Fake Welcoming Envoy?

"Oh?" the silver figure was startled and asked curiously, "How do you know?"

"Because Xu Zhi would never let personal matters interfere with public duty!" Xiao Hua gritted his teeth, resisting the wave of dizziness that washed over him, and shouted, "He'd rather watch me be annihilated by tribulation lightning than help me!"

Seeing that Xiao Hua recognized him, the person whose body was flashing with silver light let out a cold laugh. The silver light on his face seemed to peel away like silk, revealing another face. Xiao Hua's consciousness was already hazy; how could he see this person's face clearly?

The man also looked at Xiao Hua without concern and said, "You are quite meticulous. Unfortunately, now that you've arrived here, the gate to the Immortal Realm is closed. Do you have any other choice?"

"Damn it!" Xiao Hua endured a wave of darkness and managed to say, "You... Xu Zhi... What exactly happened to him?"

The man didn't answer, seemingly understanding that Xiao Hua was trying to trick him into talking. He simply flew over and said, "Just take care of yourself. Tell me everything you know, and perhaps..."

As he spoke, the man waved his hand, unleashing a bright silver Immortal Artifact. This artifact resembled a rope, and as it flew out, flames soared into the sky, creating restrictions around Xiao Hua that he found impossible to resist!

However, before the man could activate his Immortal Arts, Xiao Hua roared, "How dare you plot against this young master? Die!"

As he spoke, the hundred-plus Scattered Infants that Xiao Hua had previously stored in his spatial dimension suddenly flew out! The moment these Scattered Infants emerged, they immediately formed the Golden Crow Immortal Slaying Demonic Array within the dimension!

"Ah??" Seeing so many Scattered Infants, the man was greatly shocked, exclaiming, "You... When did you undergo tribulation? How come I didn't know!"

There was no need for the man to know. As soon as the Scattered Infants flew out, the Immortal Realm gate, which hadn't completely closed yet, began to shake again. With a series of "boom, boom, boom" sounds, over nine hundred streams of Nine-Colored True Thunder furiously surged out, striking towards these hundred-plus Scattered Infants!

"Roar, roar, roar..." The hundred-plus Scattered Infants roared like Xiao Hua. As all the Scattered Infants' spiritual bodies rapidly surged with silver radiance, they all showed signs of collapse. However, their faces were filled with icy frost, and their gazes, like lightning, fixed on the man!

Seeing a hundred pairs of angry eyes directed at him, the man felt a chill crawl up his spine. Nevertheless, he still sneered, pointed at the rope-like Immortal Artifact, and the artifact transformed into over a hundred illusory projections. He said with a cold laugh, "What good are more Scattered Infants? They are merely more spirit tools to refine Immortal Artifacts..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the hundred-plus Scattered Infants simultaneously formed Immortal Arts. They unleashed the same devastating power, and over a hundred Immortal Slaying Platforms flew out. Utilizing the power of the Golden Crow Immortal Slaying Demonic Array, they condensed into a single Immortal Slaying Platform resembling a Nine-Colored Golden Crow, which then furiously lunged towards the man!

"Ah?" Seeing such devastating power emerge, far exceeding his expectations, the man turned ashen with shock. The silver light around him flashed intensely, and numerous illusory projections appeared, preparing to flee. Unfortunately, he was still too late. Xiao Hua had endured for so long precisely to lure him here!

"Boom..." The Immortal Slaying Platform descended, striking the man's Immortal Spirit Body precisely and without deviation. "Ah..." The man's scream rang out, and the silver luster transformed into fist-sized runes that scattered everywhere. Layers of gray-black light emerged from the depths of this luster, churning like boiling water...

Seeing the Immortal Artifact, which had previously moved like a spiritual snake, fall from mid-air, Xiao Hua's vision went black. Finally, under the immense and irresistible power of the Immortal Realm interface, he fainted!

Poor Xiao Hua, before even entering the Immortal Realm, his physical body and bones had been taken by his clone, and he only stepped into the Immortal Realm relying on his Nine Tribulation Scattered Infant form. Just as the Immortal Realm gate closed, he encountered someone who appeared to be a fake Guiding Emissary! Xiao Hua didn't know what the future held for others stepping into the Immortal Realm, but he knew his own journey to the Immortal Realm would surely be fraught with peril!

Although the Reception Hall of the Immortal Realm was damaged, its core section remained intact. This intact section was a palace that looked cast from bronze. At this moment, eighty-one small banners were planted around the palace, each bearing an engraved star. These stars still crackled with lightning. Looking at the top of the palace, the Xingtian Immortal Artifact, spanning several acres, displayed brilliant silver strands. These silver strands condensed into tadpole-shaped runes of various sizes, with lightning-infused water churning like waves between the runes. Countless celestial phenomena and the profound mysteries of heaven and earth were revealed within. It was a pity that after the screams from within the bronze palace, a deathly silence fell, and no one came to comprehend the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao.

Beneath the Xingtian Immortal Artifact was a large bluestone array spanning over ten acres, with lightning still lingering within the formation. In the center of the lightning, an oval-shaped pool had long since dried up, revealing a bluestone slab several feet in size at the bottom. Much of the bluestone was broken and uneven. Even the bluestones on the walls were pitted and scarred, as if the pool had been smashed multiple times. However, in one corner of the pool, on a protruding withered branch, a few thumb-sized green fruits flickered in the lightning, adding a touch of green to the abandoned pool.

To the north of the pool, the lightning was most concentrated. A gateway with mottled lightning patterns had vanished, leaving only its outline in the void. Before the gateway, a bright silver rope-like Immortal Artifact was exceptionally dazzling! Beside the Immortal Artifact lay a silver humanoid figure, over a hundred feet tall. Above this silver humanoid, Immortal Spirit Qi flowed down like water, "gurgling" into the surface of the silver humanoid. An Immortal Mark appeared on its forehead. This Immortal Mark was heavily damaged, with many cracks almost severing it. Wisps of black and gray energy flowed out from the cracks in the Immortal Mark. As the Immortal Spirit Qi poured in, a beam of light gradually emerged from the Immortal Mark. The beam of light was like moonlight, and wherever its radiance fell, the black and gray gradually disappeared, and the cracks slowly healed...

Looking around the pool, over a hundred Scattered Infants, ten to twenty feet in size, lay scattered at odd angles. The silver on these Scattered Infants' bodies seemed to breathe, expanding and contracting. Around the silver, there were some dark patches resembling rust stains that were difficult to remove. Notably, as the silver flashed, the bodies of the Scattered Infants would sometimes solidify and sometimes dissipate, with invisible purple wisps swimming within the silver.

Beside the Scattered Infants, a silver-gray humanoid radiance flickered rapidly. Countless Immortal Spirit Qi surged into this radiance like a hurricane. The radiance flowed like a waterfall, relentlessly washing over the surface of the silver-gray humanoid. With each wash, the gray would dim a little. However, in the end, the gray stopped transforming, and the radiance began to condense. A peculiar "Dao" character finally formed. As soon as the "Dao" character formed, countless ripples surged out from it, scattering into the bluestone array. But under the lightning of the Xingtian Immortal Artifact, these ripples could not penetrate. The "Dao" character only lingered on the surface for a few breaths before transforming into a torrent that madly rushed towards the humanoid's head. As the radiance converged, it revealed none other than Xiao Hua, who had just ascended to the Immortal Realm!

At this moment, Xiao Hua lay on his back with his eyes tightly shut. The silver radiance directly surged into his forehead, where a bright silver Immortal Mark, about a finger wide, faintly appeared. With each impact of the silver radiance, the Immortal Mark deepened slightly. After eighty-one times, the Immortal Mark had taken shape. However, just as the bright silver radiance finally condensed onto the Immortal Mark, the grayness on Xiao Hua's body trembled. The bright silver radiance scattered from the Immortal Mark, finally transforming into spots and hiding within Xiao Hua's body.

"Oh..." Just as the silver on Xiao Hua's body receded, the bright silver humanoid in the distance made a sound, and then the person moved. The silver light around him slightly retracted, revealing a humanoid dressed in date-colored clothing.

The person got up from the ground. He had a long face and thick eyebrows, with an indescribable handsomeness in his features. The man looked at the silver-tinged bloodstains on the ground and then at the unconscious Xiao Hua, his face contorting with anger. A desolate chill instantly sealed off the bluestone array!

"Damn it!" the man muttered, "Ascended Immortals are indeed extraordinary. To think that an Ascended Immortal who hasn't even entered the Spirit Cleansing Pool could injure me. If he were to establish his Immortal Body and engrave an Immortal Mark, there would be no way for me to survive."

As he spoke, a palpable killing intent emanated from him, instantly sealing off Xiao Hua's surroundings. He then quickly walked to Xiao Hua's side, reaching out and snatching towards Xiao Hua's head with lightning speed...

However, just as the silver light from the man's hand touched Xiao Hua's body from a distance, a low hum of "weng" sounded. The disappearing Immortal Mark on Xiao Hua's forehead suddenly flashed, and then the silver that had been hidden around Xiao Hua's body also lit up!

"Ah??" The man looked on in great shock, the faint outline of the Immortal Mark appearing with disbelief, "He... How does he have an Immortal Mark? This... How is this possible?"

As he spoke, his eyes flashed with strange light, and a skull-like shadow appeared in his eyes. In his sight, the outline of the Immortal Mark on Xiao Hua's forehead rapidly magnified, becoming visible under microscopic observation. Under this observation, the outline of the Immortal Mark had become sparse, but these sparse, twinkling points looked like a starry sky, with each point seemingly like a deeply engraved star!

The man watched for a moment, and the light and shadow in his eyes slowly disappeared. Deep confusion piled up like clouds. "No, no, this isn't a Virtual Immortal Mark, nor is it any of the forms in Illusion, Shadow, Clarity, Substance! How strange!!"

Saying this, the man's gaze fell upon Xiao Hua's body, and then he let out another gasp, "Huh? He... He's actually a Scattered Infant Body?? This... How is this possible? I clearly remember the tribulation lightning induced by the Xingtian Immortal Artifact was for Mahayana Cultivators, so how did it become a Scattered Infant now?"

"However, if he is a Scattered Infant Body, then this Immortal Mark can be explained; it must be some kind of mutation..."

"But that's not right either. Even a Nine Tribulation Scattered Infant, whose strength far surpasses that of a Mahayana Cultivator, shouldn't have an Immortal Mark!"

"Enough, enough..." the man said, reaching this point, he let out a cold laugh. "I don't care what Scattered Infant Body he is or what mutated Immortal Mark he has. If I take him to my Palace of Law Enforcement and do the same as with Xu Zhi, everything will become clear!"

After speaking, the man stopped reaching out. Instead, he rubbed his hands together, forming Immortal Arts, and several silver lights flashed. Walnut-sized runes rolled out, and streams of confinement power emanated from these runes, surging towards Xiao Hua.

Just as the man's Immortal Arts were not yet complete, Xiao Hua, who had kept his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and smiled slightly at the man...

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