341: Chapter 336 Beichen Heavenly Palace
After making the necessary arrangements, Su Lin did not linger in Tianhai City for too long.
This city had now lost its Golden Immortal guardian. Although he had forcibly suppressed it with thunderous means, the undercurrents behind the scenes remained turbulent.
Whether Yan Rusi could stabilize her position amidst this situation, surrounded by wolves, would depend on her own fortune.
The promises Su Lin had given her were generous enough; what remained was a test of her own abilities.
"Revered Master, the warship is ready," Mu Qingxue said as she walked in from outside the hall, her cold, clear voice interrupting Su Lin's thoughts.
She had changed out of her original blood-stained white dress and was now wearing a set of Cold Moon Ice Silk soft armor found in the Tianhai City treasury, giving her an air of cold, heroic prowess.
"This Void-Breaking Shuttle was the personal vehicle of the old thief Xuanming, and it is of an extremely high grade. disciple has forcibly erased the Divine Soul imprint on it and re-tempered the control center using the Law of Extreme Cold. It is incredibly fast and perfectly suited for traveling through the turbulent Void Realm."
Su Lin nodded slightly and strode outward. "Well done. There is no time to lose; we depart immediately."
On the highest landing pad of the City Lord's Mansion, a shuttle-shaped warship with a deep, dark blue hue floated silently.
It was not large, measuring only a hundred zhang in length, but the surface of its streamlined hull was covered in dense Void-Breaking Formation patterns, causing the surrounding air to visibly distort under the influence of the Formation.
Everyone boarded the ship one after another.
Accompanied by a low hum, the tail of the Void-Breaking Shuttle erupted with dazzling azure flames. The entire warship transformed into a streak of light, difficult for the naked eye to track, instantly tearing through the hazy clouds above Tianhai City and speeding toward the endless Void Realm in the northwest.
The interior space of the Void-Breaking Shuttle was arranged quite exquisitely.
Su Lin sat at the center of the Formation eye in the main control room, placing his hands flat on the console.
The Origin that had just stabilized within his body circulated slowly, establishing a connection with the warship's power core.
"The spatial barrier of the Taihuang Immortal Domain is indeed astonishingly thick," Su Lin whispered, watching the twisted light and shadows retreating rapidly outside the observation window.
In the Lower Realm, at the speed of such a Magic Treasure, crossing ten million li would take only a few hours.
But here, the omnipresent high-dimensional Laws were like thick mud, frantically consuming the warship's power.
Chu Weiwei walked over with a steaming cup of calming tea, leaning naturally against the armrest of the seat beside Su Lin.
"Revered Master, have some tea and rest for a moment. With Sixth Junior Sister's current abilities, it will be no easy task for those pursuers to capture her in such a short time."
Chu Weiwei's voice was delicate and melodious, and her amethyst-like eyes sparkled with mischief. "Weiwei just checked the poisonous herbs looted from the Xuanming treasury and discovered a few extremely rare plants. When we arrive, if we encounter those pseudo-Immortals from the Beichen Heavenly Palace, Weiwei will definitely make them taste what it's like to have their intestines rot away."
Su Lin took the cup and sipped a little.
"Since the Beichen Heavenly Palace dared to collude with the City Lord's Mansion to besiege Qiuyue, the lineup they sent must not be underestimated.
Although you all have received immense fortune and your cultivation has skyrocketed, you lack experience fighting against orthodox Immortals of the Upper Realm. You must avoid being careless or reckless."
"Old Man, you are just too cautious!" Su Hongling carried her iconic black great sword as she came up from the bottom cabin, finding a seat in a carefree manner.
"Forget about whatever orthodox Immortals; as long as they are made of flesh and blood, they won't be able to withstand a few of my strikes! This Void-Breaking Shuttle is certainly fast enough, but I always feel stifled staying inside. I really want to go to the deck and catch some wind."
"If you want to be sliced into pieces by the Void Realm gale outside, you are welcome to try," Luo Ximei said, waving her folding fan, her white-gold eyes carrying a hint of mockery.
"The edge of this Chaotic Star Sea is filled with all kinds of violent spatial rifts. Although your Physical Body is formidable, it still seems somewhat thin in the face of such heaven and earth power. You had better stay in the cabin and conserve your energy to prepare for the fight."
Cold Moon stood to the side, her purple-gold phoenix robe fluttering slightly, her expression solemn.
"Fifth Junior Sister is right. I just used the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi to deduce the fortune ahead and found that the celestial phenomena in the northwest are extremely chaotic. There is a faint, tragic aura of weapons clashing rising into the sky. Qiuyue's current situation is likely even worse than we anticipated."
Hearing this, the atmosphere in the main control room suddenly became heavy.
Time passed slowly during the tedious voyage through the Void Realm.
Two full days later, the scene in front of the Void-Breaking Shuttle finally changed drastically.
The originally deep, dead, and silent dark-purple Void Realm was gradually replaced by a brilliant yet extremely dangerous array of colors.
Countless huge meteorite fragments, broken star pieces, and the pale skeletons of unknown ancient giant beasts floated and collided without any pattern in this vast region.
Violent spatial storms, like angry Dragons, raged and wove between the ruins. From time to time, blinding lightning burst forth in the center of the storms.
This place was the famous forbidden zone of the Taihuang Immortal Domain: the Chaotic Star Sea.
"Reduce speed and activate the highest level of concealment Formation."
Su Lin's hands moved rapidly, changing hand seals on the console. The azure light on the surface of the Void-Breaking Shuttle quickly faded, and the color of the entire warship's hull began to blend with the surrounding Void Realm background, like an insignificant speck of dust, slipping silently into this ruin filled with killing intent.
"Revered Master, the spatial magnetic field ahead is extremely chaotic, and my compass needle has completely failed," Chu Weiwei said, holding an exquisite detection Magic Treasure, her delicate brows slightly furrowed. "There are too many Law fragments here, which seriously interfere with spiritual power tracking. How should we determine Sixth Junior Sister's specific location?"
Su Lin did not answer immediately.
He slowly closed his eyes and sank all his consciousness into his Inner World.
The phantom of the [Myriad Heavens Star Chart] unfolded in his Sea of Consciousness, and the sapling of the world tree, emitting a chaotic, clear light, began to sway gently.
The special leaf representing Gu Qiuyue was currently flickering with extremely urgent light, and the intensity of that light was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"She is in big trouble." Su Lin opened his eyes abruptly, a cold, sharp glint flashing in his deep gaze.
"Adjust course, full left rudder, pass through that meteorite belt ahead. Full speed ahead!"
Under Su Lin's control, the Void-Breaking Shuttle, like a nimble fish, wove thrillingly through the dense group of meteorites.
Several times, huge star remnants flew past, almost grazing the warship's shield, breaking everyone out in a cold sweat.
As the distance closed, a violent energy tremor suddenly came from the Void Realm ahead.
The strength of this tremor was so great that it even caused the Void-Breaking Shuttle's concealment Formation to fail briefly.
Everyone looked forward through the observation window and saw that, in the center of a relatively open star sea tens of thousands of li away, an extremely tragic siege was erupting.
Surrounded in the center was a massive defensive fortress temporarily pieced together entirely from various top-grade Magic Treasures and rare Ores.
This fortress emitted dazzling golden light, with countless defensive Formation patterns flowing crazily on its surface, desperately resisting the bombardment from all directions.
Surrounding the fortress were hundreds of menacing-looking heavy warships. On the flags of these warships, the star totem of the Beichen Heavenly Palace was uniformly embroidered.
Thousands of Immortal Sect Cultivators clad in silver armor were operating various siege weapons with amazing power, pouring destructive firepower onto that golden fortress.
In the rear of the besieging camp, an extremely luxurious white jade throne floated in mid-air. Sitting on the throne was a young man with a feminine face, holding a folding fan. The pressure emanating from this person had reached the terrifying Realm of a Heavenly Immortal Middle Stage.
"My god, this is quite the spectacle!" Su Hongling's eyes widened as she looked at the battlefield scene ahead, which felt like the apocalypse. "Did the Beichen Heavenly Palace move out half of their Sect's foundation just to besiege Sixth Junior Sister alone?"
Luo Ximei sneered, her eyes filled with murderous intent. "The innocent are innocent, but holding a treasure is a crime. These pseudo-Immortals who claim to be from a prestigious, upright Sect are far more skilled at killing people and seizing goods than we demonic Cultivators."
Inside the golden fortress at this moment, Gu Qiuyue sat exhausted amidst piles of discarded Magic Treasures.
Her originally luxurious golden brocade robe was now covered in dust and blood. Her meticulously groomed hair also appeared disheveled.
In her hand, the Golden Abacus, which symbolized the supreme authority of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, was now covered in fine cracks, and the luster of the beads had dimmed to the extreme.
She stood up abruptly and slapped the special Storage Pouch at her waist hard.
Clatter!
Tens of thousands of top-grade explosive Talismans and Advanced attack Magical Artifacts were poured out like worthless trash, piling up into a small mountain in front of her.
"Even if I blow up the entire foundation of the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce into fireworks, I will never let those bastards outside get a single thing!" Gu Qiuyue roared, gritting her teeth.
She knew very well that her current situation was one of nine deaths and one life.
Since the Ascension passage collapsed and she was randomly teleported to this Chaotic Star Sea, she had been immediately interrogated by the Beichen Heavenly Palace patrol. The other party saw through her identity as an ascender from the Lower Realm and, furthermore, detected the massive wealth she was carrying.
She had fled and fought bloody battles all the way.
Relying on the chamber of commerce's wealth that rivaled a nation, she had smashed a bloody path with countless top-grade Magic Treasures, even blowing up several of the enemy's main warships.
However, individual power is ultimately limited. Facing the relentless siege of a top-tier Immortal Sect, she was finally trapped in this dead zone.
"Revered Master... your disciple has tried her best." Gu Qiuyue looked at the Golden Abacus in her hand that was about to shatter, her eyes slightly red.
"It's a pity. Your disciple had saved up so many top-grade Materials and originally wanted to build a real mobile Immortal palace for you. Now it seems they can only become space junk in this Void Realm along with your disciple."
"Boom!!!"
Just as Gu Qiuyue was preparing to make her final desperate stand, a terrifying explosion that could shatter one's eardrums suddenly came from outside the fortress.
This sound did not come from the Beichen Heavenly Palace's siege cannons, but exploded extremely abruptly from the rear of the besieging fleet!
Gu Qiuyue raised her head abruptly and looked out through the fortress's defensive light curtain.
She saw that the Void Realm in the rear of the Beichen Heavenly Palace fleet, which had originally been tightly sealed, was suddenly torn open by someone using a force that was arrogant to the extreme.
A shuttle-shaped warship, not large in size but as fast as azure lightning, crashed directly through three outer guard ships, forcibly killing its way into the heavy encirclement.
Immediately after, five figures soared into the sky from that warship.
"That is..." Gu Qiuyue stared fixedly at the figures in mid-air, familiar to the point of being carved into her bones, and tears finally burst forth uncontrollably.
"Revered Master!!!"
In mid-air, Su Lin stood with his hands behind his back, stepping on the Void Realm.
His white jade mask appeared cold and majestic under the reflection of the surrounding explosion firelight.
His deep gaze swept across the tottering golden fortress, and after confirming that Gu Qiuyue's aura was still alive, the heavy stone in his heart finally fell.
Subsequently, his gaze slowly turned to the feminine man sitting on the white jade throne not far away.
"Beichen Heavenly Palace?" Su Lin's voice was calm, but under the blessing of the Chaos Immortal Energy, it exploded across the entire star sea like rolling thunder.
"You dare to touch Su Lin's disciple; have you asked my sword?"
The feminine man on the white jade throne's expression changed drastically. He stood up abruptly, looking in disbelief at these intruders who had descended like heavenly soldiers.
"Who are you?! How dare you interfere in the important affairs of my Beichen Heavenly Palace!"
The feminine man shouted sternly, while secretly operating his techniques, attempting to probe the backgrounds of these people.
However, to his horror, the man in green robes who led the group had an aura as deep as an abyss, as if he did not exist in this world at all. No matter how he probed, he could only feel a suffocating void.
"The people who are going to take your lives!"
There was no need for Su Lin to give any further instructions.
Su Hongling, who had been suppressed for a long time, let out a heaven-shaking roar.
The power of Qi and blood within her body instantly climbed to the Peak, and dark golden battle patterns burned crazily on her skin.
"Big guy, shatter for me!" Su Hongling gripped the [no edge] great sword with both hands, her figure descending from the sky like a meteorite, heading straight for the nearest Beichen Heavenly Palace main warship.
The great sword, carrying a terrifying gravity that could crush the space in all directions, slashed fiercely onto the warship's protective light shield.
"Crack!"
The protective light shield, which claimed to be able to withstand a full-force strike from a Heavenly Immortal Early Stage, did not even last half a breath against Su Hongling's unreasonable physical heavy slash, instantly shattering like glass.
The remaining power of the Sword Qi did not diminish, directly splitting the hundreds-of-zhang-long warship in two from the middle.
Amidst the violent explosion, the hundreds of Immortal Sect Cultivators inside the warship did not even have time to escape before turning into a sky full of fire rain.
"How bold!" The feminine man's eyes were splitting with rage as he waved his folding fan violently. "All troops, listen to my orders! Split into Formation and execute these madmen on the spot for me!"
Thousands of silver-armored Cultivators immediately turned their weapons, and a sky-covering barrage of Spell light and Flying Swords poured toward Su Lin and his group like a rainstorm.
"Comparing numbers? It just so happens my myriad soul banner has been hungry for a long time." Luo Ximei sneered repeatedly.
She floated in mid-air, her white-gold right eye swirling with deadly demonic light.
She flung her hands, and the tattered myriad soul banner expanded against the wind.
"Netherworld Formation, Ten Thousand Ghosts Night Walk!"
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