novelapdf Chapter 543 Ambush
Chapter 543 Ambush
After the Dan Hall.
Steps of white jade, surrounded by ethereal aura, stood a sweet osmanthus tree in the courtyard, its branches seemingly crafted from pure silver. Petals drifted down, transforming into various golden centipedes and toads the instant they touched the ground, scattering in all directions…
All around was quiet, with only the sound of footsteps approaching slowly.
It was the radiance of a nearly full moon, within which stood a figure, whose face was indistinct, wearing a long robe of the moon that touched the ground, upon which not only were there moon patterns, but also flowing spring water...
"The last fragment of the [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] is here..."
Fang Qing looked at the osmanthus tree but did not take action immediately.
His divine sense spread out, like mercury spilling onto the ground, and the sky above was hazy and chaotic, with a light drizzle falling.
The raindrops transformed into vapor, subtly touching upon some mysterious aspect of the moon, making the moonlight shine brightly.
"A celestial array? Is there still a remnant of a celestial array protecting this place?"
"If we rashly seize the treasure, we will surely be punished by the 'Taiyin Pure and Mysterious Light'!"
With the help of the omnipresent [Ji Shui], Fang Qing vaguely gained some understanding of the immortal array before him.
If one is willing to expend a certain amount of effort and fully activate the golden position, it is possible to break the great formation.
Not only is it time-consuming, but it will also inevitably suffer some backlash and "Heavenly Hatred". If there is still time to heal slowly, it will be fine, but if you encounter a powerful enemy again, it will be troublesome.
"Sigh... I knew it wouldn't be that easy."
Fang Qing sighed and suddenly waved his hand.
Splash!
The fine rain seemed to have been dammed up for a long time, and then it collapsed with a roar, turning into a "heavenly river"!
This vast Milky Way stretches across the starry sky, and wherever it flows, everything hidden is revealed!
Somewhere in the celestial palace, broken walls and ruins exploded, revealing a true demonic aura.
This true demonic energy was black and red, like a blood-red rainbow, revealing one of the alien races covered in black scales and with horns on its forehead. It was clad in black armor and held a strangely shaped battle axe in both hands. With a roar, it swung the axe down!
Swish!
The power of the Great Dao was activated, and a towering True Magic Image appeared between heaven and earth, wielding a giant axe in both hands, smashing down fiercely as if Pangu had created the world!
Splash!
The 'Milky Way' was actually cut in half, but the axe blade remained sharp and continued to slash at Fang Qing!
"A demonic Mahayana cultivator?!"
Fang Qing chuckled softly, and the half-finished [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] in his hand emitted a layer of Taiyin radiance, making his figure appear hazy.
Rumble!
The enormous axe blade fell, causing the celestial palace to tremble. Huge cracks spread outwards, shattering countless once-intact palaces.
Only around that laurel tree, layer upon layer of 'Taiyin Pure and Mysterious Light' appeared, and it remained completely unharmed despite the immortal's attack.
hum!
A dim, yellowish light enveloped the celestial palace, and a magnificent divine beast, resembling an ox, pure white in color, with four horns and thick fur, emerged. On its head was a small, bright yellow seal, which was none other than the celestial artifact—the [Shanyu Seal of the Mountain]!
Layer upon layer of earthen-yellow light curtains appeared, sealing off the heavens and the earth, forcing Fang Qing's figure out: "Ao Yin... you've found help to seek revenge?"
For Fang Qing, ordinary Mahayana cultivators were like divine pills; no matter how many came, they would die under his use of his Golden Position.
However, it is different for a Mahayana peak cultivator who wields a celestial artifact. This is almost comparable to a true immortal, and is equivalent to a Golden Core True Monarch!
Not only the Ao Yin, but also the giant black axe in the hands of the Demon Clan Mahayana was a celestial artifact!
Faced with these two issues, a simple illusion is insufficient to resolve the problem; a serious approach is necessary.
"It really is you! 'True Lord Xuanming Runji'!"
The hooves howled loudly, their voices filled with barely concealed resentment.
Last time, it was this very True Lord who killed the Bone-Engraving Ancestor, forced him to flee, and stole the fragment of the [Taiyin Treasure Mirror]!
"Want revenge? With just the two of you? You'll probably just end up handing me a divine artifact..."
Fang Qing stood with his hands behind his back, enveloped in the moonlight and the radiance of the [Ji Shui], and let out a long laugh.
"I never expected... that you would remain completely unmoved by a rare treasure from a celestial abode, a supreme treasure of the Taiyin Dao!"
The demon race's Mahayana spoke at this moment. Its voice was neither male nor female, but had a magnetic quality. It had no Adam's apple and possessed the characteristics of a 'celestial being'.
Their original plan was to make their move when Fang Qing suffered the backlash from the immortal array, but they did not expect that he would not be moved by it, forcing them to make their move ahead of time.
Of course, two Mahayana warriors wielding celestial artifacts alone are not enough to defeat a descended True Immortal!
Beyond the layers of earthen yellow light curtain, the mottled jade bricks of the Taiyin Qingsu Yuehua Palace peeled away, revealing one intricate array pattern after another.
Strands of golden essence from the sun fell, mixing into a corner of the original immortal array, instantly triggering a mysterious change, with the sun and moon rising and transforming into a divine light!
It is indeed the "Divine Light that Annihilates the Sun and Moon"!
Beneath this celestial palace lies an even larger celestial array!
In fact, the attack from the Demon Clan's Mahayana cultivator and the divine beast Ao Yin was merely to restrict Fang Qing and activate this great formation!
Swish!
The sun and moon shone together, and countless divine rays of annihilation transformed into beams of light that fell upon the earth, arriving at the mere thought of them!
The power of extreme yin and yang swept across, annihilating all demons and monsters!
Waaah!
The incomplete [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] in Fang Qing's hand let out a mournful cry.
After all, it was just a broken immortal artifact, and it quickly succumbed to the annihilation of the sun and moon divine light, and the bright moon was instantly shattered.
A mixture of silver and gold light flashed suddenly.
As the radiant light descended, the figure seemed to have vanished from the immortal array.
However, the demon race's Mahayana cultivators dared not be negligent in the slightest. They kept chanting demonic incantations and summoned eight pitch-black demonic beasts from the void, spewing out various kinds of tribulation fire and rushing into the formation.
On the other side, the divine beast Ao Yin's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and a large ball of essence blood sprayed onto the [Feng Shui Mountain Seal].
As a divine beast of the Mahayana realm, it possesses a trace of celestial beast bloodline, and its essence blood is priceless.
At this moment, he did not hesitate to burn his own life essence to unleash the power of the immortal artifact.
Layer upon layer of mountain shadows stretched out, carrying the power of the Earth Element Dao, sweeping away the remaining mystic light within the formation.
Swish!
A towering figure appeared, none other than Fang Qing, who was completely taking advantage of the absence of [Ji Shui].
The Dharma form of "True Lord Xuanming Runji" reappeared, but at this moment it was as if it was suppressed by the immortal array, only a thousand feet tall, and his fingers flicked repeatedly.
Purity and turbidity, reality and illusion, life and death...
Numerous complex and opposing images emerged, and it seemed as if an ink pool had appeared around the Dharma body, engulfing the calamity fire and the demonic beast.
Faxiang chuckled softly, pressed his crown, and the boundless radiance of the [Jishui] shimmered, transforming into ripples that lifted the continuous mountain shadows, making it difficult for them to fall.
"The two of you alone are no match for me... and this immortal array, set up in advance and activating the restrictions within the secret realm... you must be someone extremely familiar with the Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace!"
Fang Qing's voice was clear and resonant.
Immediately, a flash of light appeared outside the Sun and Moon Mystic Light Immortal Array, and two Mahayana figures suddenly appeared.
One of them was none other than the "Owl King" of the Black Nickel Clan!
Its body was like a giant steel statue, its face full of fear. At this moment, it pounded its chest and opened its mouth wide.
A golden aura appeared, blazing like a rainbow that could slay immortals, and plunged into the immortal formation, drawing down a certain Great Dao that transformed into various killing immortal weapons, which smashed onto the Dharma image.
The other Mahayana practitioner was a woman in palace attire, holding a page of a celestial book with the radiance of the sun and moon flowing around it. She seemed to be a supreme master of formations, close to the ninth rank, and was fully mobilizing the power of the sun and moon's mystical light...
"Not enough! Still not enough!"
Fang Qing roared, and the [Ji Shui] radiance surged, transforming into a chaotic sea that crashed down and engulfed everything.
"This is bad... We're only forcibly using the array patterns within this celestial palace, not the true grand array of the celestial palace. We might not be able to trap him!"
The woman in palace attire shouted sternly.
"Certainly!"
Just then, a faint voice came.
The chaotic ocean and the divine light of the sun and moon's duality were frozen in mid-air, as if they had fallen into some kind of eternal stagnation!
The Avenue of Time descends, bringing a moment when time stands still!
Even if many powerful beings could escape from this 'time freeze' in the next instant, for the Time Transformation Ancestor, this instant was enough!
Following the Dharma image of True Lord Xuanming Runji, a silver-robed youth appeared, holding a ball of silver flame in his palm, which he pressed onto the Dharma image.
"die!"
His voice was incredibly old, carrying the weight of time.
Splash!
The silver flames resembled a celestial fire, possessing unbelievable power, instantly engulfing the entire thousand-foot-tall Dharma image.
Then... the original Dharma form collapsed!
"My lord Kamui!"
The four outstanding Mahayana cultivators—the Demon Clan's Mahayana cultivator, the Ao Yin Divine Beast, the Xiao Yuan King, and the woman in palace attire—all cheered.
A flash of silver light!
The silver-robed youth, however, had a gloomy expression as he gazed at the place where the misty water light had dissipated.
After the immortal array dissipated, it was found to be completely empty!
"A banished immortal, died like this? Without leaving a trace? What happened to his immortal soul? What happened to his immortal bones?"
The woman in palace attire murmured, "If we use it to refine 'Immortal Soul Pills,' we can condense our immortal souls ahead of time, and there's hope for us to become immortals..."
"Although my 'Immortal-Eating Flame' is incredibly powerful, it has not yet reached the point where a single strike can annihilate a True Immortal, destroying their soul and spirit..."
The Ancestor of Time Transformation said, "The only thing that can rival the Great Dao of Time is the Great Dao of the Void! That immortal is not a water immortal, but a Great Void immortal! He was able to teleport directly out of the immortal formation... I'm afraid no one in the Spirit Realm can defeat him."
"The Immortal of the Void? Is he really that terrifying?"
The demon Mahayana cultivator hurriedly said, "My lord... we came to kill the immortal at your invitation... it was you who found out from countless tributaries of time that the immortal would come to this place... so we laid an ambush in advance..."
Offending a Grand Void Immortal is a serious offense, and even though the Demon Clan is one of the most powerful races on the Mountain and Sea Continent, they still have to worry about being wiped out!
The other Mahayana practitioners were in the same boat, looking worriedly at the progenitor of the Shitu.
"Hmph! When I sent you my message, you readily agreed, so you should have known the risks involved... Lady Qi, what do you say?"
The progenitor of Shi Tui looked at the woman in palace attire again.
Those invited to kill immortals are all the best among the Mahayana cultivators, possessing near-immortal combat power.
Even the progenitor of the Time Transformation cannot be completely offended.
Lady Qi herself was also a Mahayana cultivator, but she was obsessed with the Dao of Arrays and was a top-tier eighth-order array master.
"I only came here by invitation. If this matter fails, I have nothing to say... But what do you all think about the next step? Should we attempt to break through the final layer of this immortal formation?"
Lady Qi gazed towards the laurel tree, her eyes filled with eagerness: "With your understanding of the Taiyin Qingsu Moon Palace, sir, if we join forces, we can surely break through the final change in the immortal formation and obtain that Taiyin fragment. Then, in the spirit realm, we can use the connection between the immortal artifacts to track down that Taixu Immortal... Let's try again!"
"That's right, that makes sense!" the Ao Yin agreed.
"No!" Ancestor Shi Tui shook his head upon hearing this: "You do not know that if the sun and moon fall together in the three palaces of the Sun, Moon, and Stars in this Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, the final 'Hidden Star Palace' will emerge... At that time, the methods of a Celestial Lord will descend... A trace of the power of that existence is beyond our ability to stop, much less a future that I can foresee..."
"Hidden Star Palace? Immortal Lord?"
The demon cultivator was taken aback: "There's actually such a powerful being's scheme?"
Lady Qi also remained silent, after all, this ancestor of the Time Transformation was not only a true immortal, but also an ancient living fossil, and had a great understanding of the Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace.
Since the other party does not recommend doing so, it is best not to do it.