Chapter 28: Is the Stone Man an Innate Sacred?

"This arrow, let's see how you handle it?" Houyi's expression was indifferent, save for silver light swirling within his four eyes.

The bowstring was slowly drawn to its limit; the silver light on the three arc-shaped arrowheads surged, as if three bright moons were hanging there.

There was no sound; the space around the bowstring shattered like a mirror, and the shadow of the arrows had already vanished from the string.

Lowering his arms and putting away the bow, Houyi took a step and walked toward the stone man in the distance.

He had sent tribesmen to investigate, but instead of waiting for his subordinates' report, he had received a message from Big Brother.

The news brought by Kuafu left Houyi not only shocked but, more so, furious.

Along the way, there had been almost no obstacles, yet he had not expected a stone man to be stirring up trouble in the rear, even abducting millions of tribesmen.

But now that he had arrived, this stone man had nowhere left to run.

Sensing the chill that was constantly drawing near invisibly, Tian Yuan dove straight into the ground.

Yet, despite flying at full speed, he discovered that the soil around him was rapidly slowing him down.

"None of these Great Witches are simple characters!" Tian Yuan felt stifled in his heart; with a boom, an arrow exploded right in front of him.

He flew out of the soil, limbs flailing, and immediately felt a jolt in his arms as two arrows pierced into his shoulders, ten inches deep, their power far exceeding the previous ones.

On the arrowheads shimmering with eerie light, silver radiance carrying snakes of lightning spread across his entire body.

As a stone man, he was actually twitching slightly.

Before Tian Yuan could make any other move, his body stiffened; he was actually frozen straight in mid-air.

This Great Witch Houyi was truly formidable; not only did he practice the Space Law, but his Thunder Law was not weak either.

Both were laws with supreme offensive power; Houyi's strength was not a whit inferior to Kuafu's.

Seeing Kuafu raise his wooden staff high, Houyi hurriedly shouted, "Big Brother, hold your hand!"

Naturally, he was not concerned for Tian Yuan, but worried about those tribesmen who had been abducted.

Struck by his divine arrow and restrained by the Space Law, this stone man had no possibility of escaping again.

Having captured over a million tribesmen, all of whom were Wu clansmen above the Golden Immortal realm, this was a number that could no longer be easily ignored.

The furious Kuafu paused in mid-air, also thinking of the tribesmen carried away by Tian Yuan.

Alas, before he could retract his momentum, he saw a nine-colored radiance flash across the body of the stone man below, who was grimacing in pain.

A faint cracking sound came from the air, as if an invisible mirror had shattered.

Looking at the arrows that had nearly pierced through his arms, Tian Yuan felt a trace of wariness toward this Great Witch who had shot the suns.

His stone body gave a slight jolt, and the two arrows popped out; the laws remaining within them brought Tian Yuan a hint of joy.

He had just been thinking of finding Kuafu to temper his left hand, and now, as it turned out, Houyi had given both his hands a go.

Using the Space Law and Thunder Law to temper his physical body shouldn't be bad either.

Glancing at Houyi in the distance, Tian Yuan already had faint thoughts of retreating.

Two Great Witches—the key was that one was close-combat and the other was long-range; he was at a great disadvantage.

Since Houyi was also a Great Luo Golden Immortal and mastered the Space Law, it was highly probable he couldn't get close; he was completely a living target.

Catching a glimpse of the arrows falling before him, Tian Yuan reached out to grab them, but unexpectedly, a flash of silver light appeared, and they vanished into thin air.

"Truly an enviable law!" Tian Yuan muttered, patted his backside, turned around, and fled toward Mount Buzhou.

He had gnawed on quite a few heavenly treasures on Mount Buzhou, but for now, what he was most proficient in remained the Earth Law.

In the Primordial World, one's origin is paramount; without immense destiny, one's birth already determines everything in the future.

Fortunately, he still had Mount Buzhou; everything was possible.

It was clear Houyi had not used his full strength, and there were still many arrows in the opponent's quiver. He had been out for quite a while, and the number of Wu clansmen captured was decent; it was time to go back.

As for these two Great Witches, it would not be too late to return after breaking through to the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

That day, he presumed, was not far off.

Kuafu's wooden staff, which had paused in his hand, smashed down with even greater speed, wrapped in dense white light.

The earth shook violently, and the nearby mountain peaks seemed to jump slightly, but unfortunately, Tian Yuan's figure was no longer on the scene.

Houyi grasped at the void, catching the three returning arrows; his expression was no longer as indifferent as before.

The initial probing was indeed as Big Brother had said. The stone man's physical body was comparable to a Great Witch, but how could he break free from his Space Law?

On this stone man, he had not sensed any kind of formidable law.

The nine-colored radiance that had flashed for an instant just now must have been a powerful Innate Spiritual Treasure.

"Hoo!" Houyi exhaled softly, his expression somewhat grave.

A tough physical body, and he possessed an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Why was this stone man of mysterious origin targeting the Wu Clan? As Houyi pondered, his hands were not slow; he drew two more arrows, firing five at once.

"Truly coming without a shadow and going without a trace; he shoots a little sun with every hit!" Sensing the faint fluctuations coming from the void, Tian Yuan felt very stifled.

Sure enough, just as he sensed it, he saw five arrows emerge from the space in front, heading straight for his limbs and head.

Even though the arrows were shot from behind, they appeared abruptly in front. As he flew upward, it was as if he were delivering himself right into them.

Facing the Space Law, with his current cultivation, there was simply no way to avoid it; he could only take it head-on.

Tian Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest; he hugged his head with both hands, curled his legs, and transformed into a giant stone lump, smashing toward the five incoming arrows.

Regarding his own physical body, Tian Yuan still had great confidence; at most, he would be left with a few small holes.

Upon contact, the nine-colored radiance on the giant stone ball flashed; it paused slightly, then continued to flee forward rapidly.

Protected by the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, only a few long scratches were left behind.

"A Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure!" Houyi exclaimed in a low voice.

Spiritual treasures have spirits; it is difficult for those without great fortune to find them, let alone a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Any Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure that appeared in the Primordial World today was invariably an object born alongside an Innate Sacred.

Is this stone man an Innate Sacred? Then why did he not go to Purple Heaven Palace to listen to the Dao? The situation had completely exceeded Houyi's expectations; no wonder Big Brother had been helpless for such a long time.

Silver light flickered around Houyi's body as he quickly pursued Tian Yuan. "Brother, leave this scoundrel to me."

With remarkable movement techniques, a formidable physical body, and a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure for protection, he is a troublesome fellow.

Hearing these words, Kuafu was naturally unwilling; he had originally thought that after Houyi appeared, the anger suppressed for hundreds of years would finally be vented, and Tian Yuan would not be able to escape their grasp.

Who would have thought this stone man was actually hiding his strength, to the point that even Houyi's arrows could do nothing to him.

Watching Houyi chase rapidly ahead, Kuafu said nothing, only thundering forward with heavy steps.

Regardless of anything else, this time he must smash this stone man to pieces.

Touching his chest, Tian Yuan muttered softly: "If the spiritual treasure were not damaged, how could he have injured me?"

Nine Heavens Breathing Soil is the Earth Ancestral Source; besides capturing people, its greatest strength is its peerless defense.

A handful of yellow soil can grow or shrink along with external attacks—as you grow, it grows; as you shrink, it shrinks—following and shifting, tough and dense, leaving no openings.

It has not been completely repaired yet; otherwise, with the Innate Wutu Divine Thunder inside, why would I fear a mere Houyi?

Once I break through to the mid-stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal, I will be able to rely on this treasure to capture the Great Witch.

(End of this chapter)