628: Chapter 628 Gathering of Power

Xiao Bai and Jimie also noticed the movement and looked together toward the direction where the currents of Chaos were violently fluctuating.

Xiao Bai tilted her head, a hint of playfulness flashing in her eyes as she chuckled,

"Oh, they came quite fast, following the scent right here."

Jimie remained expressionless, his Jimie Dao Rhyme circulating slightly around him as he prepared to handle any trouble at a moment's notice.

Yue Liuli's soul aura was still somewhat unstable, but her gaze toward the distance carried a hint of coldness.

Su Hanzhou nervously clenched his fists; he could feel those rapidly approaching auras, each one far more powerful than himself.

Soon, several sharp sounds of breaking air suddenly erupted from the depths of the distant Chaos.

The pitch-black currents of Chaos were brutally torn open, and amidst the violent energy turbulence, several figures carrying undisguised, powerful auras crossed over at an astonishing speed. Their target was clear: the very location where the Taichu Ancient Road had just manifested.

The first to arrive was a warship that was entirely pitch-black and shaped like a giant javelin.

The hull was covered in hideous spikes and emitted a cold metallic luster; wherever it passed, even the Chaos was forcibly pushed aside.

Standing on the bow were three elders with cold auras, all dressed in black robes with a distorted black hole pattern that seemed to devour light embroidered on their chests.

The leader, with a shriveled face, narrow eyes, and a hawk-like nose, was the Grand Elder of the Guixu Cult, the Peak Immortal Venerable known as 'Void Devouring Immortal Venerable.'

In his hand, he held a dimly glowing, slightly vibrating star map fragment.

"It's the Guixu Cult; they certainly moved fast," Su Hanzhou's face turned pale as he recognized the newcomers and whispered in alarm.

Void Devouring Immortal Venerable steered the hideous warship and arrived in an instant. Their sharp gazes swept across this Chaotic Void Realm as their perception spread out frantically.

The residual aura of the Immortal Realm's Origin here was incredibly thick, and the space also bore terrifying fluctuations from being forcibly folded and collected just moments ago.

But that legendary Taichu Ancient Road, which was said to contain supreme Opportunity, had already disappeared without a trace.

Only Gu Changge's group remained, along with the residual fragments of Dao Rhyme on the ground belonging to the collapsed Guardian Will.

"The Ancient Road... is gone?"

A thin elder holding a White Bone Banner to the left of Void Devouring Immortal Venerable spoke in a raspy voice, his eyes flashing with suspicion and uncertainty.

The star map fragment in his hand had completely lost its glow upon approaching this place, turning into an ordinary object.

Void Devouring Immortal Venerable's gaze was as sharp as a hawk's, sweeping over Gu Changge's group and accurately capturing the powerful auras around Xiao Bai and Jimie that had not yet been fully restrained.

Just now, the two of them had released their Immortal Venerable-level pressure without reservation to resist the Guardian Will of the Taichu Immortal Road.

Although they had mostly restrained it now, it could not be hidden from a fellow Immortal Venerable, especially one at the Peak stage like Void Devouring Immortal Venerable.

"Two Immortal Venerables, one Immortal King, one True Immortal, plus a remnant soul."

Void Devouring Immortal Venerable's shriveled lips moved, his voice carrying a harsh texture like grinding metal. His gaze finally settled on Gu Changge, a hint of hard-to-detect confusion flashing in his eyes.

The white-robed youth before him seemed unremarkable; the fluctuations of immortal energy around him were so faint they were almost non-existent. He possessed neither the profound density of an Immortal Venerable nor the majesty of an Immortal King, appearing as if he were just an ordinary Cultivator who had wandered into the Chaos by mistake.

"Interesting." A sinister curve appeared at the corner of Void Devouring Immortal Venerable's mouth, and the greed and malice in his eyes intensified.

He spoke hoarsely, his voice like sandpaper rubbing together:

"The residual fluctuations of the Origin here are very intense, and there are abnormalities in space as well. The Taichu Ancient Road must have manifested here just now. Now that the road has vanished, yet you all remain here..."

The thin elder holding the White Bone Banner beside him, named 'Gu Shi,' added sinisterly:

"It seems several Fellow Daoists have beaten us to it and found the method to open or temporarily stabilize the Ancient Road? What a fine Opportunity, and what great skill."

The last elder, who had remained silent with his face shrouded in the shadows of his black robe, also slowly looked up, revealing a pair of eyes with no whites, only pure darkness. His voice was hollow:

"Hand over the method to open the Ancient Road or the token to lead the way. Otherwise, this place shall be your burial ground."

They never imagined that a divine object like the Taichu Immortal Road could be taken away so quickly.

They only assumed Gu Changge's group had used some special means to temporarily open the Ancient Road entrance and then 'hidden' it again.

What they needed to do now was capture these people, force the method out of them, and seize the token!

The three Immortal Venerables fanned out in a triangular formation, their invisible pressure like three deep abysses crushing down toward Gu Changge's group.

As a Peak Immortal Venerable, Void Devouring Immortal Venerable's pressure was especially terrifying; the currents of Chaos twisted into vortices around him, and even space was trembling slightly. He was clearly certain of victory.

In their view, their side had three Immortal Venerables, one of whom was at the Peak stage, while the opposing side, though having two Immortal Venerables, had to protect an Immortal King, a True Immortal, and a remnant soul, which would surely limit their combat power.

The white-robed youth's immortal energy was weak; although they didn't know his true cultivation, he couldn't cause much of a stir. This confrontation was destined from the start.

Xiao Bai curled her lip, completely ignoring the pressure, and simply muttered, "Noisy."

Jimie took half a step forward, shielding everyone.

He still had no expression, but the silent Jimie Dao Rhyme around him, which seemed capable of annihilating everything, was like the most indestructible dam.

It silently neutralized the pressure and Dao Rhyme erosion released by the three from the Guixu Cult, dissolving them into nothingness without even causing a ripple.

The pupils of the three from the Guixu Cult contracted simultaneously!

This effortless way of neutralizing their power made alarm bells ring in their hearts.

This black-robed youth's Dao Rhyme was strange and powerful, but the arrow was already on the string; greed had completely blinded their reason, and the temptation of the Taichu Immortal Road was enough to make them take a desperate risk.

"Refusing the easy way only to be forced!" Void Devouring Immortal Venerable's eyes flashed with ruthlessness as he slammed the Void Scepter onto the bow.

"Form the array, capture them!"

The pitch-black warship glowed brilliantly, and countless spikes on the hull lit up with an eerie light as a massive and hideous black vortex rapidly condensed in front of the bow.

It emitted a terrifying suction, as if it wanted to swallow everything around it, including light and space!

The elder Gu Shi also waved the White Bone Banner in his hand, and countless pale bone spike phantoms shot out like a torrential rain, each carrying a poisonous aura that could corrode bones and consume souls, sealing off all directions.

Just then!

"Buzz—!"

The Chaos to the left was suddenly torn apart by a clear sword chime, and a tower ship shaped like a Flying Sword and as translucent as jade broke through the currents, arriving in an instant.

Standing on the bow was an elder with white hair and a youthful complexion, dressed in Daoist robes and holding a whisk. His aura was balanced and peaceful; he was surprisingly also a Late Stage Immortal Venerable expert, the Grand Elder of the Myriad Manifestations Dao Sect, Profound Truth Master.

His gaze swept over the tense situation in the field before landing on Void Devouring Immortal Venerable, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly. "Fellow Daoist Void Devouring is certainly fast on his feet."

Almost simultaneously, a thick scent of blood and the howling of ten thousand demons came from the Chaos to the right as a rolling sea of blood crossed over.

Atop the blood waves stood a youth with a demonic countenance, blood-red hair, and blood-red eyes. He was the Peak Immortal Venerable expert of the Blood Demon Clan, the Blood Pupil Demon Lord.

He licked his lips, his greedy gaze sweeping over everyone, lingering especially on Yue Liuli and Xiao Bai:

"Hehe, how lively. Such pure auras; it seems this Lord has arrived just in time."