Chapter 2904: Yifeng's Anger (No More Today)

He was now in a precarious situation, barely able to protect himself.

Bu Qin saw through Wang Changsheng and Leng Yue's concealment technique. He planned to lure them to a strategic location, activate a formation to kill them, and simultaneously send for reinforcements.

Wang Changsheng had long seen through Bu Kun's plan and acted preemptively, disrupting his strategy. Logically, reinforcements should have arrived by now, unless the messenger cultivator had been killed by the Soul Suppressing Roar.

Bu Kun had lost all will to fight. A massive amount of seawater surged towards him, emitting a deafening roar and creating an astonishing spectacle. Bu Kun made a hand seal, and golden flames violently churned, rising hundreds of feet high as they surged towards the blue seawater. The seawater shot up into the sky, forming a wave over a thousand feet tall that crashed towards the golden flames.

With a thunderous crash, the golden flames collided with the massive blue wave, erupting in a large expanse of white mist. Neither side gained an advantage. A dazzling blue light shone within the seawater, and a blue giant over a thousand feet tall emerged. It was the Kui Water Golem, formed from eighteen Sea Calming Orbs.

Above Bu Kun's head hovered a red illusory lizard, with more than half of its form flickering with spiritual light. The Kui Water Golem moved its arms, smashing towards the illusory lizard with a piercing whoosh. The illusory lizard spewed out a crimson sound wave, which struck the Kui Water Golem. Ripples appeared on the Golem's surface, but it remained unharmed as its fists smashed onto the illusory lizard. A mournful hiss sounded as the illusory lizard trembled and shattered into pieces.

Bu Kun's spiritual manifestation was shattered, and he spat out a large mouthful of vital blood, his face turning pale. The Kui Water Golem's fists slammed towards Bu Kun. A torrent of white ice swords shot forth, while dense golden light and blue sound waves swept in, accompanied by dozens of shimmering spiritual treasures.

Bu Kun hurriedly conjured a resplendent golden talisman. With a muffled sound, the talisman exploded, transforming into a dazzling golden light that enveloped an area of ten thousand feet in radius. Be it white ice swords, blue sound waves, or spiritual treasures, everything immediately froze in mid-air upon touching the golden light. Treasures, spells, and even the Kui Water Golem seemed to be fixed in place, floating motionless in mid-air.

Seizing this opportunity, Bu Kun took out a cyan jade talisman, crushed it, and transformed into a cyan light, vanishing instantly. Wang Changsheng fully extended his divine sense but did not detect Bu Kun's aura, a flicker of surprise passing through his eyes. It was one thing for Bu Kun to possess a seventh-tier talisman, but to also have a seventh-tier jade talisman suggested he held a high status.

Wang Ruyan activated her True Fire Eyes to search for Bu Kun but did not find him. She discovered two hidden teleportation arrays. A tall, thin man in a golden robe lay near one of the arrays, apparently killed by the Soul Suppressing Roar before he could report. Unfortunately, Bu Kun had still managed to escape.

The Blood Transformation Bowl shook violently. Wang Ruyan made a hand seal, and the bowl's spiritual light greatly intensified. After less than fifteen minutes, it stopped shaking. She withdrew her hand seal, and the Blood Transformation Bowl quickly shrank and flew into her hand. Bu Qin and the woman in the white dress had already dissolved into a pool of blood, their treasures having lost much of their spiritual essence and rendered useless.

From the Blood Transformation Bowl, Wang Ruyan found a golden storage bracelet and a cyan storage ring. Their defensive treasures, however, had been damaged by the bowl's blood-filth power. The Blood Transformation Bowl's power exceeded Wang Ruyan's expectations; two early-stage Integration cultivators were annihilated just like that.

Wang Chuanming and others flew over to clear the battlefield, or more accurately, to collect the bodies. Furthermore, there were still many treasures in the Lizard Clan cultivators' cave abode. Wang Changsheng first sent people to destroy the teleportation arrays, preventing Lizard Clan experts from teleporting over as reinforcements.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Liao Zhongyan, and Leng Yue blasted open the treasure vault, revealing a cavern spanning a thousand acres before them. The vault contained over five hundred portions of dharma idol materials, a large quantity of seventh-tier refining materials—enough to forge ten sets of mid-grade spiritual treasures—and over twenty pieces of 50,000-year-old spiritual wood, also usable for crafting mid-grade spiritual treasures. Additionally, there were eighteen sixth-tier demonic turtle shells, over four hundred spiritual treasures, more than four hundred 10,000-year-old spirit herbs, twenty bottles of seventh-tier pills (for healing, detoxification, and mana recovery), five seventh-tier talismans, two sets of seventh-tier formations, over thirty seventh-tier demon cores, and twelve sixth-tier lightning-absorbing pearls.

The most valuable item was a Sky Lizard Pendant, a unique Lizard Clan treasure, and a tribulation-crossing item more advanced than the Sea Calming Orb. The Lizard Clan, Blazing Fire Clan, Yaksha Clan, and Human Clan all possessed similar treasures to the Sky Lizard Pendant. For Integration cultivators, these items made the first two major heavenly tribulations easier, but for the third, the Sky Lizard Pendant's utility diminished significantly. The spirit stones alone amounted to no less than a billion, including over two thousand top-grade spirit stones.

As they tallied the items in the treasure vault, they simultaneously gasped. The total value of the items exceeded thirty billion spirit stones.

"Just one stronghold has this many valuable items," Liao Zhongyan exclaimed, "The Lizard Clan is incredibly wealthy!" Wouldn't the Lizard Clan's main lair have even more treasures? This was not surprising, as at its peak, the Lizard Clan had three Mahayana cultivators, second only to the Void Heaven Clan. No wonder the Human Clan, Blazing Fire Clan, and Yaksha Clan had to join forces against the Lizard Clan; their wealth was truly enviable.

For successfully capturing this stronghold, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were credited with the greatest achievement and naturally took the largest share. Leng Yue, having infiltrated the stronghold with Wang Changsheng, also received a considerable portion. Wang Changsheng took the Sky Lizard Pendant. Of the remaining items, the Wang family received 50%, Leng Yue 30%, and Liao Zhongyan 20%, satisfying everyone. Wang Chuanming and the others also found a good deal of wealth on the Lizard Clan cultivators' bodies, making a substantial profit.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, which stronghold should we attack next?" Liao Zhongyan asked, having tasted success.

"We've caused such a huge commotion that it will definitely attract the Lizard Clan's attention," Wang Changsheng said deeply, knowing they had pulled off a major operation and the Lizard Clan would certainly dispatch heavy forces to encircle and suppress them. "We should find a place to lay low, and once the stir dies down, we'll resume harassing them."

This time, Leng Yue did not object; she was injured and could use this opportunity to recuperate for a while. Wang Changsheng led them away from the area. By the time the main Lizard Clan forces arrived, they had already slipped away.

***

Sky Lizard Mountain Range, Council Hall.

Yi Feng sat in the main seat, his gaze gloomy. The Lizard Clan had dispatched a large number of experts to infiltrate enemy lines and harass them, causing considerable trouble for the Human Clan, Yaksha Clan, and Blazing Fire Clan, thereby easing the pressure on the front lines. The Human Clan, Yaksha Clan, and Blazing Fire Clan followed suit, sending their own experts behind enemy lines to harass the Lizard Clan, which increased the Lizard Clan's pressure. Additionally, the three clans had amassed heavy forces and intensified their attacks.

Bai Xuan captured a Lizard Clan stronghold, killing three Integration cultivators and severely injuring one. Ba Yin led an attack on another Lizard Clan stronghold, severely injuring an Integration cultivator.

"Abandon less important strongholds and concentrate our forces to counter the three clans' attacks," Yi Feng commanded. The Lizard Clan was fighting on three fronts, under immense pressure. With the three clans sending experts to harass behind enemy lines, their pressure had become even greater, leaving them no choice but to concentrate their forces.

"Yes, Clan Leader," all the elders agreed readily and gradually departed.

Yi Feng took out a shimmering golden magic disc, infused it with a hand seal, and his face darkened. "It's the Azure Lotus Immortals again!" Yi Feng gritted his teeth. The Azure Lotus Immortals had actually captured a stronghold, with only Bu Kun managing to escape; all other cultivators had been killed. He took out a cyan-glowing magic disc and commanded, "Yi Feng, pass down the order: search for the whereabouts of the Azure Lotus Immortals. Once their tracks are found, have Yi Long personally make a move. I refuse to believe that a late-stage Integration cultivator can't eliminate the Azure Lotus Immortals."

The Azure Lotus Immortals had completely infuriated Yi Feng. He vowed that as long as they dared to show themselves again, he would dispatch late-stage Integration cultivators to deal with them.