Chapter 494: Danger All Around

Whoosh!

As the fire Dao cultivator's injected power swelled, the bow that had been only two meters long, after igniting the blood‑red flame, reshaped from the flame and stretched to ten meters!

The fire Dao cultivator drew the bowstring, and a pure flame arrow appeared within his long bow, then aimed at Yan Buji's direction!

Trapped by Myriad Cloud Rain, Yan Buji clearly sensed the deadly danger, looked up and saw that the flame arrow emitted not a trace of magical wave, not even disturbing the surrounding spiritual energy, like a flash of light it zipped through the cloud rain and arrived before his eyes!

"You damn it!" Yan Buji cursed softly; even fighting three at once was still a strain.

But at that moment, Yan Buji's Immortal Essence wave had completely gathered!

Boom!

Accompanying the arrow's impact, after a blink of calm, a blood‑red flame erupted from Yan Buji's central position, scorching the cloud rain and soaring into the heavens!

Across a thousand‑li radius, blood‑red flames and towering kilometric plumes shocked the mundane!

This is the true life‑risking person!

One strike, with no limits, never gives the opponent a moment to breathe.

And these three, clearly long‑time partners, had already withdrawn their combined attack divine skill the instant the arrow detonated, avoiding any backlash.

"Ha… hahaha, now you won't die?" the fire Dao cultivator gasped, then burst into laughter.

The two cultivators beside him looked troubled: "Dage, the True Phoenix Bow's killing power is so strong, stronger than a typical Seven-turn Immortal Accumulation; if it leaves nothing behind, isn't that a waste?"

"That man is a Martial Cultivation, his flesh is so robust. Even if the Storage Accumulation Device is burned away, his flesh will surely remain."

"What use is a pile of rotten meat?"

"What do you know? A Martial Cultivation who has reached the Nascent Soul stage certainly has valuable flesh; not to mention, those who practice crooked paths love such powerful corpses."

The two beside him twitched their faces.

"Then your investment doesn't match the return."

And at this time, as the divine skill's aftereffects gradually faded, the three cautiously stepped forward.

After all, having survived this chaotic sea for so long, they've seen everything.

If that person is still alive, retaining a fighting spirit would be troublesome, right?

So being careful is always the safe route.

"Where's the person?"

But after searching half a day, the three saw no trace of a figure.

"Could it already have turned to ash?"

"Impossible!" the fire Dao cultivator frowned. "That man's flesh could hard‑resist your Myriad Cloud Rain; the True Phoenix Bow's killing power isn't weak, but it only delivered a fatal blow. Even if he's dead, he shouldn't… Bad!"

Snap!!

Sizzle!!!

A purple aura suddenly rose from beneath the three, and terrifying purple thunder instantly stripped them of combat ability for a moment.

"It's the Purple Sky Divine Thunder!!" the cloud Dao cultivator beside them roared in terror.

"Bad!"

The three simultaneously realized, how could the Purple Sky Divine Thunder appear here?

That means the person isn't dead; they've instead fallen into a trap!

But in that instant, a figure had already arrived before them; a massive hand bearing a Martial Dao Dao Mark seized the fire Dao cultivator's cheek.

"You!" the fire Dao cultivator, terrified, stared through his fingertips at the charred black silhouette, unable to comprehend how a trap could be set and ambushed in such a short time…

But he knew he was already dead.

Snap!

Like crushing a watermelon, Yan Buji casually extracted the Nascent Soul's Immortal Essence seal from the body.

"Don't come any closer!"

"Kill him, avenge Dage!"

The two reacted, one trying to flee, the other seeking revenge.

But Yan Buji gave them no chance; he activated Instant Shadow Step and delivered a true flow fist that shattered the two bodies, sealing their Nascent Souls to prevent escape.

Having finished, Yan Buji exhaled, wiping the black soot from his face.

"Truly impressive, my Profound Art has been cultivated to this level and I almost couldn't withstand it."

Fortunately, Yan Buji had not poured all the power boosted by the Wave Technique into growth Qi, but instead diverted it to operate Dragon‑Tiger Spiral Technique, spending eighty percent of his Immortal Essence to barely hold it back.

That terrifying fire Dao arrow's killing power was indeed dreadful.

"Really dangerous; had I delayed the decision a bit and not fully boosted the Dragon‑Tiger Spiral Technique for defense, a belated defense would have broken the cultivation, leaving me gravely injured even if not dead."

Yan Buji felt weakness wash over him; after sealing the three corpses and the Storage Accumulation Device, he quickly departed.

When anyone later witnesses this scene, they'll be shocked.

"Is this… the trace left by the Black Wind Pirate Gang leader, Huang Yan Real Person?"

"Probably, such a massive killing range and lingering fire Dao aura. I recall only the Six-turn Immortal Accumulation True Phoenix Bow held by Huang Yan Real Person has this level of power."

"What were those Black Wind Pirate Gang members trying to do? Were they bought off by the Liu family to sell their lives?"

"Regardless, if we meet them here again, we must be careful!"

"Sigh, I wonder which unlucky soul met their end at their hands."

It seemed no one expected Yan Buji to survive such a cut‑down and even counter‑kill the three.

Before the three could react, angry roars suddenly echoed from all sides.

"Roar!"

"It's an Abnormal Beast!!"

After leaving the battlefield.

Yan Buji panted, wanting to quickly find a place to rest and recover his strength; if he exerted himself here, it would be too dangerous.

Just then, Yan Buji clapped a hand over his left eye: "Damn it, how did the Mutant Force suddenly erupt?!"

Before Yan Buji could react, rich seven-colored aura suddenly rose all around—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple—more varied than what he had seen at Penglai Pavilion before.

Upon seeing the aura rise, Yan Buji thought of something.

The color of the Mutant Force aura indicates that many kinds of Abnormal Beasts are present here, and the beasts' transformation level corresponds to the aura's color—blue-purple means....

Whoosh!

A huge eyeball, as large as a lantern, burst up from the ground, the blood vessels beneath the pupil seeming to connect with the earth, which turned into a pool of blood, like a lotus growing in it—quite bizarre.

At that moment, the blood threads in the eyeball's pupil gradually detached, turning into crimson long needles that shot toward him, tearing through the air!

"Damn it, a sixth-turn Abnormal Beast!"

Pfft!

Even though Yan Buji's fleshly body could withstand divine abilities head-on, he couldn't resist the piercing of these crimson long needles; though he dodged in time, his legs and arms were simultaneously pierced through!

The piercing long needles suddenly softened, turning into two tentacles that clung to his body!

Whoosh!

Another gust of clean wind blew, and Yan Buji, unable to control himself, jerked his head step by step toward that eyeball Abnormal Beast, emitting streams of wind patterned like lotus veins that brushed his face.

The tentacles rooted in Yan Buji's body began to control his physique!

"Damn it! Spiritual erosion!"

Yan Buji gritted his teeth, circulating his divine sense to activate the Divine Sense Defense Technique, barely resisting the eyeball's spiritual erosion for a moment, then he channeled Immortal Essence to violently pull out the tentacles from his hands and legs, tearing out a large chunk of flesh, and fled in panic.