Could it be a land immortal? (Seeking investment)

Over nine thousand strands of Spiritual Light, accompanied by immense fiery power, poured down.

The winds and clouds shifted.

Dark clouds blotted out the sun.

Lightning intertwined, fire rained down, thunder roared – a scene of world destruction.

What is this for?

Could Gods and Devils have descended?

As everyone trembled, unsure and lost.

The next moment—

"Slash!"

The sky split open, and a fiery meteor descended from the dark clouds with lightning speed.

Rumble!

The mountain peak below shattered, its upper half instantly turning into a pool of crimson lava, while the lower half cracked and collapsed.

The entire nameless mountain peak northwest of Dragon-Raising Temple was virtually annihilated in an instant.

And the Devil of Zi Shu, hiding within, didn't even have time to react. It merely looked up at the sky in confusion before being directly struck by the fiery meteor.

Its flesh and blood turned to ash.

However, this fellow had some tricks. Although its flesh and blood were reduced to ashes, it didn't die. Countless strands of Evil Qi converged, writhing in the pit of molten rock that had formed.

Seeing that the dark clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed, this massive ball of Evil Qi suddenly let out a shrill cry. Then, a rat larger than a calf, clutching its bare, furless head, fled directly.

Its speed... was almost a hundred miles in an instant.

Truly a case of "carrying its head and scurrying like a rat!"

"It didn't die?"

"It has quite a few life-saving methods."

Su Qingqiu, within Snake Abyss, frowned and muttered to himself.

He wasn't entirely surprised, though. After all, this was his first time using the combined power of Crimson Fire Horn and Major Rain Accumulation Technique.

To maximize the attack, he had poured all his Spiritual Light of crimson fire into it.

This led to unstable coordination. Some of the rain energy annihilated the fire power, and there was serious conflict between the forces of Major Rain Accumulation Technique and Crimson Fire Horn.

Fortunately, it wasn't a complete failure. It ultimately delivered a stunning blow to Zi Shu.

Nearly causing its death and soul annihilation.

"This kind of combined attack can be considered an offensive method. If it can be quantified and more precisely controlled in the future, it wouldn't be a bad usable spell."

Su Qingqiu pondered internally.

With this experiment, he wouldn't have to rely on brute force in the future.

He had initially developed a rudimentary magical attack method.

The outside world.

Su Qingqiu was unaware of the great shock his actions had caused to various factions.

In the northwest, at the site of the mountain peak destroyed by Su Qingqiu's attack.

After the dark clouds dispersed, within mere seconds, over a dozen Cultivators, gorgeously dressed and exuding imposing auras, arrived through the air.

There were men and women.

Yuanhui, Yuanming from Dragon-Raising Temple, and even an even older monk were among them.

Similarly, Fang Wenshan from Chiyang City, Temple Attendant from Dragon King Temple, and the Taoist nun Chuchen also arrived.

In addition, there were people from several other factions.

The nameless mountain peak had vanished, leaving only the base of the mountain on the ground, along with rolling, scorching lava.

Even floating in the air, they could feel an intense fiery aura rushing towards them.

Making the skin of those present tingle.

"To think that the Abbot Yuanhui of Dragon-Raising Temple herself has come. A pleasure, a pleasure. May I ask if the Abbot has found out who or what is responsible for this earth-shattering, sky-falling fiery meteor?"

Fang Wenshan asked knowingly. He glanced at Yuanhui, then subtly observed the old monk behind Yuanhui and Yuanming, frowning slightly.

He couldn't immediately identify this old monk.

"Amitabha, City Lord. We, this humble nun and others, have also just arrived and did not see who or what was responsible."

"However, to possess the power to alter the landscape and summon a fiery meteor from the sky..."

Yuanhui gave a wry smile.

At this moment, she circulated her Magical Power, which landed in the lava below her feet. Flames ignited out of nowhere, beginning to contend with her Magical Power.

"What astonishing Daoism Cultivation. Even though they've become rootless, they can still contend with Master Yuanhui's nearly thousand years of pure Magical Power. This... this... If the meteor was man-made, not a natural phenomenon, could this person's Daoism Cultivation be nearly ten thousand years old?"

Chuchen, the Taoist nun, looked astonished.

One had to know that as the current head of Dragon-Raising Temple, Yuanhui had already reached the Sixth Rank thirty years ago.

Now, thirty years later, his actual strength was definitely far beyond just the Sixth Rank. It was estimated his Magical Power certainly exceeded a thousand years.

Yet, even such a powerful figure's residual fire energy could still contend with him. How astonishing must the Daoism Cultivation of the person who released the meteor be?

"This is extremely pure Scarlet Fire energy. Given its vastness, perhaps the one who released it has over ten thousand years of Daoism Cultivation."

"However, there's a trace of Evil Qi mixed within. It's likely what the meteor destroyed."

"Could it be that a powerful Demon infiltrated the Great Wasteland region and was then destroyed by a passing Land Immortal of the Upper Three Ranks?"

Yuanhui guessed.

Only cultivators of the Upper Three Ranks could achieve such a feat. Beings like them were already called Land Immortals, appearing and disappearing like dragons.

"A powerful Demon?"

Fang Wenshan frowned upon hearing this. He turned his head to look at the Temple Attendant of Dragon-Raising Temple and continued to ask, "Master, have you received any warnings from the Imperial Court recently?"

The Temple Attendant of Dragon-Raising Temple pondered for a moment and shook his head, saying, "No. Although due to the drought, Demons and Devils have been emerging in the Great Wasteland, none of them were world-ending Devils. And the Imperial Court has not detected any foreign great Devils entering the Great Wasteland region..."

Speaking to this point, the Temple Attendant seemed to recall something, paused, and suddenly said, "Ah, yes. Some time ago, the border army sent a message stating that quite a few Giant Rat Devils had crossed the national border and entered our Zhaoyang Country."

"The Yanfeng Nation's Divine Child Cult sent word that these Giant Rat Devils escaped from their territory and hoped we would return their bodies if we killed them, as they could offer Spirit Rats in exchange."

"Master Fang, do you think there might be a great Devil hidden among these Giant Rats?"

"A rat plague..." Fang Wenshan first sighed, then shook his head, saying, "It shouldn't be. Moreover, the Giant Rat Devils are in the northern part of our country, still very far from the Great Wasteland region. It's impossible for them to sneak all the way to the Dragon-Raising Temple area."

"Actually, speaking of this, I'm more inclined to believe that all of this was the work of that True Dragon from Dragon-Raising Temple."

"Masters, what do you think?"

Fang Wenshan looked at Yuanhui again and said with a smile.

Yuanhui's expression changed slightly, and he immediately said, "Amitabha, monks do not lie. Our Dragon-Raising Temple truly has no True Dragon. Please, Master Fang, do not speak carelessly."

Fang Wenshan remained noncommittal.

He then looked at his attendant behind him and said, "Someone, order the army in Chiyang City to seal off this area, and then notify the Imperial Court to send people to investigate. I want to see who or what dares to cause such a commotion in the territory of our Zhaoyang Country."

"Even a Land Immortal must give our Zhaoyang Country an explanation!"