"Make a path, or I'll make one myself. Don't worry, I'll fabricate a tapestry of your blood in the process."
After Noire made his perspective clear, the entire area had turned pin-drop silent.
This led Grand Elder Xin to knit his brows as he sized Noire once again.
Although Noire radiated no power fluctuations, something about Noire gave a dreadful feeling, not to mention the fact that a phoenix is now residing on his shoulder.
He wouldn't mind harming Luhei Tianshi under the excuse of 'caught in crossfire', but he can't afford to offend the Phoenix Household.
The nine households indeed do support the Four Seasons, but that's only superficial support for their 'unnecessary' descendants to not retaliate much when sent to this place.
If an Adult Phoenix decided to pay a visit, it could obliterate the entire sect before the support of the nine households is notified, much less march to help.
'Damn! Time was too tight to make preparations!'
As if Noire declining to join the sect wasn't enough, both his companion and Tianshi resigned alongside him, the motion was too abrupt for the sect to act.
Now that it has come to this, they can only try to intimidate Noire by threatening the welfare of his companions.
Unexpectedly... The little phoenix got involved.
Noire seemed to notice the obvious signs of hesitation after the arrival of Feng's phoenix, and much to everyone's surprise, Noire whispered something to the bird and it showed an unwilling expression.
Alas, Noire eventually convinced the phoenix bird to return by Feng's side.
What did that action imply?
Many had to gasp in shock, Tianshi was equally shocked!
With phoenix on his shoulder, Noire could walk away sideways and no one would dare lay a finger on him, much less force against his will.
Ignoring it all, Noire gazed up at the starry sky, his sight seemed to penetrate the void and the shackles of the lower and medium planes, back to his native one.
Scenes of what could be happening within a hundred, two hundred, or perhaps a thousand years flashed through his iris and pupils.
He has no time to waste on insects, and since they wanted to oppose him here, he will surely cut the grass and burn the roots.
"You seem adamant on your so-called decree."
Noire spoke in a calm, yet ice-cold voice.
By now, the mask had finally dissolved, and the ethereal spear solidified into the matter.
It was a silver spear from the base of its exquisite body to the apex of its blade.
Numerous inscriptions and symbols were engraved onto the spear's frame.
Sun, Moon, Stars, Galaxies, Titans, Ancient Scripts.
The Moon rotates to conceal the Sun.
The Titans bend the knee in worship.
The cosmos shed a silver glitter onto all creatures.
The entire phenomenon was projected via an ethereal phantom that soon sublimated into the spear.
A profound, ancient aura began to diffuse from the Silver Eclipse Spear after Noire took it in arms.
Everyone that had reached the Twilight stage and above has constructed the body of the spiritual consciousness, and currently, everyone with such consciousness could feel imminent danger, friend or foe, it didn't matter.
They say a blade doesn't discriminate, this must be an ideal example of why!
Tianshi and company subconsciously took a few steps back from Noire...
For some reason, Tianshi began to reminisce about an odd sensation from Noire's gaze the first night she found him, and suddenly an intense throbbing welled up in her heart.
From the moment Phoenix departed from Noire's shoulder to this instance, it was but a short amount of three breaths of time.
Not daring to take any chances, Grand Elder Xin's full cultivation base exploded!
Boom!
Swoosh!
Violent winds erupted, Fire Qi and Qi essence ran amok from Elder Xin, an overbearing pressure descended with an astronomical heat.
Only those with a medium elemental mastery could cope with the heat, but the pressure from a peak Twilight cultivation base was still there!
At this moment, Noire's pupils reverted to their original condition.
It didn't matter where one stood, everyone had the illusion that they're under the observation of a celestial deity, a bloodthirsty predator.
The effect was even greater on those who have the bloodline of a monster running through their veins.
With a deep sensation of reverence and awe, Tianshi and phoenix almost lowered their heads to humble themselves.
It was only for a split second before an all-encompassing curtain of light cascaded from Noire's gaze, all the Elders present felt petrified, they couldn't move a muscle even if they wished.
Before anyone could notice, Noire sauntered between their ranks with ease, as if taking a walk in a park.
The spear began to hum and vibrate, emitting a translucent hue that encased Noire from head to toe, and then Noire's voice echoed through the entire courtyard and its peripheral boundaries.
"Eclipse, Mystical River."
Noire began to swirl the spear in simple, diagonal arcs.
Bathed in moonlight, the spear seemed to phase through the conceptual boundaries between the ethereal and the real. Mystical River, is a skill that allows one to manipulate the essence of moonlight and sunlight to inflect the illusion of one's weapon to defying natural laws.
Silver Eclipse Tribe, living under the curse of an everlasting Eclipse that has a peculiar nature of washing away power fluctuations.
If a cultivator treads into the land under such a curse, they can only rely on their physical strength and martial skills to grow.
One can imagine how harsh such an environment is for growth. However, the tribe still managed to maintain its status at the pinnacle of the Nine Thousand Heavens.
Each tribesman is a behemoth with unfathomable size like Titans. After the cleansing of the celestial phenomenon of Eclipse, they can submerge into the cosmos and fight without the restrictions of the universe.
Imagine a Titan going berserk at light-speed.
- - - -
Wherever Noire's spear was phased, it relinquished a series of life-like afterimages, the spectacle captured everyone with their mouths wide agape.
It looked like that the entire concept of space-time around Noire staggered into a quagmire.
They didn't look like afterimages, but more precisely doubles of Noire, as if the universe itself began to register Noire's existence as a natural phenomenon in space-time.
This confused the over a thousand disciples!
They want to attack, but their weapons phased through Noire as if he was thin air, they quickly changed into utilizing their Qi essence! Elemental Qi! Soul weapons!
The crowd of onlookers looked in disbelief as Noire simply tread unimpeded amidst the disorientated disciples till he reached the heart of their formation.
Then, a baffling scene occurred.
Violent, yet captivating swift movements of Noire's spear resonated with the moonlight.
Each swing, every arc, the spear seemed to constrict and extend.
Crescent moonlight blades embarked from every arc, yet the spear-light of every movement; past, present, and future, didn't fade or dissolve.
An artistic image of a river began to mold and take shape around Noire, and by the time he finished and rested his spear onto the floor, the river gushed out like a tide in all directions.
Swoosh~
For the thousands of disciples, the sensation of being caught in a violent maze of undercurrents swept by.
However, everyone else felt a refreshing feeling, as if being baptized by cool summer water after a full day's practice, the petrified Elders included.
The rivers continued to pass by the courtyard, mountain range, and soon would eclipse over the entire Four Seasons City.
Everyone who felt the sensation looked in a single direction, the core area.
Once the motion subsided, the most, unbearable grotesque scene unfolded.
One by one, the two thousand disciples dropped into the soil like headless flies.
Decapitated!
Every single one of them!
They all shared proportional, precise angles of the incision.
Hisss...
Everyone present sucked in a cold breath as the dead bodies dropped one by one to the ground.
Remembering that the wave washed over them as well, the onlookers subconsciously reached to touch their throats with trembling hands...
Confirming that they're safe, no one bothered to stick around and watch the bloodstream flow like a river underneath Noire's feet.
They knew he was simply displaying two things! First, that he wasn't spouting nonsense!
If so he desired, he could commence a cold-blooded massacre.
Second, his ability's range can overshadow the entire City, let alone the Four Seasons Sect!
Not a single member dared stick around and wait for death! Soon, chaos erupted as the onlookers hurriedly left to vacate.
Only Tianshi, Yue, Ning'er, and surprisingly Lady Feng remained and looked at Noire in a daze.
He had a sadistic smile on his face that sent shivers down the spine, it was as if turning the prosperous sect into a dystopia nigh-instantly was a pastime extravaganza.
Dismissing his Silver Eclipse Spear, his expression subsided to its nonchalant nature.
Embodying his jade mask once more, Noire turned over with gentle steps that appeared to press down onto Grand Elder Xin's heart and the remaining Elders.
Step~
Step~
Step~