Chapter 319: Commotion
In an instant.
Aurora Sword Intent.
A long, white rainbow streaked across the sky, its radiance dazzling. It crossed a vast distance in a heartbeat, as if to slice the heavens in two.
But the jade hand in the sky, formed from countless Snow Tree Flowers, only appeared delicate. It was like a boundless ocean. When the Aurora Sword Intent shot into it as a streak of rainbow light, it was instantly swallowed by the sea of flowers. A long moment passed without the slightest stir, not even a single ripple disturbing its surface.
"Hm?"
Yuan Hua was stunned.
The next moment.
"ZZZZT!"
Suddenly, several streaks of golden light flickered around his body, followed by a brilliant, dazzling flare.
Yuan Hua's body suddenly began to expand.
"Heaven and Earth!"
In the blink of an eye, Yuan Hua had transformed into a colossal golden giant, his head in the clouds and his feet on the ground. He held the gleaming Exquisite Pagoda in one hand and raised the Vajra Pestle high with the other. An irrepressible majesty poured out of him, making him resemble a Furious-eyed Vajra.
He lifted his foot and stomped down lightly, and a section of Tianze City's wall immediately crumbled.
Seeing this, He Yi frowned. He simply reached out and patted the air gently. "Who gave you permission to damage my city?"
The giant jade hand in the sky suddenly dispersed, reverting to a sky full of floating Snow Tree Flowers.
But in the next instant, the Snow Tree Flowers gathered once more, forming an even larger jade hand that blotted out the entire sky.
The jade hand looked delicate, but it slapped downward with casual ease.
"BANG!"
With a thunderous crash, Yuan Hua's colossal Golden Body Dharma Aspect faltered. He was slammed dozens of feet into the ground.
Greatly alarmed, Yuan Hua hurriedly deployed the Exquisite Pagoda in his hand. "Rise!"
In an instant, a magnificent radiance burst forth. The Exquisite Pagoda in Yuan Hua's hand floated into the air, shimmering with golden light as it began to grow larger and larger.
However, the Exquisite Pagoda had barely grown to half its size when the giant jade hand reappeared in the sky. It reached out its five fingers and, with a gentle grasp, seized the Pagoda.
Then, with a gentle tug, the giant jade hand lifted the Exquisite Pagoda, snatching it directly from Yuan Hua's grasp.
"Hm, this Magical Treasure isn't half bad! We'll consider it compensation for Shen."
He Yi's indifferent voice echoed from the sky.
Yuan Hua froze. He hastily extended two fingers, aimed them at the Exquisite Pagoda, and commanded, "Return! Come back to me!"
But his Lifebound Magical Artifact seemed to have its connection to him completely severed. It gave no response.
Then, with a flash of light in the sky, the Exquisite Pagoda vanished.
The next moment, it appeared in He Yi's hand within the imperial palace.
He Yi looked down at it and nodded in satisfaction. "Hm, not bad at all!"
He then casually handed the Exquisite Pagoda to Shen Daoxing.
Shen Daoxing smiled. He certainly wasn't going to be polite about accepting something from the Celestial Profound Sacred Land. With a casual flick of his wrist, he stored it in his Sumeru Ring.
"He Yi, you..."
Yuan Hua was incensed. He raised a hand high, and golden light flared once more.
In the next instant, a Vajra Pestle rose into the air and expanded abruptly. Like a Divine Soldier descending from the heavens, it transformed into a golden arc of light with a WHOOSH and hurtled down toward Tianze City.
Seeing this, He Yi simply smiled and extended a hand into the void. "Oh? Another gift! In that case, I suppose we'll have to accept it."
High above, the giant jade hand formed from Snow Tree Flowers reached down. With a simple grasp, it stopped the speeding Vajra Pestle in its tracks, catching it firmly in its grip.
Then, with a flash of white light, the Vajra Pestle vanished.
The next moment, it appeared in He Yi's hand within the imperial city.
He Yi glanced down at it indifferently. "This one's not bad either!"
Saying this, he casually handed the Vajra Pestle to Shen Daoxing.
Shen Daoxing gave his hand a light wave and stored the Vajra Pestle in his Sumeru Ring. 'A Treasure Artifact from a Refining Dust Realm expert is sure to be extraordinary,' he thought. 'I'm not letting this go.'
"What! My Magical Treasure!"
Yuan Hua was shocked. He waved his fingers repeatedly, trying to recall it, only to find that he had already lost his connection to the Vajra Pestle.
Then, the giant jade hand in the sky began to move. Like dark clouds gathering over a doomed city, it plummeted down toward Yuan Hua.
"BOOM!"
With a deafening crash, Yuan Hua frantically raised both hands to block the blow. Golden light shattered as his massive Golden Body Dharma Aspect faltered, sinking another few dozen feet into the earth.
Then, the giant jade hand quickly lifted, only to slam down again.
"BANG!"
With a loud crash, Yuan Hua's Golden Body Dharma Aspect suddenly dimmed.
"BANG!"
Another loud crash. Cracks spiderwebbed across Yuan Hua's Golden Body Dharma Aspect.
"BANG!"
"BANG!"
"BANG!"
...
The giant jade hand fell again and again, ruthlessly smashing down on Yuan Hua.
After a short while.
Yuan Hua's Golden Body Dharma Aspect was now covered in innumerable cracks, and he was bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
Yuan Hua, a mighty expert of the Refining Dust Realm, was completely powerless before He Yi.
Within the imperial palace, Shen Daoxing stood atop a high palace hall, looking out at the colossal Yuan Hua outside Tianze City, his heart filled with astonishment.
He turned to look at the person beside him. 'It's hard to believe this hale and hearty old man is the same little brat who used to follow me around in the Huangliang Secret Realm,' he thought.
"RUMBLE!"
A thunderous roar echoed. Outside Tianze City, under the relentless bombardment of the jade hand, Yuan Hua's colossal Golden Body Dharma Aspect finally gave way. With a flare of golden light, it shattered.
SWOOSH!
Immediately after, a blood-red figure shot out from the dissipating golden light and crashed heavily to the ground with a THUD.
Seeing this, the giant jade hand in the sky moved once more, descending like a falling mountain to strike the dying Yuan Hua on the ground.
For offending Tianze and harming Shen, He Yi had no intention of letting the matter drop.
But just at this moment.
"That's about enough, He Yi! Do you intend to go to war with our Celestial Profound Sacred Land over this?"
A deep voice suddenly echoed slowly from the heavens.
Then, before Yuan Hua, the void distorted, and a profound and mysterious Yin Yang Two Pole Eight Trigrams Diagram suddenly appeared.
"BANG!"
The giant jade hand from the sky slammed onto the Eight Trigrams Diagram.
Two rays of light, one black and one white, flared brightly and began to spin. The giant jade hand distorted for a moment before quietly disappearing.
At this, He Yi looked up and gave a faint smile. "Hehehe, Tianze is quite lively today! I never thought a mountain master from the esteemed Celestial Profound Sacred Land would grace us with his presence."
As He Yi's voice faded.
In the far distance, an old man in black Daoist robes slowly stepped out from the void above the Celestial Lake Swamp. He took but a single, light step, yet in the next instant, he was standing before Tianze City at Yuan Hua's side.
The Profound Secret Elder frowned as he looked down at Yuan Hua's blood-soaked and wretched figure.
"Senior Brother Tianji!"
Yuan Hua struggled to his feet, went to the Celestial Secret Elder's side, and told him the news of Wang Mingxuan's tragic death.
The Profound Secret Elder's brow tightened, but he quickly composed himself.