Chapter 4230: Mysterious Dao Immortal

Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli each flicked their right hands, sending two metal spheres flying out, then quickly formed hand seals. A whirring sound of mechanisms filled the air as the four metal spheres transformed into four Golden Immortal-stage puppet beasts: two humanoid puppets, one ape puppet, and one roc puppet.

"Second-tier immortal puppets!" exclaimed the woman in the red dress, her expression hardening. "They're not ordinary Golden Immortals. Don't be careless!"

Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli performed hand seals, and the two humanoid puppets opened their mouths, each spewing a thick golden beam of light directly towards the woman in the red dress and her two companions. The ape puppet beast strode towards their opponents, causing the ground to tremble slightly with each step. The roc puppet flapped its wings gently, rising into the air and soaring higher.

But they weren't finished. Wang Qingfeng flipped his right hand, and the Sky-Burning Saber appeared. With a swing, a dazzling red saber light swept out, striking towards their opponents. Dong Xueli formed a sword seal, and countless white sword lights surged forth, heading straight for the woman in the red dress and her two companions.

The woman in the red dress and her two companions dared not meet the attacks head-on and prepared to dodge. As a series of "clang clang clang" bell sounds rang out, they frowned, feeling an unbearable sharp pain in their souls. The woman in the red dress quickly summoned a red shield, positioning it in front of her. The two golden light beams struck the red shield with two dull thuds, causing it to vibrate slightly.

The ape puppet beast charged forward, its right fist glowing yellow, and slammed it towards the woman in the red dress. The woman formed a hand seal, and three red-glowing flying daggers instantly blazed with light, merging into a ten-foot-long red giant blade. It struck the ape puppet beast with a metallic clang, leaving only a faint scratch on its surface. Her body glowed with intense red light, and rolling flames engulfed the ape puppet beast. However, the puppet was completely unaffected; its fist smashed into the red shield, which then collided with the woman's protective spiritual aura, causing the aura to dent inwards. The roc puppet beast descended from above, its sharp talons striking the woman's protective spiritual aura, which further caved in and dimmed. A red arc of light and a white arc of light flew in, striking the woman's protective spiritual aura one after another.

Her protective spiritual aura could no longer withstand the assault and shattered. The two arcs of light pierced through her chest and head. As a miniature Nascent Soul emerged from her body, a silver talisman flew swiftly and attached itself precisely to the Nascent Soul.

Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli, utilizing their four Golden Immortal-stage puppet beasts, along with the power of their laws and the Qiankun Three Fingers technique, easily eliminated the woman in the red dress. Although her cultivation was somewhat higher, she had only achieved minor mastery of laws and was simply no match for them.

Seeing their companion killed so swiftly, the two men were greatly alarmed. They transformed into two streaks of light and fled through the air in opposite directions. Wang Qingfeng gently shook the small golden bell in his hand, and "clang clang clang" sounds resonated. The speed of the two fleeing lights slowed down. A red saber light and a white sword light swept towards them.

The old man in golden robes punched, sending a giant golden fist flying to meet the red saber light. The man in green robes raised his right hand, unleashing a misty green tornado that swept out to meet the white sword light. The red saber light easily shattered the giant golden fist, and the green tornado likewise failed to block the white sword light. Both men had only achieved minor mastery of laws and could only deploy one at a time, making them utterly incapable of defending against a combined assault of multiple laws. The red saber light and white sword light cut through their bodies, splitting them in two. As soon as their two Nascent Souls emerged, a red and a white radiant glow descended from the sky, enveloping them. The two Nascent Souls swelled almost simultaneously and instantly exploded, illuminating the sky with a burst of golden and green light.

He didn't even need to employ the Divine Mechanism Art; relying on his immortal puppets and the Fusion Aperture Art, he easily dispatched the enemies.

Wang Qingfeng searched the bodies, retrieving six storage bracelets. He took out their contents and meticulously examined them. Among the items were twenty-three mid-grade immortal artifacts, over three million immortal essence stones, and more than a thousand chaotic beast crystal cores, primarily from True Immortal-stage chaotic beasts. There were also various refining materials and immortal herbs. None of these items were particularly valuable.

They also found several identity plaques, indicating these individuals had killed many Golden Immortals. Among the five maps they discovered, one was labeled "Thousand Herbs," and some locations on it had textual annotations. Wang Qingfeng performed a soul-search on the woman's Nascent Soul, and an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"Revered Immortal Miaofa," he murmured.

Revered Immortal Miaofa was a seasoned Grand Unity Golden Immortal from the Thousand Spirits Sea Domain, but he had been missing for tens of millions of years, his whereabouts unknown. It was unexpected that he had died in the Myriad Spirit Grotto-Heaven, a perilous location on the Myriad Immortal Continent. The Myriad Spirit Grotto-Heaven, a secret realm established by the Myriad Immortal Sect, was primarily used for training Golden Immortal cultivators, though Grand Unity Golden Immortals could also enter without restrictions. Revered Immortal Miaofa had entered the Myriad Immortal Continent in search of treasures when he was ambushed and severely wounded by a powerful adversary. He had fled into the Myriad Spirit Grotto-Heaven but ultimately succumbed to his grievous injuries there.

Two Golden Immortal cultivators had accidentally discovered Revered Immortal Miaofa's reclusion cave-dwelling, but unable to bypass the restrictions, they had to leave. On their journey, they were ambushed. Although they fought desperately to break free, one of them died on the Myriad Immortal Continent from severe injuries. Ning Hao and his friends later discovered the reclusion cave-dwelling, which led to the ambush by the woman in the red dress and her two companions.

"Revered Immortal Miaofa might have obtained something valuable on the Myriad Immortal Continent," Dong Xueli suggested. "Let's make a trip to the Myriad Spirit Grotto-Heaven. Hopefully, we can find his relics."

Wang Qingfeng nodded. After incinerating the enemies' bodies, he and Dong Xueli departed.

Across a vast, boundless green grassland, a streak of silver lightning rapidly streaked across the sky.

"Trying to run, are we? You've been wounded by a great mastery of the Law of Poison; you can't escape. Just stay put!" A cold male voice echoed. No sooner had the words faded than a bloody giant hand materialized in the air. A phantom spider could be seen on its surface as it slammed into the silver lightning streak. The silver lightning swiftly plummeted, crashing to the ground and revealing Lin Lei's figure. His face was pale, his right leg was missing, and a bloody hole on his left shoulder oozed purple blood. He opened his mouth and spat out a gush of black blood, his face utterly devoid of color. A cloud of purple poisonous mist emerged, coalescing into a burly man in purple robes. The man had a square face, large eyes, and an overwhelming aura of malice.

"If you kill me, our Five Thunder Sect will never forgive you," Lin Lei said, his voice weak. "My master is right outside the entrance."

"There are so many entrances," the burly man in purple robes sneered. "Can't I just leave from somewhere else?"

Lin Lei's right hand flared with lightning, and a thick silver bolt shot forth, heading directly for the burly man in purple robes. A surge of bloody light erupted from the burly man's right palm. He struck out, sending a giant bloody palm flying to collide with the silver lightning, which instantly dissipated. A silver light flashed behind the burly man, and a slender silver lightning needle suddenly appeared, striking his head with a dull metallic thud.

"A peak True Spirit!" Lin Lei exclaimed, his face filled with disbelief.

The burly man in purple robes flickered, appearing before Lin Lei. He launched a punch that smashed into Lin Lei's head, causing it to explode. A Nascent Soul resembling Lin Lei flew out of the shattered body. The burly man in purple robes pulled out a small purple mirror, imbued it with a hand seal, and the mirror emitted a stream of purple radiant light that enveloped the Nascent Soul, leaving its gaze blank.

"Where were you heading to seek treasures on the Myriad Immortal Continent?" the burly man in purple robes asked, his voice now gentle.

"The Myriad Spirit Grotto-Heaven! Revered Immortal Miaofa's reclusion cave-dwelling!" the Nascent Soul replied.

"What valuable items are there?" the burly man in purple robes inquired.

"I don't know," the Nascent Soul replied. "In his early years, my master killed a Golden Immortal cultivator who, along with a companion, discovered Revered Immortal Miaofa's reclusion cave-dwelling. However, they couldn't break through the restrictions and were forced to leave."

The burly man in purple robes asked several more questions, which the Nascent Soul answered truthfully. The burly man in purple robes then crushed the Nascent Soul, collected Lin Lei's belongings, and departed from the area.