Chapter 1246: I Can Spare You
Right after Lu Yang insulted Heaven Mandate Immortal, he scurried away from beneath the Sixth Immortal while the Everlasting Immortal Fairy anxiously pressed him from within the mental space.
“Is Lass Yun done yet?”
“Please bear with it a little longer. If we act rashly, the other party may sense that the situation is unfavorable and flee. I’ll have everything set up shortly.”
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Heavenly lightning illuminated the sky. Zhongshan Commandery had been reduced to an ocean of lightning. The land was charred, and rolling peals of thunder reverberated across millions of li of sky. Storms raged, whipping up sand and stone. Any immortal consciousness released outward would be dispersed in an instant, disrupting the Sixth Immortal’s perception.
Sweet dew descended, mending the Qilin Immortal’s wounds.
The Heaven Mandate Immortal stood within the ocean of lightning, with three thousand immortal lightning bolts above his head and with earth, fire, wind, and water beneath his feet. He was the undisputed sovereign of heavenly tribulations.
“Supreme Purity Immortal Lightning!”
If the Exorcism Divine Lightning he had unleashed upon arrival was a casual move, then this Supreme Purity Immortal Lightning was a fully charged blast. Its power was on a completely different level.
The vast and mighty immortal lightning surged forth like a deluge, crashing toward the Sixth Immortal.
The Sixth Immortal’s black mist seemed capable of blocking all things in the world. He went against the current, his target not the Heaven Mandate Immortal but the Qilin Immortal.
His movements were swift and precise. Neither the Heaven Mandate Immortal nor the Qilin Immortal could react in time.
With a deafening palm strike, the Sixth Immortal pierced straight through the Qilin Immortal’s chest. Lightning burst forth from the wound and detonated with a bang, his entire immortal body turning into lightning.
The lightning scattered and re-coalesced into the Qilin Immortal’s form in the distance. Having transformed into a body of lightning, the Qilin Immortal could now move freely through the ocean of lightning.
Adapting to the environment—survival of the fittest.
“A lightning body?” The Sixth Immortal had not prioritized dealing with the Heaven Mandate Immortal precisely because the Heaven Mandate Immortal had appeared in lightning form. It was troublesome to handle. He hadn’t expected the Qilin Immortal to react so swiftly and attuned himself to the environment.
But this is merely a minor inconvenience.
“Grand Purity Immortal Lightning!
“Jade Purity Immortal Lightning!”
The Heaven Mandate Immortal frantically activated his Tribulation Mandate Dao Fruit, forcing himself to conjure the Three Purity Immortal Lightnings in the shortest possible time.
The Three Purity Immortal Lightnings could slay immortals and annihilate devils, suppressing the cosmos. Once unleashed, even the Heaven Mandate Immortal could barely control them. In the ancient era, only the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was capable of withstanding this move.
The Supreme Purity Immortal Lightning transformed into a deluge of lightning, and the Grand Purity Immortal Lightning morphed into a thousand immortal weapons—axes, swords, and halberds, while the Jade Purity Immortal Lightning manifested as six shields that assembled into a cube, sealing the Sixth Immortal within alongside the Supreme Purity Immortal Lightning and the Grand Purity Immortal Lightning.
The cube blazed with blinding immortal light. Lu Yang simply glanced up, and blood streamed from his eyes, instantly leaving him blind. He was already comparable to a half-immortal, yet he couldn’t even take a look. It was hard to imagine the fearsome power of the Three Purity Immortal Lightnings that the Sixth Immortal faced head-on.
Lu Yang healed his eyes with the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit and retreated as far from the battlefield as possible. He knew that the Three Purity Immortal Lightnings alone couldn’t defeat the Sixth Immortal.
If this technique were effective, the Four Ancient Immortals and the mastermind would have settled their score back in the ancient era.
Sure enough, a thunderous boom resounded through the air. Through some unknown method or sheer brute force, the Sixth Immortal blasted a hole in the cube formed by the Jade Purity Immortal Lightning. His black mist writhed in irregular patterns, something that had never occurred before. It clearly indicated that the Three Purity Immortal Lightnings did affect him.
The moment the Sixth Immortal tore open the gap, the Qilin Immortal leveraged the lightning power to accelerate, achieving a divine speed that even the Speed Dao Fruit would struggle to match. His entire body had become lightning, save for his Qilin horns.
Those horns smashed into the Sixth Immortal’s black mist and sank into it like stones cast into the vast sea, unable to advance even by a hair’s breadth.
The Heaven Mandate Immortal brought an axe down upon the back of the Sixth Immortal’s head.
This was a makeshift immortal weapon he had forged on the spot from materials in the Qilin Immortal’s storage ring. As it was rushed, it could only be used once.
Once is enough!
The Sixth Immortal raised his hand to catch the axe and crushed it.
“You’ve grown a bit more coordinated than you were during the battle back in ancient times.”
Before their battle with the mastermind in the ancient era, the Four Ancient Immortals had primarily sparred with each other. They had no experience fighting as a united front. It was only after establishing the Ember Legacy Dynasty that they diligently studied one another’s unique strengths and devised ways to combine their efforts to maximize their collective combat power.
The Sixth Immortal spat forth several types of immortal fires. Upon contact with the two immortals’ lightning bodies, they detonated instantly, blasting the two immortals apart.
Lightning and fire were the most explosive forces in the world. They naturally erupted upon collision.
Whenever the two tried to reform their lightning bodies, the immortal fires sought them out and exploded again. Although such explosions couldn’t harm their fundamental essence, they kept the two perpetually occupied, exhausting them with the constant need to re-coalesce their bodies.
“If you are willing to hand over the Reincarnation Incipient Dao Fruit and swear never to oppose me again, I can spare you.” The Sixth Immortal spoke leisurely, as if negotiating. “After all, I do not delight in slaughter. As long as you do not stand in my way, what do your lives or deaths matter to me?”
The two seethed with rage. The Sixth Immortal didn’t regard them seriously at all.
Even through the black mist, they could see him shaking his head, as though he was unable to understand their actions. “Besides, why would you throw away your lives for the sake of others?”
He could understand the Four Ancient Immortals fighting him in the ancient era because they weren’t aware of his power. But after that battle, they should have recognized the chasm between us. Yet they still dare to court death by challenging me again.
The Qilin Immortal roared in fury and abandoned his lightning body, reverting to his original form. These immortal fires were average in power. They posed a threat only to lightning bodies; his immortal body could easily withstand them.
On the other hand, the Heaven Mandate Immortal used several pieces of immortal gold from the Qilin Immortal’s storage ring to hastily forge a few armor plates, protecting himself from the immortal fire.
Neither of them answered the Sixth Immortal’s question. His philosophy was completely different from theirs. Even if they had replied, what difference would it have made? Could they have persuaded him to agree with their perspective?
“You are the ones who insist on courting death,” the Sixth Immortal said flatly, as if pronouncing their fates.
In a flash, he appeared before the Qilin Immortal, whose pupils contracted sharply. The Sixth Immortal was even faster than before!
He seized the Qilin Immortal by the throat and drove his fist straight into his face, causing the latter’s head to burst apart like a melon.
The Qilin Immortal’s head regrew slowly as the Heaven Mandate Immortal activated his Tribulation Mandate Dao Fruit, summoning a rain of sweet dew. The Sixth Immortal swung the Qilin Immortal around and hurled him into the auspicious clouds formed by the dew, shattering them.
Seeing the Sixth Immortal charge toward him, the Heaven Mandate Immortal hurriedly summoned the Thirty-Three Heavenly Tribulations as a barrier. The Sixth Immortal shoved the Qilin Immortal forward as a shield to block all the tribulations, while his other hand closed around the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s throat.
“You think I can’t touch you just because you have a lightning body?”
Although he was a body of lightning, the Heaven Mandate Immortal felt the suffocating sensation of a mortal drowning. What technique is this?!
Suddenly, ice and snow spread across millions of li, blanketing all of Zhongshan Commandery in an instant. The extreme cold seemed capable of freezing even time. Lu Yang was coated in frost, and he had to struggle with all his might to break free.
Seeing this, the Heaven Mandate Immortal immediately activated his Tribulation Mandate Dao Fruit and summoned heavenly tribulations once more. Heavenly thunder rolled, interwoven with endless immortal fires. This time, the immortal fire and heavenly lightning didn’t detonate upon contact but merged harmoniously.
The heavenly lightning kindled earthly fire, resembling a cataclysmic tribulation that could end creation. Its power was unparalleled, far more terrifying than the Three Purity Immortal Lightnings. Even the black mist showed signs of dissipating, forcing the Sixth Immortal to release both the Qilin Immortal and the Heaven Mandate Immortal.
The Nine-Layers Immortal descended, wreathed in immortal fire and Mystic Ice, his teeth clenched as he glared at the Sixth Immortal.
He had been in the middle of discussing the Dao with Teacher Tiankui at the Five-Elements Sect when he sensed disturbances from the west. Judging by how its effects were palpable from such a distance, it appeared that an immortal battle had broken out.
Hence, he followed the fluctuations toward the Wilderness Province, but halfway there, they ceased, presumably because the immortal battle had concluded. Out of curiosity, he continued on toward the Wilderness Province.
Just as he was about to reach the Wilderness Province, he sensed even more violent fluctuations, their intensity far surpassing that of the previous immortal battle.
Upon arriving in Zhongshan Commandery, he saw the Sixth Immortal simultaneously restrain both the Qilin Immortal and the Heaven Mandate Immortal. Without hesitation, he unleashed an Extreme Cold Field to slow the flow of time while raining immortal fire down upon the Sixth Immortal.
But immortal fires alone couldn’t threaten the Sixth Immortal...
The Heaven Mandate Immortal immediately understood the Nine-Layers Immortal’s intention and coordinated with heavenly lightning, producing the current result.
“Sixth Immortal—” Before the Nine-Layers Immortal could finish bellowing, the Sixth Immortal formed a hand seal.
Ninety-nine mountains rose from the earth and hurtled toward him, smashing him into the mountain range. Mountain after mountain collapsed, until only the final mountain remained standing.