Escape

Escape

After the auction had nearly ended, Zhou Tong remained in his private room to make the final payment for the Eternal Blue Gold.

The Yaoguang Treasure Hall staff brought over the Eternal Blue Gold.

Zhou Tong finally examined the Eternal Blue Gold up close. This was also his first time seeing this immortal gold from such a close distance. It gleamed with light capable of illuminating the starry rivers of the universe, dazzlingly blue, crystalline and brilliant enough to sting the eyes.

"No wonder it's Eternal Blue Gold. It's too magnificent!" Zhou Tong exclaimed.

At the same time, he took out a jade bottle. The instant it was opened, an intoxicating fragrance hooked everyone's senses at once, nearly making them lose themselves in it.

"It really is divine medicine!"

The Yaoguang staff were highly discerning. In an instant, they identified it as genuine and confirmed that it was undoubtedly divine medicine.

Inside the jade bottle were three tiny white tigers, radiating white light and vivid as though alive. They looked exactly like living white tigers, exceptionally miraculous, and their ultimate fragrance was enough to intoxicate anyone.

"Payment and goods are settled." As Zhou Tong spoke, he directly stored away the Eternal Blue Gold, then rode a rainbow bridge and instantly departed from the Yaoguang Treasure Hall.

After leaving the Yaoguang Treasure Hall, Zhou Tong immediately changed direction and identity several times before leaving Spirit Lake City on his own.

With something like Eternal Blue Gold in hand—and perhaps even clues to divine medicine on him—how could those mighty figures possibly let him slip away so easily?

The longer he remained in Spirit Lake City, the more dangerous it became. Once those holy lands brought Imperial Weapons over, he would have no chance of escaping.

Zhou Tong directly changed into another outfit, moved far away from Spirit Lake City, and headed into the distant mountains. He intended to choose a place to kill off the group secretly watching him.

"You've finally come. We've been waiting here for you for a long time." At that moment, a voice sounding as though everything were under control came from nearby.

"Kid, you really are crafty, changing into different clothes. But it's useless. We've been watching you all along!" Another person mocked him before bursting into laughter.

Seven figures appeared around him, surrounding Zhou Tong from all directions at a distance.

"There are so many people looking for me. They've even laid down a heavenly net around all of Spirit Lake City. But do you know why I deliberately broke through in this direction?" Zhou Tong showed no trace of tension. Instead, he smiled faintly.

"We are indeed the weakest among them all, but that doesn't matter. You're merely putting on a brave front!" The leader chuckled. "That lousy mask of yours was secretly broken by our Supreme Elder's spell. Your cultivation is only at the Dao Palace Realm."

"I really don't know why the elder told us not to show ourselves and merely follow you in secret. Could someone like you possibly threaten us?" One person shook his head.

"You have no chance." Another person beside him smiled and slowly wagged a finger.

"One bottle of Dragon Marrow and one piece of Eternal Blue Gold—those are two heaven-shaking gifts."

Since these people dared intercept and kill Zhou Tong to seize the Eternal Blue Gold, they were naturally utterly confident.

"The Holy Son only needs the Eternal Blue Gold. The clues to the White Tiger Divine Medicine are what the Supreme Elder wants. We don't ask for much; we can just take his Jade Dragon Marrow!" Another person laughed as well.

"That's right. Although the Jade Dragon Marrow is top-grade Dragon Marrow, given the Holy Son and Supreme Elder's status, together with the merit we'll earn for this deed, we'll certainly get to enjoy some of it!" The speaker said casually, already treating Zhou Tong as prey on a platter.

"Don't be impatient. He also has several million jin of Source on him, enough for us to divide up! And he may have other rare treasures as well. We'll need to inspect them carefully when the time comes." The leader paced slowly, as though everything were in his grasp.

"So that's it... You're people from the Yaoguang Holy Land!"

Zhou Tong nodded, but his eyes immediately became incomparably sharp. He stepped forward, closing in on them one step at a time. "It's only normal that the mask was broken. After all, I was only at the Dao Palace Realm when I refined it... But who said the Dao Palace Realm can't defeat the Four Extremities Realm?"

"Haha, you? It seems I'll have to let you witness the strength of the Four Extremities Realm!" One person at the side advanced as he spoke. Suddenly, he unleashed the Primordial Holy Light Technique, causing heaven and earth to shake as holy light flooded the world.

The Primordial Holy Light Technique was the Yaoguang Holy Land's peerless divine art. It could purify heaven and earth, burn the skies, and possessed unmatched, unstoppable might.

"Weak. Far too weak. You think this little skill is enough to contend with me? Sever!" Zhou Tong shouted. He merely raised his right hand, held two fingers together like a sword, and casually swept them through the air.

A terrifying sword qi instantly shot into the heavens. Wherever it passed, space collapsed, and vast swathes of holy light were cut apart.

Pfft!

The peerless sword qi crossed the void and cleaved that man in two.

The others had no time to rescue him. One of them had already died. Yet after their brief shock, they all reacted—this person was far too ferocious. He was absolutely no ordinary Dao Palace Realm cultivator, but a peerless prodigy.

The remaining people could no longer hesitate. They lunged at Zhou Tong, treasure light flashing as treasured swords, small pagodas, spirit mirrors, and numerous other weapons struck at him together.

"Hmph, courting death!"

Light flashed in Zhou Tong's palm, and a purple Hegemonic Bell the size of a human head instantly emerged.

Since advancing into the Dao Palace Realm, the Divine Patterns within his body had increased by a great deal. Naturally, the Hegemonic Bell condensed from those Divine Patterns had also grown much larger.

"Since my Hegemonic Bell was forged, it has never tasted blood. Today, I'll use you to test it!" Zhou Tong casually tossed it upward, and the Hegemonic Bell immediately floated in the air.

"A bell..." Everyone's expressions changed slightly. Anyone capable of refining an artifact such as a bell was certainly a prodigy. Moreover, with a bell of this size, he was definitely following the path of using one artifact to break ten thousand methods!

Buzzz!!

Zhou Tong lightly shook his palm, and the Hegemonic Bell abruptly expanded at high speed, instantly growing several zhang tall. A layer of purple sound waves swept directly toward the weapons the group had unleashed.

Clang!!

With a light ring, every weapon struck the bell waves. The waves merely trembled faintly before terrifying power surged out like crashing tides, shattering every weapon in an instant.

At the same time, Zhou Tong swept out with his sword fingers. Boundless sword qi surged forth like waves, and with a boom, tore through every cultivator's protective treasure light and engulfed them.

With a single strike, everyone was utterly annihilated in body and soul.

"Too weak..."

Zhou Tong shook his head. "My Sky Shrouding Method is indeed only at the first layer of the Dao Palace Realm, but my Chaotic Ancient Method is at least comparable to the Four Extremities Realm... With trash like you, you really underestimate people."

"But... the older generation should be arriving soon. It's time to go!" Zhou Tong's figure flashed, and his entire body transformed into a streak of sword light before swiftly vanishing from the spot.

Shortly after Zhou Tong disappeared, several old men hurried over.

Seeing the bloodstains covering the ground, their expressions immediately changed drastically.

"They're dead, all of them! It wasn't a Saint Weapon unleashed—there was no such saintly pressure!" The leader said gravely.

"Could that person have a guardian?" One person beside him fell silent for a moment before asking.

"Impossible. We didn't detect the slightest clue... Could his realm be above ours?" At that thought, their expressions changed dramatically.

"Retreat, retreat at once!"