785: Return to Bhikkhu

Only a slowly closing afterimage of a spatial crack remained in his wake!

His speed was so fast it surpassed the limits of human perception! It was like teleportation!

At the exact same instant that this thin silver line vanished!

In the void thousands of miles away from White Cloud City...

Qiu Yi’s figure, which had appeared to be taking a leisurely stroll, suddenly jerked to a halt!

A light as brilliant as a sea of stars suddenly erupted from his cloudy old eyes as he stared fixedly in the direction Yao Delong had disappeared. For the first time, a look of extreme shock appeared on his face!

"Hiss—!" He sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Those wings... how formidable!" Qiu Yi muttered to himself, his tone filled with shock. "Every flap of the wings perfectly aligns with the essence of the Law of Space, nearing the Dao! This is no longer a simple flying Magic Treasure... this is... the manifestation of the Dao of Space!"

"This little fellow... certainly has quite a few treasures." Qiu Yi's eyes glittered with scrutiny and excitement.

Immediately after, a trace of a bitter smile and helplessness appeared on his face: "To keep up with this kid, these old bones of mine will have to work themselves to death..."

Before his voice had even faded!

Qiu Yi’s aura, which had been restrained to the extreme like that of a Mortal, suddenly changed!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Countless profound and complex golden runes emitting vast spatial power lit up, combined, and vanished around him and beneath his feet like a boiling ocean!

He took a single step forward!

His entire being seemed to enter another dimension, and his speed suddenly skyrocketed several times over! Wherever he passed, the void was left with runic paths that did not dissipate for a long time!

A dignified Middle Stage Body Integration powerhouse, the master of both talismans and Formations, Old Ancestor Qiu Yi, was actually chasing a Void Refining Realm junior with all his might!

In just half a quarter of an hour!

That silver line tearing through the void appeared like a teleportation, without any warning, high in the sky above the battle-scarred Bhikkhu City!

The taiyu flowing light wings behind Yao Delong's back slowly retracted, turning into specks of silver light and vanishing.

He looked down below.

Even though Yao Delong was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Bhikkhu City, which had once been considered majestic, now looked like a giant covered in wounds!

The grand city walls, stretching for hundreds of miles and standing a hundred zhang tall, were now riddled with holes! Massive claw marks, terrifying impact craters, and charred Spell burn marks were everywhere! Many sections had even completely collapsed into jagged rubble!

The air was thick with the smell of blood and gunpowder that wouldn't dissipate!

The land outside the city was an even greater mess! Countless hideous severed limbs of Yao Beasts were mixed with the blood-stained armor and broken Magical Artifacts of Human Race Cultivators, covering the ground as far as the eye could see! Dark red blood had long since soaked the soil... corpses littered the fields, as tragic as purgatory!

Fortunately, a giant light shield emitting a heavy, earthy-yellow glow enveloped the entire city and was still stubbornly operating. it protected most areas within the city, isolating it from the endless swarms of beasts attacking from outside. Although the light of the shield was somewhat dim and even fluctuated violently under the attacks of the Yao Beasts in some places, it had not been breached after all.

"Phew... Big Brother, your... your speed is too terrifying..." Qiong Shuang released her tightly clutching hands. Her small face was flushed from the high speed and nervousness as she gently patted her chest, exclaiming with lingering fear,

"I feel... I feel like my demon soul was almost thrown out! Even true void-traveling doesn't have such terrifying speed as yours!"

She was a Flood Dragon with an incredibly strong Physical Body, yet even she felt some discomfort now. If it had been an ordinary Golden Core or Nascent Soul Cultivator, the aftershocks from tearing through space just now would have been enough to dismember them!

Yao Delong gave a faint smile and did not explain further as his gaze swept over the tragic battlefield below and the beast swarms that were still roaring and attacking.

With a slight thought, his figure slowly descended, hovering in the air not far from the gate tower of Bhikkhu City.

Such a sudden appearance immediately caught the attention of the city's defenders!

A Late Golden Core Stage general responsible for guarding the gate tower was focusing intently on commanding the battle when he suddenly felt an indescribable, terrifying pressure descend upon him!

He looked up in horror!

He saw two figures, a man and a woman, hovering outside the city's protective light shield like Heavenly Gods! The man's face was handsome and extraordinary, his aura as deep as the sea; the young girl was beautiful enough to topple cities, yet she faintly emitted a high-ranking Yao pressure that struck fear into all beasts!

With his Golden Core cultivation, he actually couldn't see through their depths at all! It was as if he were facing an endless abyss!

"Who... who goes there?!" The general suppressed the fear in his heart and asked sharply, his voice carrying a hint of a tremor. He didn't dare to open the Formation without permission, fearing they might be Yao Race powerhouses in human form!

Yao Delong's voice was calm, yet it clearly pierced through the clamor of the city walls and the humming of the Formation, reaching the ears of every defender:

"I am a Disciple of the Yin Yang Sect, Yao Delong."

"I heard that Bhikkhu City is facing the disaster of a Beast Tide and have come specifically to help."

"Yao... Yao Delong?!" When the Golden Core general heard this name, it was as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning! His eyes widened suddenly!

He focused his gaze once more in disbelief!

That's right! Although the temperament had become even more unfathomable, those facial features... were precisely those of the figure who had been like a god or demon on the Beast Tide battlefield back then, slaughtering the Yao Race until they were terrified!

Back then, he was just a small Cultivator shivering and looking up from afar, witnessing this Immortal Yao with his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation charging and killing through the Beast Tide!

Rank seven and rank eight fierce Yao Beasts were easily torn apart under his sword like paper! Even rank nine Great Yao who personally took action were boldly repelled by him!

That invincible bearing had long been deeply etched into the depths of his mind, becoming a lighthouse he looked up to on his path of cultivation!

He hadn't expected it! How many years had it been since then?! This Immortal Yao had actually descended again! And looking at this aura... it was more than a hundred times more terrifying than back then!

Immense shock and wild joy instantly flooded the Golden Core general!

He was so excited his whole body was shaking; how could there be any suspicion or hesitation left?

"It's Immortal Yao! It's really Immortal Yao!" He almost screamed at the soldiers on the wall, his voice carrying a sob and incomparable excitement, "Quick! Quick, open the Formation! Invite the Immortal into the city!"

"This humble general, Tie Shan, pays respects to Immortal Yao!" He bowed deeply toward Yao Delong in the sky, performing a Disciple's salute of nearly ninety degrees! His posture was as respectful as could be!

Buzz... The earthy-yellow light shield of the city's protective Formation silently cracked open a gap just large enough for one person to pass through above the gate tower area.

Yao Delong nodded slightly and, leading Qiong Shuang, his figure flashed and passed through the gap. Like teleportation, he landed lightly upon the scarred yet still standing walls of Bhikkhu City!

The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, without causing a single unnecessary ripple of energy!

In fact, with his current cultivation and understanding of the Law of Space, combined with the miraculous nature of the taiyu flowing light wings, this protective Formation was practically non-existent to him. He could have entered silently with a single thought without anyone opening it.

But to avoid unnecessary panic and trouble, he still chose the most "rule-abiding" way.