Chapter 690: Slaying Two Qingluan, Pardoning Hongze

Even the lowest-realm beings could see with the naked eye as Shen Yi reached out, his palm firmly clamping Two Qingluan's jaw, with conspicuous green light spilling forth.

That was the sign of Two Qingluan's calamity force being broken.

"Ah?" Qi Feng was somewhat surprised; when had the Shenxu lineage gained the strength to subdue the Tianwu lineage?

This was not something a gap of two hundred calamities could achieve.

Obviously, he was not the only one surprised.

After a brief moment of daze, Two Qingluan's clean and handsome face suddenly flushed with blood; he gripped the Immortal Wu Spear again with both palms, awakened the spirit of the celestial bird, and fiercely thrust it forward!

Only the long cry of the phoenix rang out again; the distorted sky was pulled by the green light, as if a curtain were rolling and about to be torn down violently.

The power of this spear thrust was even greater than before!

Under such divine might, a dull sound slowly spread.

Boom!

Shen Yi's free right palm suddenly threw a punch, smashing hard against the spear shaft, causing the Immortal Wu Spear to halt in mid-air once more; as it trembled slightly, it emitted a sound like a mournful cry.

After more than ten breaths of stalemate.

The dense green light suddenly dispersed; under Two Qingluan's gaze, that long spear simply slipped from his palm and was blasted away.

He had just turned his head when the fist that followed immediately came into his line of sight.

The knuckles, taken completely by surprise, struck his face; vast tremendous force poured out, blasting him fiercely ten thousand li away!

Before Two Qingluan could stabilize his form, the roar of Hong Jing rang in his ears: "Be careful!"

He turned his head with experienced reflexes, then his pupils constricted tightly.

He saw that in the direction of his fall, a figure in a black robe walked calmly out of the void.

Shen Yi raised his eyes slightly, gazing calmly at himself.

And within the swaying sleeves, a hand slowly clenched, its Jin Guang flashing, resembling a blade that hastened death.

For some reason, Two Qingluan, who had fought battles his whole life, suddenly felt a deep chill rise from his bones when he saw that Jin Guang.

He smelled the scent of death.

Although Two Qingluan had become a general in the Heavenly Court very early and had not fought many cultivators from Shenxu Mountain, he still understood them.

That golden glow was far less dazzling than the Taixu Divine Sun, nor did it possess the power of annihilation of the Taixu Jin Lei; yet, with such an ordinary appearance, it inexplicably made one's heart tremble!

Until now, Two Qingluan still did not know what divine technique the other had deduced from the Taixu Dao methods.

Something was wrong; this Great Grade Taixu Dao Fruit was wrong!

"..."

Let alone the Immortal Wu Dao Fruit, even his master's Tianwu Immortal Venerable Dao Fruit emphasized taking root in heaven and earth, not excelling in speed.

Two Qingluan had not yet digested the vast force bearing down on him; how could he maneuver? The position where Shen Yi stepped out of the void precisely sealed off his only escape route.

It seemed the only choice now was to activate two thousand seven hundred calamity force, using the indestructible Immortal Wu body, to withstand the Jin Guang in the other's hand.

But at this moment, Two Qingluan's pupils twitched, and then ferocity surged across his entire face!

Being able to become a high-ranking Great Immortal General at such a young age, he rarely made mistakes; he relied on never gambling on uncertain things.

In the next instant, his right hand grasped emptily in the air.

The blasted spear re-wove itself in his palm in the form of Immortal Wu; amidst the overflowing green vitality of life, Two Qingluan's left hand quietly covered his robe.

Hidden beneath the robe, that Fourth Grade Leopard Seal suddenly erupted with blinding Immortal light!

The Great Seals bestowed by the Immortal Court usually represented the limit of the same grade.

Although the Fourth Grade realm was a cultivator's own understanding of the Dao Fruit, each had its merits, and one could not simply judge high or low by calamity force.

But a full three thousand calamities were enough for Immortals to suppress those of the same realm!

"Hiss."

The moment his five fingers touched the Great Seal, warmth surged from his palm throughout his body; Two Qingluan's gaze turned calm once more, as if he had become that invincible Immortal General again.

This Leopard Seal did not fall from the sky for no reason.

It was earned by Two Qingluan, killing enemies spear by spear; why not use it? On what grounds could he not use it?!

Such self-entangling foolishness was never the act of a wise person.

With the aid of Immortal power, Two Qingluan suddenly turned back; the Immortal Wu Great Spear swept across the long sky, carrying his entire calamity force, like a green dragon leaping from the sea.

"Follow this general and exterminate this beast!"

The Immortal Seal represented not only immense Immortal power but also the command authority over the heavenly soldiers and generals under him.

The Immortal Array that the myriad soldiers and generals had previously used to seal Hongze, under this harsh shout, moved without their control, following that long spear and charging together at the figure in the black robe in the sky.

"Wretched beast!"

The beings of Hongze saw this scene, completely forgetting the majesty of the Immortal Court, and could not help but curse aloud.

Even if they could not understand the changes in the Immortal Seal, could they not see the Immortal power surging from those heavenly soldiers and generals?

At this moment, heaven and earth were a prison, already trapping Shen Zongzhu within.

The situation suddenly reversed.

Shen Yi's face showed no great turmoil; he had not believed Two Qingluan's words from start to finish.

Therefore, he had been somewhat harsh in his words earlier.

Actually... not only did the myriad beings of Hongze hold expectations for the Immortal Court.

Shen Yi did as well.

He was simply not used to entrusting his life to others' hands; that did not mean he truly believed his journey of subduing demons and slaying monsters along the way was something that could be slandered at will.

It was true that Shen Yi wanted to live, but while living, he also tried his best to protect those innocent lives.

This journey and these actions should not be treated as demonic; there was no reason for it!

But Two Qingluan's earlier words had shattered that faint hope Shen Yi held for the Immortal Court.

So when Shen Yi struck, he had always factored that Immortal Seal into his calculations; the only thing that exceeded his expectations was the Immortal Array formed by heavenly soldiers and generals.

After all, this was his first time acting as a "demon" under the Immortal Court's very nose; he had never imagined that these heavenly soldiers and generals of low cultivation, once assembled, could unleash such terrifying power, even rivaling that Immortal Seal!

"All of you, cease!"

Qi Feng, the Divine General, his face changing drastically, suddenly swung his arm; before that surging divine power, the boundless heavenly soldiers and generals were, like wild grass under a strong wind, instantly twisted and flung away.

Yet that strike had already been launched.

In a rage, he thrust his palm out; the five fingers of his Primordial Demon-God body pierced the void in an instant, reaching straight for Shen Yi, wanting to first drag him out of this heaven-and-earth prison.

"Two Qingluan, you are forcing this Lord to build a Demon-Suppressing Tower solely for you!"

Considering the Heavenly Laws and Two Qingluan's battle merits, Qi Feng, the Star Constellation, had already tolerated him repeatedly, but now, his voice was finally cold and grim, with not a shred of softness remaining.

Since it is a personal grudge, how dare you use the Immortal Seal? How dare you mobilize the heavenly army!

However, what Qi Feng did not expect was that his palm strike caught nothing but air.

Amidst the swaying black robe, Shen Yi's slender figure simply vanished lightly from the spot.

The Great Void Dao Fruit took effect once more.

Qi Feng's face showed no joy; instead, he sighed in frustration, as if disappointed by iron that would not become steel: "Sigh!"

Indeed, Two Qingluan was not moved in the slightest; his gaze was cold and sharp, a killing intent clinging to his lips, and that Immortal Wu Great Spear still thrust toward the empty space.

At the same time, thick Immortal Power instantly sealed off the surrounding heaven and earth.

Forcing the distorted void to be stretched flat!

Fleeing into the Great Void? You shall not!

Just as the Immortal Wu Great Spear was about to arrive, the Immortal Power finally completely separated the Great Void from the heaven and earth.

In an instant, a shadow was forced to fall out from the Great Void.

However, what entered Two Qingluan's eyes was not the previous tall figure, but a round Jin Dan.

"Is this your Dao?"

Two Qingluan sneered, his face contorted; no matter how you transform, once you reveal your true form, the only outcome remains being a corpse beneath the spear.

The spear light, carrying calamity force and Immortal Qi, stabbed fiercely into that Jin Dan.

Immediately following, the power of the heavenly soldiers and generals' Immortal Array arrived in close succession.

The three gathered together!

Crack.

Cracks silently appeared on the Jin Dan.

Feeling the rich fragrance that rippled out, Two Qingluan's eyes turned blood-red, completely falling into madness; from the moment he summoned the Immortal Seal, he had no retreat left.

"Ahhh!!!"

He roared, withdrew his right hand gripping the spear, then swung his long arm in a circle, slamming his palm heavily onto the spear's tail!

The entire Immortal Wu Great Spear began to shatter from the top, Immortal Wood flying everywhere, determined to shatter this Jin Dan in one strike.

Until the spear completely crumbled, that Jin Dan also cracked like an egg breaking its shell.

Two Qingluan erupted in another roar, his fists like drumsticks, striking down fiercely!

As the Immortal Wu, stepping on the earth, its body could shoot straight to the clouds, splitting the vast blue sky.

"Die for this General!"

Just then, the cracked Jin Dan was extremely silent, as if nurturing something.

Just as Two Qingluan's knuckles were about to descend, threads of Jin Guang shot out from within, swelling violently against the wind, transforming into two sturdy arms that blocked out the sky and sun!

The golden light extended, manifesting into palms and five fingers.

As if an unparalleled treasure was about to break out of its shell!

Under Two Qingluan's wide-eyed gaze, those arms pressed down on heaven and earth as if supporting the abyss cliffs; a towering, broad upper body emerged from the Dan, raising its head!

"Roar!"

Amidst the dragon's roar and tiger's cry, a half-figured, towering golden silhouette suddenly appeared before Two Qingluan, high above, its head touching the blue sky; its whole body was dyed with Jin Guang that illuminated the four floods; the other's expression was indifferent, looking down as if gazing at ants.

The Dan emerges, startling ghosts and gods, shaking heaven and earth.

Two Qingluan's fists, which had struck down with all his might, froze in mid-air, then his arms instinctively crossed, blocking in front of him.

For those sky-blocking Jin Guang arms had already raised high, then, carrying deafening thunderous roars, rolled up a ten-thousand-zhang Jinhe, smashing straight down!

Boom!

A mountain crushing ants.

With one fist, Two Qingluan's arm bones cracked; with another, his eyes bulged, and he spat out blood-red fluid.

His strike, with no retreat left, could not cause the slightest ripple in Shen Yi's heart.

Because from the very beginning.

Shen Yi had never had such a thing as a retreat.

Your desperate struggle is merely Shen Mou's daily routine.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Amidst the continuous crashing sounds, all living beings present seemed to see a towering Immortal Wu, shaken apart by fist after fist, with phoenixes and luan birds startled into flight, and a hundred birds fleeing!

That was the sign of the calamity force being forcibly blasted apart.

"Crunch... crunch..."

Two Qingluan's eyes widened; he swallowed in his throat, staring straight up, his body completely shattered.

Until a faint, muffled sound came from within his body.

The Immortal Wu Divine Luan Dao Fruit cracked, slowly overflowing from his body.

He stared blankly at the sky filled with green light; a deep fear and despair finally surged in his pupils, gradually losing all luster.

Pfft!

The final punch landed, causing Two Qingluan's frail body to explode cleanly and decisively, turning into a pool of blood; even this sole proof of his existence was instantly swallowed by the golden river flowing from that massive fist.

The towering half-body fiend silently looked down from above; it closed its eyes, and amidst its thunderous breathing, its colossal form gradually dissipated into golden light.

What remained in the original spot was not the Jin Dan from a moment ago.

Instead, a handsome young man stood quietly, his thin lips pressed tightly with a hint of coldness, while those clear black eyes calmly swept across the surroundings.

Shen Yi said not a word, and thus the entire world fell into Tianyan Siji.

After a long while, the sound of inhalation rose like a tide, and the immortals and celestial soldiers scattered across the sky and earth only now came to their senses.

Their Immortal General Two Qingluan was dead!

Compared to that half-body fiendish god from moments ago, the young man before them was so insignificant, yet the oppressive pressure radiating from his entire body grew even more intense.

"Using the Great Void Dao methods to deduce the Dao of Alchemy and nurture ghosts and gods?"

"What kind of path is this..."

Qi Feng had watched Two Qingluan get smashed to death with his own eyes; after all, the one from Shenxu Mountain had not broken any rules, so if he won, it would still be purely an internal feud among immortal sects, having nothing to do with him.

He had simply never seen such a bizarre fourth-rank Dao Fruit.

Thinking of this, Qi Feng instinctively looked at the surrounding celestial soldiers and generals; with so many eyes, this direct disciple of Shenxu Mountain would soon become famous throughout Shenzhou.

And this reputation was climbed upon the bones of Mount Tianwu's Two Qingluan, with a gold content that was simply too high.

"It's over..."

The entire head of the Eastern Dragon King trembled.

Even as the most knowledgeable figure in Hongze, he had never imagined that in his lifetime he would actually witness the fall of a fourth-rank Immortal General.

And the one who struck the blow, just a few years ago, had been lying under a locust tree, addressing him as an elder.

Both had their own thoughts on how to change the sky for Hongze, but that so-called sky, before this young man, probably didn't even have the qualification to come forward and flatter him.

The sharp sword hanging over the heads of countless Hongze beings was smashed into pieces by Shen Zongzhu in the most brutal way, with three punches and two kicks.

"Shen... Junior Uncle."

Ye Lan hurriedly approached, while casting a wary glance around at the surroundings.

Only she knew that the towering Golden Body from moments ago was not deduced from the Great Void Dao methods at all, but was the solid Puti Sect Great Rank Luo Han Golden Body.

It is true that Mount Tianwu is hard to destroy in ten thousand calamities, but Two Qingluan had not cultivated to that level yet; he was merely a fourth-rank Immortal Wutong Dao Fruit.

The so-called unyielding resilience was compared to the Dao Fruits of Qi Refiners, not meant for him to clash head-on with the Arhats of the Puti Sect who crossed the world with their physical bodies.

What shocked Ye Lan the most was that she had just accepted the fact that Shen Yi's Walker Dao had broken through to the fourth rank, and before she could fully digest it, she discovered that his Great Void Dao Fruit had also ascended to the fourth rank, and in terms of calamities alone, it did not lose to the other Puti Sect Fruit position.

What kind of freak is this?

It cannot be explained even by the favor of the Heavenly Dao; perhaps the Heavenly Dao itself would have to descend in person to achieve such an effect.

"It's fine."

Shen Yi shook his head lightly.

The reason he stood in the air was not because he suffered heavily.

Even counting the Immortal Seal, Two Qingluan's cultivation was inferior to his own, and the Immortal Array formed by the celestial soldiers and generals, which posed the greatest threat to him, was scattered by that Star Constellation Divine General with a single strike.

The reason Shen Yi did not move and instead pretended to observe the surroundings casually lay in his arms.

Pressing his lips tight had nothing to do with coldness; it was simply that he felt somewhat guilty.

That fourth-rank Immortal Seal, which should have dissipated and returned to heaven and earth with Two Qingluan's fall, was now maintaining its complete shape.

However, inside the great seal, beside the leopard spirit that had fallen into slumber, several "thief" figures had appeared.

The Azure Dragon and Haoyue Shuanghu, the Black Tortoise and Two Qingluan, each stealthily coiled around its four limbs, while that Huolin carefully climbed onto its head.

"..."

Stealing immortal power was indeed not the first time Shen Yi had done it, but he had never done it in front of a third-rank True God.

Don't cause trouble!

(End of this chapter)