690: Chapter 691 The Shocked Immortal King of Zhenyue

Deep within the Purple Miasma Mountain, the five of them, including Xiao Ruobai, were hiding in a concealed ancient karst cave for a temporary rest.

Fang Hanyu closed his eyes to adjust his breathing for a moment, then suddenly snapped them open, his brow furrowed as the Chaos Sword Qi around him became slightly restless.

"Not good. The transmissions from those Immortal Kings just now had very urgent fluctuations."

"It likely won't be long before even more experts arrive to completely surround the Purple Miasma Mountain!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere inside the cave instantly turned heavy.

Ling Xi and Xiao Ruobai both opened their eyes at the same time, their gazes filled with increased vigilance.

"So what do we do now?" Wang Xiaopang sat up straight, his tone carrying a hint of urgency.

"Should we retreat quickly while they haven't finished the encirclement?" Mo Yu suggested.

Everyone's gaze turned toward Xiao Ruobai.

Xiao Ruobai leaned against the rock wall and spoke slowly, his voice grave:

"To think that just the five of us have drawn in all the various factions of the Xuanqiong Immortal Realm. Prepare to evacuate, but also be ready for a hard-fought battle."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and several drops of crystalline essence blood condensed at his fingertips, a faint golden light and battle patterns swirling around them.

With a flick of his finger, an invisible barrier enveloped the essence blood. He then took out a batch of Cultivate resources from his Storage Ring and sealed them within the barrier as well.

He then bent down and, condensing immortal power at his fingertips, pressed the sealed bundle deep into the ground of the cave until it was completely hidden and not a trace of Qi leaked out.

Seeing this, Fang Hanyu and the others immediately understood his intention. Without asking further, they each raised their hands to force out their own essence blood.

Following his lead, they sealed their essence blood and some resources, burying them one by one in different locations underground.

Dong Li lay on Wang Xiaopang's shoulder, eyes full of confusion, tilting its head while watching their series of actions.

It didn't react immediately but faintly sensed the extraordinary nature of these actions; although it didn't know what they were doing, it felt like something very impressive.

After hesitating for a moment, Dong Li also forced out a drop of essence blood. Imitating the others, it wrapped the blood in its own Soul Power and buried it deep in the soil beneath its feet, wagging its tail proudly afterward.

At the moment Dong Li's essence blood, which contained the Heart-Moon Fox's Origin Soul Power, sank into the soil, deep within the depths of the Purple Miasma Mountain...

...a certain ancient Restriction that had been silent for a long time seemed to vibrate ever so slightly, a tremor even Dong Li itself didn't notice.

Wang Xiaopang looked at its antics, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

It was just as well; in case the worst happened, with this drop of essence blood, perhaps their Master would have a way to resurrect it.

"Alright, prepare to retreat."

Having finished this, Xiao Ruobai stood up, the halberd in his hand vibrating slightly as a pale golden blood Qi quietly circulated.

"Dong Li, scout the situation outside. Where are those Immortal Kings now?"

Dong Li immediately focused its mind, the phantom light in its crimson eyes surging as an invisible perception spread out like ripples on water.

Within three breaths, it said with a grave expression, "They are thirty miles to the southwest. All five are gathered together, searching in a fan formation and slowly advancing toward us!

And the fastest path out of the mountain, where space is relatively stable, is exactly where they are positioned!"

"Five of them together? And they've blocked the only way out?" Wang Xiaopang's face tightened.

"It seems they've learned their lesson and won't separate for anything." Fang Hanyu snorted coldly, Sword Qi flickering at his fingertips.

A cold light flashed in Xiao Ruobai's eyes as he made a decisive call: "Once they've completely surrounded us and searched their way here, it will be even harder to escape.

There's no time for a detour. We'll force our way out from this direction!!"

"Go!"

A distance of thirty miles was but a breath's time for an Immortal Lord.

Ahead, the miasma surged as five auras of Immortal Kings, as heavy as mountains, became clearly discernible. They were advancing with crushing momentum, their Divine Thought spreading like a net, scanning every inch of the land.

Just as they were about to crash into that Tianluo net—

"I'll draw them away. You guys break out!"

Ling Xi's voice was resolute. Before anyone could respond, the dark Dao Rhyme around her erupted.

She seemed to transform into a deep black blade that sliced through light and shadow. Instead of dodging, she charged with near-suicidal determination toward a fleeting gap in the flank of the five Immortal Kings' formation!

Wherever she passed, space seemed gnawed by an invisible force, leaving behind fine cracks. The destructive aura carried by that dark trail instantly stung the senses of all the Immortal Kings.

"There! Stop her!"

Immortal King Zhenyue had the strongest killing intent and the fastest reaction. With a harsh shout, purple light exploded, and he was the first to tear through space and pounce!

Sword Intent turned chilling in Jian Chenzi's eyes as he transformed into a sword light almost simultaneously, his speed not much slower than Zhenyue's as he went straight for Ling Xi's flank.

Another Immortal King gave a weird laugh, his figure following like a ghost.

Meanwhile, Immortal King Yunyao and another Immortal King named Qing Ming were a bit more cautious in their Heart-Nature, or perhaps their cultivated Dao methods weren't known for speed.

Their movements were half a second slower than the first three. In that lightning-fast moment, life and death were decided!

"Now!"

The moment the first three were completely drawn away, a brilliant light erupted in Xiao Ruobai's eyes, and his low shout rang out like a clap of thunder!

He, along with Fang Hanyu, Mo Yu, and Wang Xiaopang, had originally appeared to be following closely behind Ling Xi's light.

The moment Ling Xi successfully drew their fire, their trajectories abruptly and eerily shifted in unison. As if they had practiced it ten thousand times, the four's auras instantly resonated.

The Cant Beat Me Joint Domain expanded with a focus and speed far exceeding their previous sneak attack on Ghost Fog!

In an instant, it completely enveloped and imprisoned Immortal King Yunyao, who was the last of the five and had lagged slightly behind the first three due to that split second of hesitation!

"Not good!"

Immortal King Yunyao felt the space-time around her suddenly freeze and her immortal power become sluggish. That familiar, great terror that made her Divine Soul tremble had descended once again!

Her face paled with fright. She slapped her hands out in desperation, and the jade belt at her waist bloomed with ten thousand clouds of rosy light, but under the suppression of the invisible Domain, its radiance quickly dimmed.

However, it was too late!

"Slash!"

"Pierce!"

"Destroy!"

Xiao Ruobai's golden halberd light tore through the sky, Fang Hanyu's Chaos Sword Qi pierced through the Laws, Mo Yu's spear shadows devoured life force, and Wang Xiaopang's shield locked down Immortal King Yunyao's escape route.

"No—!"

Immortal King Yunyao let out a shrill and unwilling scream as her protective clouds shattered like bubbles.

The Immortal Treasure jade belt that had followed her for many years snapped into pieces, and her graceful body was torn apart by the golden halberd light and Chaos Sword Qi.

At the moment Immortal King Yunyao's Divine Soul was about to flee in terror, the phantom light in Dong Li's crimson eyes surged to its limit. Risking a backlash...

...it drove a Heart Fox Soul-Shattering Sting, condensed from all its current Soul Power, through a crack in the Domain and deep into the most fragile flaw of Immortal King Yunyao's Dao Heart!

Meanwhile, Mo Yu's spear shadows followed like maggots on a bone, completely devouring and annihilating her dissipating Divine Soul!

The third Immortal King, Immortal King Yunyao, had fallen!

From Ling Xi's luring of the enemy to the Domain's sudden eruption and Yunyao's execution, the entire process was clean, efficient, and ruthless to the extreme!

Just as Immortal King Zhenyue, Jian Chenzi, and Xuangu were almost touching the tail flame of Ling Xi's dark light, and as the killing intent and greed in their hearts reached their peak...

"What?!"

Immortal King Zhenyue's leading figure froze mid-air, and he whipped his head around!

Jian Chenzi's sword light suddenly twisted, and the figures of the other two Immortal Kings also instantly solidified.

Before the triumphant sneers on their faces could fade, they were replaced by a horror like a bucket of ice water poured over their heads.

Their gazes pierced through the thin miasma and locked onto a spot a thousand feet away. Where was the cloud-wreathed, graceful Immortal King Yunyao?

There were only rapidly dissipating pale pink specks of Dao Laws and several fragments of Magical Artifacts that had lost their spiritual light and were falling from the sky.