Chapter 2567 Act on Behalf of Master

Back in the Central Immortal Court, Lin Xun had already noticed that his fourth senior brother Ling Xuanzi clearly held the upper hand, even when facing the combined assault of the four immortals.

Although Lin Xun had yet to comprehend the power of the Immortal level, his wealth of combat experience meant that he could easily tell that if his senior brother had truly gone all out, the battle would have ended long ago.

Yet the fight continued...

Ling Xuanzi had claimed that he was using this opportunity to guide Lin Xun, to let him observe and experience the power of the Immortal realm firsthand. However, Lin Xun couldn’t help but suspect that his senior brother was also using this chance to rough him up a little.

If that was the case, he could endure it. After all, he had once tricked Ling Xuanzi himself.

Unfortunately, the real problem was that by now, their battle had spilled into the vast universe. Without the concealment of the Ruins of the Gods, everything was now exposed to the watching cultivators outside.

If a truly formidable figure appeared at this moment, the situation could spiral out of control!

Sensing Lin Xun’s growing irritation, Ling Xuanzi chuckled and said, “Alright, alright! Junior Brother, I’ll help you finish them off.”

Then, sweeping his gaze over the four Immortals like a flash of lightning, he announced clearly, “Everyone, it’s time to bring this fight to a close. My junior brother has grown tired of my guidance. I’ve no choice left. I, Ling Xuanzi, will now send you on your way.”

His voice rang across the cosmos like a morning bell. The distant onlookers wore expressions of shock.

Junior Brother?

Does that mean Menace Lin has a sect backing him?

If even his senior brother is an Immortal-level being, then just how terrifying must his master be?

This revelation swept through the crowd like a hurricane, wreaking havoc on their hearts and minds, stirring waves of shock and unrest. Only Gu Banzhuang, Yun Luohong, and the others from Donghuang’s Four Clans remained calm. They had long known that Lin Xun was a disciple of Fangchun Mountain.

However, even they hadn’t expected someone like Ling Xuanzi, a terrifying successor of Fangchun Mountain, would appear, let alone possess the strength to face off against four Immortals alone. It was completely beyond their expectations.

Boom!

While the crowd reeled in disbelief, the battlefield shifted again. Ling Xuanzi’s aura changed in an instant. His originally youthful and handsome figure suddenly radiated immense divine majesty.

Strands of azure light gathered and condensed into a radiant thirty-six petaled azure lotus platform, blooming brilliantly in the vast cosmos and giving rise to endless wondrous visions.

Standing atop it, Ling Xuanzi held a horsetail whisk in one hand and the Dao Endless Pagoda in the other. He resembled a celestial being descending from the highest heavens, exuding an awe-inspiring presence that felt distant and untouchable.

In that instant, Nan Feidu and the others, their eyes bloodshot from prolonged battle, felt a chill sweep through them. Their expressions shifted as they instinctively realized that something was very wrong.

It was as if Ling Xuanzi had become an entirely different person. The aura he exuded carried a bone-chilling sense of danger that pierced straight into their hearts.

“If we keep holding back now, we’ll likely meet a grim end.” Nan Feidu’s face was dark as water.

“Then let’s unleash our trump cards and slay this bastard!” Yun Jiuwei roared.

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeve and a gorgeous divine rainbow streaked through the void. It then transformed midair into a five-colored flying blade, shining brilliantly and radiating the brilliance of the five elements.

Strands of blinding law power surged forth from the blade’s edge. Its aura alone caused the starry sky to tremble, and the nearby void rippled open with countless cracks. It was a truly shocking sight.

The Five Aggregates Soul Severing Blade!

This secret treasure, imbued with the aura of law and containing the essence of the five elements, was no larger than a palm. Despite that, a single strike from it could tear apart the law power enveloping an entire world. Its power was truly terrifying and boundless.

“Slash!” Yun Jiuwei let out a furious roar, and the five-colored flying blade shot forth like a streak of divine light cleaving through the cosmos, emanating an aura of indestructible might.

Even from afar, countless cultivators felt a searing pain in their eyes and an instinctive terror in their hearts. Though separated by a great distance, it felt as though a sharp blade was pressed against their throats. However, what followed was a truly shocking sight.

As the five-colored flying blade neared the thirty-six petaled azure lotus platform, it was intercepted by its radiant petals that seemed to be woven from pure light. The blade became trapped, suspended in place, unable to escape no matter how fiercely it struggled.

Ling Xuanzi extended his hand. The flying blade fell gently into his palm. With a light twist of his fingers, the weapon that Yun Jiuwei regarded as an ultimate trump card shattered into countless fragments, disintegrating into a rain of light that drifted between his fingers and vanished.

Pu!

The treasure was destroyed. At the same moment, Yun Jiuwei suffered a backlash. He coughed up blood, his expression contorting in horror, and a look of disbelief flashed across his face.

“Strike!”

In the distance, Ling Xuanzi raised his hand, and the Dao Endless Pagoda rose into the air before vanishing from sight.

A muffled boom echoed before anyone could react. In an instant, the pagoda reappeared above Yun Jiuwei’s head and came crashing down with divine might. Its body, forged from ancient, divine gold unleashed a torrent of dazzling dao light that engulfed Yun Jiuwei entirely.

It wasn’t that Yun Jiuwei didn’t want to dodge, but he simply couldn’t. The surrounding void had been completely sealed off, transformed into a great dao prison. There was no room to maneuver, no space to flee.

Eyes wide with fury and panic, Yun Jiuwei frantically unleashed all his immortal might. But it was futile. All he could do was watch helplessly as the Dao Endless Pagoda descended. With a thunderous crash, his head, neck, chest...were obliterated beneath the crushing force of the pagoda.

All that remained on the battlefield was a rain of light drifting across the sky, and the Dao Endless Pagoda suspended in silence like it was immortal and eternal. With one strike, an immortal being who wielded ninth grade Heaven Rank laws had been slain!

The scene left the distant spectators utterly dumbfounded. They stood frozen, eyes wide with disbelief.

Even Lin Xun was stunned. Never had he imagined that the Dao Endless Pagoda, a treasure that had accompanied him since youth, could unleash such overwhelming might. He also couldn’t help but inhale sharply when he saw the sight.

This was a live execution, a display of absolute power. The opponent had no chance to resist at all. In a single strike, both body and soul were utterly obliterated.

On the battlefield, Yun Jiuwei’s death dealt a heavy blow to Nan Feidu and the others. Their expressions shifted dramatically and their bodies froze in place. Yun Jiuwei’s strength was on par with any of them, yet he was slain so easily. How could they not be shaken?

“Go!”

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Atop the thirty-six petaled azure lotus platform, Ling Xuanzi stood like a sovereign, chanting the profound sound of the dao.

Boom!

The Dao Endless Pagoda vanished once more.

Nan Feidu, Gu Lingzhen, and Li Shangjun looked utterly terror-stricken. They instinctively sprang into motion, unleashing their full power and activating all their life-saving trump cards without hesitation.

However, Nan Feidu’s fleeing figure suddenly froze mid-air, as if gripped by an enormous invisible hand. In the very next instant, the shadow of the Dao Endless Pagoda appeared above his head, and a torrent of radiant divine light cascaded down like a waterfall...

“Open!”

At this critical moment, six divine swords emerged behind Nan Feidu, resonating in unison as they transformed into a Six Harmonies Sword Diagram. It was a formation blazing with mysterious, immortal dao light.

This was his ultimate treasure: the Six Harmonies Sky Slaughter Sword Diagram. It was forged from six distinct law powers and imbued with a surging aura of immortality. It was a treasure he couldn’t bear to use unless it was a matter of life and death. Now, he had no choice.

Despite that, watching from afar, Ling Xuanzi revealed a faint sneer of contempt. The Dao Endless Pagoda was no ordinary weapon. It was the life treasure of his master, the Lord of Fangchun Mountain. How could anyone in this world possibly stand against such power?

Then—

Boom!

As the Dao Endless Pagoda descended, the Six Harmonies Sky Slaughter Sword Diagram that had just been activated suddenly let out a deafening boom, as if struck by an invisible giant hammer. It shattered instantly, its six divine swords collapsing one after another.

Nan Feidu’s eyes filled with despair. It...couldn’t withstand it?!

In the next instant, his body was reduced to a cloud of blood mist, crushed mercilessly. Both his body and soul were obliterated by the surging torrent of dao light and wiped out completely. The second Immortal had fallen!

In the distance, countless cultivators felt their hands and feet go cold. Their minds went blank. To them, Immortals were like legends, beings of unimaginable power said to live as long as the heavens, untouched by the decay of time. They represented the ultimate realm that every Emperor-level figure dreamed of reaching.

Now, two mighty Immortals from the Donghuang’s Four Clans had fallen one after another. That bloody and brutal sight struck every heart like a thunderclap.

“Run!”

Terror gripped Li Shangjun. Without hesitation, he summoned a small violet jade boat that tore through the void in a flash, attempting to flee. This was clearly a top-tier escape treasure imbued with incredible power. It could tear through the barriers of space and travel without obstruction.

“Condense!”

Ling Xuanzi waved his horsetail whisk, and snowy silver light swept across the heavens. It spread out into a vast, mysterious and obscure dao diagram spanning ten thousand feet. Within it, the totem of a slanting moon and three stars shimmered.

In an instant, Li Shangjun and the violet boat beneath his feet were caught in it, as if sinking into a mire. The ten thousand foot long dao diagram enveloped everything in all directions.

The space around him became a sealed-off zone. There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide!

“Ling Xuanzi, is your Fangchun Mountain not afraid of being wiped out?!” Li Shangjun shouted, his aged face pale with both fury and fear.

Ling Xuanzi didn’t respond.

Boom!

In the distance, an earthshaking roar echoed.

Li Shangjun suddenly turned his head and saw that while he was trapped, Gu Lingzhen, who had tried to flee in another direction, met the same fate as Nan Feidu and Yun Jiuwei. Her body had been crushed beneath the pagoda and her soul shattered!

The third Immortal had fallen!

Li Shangjun was utterly shaken, as if the sky had collapsed and his mind had gone blank. Since stepping onto the immortal path, this was the first time he felt such terror, despair and helplessness.

“Ling Xuanzi, this power isn’t yours!” Li Shangjun seemed to come to a realization. When he looked at Ling Xuanzi, his eyes were filled with fury.

“It’s not too late for you to figure that out. Today, I act on behalf of my Master. If I don’t kill you, I’ll be letting down the two treasures he entrusted me with.” Ling Xuanzi replied indifferently.

Hearing this, Lin Xun standing beside him couldn’t help but mutter inwardly,

Fourth Senior Brother, weren’t you imprisoned by Master? What right do you have to act on his behalf?

Despite that, he said nothing in response. After all, neither the Dao Endless Pagoda nor the Three Thousand Vicissitudes could unleash such power in his hands. He could only let Ling Xuanzi take the stage and unleash his divine might.

Boom!

Another thunderous roar like the collapse of heaven and earth shook the world. The Dao Endless Pagoda was activated once more, appearing above Li Shangjun’s head. Billions of beams of radiant light cascaded down.

Li Shangjun let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with bitterness. The mission to capture and kill Lin Xun had instead led to his own death. This was the unpredictability of fate.

The next moment, his body was blasted apart, then vaporized In the endless torrent of dao light, leaving not a single trace behind. With that, all four Immortals had fallen, cleanly, swiftly and without mercy!

A deathly silence fell over the battlefield. Everyone was shaken to the core.