96: Chapter 96: You know the rules.

August 25th: Rest

Indeed, it was time to rest.

When Lu Changning timidly brought over refreshments, Ling Hao had thought that perhaps today would be an "exception." Who knew that three Rebellious Disciples outside the door would ruin the mood. Just when he thought today was destined to be a complete "break," Yu Lingshuang came again.

That fiery kiss just now, filled with deep affection, made Ling Hao almost believe that today he would get away from resting. However—

In front of the five cloud whale ships, Ling Hao's face was as calm as water, his gaze like a knife, locking onto the two figures blocking the flight path. The malevolence in his eyes was almost palpable.

"Sect Master Ling, I trust you have been well."

Pang Qiandu spoke first, forcing a stiff smile onto his face, as if greeting an old friend, if not for the resentment and cold light flickering in the depths of his sunken eye sockets.

Fang Qiushi was much more direct, his gaze piercing straight at Yu Lingshuang beside Ling Hao:

"Hand over the secondary cauldron of the Fusang Xi Cauldron."

Ling Hao frowned slightly and turned his head to look at Yu Lingshuang:

"From the Golden Crow Holy Land?"

He examined the withered old man carefully again, and a sense of familiarity surged into his heart—wasn't this the same old bastard who had attempted to harm Chi Wanhe and the others back then?!

Yu Lingshuang's Aura turned icy, brimming with killing intent, and she nodded in confirmation: "Exactly. Three years ago, if they hadn't secretly used the erosion qi powder... back then, I alone would have been enough to slay these two scoundrels!"

With the resonance of the Void Tempering Dao marks, Ling Hao could perceive that both individuals indeed had residual Body Integration Stage Dao mark imprints in their bodies, but their Realm had now fallen to the Soul Transformation Stage. There was even a cold and filthy erosion qi.

Strange, how could they still maintain their sanity with such a concentration of erosion qi?

Pang Qiandu said with a mocking expression,

"Sect Master Yu, no, Deputy Sect Master Yu, you were indeed formidable back then, but now you are only at the Nascent Soul Stage. And we—are at the Soul Transformation Stage! What do you have to resist us?"

"I have my Sect Master to resist you."

?

Ling Hao turned his head to look at Yu Lingshuang beside him, stunned; he hadn't expected that even the usually cold and frosty Deputy Sect Master would make such a joke.

Yu Lingshuang also seemed to realize she had spoken out of turn and turned her head slightly away.

Ling Hao withdrew his gaze and looked at Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi in front of him,

"You want this cauldron?" With a playful curve on his lips, Ling Hao tossed the dark golden small cauldron in his hand casually, his movements frivolous and full of provocation,

"You know the rules; if you want it, come and take it yourselves."

"Hmph!"

Pang Qiandu sneered, his withered face full of mockery,

"Sect Master Ling, do you think this old man is still at the Nascent Soul Stage like last time?!"

Before the words faded, a terrifying pressure belonging to a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse spread wantonly. Fang Qiushi also released his own pressure without expression. His Aura was more refined and sharp, like an unsheathed peerless fierce sword!

Two massive Soul Transformation Stage pressures crushed fiercely toward the five massive cloud whale ships!

The Disciples on the ships with lower cultivation felt suffocated instantly, their faces turning pale, and a commotion erupted!

"Silence!" Chi Shuying, standing behind Ling Hao and Yu Lingshuang, gave a sharp shout,

"The Sect Master is here, why is there any need for panic!"

Sure enough, that terrifying pressure, enough to crush mountains, hit an invisible barrier the moment it touched the periphery of the cloud whale ships and dissipated into nothingness!

The Disciples on the ships felt the pressure lift instantly, and the relief of surviving a disaster and their fanatical worship of the Sect Master erupted instantly!

"Sect Master's Divine Might!!"

"Sect Master is invincible!!"

The mountain-shaking shouts echoed through the sky.

Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi's expressions changed simultaneously! They clearly felt that their pressure was like a clay ox entering the sea, unexpectedly dissolved by the other party with a casual wave!

"Soul Transformation Stage?"

Fang Qiushi only felt that the deafening cheers were noisy. He frowned, then relaxed again, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes,

"Ridiculous. There is a world of difference even within the Soul Transformation Stage!"

Although their Realm had fallen, how could their Body Integration Stage Dao comprehension, combat experience, and control over the power of heaven and earth be comparable to ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivators?

Among those of the same rank, they were confident they were invincible! What's more, the other side only had Ling Hao at the Soul Transformation Stage on the surface, while they were two Soul Transformation Cultivators with Body Integration foundations! It was two against one; the advantage was with them!

Fang Qiushi's eyes flashed with cold light, his fingertips came together, and he pointed into the air at Ling Hao!

"Divine Ability, Nether Ruin Sword Prison."

When a Cultivator reaches the Soul Transformation Stage, they begin to come into contact with Dao laws. They rarely use Spells anymore, but rather Divine Ability techniques that contain a trace of Dao law power.

"Whoosh—!"

A distorted and strange sword light shot out suddenly! Wherever the sword light passed, the light dimmed, aiming straight at Ling Hao's Primordial Spirit!

At the same time, Pang Qiandu's face turned ferocious, and he let out a sharp whistle: "Die!"

He flipped his withered palm, and a dark green bone banner engraved with a myriad of insect totems grew in the wind!

The banner surface vibrated, and countless ferocious poisonous insect phantoms shrieked and swarmed out, turning into a poisonous cloud that blocked out the sky and sun! A trace of refined purple-black Dao law power (corrosion) merged into it, and the toxicity of the poisonous cloud surged, emitting a foul stench that corroded space.

A strange sword light, a purple-black poisonous cloud, a full-force strike from two Soul Transformation powerhouses with Body Integration foundations, flanking left and right, instantly enveloped Ling Hao and Yu Lingshuang!

"Flashy, but useless."

Facing the fatal combined attack, Ling Hao just snapped his fingers!

A vast and boundless power descended instantly, and that sword light that distorted space disintegrated and annihilated inch by inch! That terrifying poisonous cloud that blocked the sky and sun dissipated in an instant, disappearing along with the foul stench!

The ferocious smiles on Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi's faces froze instantly, turning into boundless shock and fear.

"Void... Void Projection?!!"

Pang Qiandu's voice was sharp and distorted, and Fang Qiushi's face was bloodless.

"You... you are not at the Soul Transformation Stage! You are a Void-Piercing True Emperor!!!"

Void Refinement Stage! That was an existence they had to look up to even in their prime!

Ling Hao stood with his hands behind his back:

"Just you two pieces of trash? Does the Golden Crow Holy Land have no one else?"

How could Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi dare to answer! Only a frantic desire to survive remained in their eyes; they looked at each other instantly and, without hesitation, burned their blood essence to use their trump card escape techniques!

"Soul Burning Escape!"

"Void Shift Talisman!"

A foul-smelling blood mist exploded around Pang Qiandu, turning into a filthy blood light, its speed tearing through the air! Fang Qiushi crushed an ancient jade talisman, silver light flashed violently, and his figure instantly blurred, merging into the Void Realm!

"Tsk, you don't understand human language, huh..." Ling Hao's voice carried a chill.

He slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, aimed at the direction they were fleeing, and pressed down!

Space instantly solidified!

The blood light turned into by Pang Qiandu slammed into an invisible barrier and manifested with a miserable howl! The silver light around Fang Qiushi extinguished, and he was forcibly squeezed out of the Void Realm, his face full of extreme terror!

The two were frozen in mid-air, unable to move!

Yu Lingshuang shook her head slightly. Fleeing in front of a Void-Piercing True Emperor? A futile effort!

Ling Hao slowly closed his five fingers.

"Argh—!"

Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi instantly felt their bodies being squeezed by a terrifying giant force, their internal organs shifted, their bones creaked, and black blood seeped from their seven orifices!

"Golden Crow Holy Land, who else is coming afterwards?"

Ling Hao's voice was cold.

The two desperately made "ho ho" gasping sounds, their eyes bulging and bloodshot, frantically trying to shake their eyeballs to express denial.

Ling Hao looked at their twisted expressions and frantically trembling eyeballs:

"Really no one left?"

The two eyeballs were almost popping out of their sockets, swinging frantically at the limit speed, full of fear and pleading.

"Oh."

Ling Hao's tone was flat.

His five fingers clenched suddenly!

Poof!

Pang Qiandu and Fang Qiushi instantly turned into two small piles of fly ash, scattered by the airflow, leaving only two Storage Rings floating.

Yu Lingshuang looked at the dissipating fly ash and said quietly:

"Sect Master... were you doing that on purpose just now?"

"Hm?" Ling Hao turned his head.

"When the power of the Void Projection suppressed them, space was solidified, and the Dao laws were sealed."

"They could not speak, their Divine Thought was completely imprisoned, and they couldn't transmit any information at all. How could they answer you?"

"Uh..."

Ling Hao only then remembered that it was indeed the case.

"Haha..." He gave a dry laugh to hide his embarrassment.

"It's fine! No matter who the Golden Crow Holy Land sends, anyone who dares to offend my Moonshadow Sect and touch my people will only have a dead end!"

Within the Sect Domain, he was at the tenth level of Undergoing Tribulation! As long as a Mahayana Supreme does not come in person, whoever comes dies!

Moreover, Xiao He and the others are about to Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage. After promotion to a fourth-grade Sect, the Sect range will expand again.

Ling Hao's Aura converged, and he stepped in front of Yu Lingshuang.

"Alright, the obstacles are gone, let's go back and do the things we love to do together."

With a wave of his sleeve, the two returned to the core cabin.

"What is meant by 'things we love to do'?" Yu Lingshuang asked suspiciously.

Ling Hao stretched out his arm and pulled Yu Lingshuang directly into his embrace. He leaned down, his hot breath spraying onto her reddened earlobe, and said with a wicked smile,

"Shuang'er... my good Ling Shuang... do you really not know what I want to do? Hmm?"