Almost simultaneously, Deng Tianyu, inside the side room, frowned and looked outside.
He saw that the entire Xiaoxiang Elegant Garden had, at some unknown point, become blurred and distorted.
Four immensely powerful auras materialized in the void above, colliding fiercely.
“King-Sealing Realm?”
Deng Tianyu raised an eyebrow, his expression turning solemn.
In the next instant, his figure vanished from where he stood.
From this sudden turn of events, it wasn’t difficult to see that an unforeseen incident had occurred within the Xiaoxiang Elegant Garden.
Thus, the first person Deng Tianyu thought of was Aunt Rong!
At this moment, within the main hall, the atmosphere was frigid, like a howling, icy wind.
“I never imagined the Xiaoxiang Elegant Garden would be hiding two experts at the Fifth Heaven of the King-Sealing Realm.”
“No wonder you are so fearless!”
Staring at the elegantly poised, mature beauty before her, Qu Yun spoke coldly.
She had previously investigated the Xiaoxiang Elegant Garden but hadn’t detected any powerful auras.
Yet now, two unidentified King-Sealing Realm experts had suddenly appeared. Clearly, they had used some unknown secret art to conceal their presence.
“Do you think these two King-Sealing Realm cultivators alone can protect you?”
“If so, you underestimate me, Qu Yun!”
A mocking look surfaced in Qu Yun’s eyes as she cast a meaningful glance towards Qu Yun.
The latter understood. A cold gleam flickered in his eyes. Stomping both feet, he shot directly at Qu Qirong, intent on seizing her.
“Let’s see who else can save you today!”
Witnessing this, Ling’er, who had long been itching for a fight, licked the corner of her lips. Her hands, now encased in knuckle dusters, moved to meet him head-on.
“Boom!”
As the two forces collided, Qu Yun felt a terrifying, overwhelming power assault him. His entire body was instantly hurled out of the main hall.
Qu Yun frowned, and spoke with some uncertainty, “A Body Cultivator?”
But in the next instant, Ling’er flashed a grin, and her figure vanished into the shadows.
“Yun’er, be careful! She’s a Gu Cultivator!”
Qu Yun now understood; this was no Body Cultivator.
The path of the Body Cultivator was one of purely sanctifying the physical form. They rarely, if ever, divided their attention by dabbling in other cultivation paths.
Yet the ability this maidservant had just displayed, coupled with those blue eyes characteristic of cultivators from the Southern Border, was enough to confirm she was a Gu Cultivator.
A sense of crisis screaming in his heart, Qu Yun’s pupils abruptly constricted. A long spear materialized in his hand, blocking his chest.
“Bang!”
As expected, a figure writhed out from the shadows. Another overbearingly fierce strike hammered into him. He felt his tiger’s mouth go numb and was sent flying once more.
Caught off guard twice in a row, Qu Yun, having stabilized himself, was seething with rage. He immediately erupted with the full battle prowess of the Ninth Layer of the Divine Ability Realm, thrusting his spear forward.
With that single thrust, spiritual energy went berserk. A rainbow of spear energy, like a furious, ferocious beast, viciously pounced toward Ling’er.
Unfortunately for him, Ling’er’s figure vanished once more, sinking into the shadows, causing this lethal attack to hit empty air.
“Let’s see where you can hide!”
Upon seeing this, Qu Yun grinned savagely. Twirling his long spear, he stabbed it straight into the ground.
“Boom… Boom… Boom!”
In that instant, dozens of spear-energy rainbows burst from the surrounding ground, their might exceptionally fierce, clearly intended to force the opponent out.
Sensing this, Ling’er had no choice but to emerge from the shadows. She inhaled sharply, then roared at the incoming, razor-sharp assault.
Multiple ripples of sound waves spread out, rampaging madly like a tsunami.
The two killing blows collided. The surrounding bluestone instantly exploded, filling the sky with dust and debris.
Just as the two engaged in a fierce battle, Qing’er had already taken out her ancient zither. Her pale, jade-like fingers plucked the strings, transforming the sound into blades of true essence that shot towards Qu Yun.
Qu Yun’s own realm wasn’t high—only at the Eighth Layer of the Five Viscera Realm. For Qing’er, who had already stepped into the Divine Ability Realm, it shouldn’t have been a major issue.
This was also why Ling’er felt confident enough to leave Qu Yun to her while she battled Qu Yun.
Looking at the entire battlefield, the critical point wasn’t actually on Qu Yun. It rested upon those four King-Sealing Realm experts.
Whichever side won there would gain an overwhelming advantage.
As for Elder Huang and Elder Xu, they were Dao Companions, their hearts connected. They had even cultivated a Combined Attack Divine Ability. Winning this battle was merely a matter of time for them.
“Buzz!”
Never did she expect, just as the lethal blades formed by the zither music reached Qu Yun’s side, they were violently repelled by an incredibly overbearing force of true essence!
“Pfft…”
Qing’er’s face paled drastically. She was severely wounded by the reflected killing blow and violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Qing’er!” Qu Qirong cried out in worry.
“Madam… I… I’m fine!”
Qing’er wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, immediately consumed a pill, and stared fixedly at Qu Yun.
“You’re not at the Five Viscera Realm?”
Qu Yun smiled disdainfully. “Who told you I was at the Five Viscera Realm?”
As her words fell, under the astonished gazes of the two women, Qu Yun’s aura began to climb.
Five Viscera Realm, Ninth Heaven!
Divine Ability Realm, First Heaven!
Divine Ability Realm, Third Heaven!
Divine Ability Realm, Fifth Heaven…
In less than half a breath, her realm had already broken through the barrier of the Ninth Heaven of the Divine Ability Realm, reaching the Third Heaven of the King-Sealing Realm.
“In the way of commerce, I am no match for you. In the way of cultivation, you are no match for me.”
“Don’t think you are the only ones who can hold back a trump card.”
As Qu Yun spoke, she simultaneously employed the Shrinking Earth into Inches technique, appearing directly before Qu Qirong and grabbing for her.
Facing this, Qu Qirong’s eyes focused. In her hand, she now held an antique hairpin. Just as she was about to pay the price to activate its power, her figure blurred and transformed into another form.
This was unmistakably [Star Shift] from the Yin-Yang Grand Void Dao, First Volume!
As Deng Tianyu materialized in Qu Qirong’s position, the Yin-Yang Fish in his hands were already intertwining madly, condensing into the Yin-Yang Union Hand Seal, which he launched forward to meet the attack.
“Boom!”
A muffled sound rang out. The main hall shook violently. Ripples of true essence swept through, forming a true essence storm that shredded everything in its path.
The moment Deng Tianyu executed the Yin-Yang Union Hand Seal, he had simultaneously used the Shrinking Earth into Inches divine ability, taking Qing’er and Aunt Rong with him in a spatial shift.
The instant they reached the courtyard, the pavilion housing the main hall completely collapsed, throwing up a sky full of dust.
Such a commotion caused the four King-Sealing Realm experts battling in the void to pause their actions, looking over towards the disturbance.
Ling’er and Qu Yun also stopped their fight, gazing in that direction.
“It’s him?”
When Qu Yun’s gaze landed on Deng Tianyu, murderous intent surged. He immediately sent a sound transmission to Qu Yun:
“Mother, help me kill him!”
“He’s that man entangled with Qu Qirong.”
The entire Xiaoxiang Elegant Garden was now isolated from the outside world. Not even transmission jade slips could be used.
In such a sealed state, even if the other party truly was a disciple of some major power, killing him here would leave no witnesses.
“Courting death!”
The rubble within the ruins was blasted apart. A hundred-zhang-tall phantom figure, identical to Qu Yun, emerged. Its palm slammed down viciously toward Deng Tianyu’s location.
Clearly, Qu Yun held nothing back in this killing blow, intent on ending his life on the spot!
“Tianyu, dodge quickly!”
Qu Qirong’s delicate hands clenched tightly. Her ever-composed expression finally shattered as she couldn’t help but cry out.
At this moment, she felt as if her breath had stopped. Her heart was clutched in a vice of pure anxiety…
