"What?" The eyelids of the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch twitched fiercely. He lifted his head and saw that the entire city had turned into ruins. Several hundred thousand citizens of the Sand Country had been turned into charcoal, and even the entire Great Radiant World had fallen onto the capital. The two cities — flames and matter — encompassed each other, completely vaporizing all the living creatures inside and outside the city.
"I clearly didn't make a move..."
Fang Xingjian looked at the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch and said, "Is that true?"
"Are you sure that your senses toward your body, your own powers, and the Great Radiant World are all real?"
"I'm sure!" The Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch's tone was extremely certain. He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "They're all illusions. I didn't make a move, and the city wasn't destroyed either. "It's because I can still sense the existence of the formation. Even at the microscopic realm, it's impossible for me to directly tamper with the powers grasped by others. Therefore, what I saw were all illusions."
"As long as we're in this city, it's impossible for you to kill me. As long as I don't make a move, there's nothing you can do," the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch said as he looked coldly at Fang Xingjian. "Are you able to keep up with this illusory art? To be able to use your powers on the microscopic world and keep on performing the microscopic realm... The energy depletion isn't something that can be easily achieved. "
"Are you really not going to make a move?" Fang Xingjian looked at the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch and smiled. Simultaneously, a spot of sword light lit up on his fingertip. It was like a star that was shrinking in the universe, emitting streams of light that pierced through the sky.
The eyelids of the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch twitched, and his palms opened up before clenching tightly again. He said coldly, "Don't even think of lying to me. I won't make a move. Who is this? My Great Priest? My disciple? Or the Sand Country's princess? "
Fang Xingjian did not reply. He merely tapped out with a finger, and the sword light on his fingertip scattered out. It was like a meteor shower, scattering across the entire capital. These sword lights were all formed from Infiltrating Void sword intents. They moved across space and did not care about the protection of the formation at all. They pierced through the city and landed on everyone's bodies like illusions.
"Is it okay to watch me attack your people?"
At the sight of this scene, the eyes of the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch narrowed slightly. He kept on glancing between the people in the city and Fang Xingjian, but he did not make a move. However, the hesitation in his gaze grew increasingly stronger.
The sword light dissipated, and Fang Xingjian threw an indifferent glance toward the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch.
"I'll leave your life here for now."
"The next time I come, I will take it away."
The words Fang Xingjian had left behind kept ringing out in his mind, and the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch's countenance turned extremely grim. He looked abruptly in the direction of the city, only to see that the entire city was in a state of chaos. Countless people were crying out, and there were furious bellows, agonizing cries, and cries of despair everywhere.
Under the gazes of the several million people in the city, the entire battle process was extremely simple. Countless piercing sword light lit up on Fang Xingjian's fingertips, and the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch stood there like a fool.
"This sword attack is to punish you for your crime of disrespect. If you do this again, I'll definitely bathe the entire Sand Country in blood."
Then the sword light pierced through the air and sank into the bodies of the several million people in the city.
Each of the Sand Country's people who were pierced through by the sword light discovered that their lives were not in danger at the start. However, they then let out agonizing cries.
It was because the several million people in the desert had all discovered that their systems had disappeared. The Knight systems of several million people had vanished without a trace.
When a Knight reached the Divine level, they basically did not need to rely on their system's cultivation anymore. They completely relied on their comprehension of the world, the control of their powers, the cultivation of manuals and secret arts, and their progress in the Nine-Tiered Heavens.
However, regardless of whether it was second transition experts' skill synthesis, first transition experts' job transitions, conversion of potential, apprentices' job transitions, or Nurturing and Training techniques, all of them required the existence of systems.
Without the assistance of systems, almost all experts below the Divine level had lost the ability to cultivate and become stronger.
To the Sand Country's upper echelon, aristocrats, commoners, soldiers, and even slaves, what did it mean for them to lose the possibility to cultivate?
It was an ending that was worse than hell.
Countless people knelt on the ground, staring blankly at their own hands. They could no longer feel their attributes, skills, or even the existence of the system.
This was the first time they had ever felt that they were so unfamiliar with their physical bodies.
"God! Have you given up on your people? "
"Lord Patriarch, we can't cultivate anymore!"
"Techniques, attributes... We can't sense anything!"
Therefore, some people started to kowtow in Fang Xingjian's direction. Some people even prostrated themselves on the ground, wearing expressions of regret. Tears and snot covered their faces.
Many of them even treated Fang Xingjian, who was in the sky, as a god.
"To think that he can take away our cultivation foundation."
"Could he be a god?"
To them, being able to take away their systems was an unprecedented miracle. Everyone in Miracle World was born with systems, and they were like a part of their bodies, existing only in their will and thoughts. Even Divine level experts had not been able to sever their systems.
Faced with such a situation, it was understandable for them to treat Fang Xingjian as a god.
"My lord, please spare us."
"God, please forgive us for our sins and ignorance."
"I'm willing to offer up all of my wealth, all of my women, and all of my slaves. Please bestow me with the right to cultivate once again!"
After this sword attack, he left behind a city of terror. Fang Xingjian threw a cold glance toward the city under his feet. Then with a flash, he disappeared completely, leaving behind the people in the city who had sunk into chaos and breakdown.
Looking at Fang Xingjian who had disappeared into the sky, the Empire's intelligence team wore expressions of great astonishment and despair. It was because Fang Xingjian's earlier sword attack had been indiscriminate. After all, there were several million people in the city. How could Fang Xingjian possibly differentiate between them when he had instantly attacked with his sword?
This meant that their group's systems had also been cut off.
The team leader looked in the direction of the sky, and the corners of his lips curled up into a bitter smile. "To think that he was able to slash off their cultivation foundation with a single sword attack... This person's sword arts are really amazing."
Another young lady who had just arrived said, "He barged into the Sand Country alone with his sword. Not only did he kill the Erupting Sand King, but he also forced the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch to slash off the cultivation foundation of the entire country's upper echelon right before the Patriarch. It's really..."
No one could think of any words to describe the impression that Fang Xingjian had left in their hearts. They only knew that with Fang Xingjian's attack this time around, an unprecedented storm would be stirred up across the entire desert.
All the upper echelon below the Divine level had lost their cultivation foundation. With that, how many aristocrats, prestigious clans, generals, and factions would be reshuffled?
However, no matter what the outcome was, Fang Xingjian would become the entire desert's nightmare.
In the sky, the Sacred Fire Order's Patriarch continued to stand stiffly on the spot, his eyes filled with shock and doubt.
Cutting off the system was something so unbelievable that he could not be sure if what he had seen was an illusion or reality.
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