622: Chapter 622 Leave Behind

"Hum~"

The Grade 4 flying boat shone brilliantly, its hull's spiritual runes lighting up completely. Cyan and gold streams of light wound and coiled along the runes, and layers upon layers of defensive light screens rose up like glazed glass.

"Everyone!"

Liu Xiaowan's majestic voice carried through the barrier, "My sister and I are on orders from the Peach Blossom Demon Saint to head to the East Sea to meet the Daoist Yin-Yang. If you ruin this mission, there will be no place for you to hide in either the East Sea or the Southern Frontier!"

"Who are you trying to scare?!" Dong Xiangjun sneered, "You speak as if the Peach Blossom Demon Saint is the ruler of this Southern Frontier."

"Furthermore, what kind of status do the Peach Blossom Demon Saint and the Daoist Yin-Yang hold? They might look after you if you can handle things well, but if you can't even handle a small matter, do you really expect them to avenge you?"

"Let me tell you the truth! I am here specifically for the mission Liu Xuan gave you. Confess honestly, otherwise, you will surely die today!"

After finishing, Dong Xiangjun turned to the Buddhist Arhat and bowed, "Arhat Du'e, please take action first to break this flying boat's defensive Formation."

Arhat Du'e nodded slightly, said nothing, and acted immediately.

He raised his hand and pushed forward gently. The golden phantom behind him followed suit. The golden light solidified into a giant palm, carrying the vast power to crush cities and break mountains, slamming into the layers of defensive barriers on the flying boat.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The palace Formation shattered one after another, and the entire space trembled with it. Liu Xiaowan forced herself to steady her figure, her willow-leaf eyebrows knitting even deeper.

Buddhist Arhats also practiced some Body Refining, so their combat power was generally half a tier higher than those of the same rank, comparable to pure Sword Cultivators.

Especially in this current environment closed off by a trapping Formation, the Buddhist Arhat's advantage of dominance and ferocity could be fully unleashed, making his might even greater.

This Buddhist Arhat named Du'e was at the Late Nascent Soul Stage. If it weren't for the many Spirit Stones left inside the flying boat, it likely wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single palm strike.

Seeing that the golden Buddha palm had destroyed most of the flying boat's defensive Formation barriers with just one strike, Liu Xiaowan hurriedly shouted:

"Great Master Du'e, do you happen to know Arhat Vajra? The Buddhist sect has long reached a cooperation agreement with my husband. Are you going to betray the Buddhist sect?"

"Arhat Vajra?"

Arhat Du'e paused for a moment and said indifferently, "Just a person from a lower sect, how could he represent the orthodox Buddhist sect?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand again, and another golden Buddha palm, even more solid than the previous one, slammed down towards the flying boat, intending to end it all.

The might displayed by Arhat Du'e was too terrifying; even Dong Xiangjun felt a trace of worry. She sent a voice transmission to Luo Zhi beside her, "Senior Brother Luo, Arhat Du'e won't swallow the benefits alone, will he? Do we have the qualifications to fight him if we team up?"

Arhat Du'e was a helper Dong Xiangjun had invited to prevent unexpected situations; the level of trust between the two parties was not high, and she was somewhat worried that Arhat Du'e would seize control of the situation.

Luo Zhi was silent for a moment, then smiled and comforted her, "Although the Buddhist sect's direct combat power is strong, they don't have many tricks. We control the Ten Directions Trapping and Killing Formation, so he can't do anything to us."

Hearing this, Dong Xiangjun and Saint Daughter Gu Yujing felt much more at ease and focused their attention on the direction of the palace.

"Boom..."

The palace Formation was shattered, just as the golden Buddha palm wanted to take advantage of the momentum to destroy the palace body itself.

A blood-colored mark lit up between Yin Lizhi's eyebrows, and then a circle of silvery-white spatial light shone from the teleportation Formation Plate on her body.

The golden Buddha palm made contact with the spatial mirror surface, rippling like a pebble thrown into water, and then calmed down.

Before everyone could be shocked, a vast Divine Sense surged out from the spatial mirror surface, carefully examining everything around it.

"Hum~"

After confirming the general situation outside, the spatial mirror surface suddenly expanded, and the space in all affected areas was frozen and locked down.

A moment later, a young, handsome boy wearing Daoist robes walked out from the spatial mirror surface.

"Liu Xuan!!"

The moment Dong Xiangjun saw Liu Xuan appear, her heart was filled with terror, and she subconsciously performed an escape technique.

Then, she discovered with even greater horror that her escape technique had failed.

She took out several Void Escape Talismans in succession, but all of them failed; the spatial rules had been locked.

Since the Void Escape technique had failed, she decided to fly away directly. Dong Xiangjun ignored everyone else and had no other thoughts; her intuition told her she had to run immediately.

"Did I let you leave?"

Liu Xuan raised his hand and struck a mysterious light into the ground, causing the 'Ten Directions Trapping and Killing Formation' covering this area to tremble violently.

Then, Liu Xuan struck multiple mysterious lights into various places underground in succession. After trembling for a while, the Ten Directions Trapping and Killing Formation regained its solidity and looked even more stable than before.

Luo Zhi, the controller of the Formation, suddenly discovered that he had lost control over it.

This was the terror of a high-level Formation Master. For such a Formation temporarily set up using a Formation Plate, if the other party didn't have a professional Formation Master controlling it, it was very easy for a high-level Formation Master to take over and turn it into an asset for themselves.

With the spatial lockdown and the Ten Directions Trapping and Killing Formation, Dong Xiangjun was blocked by the Formation and could not break through to escape in a short time.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, she made a decisive decision, turned around, and flew back to the side of Luo Zhi, Arhat Du'e, and Saint Daughter Gu Yujing, the four of them gathering together to confront Liu Xuan.

"Immeasurable Buddha!" Seeing that Liu Xuan's strength was extraordinary, Arhat Du'e immediately decided not to participate any further. He performed a Buddhist salute towards Liu Xuan and said, "This poor monk only seeks wealth. Since you, Fellow Daoist, are here, I will not participate."

"This poor monk?" Liu Xuan frowned slightly, "What is this nonsense about Buddha and Dao?"

"Since you have come, then all of you, stay!"

After hearing the Divine Soul voice transmissions from Yin Lizhi and Liu Xiaowan, knowing that these people were here specifically to disgust him, Liu Xuan had no intention of letting a single one of them go.

Liu Xuan waved his hand casually, and a strange black mist immediately surged from his sleeve, instantly transforming into the shapes of countless snakes and insects, enveloping all four of them.

The four immediately used their methods to try to block or disperse the strange black mist, but they discovered that the black mist was formless and intangible; no methods were effective, and they were eventually entangled by the black mist.

Of course, they couldn't disperse it, because this black mist was the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi, which could only be resisted by Divine Soul defensive methods.

"Ah~"

When the black mist touched their bodies, it immediately began to affect their consciousness. Except for Arhat Du'e, whose body radiated golden light, putting him in a slightly better state, the other three could barely maintain clarity of mind.

"Fellow Daoist, you and I have no grudges; must you really push things to the absolute limit?"

Arhat Du'e's eyes were bloodshot as he forcibly suppressed the distracting thoughts stirred up by the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi. A Buddhist bead appeared in his hand, and he stared fixedly at Liu Xuan as he spoke.

Liu Xuan didn't even pay attention. An ancient bronze mirror manifested out of thin air, reflecting the figures of the four.

"Puff~"

The Divine Souls of the four were ignited by the Avici Karmic Fire simultaneously. The eerie red light passed through their Divine Souls and manifested a layer of flame on the outside of their bodies as well.

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

...

The Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi eroded their minds and Divine Souls, and the Avici Karmic Fire ignited them. Now, even Arhat Du'e couldn't withstand it; the golden light on his body dimmed, and his Divine Soul aura continued to weaken.

In less than a quarter of an hour, four Nascent Soul True Lords had lost their combat ability, including a Late Nascent Soul Stage Buddhist Arhat!