Chapter 2021: Immortal City Crisis

They still didn't know what was happening right now; everything was fine, but the sky suddenly tore open a huge gap.

And what is that giant hand gripping the space rift? Something inside the rift is about to come out.

Their minds were full of questions, and before they could react, they watched helplessly as the people around them exploded one after another into clouds of blood mist.

"What's wrong?"

Everyone was shocked, and someone quickly noticed the cause: that evil aura, which was crushing these people to death.

"Circulate your Línglì and resist with all your might."

"Be careful, everyone."

In an instant, the city descended into chaos, with shouts rising and falling.

No one dared to be careless anymore; they all mobilized their Línglì to the fullest, opposing the evil aura descending from the sky.

Yet even so, those with weak cultivation could not escape being worn away to death.

Even if they exerted all their strength, within just a few breaths the descending evil aura made it impossible for them to resist any further.

In the end, they only felt their qi and blood surging uncontrollably, and their souls were being torn apart madly.

Under unbearable pain, these people were ground to death, as if crushed by a millstone.

"Ah..............."

Shrieks echoed without cease; the once prosperous and lively Four Directions Immortal City, in just over ten breaths, seemed to have turned from heaven into hell.

The people in the city were each in peril for themselves, and no one knew how long they could endure.

Amid the crowd's terror and panic, another arm grabbed the edge of the space rift, and then, accompanied by a horrifying burst of laughter, a gigantic head like the moon in the sky slowly emerged.

"Haha, I said you couldn't trap me; today I break free, and this is the end of your Immortal Realm."

That enormous head was formless and traceless, yet it gave an unparalleled sense of oppression.

Many people stared blankly at that head in the sky, muttering.

"What is this............"

They had never seen such a creature; just one glance filled them with dread, let alone fighting it.

Many facing the Formless Heavenly Devil could not muster even a shred of fighting spirit; the gap was too vast.

The ground cracked, the fissures as if being relentlessly pulled, spreading wildly.

Though the Four Directions Immortal City had long activated its city‑protecting grand formation, under this power the formation was utterly useless.

In an instant it was torn to shreds like a sheet of paper.

"Go to the Ancestral Shrine."

Above the City Lord's Mansion, Lao Li Tou and his son stood shoulder to shoulder, grimly staring at the Formless Heavenly Devil that had already planted one foot on the ground.

The commotion just now, the shattered ground, were all its arms.

Without much hesitation, Lao Li Tou immediately made a decision.

Although I don't know what this is or why it appeared in the Four Directions Immortal City, now, to deal with it, we can only ask the ancestors to intervene.

Otherwise the Four Directions Immortal City will surely be finished.

But even if we go to the Ancestral Shrine for help, to be honest, Lao Li Tou holds little hope.

All we can say is that the Four Directions Immortal City has suffered this undeserved disaster for no known reason.

"Yes."

Hearing that, the son of Lao Li Tou, the current head of the Li family, respectfully nodded and agreed; with a flash he vanished from the spot, clearly rushing to the Ancestral Shrine.

Boom—another huge sound, and another massive foot came down hard on the ground.

The ground, already unable to bear the weight, collapsed completely this time.

The rift led who knows where; in any case, it was bottomless.

Many cultivators, suppressed by that evil force, found it hard enough to move, let alone fly, and immediately fell into the rift's depths.

Amid the screams, their silhouettes quickly vanished.

"Haha, today I will let this city celebrate my breaking the seal."

The Formless Heavenly Devil, like an ancient demon god, lowered its head to look down upon the Four Directions Immortal City below.

The originally massive Four Directions Immortal City, before the Formless Heavenly Devil, was like a mere toy.

The whole city put together is still not as big as a single foot of an ordinary household.

With that step, the Four Directions Immortal City is not simply wiped out.

However, just as the Formless Heavenly Devil laughed wildly, five middle‑aged men appeared before it.

The five knew they were no match for the Formless Heavenly Devil after its escape; the wisest choice would have been to flee, yet they chose to show themselves instead.

Seeing the five, the Formless Heavenly Devil also sneered.

"I thought you had run away."

"If you don't die, how could we possibly leave?"

Upon hearing that, the leading man gritted his teeth and replied; but upon hearing his answer, the Formless Heavenly Devil burst into thunderous laughter.

"Haha, you think you can kill me? Saying you're sending yourselves to death would be more fitting."

"Whether we can kill you or not, we must try; that is the meaning of our existence."

"To prevent you from setting even a single foot into the Immortal Realm."

The man shouted in a low voice, and immediately the five each revealed their magical artifacts.

Just as Ye Zhangqing had seen before, each artifact was wrapped in a layer of something never seen before, resembling a Talisman Seal.

With the artifacts in hand, the five's aura rose steadily—Immortal King Realm, Immortal Emperor Realm...

They quickly surpassed the Immortal King Realm and still did not stop.

Five streams of aura shot up to the heavens, indeed canceling some of the Formless Heavenly Devil's evil aura.

At least the people in the city below clearly felt that the pressure on their bodies had instantly eased considerably.

Their gazes fell on the five people in the sky; they did not know who they were, and the only thought in their minds was how powerful they were.

All five possessed cultivation surpassing the Immortal Emperor Realm; such cultivation, even in the Immortal Realm, is as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

They couldn't help feeling delighted; with such powerful beings, could it be that they were saved?

Like everyone else, Old Li Tou had been watching this place; seeing the three middle-aged men in the sky, a flash of astonishment crossed his eyes.

"How could it be them................."

He had thought he was mistaken; Old Li Tou was naturally familiar with the three middle-aged men—weren't they the ones who butchered pigs in Prison Immortal Town? There was also that hunter, and finally the one who farmed just like him.

These three had been there longer than his time in Prison Immortal Town, and not just a little longer; he never expected their concealment to be so profound.

Old Li Tou's true cultivation was the perfected Immortal Emperor Realm, making him a dominant power in the Immortal Realm.

Yet the five middle-aged men were each beings far surpassing the Immortal Emperor Realm; how could such monsters have remained hidden in Prison Immortal Town all this time?

With such cultivation, in the Immortal Realm they could basically walk sideways; yet the three of them actually went to hide in Prison Immortal Town?

One butchered pigs, one hunted, one farmed—what were they thinking?

Old Li Tou had forgotten that he himself had once been the same.

Nevertheless, regardless of what one says, the appearance of the five middle-aged men certainly boosted the morale of the many cultivators in the city, at least giving them a sense of safety.

Since there are such supreme experts willing to act, they should..............