Chapter 254

"I cannot let her succeed. If she succeeds, this trip of mine will have been for nothing," Su Chen thought to himself.

Since it concerned the foundation of his cultivation, Su Chen would not go soft.

He did not hesitate in the slightest; the magic power of his Hunyuan Jin Dan instantly circulated throughout his body, while his physical body utilized the techniques of the Thirty-Six Axes of Heavenly Gang to resist the heavy pressure of the Tianhe and the erosion of the Weak Water.

At the same time, a wisp of gray airflow quietly condensed at his fingertip; it was the Dao of Ending inherited from Luo Hou.

Like a ghost, he appeared instantly behind the woman.

The woman sensed the disturbance behind her and turned around abruptly.

A trace of shock flashed through her eyes, but she had no time to put up any resistance.

Su Chen pointed his finger, and that wisp of gray airflow, like a maggot on a rotting bone, silently coiled around the jade ruyi in the woman's hand.

"You!" The woman finally let out a cry of alarm; she felt that irresistible power of ending, a terrifying Dao rhyme capable of returning all things to nothingness.

She tried to withdraw the jade ruyi, only to find it was already too late.

"Crack!"

The jade ruyi let out a crisp sound; it did not shatter, but rather, as if subjected to some extreme corrosion, it rapidly decomposed, disintegrated, and turned into nothingness within the gray airflow.

Even the restrictions and spiritual light inscribed on the jade ruyi vanished completely, as if they had never existed.

The woman's face turned deathly pale instantly. She could not care about the pain of her treasure being destroyed and retreated rapidly, simultaneously casting several talismans that transformed into a light screen to protect her body.

"Want to leave?" Su Chen's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable coldness.

He did not withdraw his finger; his other hand was already balled into a fist, which he struck out violently.

With physical strength and magic power perfectly combined, under that one punch, the water roared and space distorted.

Those light screens, before Su Chen's fist, were like paper, shattering instantly.

The force of the punch did not diminish, striking the woman directly in the chest.

"Puff!"

The woman spat out a mouthful of blood, her body flying backward and crashing against the rock wall of the water abyss.

Her protective immortal light dissipated instantly, her internal organs were nearly shattered, and her physical body suffered heavy damage.

She struggled to stand, her eyes filled with unbelievable fear.

She was a cultivator at the Tai Yi Jin Xian realm, and she had the immortal robes bestowed by Wang Mu to protect her against the Tianhe water; how could she not even take a single move from the opponent?

What kind of background could this person possibly have?

Su Chen did not give her any chance to catch her breath.

He pressed forward again, the gray airflow at his fingertip condensing once more, and slammed it onto the woman's forehead.

"No!" The woman let out a shrill scream, her Primordial Spirit trembling violently.

The Dao of Ending existed to end all things in the world.

As the Dao rhyme of ending from Su Chen was driven into the female immortal's body, her physical body began to disintegrate inch by inch from the top of her head, turning into the most primitive particles and dissipating in the water. Her Primordial Spirit, under the erosion of the Dao rhyme of ending, also vanished completely like smoke in the wind.

In the blink of an eye, a Tai Yi Jin Xian was destroyed in both form and spirit, leaving not even a trace behind.

Su Chen withdrew his finger, expressionless, but since it concerned his own Dao foundation, he could not show mercy.

He quickly scanned his surroundings, and with a thought, the magic power of his Hunyuan Jin Dan surged out, completely shrouding this stretch of water.

The magic power left behind by the female immortal in the entire water area, along with the broken immortal robes, were forcibly refined by his powerful magic power and completely integrated into the Tianhe water.

The Dao of Ending naturally had the function of destroying corpses and erasing traces, and with Su Chen's deliberate effort, this water area quickly returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

"Not a single drop leaked," Su Chen whispered to himself.

Su Chen knew that if Wang Mu discovered he had killed her person and taken the treasure she valued, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After confirming that all traces had been cleared away, Su Chen's gaze fell once again on the center of the water abyss, beneath that massive water column.

With the woman's death, the spell she had been casting was interrupted.

But it seemed the treasure within the water eye had already been drawn out by her.

Deep within the water eye, a crystal-clear light grew increasingly intense.

It was shaped like a pebble, its entire body emitting a silvery-white halo, with countless tiny stars seemingly flickering inside, or perhaps it was solidified Weak Water, pure and flawless. A supreme aura of the Water Element origin permeated the area, causing even Su Chen's Hunyuan Jin Dan to tremble.

"The Flawless Heavenly Crystal!"

Su Chen approached cautiously, reached out his hand, and prepared to collect this hard-won supreme treasure of the innate Water Element.

The moment Su Chen's fingertip touched the Flawless Heavenly Crystal, a supreme coldness and the power of the pure Water Element origin surged into his body instantly.

He felt his soul become clear, as if he were in the middle of a vast and boundless sea of stars, and he also felt a clear spring washing over his physical body and Primordial Spirit, making him feel incredibly refreshed.

This Flawless Heavenly Crystal was truly extraordinary!

It not only contained the powerful laws of the Water Element origin but could also refine the Primordial Spirit and physical body, with infinite wonderful uses.

He sealed the Flawless Heavenly Crystal with a restriction to ensure its aura would not leak, then stored it in his storage treasure.

Deep in the Tianhe, beneath the water abyss.

Su Chen confirmed once more that no traces were left in this water area. With a thought, his figure turned into a water shadow, following the water vein map pointed out by Marshal Tianpeng, and quickly swam upstream; this was no place to linger.

At the same time, in the Yaochi Immortal Realm.

There were magnificent palaces, golden and brilliant, with ethereal immortal music and thousands of auspicious rays.

Wang Mu sat on her throne, her phoenix eyes slightly closed, as if resting her mind.

Suddenly, her body trembled, and she opened her eyes abruptly, golden light like lightning shooting out from them.

"Who is it!"

She had a premonition; the Primordial Spirit imprint she had left inside a rare treasure had dissipated.

That was the rare treasure she had bestowed upon her trusted aide to help her collect the Flawless Heavenly Crystal; the dissipation of the Primordial Spirit imprint meant that the rare treasure had been destroyed.

The destruction of the rare treasure also meant that the person holding it had certainly met with an accident.

Wang Mu stood up abruptly, her phoenix crown swaying, and the golden dangling hairpin emitted a crisp clinking sound.

Her face was like frost, her body surrounded by immortal light, and her killing intent was chilling.

"How bold! To dare to touch my people from Yaochi within the Tianhe!"

She was furious; it was not just the heartache of losing a Tai Yi Jin Xian subordinate, but that the female immortal was responsible for guarding the Flawless Heavenly Crystal in the Tianhe, and this item was equally vital to her.

Now that the person was gone, the treasure was surely lost as well.

Just as Wang Mu was about to step out of the Yaochi palace gate, a cold and majestic aura descended from the distant Taiyin Star.

"Why is Wang Mu so angry? In such a hurry, has there been a change in the Heavenly Court?"

At the same time, a cold voice rang in Wang Mu's ears.

Wang Mu's figure paused, and she saw the cold and beautiful figure of Chang Xi appearing before her.

She was dressed in moon-white palace attire, her posture composed, as if she were merely taking a leisurely stroll and happened to be passing by.

"Taiyin Wuqu Xingjun?" Wang Mu suppressed the anger in her heart, her phoenix eyes narrowing slightly. "Why is Wuqu Xingjun not presiding over Taiyin at this moment, but instead running to my Yaochi?"

"I was passing by and saw Wang Mu in a great rage, so I came to investigate," Chang Xi said in a calm voice, her gaze landing on Wang Mu with a trace of inquiry. "I wonder what could make Wang Mu lose her composure like this?"

"Hmph!" Wang Mu let out a cold snort and stood with her sleeves flicked. "My affairs do not require the Wuqu Xingjun's questioning!"

She was annoyed, realizing that Taiyin Wuqu Xingjun's arrival was by no means a coincidence.

But Taiyin Wuqu Xingjun was an innate deity just like herself, with unfathomable cultivation, and standing before her now, she was clearly prepared.