"Tsk, tsk. Fellow Daoist Ren, what a display! One move, and you stunned everyone. Your strength is truly astonishing!"
"But no matter how strong you are, that doesn't mean this old woman fears you! Especially with so many fellow daoists from the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land here!"
"Whether this boy truly has ties to the Ancient Immortal Sect is another matter. Being a mere Guest Elder is hardly convincing."
"If you think that alone lets you claim the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella, I'm afraid... it won't be enough to convince everyone."
After a brief silence, the Profound Clarity Cave Master's laughter rang out.
As she spoke, her dazzling, starlike gaze swept swiftly across everyone present.
At her words, the auras around the assembled cultivators continued to surge.
Without a word, they had formed an encirclement around the mountaintop where Su Shi'er and Ren Yunzong stood.
They were wary of Ren Yunzong, but far from afraid of him.
Besides, the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land had the advantage in numbers.
As for the Body Integration Realm cultivators from Azure Star, even if they wanted a share of the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella, they had no suitable reason to act.
Help Ren Yunzong?
Wouldn't that amount to agreeing to leave the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella with the Yun Ge Sect?
That was hardly what the others wanted to see!
Faced with the Profound Clarity Cave Master's further challenge, Ren Yunzong's expression remained unchanged. He was about to speak again.
But just then, his body gave a slight jolt. He swallowed his words, and the Eight Trigrams of Qi Men condensed from true essence before him vanished in an instant.
His sudden move left everyone exchanging bewildered looks.
Before anyone could work out what had happened—
Suddenly,
vast Buddhist power descended from the sky.