Chapter 4559: New Magic Arts (None Today)

A skeletal figure was draped in a tattered golden robe, its left skeletal hand wearing a golden storage bracelet.

Du Rui raised her right hand, and a purple blade light swept out, shattering the teleportation array beneath her feet.

"Fairy Du," Wang Qingbai asked curiously, "what kind of restriction is this? You can't break it by yourself?"

Du Rui had not mentioned what the restriction was earlier, but now that they had reached their destination, she could explain.

"I don't know," Du Rui said. "This formation is a condensed version of the Taiyi Profound Soul Restriction, and requires soul attacks to break. Otherwise, I would have broken the restriction long ago. Since all six of you have mastered soul secret techniques, I invited you to break the restriction together."

"The Taiyi Profound Soul Restriction! No wonder," Wang Qingbai suddenly realized. The Taiyi Profound Soul Restriction was renowned as one of the Ten Great Immortal Restrictions.

"Let's begin breaking the restriction! The sooner we do it, the better," the old man in yellow robes said. His right hand emitted a yellow light as he slapped out a palm, and a giant yellow palm flashed out, striking the golden light barrier with a muffled thud.

The golden light barrier remained motionless, a pattern of a golden python emerging on its surface.

Wang Qingshan and the six others all cast their soul secret techniques, attacking the golden light barrier.

A dazzling spiritual light enveloped the golden light barrier. After a good while, the golden light barrier still remained.

"We need to increase the intensity of our attacks," Du Rui said with a frown, increasing the intensity of her own attack. "Otherwise, it won't be easy to break this restriction. If we delay for too long, we'll attract other cultivators."

Wang Qingshan and the other six all increased the intensity of their attacks, and the golden light barrier's spiritual light dimmed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, accompanied by a deafening roar, the golden light barrier shattered like a bubble, and a hundred-zhang-wide stone chamber appeared before them.

Du Rui's face lit up with joy. Just as she was about to retrieve the treasure, a giant yellow palm struck towards her.

As Du Rui was about to dodge, a powerful gravitational force emerged, making her feel immensely heavy, unable to move an inch.

A blue sword light swept over, slicing the giant yellow palm in half. The blue sword light then struck the stone wall, causing it to shake slightly.

If Du Rui hadn't set up restrictions beforehand, the cave would have collapsed long ago.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, Madam Sun, what is the meaning of this?" Du Rui said with a grim expression.

"Fairy Du, no, Fairy Chen," the old man in yellow robes said slowly. "I heard your Chen family was annihilated because of a supreme immortal artifact. That supreme immortal artifact must be in your possession, right? We've been watching you for so many years; who knew we'd uncover something extra?"

Du Rui's expression changed slightly when she heard the words 'Fairy Chen'.

"Are you two going to fight among yourselves? Who gave you such confidence?" Wang Qingshan's tone was cold.

"Who said there were only two of us?" the old man in yellow robes sneered.

No sooner had he spoken than the cave shook violently. Numerous cracks appeared on the ceiling, the cave collapsed, and a giant black, glittering palm descended from above, striking down towards them.

Before the black giant palm even landed, a powerful pressure enveloped them.

Du Rui felt an invisible mountain descending upon her, her legs trembling.

Her right hand glowed intensely with purple light, and she slapped out a palm. A giant purple hand flashed out, meeting the attack with astonishing heat waves.

The purple giant hand collided with the black giant palm, instantly dissipating, and the black giant palm continued its descent.

Wang Qingshan's right index finger glowed intensely with blue light. He lightly pointed at the void above his head, and a blue long rainbow shot out, piercing through the black giant palm.

A burly man in black robes and a tall, thin old man in silver robes stood high in the sky. Judging by their aura, both were late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortals.

"You already knew my identity?" Du Rui said with a frown, her face full of disbelief.

"Fairy Du, no, Fairy Chen, will you hand over the item obediently, or shall we take it ourselves?" the burly man in black robes said coldly, his face full of killing intent.

"That's a rumor," Du Rui said. "We don't possess any supreme immortal artifact. If we truly had one, our ancestor wouldn't have been killed by the Chaos Beast."

"Since you won't yield willingly, we'll make you," the old man in yellow robes suggested. "Capture her and interrogate her slowly. First, deal with these four."

They didn't know the identities of Wang Qingshan and the other four, only assuming they were ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortals.

"You're sure you can handle us?" Wang Qingshan sneered. He formed a sword seal, and seven immortal-light-glowing flying swords shot out, heading straight for the burly man in black robes.

Wang Qingbai formed a magic seal, and thick blue vines emerged from the ground, like countless blue spears, charging straight for the old man in yellow robes and the woman in white dress.

Xiahou Yao and Bai Ling'er also made their moves, attacking the old man in yellow robes and the woman in white dress.

Du Rui was not idle either, activating the magma law to attack the old man in silver robes.

The old man in silver robes formed a magic seal, and a deafening thunder sounded from high in the sky. An extremely thick silver lightning pillar pierced through the sky, striking down directly.

A yellow halo burst forth from the old man in yellow robes' body. The blue vines touched the yellow halo, instantly petrifying and then shattering into pieces.

The world changed color. A giant blue, glittering blade shot over, slicing towards the old man in yellow robes.

The blue giant blade collided with the yellow halo, and the yellow halo instantly shattered.

"A top-grade immortal artifact refined with a Primordial Spirit Treasure?" The old man in yellow robes looked confused and quickly summoned two yellow, glittering halberds to meet it.

With two muffled thuds, the two yellow halberds flew backward, and the blue giant blade arrived before the old man in yellow robes.

The old man in yellow robes was greatly alarmed and quickly summoned a yellow, glittering shield to block in front of him.

With a muffled thud, the yellow shield split into two.

"Not good, it's a Dao technique!" the old man in yellow robes exclaimed, his face full of disbelief.

Just as he was about to dodge, a sharp white sword light swept over. The old man in yellow robes slapped out a palm, blocking the white sword light. Then, a golden halo quickly swept out, passing quickly over his body, and he instantly felt the environment before him blur.

"The Law of Illusion!" The old man in yellow robes' face turned grim.

Bai Ling'er had cleansed her body of demon bloodline and had completely transformed into a human. She cultivated Illusionary Sword, mastering both the Law of Illusion and the Law of Sword.

Before the old man in yellow robes could recover, he was already sliced in half by the blue giant blade. The young woman in white dress was also shattered by the countless wind blades, and her nascent soul failed to escape.

Bai Ling'er swung her sword, and a massive white sword light swept out, destroying the descending silver electric arcs.

"Not good, a Dao technique! Run!" The burly man in black robes' face changed. He transformed into a cloud of black qi and fled through the air. Numerous silver electric arcs emerged from the old man in silver robes' body. Just then, Xiahou Yao's right hand grabbed at the void, and a powerful binding force instantly appeared.

Bai Ling'er spoke, saying, "Since you attacked us, then stay here forever!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man in black robes and the old man in silver robes felt dizzy, and the environment before their eyes blurred.

The combination of the Law of Sound and the Law of Illusion had even greater power.

Before they could recover their senses, a seven-colored giant sword and a blue giant blade sliced them in half. Their nascent souls were captured the moment they materialized.

Du Rui was dumbfounded, her eyes filled with fear.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, everything belongs to you. I want nothing," Du Rui said. "I truly don't know the whereabouts of the supreme immortal artifact; I swear upon my inner demon."

"Whether there's a supreme immortal artifact or not, that's your concern; it has nothing to do with us," Wang Qingshan said. "We bear no grudge against you, so we won't kill you. As for the treasures, we can share some with you. Without you, we wouldn't have found the cave dwelling where Immortal Lord Taichu passed away."

From the storage bracelet of the humanoid corpse, they found six top-grade immortal artifacts. Upon inspection, two of them were refined with Primordial Spirit Treasures: the Azurewood Ruler and the Azure Profound Sword.

They also found a secret technique for opening eight orifices and a high-grade cultivation technique, the 'Cycle of Rebirth Scripture', which could be used to comprehend the Law of Reincarnation.

Surprisingly, there was also a Dao technique, 'Karma Fist', which required mastering the Law of Karma and cultivating an immortal body to practice.

They gave Du Rui two ordinary top-grade immortal artifacts and a sum of immortal essence stones. Du Rui expressed her profound gratitude and left.

"We can't stay in the Nine-Star Immortal Realm anymore," Wang Qingshan said. "We've traveled for hundreds of thousands of years but still can't resolve our bottlenecks. Let's go back for now!" He was pleasantly surprised to have obtained a Dao technique.

Wang Qingbai and the other three had no objections, and the four of them left the place.