573: Chapter 573 Greed

Throughout Sunset City, it had long been deathly silent.

But at this moment, that deathly silence was completely torn apart.

On the city walls, in the streets and alleys, and behind the cracks of doors, countless gazes stared fixedly at the figures above the City Lord's Manor.

Every pair of eyes was filled with extreme horror and disbelief.

Previously, everyone thought these five were merely mayflies trying to shake a tree, unable to last three moves before being crushed into bloody pulp by the Chiyang Sect.

Fleeing, surrendering, death...

They had imagined countless endings, but they had never imagined the scene before them.

"That woman is taking on three by herself?!"

Atop the city wall, a young immortal Cultivator trembled, his voice failing as his fingers gripped the bricks so hard his knuckles turned white.

"The Late-stage Earth Immortal Chiyang Sect Master, plus two Earth Immortal Elders—she's only a Late Stage True Immortal, yet she's actually holding her own?!"

"That black Dao Rhyme, what kind of power is it? It can even swallow the Heaven Burning Immortal Fire!

Just now, the light of the Chiyang Sect Master's heaven burning cauldron was actually suppressed by her!"

Another Loose Cultivator trembled all over, his eyes churning with hatred and excitement suppressed for many years.

He had once had his Lifebound Treasure stolen by a Chiyang Sect Disciple; seeing the Chiyang Sect experts being held back today, his eyes couldn't help but redden.

Inside a house, a timid immortal Cultivator quietly pushed open a crack in the window, staring at the white figure amidst the pitch-black mist, his voice raspy:

"A Late Stage True Immortal fighting three Earth Immortals—if word of this gets out, the entire Chengyun Immortal Domain will explode!"

But what truly made the entire city's heart stop was the golden figure on the other side.

"He... he stood up again..."

"A Void Immortal! He's clearly just a Void Immortal! How does he dare to clash head-on with an Earth Immortal like that?!"

Exclamations rose one after another. The merchants who had been slumped on the ground in terror had long forgotten their fear, clutching their scattered spirit crystals tightly as their gazes remained glued to Xiao Ruobai.

Everyone watched as Xiao Ruobai underwent Rebirth through blood, his golden light unextinguishable as he charged at the Gray-Robed Elder again and again.

That seemingly fragile yet unbreakable figure carved an indelible mark into the hearts of the countless Cultivators in Sunset City.

The Gray-Robed Elder's collapse, Ling Xi's ferocity, Xiao Ruobai's madness...

And atop the City Lord's Manor, the flames of war still raged.

Pitch-black mist surged around Ling Xi as she pushed her Devouring Dao Rhyme to the limit, the black hole in her palm continuously expanding.

She forcibly swallowed the Sect Master's long saber strike, then backhanded a palm strike toward the shoulder of an Earth Immortal Elder beside her.

With a muffled "thump," the immortal armor on that Elder's shoulder shattered, and his immortal bone caved in.

He was sent reeling back, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

But before Ling Xi could press her advantage, the Sect Master's heaven burning cauldron suddenly smashed toward her, and ten thousand feet of immortal fire poured down, making the devouring black mist around her sizzle.

Ling Xi's eyes darkened. Instead of retreating, she advanced, condensing Devouring Dao Rhyme at her fingertips. She actually tore a gap through the immortal fire, and a black light from her fingertip stabbed straight toward the Sect Master's Dantian!

"You're looking for death!"

The Sect Master was furious. The immortal fire around him surged as the three of them simultaneously performed hand seals. Three crimson fire seals interlaced into a net, descending upon Ling Xi and sealing off all her paths of retreat.

The Devouring Dao Rhyme around Ling Xi thickened further, the pitch-black mist transforming into a shield to withstand the blow head-on.

Her figure stumbled back two steps, and blood once again overflowed from the corner of her mouth, yet her gaze remained sharp as she stared fixedly at the three men without the slightest intention of retreating.

On the other side, Xiao Ruobai wiped the blood from his lips. The War God Golden Light soared into the sky, and the ten-zhang-tall War God Phantom behind him became increasingly solid.

His aura at the Peak Void Immortal stage fluctuated faintly, showing signs of a Breakthrough to the True Immortal realm.

He stepped into the void, his body shooting forward like an arrow from a bow, dodging the fire seal blasted by the Gray-Robed Elder.

At the same time, his left hand reached into his storage ring. With a flip of his palm, hundreds of crystal-clear Immortal Stones instantly appeared, piled up like a small mountain.

These Immortal Stones were all High Grade. They were surrounded by dense immortal spirit qi, and the moment they appeared, they caused the surrounding Spiritual Qi to fluctuate violently.

"Are those Immortal Stones?"

"No, ordinary Immortal Stones don't have such dense Immortal Qi. Could these be Medium Grade Immortal Stones?"

Someone below the city, who was well-informed, cried out in shock, their voice trembling:

"One Medium Grade Immortal Stone can be exchanged for a hundred Low Grade Immortal Stones! He's actually using Medium Grade Immortal Stones as consumables?!"

"Hundreds of them—wouldn't that be tens of thousands of Low Grade Immortal Stones?!"

"This is almost comparable to the entire fortune of a top-tier power in an immortal domain!"

An uproar erupted.

On the city walls, in the streets and alleys, and deep within the clouds, countless eyes that had merely been watching the battle were instantly ignited by greed and shock.

Around Sunset City, the auras of several major powers that had been hiding in the shadows suddenly stalled.

Behind the closed windows of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, the Sword Qi paused slightly.

Within the shadows cast by the Xuanyin Cult, several blurred figures' breathing hitched, and an irrepressible heat erupted in their eyes.

Elsewhere in the clouds, Liu Tingfeng stood with his head bowed behind a tall figure, his expression respectful yet tinged with anxiety.

The man in front of him wore a moon-white brocade robe and had an indifferent expression. His aura was well-restrained, yet it faintly emitted a heart-palpitating pressure.

This was none other than his backer, an Early Stage Heavenly Immortal Realm expert who had recently entered the Chengyun Immortal Domain, Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan's eyes burned as they landed on the pile of Immortal Stones in Xiao Ruobai's palm, his breathing becoming rapid:

"High Grade! Those aren't Medium Grade Immortal Stones; they're High Grade Immortal Stones."

"W-what?!"

Liu Tingfeng jerked his head up, his eyes full of disbelief as he stared fixedly at the pile of Immortal Stones, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"High Grade Immortal Stones?..."

Ye Xuan interrupted him, a faint thread of immortal light condensing at his fingertip, his gaze greedy.

"Hundreds of High Grade Immortal Stones, plus those two's Undying Cultivation Technique and Devouring Dao—they all belong to this seat."

With that, he leaned forward slightly, about to fly out from the clouds.

Liu Tingfeng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stepped forward, his voice kept extremely low and filled with unease:

"Senior Ye, please reconsider! Those people have such extraordinary talent and can produce such a massive amount of wealth; there must be a peerless expert behind them!"

Although he was wary of Xiao Ruobai and the others, he was even more afraid that after this Heavenly Immortal Realm Senior acted, he would be implicated; he didn't want to bring trouble upon himself.

Initially, he had suspected that the person behind Xiao Ruobai was an Immortal Lord and had requested the Immortal Alliance headquarters to send an Immortal Lord over.

However, as Immortal Lords were vital forces of the Immortal Alliance, they would not be dispatched lightly, so a Heavenly Immortal was sent first to investigate the situation.

Ye Xuan shot him a cold glance. "Only trash would be so hesitant."

"A group of True Immortal and Earth Immortal ants can't stir up any significant waves."

"Once this seat has seized the Immortal Stones and secret techniques, I will naturally have a way to escape. It's not your place to talk too much."

Xiao Ruobai ignored everything; he clenched his palm, and the War God Dao Rhyme erupted!

The violent and pure immortal spirit qi surged into his limbs and bones like a tsunami, and his aura, which was already on the verge of a Breakthrough, skyrocketed once more!

On the open ground on the other side of the City Lord's Manor, Fang Hanyu, Wang Xiaopang, and Mo Yu were fighting over a dozen True Immortals, already finding themselves in a perilous situation.

Yet, they were still infected by Ling Xi and Xiao Ruobai's ferocity; each of them was fearless of death, taking the initiative to charge without the slightest retreat.