Chapter 1525 - 442: Where’s the Sect? I’m Asking You, Where’s Such a Huge Sect?

"Impudent!" The two men in black were furious at the sight, and the blood-red spiritual light from their storage bags glowed simultaneously as they blocked the path from both sides.

At this sword-drawn moment—

"Friend—"

An aged, chilling laugh suddenly echoed through the heavens and earth.

As the sound wave passed through, the clouds stagnated, and the flying ship’s protective shield trembled slightly.

"Boom!"

Amid the void’s tremor, a hunched figure stepped forth.

The elder was dressed in grayish-white hemp clothing, his emaciated fingers like eagle claws, and his nails had a bizarre bluish-black tint.

His face was etched with intersecting wrinkles, the most horrifying being his eyes—there were no pupils, only a murky gray-white, strangely rotating slowly in the eye sockets.

With the elder’s approach, a suffocating pressure suddenly descended.

Deng Nianyue shuddered violently, her legs softened as she collapsed to the ground, squeezing out a few words with trembling lips: "Di—Divinity Transformation Realm monster..."

She looked at Zhou Qing in terror, yet saw this savior remain calmly in place, his eyes under the silver mask unmoved by the rolling waves.

Even the little girl in his arms was still curiously reaching out to grab the drifting clouds, completely unaffected by the pressure.

Deng Nianyue’s heart instantly calmed, it seemed this elder was at least in the Divinity Transformation Realm!

She forced herself to suppress her fear, tremblingly pleaded, "Esteemed elder... please... do not hand me over..."

Zhou Qing’s gaze slightly narrowed, casually glancing at the elder, then turned to Deng Nianyue: "Why do they want to catch you?"

Deng Nianyue’s face turned pale, shaking her head in trepidation: "I truly do not know... But they have captured many pregnant women like me..."

Her voice choked, "If not for my husband’s self-destruction of the Nascent Soul to buy me a chance, by now... by now I fear I would already be confined on that black ship..."

Before she finished speaking, a sudden gleam of chill appeared in Zhou Qing’s eyes, as he immediately thought of something.

He recalled Old Emperor Xuanyuan Chong’s Spirit Severing Realm secret formula, the forty-sixth mystical herb was the [Qi Emotion Severing Grass].

This herb needs to be implanted in the womb of the fetus at the time of a pregnant woman’s delivery, using the newborn infant’s innate energy to grow.

Cultivate for seven years, then experience the extremes of joy, anger, sorrow, thoughts, sadness, fear, and shock before harvesting the heart alive to refine this medicinal lead.

Could it be—

As Zhou Qing pondered, the elder in gray robe sinisterly spoke: "Friend, cultivation is not easy, do not offend those you cannot afford for some ants."

A chilling gleam flashed in Zhou Qing’s eyes: "Those behind you, are they the Royal Family?"

The elder’s murky gray-white pupils suddenly contracted, his brows furrowed: "Who... exactly are you?"

Seeing the elder’s reaction, Zhou Qing’s heart was already clear.

Indeed, it’s the old scoundrel Xuanyuan Chong gathering materials to refine the Qi Emotion Severing Grass again.

Previously, he had speculated that Chong would secretly raise some ordinary women.

After all, this kind of thing can’t see the light, the most stable is breeding control.

Unexpectedly, this old fellow was already so brazen, even sending people out to capture Nascent Soul female cultivators.

It seems not only to obtain more materials, but also possibly attempting to improve the pill formula and increase the success rate?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but hold Yaoyao tighter, eyes filled with cold gleam.

"You all..." Zhou Qing’s voice suddenly calmed down, calm to the point of spine-chilling, "deserve death."

Before the words finished, the previously clear sky suddenly changed color.

Heavy dark clouds quickly gathered at a visible speed, immediately covering the sun.

Within the clouds, arcs of purple gold Thunder Arc moved like dragons, producing an unsettling "crackling" sound.

The entire world trembled under this terrifying pressure.

The faces of the elder and the two men in black instantly turned pale, their legs trembled and they nearly lost their balance.

"Heavens, a thought could stir celestial phenomena?!" the elder’s voice trembled uncontrollably, his gray-white pupils contracted violently, "You... are a Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse?!"

Trembling like a sieve, he knelt in the void, his forehead bowing heavily: "Junior Wang Muchen is blind, unintentionally offending esteemed elder, beg elder’s pardon!"

Zhou Qing snorted coldly, a chilling light in his eyes: "To act maliciously, you deserve death!"

"Boom!!!"

A heavenly explosion of thunder resounded.

Nine purple gold Thunderbolts as thick as barrels struck simultaneously, the dazzling lightning illuminating the surrounding hundred miles.

The elder and the two men didn’t even have time to scream before they were turned into ash by the thunderbolts.

Their bodies, Magical Treasures, even their Divine Souls were obliterated in one strike, utterly dissipated in heaven and earth.

Deng Nianyue stared blankly at this scene, her lips trembling but unable to produce any sound.

The high and mighty Divinity Transformation old monster... just died like that?

And this person before her... turned out to be the legendary Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse?