Chapter 132: Uncle Xiong Was Wrong; They Have Four Legs
When he supported the Hundred Towns Thousand Evils Confinement Tower standing in the cloudless sky, he did not attack but instead sealed the Deaf Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall inside it. As the Deaf Elder was enclosed, a second-grade immortal artifact automatically flew out from the high altitude, cutting through the space to bring down the thunderous calamity that shifted the stars, landing atop the cloudless sky.
Holding the Fear-Hate Immortal Sword, with each lightning strike, his sword gleamed as if it were savoring meat, shining brilliantly.
An old second-grade immortal sword—would it really fear the heavenly tribulation thunder?
Seeing this method was flawed, Hao Shicun lightly touched his finger, neutralizing the sword’s thrust from the cloudless one. At the same time, with a single gesture, from the lowest level of the Hundred Towns Thousand Evils Confinement Tower came a disheveled female immortal bound with layers of chains.
Once a stunningly beautiful celestial, now she appeared as a prisoner under guard.
How little time had passed?
Experience is the sharpest teacher. Hao Shicun had observed every movement in the valley; after thoroughly questioning the cloudless one and others, he severed their retreat. Not only that, but he also captured the parents, relatives, and over a thousand acquaintances of the captive Jia Youke’s village, taking them all back.
Displaying the stunning beauty, Hao Shicun pointed at Jia Youke and angrily declared, “Traitor! Without permission, you dared to become the leader of another sect. Hand over the token of the leader of the Elegant Immortal Sect!”
Faced with such a threat, Jia Youke felt a chill run through his body. He had imagined his future in countless ways, but this was the most dreadful. Once it reached this point, there was no way to refuse.
He tried to pull down the ‘Elegant’ totem, but grasped nothing but air. Then he dug at the flesh of the scars on his neck and forehead. Yet, as the flesh was removed, it naturally vanished and regrew anew.
It was as if it was growing within his very soul. Removing it now, given his current immortal body cultivation, would be nearly impossible.
Witnessing Jia Youke tormenting himself, the drunken Long Yi shouted loudly, “Wonderful, wonderful!”
His shout caused the beautiful woman to panic and Jia Youke to despair. Could it be that he was nothing but a passerby, and the leader of the Elegant Immortal Sect treated the matter so lightly, as if it were a game?
Swallowing the alcohol's harshness, Long Yi hurried to finish his words amid the cloudless one's glare: “Wonderful, elder, you detest threats using family. Rest assured, this fellow is in deep misery. If he doesn’t die, he will surely be cast down to the mortal realm!”
Upon hearing this, Hao Shicun’s expression darkened. A bolt of tribulation lightning struck the blade of the Astonishing Spirit Saber. The next moment, a white light reflected off the blade’s surface, only to be countered by layers of misty radiance from the Hundred Towns Thousand Evils Confinement Tower.
At this critical moment, as Long Yi and others watched the cloudless one unleash his power, to their surprise, the cloudless one pointed at Rong Ya and said, “What, the spirit of the tireless fighter is gone?”
Long Yi was stunned as well. He sensed the servitude bond he had established with Rong Ya was weakening, a sign of the master’s weakness and the servant’s strength. If Rong Ya advanced to the complete Immortal King stage, this bond would quickly dissolve and might even backfire, inflicting severe spiritual damage on the master.
Rong Ya hesitated only half a second before roaring fiercely, igniting the spirit of his early Immortal King stage!
This ignition propelled him into the mid to late Immortal King phase, his dual forces of law growing stronger. The sky was shrouded in layers of punching power, forming millions of fists, stacking like his ultimate technique.
He was about to unleash his ultimate move, exerting all his strength in one blow. After this strike, he would regress to early Immortal King or even fall out of the Immortal King realm entirely.
If he fell, like Long Yi, he would need to endure the Immortal King tribulation again to recover.
Though the power was slight, the chance to reach this was rare and would require numerous treasures—not easily attained.
“Crazy, truly crazy.”
“A single strike to kill a newly ascended Immortal King, and one who would rather harm himself to severely injure us—a madman we can’t withstand!” Black Ear’s thoughts surfaced, and the group realized he was once again looking to retreat.
But if the first to retreat could preserve strength, the last few would certainly suffer.
If they truly did this, would the valley lord spare them afterward?
With this in mind, Black Ear’s assault weakened, and he slowly slipped out of the encircling ring of Rong Ya’s radiance. He waited for a perfect moment to minimize the consequences of such a retreat.
However, when a torrent of self-destructive, life-and-death attacks poured in, he could no longer hold back and leapt away.
His escape weakened the siege formation’s power instantly. The remaining six Immortal Kings could no longer hold and were struck by Rong Ya’s strongest blow!
Yin Hu, Guang Jiuse, Fu Dafu, and Li Ge all used their divine abilities to flee, each taking a punch. The formation summoned by Tun Sheng was extremely strong; after breaking through hundreds of thousands of formations, it suffered only minor damage.
Only Immortal King Yang Zhi, who invoked the Soul-Calming Tower, was struck. The divine power transmitted through mountains to his spirit caused his body to explode and his soul to be damaged. Tun Sheng carried him away.
White Wan and the others rushed forward in panic but did not get close before Rong Ya’s following attacks arrived!
Tun Sheng’s specialty was formations; his body was weak. After releasing numerous formation plates from within, he was struck and vanished without a trace. Yang Zhi’s soul was fully exposed; should he flee, those rescuing him—White Wan and others—would be doomed without burial.
As Yang Zhi was about to fall completely, an invisible fierce energy suddenly appeared, neutralizing Rong Ya’s layers of punching power.
Not only Yang Zhi’s assault but also the punch and law forces on the other Immortal Kings were blocked by this fierce energy.
Old Bear Three was puzzled, watching the waning and even dispirited Rong Ya, and asked, “If he could shatter the others, why the relentless pursuit of him?”
Long Yi snorted, suppressing his drunkenness, and said, “Immortal King Yang Zhi is weak in disciplining his subordinates, whipping the reincarnated steed of the An Camel Emperor. If not for this fierce energy blocking it, even his followers behind him would have been wiped out. This is just a disguised ass-kissing!”
An Camel, upon hearing this and about to get angry, glanced at his current attire and silently agreed with the remark.
As this fierce energy blocked the Radiant Glory, the cloudless one’s defense reached a critical moment. Suddenly, over a thousand arms emerged behind him, waving and causing the heavens and earth to shimmer with dazzling colors.
“Come, come, come!”
His tone was calm. Amid the thousand arms, a space appeared. The three elders watched carefully with their third eyes and warned, “Be careful!” Others also looked on.
At that glance, the world changed. The elders of Hundred Flowers Valley vanished without a trace.
Even the grand elder Hao Shicun was not spared; only one glance and he too disappeared.
The trapped Dongyin Gonggong was stunned, recognizing the divine art’s source—it was the phantom beast his sect had captured. However, the phantom beast’s attacks were weak, only delaying time.
He was mistaken. The moment the elders entered, a flame burst above the cloudless one’s head, scorching the sky above—the only exit.
Perhaps with Hao Shicun’s power, the exit could be breached within two breaths. But the scorching Ten-Flavored True Fire stunned him; such intense heat melted his soul. He dared not risk abandoning his body to escape.
The elders were trapped precisely when Rong Ya was most vulnerable and his attacks blocked.
Watching the fierce energy resembling planetary force, the cloudless one coughed twice, feeling a little uneasy. He wished to rescue the beautiful woman and others from the Hundred Towns Thousand Evils Confinement Tower when suddenly a celestial maiden of peerless beauty descended—the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden.
She lifted the Thousand Evils Confinement Tower, transforming it into a hairpin that she tucked into her coiled hair.
“You’re a bit late coming out!”
“No, your performance was so wonderful I couldn’t clap in time, unwilling to interrupt!”
“Then should I perform a bit longer?”
“There’s a visitor trying to steal your spotlight; he’s getting impatient!”
Unaware, many were shocked by their exchange. Could it be that the cloudless one and the newly arrived valley lord of Hundred Flowers Valley, Falling Flower With Feelings, whose real name was Falling Flower Dance, were old acquaintances?
Even Old Bear Three frowned and snorted, “No way, with such ambiguous words, when did they become that close?”
“Smack!”
Old Bear Three was glared at by Moon Seven, who left a red mark on his forehead, and the childlike voice said, “Uncle Bear was wrong—they have four legs!”
Falling Flower Dance’s arrival greatly boosted Hundred Flowers Valley’s morale. As the only late-stage complete Immortal King, she cultivated using stellar core power, making her the strongest ruler of the star and able to resist enemies of the Immortal Emperor level.
She would not leave seclusion unless for the most important matters.
“Sorry to interrupt your attempt at ascending to Immortal Emperor!” the cloudless one spoke gently, as he always softened his tone when facing kind-hearted female immortals.
Falling Flower Dance shook her head softly and sighed, “Becoming an Immortal Emperor is so distant, so difficult, so lucky. Even after earning a star’s recognition, many hardships remain. Nine deaths to become Emperor—I am already satisfied having reached this stage.”
The cloudless one smiled wryly, teasing, “Such a simple thing sounds extraordinarily difficult coming from you. They say Falling Flower With Feelings earned her title because you saved so many with immortal medicine.”
Falling Flower Dance shook her head just as the next words surprised her.
“If you agree to accompany me for a few days, or even become my maid, ascending to Emperor will be effortless.” The cloudless one extended his hand, presenting a massive cup.
No, it was not a cup but a ninth-grade immortal artifact borrowed from Long Yi, floating in the air. Seeing Long Yi frown, he added, “I heard you can brew wine. Fill this artifact, and I guarantee you’ll become Emperor!”
Falling Flower Dance ignored the cloudless one’s nonsense and pointed at Long Yi’s Astonishing Spirit Saber. A powerful force condensed, releasing Dao Yuan and others trapped inside the saber.
Afterwards, she helped the heavily injured Luo Da restore his body and severed the saber’s residual energy, marveling, “I’ve never seen such a weapon before.”
Long Yi sneered but kept silent.
After Falling Flower Dance exposed the phantom beast’s alternate space and extinguished the small flame, the cloudless one hesitated and said, “Release the Elegant Immortal Sect leader’s maid first. Dao Yuan was his companion; freeing him won’t harm me. But the other inner elders must be traded fairly.”
Falling Flower Dance smiled lightly and, following the cloudless one’s words, released all those captured by the inner elders. She then spoke to Fei Tengshi and Jia Youke, “Every cultivator has their own destiny. Hundred Flowers Valley grants you this chance. May you not forget the oath sworn when entering our valley.”
As each soul lamp was summoned and returned, the cloudless one’s face grew longer.
When Gao Le and Yi Sheng were safely released, his expression darkened further.
Their performance was too perfect; he was left speechless.
Falling Flower Dance then treated Yang Zhi, gradually reshaping his body while watching the halted tribulation lightning in the sky. Holding the artifact she dragged, she said, “Deaf one, as an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, you allowed demons to invade, acting arrogantly, and ultimately achieved Immortal King status through this. What do you feel?”
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