Chapter 661: Each Noticing Something Amiss

Chapter 661: Chapter 668: Each Noticing Something Amiss

They should all be prepared to fight the monsters to the death.

The moment he spoke, you could hear a pin drop in the grand hall.

In the past, even the Ancient Divine Beasts, like the Golden Dragons, were nearly wiped out and still couldn’t eliminate all the monsters.

‘If it were us, could we really do it?’

No one was confident.

Becoming immortal had taken too much effort.

No one wanted to perish at the hands of these monsters.

But if the monsters truly broke out, no one would be safe.

The atmosphere in the grand hall instantly turned somber, and everyone was weighed down with their own heavy thoughts.

Mo Yang Immortal Venerable swept his gaze over them and softened his tone.

“I’m only reminding you all to be prepared. Perhaps things won’t come to that.”

“There’s no need for this.”

“I will go assess the situation. All of you, disperse.”

The moment he finished speaking, his figure vanished from the grand hall.

Seeing this, the others sighed and went their separate ways.

As Mu Zixu left the grand hall, the smug look he’d worn earlier was gone.

‘If the monsters broke out, he’d surely be in trouble too.’

‘All he could do now was pray that Mo Yang Immortal Venerable could get the seal under control.’

Daoqing passed by him, and Mu Zixu suddenly spoke up. “Daoqing, I hear that little apprentice of yours has been causing no end of trouble lately, has she?”

Ever since Daoqing took on his youngest disciple, there had been nothing but trouble.

He found it hilarious every time he heard about it.

‘Who knew Daoqing could misjudge someone so badly? Taking in a little troublemaker like that.’

Hearing the taunt, Daoqing whipped his head around.

“Hmph! My disciple is none of your concern!”

“You should worry about yourself! When it’s time to go to the battlefield, I bet you’ll be scared shitless!”

He gave a scornful smile, turned, and strode away.

He might have sounded nonchalant, but inwardly he was furious.

‘That little apprentice was always stirring up trouble everywhere she went.’

‘Sometimes, Daoqing really wanted to crack her head open and see what on earth was going on inside.’

‘No matter how many times he punished her, the girl just wouldn’t take it to heart.’

‘Now even some of his other disciples were starting to act up. It was infuriating.’

“Tsk, isn’t he getting angry out of shame?”

Mu Zixu clicked his tongue, a trace of mockery flashing in his eyes.

‘Daoqing was all talk.’

Just then, Wang Yang walked past. Mu Zixu was about to call out to him, but Wang Yang had already strode off.

Mu Zixu stared at his hand, which he had started to raise, then let it fall, stunned.

‘He didn’t know when it started, but Wang Yang was no longer close to him like he used to be.’

‘He often ignored him now, and never came by for a casual chat anymore.’

‘Wang Yang had been his best friend in the Immortal Realm, but now… things were like this.’

Mu Zixu felt a knot of frustration and resentment, but he was too proud to be the one to yield.

‘When Wang Yang comes crawling back in regret,’ he thought, ‘I won’t forgive him so easily!’

…

In the Spirit Realm, Song Wanning was still locked in battle.

The monsters before her were completely different from those outside; their combat prowess was far more formidable.

The group of “little guys” fought and cursed, thoroughly infuriated.

Xuan Yan’s aura was also dangerously potent. Before, he had only thought of using these monsters, never realizing how tenacious they were.

Only now, when he truly tried to eliminate them, did he discover just how difficult they were to deal with.

These monsters were incredibly hard to kill. One moment they’d look like they were on their last breath, and the next they’d be up and thrashing about again.

Moreover, the aura they emitted was also strange.

A strange look grew in Song Wanning’s eyes. She had actually detected a trace of Immortal Qi on the monsters.

Although the aura was extremely faint, she still sensed it. Even the Immortal Qi within her own body seemed to resonate with it.

‘Could these monsters have some connection to the Immortal Realm?’

Once the thought took root, it was impossible to dismiss.

Song Wanning’s expression grew increasingly complex. She knew nothing of the Immortal Realm’s affairs, so she naturally couldn’t know what connection these monsters had to it.

She told Xuan Yan what she had discovered.

Xuan Yan’s brow furrowed. Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him.

“Could the other side of this space… be somewhere in the Immortal Realm?”

“I’ve sensed powerful Spiritual Power fluctuations from the other side before!”

‘The more Xuan Yan thought about it, the more astonished he became. Had he really been adjacent to the Immortal Realm all this time?’

‘If it was being nourished by Immortal Qi, that would explain how he managed to regain his sanity.’

They exchanged a look, both of them thinking it was highly possible.

“Whatever it is, we have to push through. For now, let’s just focus on killing these monsters!”

“Right!”

With no more to be said, they began fighting the monsters with all their might.

Time flew by. Though there was no day or night, Song Wanning still felt the days passing one by one.

The number of monsters dwindled, but each remaining one was incredibly difficult to kill.

Song Wanning swung her sword, and for a moment, it was as if she could see the figure of Mo Yang Immortal Venerable once more.

With a single slash, the monster before her froze, then split in two, with each half scurrying off in a different direction.

She gave chase without hesitation, gradually drawing closer to the eye of the storm.

As more monsters appeared, she swung her sword again.

Mo Yang Immortal Venerable had arrived at the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Abyss.

He arrived at the seal and sent out his Divine Sense, locking onto the location of the disturbance.

‘The seal had loosened a few days ago, and they’d already reinforced it. Why would there be another disturbance after such a short time?’

He was filled with confusion.

While lost in his confusion, Mo Yang Immortal Venerable took a sudden step forward, as if trying to peer through the seal into the depths beyond.

But the seal blocked his vision, so he could only probe it carefully with his senses.

Faintly, he seemed to detect a familiar aura.

It was the aura of his own Sword Intent.

‘It was far too familiar. He couldn’t be mistaken.’

‘But… how could it possibly be inside the seal?’

Mo Yang Immortal Monarch’s eyes filled with bewilderment. He simply couldn’t understand the connection.

Thus, he could only remain there and continue his observation.

Meanwhile, in the Spirit Realm, Song Wanning had no idea that on the other side of the storm, Mo Yang Immortal Monarch had noticed something amiss due to the familiar aura of the Sword Dao.

Her Spiritual Power was almost depleted, and exhaustion settled deep in her bones.

But she didn’t dare to stop. She had a feeling that more monsters lurked in the depths of the passage ahead.

She was, however, much closer to the storm’s center.

Her confidence renewed, she swallowed a few Elixir Pills and continued the fight.

Xuan Yan, in contrast, seemed much more at ease. This place was his tomb, and the endless supply of Demonic Qi allowed him to maintain peak condition.

The most frustrated of all were the “little guys.” They had run out of energy long ago, yet they still persisted.

The little ones fought with coordinated tactics, and even the Bodhi Tree Spirit had joined in.

Everyone wanted to help Song Wanning eliminate these monsters.

Soon, Song Wanning was even closer to the storm’s center.

BOOM—

Sending a monster flying with a single strike, Song Wanning moved closer still, close enough to reach out and touch the eye of the storm.

Xuan Yan was also pushing forward. Soon, the two of them converged before the center of the storm.

But monsters continued to pour in from the distance; the depths of the passage seemed like an endless abyss.