Chapter 1841

The frail young man beside him saw this, his face suddenly changing as he raised his hand, a crystal-clear long blade appearing in his grip, and he fiercely slashed at the golden-furred palm.

With a crisp "Dang!" sound!

As soon as the long blade struck the fist, it burst forth with a blinding golden light.

Not only did the long blade artifact instantly shatter upon explosion, but the young man also shuddered, retreating several steps, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood as his whole body went limp and collapsed to the ground, utterly unable to rise even slightly.

"This place has already been sealed by me; even if you shout till your throat breaks, it's useless. You lot really have guts, knowing full well that this little Daoist has someone behind him, yet you still dare to— you truly think this is the Long family estate, so I wouldn't dare come here to seize people?" The voice of the man who had suddenly appeared echoed again in the room, icy and bone-chilling.

Following that, spatial fluctuations trembled slightly, and a golden-yellow figure gradually emerged within the room.

It was actually a golden-furred demon ape about three to four zhang tall, clad in a suit of silver-white battle armor.

This demon ape had emerald-blue eyes, exposed fangs, and a violent, tyrannical aura surging skyward, with faint black killing intent swirling unpredictably around its entire body.

How extraordinarily ferocious!

"A demon cultivator! How could that be possible!" The black-browed elder exclaimed involuntarily upon seeing the giant ape.

The old woman's eyes rolled straight up, her pupils flashing with a hint of shock.

"Hehe, what's impossible about it? Since you're so bold as to court death yourselves, don't blame this seat for being ruthless!" The golden-furred giant ape's eyes flashed with murderous light, it let out a sound like a low growl, and then, as it seized the woman's golden-furred palm, its five fingers suddenly blazed with golden light, as if it were about to crush the old woman to death in one grip.

"Senior, don't!"

"Stop!"

The black-browed elder and the frail young man who had just regained his senses shouted almost simultaneously.

But both of them were utterly weak and sore, their internal magic power in chaotic disarray, leaving them utterly unable to step forward and intervene.

As the old woman's face turned ashen and her eyes filled with the look of death, a faint voice suddenly came from outside the room:

"I see you Daoist friends aren't lacking in courage either! Actually daring to sneak in alone into this old ancestor's domain, and still dare to use vicious methods next time."

As the words fell, a thunderclap from a clear sky came from the roof, followed by a purple hand about a zhang in size, rolling with countless runes, breaking through a layer of restriction and appearing above the golden-furred giant ape's head, then mercilessly grabbing downward.

"Long Laoguai!"

The golden-furred giant ape's ferocious face suddenly changed; after letting out a low roar, it seemed to no longer care about the old woman in its hand, tossing her aside as its golden-furred palm swelled to several times its size, meeting the purple giant hand head-on without yielding, while simultaneously another paw reached out to grasp the motionless artifact spirit in midair.

With a thunderous "Boom!" that shook heaven and earth!

A massive ball of golden-purple light erupted instantly within the room, immense spiritual pressure lifting the surrounding walls and even the roof all at once.

Amid the blinding spiritual light, a low hum rang out instantly.

Then, a golden shadow shot forth like a crossbow bolt from the light ball, flashing past and arriving over a hundred zhang away in an instant.

"Still trying to run?"

The owner of the purple giant hand let out an icy, low shout.

Then, a purple light shot out like a long rainbow from the top of a distant golden pagoda, pursuing the golden shadow.

Its escape speed was so fast it seemed to surpass the golden shadow by a fraction.

Such a tremendous commotion naturally woke everyone in the castle instantly; countless escape lights rose from various buildings, as if wanting to see what had happened.

But in that brief moment of hesitation, the golden shadow and the purple startling rainbow fled one after another out of the city walls, plunging headfirst into the surrounding white mist.

And when the numerous Long family cultivators hurriedly caught up to the edge of the mist, from the vast white mist sea came a continuous series of explosive sounds.

Then came roars and angry shouts filling the air, two waves of astonishing spiritual pressure surging skyward from the depths of the mist sea, actually distorting and warping the position of the illusory sky, accompanied by a faint thunderous humming sound,

The owners of these two spiritual pressures seemed to be locked in a stalemate for now.

Seeing this, the nearby Long family cultivators exchanged glances and all couldn't help but reveal looks of alarm.

At this moment, they naturally all knew that the one in the mist sea was their Long family ancestor. And the other, who could match him without yielding, must be another late-stage Harmonious Body cultivator of the Sage rank.

If that's the case, then these Void Refinement and Soul Transformation cultivators of ours charging into the battlefield ahead would simply be seeking death.

The leader of these Long family cultivators was precisely the Long family patriarch, that stern-faced middle-aged man in purple robes.

He wore an expression of startled anger as he gazed at the mist sea, but sensing the overwhelming spiritual pressure within, he too began to hesitate.

"Hehe, Long family patriarch, would you like my concubine to intervene and temporarily separate these two Daoist friends?" A pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind the Long family patriarch.

Hearing this, the purple-robed middle-aged man's heart jolted, and he hastily turned his head to look.

There stood a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl in yellow robes, graceful and poised, appearing behind him, her smiling gaze fixed upon him.

If Han Li were here, he would instantly recognize this girl as the renowned Thousand Autumn Holy Maiden of the Artifact Spirit Clan.

"Oh, it's the Thousand Autumn Senior! If Senior is willing to lend a hand and capture these intruders, that would naturally be best." The purple-robed burly man felt some suspicion in his heart, but his words came out as if overjoyed, hastily saying so.

"Capture them? That's impossible. Even if I added myself, I still couldn't accomplish this. Moreover, although I'm on good terms with the Long family, I can't just offend another great power from your two clans for no reason. What I can do is merely let them temporarily separate." The Thousand Autumn Holy Maiden shook her head, smiling gently as she spoke.

"Separate……, that would work. My father recently lost some vital energy due to an incident, and now it's truly difficult for him to hard-engage a strong enemy." The Long family patriarch's face alternated between overcast and clear for a moment, then he suddenly stomped his foot and agreed.

"Good, since the Long family patriarch agrees, then I…… eh, looks like I don't need to act after all." The Thousand Autumn Holy Maiden first smiled faintly, but the next moment, her gaze toward the mist sea froze.

"What, Senior, what do you mean by that……" The purple-robed middle-aged man naturally started, but before he could finish asking, he suddenly felt the ground near the castle violently shake, followed by a heaven-splitting, earth-shattering roar from the mist sea, then a strange, piercing cry came through.

A wave of golden-purple aura surged violently from the mist, sweeping all the fog away and directly rolling toward the Long family cultivators like a furious torrent.

Upon seeing how terrifying this aura wave looked, the Long family cultivators instantly fell into chaos; those with lower cultivation fled backward in disarray, retreating behind the city walls.

While those high-level existences around the Void Refinement stage released their protective treasures, transforming into pieces of rosy light blocking their fronts, and slightly stepped back a few paces to make way.

Only the Thousand Autumn Holy Maiden, allowing the heaven-rushing aura to sweep past her front, stood motionless in place, though her smile had vanished completely, replaced by an unusually solemn expression.

At this moment, the white mist in the distance, after being swept by the aura wave, had already vanished entirely.

The next instant, everyone suddenly saw clearly the two figures floating in the distant air, their statures vastly disproportionate.

One was a golden-furred giant ape over thirty zhang tall, resembling a small mountain, clutching a human cultivator in Daoist attire in one hand and clenching a fist in the other, held horizontally before it, a picture of demonic fury.

Opposite this ordinary-looking figure was the golden-faced middle-aged cultivator who had last appeared at the auction gathering.

At this moment, he had grown a pair of golden horns on his head, golden scales appeared on his cheeks, his pupils likewise turned golden and radiant, and he was likewise bare-fisted.

And on the ground beneath them, everywhere were pits and depressions of various sizes, a picture of utter disarray.

"Hehe, indeed worthy of a late-stage perfected existence, indeed worthy of the name of the first-generation true spirit noble clan. Actually able to contend with me directly using fleshly body. However, Long Laoguai, your methods I've already tested one or two— you cannot retain me."

"Who are you? As far as I know, among the demon race, only the Yellow-Browed Elder has achieved Harmonious Body as an ape-type demon cultivator; there should be no second." The Long family ancestor stared at the golden-furred giant ape, his face showing no expression at all as he asked.

"Heh heh, who am I, fellow Daoist? Take your time guessing. This time, since Qiong Laoguai of Long has come out personally, I'll let those few people go. But if there's a next time, don't blame me for being truly ruthless then." The giant ape's face turned fierce as it snarled.

Immediately afterward, a layer of strange, silvery flames appeared on its body, and then it shrank and slammed into the nearby void.

Seeing this, the Long family ancestor's expression remained unchanged, but his pupils involuntarily contracted, yet he did not move to stop it.

With a "puchi" sound, that patch of void was melted open by the silver flames on the giant ape's body, revealing a dark, murky hole.

The giant ape flashed and vanished into the black hole without a trace.

The Long family ancestor stood motionless in the distance, merely watching the rapidly shrinking black void, his eyes flickering incessantly, as if pondering something.

"Father, are you all right?" At this, the purple-robed middle-aged man hurried over with several clan elders and respectfully asked.

"Hmph, what could happen to me? Do you even think I'd suffer a loss?" The Long family ancestor glanced coldly at the purple-robed middle-aged man and said icily.

"I didn't mean that at all. I merely saw you, Father, having already activated your half-dragon form, and felt a little worried." The purple-robed middle-aged man had no intention of arguing, instead responding with unusually respectful hands clasped.

Upon hearing this, the Long family ancestor's eyes flashed with sharp light, and he suddenly asked coldly:

"You also heard what that demonic cultivator said as he left. As the head of the Long family, you should know something about it."

"This concerns Lady Li. I originally intended to report it to you, Father, my lord, but I never expected the opponent to pursue so swiftly, and moreover to be such a formidable demonic cultivator—it truly exceeded my expectations." The purple-robed middle-aged man made no attempt to evade, giving a wry smile and speaking honestly.

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