Chapter 19: Shaoyan Chou Appears

Zhou Yu stood there, the life origin of the Profound Mechanism True Immortal after his death completely absorbed by him.

He erupted with power, and the flood dragon that had previously pulled the celestial carriage for the Profound Mechanism True Immortal was also completely annihilated.

"Shaoyan Clan, how many True Immortals dare come to Anchan Prefecture?" Zhou Yu's heart was very calm.

On the other side, the Shaoyan Clan was indeed in an uproar.

Shaoyan Nong's death, the Shaoyan Clan basically had no reaction, after all he was merely a candidate for the Feather God Duke; even if the current Feather God Duke had truly died, it would not matter much to the Shaoyan Clan.

But the Profound Mechanism True Immortal was different.

True Immortal!

It is an absolute foundation of a clan!

Any clan member is just one batch after another, but the True Immortal lives forever and can forever protect the clan.

After accumulating endless ages, the Shaoyan Clan gave birth to only a few True Immortals.

Now that the Profound Mechanism True Immortal has died, that means the foundation of the Shaoyan Clan has been shaken.

At this moment, the Shaoyan Clan chief and some scattered immortals felt as if the sky had collapsed.

The consequences of this matter are unbearable for anyone; they immediately exerted all effort and began contacting the other True Immortals of the Shaoyan Clan.

Soon, the Withered Wood True Immortal, Golden Bell True Immortal, Obsessive Heart True Immortal, Mirror Fish True Immortal, Fire Salmon True Immortal, and others all returned to the clan.

"You say, before his death, Profound Mechanism left no trace at all?" The Withered Wood True Immortal and others coldly stared at the current Feather God Duke of the Shaoyan Clan, Shaoyan Fushan.

"Esteemed elders, it's true; the fate tablet of the Profound Mechanism Elder suddenly shattered, with no omen." Shaoyan Fushan hurriedly said.

"Where did Profound Mechanism go last?" The Obsessive Heart True Immortal also asked at this time.

"To Anchan Prefecture."

"What did he suddenly run to Anchan Prefecture to do?"

"Recently, the clan arranged the trial content for the next Feather God Duke, Shaoyan Nong; this Shaoyan Nong was the most beloved junior of the Profound Mechanism Elder."

As Shaoyan Fushan began to explain.

The True Immortals exchanged glances, and also faintly understood in their hearts.

The Profound Mechanism True Immortal was clearly schemed against; the other party knew his relationship with Shaoyan Nong, deliberately killed Shaoyan Nong to lure him out, then took the opportunity to ambush and kill him.

As for the remnant of the Yuchi Clan, "Ji Ning," mentioned by Shaoyan Fushan during this process, the True Immortals instead did not take it to heart.

"You go out first."

The Obsessive Heart True Immortal waved his hand, letting Shaoyan Fushan leave.

"Being ambushed, that's nothing much; in our Shaoyan Clan's history it has happened several times, but each time we swiftly reinforced and arrived, turning danger into safety." said the Golden Bell True Immortal:

"But to let Profound Mechanism fall before he could even send back a message, at least he was an existence at the pinnacle of True Immortals; ambushing him when unprepared, or a Heavenly God True Immortal taking action."

"Did a Heavenly God True Immortal specially set up this trap just to kill Profound Mechanism?" The Withered Wood True Immortal shook his head: "Even that one from the Zhuanshui Clan wouldn't go that far, would he?"

Heavenly God True Immortals care about face; setting up a scheme just to kill a True Immortal with little background would, once spread, literally make people laugh to death.

Even the Zhuanshui Heavenly God, who bears extreme hatred for the Shaoyan Clan, has never done such a thing.

"Cannot be careless." said the Obsessive Heart True Immortal: "We should still report to the ancestors; the death of Profound Mechanism cannot possibly be kept hidden like this."

Upon hearing this, the True Immortals nodded.

Yes, although it seems unlikely that a Heavenly God True Immortal acted, but what if? Such a matter cannot be taken lightly.

Thus, the Obsessive Heart True Immortal quickly began contacting the founding ancestor of the Shaoyan Clan, Shaoyan Chou.

Several days later.

In Anchan Prefecture, a one-horned golden-robed figure appeared at the place where the Profound Mechanism True Immortal had fallen; he was precisely the founding ancestor of the Shaoyan Clan, Shaoyan Chou, and also a true mainstay of the clan.

Like the Shaoyan Clan daring to be enemies with the Zhuanshui Clan, if they relied only on those few True Immortals of the Shaoyan Clan, they would have long been slaughtered by the Zhuanshui Heavenly God; but with Shaoyan Chou present, the Zhuanshui Heavenly God dares not act rashly.

At this moment, Shaoyan Chou attempted to backtrack time to examine the past; without a doubt, he also failed.

"Who exactly is targeting my Shaoyan Clan?" Shaoyan Chou puzzled in his heart; one by one, beings with grudges against him were swiftly ruled out, and he could find none meeting the conditions.

"Could it be that the Shaoyan Clan provoked such a great enemy without my knowing?" Shaoyan Chou felt a headache.

Such an enemy lurking in the shadows is truly terrifying.

And while Shaoyan Chou was pondering, Zhou Yu also appeared nearby silently.

He studied the "True Explanation of Spacetime", his use of spacetime was highly proficient; although he had only just grasped spacetime power, he could still hide in deeper layers of spacetime.

This is a highly proficient method of lurking.

Like last time, Zhou Yu clearly appeared before the Profound Mechanism True Immortal, but the Profound Mechanism True Immortal could not sense Zhou Yu's aura at all, and even failed to notice that Zhou Yu was merely a scattered immortal.

After all, the two were not in the same spacetime, and the Profound Mechanism True Immortal's realm had not reached the level to perceive deep spacetime; how could he detect Zhou Yu's aura?

This time, Shaoyan Chou was the same; Zhou Yu did not want him to notice, and Shaoyan Chou didn't even notice Zhou Yu's appearance.

"Shaoyan Chou, his soul is divided into eighteen parts; even though at his peak his soul was somewhat stronger than an ordinary True Immortal's, at present the soul of his single incarnation is at least far weaker than that of an ordinary True Immortal."

Zhou Yu pondered in his heart, and he silently employed the "Mind Power Soul Control" secret technique.

Unbeknownst to him, Shaoyan Chou felt a sudden blur before his eyes.

"Not good!"

Rich experience let Shaoyan Chou suddenly realize something was wrong; it was actually an extremely rare soul secret technique.

Given Shaoyan Chou's experience, he naturally did not realize this was a mind power secret technique; he merely thought it was some powerful being casting a soul secret technique on him.

The soul, indeed, is Shaoyan Chou's greatest weakness; he deeply knows this and has constantly strived to find ways to compensate for this weakness.

In this regard, he still has some confidence; otherwise he would not dare to oppose Heavenly God True Immortals.

"Break it for me!" Shaoyan Chou let out a low roar.

As Zhou Yu was executing the secret technique, he hesitated a bit, but still actively gave up continuing to intrude into his soul.

"This Shaoyan Chou, his Dao heart is very strong." Zhou Yu realized this.

Shaoyan Chou, after all, is an existence who became an immortal through his own tribulation since ancient times; he has likely lived for tens of billions of years. In such a case, even a pig's Dao heart would be extremely strong—indeed, not something a Wind Void Heavenly Immortal could compare to.

Moreover, Zhou Yu's spiritual strength was too little and too weak; he had already realized that trying to enslave Shaoyan Chou would be extremely difficult, and continuing to act forcefully would not have a high success rate, but would instead arouse Shaoyan Chou's vigilance.

At this moment, Shaoyan Chou probably still wasn't aware of the effect of this secret technique; if we continued to act forcefully, it would be hard to say, and later Shaoyan Chou might very well hide and never appear again.

So, Zhou Yu quickly gave up this attempt.

"If my soul were comparable to his or my spiritual strength reached the fourth level, success wouldn't be difficult." Zhou Yu pondered.

Actually, even if enslavement succeeded now it would be useless; the true treasure on Shaoyan Chou's body is merely the "World Prison," but to enter the World Prison one would need at least the mana of a True Immortal, and Zhou Yu is far too far from that.

"Who is it? Come out!"

Shaoyan Chou looked around in all directions at this moment and coldly said: "As a lofty Heavenly God True Immortal, one who could be called a great power in the Three Realms, are you only going to hide and hide?"

"Shaoyan Chou, you can't find me yourself, yet you say I'm hiding?"

Zhou Yu's calm voice came from afar, and Shaoyan Chou suddenly noticed a figure appearing ahead.

At this moment Zhou Yu had changed his appearance; his aura was imperceptible to Shaoyan Chou, so Shaoyan Chou naturally did not recognize him.

"My clan's Xuanji, was it you who killed him?" Shaoyan Chou asked.

"Not bad." Zhou Yu nodded slightly.

"Why be so ruthless?"

"Because he provoked me." Zhou Yu said lightly: "You Shaoyan Clan have been running amok in the Great Summer World for too long; I'll teach you what rules are."

Upon hearing this, Shaoyan Chou fell silent for a moment, then continued:

"This matter is the fault of my Shaoyan Clan; since Xuanji provoked you, his death was his just deserts."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu laughed.

This Shaoyan Chou really can bend and stretch.

However, this is also a wise choice; the most hateful thing about Shaoyan Chou is that he has countless avatars, making him hard to kill.

Therefore he dares to oppose Zhuanshui Heavenly God, because Zhuanshui Heavenly God cannot kill him.

Even if Zhuanshui Heavenly God invaded the Shaoyan Clan, Shaoyan Chou wouldn't care, because he would eventually take revenge, which makes Zhuanshui Heavenly God dare not act rashly, as he still cares about his tribe.

But Shaoyan Chou's tactics are useless against an existence whose identity and origin are unknown.

"Farewell."

Shaoyan Chou now did not want to say more; regardless of whether the mysterious being's words were true or false, he understood that saying more now would be pointless.

However, just as Shaoyan Chou was about to turn around, his expression changed, because Zhou Yu had instantly appeared before him.

"Anchan Prefecture, do you think you can come and go as you please?" Zhou Yu calmly looked at Shaoyan Chou.

Shaoyan Chou instinctively threw out, and instantly three-headed ferocious worm beasts appeared there, but Zhou Yu's figure passed straight through the three-headed worm beasts.

In Shaoyan Chou's incredulous gaze, Zhou Yu's palm had already landed on his body.

Hiss!

Power burst forth, and this avatar of Shaoyan Chou instantly turned into powder.

"Oh? Killing an avatar also yields primal source energy?" Zhou Yu pondered.

At this moment, the three-headed worm beasts, having lost their master's control, were about to flee, but Zhou Yu instantly burst forth with a palm strike.

Boom!

A single palm drew upon the power of spacetime, and the three-headed worm beasts whose strength rivaled top-tier Heavenly Immortals were immediately slapped into nothingness.

Although Zhou Yu is a Qi Refining Flow Scattered Immortal, his attacks at this moment mainly rely on primal source power, so his close-combat techniques are also extremely strong.

Of course, Zhou Yu himself is fragile; this method works against those weaker than him, but against equals he would surely run as far as he could.

"The worm beasts also provide a decent amount of primal source energy." Zhou Yu soon smiled with satisfaction.

(End of chapter)