The Founder of Qi Cultivation, Reincarnates?

"Kukuku!! Do you think I didn't know you were trying to stall for time?"

*Squeeze*

"Ugh."

Sea King Modu choked Shi Chun as he said that, causing him to groan.

"You can die knowing your attempts were futile from the very beginning!"

Sea King Modu raised his palm that was radiating heaven-shaking to might crush Shi Chun's head and obliterate his Divine Soul.

"ELDER CHUN!!"

The Mercenary Association elders all began to panic upon seeing this.

One of them immediately rushed forwards, followed by the other three.

Compared to the power of a Soul Transformation Realm cultivator, their Quasi Soul Transformation Realm cultivation base did not prevent them from being killed in an instant by Sea King Modu. The gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Soul Transformation Realm was not like the gap between the Sea Expansion Realm and the Foundation Realm which could be overcome by geniuses. Even if you were a heaven-defying genius, under normal circumstances, there was simply no way to close the gap between a late-stage Nascent Soul Realm and Soul Transformation Realm cultivator.

The Nascent Soul Realm is a realm where one could be considered a true cultivator, and anything below that realm is mere ants. But from a Soul Transformation Realm cultivator point of view looking down, everyone below them isn't even worth the dirt between one's fingernails.

But considering the current situation, they can't allow Shi Chun to die. He was the only Soul Transformation Realm cultivator here, if he died none of them were going to make it out alive.

On the ship, the Elders of the various powers who were tasked to escort their disciples to the Star Bound Continent all had their hearts fall to the pit of their stomachs when they saw that Shi Chun was about to die.

Some disciples on the ship who understood the situation also felt their scalps go numb and a sense of trepidation filled their hearts.

"Die!"

Shi Chun watched as Sea King Modu's palm was moments away from destroying his head.

'I thought I could hold him off until you came, I'm sorry brother. You told me to not use it, but I have no choice.'

Something inside Shi Chun that had been previously locked away had its seal shattered like fragmented glass.

"I can't believe you ants forced me to use my blood essence…"

Shi Chun remembered the words of Sea King Modu and his gaze shifted towards the purple drop of blood on his forehead.

Before Sea King Modu's palm could land on Shi Chun's forehead, a burst of golden light exploded from his forehead all of a sudden.

A small, two-inch formless sword could then be seen shooting out from between his brows to embed itself into Sea Modu's forehead.

"W-What?!"

Sea King Modu was caught off guard and being so close he couldn't dodge this formless sword.

It eventually pierced his forehead as well as the drop of purple blood.

"URGHHHH!!!"

Sea King Modu let out a blood-curdling scream as he clutched his forehead and retreated.

He thrash around in the sky, the formless sword was inside his head wreaking havoc. He didn't have any defenses so his Divine Soul was completely exposed. The formless sword slashed at it his Divine Soul, the feeling of having one's soul being cut into minced meat was beyond any physical torture one could ever feel.

It took all of Sea King Modu's willpower to gather up the energy necessary to try and force out this strand of sword energy. But by then the damage was already done, his soul was tethering on the verge of crumbling and his cultivation fluctuation was chaotic. He could hardly gather his strength.

"Elder Chun!"

The elders of the Mercenary Association came up to Shi Chun but he immediately barked at them to stop.

"Get to the ship and leave! Hurry!!"

*Vomit*

Shi Chun instantly vomit out a mouth full of blood after saying that; the hole in his abdomen was also bleeding profusely causing his face to become pale from blood loss.

"B-But elder Chun."

"No, leave me and get out of here. I don't have enough time left after opening the seal so you need to get those disciples as far away as possible. No matter what, don't allow Sea King Modu to get on that ship! If he does it threatens the lives of everyone on the Maple Continent!!"

"W-What?!"

The elders hearing this had their expressions change, they didn't understand what Shi Chun meant.

"There is no time to explain, just hurry and leave! I'll try and take Sea King Modu along with me in death, but in case he survives you need to be far from here so he won't catch up to you before brother arrives."

"Let's go!"

The elder who was the leader of them, and who Sea King Modu had targeted, instantly made a decision and quickly urge the others to leave.

"Elder, before you go use the ship's formation to trap both of us."

Shi Chun said, stopping the elder before he could leave. The elder nodded and didn't hesitate to bite his fingertip before he began drawing several runic symbols in the air. After he was finished he waved his hand and sent them hurtling towards the giant green formation below them.

As soon as those blood runes entered the large green formation, a part of the formation turn blood red and seemed to detach itself into a separate formation. This new formation covered both the Sea King Modu and Shi Chun's figures.

"Elder Chun, because it's separated from the main node, this formation won't last more than an incense's worth of time."

The elder said that to Shi Chun's blurry back as the red formation slowly closed.

Shi Chun simply nodded before the red formation vanished along with his figure and Sea King Modu's. The area in this part of the sky became deathly silent as if nothing was there, but if one senses were sharp one could feel strong fluctuations from the hidden formation.

The elders of the Mercenary Association then boarded the ship that went full throttle towards the Star Bound Continent. The words of Shi Chun replayed in their heads, and though they didn't know why the Maple Continent would be in danger if Sea King Modu gets on the ship, they understood the severity of the situation.

Inside the formation, everything radiated a blood-red color. It seemed like a world of blood.

Inside this world were two figures, Shi Chun and Sea King Modu.

After being unable to force out the sword's energy, he had no other choice but to suppress it with his drop of blood essence.

Sea King Modu's squinted eyes were wide open. They were bloodshot as he stared at Shi Chun and roared out in rage.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!"

Sea King Modu's body shook uncontrollably.

Shi Chun only stared at him silently. His eyes landed on the drop of purple blood on his forehead. Its appearance looked paler than before as if was damaged.

'We should have found out sooner.'

Shi Chun's face was solemn.

'His obsession with Teng Ye wasn't to kill him.'

Shi Chun had a theory of what that drop of blood on Sea King Modu's forehead was and why he attacked their borders for Teng Ye, as well as going after the ship to get to Yang Su and the others.

He wanted to confirm this theory, but he might not get the chance to. His dantian was partially destroyed because of Sea King Modu's attack before, and even if he were to survive this, he wouldn't have long left to live.

But that didn't matter.

A towering sword energy suddenly erupted from Shi Chun. It caused the void to tremble uncontrollably even affecting the formation.

"Y-You…"

Sea King Modu felt this sword energy and he momentarily forgot his anger as he looked at Shi Chun in complete shock.

The sword energy around Shi Chun slowly increased and Sea King Modu took a step back fear evident on his face.

"You fool! What did you do to your own soul? Did you turn your own soul into a Sword Spirit?!"

A Sword Spirit was the manifestation of a sword cultivator's sword Dao. It was no different from a blade cultivator's Blade Will.

Under normal circumstances, a Sword Spirit or a Blade Will would manifest from a cultivator's comprehension of the saber and sword.

However, Shi Chun's Sword Spirit manifestation was absurd. It wasn't normal, his Sword Spirit's manifestation wasn't through comprehension but rather he had turned his own Divine Soul into a Sword Spirit.

This was no different from suicide, but at the same time, this was the worse possible scenario for Sea King Modu. He realized that Shi Chun's sword energy could actually damage his original body's soul and the original drop of blood essence through his clone.