Immortal of the Ages

Chapter 604: Spirited Away!

However, this was not enough to kill Yun Xiao.

"To force an Anima Immortal to cease, one must slay him with even greater speed!"

As Yun Xiao retreated, his gaze suddenly turned icy!

The Heaven Burial Sword Soul, previously circling above, abruptly changed course. It skimmed across the air like a stone across water, accelerating twice before exploding towards the oncoming storm!

At the same time, lightning coiled around him, and the fragmented Runic Umbrella transformed into the Prison Warden Dao Dragon, wrapping around his body, bolstering Yun Xiao’s magic.

"Misty Rebirth, Midnight Slayer!"

Yun Xiao gestured, summoning a ghastly pale sphere of celestial lightning at his feet. It furiously absorbed the power from the Thunder Department, swelling in size to over 300 meters in diameter in an instant!

"Hmm?!" Just as Feng Qi was about to obliterate Yun Xiao, his face drastically changed!

Above, the Flying Sword was plunging down with deadly force! Below, the spherical lightning roared towards him! It was a two-pronged attack.

"I can't avoid this. Death is certain!" Feng Qi quickly realized. In the moment that followed, instead of sadness or fear, his expression grew even more hateful and ferocious. He growled, "Father, it’s your turn!"

No one else could hear him!

The spectators witnessing the scene, as Feng Qi faced deadly peril from above and below, were struck with terror.

"No!"

No one could accept that Feng Qi was being openly defeated by Yun Xiao! An outsider, stepping over the top genius of the Thunder Department, and ascending to Rank 6?

It was utterly intolerable! Yet, no matter how intolerable, in the brief flash of lightning, the peril Feng Qi faced left them utterly breathless.

"Don’t lose!!"

In that moment, countless onlookers nearly cried out, voicing their collective wish!

Just then, Feng Qi's eyes suddenly changed, from furious and hateful to detached and exalted!

His spirit, from beginning to end, had not been visible to the onlookers. A figure similar in form to him but infinitely more solid and corporeal appeared!

Two spirits, one large and one small, merged in an instant through their shared lineage.

When the new spirit opened its eyes, the energy of the battlefield surged tenfold!

Feng Qi was transformed, his demeanor now formidable.

"Child's play." He scoffed coldly, his left hand casting forth a storm of cyan spiritual lightning that clutched at Yun Xiao's lethal Flying Sword, as if seizing Yun Xiao by the throat!

With a press of his right hand, the blazing sphere of lightning that hurtled towards him burst prematurely, exploding into a radiant storm of electricity that roared around him, creating a wild tempest that, nevertheless, left him unscathed!

With thunderous ease, what should have been a deadly moment for him turned into a display of effortless grace, as he broke Yun Xiao's lethal double assault.

This spectacle whipped millions from the Thunder Department into an incredulous frenzy.

"Feng Qi!!"

Their cheers shook the Heavenly Land of the Thunder Department.

"He’s incredible!"

What seemed a certain demise turned into an easy resolution. Who could have guessed?

For a moment, the spectators were ecstatic.

"Kill Lu Yao!"

The cries for battle rolled like waves.

Now it was clear who was stronger.

On the Celestial Thunder Platform, many high officials were stunned into silence, their attention abruptly shifting.

"Feng Qi has..."

All of them turned to look at a distinguished guest.

There sat Stellar Margrave Feng Xuan, flanked by the two Supreme Generals, his eyes closed, his body lying back, wrapped in dense cyan spiritual lightning.

Cao Sheng recalled a terrifying technique, whispering in awe, "Spirit possession, killing by proxy?"

"Shush." Gu Zhenxiao gestured for silence.

"Indeed..." Cao Sheng bowed deeply, then sneered at the young man in white, "A Rank 2 Heavenly Officer personally opposes you, and you still dream of rising to Rank 6?"

"He has the skill to reach the heavens. If only he had a good mind, stayed humble, climbing the Thunder Rankings wouldn’t be an issue, and we could benefit from his light... alas," Gu Suwan could only sigh for Yun Xiao.

In the dense crowd below, Cao Shuo also witnessed the scene.

"What's happening? Feng Qi suddenly became terrifying..." She lacked the insight of Cao Sheng, utterly blind to the profound strategy at play.

Within the Nine Thunders Arena, almost everyone was just like her!

In an instant, the tide of battle reversed!

With a sizzling roar, Feng Qi suddenly spread his arms wide, and the lightning across the entirety of Thundercloud 1 spiraled into a frenzied state, as if endowed with a soul by him, turning into celestial fish under his command.

He soared into the air, his hair flying wildly, his invisible spirit vast as the heavens itself, pressing down on Yun Xiao, suffocating him completely.

Only Yun Xiao knew the terrifying extent to which his opponent had transformed.

"This is not Feng Qi, this is Feng Xuan!" Yun Xiao said with a frown and a cold tone.

"You guessed right, his father's spirit has descended, attaching to his own," Blue Star quipped.

"The young one can’t beat me, so the old one steps in, it’s outright bullying!" Yun Xiao exclaimed.

The spirit-destroying pressure was immense, forcing Yun Xiao to immediately retract his spirit back into his Dantian. Even there, it trembled fiercely.

"The fight has become unfair, what to do?" Yun Xiao gritted his teeth.

"Then we play unfair too!" Blue Star replied with a cold laugh.

"How so!"

"Taunt them! Provoke him!" Blue Star suggested.

"So he’ll refrain from killing me in one strike, preferring to torment me forever?" Yun Xiao said coldly.

"Exactly! Lure their spirit into your Dantian, and capture it!" Blue Star instructed.

"Then it's up to you!"

A million True Immortal Jades had been consumed, and now, they truly proved their worth!

Yun Xiao thought about using the Thunder Immortal Formation. But he wasn't willing to become a fugitive of the Celestial Court just yet. He gambled on another chance.

So, Yun Xiao stared fiercely at Feng Qi, pressing towards him, and whispered hauntingly, "Did you see clearly when my sword pierced through Bai Ling'er's head, her face twisted in pain, despair, and disbelief as she died?"

"Shut up!" Feng Qi's already cold gaze reddened with blood once more.

"The irony is, you, the so-called top talent of the Thunder Department, couldn't even protect the woman you love. Even if you kill me, what of it? She is dead, utterly obliterated," Yun Xiao finished, bursting into laughter.

Feng Qi clenched his fists tight, his eyes swirling with blood. Suppressing his urge to kill, he exhaled all his murderous intent. Perhaps reminded by his father, he had made his decision.

"Lu Yao, let me tell you the truth, you won’t die a quick death!" As Feng Qi spoke, a terrifying force of spiritual power pressed towards Yun Xiao.

Faintly, Yun Xiao could hear Feng Qi's spirit howling savagely, "I will torment your spirit for eternity, pierce your heart with a thousand swords, you shall not die a peaceful death!!!"

BOOM! Into Yun Xiao’s Dantian, which glowed with the light of nine suns, burst a spirit with wild hair and entwined in cyan lightning!

This fused spirit, both old and young at once, possessed both Feng Qi's towering rage and Feng Xuan’s disdain and cold detachment!

Compared to Yun Xiao’s pale and tender youthful spirit, this dual Cyan Burst Lightning Spirit was a hundred times more formidable in both cultivation and spirit power!

It was like comparing an egg to steel!

And now, this steel hammer was fixed firmly on Yun Xiao’s egg-like youthful spirit!

BOOM! The figure opened its arms, wrapped in cyan lightning, and reached for Yun Xiao’s tender spirit!

Merely controlling this spirit would mean Yun Xiao's defeat, reduced to nothing but flesh and blood!

"Hahaha…" At this moment, father and son emitted a laugh mixed with rage and disdain.

And before this spirit, Yun Xiao’s spirit trembled violently!

BUZZ! The fused spirit pressed down!

In a flash, a black bronze coffin suddenly appeared within the Dantian, its lid slamming down, its body enveloping, instantly trapping the fused spirit inside.

"What is this?!"

The coffin vibrated explosively, cyan lightning shooting out, filled with Feng Xuan’s furious voice!

"You can come in here too?" Yun Xiao was stunned.

From the lid of the coffin, Blue Star screamed, "Stop yapping and sit down, refine them!"

Hearing this bizarre shout, Yun Xiao knew that each moment they suppressed the enemy, they were burning through True Immortal Jades!

Who knew how long it would last!

Without a second word, Yun Xiao’s youthful spirit threw itself onto the coffin lid, being bombarded by brutal cyan lightning, crying out in pain, "How do I refine them?!"

Suddenly, a dense script appeared on the lid of the coffin!

Yun Xiao looked closely!

「Buddha's Treasure Art」

Without a doubt, this was a power that stood equal to the Primordial Void Technique, Will of Divine Desolation, and the Mortal Dust Blood Calamity!

When Yun Xiao saw these golden characters, for some reason, his heart suddenly calmed...

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"Why isn’t there any movement now?"

Outside, everyone watched the combatants in Thundercloud 1.

More and more people fell into confusion.

The storm of thunder on the battlefield gradually dissipated!

Both young men appeared as if they were asleep, devoid of any trace of celestial power.

"Are they engaged in a battle of spirits?"

Quickly, everyone guessed the truth.

"So, this Lu Yao is truly doomed."

"Yes, it seems Feng Qi doesn't want to kill him but to seek a lifelong revenge!"

"Now that’s satisfying!"

As the news spread, those who had been puzzled now felt a sense of relief.

So, more and more people joined in the laughter, the atmosphere in the Nine Thunders Arena seemed more harmonious than ever before.

Time ticked by, moment by moment.

Then after a quarter of an hour, something seemed to stir!

Millions of gazes focused intently.

People’s eyes widened, slowly turning to shock.

"Ah!!"

Everyone clearly saw Feng Qi’s body, suddenly like a kite with its string cut, falling from the sky!

"No, no, no..."

How could this be?

The faces of the spectators twisted in disbelief.

On the Celestial Thunder Platform, all the high officials of the Thunder Department stood up simultaneously, incredulously watching the unfolding scene.

"Brother Feng, what went wrong..." Yun Yin said this while turning back.

The others also hurriedly looked towards Feng Xuan.

At some point, the cyan lightning that had entwined this refined daoist had disappeared.

THUD! Suddenly, his head lolled to one side, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed onto his seat. Then, his body, like a boneless eel, slid limply down to the floor...

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