elders, the Blazing Tiger sect is finished.”

Fu Hai continued running. Kon Ba stared after him, feeling a little frightened. He’d known Fu Hai for a while now and he’d always been cool headed. To see him panicking now… was disturbing, to say the least.

Kon Ba still didn’t believe that the sect master was dead. It was unthinkable. Yet, he also believed that Fu Hai wouldn’t say such a thing if it wasn’t true. Caught between believing two unbelievable things, Kon Ba decided to go see if the fifth elder’s body really was at the training field.

Fu Hai ran outside the gates of the sect. His Qi enhanced his body, allowing him to run very fast. Where would he go? He didn’t know yet. All he knew was that whoever had killed the sect master was unbelievably strong. If they had wanted to kill him, it would be no different than crus.h.i.+ng an ant.

It was a ma.s.sive threat to stick around when such a powerful force was attacking. Fu Hai ran into the forest. ‘I hope you can survive, Kon Ba.’

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Kon Ba soon found the dead elder’s body. He spread the word to the rest of the sect. Soon after, many disciples left the sect, desperately fleeing from the powerful force that had killed their elders.

The masters that were still alive in the Blazing Tiger sect were only moderately powerful. Upon hearing the news, they also decided to leave. As a matter of fact, they left even faster than the disciples.

Soon, the entire Blazing Tiger Sect was practically empty except for one or two stubborn disciples. The halls that once contained the martial art scrolls, weapons, and pills were empty, their contents carried away by the fleeing students. Not a single resource was left. The Blazing Tiger Sect had transformed into a ghost sect overnight.

The Blazing Tiger Sect would vanish from existence. Their tragic story would remain a mystery and a hotly debated topic by historians. The unknown cause of this ruin was a young man, named Chu Shen.