Chapter 6: Ambush: Heavenly Immortal Battle

Haoyang Grand World.

In a small city hundreds of thousands of li from the Holy Fire Sect, the two Heavenly Immortals who had previously gathered on Immortal Cloud Mountain, along with sixteen Loose Immortals, have all arrived here.

At this moment, everyone has taken on various identities, hiding in different parts of the small city.

Some are diners, some are merchants, some are beggars; each person is very low-key and inconspicuous.

As the two Heavenly Immortals said earlier, they have long received news that the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal quietly comes to this small city to stay for a period of time every so often; they only need to wait here, and the fish will bite on its own.

"A Heavenly Immortal traveling secretly—can his movements still be discovered?"

Zhou Yu was at an inn, having ordered several dishes; as he ate, he pondered, and he increasingly understood how terrifying the forces behind the organizers of this assassination were.

Time passed, and the sky gradually grew dark.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu looked up into the distance; a figure was flying on clouds toward him.

It was a majestic figure wearing a scarlet Daoist robe; Zhou Yu instantly recognized him as the target of this operation, the Fire Cloud Immortal.

The Fire Cloud Immortal apparently did not sense the danger; he soon landed in the small city.

"Attack!"

A low shout suddenly rang out.

Boom—

First to erupt was a vast grand formation; Zhou Yu instantly appeared above the small city, and as he formed hand seals, an independent space manifested, trapping the unsuspecting Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal within.

"Qian as Heaven, Kun as Earth, Nine Absolutes Suppress!" Zhou Yu pointed with his finger.

In an instant, space congealed, and a huge amount of nine-colored heaven-and-earth power rapidly condensed forth.

Like an omnipresent great hand, terrifying pressure surged mightily toward the Fire Cloud Immortal to suppress him.

In a moment, the Fire Cloud Immortal's complexion changed.

On his body, a top-grade immortal-tier treasure automatically surfaced, forming a sea of flames that sought to expand, but the immense pressure instantly caused the flames to recoil, leaving them only able to condense around the Fire Cloud Immortal.

"Haha, what a formation!"

Laughter came; see, the old-man-appearing Heavenly Immortal likewise entered the formation, he waved his hand, and countless grass, trees, and willow branches sprang into existence, surging heavenward and earthward toward the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal.

At the same time, the many other Loose Immortals also entered the formation and attacked, each unleashing at least Heavenly Immortal-level attacks.

"Who are you?"

The Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal was immensely shocked in his heart—a Heavenly Immortal, more than ten extremely strong Loose Immortals surrounding him together? Obviously this had been plotted for a long time!

"Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal, blame your master for this." The old man sneered.

"My master?" The Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal still wanted to ask, but the heaven-covering, earth-covering attack had already arrived; he had no choice but to defend with all his might.

At this moment, the most relaxed person present was Zhou Yu; his task was to control this formation to suppress the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal, prevent his escape, and also limit his power exertion.

Such a premeditated encirclement and slaughter, if not set up beforehand, would simply waste such excellent conditions.

Although one of the participants in the encirclement is a Heavenly Immortal, in terms of formation attainment the other is far inferior to Zhou Yu, so the task of setting up the formation naturally falls to Zhou Yu.

This is a fixed grand formation laid down with ample preparation time, already having stored a vast amount of heaven-and-earth power; once erupted, in terms of power it is far stronger than the formation Zhou Yu usually slowly mobilizes heaven-and-earth power with Loose Immortal mana.

In fact, this formation indeed exerts tremendous suppression on a top-tier Heavenly Immortal at this moment, at least reducing his strength by sixty or seventy percent.

Actually, in this assassination operation, that mysterious person specifically summoned Zhou Yu from the Great Summer World precisely because of his attainment in formation dao.

With Zhou Yu personally laying down the formation, the success rate of this assassination operation naturally increases considerably.

"If this continues, that Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal won't hold out long." Zhou Yu watched this scene; he was not surprised.

That old man's strength is somewhat greater than he expected, and together with the many powerful Loose Immortals helping, the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal restrained by his formation certainly cannot hold out.

"The Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal is fighting desperately."

Zhou Yu instantly felt that suppressing the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal had become much harder; he must have employed some desperate secret technique.

"Useless, he will still die." Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.

But just then—

"Huh?"

Zhou Yu's gaze suddenly shifted to outside the formation; a red-bearded, thin old man had somehow arrived outside the formation.

See, that old man waved his hand, and a flame-wreathed flying sword slammed onto the formation; that terrifying power made Zhou Yu's heart jolt violently.

"Who is it?"

The people surrounding the Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal also instantly noticed the newcomer.

"Is he? Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal!"

"Wasn't he said to have died in the void of the Three Realms?"

"Earlier that Fish Heavenly Immortal said he would go intercept possible reinforcements; turns out it's the Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal?"

"That Fish Heavenly Immortal is really useless—how long has it been, and he let the Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal run over here?"

Many Loose Immortals felt surprised, and Zhou Yu at this moment also realized.

Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal is the master of Fire Cloud Heavenly Immortal and also the founder of the Holy Fire Sect; according to the information he gathered, Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal indeed died.

Unexpectedly, the other party is still alive.

"Moreover, Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal should have broken through." Zhou Yu thought.

At this moment Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal is attacking his formation; only he can feel the terrifying power in that attack.

It is far stronger than an ordinary top-tier Heavenly Immortal; the information mentioned that the former Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal was not this strong.

"Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal should be called a Supreme Heavenly Immortal, right?" Zhou Yu thought in astonishment.

Supreme Heavenly Immortal—these are beings almost only one step away from becoming Pure Yang True Immortal, extremely rare.

Unexpectedly, this Holy Fire Heavenly Immortal actually broke through.

"Six Harmonies Dao Friend, how long can your formation hold?" that old-man-appearing Heavenly Immortal suddenly asked.

"Three breaths," Zhou Yu said; his disguised Dao name was "Six Directions".

"Only three breaths? So short?"

"Short?"

Zhou Yu was speechless; the other side didn't know that the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal at this moment could already be called a Peak Celestial Immortal.

If his formation were still at the level of three years ago, he couldn't even withstand a single instant now.

The formation Zhou Yu set up was actually the upgraded "Nine-Absolute Heaven-Earth Grand Formation".

For the past two years he had been contemplating, and with his rich experience of previously combining the Heaven-and-Earth Dao and the Array Dao, he successfully merged the two Dao breakthroughs he had achieved, creating an upgraded "Nine-Absolute Heaven-Earth Grand Formation".

This formation was terrifying; it could even block a Peak Celestial Immortal's furious assault lasting three breaths, as can be seen.

What Zhou Yu initially arranged was this formation, but he hadn't yet activated its full power; he originally didn't intend to reveal his entire strength.

After all, even partially activating the formation could still slay the Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal, and he didn't consider that a breach of his previously sworn Celestial Dao oath.

"But now I must unleash my full power, otherwise I would truly break the Celestial Dao oath," Zhou Yu thought, and the hand technique he was manipulating instantly changed.

In the span of a silent breath, the formation's gathered Heaven-and-Earth energy began to surge.

The spatial stagnation within the formation also abruptly amplified severalfold.

"No, how could it..."

The Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal's expression changed; the formation's suppression of him surged to an inconceivable level in an instant, leaving none of his remaining power.

When the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal had just manifested, the Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal was still filled with surprise.

He had previously thought his master was dead, but didn't expect the master to still be alive.

Moreover, the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal's appearance essentially meant his crisis was resolved, allowing him to escape death.

With double joy arriving, the Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal naturally felt immense delight.

But at this moment, all joy vanished instantly, and the Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal felt as if he were falling into an ice cavern.

How could this formation become so powerful? How could it be this strong?

"This"

At that moment, the Elder Celestial Immortal and the gathered Wandering Immortals all widened their eyes and instinctively acted.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Attack after attack easily pierced the Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal's defenses, and he was blasted, his soul scattering.

Swish!

One of the treasures left behind by the dead Fire Cloud Celestial Immortal flickered, and Zhou Yu snatched it.

Within this grand formation, no one could be faster than him.

"You"

Seeing this, the Elder Celestial Immortal instinctively wanted to scold; although he was courteous to Zhou Yu and the others, given his status, he actually didn't regard the group of Wandering Immortals.

But before he could speak, the Elder Celestial Immortal suddenly recalled the formation whose power had just surged, which was clearly Zhou Yu's work.

"Never mind, what does it matter if those treasures go to him?" the Elder Celestial Immortal thought.

"Everyone, I will release Void Suppression and let my formation self‑detonate," Zhou Yu's voice suddenly rang out, and a Great Translocation Dao Talisman appeared in his hand.

Although Zhou Yu had contemplated the Heaven-and-Earth Dao, he currently could not perform Void Great Translocation, so he could only rely on the talisman's power.

Zhou Yu at once crushed the talisman without hesitation; as a surge of spatial power gathered, he quickly vanished from the spot.

"That guy ran really fast."

The other Wandering Immortals, seeing this, dared not hesitate; they swiftly drew the pre‑prepared Great Translocation Dao Talismans and fled at speed.

Only the Elder Celestial Immortal, confident in his strength, reacted a bit slower.

And it was that brief pause that allowed the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal to enter the formation, which had already begun to dissipate.

"Come die for me!"

His beloved disciple was slain before his eyes; the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal was now enraged to the extreme, and the only person still present naturally became his outlet for venting.

Boom!

A terrifying celestial sword bearing endless flames crashed down.

"What?"

The Elder Celestial Immortal was stunned.

Earlier he hadn't had time to think much; now he finally realized something was wrong and understood why they had set an interception plan, yet the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal appeared early.

Not daring to meet it head‑on, the Elder Celestial Immortal immediately used a dodge technique and fled rapidly toward the distant horizon.

And the enraged Holy Fire Celestial Immortal, having finally seized the chance, could not simply let him go; he naturally gave chase without pause.

In the end, the Elder Celestial Immortal revealed his trump card, paying a heavy price, and escaped from the Haoyang Great World, finally achieving ascension.

When he returned, disheveled, to his old lair, he learned that the one who had been assigned to intercept the Holy Fire Celestial Immortal, the Fish Celestial Immortal, had been instantly slashed by the suddenly erupting Holy Fire Celestial Immortal.

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