“What is that?!”
“The Heavenly Maiden is here?”
In the Golden Dragon Market, countless people looked up at the giant hand approaching through the air, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
Those who had visited the ruins knew this was the Heavenly Maiden. Those who didn’t were filled with panic, completely terrified by the enormous hand.
This giant hand was chasing Duan Sha, the Nascent Soul True Monarch?
Duan Sha’s expression was panicked. He shouted loudly, “Golden Dragon, quickly activate your Coiling Dragon Formation! Do not forget the agreement you once made with Cloud Net Sect!”
His voice was extremely loud, sweeping out like crashing thunder and echoing throughout the entire Golden Dragon Market.
In the Golden Dragon Market, only one person could be called “Golden Dragon”—the founder of the Golden Dragon Market, a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Golden Dragon True Monarch claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator who had come from another province; whether this was true or false was unknown. She had stopped here for unknown reasons while passing through and, by her own power, had established a Market. She stayed to slowly manage it, allowing the Market to gradually reach its current scale.
Since she had settled here, as a Nascent Soul True Monarch, Golden Dragon naturally had to maintain good relations with her two neighbors, Blazing Heaven Sect and Cloud Net Sect. She didn’t choose to side with anyone but had made an agreement with the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of both cultivation sects: whoever entered her Market must cease hostilities. Her Market could never become a place of battle.
Because he knew of this pact, and because it was close, Duan Sha had chosen to flee here.
Once the Formation was activated, even a cultivator of the same rank would find it extremely difficult to break through. Duan Sha believed it would give him a moment to catch his breath.
…
At the same time, in the center of the Golden Dragon Market, within a cultivation chamber in a garden estate, Golden Dragon True Monarch opened her eyes.
She was a woman who looked relatively young, with dazzlingly beautiful long golden hair. She wore a golden robe, and her eyes shimmered with golden light. Her entire aura carried a quality that seemed almost Demonic in nature.
Hearing Duan Sha’s voice, Golden Dragon sighed, her voice mature: “Cloud Net Sect and Blazing Heaven Sect are having another conflict? Is Duan Sha being chased here by someone from Blazing Heaven Sect? Forget it, I’ll activate the Coiling Dragon Formation first. No fighting can occur within this Market.”
Without even glancing outside, Golden Dragon continued to remain in her cultivation chamber. Her hands quickly formed seals, sending beams of golden light flying to various parts of the chamber. This directly activated the Coiling Dragon Formation that enveloped the entire Golden Dragon Market.
…
In Su Xiaoyu’s eyes, the visible range of the Golden Dragon Market expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, allowing her to see more and more. This was especially true after her hand arrived above the Golden Dragon Market.
Just as Su Xiaoyu was about to finish everything and deal with Duan Sha, a layer of bright golden light emerged from within the Golden Dragon Market.
“Roar!”
Immediately after, the resonant cry of dragons shook the heavens and earth.
In Su Xiaoyu’s vision, the golden light surging from the Golden Dragon Market transformed into one miniature dragon after another. Each one looked as if it had flown out of a myth—majestic and imposing, claws outstretched and fangs bared, radiating a sacred aura.
Countless golden Divine Dragons coiling around the void above the vast Market roared at the sky, forming a special protective barrier.
“A Formation?”
Su Xiaoyu mused thoughtfully, then slapped down with her hand.
…
The golden Divine Dragons, which looked miniature in Su Xiaoyu’s eyes, appeared extraordinarily large to the many people within the Market. When the multitude of golden Divine Dragons appeared together, soaring through the sky, the shock they brought to everyone in the Market was immense.
Golden Dragon True Monarch had built this Market by herself, and even Blazing Heaven Sect and Cloud Net Sect found no fault with her. She naturally possessed exceptional skills.
Formations were precisely the skill Golden Dragon True Monarch took pride in!
Seeing the Coiling Dragon Formation activated, Duan Sha let out a long sigh of relief and then looked towards the giant hand outside the Formation.
Just as he looked, that giant hand slapped mercilessly at the Formation. This action predictably provoked a reaction from the Coiling Dragon Formation. The golden Divine Dragons, each one, roared as they charged forward to meet it.
And then…
“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!”
A series of thunderous roars erupted from the sky, instantly spreading throughout the Golden Dragon Market. The colossal sound nearly deafened everyone.
The golden Divine Dragons that countless people in the Market had thought possessed divine might were, under this giant hand, utterly unable to resist and were completely smashed apart, bursting into a sky full of golden light motes that scattered down like rain.
Tiny points of golden light suffused the entire Golden Dragon Market, stunning all who witnessed it.
After smashing apart a large swath of the golden Divine Dragons, the giant hand’s momentum didn’t diminish in the slightest as it landed on the golden light barrier enveloping the Market. With just a single palm strike, it caused the light barrier that covered the entire Market to crumble and shatter with a boom, leaving no protection whatsoever.
This scene left everyone, including Duan Sha, completely dumbfounded.
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After Golden Dragon had activated the Coiling Dragon Formation, she had planned to continue her cultivation. She had experienced a spark of insight and wanted to seize it to raise her cultivation.
But she hadn’t been cultivating long when Golden Dragon felt a tightness in her chest. At the same time, violent sounds and tremors came from the outside world, making it impossible for her to continue cultivating no matter what.
“The Coiling Dragon Formation was broken? So quickly? Who did it?”
A look of terror appeared on Golden Dragon’s face. She quickly left her cultivation chamber and looked up at the sky.
A giant hand stretched across the sky of the Golden Dragon Market. When Golden Dragon saw it, her entire body froze, and she almost thought her eyes were deceiving her.
What… what exactly was happening?
…
“Aaaaaaaah…”
As the giant hand closed in on him again, Duan Sha screamed in terror and moved to flee.
Even the Coiling Dragon Formation had been swatted away so easily. Duan Sha knew he was absolutely no match for this giant hand. The only thing he could do was run.
But before Duan Sha could retreat far, he found a massive shadow already enveloping him. The giant hand had, in the blink of an eye, arrived right beside him, moving even faster than when it had chased him out of Magpie Mountain.
This sudden increase in speed brought a look of despair to Duan Sha’s face.
Before this giant hand, he felt exceptionally small. Even a single fingernail on that hand was far larger than him, and the oppressive force it carried surged like a torrent, violently battering his spirit.
The colossal palm did not directly slap down. Instead, its index finger and thumb curled up, then flicked out precisely in Duan Sha’s direction.
In that instant, it was like a shooting star piercing the sun—a flash, gone in a moment.
Under the gaze of everyone present, Duan Sha, the Nascent Soul True Monarch whose name shook the region around Magpie Mountain, was blasted to death on the spot without offering a shred of resistance, his blood splattering across the sky.
This scene deeply shocked every single person in the Golden Dragon Market, making their entire bodies tremble uncontrollably as they watched.
In the hearts of many, this would be a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives!
