Chapter 98

Yunmeng Empire's Divine Moon Princess, Profound Heaven Hall's Destruction Hall Chief, Nalan Yanluo actually spewed insults indiscriminately; saying this out loud nobody would believe, but if you knew who provoked her anger, nobody would find it strange—the Golden Grain God, the hardest-to-provoke among the world's eight great demon immortals, the Golden Spider Dharma King, is also Jin Xuner's grandfather.

"Golden Grain God, I will kill you!" Bi Shihua took a punch, but also dispelled the negative condition, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, jumped up from the ground, let out a huge roar, the giant axe in his hand flew out sweeping, smashing the Muscle Bodhisattva stepping on dragon elephant in front of him, and several others also attacked together, completely smashing the Muscle Bodhisattvas that appeared in the air.

"General Bi, go!" Xing Yuxian called out, preparing to lead Bi Shihua away, but unexpectedly a beam of light attacked from the side; taking advantage of Bi Shihua's axe chopping apart the attacking Muscle Bodhisattva, it shot straight into his right neck, exited his left neck, bringing out a string of blood.

As the beam of light succeeded in a sudden sneak attack, Bi Shihua's corpse fell to the ground; the Black Wolf King's soul instantly left his body, and amidst the invading yin wind he let out an angry roar, but before he could act, he was engulfed by a bright electric light from somewhere, shocking him into loud cries, no longer caring about his dead flesh body or the treasures on it, he shot straight up into the sky and flew away.

"Go." The yin wind rushed skyward; Xing Yuxian saw the bright electric light within the yin wind, didn't have time to worry about much, shouted loudly, leading the experts including Nalan Yanluo and Nalan Hai away; Bi Shihua had his flesh body cut off by a sneak attack, their strength greatly wounded, they no longer had a chance to seize the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, this mission had already failed, continuing would cost them their lives.

Accompanying the fleeing Yunmeng experts, dozens of winged corpses rushed out from the side, hoisting Bi Shihua's corpse together with the treasures on it such as the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, and also his Doomsday Axe, then turned and shot skyward to the side, but having flown not far, pursuers' silhouettes appeared far behind.

"Hand over the Heaven-and-Earth Bag." Sitting on a red-light flying carpet already damaged in many places, the Holy One Tu Yuan, battered all over by the Great Destruction God, led the charge; seeing the Flying Corpses gathered like a flock of birds, he couldn't help but roar, but before his words even finished, he was struck by a cyan electric arc chasing from below.

The cyan electric arc touched the red light emitted by the flying carpet, instantly permeating it, accurately striking Tu Yuan's body; this Holy One of the Essence Yuan Divine Temple instantly turned pale, his inner energy drained by cold, even his thoughts grew feeble, unable to muster any strength, the flying carpet beneath him could no longer sustain flight and fell from the sky.

"Huh!" Zhou Shuo withdrew the Yin Thunder from his hand, watching the flying carpet's figure fall far away, he couldn't help but sigh regretfully, but had no time to dwell, he could only sprint forward, relying on the Dean Dai's Curse on his body, rushing to meet his corpse minions and Chan Yinsha, joining together.

"Quickly go." Chan Yinsha saw Zhou Shuo sprinting back, at once she fled with her soul and called out to Zhou Shuo.

"Go." Zhou Shuo hooked his hand, snatching the Heaven-and-Earth Bag carried on the Heaven Corpse's back into his hand, simultaneously his soul's thought fully projected outward, linking with Chan Yinsha; the yin wind wrapped their bodies, instantly soaring into the sky, mingling among the Heaven Corpse's guards as they flew away.

"Where do you think you're going?" Just as Zhou Shuo and Chan Yinsha flew up into the sky together, several strands of yin wind suddenly appeared in the air, transforming into Muscle Bodhisattvas stepping on dragon elephant, clutching fist-like law like water tanks, bombarding them head-on like cannons.

"Dharma King, don't block the road." Zhou Shuo shouted at the oncoming Muscle Bodhisattva, simultaneously transmitting his thought to Chan Yinsha; now his soul and Chan Yinsha were completely linked, in an instant Chan Yinsha flew a jade slab from her hand, then flicked a crystal-bright thunderbolt that struck the jade slab; the jade slab instantly flashed like a strobe light, crackling as it shot forward a bolt of electricity.

"Immortal Capital Jade Pendant..." The genuine thunder from heaven, all ghost immortals who have not passed the tribulation cannot help but fear; amidst the thunder's roar, the Golden Spider Dharma King's incredulous voice sounded far away.

"Leave the Heaven-and-Earth Bag with me." One thunderbolt cleared away the road-blocking ambush of the Golden Spider Dharma King; Chan Yinsha had just taken the Immortal Capital Jade Pendant into her hand, riding the yin wind and fleeing together with Zhou Shuo, when a piercing eagle-like cry sounded from behind.

"Don't worry, just fly straight ahead." Zhou Shuo gripped the large leather bag in his hand that was already beginning to seep yang-and-heat qi, feeling a cold sweat on his forehead, while instructing Chan Yinsha, he began to gather strength.

"The yang-and-heat qi of the Heaven-and-Earth Bag will expose us." Chan Yinsha listened to Zhou Shuo's words, maintaining the yin wind as they flew forward, sensing the rapidly approaching aura from behind and the continual seepage of yang-and-heat qi from the bag, she likewise felt anxious; all supreme treasures bear omens, the bag's aura would reveal her and Zhou Shuo to everyone's eyes, there was no escaping.

"Leave the Heaven-and-Earth Bag with me, you can't……." A mass of golden light shot down from the sky, pursuing the corpse monsters like a flock, including Zhou Shuo and Chan Yinsha among them; but just as it was about to reach Zhou Shuo and Chan Yinsha, suddenly he saw a green substance shoot out from the yin wind they were flying through.

"What the……." The Divine Eagle King, using the Mantra Spirit Pearl to chase the target, suddenly saw the green substance shoot out from the yin wind ahead, he was slightly startled for a moment, then saw the substance cling to the outer glow of his Mantra Spirit Pearl like a bone-attached maggot, in an instant he couldn't react, and then it permeated inward at an unimaginable speed.

"Divine Eagle King, without wings you'll fly less, haha..." Zhou Shuo looked at the golden light stuck by the Yin Thunder, couldn't help but let out a long laugh, then linked minds with Chan Yinsha, instantly accelerated, rushing toward the horizon, even throwing his own corpse servants behind.

"The yang qi of the Heaven-and-Earth Bag will……." Chan Yinsha accelerated her flight, again warning Zhou Shuo, but before she could finish speaking she swallowed her words, because she saw Zhou Shuo emit a golden light that covered the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, the yang-and-heat qi emanating from the bag became imperceptible, completely shielded.

"Accelerate." Zhou Shuo covered the Heaven-and-Earth Bag's yang-and-heat qi with a Golden Light Spell, laughing loudly he said, the yin wind immediately sped up, and those miscellaneous corpse servants also flapped their wings desperately in pursuit behind.

The Divine Eagle King looked at the green substance clinging to the outside of his Mantra Spirit Pearl, not having time to pursue Zhou Shuo anymore, his heart panicked, for he relied entirely on his magic treasure to carry his flesh body aloft; once the protective treasure light was broken, his soul could not retain his body, he would plummet and turn into minced meat; after spending half a day struggling, he finally managed to remove that green, mucus-like substance, and in the distance Zhou Shuo's group of corpse servants had become a mere shadow, and even the yang-and-heat qi of the Heaven-and-Earth Bag had vanished completely.

"Hateful, hateful." The Divine Eagle King watched the distant disappearing silhouette, then looked at his own Mantra Spirit Pearl now much dimmer, he couldn't help but stomp his feet in anger midair, then turned and flew back.

Nalan Yanluo of the Profound Heaven Hall unleashed a single destruction talisman; although it didn't kill the Champion Marquis and his entourage, it still wounded everyone badly—several ghost immortals had their souls enfeebled, aside from the Divine Eagle King, no one had the strength to pursue further; the Champion Marquis, Wu Wenhui, and Weitaicang three martial saints were unharmed, but martial saints cannot fly.

"I miscalculated this time!" Upon hearing the Divine Eagle King's report of his return, the Champion Marquis couldn't help but lower his gaze; his calculations were insufficient and he had been overly careless, just now he lost track of the Heaven-and-Earth Bag he was chasing—who could it be, able to snatch the Heaven-and-Earth Bag from right before him and the Yunmeng people?

"Lord Marquis, no need to worry, this time it's still Xingxuan's misfortune; we'll surely find it later, but what about that Jingren?" The Divine Eagle King comforted the Champion Marquis with two sentences, his gaze sweeping lightly over the camp, when he suddenly noticed that the martial monk who had been following his troop was gone.

"He was rescued midway; Eagle King, do you know who took the Heaven-and-Earth Bag?" The Champion Marquis's face grew increasingly bluish, he asked the Divine Eagle King in a solemn tone, needing to know who had taken the Heaven-and-Earth Bag.

"I'm not sure; the opponent commands a Heaven Corpse and uses a Dao art I've never seen before; also, Lord Marquis, I just seemed to see that the person ahead had used an Immortal Capital Jade Pendant." The Divine Eagle King recalled his earlier distant observation, not entirely certain of what he'd seen from afar; he had witnessed a Muscle Bodhisattva stepping on dragon elephant being refined by thunderlight.

"What?" Fang Xian Dao Sect Master Xiao Angran, standing nearby, hearing the Divine Eagle King's words, couldn't help but lift his eyes.

"I also can't be certain; the opponent emitted a bolt of thunder that obliterated the soul of a being transformed into the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva; that should be the Golden Spider Dharma King." The Divine Eagle King looked at the astonished Fang Xian Dao Sect Master, who bore no trace of immortal poise, and felt somewhat unsure.

"General Fubo Xiao Tianyao and Divine Sword Commander Xiao Shaonan also received the emperor's edict this time, yet they have long failed to report for duty in our army; I fear it may truly be more misfortune than fortune." The Champion Marquis, looking at the Fang Xian Dao Sect Master who couldn't believe it, made a very unfavorable prediction.

"Lord Marquis, our Fang Xian Dao this time……." Xiao Angran hearing the Champion Marquis's prediction, nearly wanted to cry; Xiao Shaonan is his elder brother's son, but that's okay, however the Immortal Capital Jade Pendant, such a high-level treasure, our Fang Xian Dao hardly has any, the loss is too great.

"Sect Master Xiao, please compose yourself; this time we are all serving the Empire, if there are losses I will find a way." The Champion Marquis looked at the dignified ghost immortal on the verge of tears, feeling somewhat guilty, while his hatred grew stronger—just which scoundrel dared to snatch food from his mouth?

"And what about Xing Yuxian and the others?" The Champion Marquis, heart full of hatred, asked the Divine Eagle King beside him.

"They fled, apparently having suffered a great loss; they should now be returning to Meng Shen Hao." The Divine Eagle King, having arrived a bit late, did not see Zhou Shuo and the Golden Spider Dharma King jointly attacking the Yunmeng experts.

"Send orders to Ji Bingyang, Yue Duanheng, and Liu Juntao; this time we failed to retrieve the Heaven-and-Earth Bag, we must gain something else from elsewhere, and also have someone investigate who attacked General Fubo's fleet." The Champion Marquis's clenched fingers turned bluish as he issued a series of commands; whoever attacked General Fubo must be the one who seized the Heaven-and-Earth Bag.

"Yes." The Divine Eagle King gazed at the stern‑faced youth, unconsciously bowing his head in obedience.