579: What did they do to me?

“Is this… the interior of the Immortal Cave Realm left behind by Great Power Lei Yan?”

“Something’s strange…”

A tall figure with different colored pupils quietly observed the world where red and blue intertwined before him, muttering softly.

“Void Refining Great Power possess the ability to refine the Void Realm into an Immortal Cave Realm, capable of changing the world within the Immortal Cave Realm with a single thought…”

Zhou Chuanqi’s figure swayed slightly as he took a light step.

Looking around, there was no one else here; even the Zhou Family Cultivators who entered with him were not present.

Zhou Chuanqi wasn’t surprised; this was an old trick.

It was recorded in various Clan records, as well as in the biographies of many elders.

“However, deep within this world, there seems to be something present…”

“It makes me feel a bit stirred…”

Zhou Chuanqi slowly walked towards the direction he sensed, his pace not fast.

After all, it was a Void Refining Great Power’s Immortal Cave; if there were trials, moving too quickly might cause him to miss them, or even encounter danger.

A moment later.

“Roar!”

A faint beast roar sounded in Zhou Chuanqi’s ears.

Zhou Chuanqi’s figure paused, stopping as his Divine Sense spread out.

Rumble~

Loud rumbling sounds continuously came.

“Below.”

Zhou Chuanqi’s heart tightened, and the Aura around him changed, transforming into a black mist.

Boom!

A huge sound erupted.

A strange Yao Beast, several zhang in size, with four legs burning with flames, a long tail, and a monkey’s head, burst out of the ground where Zhou Chuanqi stood, its fiery maw wide open, biting into the black mist.

Buzz~

The black mist seemed to have no substance; as the strange Yao Beast bit down, it scattered into several clumps, converging dozens of zhang away.

A tall figure with unique pupils emerged from the converging black mist.

He looked at the constantly roaring flame Yao Beast with a slightly solemn expression.

“Strange.”

“This Flame Yao is not in the Clan’s Myriad Beast Compendium, and my innate ability is surprisingly difficult to affect it…”

Zhou Chuanqi felt a slight surprise in his heart.

“Roar!”

At this moment.

The monkey-headed Yao Beast, with its four legs bent and its body burning with flames, leaped up again, pouncing towards Zhou Chuanqi.

“It’s only a few zhang in size, yet it possesses the might equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage…”

Zhou Chuanqi shook his head, his figure swaying as he dodged again. Yao Beasts are different from Cultivators; generally speaking, the larger their true body, the stronger their power, unless they use a Divine Ability to shrink their body, but during combat, they will still reveal their true form.

Zhou Chuanqi silently noted these characteristics.

With another attack missing, the monkey-headed Flame Yao’s eyes grew more ferocious, its crimson flames surged, sweeping towards Zhou Chuanqi, but he easily avoided them.

After dodging several times and figuring out the general situation of this monkey-headed Flame Yao, Zhou Chuanqi no longer avoided it.

Invisible cloud wings spread behind him, shaking lightly, and his figure suddenly vanished, reappearing behind the monkey-headed Flame Yao, pointing a finger.

Bang!

His fingertip landed on the monkey-headed Flame Yao’s head with a bang.

The Flame Yao shattered, and flames scattered.

Dong!

A palm-sized, fiery red bracelet fell from the exploding flames, making a light sound.

“Hmm?”

Zhou Chuanqi raised an eyebrow, summoning the red bracelet that had fallen to the ground into his hand. His eyes were slightly puzzled as he looked at the bracelet in his hand, then at the monkey-headed Flame Yao that had already turned into flames and disappeared, leaving no Yao body behind. A thought emerged in his mind.

“Could it be… that this Flame Yao, not listed in the Clan’s Myriad Beast Compendium, was merely an illusion created by this treasure bracelet?”

Zhou Chuanqi looked for a moment, then casually placed the fiery red spirit bracelet in his Storage Pouch.

“No wonder my innate ability was hindered; it turns out it wasn’t a real Yao Beast at all.”

Zhou Chuanqi breathed a sigh of relief. He had initially thought he had lost his innate ability, but he hadn't expected this to be the reason.

“This is interesting; where there is danger, there is also Opportunity.”

Zhou Chuanqi’s expression slightly stirred, and he continued deeper into this red and blue world… Meanwhile.

Somewhere within the Thunder Flame Grotto-Heaven Realm.

In the air, bluish-green lightning emanated from a blue lion-headed Great Yao, dozens of zhang in size, with two wings on its back.

Roars continuously came from its mouth.

Before the winged lightning lion beast was a Cultivator with narrow eyes and a pale complexion, wearing a Divine Radiance token at his waist.

“Hmph, a mere small Yao, overestimating itself.”

Hai Huaiyang, a direct descendant of the Divine Radiance Hai Clan, his expression slightly darkened, let out a soft snort.

His magic power, as vast and weighty as the ocean, circulated rapidly within his body.

Boom crack!

In an instant, a huge pillar of lightning shot out from the mouth of the blue lion-headed lightning Yao, dozens of zhang in size, in mid-air.

The lightning pierced through the air, exploding with a roar, and in an instant, it had already landed not far in front of Hai Huaiyang.

Hai Huaiyang flicked his sleeve, and a curved great river suddenly appeared in the air. The river spanned the sky, with huge waves rising, forming a barrier that blocked the pillar of lightning.

“Hmph.”

Hai Huaiyang pointed a finger, and the river swirled, like a length of silk, instantly appearing beside the lightning lion beast, dozens of zhang in size.

The river swept, trapping the lightning lion within it.

Hai Huaiyang reached out and gently clenched his hand.

Boom!

The river surged, and the lightning shattered.

In the air, the blue lightning lion’s body dissipated into lightning.

Whoosh!

The river dispersed.

Hai Huaiyang raised an eyebrow, gently beckoning, and took the bluish-green, finger-sized Medicinal Pill, which shimmered with a hint of lightning, into his hand as it fell from the air.

“It was actually formed from a Medicinal Pill…”

“Of the lightning attribute…”

“An inferior Medicinal Pill.”

Hai Huaiyang held it in his hand and looked at it twice, then casually threw the bluish-green Medicinal Pill onto the ground.

Just as he was about to continue forward to find Princess Huaying.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Hai Huaiyang, who had just taken a step, paused, placing a hand over his chest.

“What’s going on?”

Hai Huaiyang’s face turned ugly; his heart had begun to pound uncontrollably.

“Hmm?”

At this moment, in the corner of Hai Huaiyang’s eye, a figure appeared, with a faint, almost imperceptible smile at the corner of his lips.

“Daozi of the Xuandao Palace… Is it you… What did you do to me?”

Thump thump thump!

Hai Huaiyang’s expression changed, and his magic power, like the vast ocean, circulated, but he couldn't suppress the abnormal heartbeat.

As his heart beat faster and faster, Hai Huaiyang’s body stiffened, seemingly losing control over his own body.

It was as if invisible threads, along with the sound of his heartbeat, bound his entire meridians, joints, and even his thoughts.

“My… protective… why… no… reaction…”

Hai Huaiyang watched helplessly as the figure walked up to him, a question slowly flashing through his mind.

“Heh heh, Young Master Hai, you shouldn’t be puzzled; you should be indignant. You shouldn’t suppress; you need to release.”

“Go vent your anger.”

Qin Wuyou, the Daozi of the Xuandao Palace, approached step by step, reaching out and gently brushing Hai Huaiyang’s stiff body over his chest.