Chapter 4361: Strength Overwhelms

A vast, boundless azure sea stretched to the horizon. A gentle sea breeze rustled, and the sky was perfectly clear.

A golden streak of light swiftly crossed the sky. With a flash, it stopped, and the light retracted, revealing a golden, shimmering flying boat.

A refined-looking young man in a golden shirt and a sweet-looking young woman in a red dress stood on the golden flying boat. Judging by their auras, they were clearly Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

"They shouldn't be able to catch up now," the young man in the golden shirt muttered to himself, letting out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the calm sea churned and surged, creating colossal waves that seemed to touch the sky. The roar of a tsunami was continuous as colossal blue fists flew out from beneath the sea, heading straight for the young man in the golden shirt and the young woman in the red dress.

"Oh no, he's caught up!" the young man in the golden shirt exclaimed, his face filled with disbelief. How did the opponent know their whereabouts? They had used a teleportation array to leave and had been constantly on the move without stopping!

He had no time to think. He swiped his hands through the air, and a massive Tai Chi pattern appeared, blocking in front of him. Meanwhile, the young woman in the red dress conjured a red shield that spun continuously around her. At the same time, she chanted an incantation, and a red halo swept out, transforming into a sea of crimson fire to meet the incoming attack.

The dense blue colossal fists struck the Tai Chi pattern one after another. The Tai Chi pattern spun rapidly, and the blue colossal fists disintegrated sequentially. The sea of red fire came into contact with the dense blue colossal fists and instantly dispersed.

The blue colossal fists struck the red shield. The red shield trembled violently, and numerous cracks appeared. Before long, it shattered into pieces. The dense blue colossal fists then repeatedly struck the young woman in the red dress, blasting her to death. As soon as a nascent soul, strikingly similar to Fairy Luoshui, emerged from her body, a figure flashed and appeared. A large hand glowing with blue light instantly seized the nascent soul, revealing an ordinary-looking young man in a blue shirt. It was Wang Changsheng, whose appearance had been altered.

Wang Changsheng, relying on the Nine Nether Soul Tracing Art, pinpointed Xu Feng's location and used the Taoist art, Sky-Treading Steps, to catch up. To be cautious, he had changed his appearance.

He took out a shimmering silver talisman, affixed it to Fairy Luoshui's nascent soul, and put it into his storage bracelet.

A golden, shimmering short blade and a pair of scissors constantly flowing with purple light shot over, striking Wang Changsheng's head one after another, producing dull thuds of metal clashing.

"An Immortal Body!" The young man in the golden shirt was dumbfounded. Very few Grand Unity Golden Immortals managed to cultivate an Immortal Body. Immortal Lord Taihao had actually cultivated one!

He dared not linger. His body radiated a brilliant golden light, transforming into a thousand figures and fleeing in different directions at high speed.

"Freeze!" Wang Changsheng uttered a soft shout. The thousand figures of the young man in the golden shirt froze in mid-air, as if suspended in time. It was the Law of Confinement!

A black halo swept over, quickly passing through all the figures of the young man in the golden shirt. Their bodies trembled, and they simultaneously let out a shriek. It was impossible to tell which was the true body.

Wang Changsheng frowned. He quickly formed hand seals, and the sea surface exploded, water splattering everywhere, transforming into blue colossal fists which slammed towards the young man in the golden shirt. The young man in the golden shirt's body was as flimsy as paper and was utterly pulverized by the blue colossal fists.

One of the golden-shirted figures radiated brilliant golden light, while the other golden-shirted figures vanished. His aura was weak, his face pale, and his eyes filled with terror. Though both were Grand Unity Golden Immortals, he had no power to retaliate against Wang Changsheng.

He flicked his sleeve, and three golden, shimmering command flags flew out. All of them were mid-grade immortal artifacts. After the three golden command flags circled around him once, they transformed into a dense golden light barrier, protecting him.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding, I can..." The young man in the golden shirt hadn't finished speaking when a blue long rainbow shot forth. The void was directly torn open, creating a massive rift. A huge fissure also appeared on the sea surface. Heaven and earth seemed to be sliced in half; the momentum was terrifying.

The young man in the golden shirt tried to evade, but a powerful force of confinement held him in place. The blue long rainbow struck the Tai Chi pattern. The Tai Chi pattern trembled, developed numerous cracks, and shattered into pieces. The blue long rainbow then effortlessly pierced through the golden light barrier.

The young man in the golden shirt's pupils contracted, an expression of disbelief on his face. His body went limp, and he rapidly fell towards the sea. As soon as a nascent soul, strikingly similar to Xu Feng, emerged from his body, Wang Changsheng flashed and appeared, snatched Xu Feng's nascent soul, and affixed a silver talisman to it.

He put away Xu Feng's nascent soul, searched two storage bracelets from the two corpses, burned the corpses, collected the scattered immortal artifacts, and left the area.

Arriving at Yuyang City, Wang Changsheng came to the entrance of a secluded small courtyard with blue tiles and sent out a sound transmission talisman. Not long after, the courtyard gate opened, and Wang Ruyan walked out. Wang Changsheng entered, and Wang Ruyan closed the gate.

Inside the courtyard, there was a three-story blue pavilion and a blue stone pavilion. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan entered the blue pavilion. Less than a quarter of an hour later, they emerged.

"The Murong family actually has hidden agents; that's truly troublesome," Wang Changsheng said with a frown.

Wang Ruyan had played a musical piece, causing Xu Feng's and Fairy Luoshui's nascent souls to fall into an illusion, from which she extracted a lot of information. After Murong Yilong defected to the Chaos Beasts, he set up contingencies. Besides elites like Fairy Luoshui, there was also a group of hidden agents. Fairy Luoshui and Murong Yilong were unaware of the full details of these hidden agents. Some agents had been dispatched long ago and rarely made contact.

"As long as they dare to show themselves, we'll eliminate them," Wang Ruyan said. "With the Golden Prism Mirror, finding targets is quite convenient."

Wang Changsheng nodded and said, "I didn't expect that by a strange coincidence, we would uncover Fairy Luoshui's whereabouts. It's fortunate we eliminated her. Otherwise, if she had continued to grow, she would sooner or later become a grave threat to our family."

Liu Qi accepted a mission to eliminate disciples of the Heavenly River Sword Sect and unexpectedly learned about an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling. He located the destination but was then killed by Wang Banyuan. Only then did Wang Changsheng learn of Fairy Luoshui's whereabouts. Speaking of which, this was truly a coincidence that the Heavenly River Sword Sect and the Wang family cultivators had actually discovered the same ancient cultivator's cave dwelling.

"However, I always find it a bit strange," Wang Ruyan said, puzzled, "that the disciples of the Heavenly River Sword Sect would discover the same ancient cultivator's cave dwelling as Ruxue. If Liu Qi hadn't eliminated the Heavenly River Sword Sect cultivators, Banyuan would certainly have had a direct confrontation with them. Regardless of the outcome, it would have been troublesome."

"Let the Dark Hall investigate this," Wang Changsheng said with a frown. "I hope it's a coincidence. The Underworld Palace is quite capable; Qin Zhaoming is actually one of their members."

Xu Feng had made a deal with the Chaos Beasts. The Underworld Palace had secret agents among both immortals and Chaos Beasts, and Qin Zhaoming was one of them. Back then, Qin Zhaoming's invitation for Wang Changsheng to mine the Primordial Stone vein in the Hulan Mountains was itself a setup. According to the plan, Wang Changsheng and Qin Zhaoming would "accidentally" discover Murong Yilong making contact with the Chaos Beasts, then report it to the Nangong Immortal Clan. An insider would then inform Murong Yilong. Before the Nangong Immortal Clan could act, Murong Yilong's entire clan would defect to the Chaos Beasts, allowing Qin Zhaoming to smoothly rise to power.