Chapter 551 64: Killing for Treasure

This was the first time Fang Cheng had witnessed the ultimate techniques of the Divine Image Sect.

The great axe coalesced by Jiang Zheng's Sea Water Giant gave off only one impression: it was heavy.

He used his Divine Techniques to continuously compress the seawater, finally forging it into a colossal, seemingly solid broadaxe.

The Sea Water Giant now strode forward, raised the great axe high with both hands, and cleaved down mercilessly at Cui Bailing.

The arc of the axe was subtle and untraceable, imbued with a profound mystery that was difficult for ordinary people to grasp. It was like Heaven and Earth Creation itself, leaving no room to dodge—it could only be met head-on.

Cui Bailing snorted coldly. With a point of his finger, endless Profound Light gathered in the void, forming a long saber that slashed toward the great axe.

The saber and axe collided with a deafening BOOM.

The great axe in the Sea Water Giant's hands was nearly split in two by the Profound Light Long Saber. Countless droplets of extremely condensed heavy water shattered, exploding in midair and causing the void itself to tremble.

Cui Bailing's Profound Light Long Saber also shattered, piece by piece.

Atop the Sea Water Giant's head, Jiang Zheng frowned slightly. He waved the Jade Ruyi in his hand, and the sea below immediately surged. Nine immense Water Dragons rose up and flowed into the Sea Water Giant's hands.

The Sea Water Giant's massive hands clenched, once again coalescing a great axe from the seawater.

This time, the great axe was covered in many arcane runes.

The Sea Water Giant raised its axe high again and brought it down ferociously upon Cui Bailing.

Unfazed, Cui Bailing formed a seal with his hands. Profound Light surged in the void, materializing as a hundred-zhang-wide round shield that blocked the great axe's path.

BOOM!

The great axe and the round shield crashed violently. The shield erupted with a blinding Profound Light that actually knocked the axe away.

Jiang Zheng was slightly surprised. He urged the Sea Water Giant to continue its assault, hacking down with one brutal strike after another. The sky filled with swirling Water True Light, causing the giant's attacks to grow ever more powerful.

Between the sea and sky, a continuous series of earth-shattering explosions rang out. Waves as large as mountain ranges spread out in concentric circles from the two combatants, like a tsunami.

Cui Bailing suddenly let out a long cry. The phantom of a ferocious demonic monster appeared behind him. The monster opened its massive maw and spat out a streak of saber light!

This saber light appeared abruptly, passing through the sky full of Water True Light as if it were nothing, and materialized before Jiang Zheng in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the saber light broke through Jiang Zheng's Protective Spiritual Light and split into countless fragments.

Its extreme speed allowed the saber light to bloom across a hundred-zhang area!

Like a lotus throne with ten thousand petals, it suddenly enveloped Jiang Zheng and the Sea Water Giant, then spun violently.

Wherever the saber light passed, all things were annihilated.

When the saber light faded, all that remained on the battlefield was a brilliant white torrent of water, like a waterfall hanging from the sky, which crashed into the sea with a sound that echoed for a long time.

Several miles away.

Jiang Zheng reappeared, his expression grave. The aura around him was unstable.

He gave a bitter smile and called out, "Fellow Daoist, if you are not going to make your move now, when will you?"

Cui Bailing had expected this. He had been warily watching a seven-colored auspicious cloud on the horizon.

Although the cloud could block Divine Sense, when he focused his senses on it, he detected nothing more than two Dharma Cultivators inside.

'What abilities could these two possibly have to serve as Old Jiang's backup plan?'

As this doubt filled Cui Bailing's mind, he simply summoned a Profound Light Long Saber and slashed it toward the seven-colored cloud.

CLANG!

The saber light struck the cloud, producing the clang of metal on metal, before it was sliced in two.

Two pathetic-looking Escape Lights fled from the cloud and flew toward Jiang Zheng.

Cui Bailing sneered. "Fellow Daoist Jiang, you came to seize a treasure with just this pathetic trick?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the surrounding area suddenly blazed with brilliant light as countless streams of sword light converged on him.

"Who's there?!"

Cui Bailing was shocked. His Divine Sense had detected no one at all, so how could such a powerful Sword Array appear out of nowhere?

As the sword light bore down on him, his body suddenly radiated a spectacular glow. Thousands of auspicious mists and rays of light clashed with the Sword Array, emitting terrifying fluctuations of aura.

Primordial Profound Embryo!

But in the next moment, a sword struck Cui Bailing in the back, its light bursting from his chest.

A moment later, another streak of sword light shattered his Protective Spiritual Light and lopped off his head.

Another flashed horizontally, slicing him in two at the waist.

Then, countless sword lights descended, instantly disintegrating Cui Bailing's body.

A surge of dark red Demonic Qi rushed over to envelop Cui Bailing's remains, instantly causing an even denser and more turbulent cloud of Demonic Qi to boil forth.

A moment later.

The sword light receded, and the dark red Demonic Qi all flowed into a single point in the void. Beneath the swirling Demonic Qi, the outline of an immensely tall giant could be faintly seen.

This was none other than Fang Cheng, who had used the Void God Gu to conceal his Feather Divine Soldiers and deliver an all-out strike, aiming to eliminate any potential complications.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

Now, all that remained in the sky was the Beautiful Female Cultivator that Cui Bailing had abducted and a Treasure Box.

Jiang Zheng flickered and reappeared nearby. He sighed in admiration, "Fellow Daoist, the power of your Sword Array is truly terrifying. In this realm, apart from those few beings at the Fifth Tribulation or higher, I fear no one could have blocked that."

Fang Cheng recalled his Feather Divine Soldiers and revealed himself. Pointing at the Treasure Box left behind by Cui Bailing, he said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, you should first see if the item we're looking for is inside."

Hearing this, Jiang Zheng wasted no time. He took the Treasure Box and began to refine the restrictive seals on it.

Meanwhile, Zhuang Daojing and the other Elder from the Divine Image Sect went to the Beautiful Female Cultivator's side and placed several more restrictive seals on her.

The Female Cultivator looked agitated and tried to speak, but her tongue had been sealed, preventing her from making a sound.

Before long, Jiang Zheng broke the seals on the Treasure Box. He swept his Divine Sense inside and was overjoyed. A moment later, light flashed before him, and a massive Stone Stele over ten zhang tall appeared.

From top to bottom, a total of seven images were carved into the Stone Stele. At a glance, they didn't seem particularly profound, but upon closer inspection, one would find themselves captivated by the content, irresistibly drawn in.

"This is the Langhuan Ancient Stele?" The Creation Golden Talisman in Fang Cheng's sea of consciousness trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Zheng nodded. "Indeed. It is all thanks to your help, Fellow Daoist, that we have succeeded!"

Fang Cheng glanced at the Beautiful Female Cultivator and asked, "What should be done with this woman?"

The Beautiful Female Cultivator only had a Life Soul Realm cultivation. He didn't know why Cui Bailing had abducted her.

A frosty look flashed across Jiang Zheng's face. He said coolly, "We absolutely cannot let the world know that the Langhuan Ancient Stele is in our hands. This woman is not one of us. Leaving her alive would be a huge liability."

He turned to the Beautiful Female Cultivator and said, "Fellow Daoist, this is fate. Do not blame me for being ruthless."

As he spoke, he flicked his finger. A streak of water light shot out, instantly piercing the woman's forehead.

A vibrant, beautiful Female Cultivator thus perished.

Fang Cheng sighed softly, feeling a slight sense of pity.

But there was nothing to be done about it.

If they left her alive and word of today's events got out, he and the Divine Image Sect would face endless schemes and attacks from the Tribulation Realm Cultivators of this world.

Just as Zhuang Daojing was about to use a ball of fire in his hand to incinerate the woman's corpse, a sudden change occurred.

A cloud of blood-red light suddenly spread out from the woman's body, enveloping the four of them with incredible speed.

Seeing how strange and mysterious the blood-red light was, the four of them hastily retreated to avoid it.

Fang Cheng frowned slightly. The blood-red light was several times faster than even his sword light!

He formed a Seal Technique, and a profound aura emerged from his body. A mass of golden light surged out from his back, forming a golden wheel behind him. A ring of golden ripples spread outward.

The golden ripples seemed both real and illusory, ignoring all physical objects as they spread. Wherever they passed, the blood-red light froze in the void, unable to get near Fang Cheng's body.

In contrast, Jiang Zheng, Zhuang Daojing, and the third person were instantly overtaken by the blood-red light.

From a distance, a single point of blood-red light on the sea's surface swelled in the blink of an eye into a massive sphere a hundred li in diameter, before collapsing and disappearing.

The Beautiful Female Cultivator's corpse shattered like porcelain and scattered into ash.

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