Chapter 3837: High-Level Experts Gather

Soon after, the azure escape light came to a halt, revealing an azure dragon boat shimmering with light. Six low-grade immortal-slaying cannons were mounted on it, and seventeen people—fifteen men and two women—stood on deck. Leading them was a slender youth in a yellow shirt, his brows conveying a valiant demeanor.

This was Lin Yuelei, a Grand Perfection True Immortal who had opened five apertures and was the leader of the Lin family disciples in the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven.

Beside him stood a full-figured young woman in a green dress. Her features were picturesque, and her skin was as fair as snow.

She was Song Xueyao, a Grand Perfection True Immortal who had opened five apertures, and Lin Yuelei's dual cultivation partner.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, Madam Lin, we've already eliminated the Chaos Beast. Are you here to snatch our spoils?" Murong Yurong asked with a cold expression.

"Snatch your spoils? Immortal Murong, you've misunderstood. We're here to retrieve something that belongs to our Lin family," Lin Yuelei said with a slight smile.

"Something belonging to your Lin family? What is it?" Murong Yurong asked, her tone indifferent.

"The Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood!" Lin Yuelei declared, his gaze fixed on the cave at the foot of the mountain.

A certain True Immortal cultivator had once entered the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven and unexpectedly discovered a Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood. Before he could transplant it, enemies arrived, forcing him to conceal it with a secret talisman. After leaving the grotto-heaven, he was unable to re-enter. He recorded the matter for his descendants, and through various twists and turns, the Lin family eventually learned of it. Lin Yuelei's current entry into the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven was specifically for this Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood. He had been delayed by other matters and had only just arrived at the destination. Discovering that the Murong family had beaten them to it, Lin Yuelei naturally would not agree to let it go.

"The Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood belongs to your Lin family? What a joke! I could just as easily claim Qingzhi Island is mine! Would your Lin family give it up then?" Murong Yurong sneered.

"Then there's nothing more to discuss. Let's settle it with a fight," Lin Yuelei said, his face filled with killing intent, ready to make his move.

"Wait," Murong Yurong interjected with a frown. "Someone else is coming. You wouldn't want others to reap the benefits, would you?"

Lin Yuelei raised an eyebrow and looked into the distance. A yellow escape light and a golden escape light appeared on the distant horizon, swiftly approaching their location.

Soon after, the two escape lights halted, revealing a yellow flying boat and a golden, shimmering colossal ship. Six immortal-slaying cannons were mounted on the ship, and Qin Lei and Feng Chuchu stood on its deck. Wang Changsheng and six others stood on the yellow flying boat, while twenty True Immortal cultivators occupied the deck of the golden colossal ship.

"Are you also here for the Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood?" Lin Yuelei frowned. With so many people vying for it, it would be extremely difficult for the Lin family to claim the Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood exclusively.

"Quite lively indeed! Our brothers are also interested in the Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood," a chilling male voice rang out.

As the voice faded, three crimson fire lights flared, revealing three identical-looking men: the Chen brothers, Chen Guang, Chen Yao, and Chen Zong. They had successfully slain the five-colored Chaos Beast and obtained the Sacred Spirit Immortal Apricot. Upon unexpectedly spotting the Lin family cultivators, they had followed them here.

"I heard the Azure Cloud Palace has a combined attack technique that only siblings can cultivate. You must be practicing that technique, meaning you've mastered the art of combined attacks," Murong Yurong stated.

"Combined attack technique! Art of combined attacks!" Lin Yuelei and the others' expressions tightened, and their gazes grew solemn. They naturally understood the formidable power of combined attack techniques and were surprised to encounter True Immortal cultivators practicing such a method here.

"Whether it is or isn't isn't important, you..." Chen Guang's words were cut short by Chen Zong's roar, "It's you again! Still trying to snatch spoils? Do you really take us for dead men?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Zong fiercely flapped the feathered wings on his back, transforming into a crimson fire light and vanishing. Shen Qing, realizing something, immediately activated his Golden-Eyed Azure Pupils and looked towards the cave. "It's Xu Yuqian, a disciple of the Xu family, and a Void-Mite at the True Immortal stage," Shen Qing said with a frown.

The Xu family was an affiliate of the Cao family, with several Golden Immortal cultivators residing there, controlling a 'Xuan' city. They were an emerging immortal cultivation family. Although the Xu family's lineage, spanning over ten million years, couldn't compare to the Murong family's, they were developing well and had sent twenty True Immortal cultivators into the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven. Void-Mites possessed spatial divine abilities, capable of tearing space.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan remained calm, secretly pleased. They had been worried about being recognized by the Chen brothers, knowing it would be a significant problem if other True Immortal cultivators discovered they possessed the Sacred Spirit Immortal Apricot. Unexpectedly, someone else was taking the blame for them.

With a loud bang, the cave exploded, sending earth and rocks flying and filling the air with dust. Red light flared around Chen Guang and Chen Yao's bodies. They simultaneously struck their palms towards the void, causing ripples in space. A gigantic red palm, emitting astonishing heat, flashed forth and flew directly into the dust cloud. A piercing whoosh sounded as a towering azure saber light swept out to meet it. The towering saber light collided with the red giant palm, shattering into pieces as if made of paper. The red giant palm then plunged into the dust cloud, followed by another tremendous explosion that shook the ground.

Several escape lights flew out from the dust. Besides Chen Zong, there were two men and one woman. Leading them was a white-skinned girl in a white dress, with lively eyes and a melon-seed face. This was Xu Yuqian, a late-stage True Immortal who had opened five apertures. The other two men were identical and also late-stage True Immortals.

"Hand over the item! Don't think we won't recognize you just because you've changed your appearance," Chen Zong said with a cold face. The cultivators who had stolen the Sacred Spirit Immortal Apricot were a man and a woman, had accomplices, and possessed spatial divine abilities, bearing some resemblance to Xu Yuqian and her group.

"I haven't even obtained it yet, so how can I hand it over to you?" Xu Yuqian asked with a puzzled frown. She thought Chen Zong was referring to the Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood; she had just been about to transplant it when she was discovered, leaving her no opportunity.

By this time, the dust had dispersed, revealing a massive cave extending deep underground. In the lower-left corner stood a tall, moon-white tree with sparse leaves. Its entire body glowed with a silvery light, and its trunk was marked with golden patterns.

A gigantic five-colored light barrier enveloped the Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood, with runes flickering across its surface.

"The Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood!" A stir went through the cultivators present, their eyes fixed intently on the wood. A Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood over three million years old was more valuable than a million-year-old immortal medicine. Anything capable of removing the bloodthirsty bestiality from a Chaos Beast's core was highly prized. Wang Changsheng, however, had little interest; his Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron could purify materials, and he had already successfully used it to purify Chaos Beast cores. Nevertheless, he had to feign an expression of longing to avoid suspicion.

"It's impossible for anyone to take it all for themselves," Lin Yuelei suggested. "I propose we divide this Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood according to our strength."

"I have no objection," Lu Chuan fully agreed. Qin Lei, Murong Yurong, Xu Yuqian, and the others also had no objections and assented.

"I do have an objection," a cold male voice stated. "This Heavenly Gang Immortal Wood belongs to us." The cultivators' expressions darkened, and they all turned towards the source of the voice.

Tens of thousands of Chaos Beasts were rushing towards them. Colorless Chaos Beasts led the charge, with a significant number of single-colored Chaos Beasts also present.

"This is bad! A horde of Chaos Beasts, and there's a mutated five-colored one! Run!" Lu Chuan cried out in alarm.