443: Chapter 443 Using Oneself as Bait

They utilized secret techniques and Magic Treasures to firmly suppress their terrifying Profound Immortal cultivation, disguising themselves as Loose Cultivators at the Early Stage True Immortal realm traveling together to seek treasures.

The two of them traversed through the dense forest, seemingly aimless.

Following the plan, Luo Lianyi deliberately relaxed the suppression on her Physique.

A faint, ethereal aura of an Origin that was pure to the extreme—symbolizing the Innate Dao Fetus's natural affinity with the ten thousand Daos of heaven and earth—quietly diffused through the dense forest with the breeze.

Meanwhile, Su Yueli silently operated the technique of the Primal Spirit Body. Her body seemed to transform into a miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, emitting a pure and flawless fluctuation of Origin Qi capable of cleansing the Divine Soul.

These two types of special Physique auras were rare even in the Daluo Heaven and were a fatal temptation for any evil Cultivator practicing dual cultivation arts. To the Taiyi Immortal Sect spies who lurked in the shadows at the edges of major immortal cities like vultures scenting blood, these auras were as dazzling as two guiding beacons lit in the dark of night!

Sure enough, just as the two had found a spot beneath a leeward rock deep in the forest and sat down cross-legged, pretending to be exhausted and preparing to "rest" for a moment...

"Buzz—"

The originally silent surroundings suddenly experienced a violent distortion of the Void Realm.

A hidden Trapping Formation that isolated Divine Sense probes and sealed spatial coordinates instantly rose from the ground, turning into a translucent light shield that firmly trapped the two women within.

Immediately after, the space outside the Formation blurred. Several Cultivators dressed in tight black clothing, wearing hideous ghost masks, appeared one after another like ghosts from the hidden canopy and behind rocks.

The cultivation of these people was not ordinary; they were all at the Late Stage True Immortal realm, and the leader was a headman emitting the aura of Early Stage Profound Immortal magic power.

The looks they cast toward the two women inside the Formation were filled with undisguised greed and lewdness, as if they were looking at two rare treasures.

"Jie jie jie! Brothers, it seems we've struck luck today! In such a remote and godforsaken place, we actually ran into such top-quality goods!"

The Profound Immortal headman laughed eerily, fiddling with a compass for detecting Physiques. The needle on the compass was pointing frantically at the two women, flashing with a dazzling light. "One is a one-in-a-million Innate Dao Fetus, and the other is a Primal Spirit Body that can cleanse one's Foundation! Capturing just one and taking her back would earn us heavy rewards from the Sect Master and the Grand Elders, let alone running into two at once! Once we take these two top-quality Cauldrons back, we brothers won't have to worry about cultivation resources for the rest of our lives!"

Facing this sudden "ambush," Su Yueli and Luo Lianyi glanced at each other and instantly entered character, putting on a look of extreme terror, like startled little rabbits.

"You... who are you? What do you want to do in broad daylight? We are Righteous Path Loose Cultivators!" Luo Lianyi stood up abruptly and drew the longsword at her waist.

She deliberately made her voice sound like it was "trembling" violently, as if she had lost her composure out of fear.

"What are we doing? Jie jie jie, naturally we're taking you two Fairies to a good place to enjoy wealth and honor!" A black-clothed man licked his lips with a lewd smile.

"Don't waste words with these two little wenches, lest delays lead to trouble! Move directly to take them! Everyone, watch your strength; don't damage their Origin or their bodies. They're only valuable if they're alive!"

The Profound Immortal headman gave the order, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

Several black-clothed True Immortals immediately pounced like hungry tigers, attacking simultaneously.

Immortal-Locking Nets made of Celestial Silk mixed with Deep-Sea Sunken Silver and Spells to Seal Meridians descended from all directions, enveloping the two women.

To make this "fishing" act more realistic and seamless, Su Yueli and Luo Lianyi forcibly suppressed the power of the eight hundred million dragon-elephant particles within their bodies, as well as their terrifying Profound Immortal Laws.

They used only ordinary Early Stage True Immortal Spells to put up a "fierce" resistance against the black-clothed men, sword light and Spells colliding within the Formation.

After a bout of "bitter fighting" and "desperate resistance," the two women finally "exhausted their magic power" and were despairingly bound hand and foot by the black-clothed men's special Immortal-Locking Chains that emitted a dark glow.

A surge of frigid magic power flowed into their bodies through the chains, completely "sealing" their cultivation.

"Take them away!"

The Profound Immortal headman sized up the two top-quality prey who had been completely "subdued" and whose eyes were full of "despair" and "helplessness," a cruel arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

With a wave of his sleeve, he sacrificed a small black flying boat engraved with concealment Formations and directed his subordinates to escort the two women onto it.

...

The black flying boat was like a ghost, silently traversing through thick layers of clouds.

Along the way, to avoid potential inspections by Righteous Path Cultivators, the flying boat took a winding path, constantly changing routes and passing through several teleportation Formations, traveling for several days.

Finally, the flying boat stopped deep within a desolate mountain range that was perpetually shrouded in Toxic Miasma and devoid of birds or beasts.

Here, there was a massive, extinct volcano that was cold and filled with Death Qi.

The flying boat dove down through the pitch-black and deep passage of the volcanic crater.

In the passage, Su Yueli keenly sensed that there were layers of complex, murderous ancient Formations and Restrictions here that isolated probes.

Without a special passage token, even a Golden Immortal Expert trying to force their way in would cause a massive commotion.

After passing through the long passage, the flying boat finally stopped in a massive underground karst cave at the bottom of the volcano.

This was the secret stronghold of the Taiyi Immortal Sect hidden in the shadows, the terrifying Ten Thousand Snake Pit!

The moment the flying boat landed and the hatch opened...

*Gag...*

An indescribable stench—a mixture of thick blood, the rot of corpses, and an overwhelming resentment accumulated over countless years—rushed toward them like something physical.

The smell was so nauseating that even the strong-willed Luo Lianyi couldn't help but frown, her stomach churning.

Su Yueli and Luo Lianyi were pushed off the flying boat by the black-clothed men.

When they saw the scene before them, their hearts skipped a beat, and their pupils contracted violently.

The massive underground cave was illuminated by countless phosphorus fires emitting an eerie green light.

On the uneven stone walls all around, hundreds upon thousands of small, damp, honeycomb-like prison cells had been carved out.

In each cell, several female Cultivators were imprisoned.

Most of them were barely clothed, their bodies covered in various scars left by cruel abuse.

Among them, some might have been captured recently, a sliver of desire for life still remaining in their eyes as they desperately beat against the iron bars for help. But the vast majority of the female Cultivators already had hollow eyes and numb expressions, like walking corpses.

Even worse were the female Cultivators imprisoned in the bottom-most cells; they were already skin and bones, withered and gaunt, with sunken eye sockets. The vitality and Origin of their entire bodies had been completely drained, leaving them with only a single breath left to linger on the edge of death.