Chapter 561 - 559: Reversal of the Situation

In the blink of an eye, Luo Tian and the Bishui Palace Master’s roles were reversed.

No one had time to react.

The Bishui Palace Master, who had just been so smug and arrogant, had instantly become a prisoner.

The Bishui Palace Master’s heart pounded in shock as her body went rigid.

The plan had been going so smoothly. She had never imagined such an unexpected turn of events.

She admitted it. ’I underestimated Luo Tian. I wasn’t using my full strength just now.’

’Even so, with my Half-step Celestial Pool Realm cultivation, restraining Luo Tian should have been effortless!’

In reality, it was Luo Tian who had effortlessly broken free from the Bishui Palace Master’s restraints.

He had cultivated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body to the Great Success of the Sixth-Layer and was close to reaching the Perfection Level.

An attack from a typical Half-step Celestial Pool Realm expert probably couldn’t even break through his defense.

With his strength, breaking free from her hold was naturally easy.

"That was brilliant!"

The Yunxiao Sect Master shouted with excitement.

He was absolutely furious and loathed Bishui Palace.

Seeing the Bishui Palace Master’s life fall into Luo Tian’s hands was deeply satisfying!

"Luo Tian, let the Palace Master go, now!"

"If you so much as harm a single hair on her head, we’ll make sure not even your corpse remains intact."

The Bishui Palace experts roared one after another.

Luo Tian didn’t answer. He simply moved a finger, and a single strand of the Bishui Palace Master’s hair was severed.

"Go ahead. Make sure not even my corpse remains intact," Luo Tian said with a taunting smile.

The Bishui Palace expert who had shouted the threat was left speechless, so furious he could barely breathe.

Just then, Luo Tian moved his finger again. An invisible whirlwind swirled up and swept across the top of the Bishui Palace Master’s head.

In an instant, a large swath of her lustrous black hair fell away.

The Bishui Palace Master was now bald.

"This..."

The Bishui Palace expert who had just spoken stared, dumbfounded and in utter disbelief.

A wave of deep regret washed over him. ’Why did I have to open my big mouth and say that!’

Meanwhile, the Yunxiao Sect’s upper echelon could barely contain their amusement at the sight.

The renowned Palace Master of Bishui Palace of the Northern Domain had actually been shaved bald.

"Luo Tian..."

The Bishui Palace Master trembled from head to toe, desperately trying to suppress her fury. "There’s no need for this. The Yunxiao Sect is doomed. Resisting the Cyan Armor Race is suicide. Your only chance at survival is to surrender to them!"

"Staying alive is what’s most important, isn’t it? Even if you want to avenge the Yunxiao Sect, you have to be alive to do it."

The Bishui Palace Master tried to persuade Luo Tian with a gentle tone.

"But I killed the Cyan Armor Race Leader’s fifth son."

"..."

The Bishui Palace Master was dumbfounded.

The negotiation was over before it even began.

’Damn it, Luo Tian has offended the Cyan armor Race to the point of no return. How am I supposed to persuade him now?’

’But my life is in his hands!’

The Bishui Palace Master was overcome with frantic anxiety.

Watching from not far away, Zhou Yuquan’s expression darkened.

’Such a perfect plan, ruined by Luo Tian of all people.’

’If Luo Tian uses the Bishui Palace Master’s life to threaten the other Bishui Palace experts, it will allow the Yunxiao Sect leaders to quickly deal with their current enemies. Then they can resist the Cyan Armor Race army outside.’

Just then, an ancient sigh echoed. An inexplicable tremor ran through everyone’s minds, and the True Essence inside their bodies froze solid!

"A fearsome youth, indeed!"

One of Bishui Palace’s Elders suddenly changed her appearance, transforming into a stooped, wrinkle-faced old woman!

"Supreme Elder?"

The Bishui Palace experts were all stunned.

Even they hadn’t known that the Supreme Elder had secretly come along.

This was a precaution to prevent any leaks that could cause the plan to fail.

The Supreme Elder had been keeping an ace up her sleeve.

"Supreme Elder, save me,"

the Bishui Palace Master cried out, her face filled with joy.

"Luo Tian, let her go."

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder’s calm voice carried an authority that brooked no argument.

"And who do you think you are?"

Luo Tian sneered.

"Insolence!"

A glint like lightning flashed in the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder’s eyes, radiating an astonishing pressure.

With a wave of her palm, a dark blue ripple of watery light pulsed in the air and seeped toward Luo Tian, creating a suffocating pressure like being deep in the ocean!

The many Earth Level Martial Artists nearby felt their bodies go dry, as if all the moisture was being sucked out of them. Terrified, they all scrambled to retreat.

"Bishui Palace has sorely underestimated the Yunxiao Sect."

Suddenly, a hollow, ancient voice drifted over.

An old man in a white robe and a full head of hoary hair drifted into view.

He was none other than the Yunxiao Sect’s Supreme Elder.

A majestic wave of white clouds billowed out from him, shrouding the area in a sea of white and obscuring everyone’s vision.

"Hmph. Cheng Cangxiong, you’re gravely injured. You dare act so presumptuously before me?"

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder snorted, then launched her attack.

The Yunxiao Sect’s Supreme Elder, Cheng Cangxiong, immediately countered.

BOOM! BOOM! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

In the air, the dark watery light and the waves of clouds churned together, setting off a continuous series of explosions that sent shockwaves blasting outward!

The power of their invisible clash was immense.

"Fall back!"

Any Earth Element Realm expert caught in the aftershocks felt their blood roil as they were thrown backward.

The clash between the two Celestial Level Martial Artists lasted for no more than five breaths of time.

The dark blue watery light swallowed the white waves of clouds.

STOMP! STOMP!

The Yunxiao Sect’s Supreme Elder, Cheng Cangxiong, stumbled back three steps, his face growing pale.

"Cheng Cangxiong, you’re hopelessly stubborn!"

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder pressed her advantage.

An Ancient Bronze Mirror appeared in her hand. She aimed it at Cheng Cangxiong, and a stream of dark yellow light shot out, too fast for him to dodge.

BOOM!

Cheng Cangxiong’s True Essence Shield shattered. He was thrown back dozens of meters, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Cheng Cangxiong’s face was grim, his eyes filled with bitter unwillingness.

"Supreme Elder!"

The Yunxiao Sect’s leaders cried out.

Cheng Cangxiong had been gravely wounded in a previous battle with a Celestial Pool Realm expert from the Cyan Armor Race, and he had not yet recovered from his injuries.

In a direct confrontation, he was no match for the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder.

And at this moment, outside the Yunxiao Sect.

The grand army of the Cyan Armor Race was closing in!

An unprecedented sense of tension and crisis filled the hearts of every Yunxiao Sect member, filling them with despair and powerlessness.

"I surrender!"

one of the Yunxiao Sect Elders shouted.

"I’m willing to side with the Cyan Armor Race."

Immediately after, another person fell to their knees.

"The Cyan Armor Race won’t kill those who surrender,"

the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder said with a smiling nod.

Her arrival had stabilized the situation.

Now, there was only one problem left to solve.

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder stared at Luo Tian once more and said coolly, "Luo Tian, let her go."

Luo Tian remained silent.

Everyone thought he too had given up in despair.

Just then, two old men flew over from the distance. They were the Mu Family Elders that Luo Tian had brought with him.

"Kill this noisy old crone."

Luo Tian gave the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder a detached glance.

"Understood."

The red-faced elder nodded. It was his turn to act.

WHOOSH!

A terrifying aura erupted from him, distorting the very air as flames boiled into existence!

"What?"

"This aura... Celestial Pool Realm!"

Everyone present was shocked.

The members of Bishui Palace were especially stunned. They had never expected the Yunxiao Sect to have another Celestial Pool Realm expert!

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder’s expression flickered. Sensing a threat, her face immediately turned grave.

The red-faced elder attacked instantly. A crimson palm, fifty to sixty meters wide and wreathed in thick, fiery smoke, coalesced in the air and slammed down toward the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder.

BOOM!

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder countered with a palm strike of her own, gathering the dark blue watery light into a Palm Force to meet the attack head-on.

As water and fire collided, steam and smoke exploded outward.

A blazing ball of fire crushed everything in its path as it shot toward the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder!

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder hastily dodged, but a small piece of her sleeve was burned away.

From the first exchange, the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder was already at a disadvantage.

The red-faced elder attacked again. The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder was completely suppressed, forced into a purely passive defense. Even so, she was beaten back again and again as her injuries mounted!

PTHOO!

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder spat out a mouthful of blood, her face a mask of terror. "Who in the world are you? You’ll come to a bad end for making an enemy of the Cyan Armor Race."

The red-faced elder ignored her.

’Who cares about some Cyan Armor Race?’ he thought. He was only here to accompany Luo Tian and would follow his every command.

BOOM! THUD!

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder was sent flying by the red-faced elder’s palm strike. Her robes were charred black, and her hair was singed into a chaotic mess.

’How can he be so strong!’

The Bishui Palace Supreme Elder’s face was filled with terror.

"Die!"

The red-faced elder unleashed a killing blow, a majestic and scorching Palm Force that howled through the air.

Martial Artists from the Outer World were stronger than those of the same rank on the Dongchen Continent.

What’s more, the red-faced elder was at the Celestial Pool Realm Second Layer, while the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder was only at the First Layer.

The battle was a complete rout from start to finish.

In the end, the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder was easily slain!

BOOM!

Her corpse was blasted into several charred chunks that fell from the sky.

The battlefield fell deathly silent.

The leaders of both the Yunxiao Sect and Bishui Palace stared in a stupor.

The Bishui Palace Master and Zhou Yuquan, in particular, could hardly imagine it, let alone believe it!

A Celestial Level Martial Artist had been brutally killed right before their eyes.

Their plan had been shattered just like that!

"Damn that brat!"

Zhou Yuquan stared daggers at Luo Tian.

He had been pleased to see Luo Tian earlier, thinking he could eliminate him along with everyone else!

Who could have known that Luo Tian’s return would be the very reason their carefully laid plan had failed!

The leaders of the Yunxiao Sect, on the other hand, were thrilled and overjoyed.

So Luo Tian had brought Celestial Level helpers from the Outer World!

The Yunxiao Sect’s crisis had been resolved, just like that.

Everyone couldn’t help but look at Luo Tian. He had been calm and composed from start to finish, and he still held the Bishui Palace Master’s life in his hands, as if everything was under his control.

"Retreat!"

Zhou Yuquan roared, transforming into a black shadow that shot into the sky and fled for his life.

Faced with such an overwhelmingly powerful Celestial Level Martial Artist, there was no hope of salvaging the plan.

Instead, they were the ones in grave danger.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The other Bishui Palace experts, along with the traitors who had defected to the Cyan Armor Race, all fled for their lives.

"Don’t let a single one escape!"

the Yunxiao Sect Master roared, taking the lead in the pursuit.

’Especially those traitors,’ he thought. ’They must die!’

"Luo Tian, we can sit down and talk this over. I’ll give you anything you want,"

the Bishui Palace Master, still in Luo Tian’s grasp, begged, her voice trembling.

She had never imagined that everything today would be ruined by Luo Tian.

Even the Bishui Palace Supreme Elder had been blasted to smithereens!

The next moment.

CRACK! SPLAT!

Her throat was crushed. Blood sprayed out as her body fell to the ground.

"What I wanted was for you to die."

Luo Tian gave his palm a shake, flicking the bloodstains away.