Chapter 1247: Since You’re Here, Don’t Even Think About Leaving
The Nine-Layers Immortal tried to break free from the Sixth Immortal, but he had already witnessed his opponent’s power back in the ancient era. It was beyond anything he could contend with.
In a single breath, his body was pulverized by the Sixth Immortal more times than he could count.
“Switch!” The Nine-Layers Immortal swapped personalities, ceding control to his battle-hungry personality.
The battle-crazed personality wasn’t perfunctory. Since he couldn’t compete with the Sixth Immortal, he adopted a different approach. After taking control of the body, he performed Earth Escape to burrow into the soil and fled for his life, reconvening with the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Qilin Immortal.
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“What’s the situation outside? Is the fight over?” Meng Jingzhou couldn’t stay still in the Fengdu City space. In that brief glimpse earlier, he had seen the Qilin Immortal utterly dominated. The opponent was far more formidable than expected. And I have no idea how Old Lu is faring out there.
“I’ll take another look.”
Last time, he had poked half his body through; this time, he stuck out only his head.
He saw four immortals locked in a frenzied battle. They fought like mad, blood splattering across the firmament as the sky collapsed and the earth split apart, as though the world was ending.
Why has the battle grown fiercer?
He shuddered and ducked his head back inside.
Just before withdrawing, he caught a glimpse of Lu Yang out of the corner of his eye. The latter was bouncing around energetically, seemingly unharmed.
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The Qilin Immortal raised his hooves and abruptly kicked both the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal. The two stumbled several steps back and shouted in succession, “I admit defeat!”
Having triumphed over the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal, the Qilin Immortal drew upon the unique trait of the “Law of the Jungle” to advance his cultivation further, his physical form becoming incredibly tough. At this moment, he was indisputably the foremost among the Four Ancient Immortals.
The Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal joined forces to unleash infinite heavenly tribulations interwoven with primal hundun chaos, yin and yang, and the five elements. Any one of these tribulations would have been enough to terrify cultivators across the world. Yet they now appeared free for the taking, and after being amplified by the Nine-Layers Immortal, their power became even more incomprehensible.
If a half-immortal were to face such a tribulation as their Immortal Ascension Tribulation, they would have no chance of surviving.
Heavenly tribulations had always followed the principle—of fifty Great Dao, forty-nine can be derived, and one path diverges—where a sliver of hope for survival remained. But this time, there was no such hope. Since ancient times, such a terrifying calamity had never been witnessed.
The Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation blanketed heaven and earth, raging so violently that any cultivator would be struck senseless with fear.
The Sixth Immortal stamped his foot and shattered the earth, cracking it asunder. The reinforced immortal mountains transformed into sturdy shields, yet they couldn’t even last for three breaths against the Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation before crumbling to dust.
This was tantamount to the fusion of two Dao Fruits, something that couldn’t be achieved without long-term cooperation and practice.
“You’ve certainly put in the effort to defeat me.” The Sixth Immortal’s tone remained unhurried, as though he wasn’t the target of a coordinated assault but rather an exalted judge seated high above.
At the moment, the Heaven Mandate Immortal held the initiative. With heaven and earth as his crucible, spirit energy as his fuel, and the Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation as his flames, he intended to refine the Sixth Immortal!
“You’re refining me like I’m an immortal artifact. Your refinement skills aren’t bad.”
The dense fog around the Sixth Immortal grew murkier and darker. The Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation was indeed affecting the black mist he had meticulously refined.
However, both the heavenly tribulation and the black mist seemed inexhaustible. The originally ferocious battlefield fell into a bizarre stalemate.
Suddenly, the roar of the sovereign of all beasts broke the impasse. The Qilin Immortal had used the Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation to conceal himself, waiting for the moment the Sixth Immortal shifted elsewhere before striking.
However, the Sixth Immortal could still spare attention to deal with the Qilin Immortal. He threw a punch at the Qilin Immortal, but the latter passed through him like a phantom, causing his attack to miss.
“A phantom? No, it’s Upright Without Shadow.”
The great mighty ability, Upright Without Shadow, allowed one to become temporarily intangible. While in this state, one couldn’t be hurt by enemies, but neither could one hurt them.
The Qilin Immortal passed through the Sixth Immortal and emerged behind him. His back was wide open.
Now!
After the reinforcement, the Qilin Immortal’s immortal strength far surpassed what it had been before. Summoning every ounce of his power, he brought both hooves crashing down upon the Sixth Immortal’s back.
The black mist on the Sixth Immortal’s back instantly grew thin.
Not enough!
The Qilin Immortal opened his mouth and spat out several immortal artifacts the Nine-Layers Immortal had brought.
It didn’t matter what purposes these immortal artifacts originally served. At this moment, they had only one use—self-detonation!
Several immortal artifacts self-detonated simultaneously. Even amidst the dazzling radiance of the Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation, the explosion blazed like a sun among fireflies.
Boom!
As the Qilin Immortal was the closest to the explosion, most of his physical form was blasted away, and his bones were partially melted. Yet he laughed on, as if oblivious to the pain.
“Haha! You deserve that, Sixth Immortal!” This was the first time the Qilin Immortal had spoken since the Nine-Layers Immortal’s arrival.
The Sixth Immortal’s black mist was finally breached, and his back was wounded as well!
The three immortals fought shoulder to shoulder. Not a single word was uttered from start to finish, nor did they even exchange a nod. Yet their coordination was flawless, as though they had rehearsed this in their minds over ten million times.
The black mist on the Sixth Immortal’s back reformed. He turned slowly, preparing to strike the Qilin Immortal.
The Qilin Immortal immediately transformed into a lightning body and exploded, scattering into countless electric currents that re-coalesced at a distance, concealing him within the Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation once again.
“How irksome.”
Just as the three immortals thought their plan had succeeded and prepared to press their advantage, the Sixth Immortal vanished without a trace.
The rampaging Immeasurable Heavenly Tribulation interfered not only with the Sixth Immortal’s immortal consciousness but also with that of the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s trio. They had to either dispel the heavenly tribulation or rely on their eyes to find him.
“He’s behind you!”
From the Qilin Immortal’s position, he could just make out the Sixth Immortal’s location. He had somehow disappeared and reappeared instantly behind the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal.
Both the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal simultaneously employed Upright Without Shadow to evade the Sixth Immortal, but to their surprise, he possessed the same ability.
With both parties using Upright Without Shadow, it was effectively the same as neither using it—the Sixth Immortal could still touch them.
The Sixth Immortal reached out and clamped his hands around their heads. Their skulls cracked, deforming at a visible rate. Exerting force with his arms, he smashed their heads together.
The dull, sickening sound sent chills down one’s spine, yet despite the excruciating agony, neither the Heaven Mandate Immortal nor the Nine-Layers Immortal cried out.
Dissatisfied with their lack of reaction, the Sixth Immortal dropped seeds that sprouted into thorns. He grabbed the two and flew upward at breakneck speed, intending to hurl them onto the thorns below.
However, when he was roughly two-thirds of the way up, he suddenly slammed into something with a thud. He couldn’t ascend any further.
He drove a fist into the barrier, but it merely rippled.
As the ripples spread, the barrier finally revealed itself. Judging by its curvature, it had enclosed the entire Zhongshan Commandery.
Someone had set up a seal while I was occupied in battle! Yet I didn’t sense a thing!
“Who is it?!”
He tossed aside the Heaven Mandate Immortal and the Nine-Layers Immortal. These two no longer matter.
“Since you’re here, don’t even think about leaving.”
As ripples fluctuated in space, Yun Zhi emerged, utterly impassive.
She exuded no aura whatsoever. Just by standing there, she became the focal point of the battlefield, instilling boundless hope in people.
In truth, back when the Qilin Immortal and the Midheaven Emperor-Lord were locked in battle, Lu Yang had sensed trouble. Unsure who would prevail and aware that the injured Everlasting Immortal Fairy couldn’t intervene, he had immediately summoned Yun Zhi.
But after the Qilin Immortal defeated the Midheaven Emperor-Lord, Yun Zhi saw no need to reveal herself. She stood to the side, quietly listening as the Qilin Immortal recounted the entire affair.
It was only when the mastermind behind the scenes showed himself and sought to seize the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit that Yun Zhi sprang into action.
In the battle at the East Sea, Yun Zhi had exchanged blows with Hui Doudou. The latter was outmatched and had fled using various escape techniques.
Yun Zhi was certain that the Sixth Immortal was a being even more powerful than Hui Doudou. If he was determined to escape, even with both the Everlasting Immortal Fairy and herself present, they might not be able to stop him.
As such, she had drawn upon the power of Great Xia’s national fortune to construct a barrier around Zhongshan Commandery, ensuring that the Sixth Immortal had no way of escape.
The Heaven Mandate Immortal nearly laughed aloud. When he saw that Lu Yang was here, he was convinced that Yun Zhi would appear.
We’ve been holding out for this very moment!