I Want to Go Home

With another tremor, the water screen protecting the Flying Boat flickered, visibly weakening by a third.

The young Immortal Master summoned his magic artifact, but instantly lost the opponent's presence.

"Hmph! Coward hiding in the shadows." He snorted, unable to determine if it was a human cultivator or a Yao Beast that had attacked. He immediately steered the Flying Boat to slightly alter its course and accelerate forward.

After waiting a moment with no further incidents, the Immortal Seeds hesitantly inquired, "Immortal Master? Just now... did someone dare to attack you?"

"Hmph! Most likely some wretched Robber Cultivator who didn't get a clear look at my Flying Boat. You all need not panic!" The young Immortal Master arrogantly lifted his chin.

"Robber Cultivator?" The Immortal Seeds were confused, and their perception of the Immortal Realm they had imagined began to shift.

"Robber Cultivator!" Li Ji'an was quite familiar with those two words.

"The ill omen is a Robber Cultivator?" He didn't trust the young cultivator's words. How could they not see such a large Flying Boat? Moreover, why would they attack twice?

But the reality was, after the two attacks, there was no further action.

"No!" Suddenly, Li Ji'an's eyes snapped open.

"Immortal Master, be careful! We might be walking into a trap!"

"Hm? A trap? Do you even know what the Immortal Realm is like? In Cangyun Prefecture, who would dare set a trap for me? Besides, my Flying Boat travels at full speed, covering a hundred miles in an instant. Who could possibly set a trap?" The young Immortal Master paused, then glared dismissively at Li Ji'an, sneering.

Li Ji'an's brow furrowed. He could speak up to warn him only because they were currently on the same boat.

He had figured out why the attackers stopped after the two initial strikes.

They were deliberately herding the Flying Boat in one direction, no different from a sheepdog herding sheep.

Now that the young Immortal Master had changed course, they were surely approaching some pre-set trap.

The enemy had set a trap and knew their flight path, while this fool was still young and arrogant. Danger!

Hummm~

As he pondered a way to save himself, a sudden humming sound filled the air.

Li Ji'an instantly felt deafened and looked up to see an invisible barrier, like a net cast from heaven, appear abruptly.

Immediately, the rapidly flying Flying Boat was frozen in mid-air.

The immense inertia sent the people inside crashing out of the Flying Boat and into the water screen.

"Pfft~" The Immortal Seed with the lowest Martial Path cultivation had his internal organs shattered by the impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Except for Li Ji'an and Zhao Shuyao, who immediately circulated their Vital Energy and Blood to protect themselves and suffered no damage, everyone else sustained injuries of varying degrees.

And it wasn't over. After being frozen in mid-air, the Flying Boat struggled for only a moment before rapidly shrinking, eventually becoming a palm-sized small boat.

After the ten Immortal Seeds fell from the water screen, their feet no longer had the Flying Boat to stand on, and they plummeted towards the hundred-zhang-high ground below.

It was at this moment that Li Ji'an saw the vast expanse of yellow sand below, stretching as far as the eye could see!

"Spirit Trapping Array!" The young Immortal Master finally reacted after a full three seconds, looking at the frozen Flying Boat in disbelief, his heart greatly shocked.

The Spirit Trapping Array was a high-tier Rank 1 formation, capable of trapping high-grade magic artifacts. It was difficult for anyone but a seasoned formation master to set up, and the materials for its foundation were extremely valuable, definitely not something an ordinary Robber Cultivator could afford.

Coincidentally, the Flying Boat his ancestor had bestowed upon him to ferry these ants was a high-grade Flying Boat. Apart from the Spirit Trapping Array, it was almost invincible in the southern part of Cangyun Prefecture.

This was clearly aimed at him!

"Who is it? Show yourself!" The young Immortal Master held his Chongshan Seal high, as if ready to smash it down at any moment.

"Screech~" The only response was several Fireball spells.

"Hiding coward, take this!" The Chongshan Seal suddenly smashed towards a pile of yellow sand below, scattering the sparks from several Fireball spells.

Clearly, the opponent's Fireball spells posed no threat to him while wielding the Chongshan Seal.

After all, his Chongshan Seal was also a gift from his ancestor, a true top-quality magic artifact!

However, before he could feel relieved, his expression changed drastically.

He saw several Fireball spells hurtling towards the ten Immortal Seeds who were falling.

"Is this your true objective?"

With no time to wield the Chongshan Seal, the young Immortal Master's Magical Power surged: "Vast Heaven and Earth, rise, shield!"

Rumble~

The earth shook, and a foot-thick wall of earth erupted from the yellow sand.

However, it was ultimately too late. Some Fireballs had already pierced through the earth shield, whistling down towards the falling Immortal Seeds.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

One Immortal Seed was struck by a Fireball. As sparks flew, his entire body was engulfed in flames, and a piercing wail echoed across the sandy land.

"Immortal Master, save us!" The other Immortal Seeds, terrified by what they witnessed, screamed for help hysterically.

"Ah! I don't want to die, I haven't become an immortal yet..." Another was burned to ashes by a Fireball.

Even the Immortal Seed who had first hit the water screen, his internal organs ruptured and bleeding, and who had fallen first onto the sandy ground, did not escape. He had already lost consciousness, only to be burned awake, letting out heart-wrenching screams.

Fireballs, wails, and burning smoke... made the scene even more chaotic, and the remaining Immortal Seeds were filled with utter terror.

"This isn't the Immortal Realm, this is hell!"

"I don't want to be an immortal anymore, I'll just be a mortal, I want to go back..." Someone was crying in fear, wishing they could go home right now.

"What kind of immortals are these?" Zhao Shuyao trembled all over, her Qi and Blood Grandmaster strength unable to be unleashed.

Only Li Ji'an had been mentally prepared. His Vital Energy and Blood surged, his spirit was strong, and his senses were sharp. Grabbing Zhao Shuyao by the collar, he dodged three fireballs in a row, remaining much calmer.

"Pull yourselves together! If you want to survive, you can only save yourselves!" Seeing the remaining Immortal Seeds about to be brutally killed, Li Ji'an roared, his voice like thunder from his dantian.

Similar to the Lion's Roar technique, the other Immortal Seeds' minds trembled, and they finally snapped back to reality.

Only then did they notice that the young Guiding Immortal Master was fighting two people shrouded in white mist, one against two, with no time to save them.

At the same time, from beneath the sand dunes not far away, two more figures emerged, both masked.

"You two, quickly kill the Blood Slaves. Don't be careless."

"Don't worry, Uncle. They're just mortals, like slaughtering chickens and dogs!"

With that, the two moved like the wind, instantly appearing before the remaining seven Immortal Seeds.

"See who can kill more?"

"Let's bet!" The two agreed to a wager.

"Immortal Master, spare my life!" One Immortal Seed, already terrified, saw the two Immortal Masters floating towards him and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Swish~" The masked man on the left waved his hand first, and a wind blade instantly arrived, severing the Immortal Seed's head like cutting a watermelon.

"Ah!" The gushing hot blood doused the sharp-witted female Immortal Seed completely. No matter how clever her mind, how deep her schemes, how many tricks she had, they were useless in the face of extreme fear, leaving only terrified wails.

"Noisy!" The other masked cultivator pointed his sword finger sharply at her.

"Swish~" A Flying Sword, as thin as a cicada's wing, pierced her heart on the spot.

"Don't just sit there and wait for death! Fight back!" Seeing the Prodigies, who were revered by everyone in the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty, being so easily killed without any resistance, Li Ji'an's face turned extremely grim.

The yellow sand stretched for thousands of miles, boundless and endless. Escape was impossible.

Only by resisting could there be a sliver of hope for survival!