Chapter 2831: 2812 Anomaly

The Golden Thunder Ape was bound by the Soul-Fixing Forbidden Light Beam, completely unable to resist. The attackers radiated a brilliant golden light from their bodies, enveloping the Golden Thunder Ape and tearing it apart for consumption. With a flash of golden light, a golden orb appeared, its spiritual light dim and its surface marred by several tiny cracks, before falling to the ground. With the Golden Thunder Ape's essence soul destroyed, the Golden Ape Orb was now useless, no different from scrap.

True Monarch Ice Toad was filled with shock and rage. Without time to ponder, four water-wave tornadoes merged into a single, hazy blue tidal wave that stretched towards the sky, surging directly towards him. True Monarch Ice Toad opened his mouth and spat out nine white-glowing flying knives, each one a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. With a slight flick of his finger, the nine white flying knives radiated brilliant spiritual light, merging into a single, vast white Heaven-Shaking Giant Blade that soared to meet the towering tidal wave.

With a deafening rumble, the towering tidal wave collided with the Heaven-Shaking Giant Blade. The powerful shockwave tore through the void, creating cracks that quickly sealed themselves. The towering tidal wave transformed into four blue flying swords and flew backward.

A colossal white flood dragon pounced. Simultaneously, an irresistible gravitational force emanated from the ground, and a five-colored giant hand materialized out of thin air, swatting towards True Monarch Ice Toad. A gigantic five-colored jade seal slammed down, with the four blue flying swords following closely behind. True Monarch Ice Toad was greatly alarmed. He quickly formed a hand seal, and the Heaven-Shaking Giant Blade’s spiritual light surged, flying directly towards the white flood dragon. The white flood dragon swung its right claw, swatting the Heaven-Shaking Giant Blade away with a muffled clang. Given Wang Qingdao's physical body, low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures could hardly harm him.

As the five-colored jade seal descended, the humanoid phantom raised both hands above its head to block, holding up the massive artifact. A thick, long white dragon tail swept over, striking the humanoid phantom accurately with a muffled thud, causing multiple cracks to appear on its surface. This time, before the humanoid phantom could recover, the five-colored jade seal radiated brilliant spiritual light. The phantom could no longer withstand the pressure and shattered into pieces.

With his Dharma Idol shattered, True Monarch Ice Toad spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning pale. A colossal white dragon claw then descended from the sky, slapping his protective spiritual light with a muffled thud. The white dragon phantom above the white flood dragon's head opened its massive mouth and spewed out a hazy white mist, enveloping True Monarch Ice Toad. True Monarch Ice Toad, along with his protective spiritual light, was frozen solid, transforming into a colossal ice sculpture. The white flood dragon's claw descended, shattering the ice sculpture and sending chunks of flesh scattering everywhere.

A miniature Nascent Soul flew out from the scattered flesh. The moment it emerged, a five-colored giant hand materialized out of thin air and immediately seized it. The miniature Nascent Soul's body swelled as if it was about to self-destruct, but a silver-glowing talisman descended from the sky and landed on it. The Nascent Soul's expression dimmed, and its size quickly reverted to normal.

Wang Yingjie flew over, grabbed the miniature Nascent Soul, and began to search its soul. He wanted to see what great fortuitous encounter True Monarch Ice Toad had that allowed him to condense a Dharma Idol using Profound Jade-grade materials. The moment he performed the soul-searching technique, innumerable mysterious red runes surged from the miniature Nascent Soul's surface. Two red chains materialized out of thin air, emitting a burst of red flames. Dazzling five-colored spiritual light lit up Wang Yingjie's palm, but it was useless. A mournful shriek resounded as the miniature Nascent Soul was incinerated by the red flames, turning into ashes and vanishing without a trace.

"He had a soul-searching prevention restriction placed on him. Could it be that he knew the Liao Family's core secrets?" Wang Yingjie wondered. As a consecrated elder of the Liao Family, True Monarch Ice Toad possessed natal artifacts that were a complete set of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures, along with a mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure. His Dharma Idol was condensed using Profound Jade-grade materials. This didn't resemble a consecrated elder at all; he seemed more like a core disciple of a major power. Moreover, he had a soul-searching prevention restriction implanted, which, once activated by soul-searching, would completely incinerate him. Clan members of the Wang Family who cultivated the "Grand Void Forging Spirit Art" also had similar restrictions implanted to prevent information leakage. Once a Nascent Soul was captured, there was no possibility of escape. Wang Yingjie couldn't tell if the Liao Family was so exceptionally generous to all its consecrated elders, or if True Monarch Ice Toad simply had another fortuitous encounter.

With a flash of white light, the white flood dragon transformed into Wang Qingdao. His face was slightly pale, and his magic power was severely depleted. Activating his Dharma Idol to fight consumed a large amount of magic power, and with his mid-stage Spirit Severing cultivation, he couldn't sustain such battles for too long. He tapped the ground with one hand, and a white storage ring flew towards him. He swept it with his divine sense and was somewhat surprised to find two pieces of Profound Jade Crystal, over twenty low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures (all offensive), over thirty million spirit stones, various materials, more than four spiritual herbs over eight thousand years old, and fifteen spiritual herbs over ten thousand years old. He gently flicked his wrist, and with a flash of white light, a large pile of items appeared on the ground.

They examined the jade slips within the storage ring. Some of the content was related to the Guo Family, suggesting that True Monarch Ice Toad had likely killed a Guo Family disciple. The jade slips contained extensive information, with most of it concerning the major human factions. For instance, they detailed the approximate number of Integration stage cultivators in Zhenhai Palace, the divine abilities of individuals like Lin Tianlong, Chen Yueying, and Song Yiming, whether they kept spirit beasts, and what divine abilities those spirit beasts possessed. A green jade slip described the Wang Family's situation. Most of the information was relatively accurate, with a considerable amount of detail about Wang Changsheng. True Monarch Taihao, a dual cultivator of magic and body from Zhenhai Palace, raised a sixth-tier spirit tortoise named Lin Zun, which was immensely sized and truly rare. True Monarch Taihao was also a sixth-tier artifact craftsman, proficient in artifact refining. His natal artifacts were heavy-type bead treasures, numbering about nine.

"A consecrated elder of the Liao Family is actually collecting intelligence on the major human factions. Could he be a spy for the alien races?" Wang Yingjie mused, perplexed. He also collected intelligence on other factions, but not in such extensive detail. Wang Qingdao opened a white jade box sealed with a colorful talisman and found two pieces of Soul Jade inside.

"Soul Jade," he muttered. "Our family finds it difficult to collect even one piece, yet he, a mere consecrated elder, has two?" Wang Yingjie's brow furrowed. True Monarch Ice Toad definitely had something questionable about him; it was just unclear if the Liao Family was also implicated. "Don't spread this information externally. We don't have concrete evidence. Just inform Ninth Uncle." Wang Qingjing reminded him that the Liao Family was an affiliated cultivation family of the Xuanqing Sect. Without solid proof, the Wang Family couldn't act against them.

"Li He, quickly take this Azure Marrow Pill to heal your injuries." Wang Yingjie took out a green jade bottle and handed it to Wang Lihe. Wang Lihe thanked him, poured out an Azure Marrow Pill, swallowed it, and began to cultivate to heal his injuries. Wang Qingdao also sat down cross-legged to meditate and recuperate. Their magic power was severely depleted and needed time to recover. Wang Lihe was severely injured and required a period of quiet rest; it was not advisable for him to engage in life-and-death battles again, so he should just follow Wang Qingshan and the others. Wang Chan and Wang Chan also sat down cross-legged to meditate and recuperate. Wang Yingjie took out an eight-thousand-year-old Jade Marrow Ganoderma and fed it to the Bicolored-Eyed Rat. He had also fed the Bicolored-Eyed Rat when he was in the lower realm.