Chapter 656: Preserve Your Strength

'Dead...'

Mingyue's face flickered with uncertainty.

His internal magic power erupted instantly, pouring entirely into the one hundred and eight Buddhist beads surrounding his body.

The beads transformed into tiny golden planets, each bearing supreme Buddhist seals, hurtling toward He Pingsheng and Wang Dun.

This strike was the strongest of a Void Refinement realm master.

He Pingsheng knew he could not withstand it.

Probably, neither could Wang Dun.

What to do?

'Open...'

He Pingsheng did not hesitate; he waved his hand and activated the second Ghost King Talisman.

A Ghost King of Void Refinement Layer Twelve emerged.

Though Void Refinement Ghost Kings feared Buddhist techniques and lost nine-tenths of their combat power before Buddhist disciples,

the Ghost King was still at the peak of Void Refinement.

Even with nine-tenths weakened, it could still fight Mingyue.

The Ghost King swung a long knife forged from yin-sha energy, striking down the Buddhist beads one by one.

Simultaneously, it used its own body to block all one hundred and eight beads.

Boom...

In just three breaths, the Ghost King was torn apart.

But Mingyue's attack had finally been stopped.

'Young brother, when the enemy is strong, you must preserve your strength!' Wang Dun transmitted: 'Let's get out of here...'

He Pingsheng had the same idea; he activated the Silver River Flying Shuttle, carrying Hao Cang and Wang Dun into the void.

Three breaths were enough for him to fly far away.

Before leaving, He Pingsheng also launched the seven divine nails from his spiritual sea, driving them into Mingyue's spiritual sea.

Thus, Mingyue would not be able to pursue them for a long time.

The shuttle flew swiftly—ten thousand li per breath.

Even if Mingyue, the Buddha Venerable, now used his teleportation technique, he might not catch up.

'Shit, shit, shit...'

On the Silver River Flying Shuttle, Wang Dun crouched beside the rail, eyes wide, staring intently at the vessel: 'So fast... Young Brother He, this treasure of yours is amazing!'

'This damn thing... is it a top-grade Heaven-Piercing Magic Treasure?'

'Wow... how the hell did you get it?'

He Pingsheng smiled but said nothing.

Wang Dun stood up and asked: 'That damn monk won't chase us, right?'

'Don't worry,' He Pingsheng said: 'He can't catch us...'

It wasn't that a Void Refinement cultivator couldn't catch them—it was that He Pingsheng knew his previous attacks carried deadly poison. Even if Mingyue now suppressed the poison in his body and spiritual sea with Buddhist power, it wouldn't last.

If he didn't expel the toxin soon, he might even lose his life.

Under these conditions, Mingyue could not pursue at full speed.

Without full speed, he definitely couldn't catch them.

He Pingsheng was right—right now, Mingyue the Buddha Venerable was indeed suffering from the poison, his combat power halved.

He naturally had no chance to chase He Pingsheng and Wang Dun, forced to watch helplessly as these two peerless human geniuses—his mortal enemies—fled.

'Senior Brother Wang, how did you suddenly appear here?'

On the shuttle, He Pingsheng and Wang Dun sat cross-legged facing each other.

Wang Dun scratched his head: 'Well... long story. Damn it, I ran into a troublesome woman who tricked me. If I hadn't had some survival tricks, I'd never have escaped her clutches.'

'So when I tore through space and flew here, I just... landed right under your feet!'

'Sigh... Young brother, no more talk—this is fate.'

'Hehehe... this time, misfortune turned to fortune!'

He Pingsheng nodded.

Indeed, it was fate.

Though Wang Dun had only struck once during the battle, that single strike was crucial.

Put it this way: without Wang Dun today, I would've had to use the 【Death-Substitute Puppet】.

'How many years have you been transcended?' He Pingsheng asked.

Wang Dun said: 'Not many years...'

'About one hundred and eight years ago, I received the 【Rootless Grass】 you sent back from the Spirit Realm, and I shattered my bottleneck!'

'Then, after another three or five years, I transcended!'

Wang Dun was a genius; his rapid transcendence was unsurprising.

'Then... after you transcended, which Emperor Realm did you land in?' He Pingsheng cared deeply about this.

Wang Dun said: 'Which Emperor Realm? Of course, the Undying Emperor Realm!'

'All the transcended cultivators in our entire cultivation world gather in the Undying Emperor Realm... oh right... you're not there!'

'After I transcended, many asked me about you, but no one had heard of you!'

Originally, when He Pingsheng repaired the transcendence pathway, hundreds from the cultivation world transcended simultaneously; all were grateful to him, and as a heavenly prodigy, they naturally sought news of him after reaching the Spirit Realm.

Yet no one received any word of He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng smiled bitterly and looked at Wang Dun: 'I didn't transcend normally—I was swept into the Spirit Realm by spatial forces while passing through the transcendence pathway, so I didn't land in the Undying Emperor Realm!'

'I landed in the 【Sky Peng Emperor Realm】...'

As he spoke, He Pingsheng unfolded a jade slip.

A map appeared before them.

The Undying Emperor Realm and the Sky Peng Emperor Realm were extremely far apart, separated by six or seven Emperor Realms.

On the Flame Continent, there were over ninety Emperor Realms.

But the human race had only one: the 【Undying Emperor Realm】.

Legend said its ruler was a human Mahayana Emperor, named 【Undying Divine Emperor】, who had fused one of the Flame Continent's ten primordial true fires—the 【Undying Holy Fire】.

Of course, this didn't mean there was only one human Mahayama Emperor—only one held dominion over an entire realm.

Many Mahayana Emperors existed, but not all could become realm lords.

'So... our original cultivation world belonged to the Undying Emperor Realm... then...' He Pingsheng asked: 'Senior Brother Wang, have any of my family members transcended?'

'I don't know!' Wang Dun shook his head. 'I transcended earliest. And within a few years after transcending, I left the Undying Emperor Realm. I've been wandering ever since—I don't know who else transcended later!'

'But... before I left the Undying Emperor Realm, I did see someone transcend!'

He Pingsheng asked: 'Who?'

He cared most about his son He Tianya and his woman Su Zhenzhen!

A hundred years had passed; Su Zhenzhen still haunted his thoughts.

'It was your immortal pet, Little Feng... no... what was her name? I can't remember!'

He Pingsheng was slightly surprised: 'Ting Tong.'

'Yes, yes—that's it! Ting Tong! After she transcended, she didn't transform her form!' Wang Dun said. 'So she dared not show herself among humans. I originally offered to take her with me, but she refused. I had no choice but to hide her in a deep mountain and left.'

'I don't even know if she's transformed yet!'

He Pingsheng nodded.

In terms of destiny and talent, Ting Tong resembled the Sky Crane King Clan's Crown Prince, 【Tian Yu Crown Prince】.

So... she probably couldn't transform until reaching Void Refinement.