Chapter 923: Everyone Joins In

The entire cave instantly fell silent.

Lan Yao was stunned. Yue Dong's mind buzzed as well, followed by a profound sense of bewilderment.

"Swallowed... it swallowed it?"

What they saw before them gave them an intense feeling of disbelief. Even after witnessing it firsthand, it still felt ninety percent unreal. The item the youth surnamed Feng had just produced was simply too terrifying; it instilled an immense sense of danger in them, so much so that they instinctively wanted to flee and abandon the place.

That was the Holy Sky Divine Vine!

The mature form of this vine had not only destroyed a Holy Land, but legends of its horror had spread throughout the Holy Lands to this day; almost no one could ignore it. Yet... such a terrifying Holy Sky Divine Vine had actually been swallowed in a single gulp...

Although it was a juvenile form, its effortless consumption severely defied their understanding. They even suspected that what the youth surnamed Feng had presented was a fake vine.

If they were this shocked, there was no need to mention the youth surnamed Feng, one of the direct participants. His expression was utterly frozen. His eyes were wider than ever before, and his mind felt like it had been struck by lightning, producing a deafening roar. The shock instantly blanked his mind, indirectly causing him to enter a state of complete ethereal emptiness, devoid of any distracting thoughts.

He seemed to have gone mad.

He stared blankly at Er Niu's mouth...

For someone as inherently suspicious as him, this state was something he could only occasionally enter during his lifetime, usually when comprehending laws. It also required a certain serendipitous opportunity, and even then, he couldn't achieve a complete absence of thought. A state of complete mental purity would require an even greater stroke of fortune. At least in his entire life, today was the first time.

Fortunately, this state was quickly reversed. From a mind devoid of thought, countless thoughts erupted in an instant. These countless distracting thoughts spread throughout his body, causing him to tremble. They settled in his throat, making his breathing rapid, and fused with his soul, coalescing into the thought that he might have taken the wrong item.

So, he instinctively checked and found that...

"Ahem, Little Fengfeng, stop looking," the captain coughed. "I can prove you didn't take the wrong one. The taste is very pure."

The captain blinked and praised with a tone that could infuriate someone to death. To kill is one thing, but to crush the spirit is another. The captain's words perfectly exemplified this concept.

When these words reached the youth surnamed Feng's ears, his body's trembling instantly intensified to an extreme degree, and myriad thoughts erupted. In an instant, anger, regret, anxiety, bitterness, jealousy, and repression filled his mind and chest. His mind throbbed, blood vessels bulged on his head, the pressure intensified to an extreme, and his temperature rose. His chest felt as if it had an empty void, devouring everything. His face turned pale, then instantly flushed crimson, followed by a greenish hue. Finally, his face was enveloped in black mist.

It was hard to imagine what kind of inner turmoil could cause such a rapid change in facial color in an instant.

Until the next moment, the youth surnamed Feng spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, then let out a piercing scream from his mouth, a roar that seemed capable of tearing the heavens and shattering the earth! His resentment surged to the heavens, and his madness shook the world.

"I'm going to kill you!!!"

His roar shook the heavens and the earth. The youth surnamed Feng became completely deranged, his aura wild and violent, and even the three illusory grand worlds that had been sealed within him showed signs of breaking free. His figure surged with immense power as he fiercely charged towards Er Niu.

Facing the berserk youth surnamed Feng, Xu Qing's eyes flashed with a cold glint. He clenched his right fist, took a step forward, and forcefully punched straight ahead. The Indestructible Emperor's Fist instantly erupted, and an illusory Emperor Sword also flashed past, fiercely slashing towards the youth surnamed Feng. At the same time, the captain snorted coldly. With a shake of his head, a green vine rapidly grew from the top of his head, instantly reaching several zhang in length. With a flick, it shattered the void and viciously lashed out at him.

The next moment, Xu Qing's fist landed on the youth surnamed Feng. Amidst the resounding impact, Xu Qing grunted and reeled backward, while the youth surnamed Feng, disregarding his injuries, was about to charge forward. But the Emperor Sword flashed, its light passing through, and blood spurted from the youth surnamed Feng. Half of his arm was instantly severed, a bloody mess. At the same time, the vine from the captain's head, carrying terrifying power, lashed out in front of the youth surnamed Feng. With that single lash, a thunderous roar echoed in all directions. The youth surnamed Feng spat out blood again, and his body abruptly reeled backward.

"I just swallowed it, so it's a bit hard to control and can't be fully utilized yet," the captain coughed and said with a smile. His expression made it unclear whether he was telling the truth or not.

At the same time, Lan Yao and Yue Dong, although shocked by Er Niu's previous action, were not ordinary individuals after all. They suppressed their inner astonishment, and seeing this rare opportunity, their killing intent surged in an instant, and they each charged out. Since things had reached this point between them and the youth surnamed Feng, they both had to eliminate him completely, no matter what.

At this moment, the Eight-Colored Peacock, encircled by eight-colored winds, gathering eight-colored rain, and rising with eight-colored clouds, went straight for the youth surnamed Feng. Meanwhile, Yue Dong's ice spear likewise advanced with unstoppable momentum, whipping up a terrifying and astonishing frost storm, and blasted towards him.

Facing such an attack, a sense of life-or-death crisis erupted throughout the youth surnamed Feng's body, instantly forcing his shattered and chaotic mind, which had been affected by the captain, to forcefully re-coalesce. As he regained clarity, he had no choice but to suppress all the distracting thoughts in his mind, one by one. No matter how mad or aggrieved he felt, he could not allow his emotions to control him now. This was a life-or-death crisis. Compared to life and death, external matters could only be put aside for now!

If it were anyone else, even if they realized they needed to do this, it would be very difficult to actually implement. After all, too much had been lost, and emotions were the hardest thing to control. Yet, being inherently suspicious, cautious in his actions, and possessing remarkable mental fortitude, he managed to achieve this in a mere instant.

A cold glint reappeared in his eyes. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and formed a spell. Instantly, one of his three sealed illusory grand worlds became even more indistinct and collapsed in an instant. As it collapsed, a terrifying power was released, surging wildly in all directions. He had shockingly chosen to self-detonate one of his sealed grand worlds!

This sacrifice was immensely significant, because in a sealed state, the self-detonation's power could not reach its full potential; achieving even half was considered good. Moreover, the presence of the seal meant that the self-detonation's power could not enhance himself, but only be used as a one-time magical artifact. Furthermore, the self-detonation itself would reduce his number of worlds by one, causing his true cultivation level to plummet. The difficulty of cultivating it back would be far greater than before. There was even a possibility that it would be irreversible. Therefore, such decisiveness and such a choice could be described as ruthless. At least Lan Yao and Yue Dong, even in a life-or-death crisis, would find it difficult to act as instantly and without hesitation as the youth surnamed Feng.

The power of the self-detonation, even if it couldn't fully spread due to the seal, was still ferociously terrifying as a one-time release. After all, it was a grand world. Amidst the current roar, the void churned into wild waves, sweeping across all directions. Lan Yao and Yue Dong, being at the forefront of the impact, naturally wouldn't forcefully fight against it, choosing instead to evade its momentary sharpness.

As for Xu Qing and the captain... after their earlier attack, they did not continue. The youth surnamed Feng also decisively gave up on attacking Xu Qing and the other person. The chance to survive that he gained by self-detonating a sealed grand world had to be used for survival. So, in the blink of an eye, his figure shot directly towards the passage entrance and punched the barrier that Yue Dong had set up upon her arrival. He wanted to leave this place!

At the same time, a strong coldness gleamed in his eyes. Although he planned to leave, he had not entirely given up on this trip. He intended to rush out and release the golden rat! This would plunge the area into chaos. Only then could he fish in troubled waters and have a chance for a desperate counterattack to turn the tide. Only by doing so would it be worth self-detonating a grand world.

At this moment, the other four individuals each possessed an extraordinary mind. Xu Qing and Er Niu were naturally sharp, and Lan Yao, who had secretly targeted the youth surnamed Feng and hadn't been at a disadvantage so far, naturally revealed her intelligence. Although Yue Dong hadn't shown much, someone who plots with dangerous people naturally possessed extraordinary talent. Therefore, almost at the moment the youth surnamed Feng self-detonated his grand world and blasted the passage entrance barrier, they immediately guessed his intentions.

In the blink of an eye, the vine from the captain's head whistled, and he let out a loud roar. "Everyone, let's go together and kill him," he roared. "Otherwise, once that rat appears, we'll all suffer greatly!"

As he spoke, the captain charged forward, looking as if he had thrown caution to the wind. Lan Yao and Yue Dong, who had been retreating, also gritted their teeth and charged fiercely. They all appeared to be attacking the youth surnamed Feng, but in the next instant, three of the four deviated in their actions...

Only Yue Dong truly approached the youth surnamed Feng, who was repeatedly punching the barrier. Xu Qing paused in mid-air. While Lan Yao, after feigning a charge, retreated straight for the Liao Xuan Pond. Towards the Liao Xuan Liquid in the pond and the golden egg, she fiercely waved her hand, intent on collecting everything.

Yue Dong, who was attacking the youth surnamed Feng, showed no surprise, as if she had known this would happen. But acting similarly to Lan Yao was also the captain's vine. The vine's speed was astonishing. It arrived instantly, wrapping around the golden egg, and finally, along with Lan Yao, quickly divided the pond water. However, because it first wrapped the golden egg, the vine only managed to take two-tenths of the pond water. The remaining eight-tenths were taken by Lan Yao.

Although she was somewhat reluctant about the golden egg, Lan Yao's eyes flickered. The scene of Er Niu earlier flashed in her mind, and she glanced at the vine again, a sense of dread arising in her heart. She retreated while remaining vigilant.

The captain also seemed unwilling, but it was clear the situation was urgent. He ultimately allowed Lan Yao to leave. At the same time, with a sweep, he collected the shattered remains of the nearby mantis and the other mantis that had been destroyed by the battle's fluctuations.

Having done all this, the battle between the youth surnamed Feng and Yue Dong also reached a critical moment. Under Yue Dong's obstruction, the youth surnamed Feng's attempt to break through the barrier was not smooth. After all, this barrier was originally set up by Yue Dong. But the youth surnamed Feng's decisiveness was clearly not limited to that one instance.

At this moment, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and another one of his sealed illusory grand worlds explosively shattered! The resulting power swept across all directions, forming a storm that forced Yue Dong back, while the barrier at the passage entrance also disintegrated.

The youth surnamed Feng's breathing was ragged. Without any hesitation, he charged inward.

It was at this moment that black mist surged in Xu Qing's eyes, and the Divine Authority of Poison Taboo suddenly erupted, releasing a spreading black mist. Within it, the body of the Netherflier descended!

"The Six Impurities of God!"