Chapter 3733: Front Wolf Rear Tiger

"Our Meng family has some influence in this sea area, Fellow Daoist. Please give us some face, and we will certainly offer you reasonable compensation," Meng Tianxue said politely.

Wang Changsheng and the others had clearly gained a huge advantage. She detested such behavior but lacked the power to prevent it. Even a gravely injured Mid-True Immortal cultivator was not someone a casual Early-True Immortal cultivator could kill. Having witnessed the power of the great divine ability, "Astonishing Waves," she was somewhat wary of Wang Changsheng.

"I recall the Nine Immortal Sect issued a bounty for wanted criminals, but it didn't say only *you* could apprehend them, did it?" Wang Changsheng said with a frown. He didn't know the Nine Immortal Sect's purpose in apprehending the wanted criminals from the Heavenly Ghost Sect and the Sun family. This was a great merit, and Wang Changsheng might even be able to acquire a territory with this achievement.

"Fellow Daoist, are you deliberately trying to cross our Meng family? This place is quite far from the market," Meng Tianrui threatened.

"They are helpers of the Heavenly Ghost Sect. Let's act and eliminate them," Chang Hongwei said with a cold face, immediately pinning a major accusation on Wang Changsheng and the others. This way, they could rightfully eliminate Wang Changsheng and his group.

Meng Tianrui's gaze shifted, and he was somewhat tempted. Wang Changsheng had some abilities, but he was ultimately an Early-True Immortal cultivator. Eliminating Wang Changsheng and his group would still allow them to obtain the belongings of the Heavenly Ghost Sect cultivators. Thinking of this, Meng Tianrui's face was filled with killing intent.

Wang Changsheng frowned deeply. Meng Tianrui was clearly planning to kill them. It seemed the Nine Immortal Sect's large bounty might be for that Mid-grade Immortal Artifact. If it were something common, Meng Tianrui wouldn't need to be so ruthless. Handing over the Heavenly Ghost Sect cultivators' belongings would mean losing the credit they had gained. Directly refusing would offend the Meng family. The Meng family was a local power. Offending them would make things difficult for the Wang family in the future. Wang Changsheng intended to discuss it properly with Meng Tianrui, striving to avoid offending the Meng family while still securing a territory.

"Fellow Daoist Meng, wait, I can..."

Before Wang Changsheng could finish speaking, a piercing whooshing sound echoed. Five long red streaks of light shot across the sky, heading straight for them. Two red lights instantly appeared before Wang Changsheng, revealing themselves to be two red-glowing arrows, emitting terrifying fluctuations.

Just as Wang Changsheng was about to dodge, a mournful wail of ghosts echoed, causing him to instantly feel disoriented and his reactions to slow down. The two red arrows struck Wang Changsheng's back, producing dull "clanging" sounds, as if hitting an impenetrable defense.

Meng Tianrui reacted quickly, summoning a shimmering golden banner. After circling them once, it transformed into a thick golden light screen, enveloping the three of them. Three red lights struck the golden light screen, producing three dull thuds. The red lights then receded, revealing three continuously glowing red arrows, clearly Low-grade Immortal Artifacts. The five red arrows burst forth with dazzling red light, from which a surge of crimson flames erupted. Raging flames engulfed Wang Changsheng's body, and the golden light screen was also swallowed by the crimson fire.

A chilling wind swept by, and two ferocious-looking blood ghosts appeared behind Wang Changsheng and Meng Tianrui's group of three. The blood ghost behind Wang Changsheng had a pair of large bull horns on its head, blood-red eyes, and its entire body was covered in crimson fur. Its physique was twice as large as a human cultivator's, and it had some bone spurs on its back.

The blood ghost opened its mouth and spat out a stream of bloody flames, striking Wang Changsheng. At the same time, it clenched its hands into fists and smashed them towards Wang Changsheng. With dull "thudding" sounds, the blood ghost felt its fists strike an impenetrable defense. A burst of blue light surged out, striking the blood ghost's body. The blood ghost's body emitted a wisp of blue smoke, and two blue-glowing fists flew out, smashing into the blood ghost's body. The blood ghost was sent flying backward, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Before it even landed, the nearby temperature plummeted. A colossal Ice Vulture manifested. With a gentle flap of its wings, a white halo swept out, causing the sea surface within a hundred thousand li radius to freeze, and a large amount of white ice shards appeared in the void. The white halo swept past the blood ghost's body, which froze at a visible rate. However, soon after, a surge of bloody ghost fire erupted from the blood ghost's surface, melting the ice layer.

A silver light flashed, and a shimmering silver small hammer appeared. The silver hammer unleashed a large area of silver electric arcs, its size rapidly expanding, and it smashed down from above. The blood ghost spat out a wave of bloody sound, countering it. The silver hammer's descent slowed. The silver hammer's lightning glow intensified significantly. A thick silver lightning pillar swept out, shattering the wave of bloody sound and striking the blood ghost. A wisp of blue smoke rose from the blood ghost's body.

The seawater churned and surged, raising colossal waves, each reaching ten thousand zhang high, one after another, layering on top of each other. Tens of thousands of these colossal waves layered together, forming an immense tidal wave that engulfed the blood ghost. The blood ghost let out a piteous wail, its body transforming into a sky full of bloody mist. A flash of blood-red light revealed a crimson spherical bead. An Early-True Immortal ghost creature was thus slain. Wang Changsheng reached out with one hand, and the crimson spherical bead flew into his palm.

A shrill male scream rang out. Chang Hongwei's chest was pierced by two bloody ghost claws, one of which clutched a miniature Nascent Soul. Meng Tianrui and Meng Tianxue dodged, breaking out in a cold sweat. If they hadn't possessed defensive immortal artifacts, they would have been the ones killed.

They looked towards the distant horizon, where a golden light and a gray light appeared. They flashed once and then stopped. The golden light was actually a colossal golden egret. A tall, well-built youth in a red shirt and a slender old man in a green robe stood on the egret's back. The youth in red was an Early-True Immortal, and the old man in green was a Mid-True Immortal. The gray light was a black-glowing flying boat. A full-figured young woman in a purple skirt and a short, stout man in a green shirt stood on it. Both were Mid-True Immortals.

"Let's finish this quickly and eliminate them," the young woman in the purple skirt said in a deep voice. They were responsible for receiving their fellow disciples here. Since their comrades had been killed, they naturally wouldn't let Wang Changsheng and his group escape.

Wang Changsheng reacted swiftly, his right fist glowing with dazzling blue light as he punched towards the void. With a whooshing sound, a giant blue fist flashed forth, casting a vast shadow, leaving a white streak in the void as it smashed towards the young woman in the purple skirt and the man in the green shirt. The man in the green shirt snorted coldly, then lightly pointed his right finger. A green light shot out, colliding with the giant blue fist. With a thunderous roar, the giant blue fist was shattered by the green light, transforming into countless blue water vapor particles.

At that moment, Wang Changsheng controlled the Jadeite Boat, carrying Wang Ruyan and the others, and flew southeast, covering a hundred thousand li in an instant.

"Pursue them! They must not be allowed to escape," the young woman in the purple skirt declared, forming a hand seal. The black flying boat glowed with dazzling black light and gave chase.

The red-shirted youth and the green-robed old man engaged Meng Tianrui and his sister. Energy waves surged, and various spiritual lights intertwined high in the sky.