Chapter 1971: Witch Appear

Reverend Black Rain was naturally greatly startled by this sudden turn of events, but his face betrayed no panic. With a swift hand gesture, he formed an incantation sign and opened his mouth to release a small silver bell.

With a resounding 'clang,' the small bell instantly transformed into a towering silver illusion, over a hundred zhang tall, completely enveloping the old man.

Simultaneously, rings of silver waves swept outwards in all directions. The falling rocks, upon contact with these sound waves, instantly disintegrated into powder.

Meanwhile, a grayish-white light flickered on the surface of the two mountains. Suddenly, two massive hands, formed from countless rocks, forcibly extended from within the mountains. With splayed fingers, they were hundreds of zhang in size, seemingly imbued with infinite power.

Two earth-shattering booms erupted!

The two colossal palms, like swatting flies, fiercely struck the illusion formed by the small bell from both sides.

Although the silver bell was an extraordinary treasure, under the impact of such immense power, it could only collapse and vanish with a whimper.

Reverend Black Rain, who was inside, finally showed a look of dismay. Immediately, with a loud shout, he violently flung his sleeve, and a ball of silver light shot out from it.

After a peal of thunder, a net woven from countless silver electrical threads immediately appeared, flickering into and out of existence, poised to unfurl.

It was none other than the Silver Heaven Thunder Net, an artifact renowned on the Chaos Myriad Spirit List!

Given the net's profound mystical power, once deployed, it would naturally be sufficient to counter the sudden attack.

The old man breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then chanted incantations under his breath, and with a single hand grasping at the void, several clusters of spiritual light simultaneously appeared in his palm.

He intended to summon other treasures to immediately counterattack his enemy.

But at this critical moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

The nearby void rippled, and a slender, jade-white hand suddenly reached out. With a seemingly casual grab, it actually seized the thunder net, which had not yet fully unfurled, into its grasp.

As the jade hand clenched its fingers, the old man felt a tearing pain in his soul. His mental connection with the Silver Heaven Thunder Net was instantly severed, causing him to cry out involuntarily, and his body swayed unsteadily, teetering in mid-air.

And with this brief delay, the two colossal stone palms nearby slammed together as if two small mountains were colliding.

Although the old man, shocked and furious, hastily mustered all his magical power and immediately manifested a gleaming green battle armor on his body,

the power of the two stone palms was simply too immense!

A colossal, earth-shattering roar ensued!

The old man's protective spiritual light and green battle armor shattered inch by inch under the immense force, and his physical body instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

With a 'whoosh,' a ball of black light shot out from the blood mist. With a flicker, it instantly vanished into the void.

A pleasant chuckle echoed.

The jade hand that had seized the silver thunder net flipped over and extended a finger, lightly flicking it in the direction where the black light had disappeared.

With a 'fizz,' a ball of silver light shot out, and, flashing briefly, also disappeared into the void.

The next moment, a muffled thud was heard. The void trembled at a spot over a hundred zhang away, and a ball of black light reappeared, stumbling. However, after a momentary shake, it immediately shot away like a crossbow bolt into the distance.

Within the black light was clearly a purple Nascent Soul, several inches tall. Its face was identical to Reverend Black Rain's, but it was pale, with an expression of shock and fury, and subtle traces of blood at the corners of its mouth.

"To think of escaping now is far too delusional!" A woman's sneering voice echoed again.

Following this, the jade hand gave a shake. The thunder net it had previously held instantly vanished, replaced by a dark, ancient mirror, which it gently waved a few times towards the fleeing old man's Nascent Soul.

A dark beam of light shot out, and with a flicker, it instantly enveloped the distant Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul, which had been flying rapidly, immediately felt the air around it become constrained. Subsequently, an irresistible, immense suction force forcibly pulled back its escaping light, causing it to shoot backward.

At this point, Reverend Black Rain was truly terrified out of his wits. In desperation, the Nascent Soul let out a low growl and spewed out a triangular token, then opened its mouth again to spray out several clots of vital blood, which transformed into a blood mist and merged into the token.

Since the triangular token could serve as Reverend Black Rain's protection for his Nascent Soul, it was naturally a rare and extraordinary treasure. With a clear hum, it immediately transformed into a cloud of green light and rushed towards the Nascent Soul.

The moment the green light touched the Nascent Soul, its backward motion instantly halted. Moreover, with a flash of light, it protected the Nascent Soul and propelled it forward once more, allowing it to escape.

"Oh! Interesting, it's the Human Race's Azure Nether Token. It seems if I don't exert a bit more effort, this little one might actually get away." The pleasant female voice echoed again, but this time it seemed to carry a hint of surprise.

Space rippled. The owner of the jade hand, a woman in blue palace robes, silently emerged from the void.

This woman had a graceful figure, a face like white jade, and extremely beautiful features. Yet, her beautiful eyes shimmered with a faint green light, imbuing her with an indescribable sense of majesty.

The moment the woman appeared, after glancing at the Nascent Soul, her jade-like face subtly darkened. She raised a jade hand in front of her and formed an incredibly profound magical seal.

With a soft 'poof!'

A dark, three-headed, six-armed demonic shadow instantly appeared behind the woman. With a shimmering of crystal light across its body, it suddenly transformed with a flash into a ferocious demon creature clad in black armor.

The battle armor was exquisitely crafted, with layers of intricate rune formations inscribed on its surface. However, the faces of its three heads were covered by black visors, completely obscuring their true appearance.

The moment the demon creature appeared behind the woman, its three heads let out a long cry that seemed to tear through the sky. As its six eyes flickered, six pulsating clusters of green flames were faintly visible. Then, all six of its arms simultaneously reached out into the void towards the Nascent Soul.

A bizarre scene unfolded!

Six deafening explosions simultaneously erupted from where the six palms pressed. Six dark vortices simultaneously appeared, and with a flash, burst open.

A thunderous roar ensued!

The entire void seemed to collapse at once. A larger vortex instantly formed in front of the woman. After a slight rotation, countless black runes surged out from the vortex, one by one transforming into countless black lights that merged into the void.

The Nascent Soul, rapidly fleeing in the distance, suddenly felt a spine-chilling cold envelop it. Before it could react in its surprise, an identical black vortex silently appeared directly above its head, and a black demonic claw, enveloped in demonic flames, shot out from it with lightning speed.

The Nascent Soul only had time for a startled cry before it, along with its protective green light, was seized by the demonic claw and pulled back into the vortex with lightning speed.

In an instant, the vortex here flickered wildly a few times, then silently disappeared, as if it had never appeared in this place from the very beginning.

However, the vortex in front of the blue-robed woman did not disappear; it continued to rotate slowly.

The woman, however, smiled faintly, and raised a jade hand to grasp at the void within the vortex.

With a 'whoosh,' a dark figure was ejected from the vortex. It was none other than Reverend Black Rain's Nascent Soul.

However, at this moment, its eyes were tightly shut, its face was greenish, and its entire body was tightly bound by countless black threads. It had actually been captured alive.

The woman's eyes swept over the Nascent Soul. Then, expressionlessly, she swept her sleeve downwards. A dark shimmering light immediately rolled down, and after a flicker, it carried an object from the ground below into her hand.

It was, unexpectedly, a storage bracelet emitting a faint yellow glow.

The woman immediately extended a finger and lightly tapped the storage bracelet, closing her eyes at the same time.

"A Huangliang Stone Spirit, so it was this thing. This is quite interesting. It seems this person came specifically for this item. No wonder the Six Extremities asked me to make this trip myself. It seems the Human Race is indeed plotting something. One must be wary." A moment later, the woman's eyes opened again, and she murmured these words with a faint smile.

"To clarify this matter, I'll have to search this person's primordial spirit. However, these high-level human cultivators usually practice secret arts to self-seal their spiritual consciousness. Although I can forcibly break through using demonic power and brute force, only a very small portion can be searched. I wonder if I'll coincidentally find what I'm looking for." The palace-robed woman mused for a while, then sighed softly as she muttered.

But since the woman had made up her mind, she no longer hesitated and immediately waved her single hand towards the vortex.

The three-headed, six-armed demon creature and the black vortex behind her simultaneously vanished with a flicker, leaving only Reverend Black Rain's Nascent Soul silently suspended in place.

The woman flipped her single hand, and the dark ancient mirror reappeared. She then waved it at the Nascent Soul.

Instantly, a stream of dark light shot out. The Nascent Soul was drawn into a swirling motion by the light towards the ancient mirror, and then strangely vanished with a flicker.

"Let's go. Find a secluded place. I need to properly search the soul of this human cultivator. With my current clone's magical power, it will probably take several days to get results." After the palace-robed woman shook her sleeve and put away the ancient mirror, she casually spoke another sentence, as if giving instructions to someone else.

"As you command, Lord Yuansha!"

Two booming sounds suddenly emanated from the two half-collapsed colossal peaks.

Subsequently, the colossal stone palms within the two mountain peaks rumbled as they retracted, and then the mountain remnants began to writhe amidst flashes of grayish-white spiritual light.

In just a few breaths, two thousand-zhang-tall giants appeared before the woman.

These two giants were covered entirely in grayish mountain rocks, possessed four arms, and stood a thousand zhang tall. They looked utterly terrifying!

"Thank you, two elders, for your assistance in destroying this person's physical body," the palace-robed woman said, seemingly quite courteous towards these two colossal stone figures, "Otherwise, even if I could capture him, it would have required considerable effort."

"It's nothing, it is our honor to be able to assist Lord Yuansha!" one of the stone giants said with a grimace, a faint semblance of a smile barely discernible on its rigid face.