443: Chapter 444 Schemes!

"What ruthless methods, what deep schemes."

Chief Disciple He Zhiqiu and Lu Beixuan exchanged a look, both seeing a trace of shock in each other's eyes.

Only now did they realize that Gu Changsheng had never intended to let them go from the very beginning.

The reason he let them in was precisely to use them as pawns to scout the path.

Why target the strongest Xinglan Dao Domain first?

Because if he had attacked the weaker Douzhan Immortal Sect or Dingtian Immortal Sect first, then the Xinglan Dao Domain, out of the principle that if the lips are gone the teeth will be cold, would very likely have intervened to help.

At that point, if the three factions united, although they still wouldn't be Gu Changsheng's match, they could at least make him pay a significant price.

This was something Gu Changsheng could not accept.

Therefore, he chose the most direct and overbearing method.

Start by carving up the strongest Xinglan Dao Domain!

As long as he gnawed down the hardest bone that was the Xinglan Dao Domain, the remaining Douzhan Immortal Sect and Dingtian Immortal Sect would become fish on the chopping block, left to be slaughtered by him.

Having figured this out, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in the hearts of Chief Disciple He Zhiqiu and Lu Beixuan.

They knew that from the moment they stepped into this underground palace, they had already become pawns in Gu Changsheng's hands, no longer able to control their own destiny.

And as the originator of all this, Gu Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back the entire time, wearing that inscrutable smile, as if everything was under his control.

...

Boom!

Just then, a terrifying aura that could destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth suddenly erupted in the distance.

A divine tree, burning entirely with golden flames, rose from the ground and pierced straight into the clouds.

Profound Dao patterns flowed along the branches of the divine tree, and above the crown, there were ten thousand paths of divine radiance and a thousand strands of auspicious colors.

However, this seemingly auspicious scene contained endless murderous intent.

Those ten thousand paths of divine radiance intertwined in the air, constructing a vast and boundless space of slaughter, enveloping everyone from the Xinglan Dao Domain who had just broken into it.

Countless slaughter runes flashed in the space, echoing the branches of the divine tree from afar, triggering the Great Dao of slaughter between heaven and earth.

It transformed into endless attacks, pouring crazily toward those Dragon Gods.

The power of this Immortal Prohibition was several times stronger than those outside!

"Not good!"

The crowd watching from a distance felt a chill in their hearts upon seeing this scene.

They could all feel the terrifying power contained within that space of slaughter.

"This time, I'm afraid some Immortals from the Xinglan Dao Domain are going to fall," someone couldn't help but whisper.

As soon as the words fell.

A series of thunderous roars erupted from within the Immortal Prohibition.

Immediately following was a vast Dao sound, as if countless ancient gods and demons were shouting in unison.

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft!

Under the impact of that terrifying Dao sound, the group of Dragon Gods from the Xinglan Dao Domain all spat out blood, their faces turning deathly pale.

Even Nine Dragon Son Ao Guang, who had the purest Bloodline and the strongest strength, was no exception.

"Form the array! Quickly form the array!"

An Immortal Lord realm Dragon Lord roared.

Hearing this, the Dragon Gods endured their injuries, quickly changed formation, and formed a Dragon Clan battle array to jointly resist the terrifying Dao sound.

However, this was just the beginning.

Just the moment they had stabilized their footing.

That divine tree suddenly erupted with world-destroying Divine Might.

Countless golden divine rays, carrying the power to obliterate divinity, rose from the crown of the tree and swept toward the various Dragon Gods of the Xinglan Dao Domain like a tidal wave.

Feeling the terrifying power contained within those divine rays, all the Dragon Gods' expressions changed drastically.

"Quickly dodge!"

However, it was already too late.

A True Immortal Realm Dragon God, because he couldn't dodge in time, was struck by a divine ray.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream resounded through heaven and earth.

That Dragon God, named Ao Feng, saw his Physical Body in the instant he was struck by the divine ray.

It rapidly melted like ice and snow, turning into a pool of golden liquid.

His divinity also began to be obliterated bit by bit under the erosion of that divine ray.

"No!"

Ao Feng let out an angry, terrified roar. At the critical moment of life and death, he manifested his own tens of thousands of miles long Azure Dragon original form.

Attempting to rely on the Dragon Clan's formidable Physical Body to resist this terrifying offensive.

However, it was all in vain.

That golden divine ray, which obliterated everything, ignored Ao Feng's formidable dragon body and acted directly upon his Origin.

Boom!

A loud noise.

Ao Feng's huge dragon head exploded with a bang.

Golden dragon blood, like torrential rain, splattered across the sky.

His massive body fell powerlessly from the sky, shattering mountains below and smashing a bottomless giant pit into the earth.

Physical Body destroyed.

Divinity obliterated.

This True Immortal Realm Dragon God, who was enough to dominate a region in the outside world, had just fallen like this?

No, not yet!

Just the moment his Physical Body completely turned into nothingness.

An illusory dragon shadow suddenly darted out from the shattered skull, intending to escape into the Void Realm and undergo Reincarnation to cultivate again.

That was Ao Feng's Divine Soul!

As long as the Divine Soul was not extinguished, he still had a chance to start over.

However, would the creator of the Immortal Prohibition give him this chance?

Just the moment his Divine Soul was about to escape into the Void Realm.

A Divine Ability condensed from slaughter runes appeared out of thin air, arriving after but striking first, instantly hitting the illusory dragon shadow.

"No..."

Ao Feng's Divine Soul only had time to let out a despairing roar before being completely obliterated by that Divine Ability.

Turning into specks of light filling the sky, dissipating between heaven and earth.

Thus, this True Immortal Realm Dragon God was truly dead, his Dao dissipated, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

...

"Ao Feng!"

Seeing this scene, Nine Dragon Son Ao Guang's eyes instantly turned blood-red.

Ao Feng was his best friend who grew up with him from childhood, his most capable right-hand man.

He never would have thought that having just entered the Immortal Prohibition, the first to fall would actually be him!

An unprecedented pain and anger surged into Nine Dragon Son Ao Guang's heart.

But what he was more worried about was another matter.

Ao Feng's grandfather was an Immortal Emperor-level old dragon of the Xinglan Dao Domain with a fiery temper.

Furthermore, he was extremely protective of his own, and doted on this grandson of his to the extreme.

Now that Ao Feng had died here, would that old dragon count this debt against his own head?

Once he lost the support of that old dragon, his already unstable position as crown prince would likely become even more precarious.

"Gu Changsheng!"

Nine Dragon Son Ao Guang let out a roar of impotent rage in his heart.

He attributed all of this to Gu Changsheng.

If not for him, how could Ao Feng have died?

...

In the distance, the crowd from the Douzhan Immortal Sect and Dingtian Immortal Sect watching the battle also felt a chill in their hearts upon seeing this scene.

Although they had long known that Immortals were not truly undying and imperishable.