Chapter 4926

Wang Ruxue made a hand seal for a spell, but nothing happened. Frowning, she tried again, yet still, nothing occurred.

"What's going on? Didn't you say you set up a barrier around the perimeter?" Wang Benyan asked, puzzled.

"But I clearly set up a barrier! That's strange," Wang Ruxue replied, looking confused.

A red light flared in Wang Benyan's right palm. She slashed towards the void, and a massive red blade aura swept out, striking the stone wall. The stone wall shook violently, and a faint golden luminous barrier appeared, its surface covered with arcane symbols.

"This isn't the barrier I set up," Wang Ruxue said with a frown. This indicated that someone had broken through her barrier and set up a new one. It seemed other cultivators had also discovered this ancient cultivator's dwelling.

"They probably haven't breached the barrier yet. Let's quickly break it down!" Wang Benyan's right index finger glowed with an intense red light. A red beam shot out, accurately striking the golden barrier. The golden barrier caved in, and its spiritual aura faded.

Wang Ruxue made a hand seal, and a white halo of light swept forth, rapidly passing over the golden barrier. The barrier quickly froze, and the ice spread relentlessly. Wang Benyan and Wang Ruxue attacked the golden barrier. Before long, it shattered, revealing an opening about ten feet wide.

"It's finally broken," Wang Ruxue beamed with joy. The red orb in Wang Benyan's hand emitted a dazzling red light. She used it to probe the interior of the cave but found nothing unusual. "Release the puppet beasts to scout. Be careful," Wang Benyan instructed.

Wang Ruxue assented, releasing two humanoid puppets and controlling them as they walked into the cave. After confirming there was nothing unusual, they followed.

The cave was not large; after walking about a hundred steps, they reached its end. The stone walls were rough, and a row of stalactites of varying lengths hung from the ceiling. Wang Ruxue's right palm glowed brightly with white light. She slapped towards a section of the stone wall, and a colossal white palm materialized and struck the wall.

The stone wall shook slightly, and a large amount of debris rolled down. Subsequently, an earthy yellow luminous barrier appeared. The barrier's surface had seven silver light spots arranged in the formation of the Big Dipper. Wang Benyan and Wang Ruxue launched an assault on the barrier. Roaring sounds filled the air as red and white spiritual energies engulfed the yellow barrier.

After roughly half an hour, the yellow barrier remained intact. "Its defenses are so powerful?" Wang Benyan frowned. "Why don't we contact Su Sheng and have him send a few more Golden Immortal family members over?" Wang Ruxue suggested.

Just as Wang Benyan was about to answer, the entire cave shook violently. Numerous cracks appeared in the ceiling, and the cave collapsed, sending a large amount of debris falling down. "Watch out! Enemy attack! Be careful!" Wang Benyan warned, unleashing countless sharp blade qi that tore through the falling debris. Wang Ruxue manifested a white shield that spun rapidly around her. She also summoned and donned a set of mid-grade Chaos Armor.

After a series of massive explosions, all the falling debris was pulverized, and smoke and dust billowed. The sky darkened. A giant red hand descended from above, radiating terrifying heat. Before it even landed, the surrounding space warped and tore under the intense heat. Wang Benyan raised her right hand, and a massive red blade light surged forth, cleaving the giant red hand in two, as flames roared.

"Peak Golden Immortal!" Wang Benyan frowned. Following her gaze, a tall youth in red robes became visible. It was Liu Qi from the Yanluo Palace.

"The Azure Lotus Wang Clan!" Liu Qi frowned upon seeing the azure lotus insignia on Wang Benyan's sleeve. He had naturally heard about the Kunlun Dao Ancestor summoning the Azure Lotus Immortal Couple and had no intention of offending the Wang Clan.

The Yanluo Palace had accepted a mission to eliminate a Golden Immortal cultivator from the Tianhe Sword Sect. This individual had late-stage Golden Immortal cultivation and formidable strength. Liu Qi personally struck and succeeded with ease. He then searched the individual's nascent soul, discovering that this person had found the secluded cave dwelling of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. However, the barriers were too powerful to break, so the cultivator had planned to return to their main headquarters to seek assistance. On the way back, Liu Qi had killed him.

Liu Qi had failed to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage. To obtain another miraculous immortal elixir like the Two-Phase Golden Amber Pill, he needed to make enormous contributions. The Yanluo Palace had no place for idlers. If he could obtain the relics of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, there might be miraculous immortal elixirs like the Two-Phase Golden Amber Pill among them.

He rushed to the location of the ancient cultivator's cave dwelling and sensed two Golden Immortal cultivators trying to break the barrier, and directly launched his attack. The Yanluo Palace did not want to provoke the Wang Clan, but with a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's secluded cave dwelling right before him, Liu Qi was unwilling to give up. He was already over eight million years old. He had repeatedly risked his life, trading his life for cultivation resources. One who constantly exposes themselves to danger inevitably faces misfortune. He didn't want to continue down this path. If he could obtain the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's relics, he could dedicate more time to cultivation instead of constantly killing to earn cultivation resources. If he won, he would gain a vast amount of cultivation resources, ensuring a promising future. If he lost, the Yanluo Palace would suffer misfortune, but it had nothing to do with him; he was merely an employee and saw no need to worry too much about the Yanluo Palace. Every man for himself. The opportunity was right before him, and Liu Qi intended to seize it.

Having considered this thoroughly, Liu Qi's eyes flashed with a cold glint. He performed a hand seal, and his body erupted with a brilliant red light. Rolling flames surged forth from the ground, rushing directly towards Wang Benyan and Wang Ruxue.

Wang Ruxue lightly stomped her right foot on the ground, and a white halo swept forth. Everywhere it passed, the ground froze instantly. The white halo passed through the raging flames, and the flames quickly dissipated.

A piercing hum of a blade sounded, and a towering blade light, swirling with red energy, swept out, slashing towards Liu Qi. Liu Qi launched a punch, tearing open the void and creating numerous fissures. A colossal red fist materialized and flew forward to meet the attack. The colossal red fist collided with the towering blade light. Like an egg against a rock, the red colossal fist instantly disintegrated.

A hint of surprise flickered in Liu Qi's eyes. He quickly conjured a red-glowing shield and held it in front of him. The towering blade light struck the red shield with a muffled thud. The red shield shuddered.

A flash of white light. A colossal white seal materialized above Liu Qi's head, plummeting downwards. Before the seal even touched him, the very air around it froze, as if that part of the world had been locked in an icy grip. Liu Qi quickly conjured a small, red-glowing mirror. He infused it with immortal power, and the mirror's surface spewed forth a crimson mist of light, engulfing the plummeting white seal. The colossal white seal seemed suspended, its descent momentarily arrested.

Nine red-glowing flying daggers and five white flying swords shot forward, merging mid-flight into a single colossal red blade and a colossal white sword, both slashing towards Liu Qi.

Thanks to the cultivation method "Tai Xu Forging Spirit Art," the divine sense of the Wang Clan's immortals was relatively strong. The clansmen of the Divine Weapons Hall refined a large number of sets of linked immortal treasures and equipped them to the clan members. When battling cultivators of the same rank, Wang Clan cultivators could control these linked immortal treasures to fight their enemies, gaining a considerable advantage.