Chapter 2869 Arrow Arrives At the Canyon

The one from earlier was Lin Xun's dao body!

It was bait!

As this thought flashed in Wen Qiaoshui's mind, he instinctively swung the Nine Desolates War Halberd. Lin Xun viciously descended with the sword cauldron. The attack was too sudden and quick, leaving no room to dodge or use other treasures. Hence, there was no option but to take it head-on.

Wen Qiaoshui was, after all, no ordinary individual. Under the stimulation of such extreme danger, a burst of unprecedented potential exploded from him.

Rumble!

His thin figure suddenly erupted like a volcano as countless grand dao diagrams surged from the Nine Desolates War Halberd, ringing in the air like tidal waves as they rippled across the nine heavens.

Unfortunately, Wen Qiaoshui’s expression completely changed a split second later.

Clang!

With a deafening boom, the Nine Desolates War Halberd wailed in agony as it was torn from his hand. His hand also burst into pieces, splashing blood everywhere. Immediately after, the armor encasing him fractured and shattered like broken glass.

Rumble!

When the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron finally smashed into him, Wen Qiaoshui's eyes immediately turned blank. Despite having a body comparable to a divine weapon, his skin burst apart, and his muscles and bones violently fragmented. With one last boom, his body was imploded, splattering into a rain of blood and flesh chunks.

Only his primordial spirit managed to escape at the final moment, only to be caught in Lin Xun’s hand. With a single strike, he had shattered the body of a divine son and captured his primordial spirit!

The domineering and bloody scene made Wen Qiaoshui's primordial spirit shriek in terror. He was usually so composed and confident, always able to calmly navigate and eventually resolve any surprises thrown his way.

Now, that very same Wen Qiaoshui had just lost his composure. Lin Xun's unrivaled strike had not only shattered his dao body, but also his will to fight! It was also at this moment that Wen Qiaoshui finally realized how lucky he had been to escape after ambushing Lin Xun previously.

In a real head-on clash, even a proud divine son like him had been completely and utterly crushed!

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

A long time later, after finally calming down, Wen Qiaoshui's primordial spirit stared at Lin Xun and asked, "Why don't you kill me? Is someone like you actually afraid of retaliation?"

"I have a use for you." Lin Xun was frank. "For example, after leaving the Ten Directions Demon Realm, you can be used as a hostage if something unexpected happens, no?"

A complicated expression arose in Wen Qiaoshui's eyes. "Giving me a dose of my own medicine, Fellow Daoist Lin, you’re really something!"

Now that he had composed himself, he realized that he wouldn’t be dying today, at least.

Lin Xun said, "It can't be helped, I learned it all from you. Remember how you used Elder Li Zhen's life to threaten me when you ambushed me previously? I’m merely returning the favor."

Wen Qiaoshui snorted. "You don't have to hide it. You're doing this because you know that you can’t achieve a cultivation breakthrough in three months, but you're worried that others might ascend first and take revenge against you. Hence, you're striking first to gain the upper hand."

Lin Xun praised, "Smart man."

Wen Qiaoshui's smile disappeared, replaced by a look of disappointment and frustration. He sighed deeply and said, "What’s the use of being smart? In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and schemes are nothing more than petty tricks. I understood this truth a long time ago, but I never imagined...that the power of the Eternal Supreme would actually exist in this world..."

Towards the end, a bitter tone emerged in his voice. Lin Xun’s strike had destroyed his fighting spirit, toppled his perceptions, and made him deeply cognizant of how terrifying the power of the Eternal Supreme was.

In fact, Wen Qiaoshui was certain that if he hadn't first trapped Lin Xun with the Heavenly Divine Forbidden array, and then decisively used Stealing the Heavens, Swapping the Sun to avoid a head-on clash, he would have likely been subdued by Lin Xun back then.

Wen Qiaoshui seemed to have completely accepted his fate and calmly said, "If my guess is correct, your next target is Cang Fufeng, right?"

"That’s right." Lin Xun nodded.

"After Cang Fufeng and I are suppressed, the only threat left will be Yuan Changtian. However, he is also from the Origin Sect like you, so you probably won’t be able to make a move against him." Wen Qiaoshui continued, ''And if he knows that Cang Fufeng and I are suppressed, he most certainly won’t dare to turn on you either. However, it is already impossible for him to seek the greatest opportunity in this realm."

Lin Xun asked, "Why?"

"He won’t be able to seize it with Ji Shanhai around. Not to mention, there’s also your Elder Li Zhen, your senior brother, Well Moon, as well as the participants from the Spirit Sect." Wen Qiaoshui said, "Unless Yuan Changtian is ready to die, he definitely won’t take the risk."

Lin Xun stared at Wen Qiaoshui for a moment and sighed softly, "You truly are a smart person."

Wen Qiaoshui didn’t respond. He merely gazed back with a defeated expression. He finally realized that Wang Juehuan and the others were right. They should have exhausted all means to kill this person at the beginning of the Immortal Dao Battle.

After all, Lin Xun had only been at the initial Nirvana Spirit Stage back then, and was nowhere near as powerful as he was now. Unfortunately, it was already too late to say such things now.

In the end, Lin Xun sealed away Wen Qiaoshui. After collecting the loot, he was stunned. Even he couldn’t help but gasp in amazement at how wealthy the divine son of the Eternal Divine Wen Clan of the Ninth Heaven Domain was.

There were more than two thousand three hundred Earth Rank law powers, and eighty-nine Heaven Rank law powers! There was even a complete ninth grade Heaven Rank law power, five Divine Rank law power fragments, and a crimson Eternal Divine Elixir with bright red branches and leaves!

This was undoubtedly all of the law powers Wen Qiaoshui and the four Zen Masters had gathered in the Ten Directions Demon Realm over the past ten years. The only reason why these law powers hadn’t been used was because they couldn’t be used at their cultivation level.

Now, all of their hard work had now fallen into Lin Xun’s pockets. His attention, however, was mainly drawn to the fiery-red Eternal Divine Elixir. Shaped like a small half-foot-tall tree, its stem and branches were branded with a law power aura, making it seem as if it could exist for all of eternity.

This was the first time he had seen an Eternal Divine Elixir, and his eyes couldn't help but flutter at its magnificence. After admiring it for a while, Lin Xun carefully put away the elixir.

Additionally, there was another trove of treasures. The Nine Desolates War Halberd alone was already an extraordinary divine weapon permeated with an aura of time.

Wen Qiaoshui’s other treasures were likewise absolute gems, such as the jade talisman branded with Will Dharma Form power, the array plate engraved with unfathomable restriction power, and several others.

After going through the treasures one by one, Lin Xun was secretly relieved. It was fortunate that he had managed to suppress Wen Qiaoshui in a single strike earlier. Otherwise, from how many treasures he had, it was highly likely that he would have escaped again if given a chance to catch his breath!

Of course, all of these treasures now belonged to Lin Xun. After packing up, he didn’t waste any more time and resumed his journey once more.

Although it was still the first day of entering the Heaven Demon Realm, he had to find Cang Fufeng and Huo Xiao as soon as possible. After all, the longer it took, the more likely it was for the other party to achieve a cultivation breakthrough.

......

Two days later, a divine arrow pierced the dome of the sky, dragging along a streak of blazing light as it bombarded a canyon.

Rumble!

Amidst the earth-shaking collision, countless restriction-like law powers surged out around the canyon, and neutralized the power of the divine arrow. Inside the canyon, Cang Fufeng's eyes were ice-cold as he calmly said, "Well Moon, your pathetic ability can't break through the defenses of this place."

He exuded an air of reserved confidence. Today was supposed to be the important timing for him to prove his dao and achieve a cultivation breakthrough. However, Well Moon had come to interfere and ruin the timing for him.

Some distance from the canyon, Well Moon’s lean figure stood in the air with a bright smile on his angular face. He said, "Today, I will break this canyon!"

With a deep breath, his muscles expanded as terrifying dao light surged, causing his figure to become blindingly bright. He raised his large black bow, picked up a divine arrow, and nocked it on the bowstring. As he pulled, the bow was swiftly drawn to its maximum and pointed at the distant canyon.

Omm!

Countless arcs of silver lightning flowed and fluttered along the black bow, and the two-foot-long, thumb-thick divine arrow pulsed with heart-palpitating crow-black light as a clear, high-pitched noise resounded across the nine heavens and ten lands.

Rumble!

When the arrow was finally released, that moment felt like a light tearing apart ten thousand years of darkness. The surroundings dimmed as heaven and earth seemed to gasp.

There were no words to describe the tyrannical nature of the arrow. It was like a strike from god aiming to destroy the world! The canyon’s surroundings exploded, unleashing a hurricane of destruction. Wherever it passed, the mountains, rivers, grass, trees, and rocks were incinerated to ashes in the blink of an eye.

It was a horrifying scene, to say the least. However, when the smoke finally dispersed, the canyon was revealed to be completely unharmed. Only the restriction power covering the surroundings had become substantially dimmer.

Inside the canyon, Cang Fufeng couldn't help but sneer as he said, "I'd like to see how you're going to break in here today!"

With a wave of his sleeve, three-thousand-six-hundred small apricot-yellow flags flew out and landed at various spots in the canyon. Each flag was engraved with a cryptic array diagram that glowed with strange light. Moreover, faint law power swirled around the flags.

The small apricot-yellow flags soon resonated with each other, constructing a golden curtain of light that covered the canyon like a big golden bowl. There were only two words to describe the sensation it gave: immovable and indestructible!

With that done, he paid no further attention to Well Moon and down on a nine-foot dao platform. The dao platform was shaped like a lotus, and was divided into nine layers. Each layer shone with mysterious multi-colored light.

The Nine Extremes Dao Platform!

The platform was a unique treasure of the Eternal Divine Cang Clan. Those who cultivated on it would be immune to all external demonic influences, and it also greatly amplified the cohesion between one’s heart-state and cultivation, allowing one to sense the opportunity to breakthrough in the shortest time possible.

Most importantly, the Nine Extremes Dao Platform boasted astonishing defenses, and could even block Transcendence Stage attacks!

Cang Fufeng ordered, "Huo Xiao, guard me."

Huo Xiao solemnly complied.

Outside the canyon, Well Moon’s expression grew slightly grave. Cang Fufeng had employed far too many defenses. Numerous layers of unrivaled restriction arrays were stacked on top of each other, making it difficult to break through in a short amount of time.

However, if he didn’t breakthrough soon, and Cang Fufeng was allowed to succeed... This operation would undoubtedly end in failure!

"Looks like I’ve no choice but to go all out..."

Well Moon inwardly murmured as the expression in his eyes gradually turned resolute and as piercing as an arrow.