Chapter 917 - 400: Appearance_2

In Gu Xuening's eyes, a strange look seemed to flash: "So there's only you left as a Taiyi Golden Immortal?"

As her words fell, her qi suddenly erupted, the Immortal-Binding Rope snapped apart, and she charged straight at Zhu Ling to kill him!

"How dare you!"

"Not good!"

"She was faking it!"

Everyone was utterly shocked.

A great battle broke out. Gu Xuening clearly came prepared, and with the Long Life Seed already in hand, even fighting alone she actually managed, barely, to hold off the attacks of Zhu Ling and the others.

"All of you, go die!"

Gu Xuening let out a loud shout, and suddenly the Qingyuan Mountain Array shifted, turning to bombard Zhu Ling and the others.

This was the confidence that let her dare to come alone.

All the cultivators of Qingyuan Mountain turned pale, and Zhu Ling's brows knitted tight, but he gritted his teeth and said, "Do you really think you can overturn Qingyuan Mountain?"

"Courting death!"

He actually directly sacrificed a Blood Seal!

That Blood Seal was terrifying, blood qi surging to the heavens, Evil Qi shocking, stirring the heavens and earth around them.

This Blood Seal already contained a trace of Daluo Dao-rhyme; clearly it was a supreme treasure refined by an expert who had half a foot stepped into Daluo Golden Immortal.

Even with the power of the Array behind her, Gu Xuening was ultimately only a Golden Immortal. The moment this Blood Seal was offered up, she immediately found it hard to hold on; even the Array could no longer block it.

She had some understanding of the Bone Transformation Array, but nothing deep enough to speak of, so naturally she could not defy the heavens and strike upward.

She sighed once and prepared to flee.

She had originally planned to seize Qingyuan Mountain as a stepping stone to break through to Taiyi Golden Immortal, but she had underestimated Qingyuan Mountain's hidden foundations and now could only seek another path.

But just as she was about to withdraw, Qingyuan Mountain suddenly shook with a thunderous boom!

With Three Elements Valley as the core, a terrifying fluctuation shattered the entire Qingyuan Mountain range over tens of thousands of miles—sand and rocks flew, heaven and earth dimmed, the aura of the immortal vein withered, as if the world had reached its end.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

Everyone was shocked beyond words.

"Gu Xuening, are you insane? So vicious you'd even destroy the immortal vein of my Qingyuan Mountain?!"

Zhu Ling's face was exceedingly ugly, his rage pushed to the extreme.

But Gu Xuening, at this moment, was utterly bewildered.

What's happening?

And just as everyone stood there in utter shock, a shadow like a black-and-white millstone seemed to flicker past high above Zhu Ling.

"Ah—"

A Taiyi Golden Immortal, in that instant, actually split apart. His bones and flesh turned to liquid, his Divine Soul vanished, wiped out on the spot!

The several Golden Immortals nearby also failed to escape calamity. They didn't even have time to scream before they silently dissolved into blood mist!

Seeing this, Gu Xuening's entire body trembled, a chill piercing to her marrow.

She understood… there had to be some astonishing existence hidden within Qingyuan Mountain—this existence had killed Zhu Ling this effortlessly?

Could it be… a Daluo Golden Immortal?

It's over…

Her vigilance and fear rose to the extreme. She knew she could be silently killed like Zhu Ling at any moment. Forcing herself to stay calm, she said, "Senior, please spare my life. Junior has studied the Bone Transformation Array in depth and already holds a Life Seed within my body. I am willing to offer it up to Senior!"

Even as she spoke, her voice was trembling.

She only wished to survive.

But her plea echoed on and on, and no one responded. Only when the sun set and dusk fell, when the dust veiling all of Qingyuan Mountain finally settled, did she dare to believe that the senior who had struck from the shadows… had already left?

What was this?

Why… did he not kill me?

He wasn't even interested in the Bone Transformation Array or the Life Seed?

Cold sweat soaked her back. After a moment's hesitation, she still headed toward Three Elements Valley, wanting to investigate.

"Master, you're back?"

"Greetings, Master!"

Just as she stepped into the valley, she saw a group of disciples, disheveled and miserable, rushing out and kneeling to her.

Everyone else in Three Elements Valley… was already dead.

Yet these disciples of hers, whose cultivations were weak, had not lost a single one!

Gu Xuening froze. She pondered for a long while, then looked at the disciples before her, a complex emotion stirring in her heart. "Stand up. No need for so many formalities."

"Clean this place up. From today onward, I am the master of Qingyuan Mountain. You… are all my Direct Disciples."

She spoke softly, "From this day on… your teacher will never again allow you to be bullied by others."

From these disciples who had survived, she seemed to sense something…

That expert had preserved the lives of these disciples of hers, and had not killed her either…

From this wasteland of ruins and devastation, she could faintly feel the traces of a grand Array slowly dissipating…

Though very, very faint…

There was no mistaking its origin.

The Bone Transformation Array.

"Master, where's Senior Brother? When will he come back?"

One or two disciples who had once been close to Li An spoke up.

Back then, Li An had left together with Gu Xuening.

"He… will never come back."

A hint of bitterness curled at the corner of Gu Xuening's mouth, and for a moment her heart sank into boundless loss.

He… had become that powerful?

He had once stood up for her, once been utterly loyal to her, and yet now… had she thrown him away?

She couldn't help but grow desolate, couldn't help but regret.

But there was also a sliver of relief.

Fortunately, she had held onto a shred of kindness toward him, after all.

Otherwise… what awaited her today might truly have been death.

...

Li An traveled through the void, incomparably fast; the space before his eyes flowed like water. The distance of hundreds of millions of miles to the Twin-Headed Holy Land was wholly crossed after just one hour!

Sensing the hidden mystery and being named Taiyi—after stepping into this realm, Li An's spiritual perception was exalted to the extreme. He could listen to countless voices across the universe, could sense the lingering threads of qi hidden in a breeze blowing from billions of miles away…