Chapter 803: Invincible

Gulp—

Jiang Fan swallowed lightly. He already knew what it was: a Hellish Desolate Beast! The one that had been sealed for at least sixty years, and had now broken free! It was actually lurking beneath the Spirit Beast Sect mountain!

“Run!”

The shout came from the old man in red robes. The monstrous aura emanating from the beast’s claw made his heart pound with fear!

The disciples had just finished packing the grave soil into a spatial storage device. Hearing the commotion, they turned to see the giant beast already approaching. Their hair stood on end in fright.

“I’ll take the grave soil!” said one of the grey-robed figures, who was clearly a direct disciple of the red-robed elder. His words carried significant weight.

As soon as he spoke, the spatial storage device was handed to him. Ten black-robed figures, along with two internal spies from the Spirit Beast Sect, ran out with tingling scalps.

The red-robed elder looked extremely wary. He retreated towards the exit, not forgetting to cup his hands and say, “Your Excellency, we did not intend to disturb you. We will retreat now, please forgive us.” Such a powerful fierce beast, even if it hadn’t transformed, must be highly intelligent. Even if it couldn’t understand human language, it should recognize his gesture of goodwill. The other party should weigh its options…

The thought was still in his mind when a sky-obscuring black giant claw, piercing through space, fiercely grabbed at the red-robed elder.

In the darkness, its blood-moon-like eyes radiated disdain.

The red-robed elder’s expression darkened, and he exclaimed in shock and anger: “Since you don’t know how to appreciate kindness, don’t blame this old man for resorting to force after showing courtesy! Furnace Fire Illuminates the Sky!”

He clapped his hands together fiercely, and extraordinarily terrifying flames erupted from his palms, forming two beams of fire. One beam met the incoming sharp claw, while the other shot straight towards the giant beast’s eyes.

The moment the flames appeared, the entire underground space rapidly expanded. Even a hundred zhang away, everyone felt their skin burning, and their clothes were about to spontaneously combust. The power of this strike was two points stronger than the Flame Jade Talisman Jiang Fan had just used.

However, what shocked Jiang Fan, everyone present, and even the red-robed elder himself was this: The giant beast showed no intention of dodging. Its giant claw gently patted down, pressing the fire beam to the ground and extinguishing it, just like swatting a firefly.

The beam of light shot towards its blood-moon eye, and the beast did not dodge. It merely closed its eye. The fire beam hit the thin eyelid, yet it was like ordinary flames hitting steel plate, scattering into sparks.

“Hiss!” The red-robed elder gasped. A chill shot through him, from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

“What is this thing?” His old body trembled. He immediately realized that he was not on the same level as the ferocious creature before him. Without another word, he immediately flashed away to escape.

Jiang Fan and the others ran even faster. As early as when the red-robed elder made his move, Jiang Fan knew the current situation would unfold, so he had run in advance. Now they had already passed through the broken wall and entered the space containing the Earth Phoenix Grass sap.

“Don’t fall victim to it,” Jiang Fan warned, telling Ren Guhong and Wu Manyue to walk around the sides of the space. They absolutely must not approach the center, to avoid being affected.

Roar—

But just as Jiang Fan had run out of the opening, the ground shook. The Hellish Desolate Beast slammed a claw onto the ground. A black stream of light, centered around its claw, radiated in all directions.

The swiftly moving crowd suddenly felt their feet sink, as if they had stepped into mud. Their movements abruptly slowed down, becoming increasingly difficult. Three breaths later, they were all like people stuck in a swamp, finding it extremely difficult to take even a single step. Even the red-robed elder was affected. Fortunately, he promptly floated in the air, thus escaping the black stream of light on the ground.

His pupils contracted sharply, and his voice trembled: “Desolate Beast Domain! This… this is the Hellish Desolate Beast’s unique skill!” He turned his head to look at the giant beast slowly approaching in the darkness.

His heart was pounding in his throat. “We disguised ourselves as Hellish Desolate Beasts, only to encounter the real one! That’s right! When a Hellish Desolate Beast just emerges from seclusion, it’s at its weakest and needs a great deal of replenishment. Nothing could attract it more than the remains of a great sage!” It truly fulfilled the saying: pretending to be a ghost in the middle of the night and encountering a real one!

He was scared out of his wits. Without thinking, he leaped over the heads of the many disciples and rushed towards the broken wall.

“Master!”

“Venerable Xiaoyao!”

The people stuck in the mud, seeing Venerable Xiaoyao abandon them, all let out panicked screams.

Crack—

And it was at this moment, the Hellish Desolate Beast walked over. Its giant claw casually pressed down. A disciple, whose cultivation was as high as the ninth level of Core Formation, was crushed like a small watermelon. Blood mixed with flesh pulp splattered all over the surrounding disciples. This scared them even more, making them scream in terror, but they were moving with extreme difficulty.

Crack—

Another disciple was crushed. A cruel smile appeared in the Hellish Desolate Beast’s eyes. It seemed to merely be treating them as small toys for amusement, not even having the interest to eat them.

Venerable Xiaoyao, who turned back and saw this scene, had his eyes almost split open with fury. He roared: “Beast!” He gritted his teeth, painfully pulling out an ancient, broken long spear. Traces of a spirit artifact’s power remained on it. “Go!”

With a forceful throw, the broken long spear transformed into a black afterimage, attacking the Hellish Desolate Beast. A hint of dread appeared in its playful, blood-moon eyes. It raised its incredibly tough sharp claw, blocking in front of itself.

Clang. Sparks flew in succession as the sharp claw was struck, but it was not harmed in the slightest.

Venerable Xiaoyao was greatly astonished. However, it was precisely this strike that hindered the Hellish Desolate Beast from continuously activating its Desolate Beast Domain. The black stream of light on the ground receded, and the disciples regained their freedom.

“Run fast!”

“Don’t stop!”

“I’ll hold it off for a moment,” Venerable Xiaoyao roared. He took out several more damaged and broken spirit artifacts. These disciples had all come out with him, bearing the sect’s mission. Among them were several of his direct disciples. If they were all lost to the Hellish Desolate Beast, he would be a sinner of the Divine Movement Sect, unable to account for it to the sect. And even more so, unable to account for the decades of effort he had put into nurturing these disciples. Anyway, he would just hold it off for a bit; if it really didn’t work, it wouldn’t be too late to abandon the disciples then.

Thinking of this, he immediately threw out one broken spirit artifact after another. What made him quite pleased was that this Hellish Desolate Beast was truly weakened. It was greatly wary of the power of spirit artifacts. For a moment, it actually stopped its forward movement.

Seizing this opportunity, the disciples, overjoyed, ran past him. The disciple holding the spatial storage ring said, “Master, be careful!”

Venerable Xiaoyao said, “Don’t talk nonsense! Hurry up! Also, once you’re above, quickly check if there are any survivors. Absolutely no one must know that it was our Divine Movement Sect who did this! Once news leaked that people from the Divine Movement Sect dug up the great sage’s tomb, and others came knocking to demand benefits, how would the Divine Movement Sect respond? Saying they only got a few strands of hair? They wouldn’t even believe that themselves, let alone outsiders! At that time, if the Divine Movement Sect couldn’t produce treasures, it would only fall into greater trouble. Therefore, all members of the Spirit Beast Sect must be completely killed, not one left alive!”

“Disciple understands!” he responded decisively, then resolutely ran past. Venerable Xiaoyao’s mind settled. Chang Zeyun was his eldest disciple, steady and capable in handling matters, and most trusted by him. With him handling this, he could rest easy.

Splat—

Suddenly, a muffled thud came from behind him. Venerable Xiaoyao turned his head to look. Chang Zeyun’s head flew into the air. On his shoulder, a cute little seed had appeared at some unknown point. The bump on its top, with its mouth wide open, bit fiercely into his neck, rendering his body immobile. Meanwhile, his head was then swiftly severed by an unseen attacker. Immediately after, something in the air grasped the head, making it disappear.

A cold voice also came coldly at this moment. “Indeed, no one will know you are from the Divine Movement Sect. Because all of you must die!”