Holy Mother of Fire Spirit glanced at Jiang Yun and nodded approvingly.
Still, she reminded him, "It is good that you mean well, Junior Brother, but you must be extremely careful."
"The Wei River Dragon King is a high-ranking figure among the Dragon Clan, second only to the Four Sea Dragon Kings. His strength has long reached Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal! He is no mere True Immortal flood dragon like the one before!"
Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal...
Jiang Yun's heart tightened, but he was not afraid in the slightest.
With all his trump cards revealed, he could fight even an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal. What was more, Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, a Late Taiyi Golden Immortal powerhouse, was with him!
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister. I understand!"
"Good! As expected of Martial Uncle Shi Ji's disciple—you have courage! Let us go pay him a visit!"
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit laughed loudly and mounted the Golden-Eyed Camel.
The two immediately transformed into streaks of light and sped toward the Wei River Water Palace!
Before long, they arrived above the Wei River.
Looking out, where was there even a river? This boundless expanse of water would have been an entire vast ocean in later ages!
"Junior Brother, hide in the shadows and watch how I handle this!"
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit gave him a brief instruction.
Jiang Yun nodded and immediately activated the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief, concealing his form as he hid within the clouds.
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit flew above the Wei River, valiant and imposing, though her eyes brimmed with killing intent!
Without another word, she opened her mouth and spewed forth a stream of true fire!
Boom—!
The true fire fell into the Wei River. In an instant, the waters for tens of thousands of miles began to boil!
The river churned violently, and countless aquatic creatures were scalded to death alive!
"Who dares cause trouble in my Wei River?!"
An enraged roar rang out from deep within the Water Palace.
Immediately afterward, a wave surged into the sky. A middle-aged man clad in royal robes and wearing a dragon crown appeared—it was the Wei River Dragon King!
The Wei River Dragon King had intended to fly into a rage, but upon seeing who had come, his pupils shrank!
"So it is the distinguished Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, an outstanding disciple of the Interception Sect. This humble king failed to welcome you from afar. May I ask why Holy Mother has come in such fury?"
The Wei River Dragon King adopted an extremely humble posture and cupped his hands in greeting.
Who was Holy Mother of Fire Spirit?
The foremost disciple of the Interception Sect's third generation!
Behind her stood Daoist Duobao, the Interception Sect's chief disciple and a mighty quasi-sage, as well as the lofty Sage Tongtian himself!
How could a peripheral Dragon King like him dare offend her?
"Wei River Dragon King!"
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit looked down at him and questioned coldly:
"Tell me, why did you slaughter Human Race lives and gather their wronged souls? And how dare you kill disciples of my Interception Sect?!"
The Wei River Dragon King's expression changed drastically upon hearing this!
"Holy Mother, please see clearly! This humble king has been wronged!"
He immediately began making excuses:
"Someone must be framing this humble king! I have always governed the Wei River waters conscientiously. How could I dare commit such a monstrous and immoral deed?"
"Hmph! You still dare quibble!"
A cold gleam flashed through Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's eyes. "Words are useless! Come with me to Azure Roaming Palace. Right and wrong, merit and fault, shall be judged by our Grandmaster!"
Taken back to Azure Roaming Palace?
Would he still have any chance of surviving?!
The Wei River Dragon King's expression darkened completely. "Holy Mother, do not bully others too far! My Dragon Clan is not so easily provoked!"
"You are courting death!"
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit stopped wasting words and attacked fiercely!
The Middle-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Golden Sunset Crown above Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's head, instantly released ten thousand rays of golden light!
The golden light was like gold and iron, incomparably sharp and unstoppable, descending upon the Wei River Dragon King with boundless force!
Roar—!
Seeing this, the Wei River Dragon King no longer concealed himself and revealed his savage dragon body, thousands of zhang long!
Opening his mouth, he spat out a Dragon Pearl containing endless water-element power. It expanded in the wind and slammed fiercely into the Golden Sunset Crown!
Clang—!
The two clashed, unleashing all their divine abilities as their treasures collided!
One was a Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal True Dragon!
The other was the Interception Sect's foremost third-generation disciple, a Late Taiyi Golden Immortal protected by the Middle-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Golden Sunset Crown, bestowed by a Sage.
They fought for a full three hours, yet neither could gain the upper hand!
The Golden Sunset Crown combined offense and defense!
Even though the Wei River Dragon King's cultivation was higher than Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's, he could not defeat her.
"Holy Mother of Fire Spirit! You forced my hand!"
Unable to win after fighting for so long, a trace of madness flashed through the Wei River Dragon King's eyes!
As his Dharma power surged behind him, he suddenly brought out nine incomparably black banners!
The moment the banners appeared, yin winds howled and baleful qi gathered into clouds!
Countless ghostly shadows howled and twisted within the banners, as though they connected directly to Nine Netherworlds Hell!
Among those countless ghostly shadows were three of the strongest, each emitting an aura at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!
The faces of those three ghostly shadows still bore traces of Interception Sect Daoist arts!
"Profound Yin Banners!"
At the sight of the banners, Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's beautiful eyes widened as her fury soared to the heavens!
"What audacity! These are Chiyou's Profound Yin Banners! You dared kill disciples of my Interception Sect and refine them into the banners' chief souls!!"
"Hahaha! So what if I did?"
The Wei River Dragon King tore away all pretense and sneered viciously. "Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, since you have discovered this today, I cannot allow you to live!"
"If I silence you, I might still have a chance of survival!"
Profound Yin Formation!
This formation had been created long ago by Chiyou, a Great Witch of the Witch Race, after he reincarnated into the Human Race in order to contend for the position of Human Emperor.
It had been fashioned in imitation of the Ancestral Witches' Twelve Capital Gods Fiend Formation!
The complete formation consisted of eighty-one Profound Yin Banners.
At its height, Chiyou had used this formation to summon an Ancestral Witch True Body, resisting numerous disciples of the Three Teachings and several quasi-sages. Its ferocious might had been immense!
At this moment!
Although the Wei River Dragon King held only nine incomplete Profound Yin Banners, he was a Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, and he had refined three Taiyi Golden Immortal-level Interception Sect disciples into chief souls...
Its power was still far beyond what Holy Mother of Fire Spirit could withstand!
Roar!!
The three Taiyi Golden Immortal-level ghostly shadows roared and, aided by the formation's power, charged madly at Holy Mother of Fire Spirit!
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit's expression grew grave to the extreme!
She could only raise the Golden Sunset Crown above her head, letting it cast down ten thousand rays of golden light to barely protect herself.
Even so, the endless yin winds and baleful qi drove her back again and again, leaving her in constant peril!
Under the erosion of the Profound Yin Baleful Qi, even the Golden Sunset Crown's radiance dimmed somewhat!
"Hahaha! Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, die!"
The Wei River Dragon King laughed madly as he drove the formation with all his strength!
Once today's matter was exposed, he would undoubtedly die!
Only by killing Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, taking her Golden Sunset Crown, and displaying his own value...
Might some great power take notice of his methods and offer him protection.
Or he could rely on the might of a Xiantian Spiritual Treasure to flee into the Chaos beyond the domain.
Very soon!
Facing the formation's terrifying power!
Holy Mother of Fire Spirit was in grave danger and could only barely protect herself with the Golden Sunset Crown's golden light.
Yet her Dharma power was being consumed rapidly, and she could not last much longer.
Just at that critical moment!
"Do not panic, Senior Sister. Your Junior Brother is here!"
A clear, resounding cry exploded from within the clouds!
Before the words had faded!
Eighty-one banners, crimson throughout and flowing with purple flame patterns, tore through the air!
"Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Firecloud Formation, rise!"
Jiang Yun revealed himself and activated the vast Dharma power of the Grand Mystery Boundless Immortal Art within him.
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