Chapter 3838: Cloud Spiral Cave Closure (None Today)

They had been in the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven for some time and had encountered many Chaos Beasts. Most were solitary, but occasionally they would come across three to five gathered together. Now, tens of thousands of Chaos Beasts had assembled, exhibiting various forms. There must be a five-colored Chaos Beast leading them, most likely a mutated one.

"A mutated five-colored Chaos Beast!"

The cultivators present grimaced.

Several True Immortal cultivators quickly chanted incantations. All the low-grade Immortal-Slaying Cannons immediately lit up, each firing a thick beam of light directly at the Chaos Beasts.

Dozens of thick light beams plunged into the horde of Chaos Beasts, causing a large number of them to fall.

Red light blazed from the bodies of the Chen brothers. They clapped their palms towards the void, and with a flash of red light, three large, glowing red hands appeared. They instantly merged into one, hurtling towards the Chaos Beast horde.

The giant red hand advanced irresistibly. Wherever it passed, Chaos Beasts were sent flying backward, unable to rise again, each with a horrific bloody hole in their bodies.

Murong Yurong chanted an incantation, and the five-colored light barrier dissipated, transforming into a pigeon-egg-sized five-colored orb that vanished into her sleeve.

She swung her Sky-Halberd towards the Skygang Immortal Wood, and an incredibly thick azure lightning blade shot out, heading directly for it.

Wang Changsheng and the others also made their moves, attacking the Skygang Immortal Wood, hoping to obtain a piece of it.

A series of rumbling explosions resounded, and the Skygang Immortal Wood shattered into multiple small pieces. Wang Changsheng managed to acquire three of them.

At that moment, several one-colored Chaos Beasts also lunged forward, their massive bodies crashing into the Immortals.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan reacted quickly, transforming into a mass of blue mist and countless mystical musical notes respectively, vanishing from their original spots. Other cultivators rapidly used their escape techniques to flee. However, some Immortals reacted a beat too slow, were overtaken by the Chaos Beasts, and ultimately overwhelmed by the horde.

Xu Yuqian reacted the fastest. She released a tall young man in golden robes. A dazzling golden light flared on the young man's right hand as he tore at the void, revealing a massive empty chasm. They flew into the chasm, which then sealed itself.

The Immortals scattered, fleeing for their lives, while the Chaos Beasts dispersed to pursue and attack them.

Roaring sounds filled the air, as various spiritual lights flared in the sky, mixed with screams of agony.

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, countless blue mists and mystical musical notes emerged, swirling to reform into the figures of Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

"There's actually a mutated five-colored Chaos Beast. Fortunately, it wasn't targeting us."

As Wang Changsheng spoke, he conjured his Jasper Boat, carrying them away from the area.

After this experience, Wang Changsheng only wanted to find a safe place to hide and wait for the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven to close.

Outside the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven, on a bluestone plaza, Murong Zhengxian and over ten other Golden Immortal cultivators were gathered, leisurely sipping tea and chatting.

"The Chaos Beast horde's retreat this time was rather sudden. Could there be an internal issue within the Hunxie Tribe?"

Du Tianhe asked, curious.

Chaos Beasts gather in tribes; there are twelve major tribes, each overseen by a Dao Ancestor-level Chaos Beast. In contrast, Immortals only have seven Immortal Cities. Generally speaking, Chaos Beasts are stronger than Immortals.

Immortals possess a wider range of skills, including immortal artifacts, immortal formations, immortal pills, immortal talismans, cultivation techniques, puppets, spirit beasts, and spirit wine. Chaos Beasts, however, rely on their innate ability to weaken most spells and divine abilities to contend with Immortals. Only mutated Chaos Beasts or those with cultivation above the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm can master the power of laws; each side has its own strengths.

Kunlun City faces the Hunxie Tribe, one of the twelve major Chaos Beast tribes. It possesses Dao Ancestor-level Chaos Beasts and governs multiple small and medium-sized tribes. The tribal chiefs, typically mutated Chaos Beasts, serve as shamans.

Mutated Chaos Beasts can master the power of laws and some can even speak. Some Chaos Beasts can speak because they had Grand Unity Golden Immortal ancestors. Compared to ordinary Chaos Beasts, speaking ones are more likely to mutate and master the power of laws.

"That seems unlikely! If there were internal issues within the Hunxie Tribe, the Cao family or Nangong family would be directing us to expand our territory. Perhaps Fellow Daoist Cao knows the inside story!"

Murong Zhengxian speculated.

"There is indeed an inside story, but it was caused by our own clansmen."

A gentle male voice resonated.

No sooner had the voice faded than a golden, glittering giant ship flew from the distance, appearing above the bluestone plaza. The ship was equipped with twelve mid-grade Immortal-Slaying Cannons. Cao Yuanxing, Cao Jingxia, and others stood on the deck, with Cao Yufeng and Cao Yuzhen also present.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, Madam Cao, you've arrived."

Murong Zhengxian said with a chuckle.

"Calculating the time, the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven is about to close, so we came to collect the cultivation resources."

Cao Yuanxing spoke, explaining it was customary.

Just as Murong Zhengxian was about to say something, he took out a golden, glittering jade disk, infused it with an incantation, and his expression turned grim.

Du Tianhe and several other Golden Immortal cultivators also took out their respective spiritual-light-flashing jade disks and cast incantations into them. Their expressions all turned very ugly.

"Fellow Daoist Du, Fellow Daoist Lin, have your disciples or kin met with an accident?"

Murong Zhengxian asked, his face solemn.

Du Tianhe and the other Golden Immortal cultivators nodded. If an elite from one faction suffered an accident, it could be attributed to encountering a powerful enemy. However, if elites from multiple factions suffered accidents, it indicated a major incident within the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven.

"In that case, let's close the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven early and send them out!"

Cao Yuanxing suggested.

Murong Zhengxian and the eight other Golden Immortal cultivators all agreed. They quickly chanted incantations, took out spiritual-light-flashing tokens, and infused them with Immortal Essence.

All eight tokens brightened intensely, each emitting a beam of spiritual light that converged to form a hundred-zhang-wide light gate. Numerous cultivators flew out from it, including Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

They were bewildered as to why the Cloud Swirl Grotto-heaven had suddenly closed.

"Ancestor, there was a mutated five-colored Chaos Beast inside, with cultivation at the Grand Completion True Immortal realm. Yuhong was killed."

Murong Yurong spoke, her voice filled with grief. If they had been any later, she would not have survived.

All the True Immortal cultivators transmitted messages to the Golden Immortals of their respective factions, reporting the situation. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were no exception.

Du Tianhe showed no joy upon learning that Skygang Immortal Wood had been found. The cost of obtaining it was simply too tragic.

After less than a quarter of an hour, the light gate vanished. Upon tallying, sixty-eight True Immortal cultivators emerged alive, eleven had their physical bodies destroyed, and over two hundred True Immortal cultivators had perished, representing heavy losses.

"Alright, line up to hand over your immortal medicines and immortal fruits. If anyone attempts to conceal anything and is detected by the Immortal-Measuring Disk, do not blame us for being impolite."

As Cao Yuanxing spoke, he conjured a golden, glittering giant tower, which landed on the ground.

"Line up and enter the giant tower one by one to hand over your immortal medicines and immortal fruits. We only require one-tenth."

Cao Yuanxing said, then flew into the golden giant tower, with Cao Yufeng, Cao Yuzhen, and the others following closely.