NOVPUB"Wait!" Another voice spoke up, "This Wang Xu, known as the Patriarch of True Martial, is ferociously powerful... Now that we only have a few Immortal Ascension cultivators on our side, and they’re all in hibernation, unable to take action, what if..."
"Hehe, he is merely a mortal after all, even if he has some skills, but without mana, what can he do? We have so many Nascent Soul cultivators here, surrounded by so many puppets, and besides, he must be under prohibition, it’s not a problem, bring him up quickly."
Very soon. The puppet brought an elder with twisted white beard and hair, his clothes clinging wetly to his muscular physique, revealing a hard outline, and quickly ascended.
Flying up between the many sky-floating cities. "Wang Xu, where is the treasure you’re meant to contribute?" From inside the sky-floating city, a commanding voice emerged.
The white-haired elder upon hearing this suddenly pulled out a short dagger. The air around them instantly congealed. The white-haired elder, seemingly unaware, raised his hand and plunged the dagger into the right side of his lower abdomen.
He forcefully carved open a bloody gash, blood spilling everywhere, then, without changing his expression, he thrust his hand inside. When he pulled it out, he was holding a blood-stained small stone bead. "Is this the Class VI Sea Pearl?!" Inside the sky-floating city, voices filled with surprise and curiosity arose.
"Bring the Sea Pearl here!" That commanding voice was filled with impatience. The puppet immediately reached for the small stone bead in the hands of the white-haired elder.
The old man remained calm and still. Just then. A voice suddenly rang out, "This item, none of us have seen before, we too are quite curious, why not view it together, Senior Guang, what do you think?"
Silence fell around them once more. In the silence, it seemed as if invisible confrontations were hidden. After a long while, that commanding voice spoke again, "Fine then, let’s all take a look."
After saying this, from the largest floating city a tall and dignified yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator flew out. And quickly, as if fearing being a step behind. From the many surrounding floating cities, various cultivators also rapidly flew out.
Heading towards where the white-haired elder was. In just the blink of an eye, nearly hundreds of cultivators from the Daosheng Continent, with different faces and attires, landed above the white-haired elder. The leading yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator beckoned gently.
The small stone bead in the white-haired elder’s hand involuntarily took flight, landing in the yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator’s hand. "So this is a Class VI Sea Pearl?" The yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator, eyes fixed on the Sea Pearl, carefully wrapped it in mana, examining it closely.
"It’s said that this bead is a rarity for millennia, each one a world-class treasure! It can help cultivators deduce the myriad of changes, mysterious indeed... Spiritual Sense truly cannot penetrate it, but how does it feel so ordinary..."
"Divine tools naturally obscure themselves, quite normal; Senior Guang might as well let us have a look," said a cultivator, unable to hold back.
The yellow-robed middle-aged person gave a slight smile: "No rush, first let us ask the Patriarch of True Martial how he came by this item." As he spoke, he turned towards the white-haired elder below.
The elder’s expression was serene: "To reply to the honored teacher, this item was obtained when this lowly one was young, and it is from this bead that I gained my abilities."
"Oh?" Astonishment flashed in the yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator’s eyes. Upon hearing this, the surrounding cultivators couldn’t help but show a glint of greed in their eyes.
Immediately, someone whispered, "It would be best for everyone to pass this item around..."
The yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator turned a deaf ear, looking down at the bead in his hand again, infusing mana into it, only to be blocked from the outside, eliciting no response, causing him to frown slightly: "How is this item used?"
The white-haired elder hesitated, glancing at the surrounding puppets. The yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator gestured slightly. The puppet immediately brought the white-haired elder in front of the cultivators.
A Flying Artifact flew out beneath his feet, holding up the white-haired elder. But this time, the puppet did not leave but stood close to the elder in a defensive posture. 𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝙤𝙢
The white-haired elder seemed not to notice and respectfully approached the yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator. Kneeling to the ground, he held his hands above his head. "Please, honored teacher, bestow the bead."
Only then did the yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator place the small stone bead he was holding into the hands of the white-haired elder. Under the tense attention of everyone, the white-haired elder raised his head, spreading the stone bead on the palm of his hand.
Then suddenly, he opened his mouth, qi sank to his Dantian, and with all his might, he bellowed! The sound, like thunder, boomed over the sea! At the same time, he clenched the stone bead fiercely and scrubbed it hard!
A pattern of circles instantly split open on the stone bead. The yellow-robed middle-aged man’s color changed drastically: "Thunder Seed!" But it was too late for him to say anything!
The white-haired elder’s roar was like a signal for notification. Almost at the same moment. The stone bead exploded in the hands of the white-haired elder! The massive explosion immediately engulfed everything around them.
In an instant, the elder’s flesh was blasted away by the explosion, leaving only his bones, yet his flesh swiftly regenerated. Yet he paid no heed to these, his tiger-like eyes fixed intently ahead, full of anticipation.
The dust settled. Beams of treasured light quietly stood tall, illuminating the damaged floating cities around. The expectation in the white-haired elder’s eyes turned to astonishment.
Behind the light. The yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator’s face was grim, grinding his teeth: "Low-life! Daring to make a fool of and attack us!" "Capture him!" "Whoosh!"
A crowd of Daosheng Continent cultivators retreated rapidly. Only to be left with expressionless puppets that had appeared out of nowhere, swiftly surrounding the white-haired elder.
The mood of the white-haired elder darkened, sinking to the depths, "Even with this, they still can’t be killed?"
And at that moment. Suddenly someone couldn’t help but exclaim, "What is that..." The white-haired elder was startled, glancing with his peripheral vision.
To the north. On the dark sea surface, a curtain of water, like a pillar to the heavens, roared and surged forward! And behind this astonishing tsunami. A giant shadow slowly rose from beneath the sea.
