359: Chapter 359: The Ancient Manor

A decaying gilded gate, with only one leaf remaining, and an endless stretch of damaged and collapsed white jade walls.

Behind them, rows and columns of palaces and buildings were scattered, their glazed tiles shimmering with a crystalline luster under the daylight, shining brilliantly.

As their vision cleared, everyone gazed upon this scene.

This was a vast and boundless super-sized manor, comparable to a large city!

Everything here exuded an aura that was simultaneously ancient, decaying, and magnificent.

"This place is the Ancient Manor," An Miaoyin said, putting away the golden jade tablet.

She added, "The herb garden is located at the very back of the manor; we need to cross the entire estate."

"Finally, I must remind all Fellow Daoists once more." An Miaoyin swept her gaze over the group and spoke solemnly:

"Because the manor has been unmanaged for a long time, spirit pets at the Immortal Monarch Realm Perfection are rampant everywhere inside. Although their combat power is inferior to battle pets, we must not be careless, especially regarding those two Immortal King Realm spirit pets!"

Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously glanced at the sky.

Their first thought was to simply fly over the manor.

However, they saw that the sky was filled with cracks, and there were even many hidden, floating cracks. Each crack was filled with an aura of annihilation; just a single glance was enough to make one's hair stand on end.

The path through the sky was impassable.

Everyone's Divine Sense instantly spread out and submerged into the manor, only to see that the roads, lakes, gardens, and palace pavilions were all filled with swarms of spirit pets, numbering in the millions!

Having been unmanaged for so long, the free crossbreeding of spirit pets here had become a disaster.

Faced with such a massive number, everyone couldn't help but gasp. If they were slightly careless, they might all be wiped out!

"Fairy Miaoyin, how did you safely cross to the herb garden at the back of the manor originally?" Xu Yunfan asked, frowning.

"Does Fellow Daoist Xu remember my Void Unicorn?" An Miaoyin asked.

"You mean that white, single-horned horse that could merge into the Void Realm and consume Divine Sense?"

An Miaoyin nodded gently: "When I first discovered that I could not cross the manor on my own, I relied on its ability to consume Divine Sense and tread upon the Void Realm. I rode it all the way across the manor and discovered that ten-mu herb garden where the herbs for the yuan replenishing pill are grown."

Xu Yunfan pondered for a moment, "Since Fairy Miaoyin has gathered us here now, it seems something happened to that unicorn."

An Miaoyin hummed in agreement: "There was an accident on the return trip. We were discovered by those two Immortal King Realm spirit pets. To protect me, the unicorn chose to self-destruct, and that was the only reason I managed to barely escape."

Speaking of this, An Miaoyin's gaze turned back to the group: "Therefore, Fellow Daoists, you must be careful of those two Immortal King Realm spirit pets. Once we encounter them, we must strike with everything we have without holding back, and kill them in one blow!"

Everyone nodded solemnly.

"Let's go." An Miaoyin said, taking the lead to walk through the gilded gate of the manor and entering inside.

Just at this moment— "Screech!" A crisp cry suddenly rang out, echoing across the sky.

From within the cracks in the high sky, three snow-white immortal cranes swooped down.

The moment they rushed out, a flash of immortal light shone from their bodies, transforming them into the forms of three cold, young women dressed in white as pristine as snow.

An incomparably tyrannical aura erupted from them, causing the entire space to tremble and distort violently.

"Immortal King Realm!" Everyone's expressions changed instantly.

An Miaoyin spoke rapidly: "These three Immortal King Realm spirit pets are not the ones I encountered before. I didn't expect that three more would have broken through in such a short time. Combined with the previous two, there are five Immortal King Realm spirit pets here in total. Fellow Daoists, strike with all your might to suppress and kill them quickly! Do not let the other two Immortal King spirit pets come here to rendezvous!"

In an instant, everyone pushed their immortal power to the limit. An Miaoyin, Su Zhijun, and Xu Yunfan each sacrificed an Immortal Treasure of immense power—

At the same time, the ground trembled violently, and a rumbling sound approached from afar.

In the distance, two seven-colored immortal oxen came charging over. As they ran, they transformed into hundred-zhang tall giants with seven-colored ox heads and human bodies. Every step they took sent seven-colored shockwaves sweeping out. Wherever they passed, everything was utterly destroyed, and all matter instantly vaporized and dissipated!

With such monstrous power, everyone's expressions changed drastically, their minds trembling wildly.

In the group, Lei Xiaotian was the first to snap back to his senses. Deep within his turbid eyes, a flash of wild joy flickered, but it quickly vanished.

He immediately deployed the Sound Transmission Secret Art: "We can barely fight three Immortal King spirit pets, but if five join forces, we have absolutely no chance of winning! There are exactly six of us here. Let's split into groups of two and scatter in three directions. These five Immortal King spirit pets will definitely scatter to pursue us. In this way, we can defeat them one by one, and then we will come back here to rendezvous!"

As soon as his voice fell, dozens of heaven-destroying, earth-shattering seven-colored shockwaves and thousands of snow-white feather blades swept over.

At this very moment, the teams were implicitly formed.

Lei Xiaotian and Xu Yunfan transformed into long rainbows and fled towards the east, disappearing in an instant.

Su Zhijun and Zhao Xinmeng retreated out of the manor gate and used their escape arts to disappear into the dense forest outside the manor.

Gu Jing and An Miaoyin transformed into streams of light and headed straight for the west side of the manor.

The five Immortal King Realm spirit pets indeed split into three waves and scattered in pursuit.