The sky seemed to have fallen into eternal night.

That huge vortex slowly rotated and released a taboo aura that was even more intimidating than before.

At the moment, Ruo Su, Jun Huan, and the others also operated their own power. As radiant lights intertwined around them, the horrendous, oppressive aura was finally dissolved.

Their expressions were all unprecedentedly grave, while their gazes were firm and calm.

They had waited too long for this day!

Meanwhile, the crowd of Emperors in the distance frowned, finding it strange that even when things had already reached this point, they still had no intention of leaving.

Could it be that those remnants of Fangchun Mountain want to contend with the taboo forbidden Law Power?

Boom!

In the depths of the enormous vortex, wisps of golden light gathered and eventually formed into an extremely illusory golden figure.

At that instant, many people stopped breathing. Their minds trembled, feeling as if they were witnessing the birth of a deity deep in that vortex!

The golden figure's might was beyond horrifying. Holding a battle spear made of taboo power, it was filled from head to toe with a bizarre and ominous aura.

“Taboo Spirit!” whispered an old fossil in the shadows.

This ‘divine spirit’ transformed from taboo tribulation power had once appeared during the Dao War of Emperors and demonstrated a supreme killing ability.

Lin Xun's heart was also shaken immensely. He recalled the scene in which Saint Monk Duji and Black Phoenix Saint Queen were killed, and the murderer was a golden figure that had descended from the sky!

Right at this moment, a voice rang out from a great distance, “Senior Sister Ruo Su, it's ready.”

Ruo Su, Jun Huan, Li Xuanwei, and Pu Zhen all looked relieved upon hearing this. In fact, the reason why they had stayed here was to wait for this voice.

“Go.” Without hesitation, they took Lin Xun and rushed in the direction of the voice.

Boom!

Heaven and earth were in disarray. The void trembled violently like a raging ocean.

Ruo Su’s group was immediately hindered. The pressure from the terrifying taboo tribulation power made it extremely difficult to teleport.

Swish!

At the same time, the golden figure leapt out from the vortex.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

An indescribable catastrophic air also spread like a hurricane and quickly covered the region, plunging it into a great peril.

“How terrifying!” The scalps of the Emperor experts went numb, and chills creeped into their flesh and spirits. They didn’t dare to move in the slightest lest that golden figure also perceive them as a target.

Even the old fossils hiding in the shadows were as silent as cicadas in winter.

This was a Taboo Spirit whose killing power rivaled the might of the heavens!

Boom!

As soon as the golden figure emerged, it swung its spear and charged toward Ruo Su’s group.

In that split second, it became a golden lightning bolt that tore through time and space, bright, sharp, and filled with destructive power.

Its targets seemed unaware as they didn’t look back and kept teleporting away. However, this region had been permeated by taboo power. They had to run their full cultivation in order to offset it.

Still, their speed was incredibly slow, as if they were trying to walk in a quagmire.

The golden figure had almost approached. Right at this moment—

Swish!

A golden abacus arrived across the sky.

Each line of beads looked like it was made of cemented gold, clattering nonstop. When the beads hit each other, an unfathomable Law Power was produced, which proceeded to block the golden figure's spear, although barely.

The two clashed with a loud explosion. The aftershock caused the void around to collapse, and together they spread as a horrifying turbulence.

The golden abacus was sent flying, but only after successfully fending off the Taboo Spirit’s attack!

The Emperor onlookers were stupefied.

A Taboo Spirit was a deity and the divine form of heavenly tribulations. Its strike just now could easily kill any Emperor expert.

Yet, it had been parried by an abacus!

Then, everyone noticed the presence of a mustached, merchant-like, lean man who had unknowingly appeared at some point.

Reaching out to grab the golden abacus, the mustached man smiled. “Senior Sister Ruo Su, leave this ordeal to me. You guys keep moving.”

He calculated the impermanence of the world and the unpredictable human heart.

He was the eighth disciple of Fangchun Mountain, Clairvoyant!

Jun Huan looked back and shouted, “Money God, you better be careful!”

“Hurry up,” said Clairvoyant who had already engaged in a fight with the Taboo Spirit. With a wave of his hand, the golden abacus danced around the air with a brilliant and miraculous aura.

Despite its full-on offense with the spear, the Taboo Spirit still couldn’t quickly suppress him!

Seeing this, Ruo Su went back to leading Lin Xun and the others to teleport away.

On the way, Jun Huan quickly informed Lin Xun about Clairvoyant, “Eighth Senior Brother is the richest member of our sect, the God of Money to Fangchun Mountain who possesses countless exotic treasures. If there are any divine materials and treasures that you need, he will definitely be able to get them for you.”

Lin Xun couldn't help but turn around to take a look at his eighth senior brother, Clairvoyant, who was fighting with the Taboo Spirit. He worriedly said, “Can we just leave him there to fight it alone?”

“In this urgent situation, that’s the only way to win this game,” sighed Li Xuanwei. “Don't worry about Eighth Senior Brother. His fighting skills may not be as good as mine, but he has endless self-preservation tricks up his sleeve, far beyond what I could ever have.”

Boom!

While they talked, the terrifying vortex in the sky rotated again. Inconceivably, another golden figure rushed out with a sword made of taboo Law Power in its grasp. It instantly bolted after them with a murderous attack.

Ruo Su’s group seemed to have long anticipated this as they didn’t show any trace of panic.

A loud laugh suddenly echoed, “Hahaha, it's finally my turn! Well, my brothers and sisters, boldly forge ahead, and never worry for me. By the way, my lil’ junior brother, my dao name is Shen Yan[1], and I’m number twelve in seniority. Master complained that I talk too much and it’s all nonsense, so he told me to think hard before I speak. But I just can’t help it, making me shut up is worse than killing me…”

The rambling, chattering string of words made Lin Xun's head spin.

How can that fellow have the mood to spew so much nonsense even at a time like this?

A man with an ordinary appearance and a frivolous manner then appeared out of thin air. He was holding up a huge, green gourd with his hands.

The gourd was even taller than him. Its aura was brilliantly green and permeated with chaos qi.

The man only needed a thought to make the gourd spin around. As it did, a gleaming flying sword shot out from the mouth and chopped at the sword-wielding golden figure.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The two fiercely clashed a second later.

Speechlessly, even in the midst of this treacherous battle, the man still talked nonstop.

“Senior Brother Shen Yan is always like this. Actually, he’s normally as quiet as a mouthless gourd, but once he’s in a fight, he can't control his mouth,” explained Jun Huan with a smile.

Having met Clairvoyant and Shen Yan, Lin Xun realized that his senior brothers and sisters had long prepared themselves to face this heaven-splitting calamity!

Will there be other senior brothers and sisters appearing later?

As Lin Xun pondered this question, a violet-clad figure had already appeared in the air. He had flowing white hair, a pair of eyes as bright as stars, and an aura of loftiness and recklessness.

Wielding a huge halberd that was eighteen feet long, he looked like a god of war.

No sooner had the third golden figure swept out from the vortex than he charged toward it without hesitation with a domineering momentum.

“That’s your Fifteenth Senior Brother, dao name Qing Ting. He has a lofty-kind of lonely temperament and is very decisive. The person he admires the most is Ninth Senior Brother Ge Yupu, so ever since Ninth Senior Brother fell in that disaster nearly a hundred thousand years ago, Qing Ting has not spoken a word…”

There was a hint of sadness in Jun Huan's voice.

The group continued on without looking back.

Meanwhile, the Emperors as well as the old fossils watching from afar were unable to maintain their composure.

With the successive appearances of Clairvoyant, Shen Yan, and Qing Ting, they were horrified to realize something.

If these three disciples of Fangchun Mountain had all shown themselves from the very start, who amongst those present would be able to fight back?

Even just thinking about it made their hearts tremble!

“Can we infer from this that these disciples of Fangchun Mountain have never regarded us as a threat at all? Rather, the only thing they consider their opponent in this game is the taboo tribulation power!” Some of the old fossils were feeling bitter.

This fact was a heavy blow to their egos.

The people they viewed as great adversaries had never taken them seriously at all. This taste of being ignored was something they hadn't experienced in a long, long time.

At the same time, the vigorous power displayed by Fangchun Mountain force sent shivers down their spines.

Who would have thought that these remnants whom they had contemptuously referred to as ‘wandering souls’ could possess such might once they gathered together?

Just like at this moment, each and every disciple of Fangchun Mountain was able to block the Taboo Spirits’ attacks head-on. Even if this was a dream, it was still an unimaginable one!

Boom!

The sky tumbled violently, growing darker and more turbulent by the second. Around the rumbling, spinning vortex, the taboo Law Power became increasingly thicker and more intimidating.

One golden figure emerged after another, using all types of weapons made of taboo power. They descended into the mortal world in order to stop Ruo Su’s group from leaving.

However, every time that happened, a disciple of Fangchun Mountain would also make an appearance and fight back with peerless skills.

It was as if they had already anticipated this!

Among them, there was the sixteenth-ranked Cheng Yu, who resembled a young lady of a noble family with her delicate and heart-wrenching beauty.

There was the twentieth Well Moon[2]. He was an athletic and tough young man with bronze skin and a murderous touch on his face. He carried an arrow bag as his weapon was a bow and arrows made of animal bones. According to Jun Huan, Senior Brother Well Moon came from a hunter’s family…

In addition to Cheng Yu and Well Moon, there was also Twenty-Second Senior Brother Lancang Armor and Twenty-Fifth Senior Brother Xiangliu Ruler…

Each of them possessed power that could shake history. The moment they appeared, they deployed horrific techniques that caused Lin Xun to marvel nonstop.

He couldn't help but wonder how many senior brothers and sisters of Fangchun Mountain had arrived in this area in advance.

Under the obstruction of those Fangchun Mountain disciples, Ruo Su’s group was able to bring Lin Xun away without any trouble despite the risky situation.

However, before Lin Xun could heave a sigh of relief, Ruo Su at the very front suddenly came to a halt.

1. It literally means speak cautiously ☜

2. the reflection of the moon in a well’s water ☜