Chapter 463: Flowing Clouds
Su Hao speculated that the monster below was most likely composed of the six lineage masters of the Yunzhong Valley.
As for why it became like this, a glimpse could be seen from the design concept of the “Yunzhong Immortal Technique.”
“To continue the breakthrough from Nascent Soul to Unity Realm by combining more spiritual power into a stronger spiritual power aggregate, thus breaking through to the Unity Realm… It can only be said that the idea is very idealistic, but to achieve it is incredibly difficult!”
Spiritual power exists based on the physical body. If the body is completely stripped away and replaced entirely by spiritual power, it’s like a stream without a source, destined to dry up eventually, and the desired lifespan will decrease rather than increase.
Perhaps this is why this monster has been devouring cultivators for years, to replenish its spiritual power!
Most importantly, spiritual power is not the carrier of consciousness! Even if successful, it would become a mass of unconscious spiritual power aggregation, only useful for continuously devouring spiritual power to sustain its instinct, useless for anything else.
It wasn’t even comparable to the failed evolution of Su Hao’s “[God].”
“The path was wrong from the Unity Realm. No matter how you proceed, it’s impossible to go through!”
In Su Hao’s view, the cultivation world had already fallen into a dead end.
Nascent Soul cultivators aspire to become Unity Realm cultivators, exerting all their efforts to break through to the Unity Realm. But when they reach the Unity Realm, they suddenly find that there is no way forward.
Even if they realize that they took the wrong path to the Unity Realm, there is no way to go back and start over. They can only try their best to find a new path in the Unity Realm.
It could be said that all Unity Realm cultivators who harbor the ambition to break through are explorers on the path of cultivation. But their path is too difficult.
Unless there is an unparalleled genius Nascent Soul cultivator who, in this world full of “Unity,” with his own wisdom, forcibly opens up a “New Unity” path.
However, in this native environment, wanting to give birth to such a genius, it cannot be said to be impossible, but it can be said that the time required will be extremely long, betting on the probability of that “fortuitous encounter.”
It’s like Su Hao, after death, embarking on a quest for a new vessel through the exploration of space.
…
At this moment, Su Hao was hovering at an altitude of fifty thousand meters. It was difficult for the people below to perceive his presence, so he leisurely floated in mid-air, intending to watch the performance below first.
Although Su Hao was also interested in this monster, out of caution, he didn’t directly intervene. Now that someone was willing to help him probe first, he was happy to watch from above.
“But I wonder if those three Unity Realm cultivators can handle this strange monster. And why are they looking for this monster? To eliminate the demon that preys on cultivators, or to capture it for research…”
Su Hao floated in the sky, his thoughts swirling, while movements below began to unfold.
When the three Immortal Master sensed the monster, the monster also sensed them. The six wolf heads excitedly swayed, leaving droplets of saliva in their mouths, as if they could feast soon.
“Awooo—”
The six heads rose and fell, resembling wolves howling at the moon. Golden light enveloped the monster, which suddenly shot out with a speed much faster than that of the Unity Realm cultivators’ flight.
Lin Mei’s pupils constricted, blurting out, “So fast!”
Immortal Master’s calm expression remained unchanged. He suddenly accelerated his speed, and with a “whoosh,” left Lin Mei and Right Hall Master Lichi behind, rushing alone towards the golden light.
With an unstoppable momentum.
When Immortal Master saw the monster from afar, he pinched a tactic with his hand. A purple light accumulated in front of him, gradually extending beyond a hundred meters, like a giant sword.
“Go!” Immortal Master pushed forward with his hand, and the giant purple sword burst out, heading straight towards the roaring monster flying towards him.
“Clang! Crack! Crack!”
The purple light sword pressed against the layer of golden light outside the monster, making a “crack” sound, but it couldn’t advance an inch.
The monster roared, and one of its wolf heads opened its mouth and spat out a blue-red light beam, which blinked and appeared in front of Immortal Master, but Immortal Master dodged it with a sway.
“Boom!”
The blue-red light beam shot towards a distant mountain peak, erupting with a loud noise, almost splitting the mountain in half.
As the two sides approached, Immortal Master suddenly rose into the air, extending his hand forward, palm facing downward. Twenty-four purple lights shot out from various parts of his body, and he flipped his palm to press down.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh—”
The twenty-four purple lights immediately shot out, pinning around the monster, forming a huge formation. A light curtain rose, faintly enclosing the monster.
However, the monster seemed unaware and turned to fly upwards, biting tightly behind Immortal Master.
With the formation set up, Immortal Master glanced at the monster below, his palm clenched into a fist.
Purple light burst from his fist, layering protective shields upon shields, quickly engulfing Immortal Master within.
Suddenly, Immortal Master turned around and descended, heading towards the monster.
Raising his fist high, he fiercely struck down, the purple and golden colors colliding.
“Bang!”
A loud impact sounded out, and the monster was actually sent flying downwards by Immortal Master’s punch, crashing into the ground, creating a huge crater.
The tactics in Immortal Master’s hands didn’t stop. The pre-prepared formation above immediately shrank and sealed off, completely trapping the monster within a radius of two hundred meters, no matter how it struggled, it couldn’t break free.
At this moment, Lin Mei and Lichi fell on both sides of the formation, continuously inputting spiritual power into the formation, strengthening its defense.
The purple light on Immortal Master’s body dissipated and fell outside the formation. He calmly watched the monster inside, continuously attacking the formation, trying to break free and swallow him.
Meanwhile, Immortal Master stood calmly in front of the monster, his expression unchanged.
This series of actions by Immortal Master astonished Su Hao. This Unity Realm cultivator, who appeared out of nowhere, displayed such formidable combat power, completely outclassing any Unity Realm cultivator he had encountered before!
In Su Hao’s eyes, this monster was still extremely powerful, possessing an immense amount of spiritual power. This was also the reason why this monster had been roaming around the Lingsha Continent for so many years without being dealt with by anyone.
But looking at the series of actions taken by this Unity Realm cultivator, the monster was almost rhythmically beaten, completely without any room to fight back, wasn’t the next step just to let it be slaughtered?
Comparing himself with this, Su Hao thought to himself, “However, if I were to confront it, I wouldn’t follow his rhythm in battle. At most, with just a few moves, I could kill it!”
The power Su Hao now possessed was something people in this world couldn’t imagine.
“Let’s see what the other side plans to do!”
…
Immortal Master carefully examined the monster, then a smile crept up on his lips as he softly said, “Very good!”
Lin Mei keenly noticed Immortal Master’s smile and asked with joy, “Immortal Master, is it enough?”
For years, they had been causing trouble in the Lingsha Continent and throughout the entire Thirty-Nine States Mortal Domain, sparking conflicts to create chaos in the entire cultivation world, so that they could fish in troubled waters, hunt and collect a large number of Unity Realm cultivators, laying the groundwork for their great goal.
Their actions under the guise of the “Crystal Thief” had gone smoothly.
Their previous concern about Unity Realm cultivators uniting to kill them was no longer a problem after the incident in the Yunzhong Valley.
Because all Unity Realm cultivators already knew that when facing the Crystal Thief, having more people was useless; uniting might lead to a quicker death.
This also provided them with a rare opportunity to eliminate them one by one, a task that might have taken a hundred years to accomplish but was nearing its end in just a few years.
They might even have to thank the Crystal Thief who popped up from somewhere.
Immortal Master said, “Perfect!”
After speaking, Immortal Master manipulated his tactics. Countless purple chains spread from his body, easily breaking through the barrier of the formation and extending into the formation, entwining the monster that was frantically searching for an exit.
The monster was very agile. Seeing the densely packed purple chains approaching, it immediately leaped to the side. After dodging, another wolf head spewed out a bright silver light beam, sweeping through and cutting the purple chains into pieces.
However, the severed chains didn’t dissipate but squirmed and pounced towards the monster.
The monster kept evading, but more and more chains extended from Immortal Master’s body. At the same time, Lin Mei and Lichi controlled the formation to shrink, compressing the monster’s maneuvering space.
The monster tried various methods but couldn’t completely destroy these peculiar purple chains. In the end, it couldn’t escape the entanglement of the numerous purple chains.
No matter how it struggled, it couldn’t break free. After who knows how long, the monster gradually calmed down. Its six heads drooped one by one, closing its eyes as if falling into a deep sleep.
When the monster stopped moving, Immortal Master manipulated his tactics again. A chain artifact flew out from his waist, growing longer and longer, probing into the formation, and tightly binding the external object.
Only then did Immortal Master put his hand down and calmly said, “That’s enough! Take it away!”
Lin Mei and Lichi looked at each other, released their hands, and stopped controlling the formation.
With a wave of his hand, twenty-four purple lights flew out from the ground, retrieved by Immortal Master into his sleeves.
The sturdy Lichi remained silent and stepped forward to lift the monster. Then, he looked back at Immortal Master.
Immortal Master turned into a purple light and flew away, followed by Lin Mei and Lichi.
