Chapter 1702: Great Vengeance Achieved

At this moment, Lei Yiming and Shangguan Wei had not yet finished setting up their formation.

From the moment Wang Changsheng was trapped until he escaped, less than ten breaths had passed. The speed was far beyond Shangguan Wei's expectation. She had not anticipated that Wang Changsheng possessed a fourth-rank high-grade puppet beast and several spirit treasures.

Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and a small pagoda, glowing with flickering red light, flew out. It was precisely the spirit treasure, Blazing Sun Pagoda. The Blazing Sun Pagoda flew high into the sky, its size rapidly expanding to over a thousand feet, casting a vast shadow that obscured the sun. Shangguan Wei inwardly cursed, knowing things were bad. Before she could evade, a sharp pain shot through her sea of consciousness, distorting her features, and she let out a muffled groan. A red ethereal glow descended from above, enveloping Shangguan Wei and sweeping her into the Blazing Sun Pagoda.

Wang Changsheng activated a spell, and the Blazing Sun Pagoda erupted with dazzling crimson flames before abruptly vanishing. The next moment, it reappeared above the Azure Flood Dragon. Before the Azure Flood Dragon could react, its body twitched. The intense pain in its sea of consciousness prevented it from responding, and it watched helplessly as it was enveloped by the red glow and swept into the Blazing Sun Pagoda.

Lei Yiming, witnessing this scene, was scared half to death. Countless silver electrical arcs erupted from his body, and he vanished instantly, using the Thunder Escape Technique. Dozens of miles away, a silver light flashed in the void, and Lei Yiming reappeared.

The moment he materialized, a thunderous roar echoed through the void. A red light flashed, and Wang Ruyan appeared, a pair of crimson wings on her back. The wings were covered in countless golden electrical arcs and crimson flames, marking them as the flying spirit treasure, Thunder-Fire Wings. Wang Ruyan held the Heavenly Illusion Pipa in her hands and began to play.

Lei Yiming, only at the Nascent Soul mid-stage, could not withstand the power of the Heavenly Illusion Pipa. His head buzzed, his spirits sank, and a sudden thought of self-harm arose in his mind. Wang Ruyan's ten fingers swiftly swept across the pipa strings. The music was sometimes rapid, sometimes melodious, sometimes slow, constantly changing. Lei Yiming's face turned crimson, and countless silver lightning bolts appeared on his body. However, not long after, the silver lightning dissipated. He alternately burst into maniacal laughter, wept while clutching his head, and grimaced in fury.

Wang Ruyan's expression grew cold. Following a low strum of the pipa, a hazy green sound wave swept out, instantly passing through Lei Yiming's body. Lei Yiming's eyes widened in disbelief, and his body suddenly exploded into a rain of blood, his Nascent Soul failing to escape. Wang Ruyan collected Lei Yiming's storage bag. With a powerful flap of the Thunder-Fire Wings on her back, generating countless golden electrical arcs, she vanished from the spot.

Wang Changsheng stood on an open space, his expression indifferent. The Blazing Sun Pagoda continued to shake violently, emitting loud explosions. He was repaying her in her own coin, determined to torture Shangguan Wei to death. He had waited hundreds of years for this day.

A tremendous roar echoed from the void, and a red light flashed as Wang Ruyan reappeared. Wang Ruyan, her face filled with killing intent, stared directly at the Blazing Sun Pagoda. They had escaped thanks to their Deity Transformation stage magical power and several spirit treasures. Shangguan Wei, however, was likely unable to escape.

Wang Changsheng dared not be careless. He summoned eighteen Sea-Stabilizing Beads. With a spell, the eighteen beads spun, emitting dazzling blue light. A massive amount of seawater surged out, quickly forming a miniature ocean a hundred miles wide. The Blazing Sun Pagoda was situated above this miniature ocean, shaking violently.

"Crack!"

Tiny cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the Blazing Sun Pagoda; they were almost imperceptible without close inspection. Wang Ruyan activated a spell, and the Blazing Sun Pagoda erupted with blinding fire. A large expanse of crimson flames emerged from its surface, causing a significant amount of seawater to evaporate.

Inside the Blazing Sun Pagoda, within a spacious hall, a large area of crimson flames surged from the ground. Shangguan Wei's body bore several horrifying gashes, and many scales had fallen off the Azure Flood Dragon, leaving it covered in blood.

"Since you refuse to cooperate with me, then die!" Shangguan Wei, emanating powerful killing intent, flipped her hand to reveal a pale golden talisman. The talisman exuded astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations, clearly indicating it was a fifth-rank talisman.

It was an Immortal Slaying Talisman, Shangguan Wei's last resort. The Nine Nether Sect had once suffered internal strife, and several forces seized the opportunity to invade its main headquarters. Shangguan Wei had used all her trump cards to repel the powerful enemies. Had that internal conflict not significantly depleted the Nine Nether Sect's vitality, Shangguan Wei would have possessed even more hidden cards. In contrast, the Sun-Moon Palace, also experiencing internal strife, had used iron-fisted methods to purge dissenters, only losing a group of experts while preserving its hidden cards.

"Hmph, even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!" Zhao Hengjiang roared, his expression crazed. A large expanse of hazy green gale surged from the Azure Flood Dragon's body, rushing towards Shangguan Wei.

Shangguan Wei flicked her sleeve, and a small, exquisite black mirror flew out. The mirror's surface lit up with countless black runes, spraying a black ethereal glow that enveloped the Azure Flood Dragon. The Azure Flood Dragon appeared to be frozen, unable to move. Seizing this opportune moment, Shangguan Wei chanted an incantation and channeled a spell into the Immortal Slaying Talisman. The Immortal Slaying Talisman erupted with blinding golden light, transforming into a golden sun thousands of feet wide, and slammed into the stone wall.

*Boom!*

With an earth-shattering crash, the stone wall shattered, revealing a fist-sized crater. Shangguan Wei retrieved the black mirror and transformed into a streak of black light, flying towards the crater. The Azure Flood Dragon let out an angry roar. The black ethereal glow that bound it shattered, and it suddenly swept its tail, accurately striking Shangguan Wei. Shangguan Wei let out a painful shriek as she was sent flying out of the Blazing Sun Pagoda through the crater, with the Azure Flood Dragon close behind.

Shangguan Wei was surprised to find herself above a miniature lake. The seawater violently surged, forming a blue hand several hundred feet large, which slapped down towards her. Simultaneously, a powerful gravitational force suddenly arose from the surface of the sea, pulling her down into the water. Shangguan Wei frowned and flicked her wrist, brandishing the Black Sparrow Bell. A dark, hazy sound wave swept out, meeting the blue hand.

*Boom!*

After a loud crash, the blue hand shattered into countless waves of water. At this moment, the Azure Flood Dragon also escaped. The moment it appeared, the void above its head rippled, and a seven-colored hand over a hundred feet large materialized out of thin air, swiftly striking down. The Azure Flood Dragon let out an angry roar, its massive body twisting and deforming. The next moment, horrifying gashes appeared on its body, as if it were about to self-destruct.

"No..." Zhao Hengjiang let out a roar of indignation. The Azure Flood Dragon was not his own spirit beast but merely one he had once raised. His forced fusion had significant flaws. The Azure Flood Dragon disintegrated into a mass of flesh and blood, plummeting into the sea, its spirit unable to escape.

A thunderous roar echoed from high in the sky. A black thundercloud, dozens of miles wide, materialized overhead, crackling with lightning and thunder. Countless silver electrical arcs surged within the thundercloud, flowing endlessly like a mighty river. Shangguan Wei had initially intended to watch the two sides fight, then planned to set up a formation against the Azure Lotus Couple. Wang Changsheng was now repaying her in her own coin.

She looked into the distance and was surprised to see Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan standing inside a blue palace. Several spiritual lights enveloped Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's bodies. Shangguan Wei's divine ability was too powerful; ordinary magical artifacts might not be able to withstand it. Wang Changsheng had directly deployed the Mystic Water Palace and then added several layers of defense to himself, ensuring absolute safety. Shangguan Wei was at the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, but Wang Changsheng treated her as if she were a Deity Transformation cultivator. While they cultivated Earth-rank techniques, the Dual Saints of Sun and Moon and Shangguan Wei cultivated Heaven-rank techniques. All of them possessed formidable strength.

"You certainly think highly of me, creating such a huge commotion. Aren't you afraid of attracting cultivators from the Sky瀾 Realm?" Shangguan Wei laughed wildly, a composed expression on her face. She knew her chances were slim. Her proud illusion techniques were ineffective against the Azure Lotus Couple, who had instantly deployed several layers of defense, leaving her with no way to attack.

"That's none of your concern. Just think about how you'll die!" Wang Changsheng's tone was indifferent, his face filled with killing intent. He channeled several spells into the formation disk.

*Boom!*

A tremendous thunderous roar echoed from high in the sky. Over a hundred thick silver lightning bolts flew out from the thundercloud, striking towards Shangguan Wei. The seawater churned violently, stirring up hundreds of blue tornadoes that charged directly at Shangguan Wei. Wang Changsheng set up a formation using the eighteen Sea-Stabilizing Beads, and then arranged a fourth-rank lightning-attribute formation on the periphery, creating a dual safeguard. The dense attacks came in a stunning display of power.

Shangguan Wei burst into laughter, then asked coldly, "Is Ye Lin truly with your Wang family? Is the Nine Nether Token in your hands?" Wang Changsheng did not answer, his expression indifferent.

"That's your own doing. If Senior Brother Ye hadn't contended with me, would the Nine Nether Sect have been besieged by various forces? Would I have been severely injured and needed a century to recover? If you hadn't taken in Ye Lin, would I have sent people to deal with you? I am not wrong; you are. Today, I fall into your hands—consider it my bad luck. I can die, but I won't make it easy for you." Shangguan Wei's face twisted into a look of madness, and her body rapidly swelled.

*Boom!*

With an earth-shattering explosion, Shangguan Wei self-destructed, turning into a rain of blood that scattered across the sky, leaving no Nascent Soul behind. Wang Changsheng's brows furrowed. Shangguan Wei truly lived up to her title as a sect leader, choosing death rather than giving her opponents an easy time. When Shangguan Wei self-destructed, her soul-bound artifact and spirit treasures all exploded with her. Not only did she leave nothing for Wang Changsheng, but the Sea-Stabilizing Beads also suffered some damage.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan fully extended their divine senses. Wang Ruyan used her Raven Phoenix Divine Eyes to scan a hundred-mile radius, checking if Shangguan Wei had faked her death. They did not dismantle the formations; instead, they manipulated them to attack the unoccupied seawater. Continuous thunderous explosions echoed, and waves of energy surged. After more than an hour, they confirmed repeatedly that Shangguan Wei was indeed dead and had completely vanished from the world. Only then did they finally relax.

"Zhi'er, your father has avenged you," Wang Changsheng cried out loudly, his eyes filled with tears. He had waited hundreds of years, and now he could finally avenge his son's murder. Wang Ruyan also couldn't help but weep uncontrollably. She had countless nightmares of Wang Qingzhi crying to her, recounting his tragic death. Today, they had finally avenged their son. With their great revenge accomplished, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan felt a sense of immense relief.

"Let's go! The commotion here is too great; cultivators from the Sky瀾 Realm are probably already on their way." Wang Changsheng retrieved the Sea-Stabilizing Beads and the formations, then departed with Wang Ruyan. The ground was a mess, littered with numerous shattered magical artifacts and flesh.