244: Chapter 243, that's it?

Mountains and rivers crumbled, and the earth was scarred. The aftermath of the Immortal Rank battle had yet to dissipate; cracks in space crisscrossed the sky, and wisps of violent Immortal Qi still surged wantonly between heaven and earth.

Golden Immortal Ao Li's massive golden Dragon true form coiled in the clouds. His ten-thousand-foot Dragon body blotted out the sky, his scales shimmering with the remnants of the fading daylight.

His scarlet Dragon eyes swept over Yuan Chen and the others in the distance, filled with mockery and extreme contempt. His voice, like thunder, rolled and echoed between heaven and earth: "A bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well, trapped in the broken Lower Realm for a lifetime, with horizons as humble as ants!"

"A mere Medium Grade Immortal Artifact is nothing but standard heritage for the great clans of our Immortal Realm, yet for you, it is a peerless treasure rarely seen in a lifetime! Today, this seat will let you broaden your horizons and witness with your own eyes the heaven-destroying and earth-shattering power of a Medium Grade lethal Immortal Artifact!"

The entire scene was deathly silent; no one spoke.

The Sect Masters of the various major powers and the reclusive Old Ancestors all wore grave expressions, their eyes filled with terror. They had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, exhausting all their life's opportunities; let alone Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts, even Low Grade Immortal Artifacts were rarely seen.

Yuan Chen crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow: "You wouldn't happen to be doing poorly in the Upper Realm, which is why you're here looking for a sense of existence, would you?"

"Shut up! Shut your mouth!" Golden Immortal Ao Li was furious, his hair standing on end.

Watching the fear and trembling of all the beings present, Golden Immortal Ao Li's sense of superiority exploded. He laughed wildly: "Are you afraid? Are you in despair? This is the gap between Immortal and mortal! This is the price for provoking my clan!"

"This seat will give you one last chance! Surrender immediately! Otherwise, today, you and this mortal world will all turn into dust!"

Yuan Chen shrugged: "You don't only have these two Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts, do you? Tsk tsk tsk, honestly, it's a bit shabby. It seems you really aren't doing very well!"

The young man's calm and indifferent voice resounded through heaven and earth. It was light, yet it instantly overwhelmed all of Golden Immortal Ao Li's arrogant laughter, falling clearly into everyone's ears.

"What do you know? Do you know the value of a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact? Ignorant child!"

Golden Immortal Ao Li's voice was stern and cold; he was truly getting angry!

"Medium Grade Immortal Artifact?"

On the high platform, Yuan Chen stood in his white robes, facing the wind.

He lifted his eyes slightly, looking at the arrogant Golden Immortal Ao Li in the clouds. A faint sneer curled the corner of his lips, his tone nonchalant, as if he were watching a comical farce.

"I actually do know exactly what it's worth." Yuan Chen stepped out slowly, his figure rising into the air, facing the ten-thousand-foot golden Dragon directly. His expression was calm, his tone indifferent: "I know Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts are precious—precious to the point that you treat them as treasures, while I, have them piled up like mountains, to be discarded at will."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Chen tapped the void casually with his fingertip.

Hum—!

A vast and majestic sound of Spirit Treasure vibrating resounded through heaven and earth!

The void around Yuan Chen surged violently. Dazzling spiritual light gushed out continuously, and one after another, Immortal Artifacts of various shapes, with ancient patterns and awe-inspiring Immortal Qi, appeared in succession, hovering in the airspace around him!

Blades, spears, swords, halberds, shields, bells, ribbons, beads...

Offensive, defensive, auxiliary, long-range, lethal, disposable, growth-type—all sorts of Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts appeared in layers, one after another. In just a few short breaths, they piled up behind Yuan Chen into a towering and magnificent mountain of Immortal Artifacts!

Ten thousand feet of rosy light shot into the sky, hundreds of millions of Immortal patterns intertwined and flashed. The pure and vast pressure of the Immortal Artifacts spread out in layers, instantly covering the ten-thousand-mile wasteland, directly overwhelming the aura of the Immortal Artifacts in Golden Immortal Ao Li's hands!

Densely packed Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts hovered in mid-air, numbering over a hundred. Each one was intact, with abundant spiritual power and pure Dao charm. Taking out just one would be enough to make a Golden Immortal in the Immortal Realm go crazy with greed, and enough for a mortal clan to pass down for ten thousand years as a peerless treasure!

The entire scene exploded instantly. A million observing Cultivators had their pupils dilate and their minds go blank, completely falling into extreme stupor and shock!

"One... over one hundred? All, all of them are Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts?!"

"Am I seeing this right! The Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts he treats as treasures! Piled up like a mountain!!"

"Prefect Yuan actually piled up a mountain of Immortal Artifacts directly!! By the way, can he give birth to Immortal Artifacts too? That mother of the Immortal Artifacts... eh~"

"Watch your tongue, at least you shouldn't, it's not to that extent..."

Countless Cultivators gasped in shock, their voices trembling and incoherent. Everyone's cognition was completely overturned at this moment.

The members of the Dragon Clan were completely ashen-faced.

Clan Leader Ao Yi was stiff all over, his legs weak, staring fixedly at that mountain of Immortal Artifacts. The glimmer of hope in his eyes was completely extinguished, leaving only endless despair; Great Elder Ao Yin, Young Master Ao Xing, and other Dragon Clan prodigies were blank-faced, their worldviews completely collapsed. The Dragon Clan heritage they were so proud of was like a beggar scavenging in front of Yuan Chen.

In mid-air, Zhao Miao was completely frozen on the spot, staring blankly at the Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts flying all over the sky.

Then came ecstasy—he had bet correctly. Thankfully, he hadn't made an enemy of Yuan Chen.

He had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, exhausting all his accumulations, only to barely possess one Medium Grade offensive Immortal Artifact.

Yet looking at Yuan Chen, a young man who rose from the mortal world, he casually brought out over a hundred complete Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts, piled up like a mountain, spread out wantonly, so extravagant it made one's scalp tingle.

No one would believe the other party didn't have some secrets.

If he could curry favor with Yuan Chen, would the other party reward him with one!!!

"Foster father! Foster father!"

Zhao Miao sighed inwardly, heroes don't ask where they come from, and those who achieve greatness don't distinguish between age and seniority.

What was wrong with humbling himself to pursue the Dao?

And at this moment, the one most severely impacted was Golden Immortal Ao Li, beneath the ten-thousand-foot golden Dragon true form!

His originally arrogant and mocking smile completely froze on his face. His scarlet Dragon eyes were wide open, his huge Dragon body trembled uncontrollably, and the golden Dragon Qi circulating around him instantly became chaotic and withered.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

A mortal Cultivator from the Lower Realm, with barren Spiritual Qi and incomplete Dao traditions, how could he possess such a terrifying reserve of Immortal Artifacts?!

Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts! Even in the Immortal Realm, ordinary Golden Immortals might not be able to collect two or three in their lifetime! Yet Yuan Chen actually treated them like garbage, piling them into a mountain and displaying them casually!

"Fake! This must be an illusion!" Golden Immortal Ao Li roared sharply, his voice carrying undisguised trembling, trying to deceive himself, "The mortal plane cannot have such heritage! You must have used an illusion technique or pseudo-Dao charm to deceive everyone!"

Yuan Chen lowered his eyes, looking indifferently at Golden Immortal Ao Li, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown. His tone was even more mocking: "Illusion technique?"

"Suit yourself. It's just a pity there are no High Grade Immortal Artifacts; it's still too poor. Sigh, can't compare to you big clans."

Golden Immortal Ao Li's mind was shaken violently, cracks appearing in his Dao Heart, his blood and Qi surging uncontrollably, nearly vomiting blood again.

"Only good at verbal sharp-tonguedness? Strength is king. Let's see if you can remain this calm after I take you down."

"Dad!"

Fortune Spirit, in a white dress, stepped through the air. Her figure was light, her spiritual energy ethereal, and she was surrounded by a flowing, soft, pearly white light, her temperament pure and unworldly. She stood respectfully by Yuan Chen's side, her eyes burning, filled with the determination to request battle.

"How about I make a Move! I'll personally spar with this high-and-mighty Golden Immortal of the Dragon Clan. I feel that they didn't fight very well just now. I think I have the strength of a Peak Golden Immortal too, more than enough to beat him!"

Yuan Chen turned his head to look at her, a gentle smile flashing in his eyes, and he nodded faintly: "Okay. Use these Immortal Artifacts as you please, no need to worry about wear and tear, fight to your heart's content."

As his words fell, Yuan Chen waved his hand casually.

Whoosh—

The mountain-piled hundred Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts instantly broke through the air and moved, all of them hovering around Fortune Spirit. With both offensive and defensive capabilities, long-range and close-quarters, and auxiliary lethal tools, everything was there. The endless Immortal light made her figure appear even more holy and dazzling, and the vast pressure directly caused the air in the entire wasteland to stagnate.

A brilliant light instantly lit up in Fortune Spirit's eyes, her little face full of excitement and joy.

She had never seen such a massive amount of treasures since she began cultivating, let alone wielding a hundred Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts at once. An extremely abundant Immortal power surged continuously into her body, and her originally restrained aura instantly skyrocketed several times over, her entire combat foundation achieving a qualitative leap.

"Watch me, Dad!"

Fortune Spirit grinned, then her figure flashed, and she took the initiative to step out, standing in the air against the ten-thousand-foot golden Dragon. Her posture was calm, her Battle Intent towering, with no more cowardice.

"Little bug, how dare you be arrogant? Die for me."

Yuan Chen, Elder Hei Yan, and the Dragon Clan experts: "..."

Taking a deep breath, Yuan Chen rubbed his temples and turned to say to others: "After the fight is over, make her kneel at the entrance of the palace for three days and three nights."

He was also very helpless with Fortune Spirit; this little thing was too lively, if she wasn't taught a lesson, she would go to heaven.

Hearing this, Golden Immortal Ao Li was both angry and furious. He, a dignified Golden Immortal of the Immortal Realm, was actually treated as a tool for practice today, one after another, without even a chance to fight Yuan Chen!

Too deceitful!

"A mere servant, daring to come forward and be presumptuous! Seeking death!"

In his rage, Golden Immortal Ao Li no longer held back and fully activated two major Immortal Artifacts!

Hum! Hum!

The golden dragon mountain-suppressing shield erupted with golden light, a defensive light screen covering a thousand miles, indestructible; the Heaven-Splitting Dragon Spear shone with red gold, the spear-light piercing the clouds, killing intent towering. At the same time, the Heaven-Burning World-Shattering Divine Crystal in his palm rolled with heat waves, the power of destruction ready to go.

"Golden Dragon World-Extinguishing Spear Technique!"

Golden Immortal Ao Li's Dragon body churned, his ten-thousand-foot true form carrying endless Dragon might. The Heaven-Splitting Dragon Spear, with the momentum to pierce heaven and earth, thrust directly at Fortune Spirit's heart! The spear wind tore through space, Protective Aura ravaged the four directions, and countless space fragments burst wildly, the momentum terrifying to the extreme.

Facing this lethal strike, Fortune Spirit's expression was calm, neither dodging nor evading.

The next moment!

The moment the spear light was about to pierce her body, Fortune Spirit's figure suddenly became ethereal and illusory, like a clear breeze and flowing clouds, seeming both void and phantom, directly turning into a formless and substanceless Spirit body!

Her innate ability: Physical Body Etherealization, evading all physical and Immortal power attacks, not entering the Five Elements, not tainted by Karma!

Boom!

The lethal spear passed directly through Fortune Spirit's etherealized body and slammed fiercely onto the wasteland behind! The thousand-mile rock layer shattered instantly, the earth collapsed, mountains and rivers overturned, and the terrifying aftermath swept in all directions, but it couldn't hurt Fortune Spirit at all!

"Is this Fortune Spirit?" Golden Immortal Ao Li frowned slightly, "The Physical Body can turn formless?"

Before he could react, Fortune Spirit's figure instantly solidified, and a hundred Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts exploded in unison!

Defensive Immortal Artifacts spread out in layers, constructing an absolute defense with no dead ends; offensive Immortal Artifacts attacked in turns—blade light, sword shadows, spear aura, and thunder patterns flooded in, crushing from all directions!

Golden Immortal Ao Li was furious, the golden dragon mountain-suppressing shield operated at full power, the golden defensive light screen desperately resisting the overwhelming offensive.

Ding ding dang dang! Peng peng long long!

The dense, explosive loud noises continued endlessly, resounding through the ten-thousand-mile world.

The originally indestructible golden dragon mountain-suppressing shield, under the continuous bombardment of dozens of Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts, saw its golden light dim rapidly, cracks on the shield surface surged, and the originally stable defense collapsed step by step, on the verge of shattering!

"Fun! Fun fun fun fun fun!"

Fortune Spirit jumped with excitement.

Golden Immortal Ao Li was completely panicked, frantically stimulating his Immortal Qi to pour into the defensive Immortal Artifact, roaring out loud: "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

He saw that Fortune Spirit was surrounded by flowing, pearly white light. Every time an Immortal Artifact was activated, every time a Move was made, the consumed Immortal power was replenished at high speed in an instant. Her aura was always abundant and full, without the slightest weakness, as if she possessed endless Immortal power endurance, knowing no fatigue, knowing no depletion!

Conversely, Golden Immortal Ao Li, every defense, every counterattack, was frantically consuming his own Golden Immortal Immortal Qi and the Origin of the Immortal Artifact. With the difference in growth and decline, his aura withered rapidly, his Dragon Qi became increasingly chaotic, and the defensive light screen grew thinner and thinner.

On the battlefield, the crushing trend became increasingly obvious.

Fortune Spirit's movement technique was ethereal and formless, sometimes real, sometimes fake. All of Golden Immortal Ao Li's powerful lethal Moves missed, and even if they occasionally hit by luck, they couldn't hurt her in the slightest. And every bombardment of Fortune Spirit's Immortal Artifacts landed precisely on the weak points of Golden Immortal Ao Li's defense.

After a few rounds.

Crack—!

A crisp shattering sound rang out!

The golden dragon mountain-suppressing shield that had accompanied Golden Immortal Ao Li for eternal ages could no longer withstand the continuous bombardment of a hundred Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts. The shield surface completely shattered, its spiritual light dissipated, turning into fragments scattered across the vast sky!

The defense was completely broken!

Without the blessing of the defensive Immortal Artifact, Golden Immortal Ao Li was instantly exposed to the overwhelming offensive of the Immortal Artifacts. Fortune Spirit seized the Opportunity, her figure flashed instantly, and several Medium Grade Immortal swords were unsheathed at the same time, condensing lethal sword aura, slashing fiercely onto Golden Immortal Ao Li's golden Dragon true form!

Puchi!

The incredibly hard ancient golden Dragon scales were instantly slashed to pieces, golden Dragon blood sprayed out, dyeing the entire sky red! The ten-thousand-foot Dragon body trembled violently, and severe pain swept through his whole body.

"Ah—!"

Golden Immortal Ao Li let out a miserable, shrill Dragon roar, his huge body retreating uncontrollably, his Dragon Qi dissipated, his Immortal foundation damaged, and his injuries worsened several times over instantly.

He was completely panicked, completely afraid.

Ethereal constitution evading damage, endless life and infinite endurance, a hundred Medium Grade Immortal Artifacts crushing brainlessly!

This was not a battle at all, it was a naked, one-sided slaughter, a dimensionality-reduction crush!

The Heaven-Splitting Dragon Spear he activated with his life was soon shattered of its spiritual light and lost its spirituality under the siege of the massive amount of Immortal Artifacts, completely scrapped.

In desperation, Golden Immortal Ao Li gritted his teeth and detonated the Heaven-Burning World-Shattering Divine Crystal he had kept as a trump card!

"Explode for me!!!"

The crimson divine crystal shattered instantly, endless destructive heat waves swept through a thousand miles, space collapsed on a large scale, and the terrifying explosion shockwave swept in all directions, attempting to make a desperate struggle and reverse the battle situation!

But Fortune Spirit just lifted her hand lightly, and several Medium Grade defensive Immortal Artifacts closed in instantly, constructing a layered absolute defense barrier.

The aftermath of the monstrous explosion hit the barrier, only stirring up ripples, and was completely dissipated and swallowed, not even hurting a corner of Fortune Spirit's clothes!

The smoke and dust dissipated, and the world became clear again.

Golden Immortal Ao Li was covered in blood, his Dragon scales peeled off, his aura was dilapidated, his ten-thousand-foot Dragon body was listless, hanging in mid-air and swaying, his entire Golden Immortal cultivation was completely beaten down, all his trump cards were exhausted, and he had completely lost!

The entire scene was deathly silent, then an earth-shattering exclamation erupted!

"A Golden Immortal of the Immortal Realm, a powerhouse of the Dragon Clan, was unilaterally crushed by the Fortune Spirit of the Daming Dynasty! Too explosive!"

"This is the heritage of the Daming Dynasty!"

Yuan Chen lowered his eyes:

"Is this it?"