Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 568 - 563 Quadrilateral Melee, Dead Immortal Chessboard?_1
Mei Tianjin’s face changed dramatically as he seemed to hear some kind of message transmitted to him. He reached out a hand toward Jia Ren and said, "Come with me to the Imperial Palace."
"We must bring Li Feng back to the Imperial Palace together."
Demons were gathering; this matter was no small feat.
Their target was Li Feng, and no matter what, they could not allow any mishaps with Li Feng or the elixir, which had not yet been obtained.
Jia Ren was not blind. Whether it was the Sky-blocking Black Raven or the demons that appeared all over Gan Capital, it all proved one thing.
The demons came for Li Feng!
Did they want to prevent Emperor Gan’s longevity plan from succeeding by killing Li Feng and him, stopping Emperor Gan from living a second life?
Just at that moment, a powerful aura emerged, directed at Mei Tianjin, and descended upon him.
A multitude of evil eyes appeared on his palm, each one opening, emitting streams of polluted evil aura.
Before the evil energy could touch Mei Tianjin, it was all blocked by a rising yellow jade shield.
The Lingbao Protector shielded its master from danger.
"How dare you, vile fiend, to attack me stealthily!" Mei Tianjin roared in anger, fixing his gaze on the source of the danger.
Amidst the swirling black smoke, a Cultivator covered in eyes appeared. Merely a glance at him made people feel dizzy and disoriented, as if their minds were seized.
"Don’t look into his eyes!"
A thunderous shout rang out, snapping several people back to their senses and causing them to shut their eyes tight.
For mortals, closing their eyes was no different from offering themselves up for slaughter.
Cultivators, however, possessed divine consciousness and were able to grasp the situation.
The people from the Thousand Eyes God Cult didn’t make a move against Mei Tianjin. Instead, they took advantage of the Imperial Demon Management Bureau’s moment of distraction to heavily damage the Formation.
Their purpose here was not to kill a eunuch.
The Formation, powerful enough to suppress a Seventh-order Li Bird, began to shine with complex lines of light, forming layers of luminescent membranes.
A thousand strands of evil light fell upon it, yet they were unable to break through for a long while.
The force of corruption seeped in, gradually polluting the Formation’s foundation.
The Formation could not be destroyed in a short time; they did not have enough time.
"Shen Siming, unlock the Formation here and come with me!"
"The Thousand Eyes God Cult will ensure your safety."
Jia Ren kept his eyes tightly shut, carefully distinguishing mental fluctuations, confirming that the person from the Thousand Eyes God Cult who had made a move was the previous observer.
If he wanted to thwart Emperor Gan’s plan, he should be trying to kill me, not protect me.
It could not be ruled out that this was a deception.
Jia Ren did not respond, as if he had heard nothing.
At the northern gate of Gan Capital, the Thousand Eyes Evil God sensed his subordinates beginning to act. A thousand eyes radiated evil light, falling towards the distant Emperor Gan.
"Your opponent is me!"
A general clad in green Scale Armor and wielding the Annihilation Sword appeared. The green Scale Armor displayed a green dragon shadow, blocking all the evil light.
This was clearly an extraordinary piece of treasure armor.
With no concerns for his rear, he engaged in battle with the Thousand Eyes Evil God.
He was the Martial King of the Daqian Kingdom, one of the three Mahayana Stage Cultivators in Gan Capital, known as the Daqian War God.
Emperor Gan was entangled by an Eighth-order Black Raven, unable to spare any effort.
Although the Black Raven was heavily injured, it remained ferociously violent. Black smoke and raven’s blood filled the sky, continuously falling, contaminating Cultivators and transforming them into its raven guards.
The battlefields on both sides were not something the Qian Long Guard could handle.
They retreated to a defensive position, dealing with other forces sent by factions such as the Thousand Eyes God Cult, the Crow God Cult, and the Holy Infant Sect, in order to prevent the situation from worsening.
"Not good, the Infant Bizarre from the Holy Infant Sect is here!"
The sound of a baby’s giggling rang out as a baby with tender white skin quickly ran towards this place.
A mirror appeared in the sky.
Beams of light shot out from it, falling towards the Infant Bizarre, who moved extremely fast, avoiding every beam of light.
"WAAH!"
The crying of infants continued from afar as people in the city, affected by the Infant Bizarre’s Power, were transformed into babies. Losing their ability to speak, they could only cry.
What kind of Bizarre Demons were these?
Jia Ren, who had seen and known many Bizarre Demons, was aware that few could compare with the Infant Bizarre.
If the Longevity Bizarre caused one to die of old age, could the Infant Bizarre grant rebirth?
Would the lifespan of those affected by the Infant Bizarre’s Power also change?
The answer was no.
Otherwise, what Emperor Gan would have gone to great lengths to acquire would be an Infant Bizarre, not Li Feng.
Jia Ren was highly interested in the Infant Bizarre and was eager to capture it in the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower.
"Damn Bizarre Object, how dare you run wild in Gan Capital!"
An imposing figure clad in a Taoist Robe appeared, holding an Eight Trigrams Treasure Mirror in his left hand.
"Seal!"
A massive Dao pattern enveloped the entire Gan Capital, rendering the Infant Bizarre immobile, unable to budge even slightly.
Not only that, but the enemy Bizarre Objects and the Evil Cultivators from the opposing sects were also immobilized, all fixed in place by the Eight Trigrams Treasure Mirror.
"Blood Ignite!"
Blood water rained from the sky, condensing into falling droplets of blood rain.
Each droplet seemed to burn with a ball of white flame as it fell.
The Dao pattern formed by the Eight Trigrams Mirror was burned to nothing under the blood fire, leaving no trace behind.
The Mahayana Stage Cultivator had an ugly expression on his face, unwilling to let the Infant Bizarre go. The Eight Trigrams Mirror split into eight, eight changed to sixty-four, and sixty-four to five hundred twelve.
The five hundred-plus Treasure Mirrors dispersed beams of light, targeting the Infant Bizarre as well as the disruptive demons.
Any figure pinpointed by a mirror would be swept away by the light and disappear inside it.
All three Mahayana Stage Cultivators of Gan Capital had appeared, each with considerable strength.
"Now it’s my turn!"
The Void Refinement Late Stage Cultivator who had once sought Elixirs from Jia Ren sighed. His face transformed into that of an infant, and his aura startlingly reached the Body Integration Realm.
With a breath blown forth, the drifting white flames scattered in the air were swept towards the distant Formation; the array sealing the Seventh-order Li Bird instantly collapsed.
With the Formation’s constraints gone, the Seventh-order Li Bird grabbed Li Feng, its red feathers and flames scattering, ready to carry Li Feng and fly away.
When a Cultivator from the Holy Infant Sect made a move, it was certainly not with the intention of setting them free.
His gaze followed the fleeing Seventh-order Li Bird. White light emerged, and in the next instant, a scene of positional exchange occurred.
The Seventh-order Li Bird appeared in his original spot, while he, holding Li Feng, rapidly fled.
All parties unveiled their methods in the struggle to snatch Li Feng.
The Cultivator from the Holy Infant Sect was careful to protect Li Feng, which did not seem like they intended to kill the bird.
Could there be some unknown secret?
Their aim was to capture Li Feng, not to slay it.
"Come and visit our Holy Infant Sect!"
A Deputy Director transmitted a message to Jia Ren, "I will ensure your safe departure."
"No one will leave! Leave Li Feng behind!"
Emperor Gan’s fury surged to the skies. His long-planned scheme to gain a sliver of hope for a Phoenix’s return was being thwarted at this very moment by these despicable heretics and deviants trying to steal his prize.
Thunderous dragon chants echoed through the heavens. The Holy Infant Sect Cultivator, frozen in mid-air, found himself under the Jade Seal before he could even act.
The Jade Seal pressed upon the Body Integration Realm Evil Cultivator from the Holy Infant Sect’s head. His body and Divine Soul exploded completely, turning into a sky full of blood rain.
Emperor Gan was about to seize the Li Feng, now nearly within reach, when pitch-black crow feathers fell. Each black feather was like a sharp arrow, their raucous cawing assaulting the mind.
Even Mahayana Stage Cultivators could not help but be mentally disarrayed.
The Dragon Robe fluttered, transforming into multiple dragon shadows to protect himself.
The Eighth-order Black Raven did not attack Emperor Gan but instead grabbed Li Feng, beating its wings as it prepared to fly away.
A thousand malevolent eyes shone brightly, striking at the Eighth-order Black Raven. The sinister rays emanating from the eyes were tinged with gray. The Black Raven’s feathers trembled, blocking most of the ghastly light.
Despite this, its body inevitably began to show partial petrification.
The Thousand Eyes Evil God appeared as if by Instantaneous Movement to one side, ready to snatch Li Feng.
The Martial King intervened, wielding the Evil-Slaying Sword, and slashed at the Thousand Eyes Evil God.
Jia Ren grew even more confused by this scene—it was utter chaos! Everything they did was to fight for Li Feng.
"Do you find yourself questioning?" a voice transmitted to him.
"The Phoenix is far more significant than you imagine. You don’t really believe it’s about giving Emperor Gan a second life, do you? This is about making the Immortal...
"If you wish to understand more, come to the Holy Infant Sect. Then you will learn what vortex you’ve been drawn into, the true secrets of this world!"
Just at that moment, the message reached his ears, a voice from the Holy Infant Sect filled with beguiling intentions.
With chaos everywhere, dividing their attention to restrain Shen Siyuan, they appeared to have the will but lacked the ability.
Perhaps using secret knowledge as bait to entice him to come willingly is better.
Are you serious with this cliffhanger? Don’t you believe I’ll beat you to death?!
Jia Ren was halfway through listening, feeling like he was beginning to uncover the true secrets of this world, when the message was cut short...
He really wanted to hold a knife to the other’s throat and see if they would dare continue being so enigmatic.
From the scraps of information obtained, he could infer much.
Immortal...
Was their contest all related to an Immortal?
Could it be that with the Phoenix, they could become Immortals?
As long as one reached the Mahayana Realm, there would always be a chance for ascension to immortality...
No, Emperor Gan has lived for so many years, commanding the resources of a realm, yet he remains in the Mahayana Realm, still not an Immortal.
Limited by talent?
Obsessed with power?
Or simply unable to become an Immortal?
Jia Ren couldn’t help but think of the nature’s spiritual energy in this world, harboring a bold conjecture.
"Has anyone in this world ascended to immortality?" he transmitted his inquiry towards the Holy Infant Sect Cultivator.
"HEH HEH. Director Shen is quite astute to sense something is amiss with this world," the reply came.
"This was a normal Cultivation World, until one day, a Dead Immortal fell from the sky, completely changing this world!
"To understand more, the Holy Infant Sect will enlighten you."
Perhaps in order to throw out more bait, the Cultivator from the Holy Infant Sect answered a bit of Jia Ren’s internal queries.
A Dead Immortal?
Upon first entering this world, Jia Ren had observed something unusual about the world’s nature’s spiritual energy, suspecting it to be a powerful Immortal Treasure that controlled the spiritual power of this realm.
It was as though a massive lock had been placed on the world’s nature’s spiritual energy; without a key, it was impossible to harness it. The Immortal Treasure was the switch.
With the subsequent appearance of the Crow God Cult, Thousand Eyes God Cult, and Holy Infant Sect, all wielding abilities that seemed unrestricted, it was unlikely that a single Immortal Treasure governing nature’s spiritual energy had been divided into several pieces, right?
It wasn’t until this moment that Jia Ren suddenly realized something.
Could it be that the aberration of this world’s nature’s spiritual energy was not from an Immortal Treasure, but rather... an Immortal’s corpse? That previous sensation of the world’s nature’s spiritual energy possessing its own will, could it be the consciousness of an Immortal not yet truly dead? Was it controlling this world in its own way? It contaminated this world with a special immortal power, making everyone its slave, manipulated beyond their will, unable to escape the chessboard. Using this realm as a chessboard, and all beings as chess pieces. Was all this in pursuit of its own resurrection?! The search for the Phoenix was not to give Emperor Gan a second life, but for the Dead Immortal to achieve a second life?!
