In the blink of an eye, the valley that had been filled with voices fell deathly silent.
Those cultivators who had been clinging to thoughts of luck saw Poison Dragon Daoist's overbearing methods and had their greed thoroughly extinguished by fear. One after another, they scattered like birds and beasts, wishing their parents had given them two extra legs so they could flee this place of trouble.
The air still reeked of a nauseating stench, with a faint poisonous fog lingering within it.
Poison Dragon Daoist paid it no mind. He stared greedily at the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin floating in midair, radiating profound light.
An Innate Spiritual Treasure!
This was a treasure powerful enough to drive even Grand Unity Golden Immortals mad!
He savored the tranquility of the moment, the absolute sense of control that came from no one daring to contend with him.
He began to walk, taking one step after another toward the treasure.
Every step was slow and heavy, as though he were not stepping on the ground, but on the shattered hearts of every onlooker who had coveted it.
Ten zhang.
Five zhang.
Three zhang.
He reached out. His withered fingers trembled slightly with excitement, and his face was filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.
As long as he obtained this Innate Spiritual Treasure, his strength would surge once more! By then, even if he faced a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he would have the power to fight!
But just as his fingertips were about to touch the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin—
A sudden change occurred!
Three entirely different, yet equally deadly attacks shot toward him from three directions without warning!
One was a searing streak of light. Wherever it passed, the air warped and burned!
Another was an incomparably sharp sword light. Its bone-chilling sword intent seemed capable of freezing a person's primordial spirit!
The last was a heavy treasure seal as massive as a mountain, crashing down with terrifying might that could suppress all things!
The three attacks completely sealed off every avenue of retreat for Poison Dragon Daoist.
The power of each attack was enough to make a great figure like him, an early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal, feel a lethal threat!
"Damn it!"
Poison Dragon Daoist's expression changed dramatically, and he let out a roar filled with rage and shock.
He had no time to think. His instinct for survival made him instantly abandon the spiritual treasure within arm's reach.
"Roar!"
The Poison Dragon Banner thrashed wildly in his hand. The poisonous dragon on its surface let out an unwilling roar and spewed out ink-green poisonous fog like a tidal wave, forming a thick barrier of poisonous clouds.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three attacks slammed into the poisonous cloud barrier almost simultaneously.
The violent energy exploded at once, producing deafening booms.
The searing flames and sinister poisonous fog annihilated each other. The sharp sword light tore open gash after gash in the poisonous clouds, while the heavy treasure seal directly smashed large swathes of them apart.
Taking advantage of that brief obstruction, Poison Dragon Daoist flew backward in a sorry state for several hundred zhang before barely managing to steady himself.
His face was so gloomy it seemed ready to drip water, and his venomous eyes were fixed on the three directions.
Three figures slowly emerged from the void.
On the left was a beautiful middle-aged woman in red. Her figure was alluring, her eyes seductive, and a faint smile played at the corners of her lips. Yet deep in her eyes lay a trace of chilling coldness that was difficult to detect.
On the right was a middle-aged man in gray robes. His features were sinister and his aura obscure. He was like a stone hidden in the shadows, making people feel deeply uncomfortable.
Straight ahead was an old man in white robes with an otherworldly bearing. He held a horsetail whisk and wore a kindly smile, looking every inch like a benevolent enlightened master.
The auras of all three erupted without reservation.
They were all Grand Unity Golden Immortals!
"Fairy Huo Feng, Old Man Yin Shan, Daoist Qing Song!"
Poison Dragon Daoist ground out the three names through clenched teeth, his killing intent boiling to its peak.
These three old bastards had actually been hiding in the shadows all along, waiting to reap the spoils!
"Poison Dragon Daoist, well met," the woman in red—Fairy Huo Feng—said with a coy laugh, covering her lips. Her voice was alluring to the bone. "Why are you so angry? This Innate Spiritual Treasure wasn't born in your house. We just came to take a look. Surely you don't mind?"
"Hmph!" The gray-robed middle-aged man known as Old Man Yin Shan snorted coldly, his voice hoarse. "Enough nonsense! Treasures belong to the virtuous—no, to the capable! Whoever has the harder fists gets them!"
Daoist Qing Song, the old man in white, wore the expression of a peacemaker. He lightly flicked his horsetail whisk and smiled. "Why must the three of you act this way? In my view, this treasure is fated for all four of us. Why don't we join forces to break the restriction here, retrieve the treasure, and then discuss how to divide it? Would that not be wonderful?"
"Discuss? How do we discuss it? There is only one Innate Spiritual Treasure and four of us. Are we supposed to split it into four pieces?" Poison Dragon Daoist laughed in fury, the anger from being ambushed with nowhere to vent.
"Old Daoist Qing Song, put away that hypocritical face of yours! As far as I am concerned, there is only one rule!"
A vicious glint flashed through Poison Dragon Daoist's eyes as he shouted harshly, "Anyone who refuses will be beaten until they submit!"
Before his voice had even faded, he shook the Poison Dragon Banner again. A ferocious ink-green poisonous dragon roared out and lunged straight at the seemingly most righteous of them all, Daoist Qing Song!
"Obstinate fool!" Daoist Qing Song's expression darkened. With a sweep of his horsetail whisk, countless silver strands transformed into a heavenly net and surged toward the poisonous dragon.
"Heehee, this is how it should have been." Fairy Huo Feng gave a coquettish laugh. She flipped her jade hand, and a flaming whip blazing with fierce fire appeared from thin air, lashing toward Old Man Yin Shan.
Old Man Yin Shan remained expressionless. A pitch-black bone saber appeared in his hand, surrounded by chilling winds and the wails of ghosts and gods, and he engaged the flaming whip in battle.
The four Grand Unity Golden Immortals instantly clashed over ownership of the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin!
For a time, immortal light crisscrossed the valley and laws surged wildly.
Poisonous flames, divine fire, sword qi, treasure light... All kinds of terrifying attacks collided, flattening the mountains within a hundred li.
The four had similar cultivation levels, but each possessed different methods. For a time, none could do anything to the others, and the battle fell into a stalemate.
But that balance was soon broken.
Unable to make any progress, Poison Dragon Daoist grew increasingly agitated. He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the Poison Dragon Banner!
"Secret Art: Du Long Devours Heart!"
The poisonous dragon on the Poison Dragon Banner seemed to come completely alive. Its aura surged several times over. It tore free from the banner and transformed into an ink-green streak of light, carrying a strange power that corroded the soul as it bypassed Daoist Qing Song's defense and shot straight toward Fairy Huo Feng, who was fighting Old Man Yin Shan nearby!
He had seen through it. Among the four, Fairy Huo Feng was slightly weaker, but her methods were the most bizarre. Once she was dealt with, the remaining two would be easy to handle!
The strike was both swift and vicious, and Fairy Huo Feng's expression changed dramatically!
She sensed the deadly crisis—one capable of severely wounding or even killing her!
In that split second, a resolute, ruthless glint flashed through Fairy Huo Feng's eyes.
Her figure blurred. She appeared to be dodging, yet she closed in on Old Man Yin Shan beside her from an extremely strange angle.
"Daoist, lend me your body for a moment!"
She gave a coquettish laugh, but her jade palm struck Old Man Yin Shan's back without the slightest mercy.
Old Man Yin Shan was exerting all his strength to resist Daoist Qing Song's attack. How could he have expected this poisonous woman to suddenly stab him in the back?
"You!"
He had only enough time to let out a furious roar before his body was uncontrollably shoved forward, meeting the ink-green streak of poisonous dragon light head-on.
Pfft!
Du Long Devours Heart pierced straight through his chest!
Old Man Yin Shan's protective immortal light shattered instantly. His entire body froze in place, his expression solidifying in endless regret and resentment.
In the next moment, his body was like a wax figure doused in concentrated sulfuric acid, rapidly corroding from the inside out. Even his primordial spirit dissolved with it, transforming into a pool of foul-smelling pus and blood.
A Grand Unity Golden Immortal had fallen just like that!
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