Chapter 718: Why Don't You Get Up First?

"So, the puppet I've been fighting every day is a Tribulation Period cultivator?" Lu Yang stared in disbelief, having witnessed everything that happened on Tianmen Peak through Immortal Fairy's divine sense.

Immortal Fairy chuckled twice, completely unsurprised. "I told you before," she said, "the sect's treasury is guarded."

Lu Yang remembered. Back when he had asked his Senior Sister for the flying carriage patent fees and she took him to the treasury to collect spirit stones, he had worried about how easily the treasury's gate could be opened. He also knew his Senior Sister wasn't always on Tianmen Peak, which made the treasury seem very insecure. At that time, Immortal Fairy had told him not to worry about the treasury's security.

"Wait a minute," Lu Yang asked, his face darkening. "You knew the puppet was a Tribulation Period cultivator all along, and you never stopped me when I fought it?"

"I thought you were enjoying yourself," Immortal Fairy said gleefully, admitting it was deliberate.

High in the sky, Daoist Lord Wanfa realized Daoist Lord Hanhai was a difficult opponent. Furthermore, after a sudden burst of activity on Tianmen Peak, Venerable Huangquan had gone silent, likely indicating he had been killed. This meant there were other hidden masters in Wen Dao Sect, and continuing the fight would not be wise. Daoist Lord Hanhai was indeed tough to fight; any direct attack aimed at him could be diverted.

Daoist Lord Wanfa left a clone to tie down Daoist Lord Hanhai and then turned to flee. However, before he could escape Wen Dao Sect, he collided solidly with an invisible barrier.

"A spatial barrier?"

"Is Wen Dao Sect a place you can just come and go as you please?" Daoist Lord Hanhai said, simultaneously performing spatial cutting, obliterating the clone Daoist Lord Wanfa had left behind.

Daoist Lord Wanfa's face darkened considerably; it seemed a life-or-death battle was inevitable today.

"Heaven and Earth Infinite, All Laws Return to One!"

Daoist Lord Wanfa accelerated time, transforming into a Thousand-Armed Buddha. He conjured various attacks effortlessly, merging them into one. Elemental, Yin-Yang, illusionary, wind and thunder, soul-based… all types of attacks erupted simultaneously. Like a divine being creating the world, he shattered the very fabric of reality, causing constituent energies to spill out and form a storm of spells!

He wasn't attacking Daoist Lord Hanhai, but rather the cultivators battling below, from both Wen Dao Sect and the Great Yu Alliance. The "All Laws Return to One" technique meant that even a Tribulation Period cultivator would die from a single touch! He didn't care about the lives of the Great Yu Alliance, but he gambled that Daoist Lord Hanhai did!

Daoist Lord Wanfa had gambled correctly; Daoist Lord Hanhai did care. Daoist Lord Hanhai used his nascent spatial Dao Fruit to absorb all the attacks into a different dimension. This was the opportunity Daoist Lord Wanfa had been waiting for! Daoist Lord Hanhai possessed a nascent Dao Fruit, not a complete one, so the space he could open was limited. Daoist Lord Wanfa didn't believe Daoist Lord Hanhai could both block such a massive amount of attacks and still have enough power to set up a spatial vortex defense around himself!

"Die!" Daoist Lord Wanfa's destructive energy gathered at his fingertip, which then pierced through Daoist Lord Hanhai's abdomen!

"You've been annoyingly accelerating time and jumping around, but now I've finally caught you!" Daoist Lord Hanhai's cold voice rang out. Daoist Lord Wanfa immediately felt something was wrong and tried to pull his hand away and flee, but his arm was already fixed by Daoist Lord Hanhai within his abdomen, unable to be pulled free!

Daoist Lord Wanfa made a decisive move, severed his right arm, and continuously used time acceleration to distance himself from Daoist Lord Hanhai.

"Too late!" Daoist Lord Hanhai had long since left a spatial mark on Daoist Lord Wanfa. No matter how fast Daoist Lord Wanfa moved, he could catch up! Daoist Lord Wanfa needed time to recover from his injuries, a very short time, less than a breath. But Daoist Lord Hanhai didn't even give him that brief moment, relentlessly pursuing him and making Daoist Lord Wanfa appear utterly disheveled.

"Metamorphosis, Lifespan Curse!" Daoist Lord Wanfa roared, removed the spatial mark, and once again used a cursing technique to link his lifespan with Daoist Lord Hanhai's, causing both of them to consume lifespan at the same rate! This was Daoist Lord Wanfa's unique technique; after all, it would be useless for anyone else to learn it. Lifespan is closely related to cultivation realm. If two cultivators are at the same realm, there's no need for this technique. If their realms are different, there's even less need, as it's impossible for a low-realm cultivator to have a longer lifespan than a high-realm one. Only an Immortal Physique like Daoist Lord Wanfa, naturally endowed with a long lifespan, could use this move against cultivators of the same realm.

"Lifespan Acceleration!" Daoist Lord Wanfa rapidly consumed his own lifespan. Under the curse's effect, Daoist Lord Hanhai's lifespan also began to drain rapidly. In a battle of lifespans, Daoist Lord Hanhai definitely couldn't compete with Daoist Lord Wanfa.

"Spatial Collapse!" Immense gravitational force appeared around Daoist Lord Hanhai and Daoist Lord Wanfa, warping time and making its flow extremely slow. The rapidly draining lifespans now drained at an excruciatingly slow pace.

"Damn it," Daoist Lord Wanfa muttered, not having anticipated this move.

"Die!" Daoist Lord Hanhai unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks in close combat. Daoist Lord Wanfa's boxing techniques were exceptional, but against Daoist Lord Hanhai, who could instantly teleport, no boxing technique was effective. Daoist Lord Hanhai kicked Daoist Lord Wanfa flying, sending him tumbling like a kite with a broken string.

Daoist Lord Wanfa's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Yang, and he seized the opportunity to fly towards him. "That's right, this boy has Emperor Yu's immortal sword!"

"Oh no!" Daoist Lord Hanhai suddenly realized what Daoist Lord Wanfa intended, but without the spatial mark, he couldn't possibly catch up.

Just as Daoist Lord Wanfa thought he could seize the immortal sword, his body suddenly disobeyed him. He stumbled, then knelt with a thud before Lu Yang. Everyone watched this scene in disbelief. Both the Wen Dao Sect and Great Yu Alliance factions spontaneously ceased fighting, staring in utter astonishment.

Undoubtedly, Immortal Fairy was controlling him. Lu Yang was silent for a moment, then took a step to the left. He certainly didn't dare to be knelt to by a Half-Immortal.

Daoist Lord Wanfa thought it was an accident and felt utterly humiliated. He turned to the left and lunged violently towards Lu Yang, attempting to snatch the immortal sword. Just then, Immortal Fairy, worried about Lu Yang getting hurt, quickly made Daoist Lord Wanfa stop. Daoist Lord Wanfa had just adopted the posture of a tiger descending a mountain to pounce when he was ordered to halt. Due to inertia, his head hit the ground directly. He prostrated himself completely.

Lu Yang fell silent again. Daoist Lord Wanfa had bowed repeatedly; would it be impolite if he kept dodging?

"Uh, perhaps you should get up first?" Lu Yang awkwardly suggested. Although they were on opposing sides, the man was at least two hundred thousand years older than him and had a higher cultivation level.

Daoist Lord Wanfa finally realized that everything that just happened wasn't accidental; someone was definitely pulling strings, controlling him! Who was it?! It was an immortal, and one who possessed his superior Dao Fruit, right here in Wen Dao Sect!

Daoist Lord Wanfa wanted to flee, but Immortal Fairy, thinking he still intended to harm Lu Yang, directly commanded him not to move. Daoist Lord Hanhai arrived and trapped Daoist Lord Wanfa using a spatial confinement technique.

"Phew, finally done." After a thrilling battle, Daoist Lord Hanhai had captured Daoist Lord Wanfa alive, boosting his confidence immensely. In battles between Half-Immortals, determining a victor is extremely difficult, and capturing one alive is even harder.