Chapter 198 - 227: Thunder Rises, 9 Tribulations! Supreme Profound Infinite! A Palm to Suppress the 8 Directions
"The... the bugs! Those bugs are all dead!"
"A Great Power must have intervened!"
"Damn it! Who the hell unleashed these Gu Insects!?"
After Su Bai annihilated all the Blood Demon Gu in the city with his Power of Divine Thought, trembling Martial Artists gathered, their voices laced with anger as they spoke to one another.
Meanwhile, the Martial Artists whose Divine Spirits had been eroded by the Gu Insects—turning them into mindless puppets that attacked others indiscriminately—were suppressed by Xiao Wuming.
Once the situation was under control, Xiao Wuming looked up at the sky, his eyes narrowing slightly.
His gaze swept over Black Mountain Ancestor.
Then, he looked to the side.
But when he saw the old man in the Daoist Robe, his expression immediately grew solemn.
He muttered to himself.
"Master Taiyu..."
...
「In the eastern part of the city.」
Inside a sparsely decorated inn.
"Such terrifying bugs!"
A young scholar in a green robe, holding a brown book, leaned against a third-floor window, peering outside with only half his face exposed.
His eyes were filled with terror and fear.
Not long ago, he had been leaning right here, reciting scriptures and poems in preparation for the great exam in a few days.
But then, a vast swarm of hideous, terrifying, blood-red Gu Insects had suddenly appeared in his line of sight. The moment they emerged, they attacked countless Martial Artists.
Even in the pavilion where he was staying, some Martial Artists were assaulted by the Gu Insects, their Divine Spirits shattering as they lost all consciousness.
They were ultimately controlled by the Gu Insects.
’Thank goodness! A master intervened and wiped out those Gu Insects just in time!’
’Otherwise...’
The green-robed scholar’s face was pale; he dared not think any further.
If all the powerful Martial Artists in the entire county had been controlled by the Blood Demon Gu...
One could only imagine what a miserable fate awaited ordinary people like them!
’Which senior was it that acted?’
After his terror subsided, he couldn’t help but feel a flicker of curiosity.
Suddenly, the image of Su Bai flashed through his mind.
He lowered his head slightly and whispered.
’Could it be that senior?’
...
In the center of Ling County stood the Commandery Governor’s Mansion, an imposing structure with green tiles and crimson eaves.
At this moment, in the main hall of the Commandery Governor’s Mansion.
Governor Chen Lingtian sat on a Jade Chair, his brow furrowed and his expression grim.
Beside him sat a middle-aged man in a green robe, his face radiating a sinister aura.
Brown hair, crimson irises, and jade-green eyes!
He toyed with a piece of green Jade in his hand and chuckled. "Governor Chen, this matter was decided by the Third Prince. With Master Taiyu personally overseeing it, victory is already in our grasp."
"I must advise you, Governor, to stay put in your mansion and not meddle in affairs that don’t concern you."
After speaking, the right hand that had been toying with the Jade suddenly froze.
Then, a smirk crept onto his lips as he said,
"You wouldn’t want your tenure as Governor to end after just three years, would you?"
"Are you threatening me?"
Chen Lingtian’s face was frightfully dark, like a sky filled with storm clouds and the faint rumble of thunder.
The aura emanating from him was so powerful it made the Jade Table beside him tremble incessantly.
The ink-black Jade Cup on the table suddenly shattered.
Countless tiny fragments scattered across the floor, reflecting the towering rage deep in his heart!
Beneath his embroidered purple robes, his coarse hands were clenched into tight fists.
So tight that blood began to trickle!
The smile vanished from the green-robed middle-aged man’s face, replaced by a cold expression.
He spoke in a frigid tone.
"So what if it is a threat?"
"What can you possibly do about it?"
BOOM—
At these words, Chen Lingtian shot to his feet, his eyes blazing with furious flames.
A scorching, powerful aura erupted from within him, like a blazing sun rising!
"If I don’t eliminate treacherous curs like you!"
"Then what’s the point of me being the Governor of Da Yu County!?"
The moment the words left his mouth, he roared, raising a right palm wreathed in crimson light and striking at the green-robed man before him!
’Damn it! This lunatic!’
Faced with Chen Lingtian’s sudden attack, the green-robed man’s expression changed in shock!
BANG!!
The next moment, the Jade Chair beneath him exploded into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.
"Blazing Heaven Palm!"
He shot to his feet and took a large step forward!
He met Chen Lingtian’s strike with his own explosive force!
The two palms met in an instant.
The sound was like a clap of thunder!
BOOM—
...
BOOM—
At this moment, the sky above Ling County was thick with dark clouds. Countless bolts of lightning crackled wildly within, radiating an august heavenly might!
’The True Master is about to make his move!’
High in the empyrean, watching Master Taiyu’s face turn as dark as water, the Black Mountain Ancestor at his side felt his Heart Spirit shudder!
Master Taiyu!
This man was one of the Third Prince’s most trusted confidants and the most talented Elder in the Supreme Profound Dao Sect. He was hailed as a peerless prodigy, the likes of whom the Daoist Sect hadn’t seen in a thousand years.
Moreover, he was a peerless expert who had broken through to the Nine Tribulations Realm several years ago!
The Nine Tribulations Realm!
This was a major threshold in the Martial Dao, one that very few Martial Artists ever managed to cross.
And Master Taiyu was not even a hundred years old.
This was a testament to his immense talent in the Martial Dao!
"True Master, be careful!"
Just then, the Chaotic Sea Great Saint, who had just been sent flying by a single finger from Su Bai, dragged his blood-soaked, broken body before Master Taiyu.
He lowered his head and spoke, his aura faint.
The nearby Black Mountain Ancestor’s gaze fell upon the Chaotic Sea Great Saint, and his pupils immediately contracted.
His Heart Spirit trembled!
He saw that the Chaotic Sea Great Saint, whose Cultivation was a level higher than his own, now had a distinct finger-shaped hole in his chest.
Thick, black blood continuously poured from the wound!
His front and back were covered in blood!
「Meanwhile, on the highest floor of the pavilion in the city.」
’The Nine Tribulations Realm, is it...’
Su Bai rose and walked to the window. He glanced at the sky and murmured softly.
This was the first time he had ever seen an expert who surpassed the Dragon Mansion Realm.
’The rewards are sure to be plentiful!’
With this thought in mind, Su Bai returned to his senses and took a step forward.
To the stunned and vacant-eyed Mu Yu behind him...
...Su Bai took a single step and vanished from the pavilion, appearing an instant later high in the empyrean sky.
Inside the pavilion, Mu Yu hurried to the window and shot a look upward.
There, standing high in the empyrean, was Su Bai.
He took another step forward.
The countless crackling bolts of lightning all around him abruptly went silent.
After just three steps, the endless dark clouds that had gathered on the horizon also vanished in an instant.
In a flash,
A radiant sun hung in the sky, and the world was clear and bright once more!
And now, high in the empyrean sky,
Su Bai and Master Taiyu’s gazes met.
They stared at each other from a distance.
’This is bad! I have to get out of here!’
Seeing that the situation had turned sour, Black Mountain Ancestor’s eyelids twitched violently!
He used every trick he knew to retreat explosively, cold sweat pouring down his brow as he tried to flee the scene!
Su Bai raised his right index finger.
A strand of Golden Purple True Qi shot from his fingertip, instantly transforming into a roaring Celestial Dragon.
It opened its cavernous mouth—
—and swallowed Black Mountain Ancestor in a single gulp!
"AHH!!"
With a single, wretched scream, Black Mountain Ancestor vanished completely.
His fate, unknown!
’No! This person is terrifying beyond measure!’
The heavily injured Chaotic Sea Great Saint felt a storm surge in his heart, and the terror in his blood-rimmed pupils was so intense it was almost tangible.
VMMMM!!
At that exact moment, a blinding golden radiance burst from Master Taiyu’s body.
Countless tiny, exquisite, golden-winged birds took flight, circling around his body.
From the beaks of these golden birds came an incomparably profound Daoist hymn, like a Buddha chanting sutras or a great ancestor ascending to the heavens to preach the Dao.
BOOM—
In the next breath,
Master Taiyu’s entire body began to expand rapidly!
In a single instant, it easily surpassed a hundred zhang in height!
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering, terrifyingly malevolent aura radiated from him.
It shot straight into the heavens!
"Supreme Profound Infinite!"
Then, he slowly lowered his golden eyes, his gaze falling on Su Bai.
With a voice devoid of emotion,
he thrust out his palm!
At that moment, the clouds in every direction scattered.
It seemed as if the only thing in the entire world was the image of that single palm, reflected in everyone’s eyes!
High in the empyrean sky,
Su Bai faced the colossal, descending palm head-on.
A fierce gale, howling in all directions, made his robes whip and snap!
The very instant the giant palm was about to engulf him, his figure vanished from the sky.
BOOM—
A violent roar exploded high in the sky.
Master Taiyu’s palm had struck nothing but air!
’He’s gone?’
He frowned and retracted his right hand.
He spread his Divine Thoughts to their absolute limit.
The next moment, he seemed to sense something.
His golden eyes flew wide open!
But as he turned his head,
a colossal right palm, radiant with golden splendor, appeared like five majestic peaks piercing the clouds.
It descended from the heavens!
The shadow of a single falling knuckle was enough to completely engulf Master Taiyu.
"Supreme Profound Burning Silence!!"
Beneath the colossal palm,
Master Taiyu, his body now like a mere fly, had a ferocious expression as he struggled desperately, his entire being engulfed in raging flames.
But the giant palm blotted out his form.
Its five fingers clenched tight!
Instantly, Master Taiyu let out a pained, guttural roar.
His Dharma Body completely crumbled!
A rain of blood fell from the sky!