Chapter 230: Chapter 228: Ancient Medicine Cauldron

She was like a little beast, ready to pounce at any moment. Though silent, a roar like a thundering tsunami seemed to echo from within her small frame.

But she was standing at the very back, so no one could see the change in her.

Tang Ni and Hua Xiaoling also almost lost control, wanting to charge onto the Great Floating Island regardless of the risk to their own lives.

Even though they knew their intervention would be pointless, that they couldn’t help Jiang Jichen in the slightest.

And even though they knew that charging onto the Great Floating Island was a suicide mission.

But... they didn’t care. Right now, all they cared about was Jiang Jichen, who was trapped in mortal danger.

But reason told them that no matter how perilous the situation, as long as Jiang Jichen was alone, there was still a sliver of hope. If they rushed up there now, that sliver of hope would be extinguished completely.

Yee Youmeng obviously understood this as well, which was why she was desperately suppressing the crazed killing intent that felt like it could erupt from her body at any second.

A hundred meters ahead, on the Great Floating Island, Jiang Jichen was submerged in an endless torrent of terrifying attacks.

Layers of sword glints and shadows, a tide of Magic Technique Spirit Seals, and a flood of Fist Seals and Palm Shadows all interwove into a dazzling, multicolored spectacle. It even produced Anomalies in the Void, completely filling the space around Jiang Jichen.

The Light of Destruction was so blinding that no one could keep their eyes open, and naturally, Jiang Jichen’s figure could no longer be seen.

But they were certain of one thing: under such a Light of Destruction, Jiang Jichen must have already been melted into the Void, erased from existence, and vanished from this world forever.

There were no maybes, no ifs. In their eyes, it was an absolute certainty, an unchangeable outcome.

And so, at this moment, many of them actually felt a sense of relief.

Even exceedingly proud geniuses like Ling Dong, Nangong Jinjie, Guo Qishan, and Cang Lengshan felt the same way.

They themselves didn’t even realize it, but after witnessing Jiang Jichen perform one miracle after another these past days, a great shadow had already formed in their hearts.

Seizing the Holy Sword, defeating the assembled experts, and slaying three hundred at Pagoda Square—he had slaughtered the Cultivators until they were left stunned and silent.

And all of this... was the work of a single Junior Cultivator at the Innate Ninth Realm!

No one could help but be amazed, but the more amazed they were, the more they wanted Jiang Jichen dead.

That was why, this time, everyone had joined their Chen-killing team, with the sole exceptions of the Kong and Qing Families and the Blood Refining Alliance.

Yes, they had formed an organization. Led by the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects, it was called the Chen-Killing Team!

This alone showed how seriously they took the task of killing Jiang Jichen.

Now, with Jiang Jichen submerged in the endless Light of Destruction, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

’The world is finally rid of Jichen!’

they thought to themselves.

But... was Jiang Jichen really dead?

That was merely their wishful thinking!

SPLAT!

Without warning, a spray of blood shot into the air as a head flew high, and a headless corpse slumped to the ground.

The turn of events was too sudden, too fast, too unexpected for anyone to react.

The crowd froze, completely baffled by what was happening.

SPLAT!

And yet, in the instant they were stunned, another head hit the ground.

This time, they finally saw it clearly.

It was an Ancient Medicine Cauldron... and it was flying!

No, it was a person, moving with a Medicine Cauldron on his back.

"That... it’s Jiang Jichen! How is that possible?"

"Shouldn’t he... shouldn’t he be dead, lost in that endless Light of Destruction?"

"Heavens, this can’t be real!"

"Why isn’t the bastard dead yet?"

...

Many found it unbelievable, thinking their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Others, believing it was real, began to wail in despair.

Yes, everyone now had to accept one fact... Jiang Jichen was not dead!

Moreover, he had killed two more people in an instant. He only needed to kill one more person for the second level of the Exquisite Treasure Tower to open. A teleportation would descend and forcibly transport everyone on the Great Floating Island into the second-level Treasure Tower Space.

If that happened, they would lose their chance to kill Jiang Jichen on the first level.

The terrain and environment on the second level of the Treasure Tower would not be so simple, and people would be teleported to different locations. Trying to kill Jiang Jichen then would become exponentially more difficult.

In the distance, Hua Xiaoling and Tang Ni finally let out a breath of relief, smiling through tears. Although they were still worried for Jiang Jichen, if he could survive that Light of Destruction, what was there to fear from what came next?

Behind them, Yee Youmeng, whose small frame had been tensed as she gripped her large saber, slowly began to relax.

Everything had changed for one reason... Jiang Jichen was still alive!

At this moment, on the Great Floating Island, Jiang Jichen carried the ancient and mysterious Medicine Cauldron on his back. It looked like a heavy, black tortoise shell, making him appear cumbersome, but no one who had just witnessed his speed would think so.

After slaying two people in quick succession, Jiang Jichen was finally surrounded once more!

"I recognize that! It’s the Medicine Cauldron that held the Ancient Refining Pill! Jiang Jichen took both the pill and the cauldron back then. I never imagined this Medicine Cauldron would be so extraordinary, to emerge completely unscathed from the Light of Destruction."

Weii Qing, who was standing beside the Second Senior Brother of the Flowing Cloud Sect, suddenly exclaimed in shock.

At the mention of the Ancient Refining Pill, the expressions of those from both the Su Family and the Flowing Cloud Sect turned extremely ugly.

This was especially true for Su Feng. Not only had the Ancient Refining Pill been stolen from him, but he had also been heavily injured by a single punch from Jiang Jichen.

If not for a strand of protective energy left inside him by his grandfather that saved his life, he would probably be dead by now.

In truth, what the Su Family and the Flowing Cloud Sect found even harder to accept was that they had all misjudged. They had let a supreme treasure slip through their fingers without even realizing it.

They had thought the Ancient Refining Pill was the most important thing, never realizing the extraordinary nature of this Ancient Medicine Cauldron.

This Ancient Medicine Cauldron was completely undamaged by the endless Light of Destruction... could it perhaps be used to perform Alchemy on ancient Holy Medicines?

That... would make it practically equivalent to a Holy Artifact!

The mere thought of it was enough to make the people from the Su Family and Flowing Cloud Sect sick with regret.

But now was clearly not the time to dwell on it. The priority was figuring out how to kill Jiang Jichen.

At this moment, everyone stared with burning greed at the Ancient Medicine Cauldron hovering over Jiang Jichen’s head, all of them wanting to seize it for themselves.

Ling Dong spoke up, "What we need to do now is stop him from killing anyone else. We absolutely cannot let him succeed!"

Jiang Jichen only needed to kill one more person to activate the teleportation. Because of this, these people were now filled with a boundless sense of dread, their previous arrogance and confidence gone.

Jiang Jichen stood in the center of the ring, his face as pale as paper and blood trickling continuously from the corner of his mouth. He paid it no mind, however, and let out a wild laugh. "Take the head of one of you? I can do it with a flick of my sword!"

After speaking, he completely ignored his grave injuries. He also ignored the fact that the disciples of the Great Families and Major Sects had already gathered their strongest attacks and were poised to strike.

With the Ancient Medicine Cauldron above his head and the Bronze Rust Sword in his hand, he aimed for a single target. It was... Nangong Zhao!