Ambush at the Vanquishing Sea.

Kong Xiang came across some disciples in the way who called out to greet him, breaking him out of his reverie. Not long after, he arrived at the Vanquishing Sea Zone.

From the distance, the visual outlook was much more terrifying than his tribulation. Looking at it, Kong Xiang felt himself shiver slightly.

Bolts of lightning were all over the place. Kong Xiang found himself lost in the chaotic rhythm of the scene. After a while, he was stunned that he managed to find some rhythm in the first place. He looked again and after a while, he noticed that despite the lightning being chaotic, there was an Cyclic element to it.

"How could this be?" He unleashed his Nature Domain and was instantly stunned.

Kong Xiang had an habit of unleashing his Nature Domain once in a while, but he hadn't done that since the discussion with the Sect Leader. Now that he did, he wasn't stunned about the rhythmic lightning ahead of him, but about the person within his domain that was looking at him with obviously evil intentions. His Nature Domain was especially sensitive about bad intentions, so he had no doubt about that.

The masked "Granny Huo" was contemplating how exactly to push the boy into the Vanquishing Sea Zone. This way, his death would be seamless and untraceable. She noticed with some surprise that the boy suddenly assumed a wary expression. Unfortunately for Kong Xiang, his face was like an open book, one could easily second-guess his thoughts from it.

"Could he have noticed me?" She was confused. Nobody in the sect was aware of Kong Xiang's domain, so she was wondering why a first level Cyclic Core would show vigilance all of a sudden for no particular reason.

Kong Xiang thought about his current options. He had a guess that this person was sent by Mo Nian, and his domain failed to sense the person's cultivation, most likely being at the Half Step Soul Embryo Realm. The only expert with such cultivation in Mo Nian's camp was Granny Huo, an old woman who usually acted nice and amiable to all. His domain revealed the masked figure had the same frame as her, deepening his suspicions.

At the moment she made a move, Kong Xiang shouted hurriedly, "Granny Huo?"His words caused her to visibly pause, confirming his suspicions. Her words came a minute later with greed laced in her voice. "Do you have a scouting treasure on you, boy?" Kong Xiang nodded vigorously. At this point, the idea of treasure was the only thing preventing him from being insta-killed.

"If you give me the treasure, I can spare your life," She said insincerely. Kong Xiang acted ignorant and said, "Yes, yes, I'll give you the treasure, just spare my life" He brought out a strange tool from his storage tool and threw it in her direction."If you give me the treasure, I can spare your life,"

Kong Xiang did not hesitate and jumped right into the Vanquishing Sea before she could attack.

As soon as he entered, he unleashed his Nature Domain to tame the wild lightning, but it was broken in an instant.

"Ehn?" He waited for his body to disintegrate under the bombardment of lightning, only to open his eyes and see a shield enveloping him.

"To think I didn't even have to kill him myself" Granny Huo was staring blankly at the Vanquishing Sea while fondling the tool in her hand when a single bolt of lightning came from ahead her and struck her on the glabella, disintegrating her entirely. How, why and when she died, she didn't even know. Somehow, the scene was shown to Kong Xiang through the shield.

"Young man, will you be my disciple?"