Chapter 801: Chapter 024: Breaking the True Void
In that split second, Zhou Yan sensed a pervasive death energy enveloping him, and his previous unease descended in full, morphing into a vast, unknown terror that manifested a unique scene, one all too familiar to Zhou Yan.
In that vision, Zhou Yan vaguely saw his own death, while an old crone and his brother Lee Ran were struggling over something.
Therefore, Zhou Yan’s heart jolted, and in the very next instant, he unleashed the Soul Killing Divine Stone and activated the Killing Spirit Divine Dao. He also began to lay out an instant plan at the ultimate speed with the aid of the Tai Chu Rune!
Zhou Yan’s figure moved, traveling through the Void, using a force of Qi Blood Power to derive the Xingyi Tao, and leaving behind an afterimage in his original location. At the same time, his own body, as the Void Sword Body, walked through the Void and avoided the deadly strike that came at that moment.
"Thump—"
The afterimage left behind was suddenly struck by the Eight Diagrams Power, blowing apart in an instant, flesh and blood scattering in all directions.
It was like an absolute, instant obliteration, immediately effective.
At this very moment, nobody noticed that Zhou Yan had also derived the True Illusion Realm at the same time, an ability he had mastered after recovering the memory of the Lei Yan King through his research and the Tai Chu Rune.
He had now become proficient in it.
In the instant the old woman made her move, Zhou Yan had already prepared for this scenario, using a Xingyi avatar, equivalent to Soul-Cutting Power, to stage a Fake Death and trick the enemy.
Sure enough, combined with the changes of the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, these people failed to notice anything amiss. Fang Wuxi’s golden light firmly fixed Zhou Yan in place, while the old woman’s killing move instantly struck, slaughtering ’Zhou Yan’.
"So weak, I actually thought the brother of that Lee Ran was quite impressive, but I didn’t expect him to be so easily defeated."
Feng Yunxi stood up, then cleansed the impurities from her body with a burst of Spirit Light and swallowed an Elixir, speaking coldly.
"He’s not weak. His strength has already reached the peak of the Sword Void Nine Transformations. All he needed was to open the Heavenly Pivot Ancient Town, understand the true meaning of Ancestor Worship, and he could cut through to transcend the Sword Tribulation and reach the Nine Refinements of Sword Tribulation to become a Sword Ancestor. This is disadvantageous for our plans."
The old woman spoke in a grave tone.
"What a pity, we can’t ensure the preservation of even a shred of his Residual Soul. Otherwise, we could deceive Lee Ran again, such a waste."
"The West has already decided to refine the Shennong Ding with the collective Telekinesis of thousands. The Pure Yang Sect must be destroyed, but I wonder if our clan will agree to cooperate with them like this—"
Feng Yunxi hesitated slightly before asking.
"Don’t worry. Those stubborn old fools just need to be kept out of the loop. Besides, you possess Ancestor Blood, which is enough to inherit all the Divinity of the Great Emperor. Then, under pretense of Zhou Yan’s situation, we’ll make Lee Ran hand over the Kunlun Mirror, allowing us to Transcend and enter the True God Realm of the Upper Plane, rising for real."
The old woman’s voice carried a hint of longing.
Afterward, she approached the place where Zhou Yan had died and said, "Possessing the blood of Emperor Xuan Yuan, huh. It seems Lee Ran indeed took the Emperor Blood we collected to that Plane. Little does he know we intentionally left a flaw in the Bloodline. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have minded Zhou Yan being blown to pieces by my strike! It was the Eight Diagrams Power that fixed his Bloodline in place."
"Granny has thought of everything. Zhou Yan is as difficult to deal with as Lee Ran. If it hadn’t been for the element of surprise, it would indeed have been difficult. Hmm, now that I think about it, he didn’t lack strength. After all, he’s not used to the pressure here. With such ability, he would certainly have been stronger if he had time to adapt."
"Luckily he hasn’t undergone a Transformation in his Constitution, otherwise it would have been even tougher. Hmm, where is his Qiankun Ring?"
The old woman went to where Zhou Yan had died and carefully examined her surroundings, but couldn’t find Zhou Yan’s Qiankun ring, which puzzled her.
However, she quickly spotted a Qiankun ring shining with golden light, promptly collecting it and attempting to open it.
But in that instant, a dense Purple Flame erupted from the ring, and within the burning flames, the figure of a little girl in red appeared, her gaze coldly fixed on the two of them.
The pair felt a chill over their entire bodies and dared not make a move.
Moments later, the old woman seemed to realize something. Regaining her senses, she said, "This is quite a cunning trick. The old broad almost got fooled. This little bitch is nothing but an illusion of the ring, set up by that Zhou Yan after his treasured possession was stolen. Damn it! We missed the opening time; we need to get out of here quickly!"
After saying that, the old woman immediately grabbed Feng Yunxi and vigorously backed away a hundred zhang.
Sure enough, in that instant, the ring exploded with a "pop," followed by a terrifying Light of Destruction that shot out in all directions. It caught Fang Wuxi off guard and hit him, bursting his body open like a watermelon with flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Fang Wuxi didn’t even get a chance to scream before he suddenly died and his path ended. As he died, his rolling eyes stubbornly stared at Feng Yunxi and the old woman, as if accusing them of not keeping their promise!
Led by the old woman, Feng Yunxi coldly glanced at Fang Wuxi. The look in her eyes was dismissive, as if she were looking at a stray dog, paying him no heed.
And in that moment, Fang Wuxi’s gaze also froze. His eyeballs flew out from his corpse, his will extinguishing just then – a true death with eyes wide open.
Fang Wuxi’s death was real.
But the exploding ring was merely a fake,, a scene from within the True Illusion Realm.
After all the changes, Zhou Yan quietly switched from reality to illusion and back again. He used Fang Wuxi’s torn flesh to cover his own deceased body, creating a scene of chaotic destruction as if he had been torn to shreds.
All was quiet between heaven and earth.
"What happened? What occurred here?"
Hua Qiudao, who had left earlier, also arrived at the scene at that moment. He was shocked to see the scattered flesh on the ground and was instantly stunned.
"Hmph, that Fang Wuxi, daring to harbor inappropriate thoughts towards our Goddess. So, I, the granny, took matters into my own hands and personally finished him off! Hua Qiudao, do you have any objections?"
"So it was Granny Qiu, naturally, the junior has no objections. Fang Wuxi was a man of narrow mind and impure intentions, and yet so foolishly..."
Hua Qiudao said somewhat wistfully.
He wasn’t a fool and naturally sensed that things were not simple, but he didn’t say much, merely sighing slightly before asking tentatively, "Granny Qiu, may I know... where is Fellow Daoist Zhou Yan now?"
"Him? If only he were here, that would be good. The old woman came here especially for him, yet he has left without a word,, truly disappointing. He’s just like his brother,, probably using the excuse of discussing the Tao to deceive all of us cultivators."
Granny Qiu sneered.
"This, this... But wasn’t Fellow Daoist Zhou Yan just here?"
Hua Qiudao’s expression changed, and he instinctively retorted.
His retort suddenly turned his face a few shades paler, realizing he had said too much.
"Earlier on, he was speaking with Fang Wuxi who claimed to know of a Forbidden Land of the Sword Sect with Xuanyuan Sword fragments. He left in haste to see it. After fooling him away, Fang Wuxi turned on me. See for yourself if you don’t believe me, my clothes are torn! Hmph, thankfully, he didn’t go too far, or my reputation would be ruined!"
Feng Yunxi let out a cold snort and then threw out her earlier red Daoist robe.
As the robe fell to the ground, the vivid bloodstains and damaged fabric seemed ’irrefutable evidence’!
Hua Qiudao was taken aback, unable to spot any flaws. Seeing their indifferent attitude, he felt somewhat uneasy, and with a slight bow, he said, "Old Daoist was confused indeed!"
"You are not only confused but also have made a mistake. You see to the lecture happening in two days. I have even gone out of my way to invite cultivators from all the Immortal Lands here, and if Zhou Yan fails to speak, you shall bear the responsibility, hmph!"
Granny Qiu let out a cold snort, taking Feng Yunxi with her. She transformed into a beam of light that fled through the Void.
No one noticed that amidst this beam of light, there followed a hint of ethereal Spirit Light.