A large number of Dao Integration corpses drifted chaotically, like kites pulled by invisible strings. The expressions on their faces still retained the joy of having just escaped disaster.
“Damn it…”
Looking at these faces that had been alive just monts ago, now completely frozen, Guan Xingxiu could no longer endure it. The Falling Star Divine Sword transford into a streak of golden light and slashed straight ahead.
A cyan figure suddenly appeared, blocking the sword light.
Ice crystals blood like flowers at his fingertips. The surrounding air seed to freeze, and the Falling Star Divine Sword was halted midair.
“This is… Qing Shuang?”
Xu Guanhai looked at the familiar yet strange figure and could not help but cry out in shock.
The one who had cast the spell to block the Falling Star Divine Sword was clearly Qing Shuang, a Dao Integration cultivator who had been drained dry and had already perished not long ago.
However…
Guan Xingxiu narrowed his eyes, unable to conceal his shock.
“Old Guan, be careful. This Qing Shuang is not Ji Wantao himself, but a Spirit of Heaven and Earth.” Xu Guanhai imdiately saw the clue and warned loudly.
[T/N: 青霜 (Qing Shuang) ans Azure Frost]
The five surviving Dao Integration cultivators instantly tensed again.
Upon closer inspection, they discovered that this Spirit of Heaven and Earth Qing Shuang no longer had the originally blurred face. Instead, it closely resembled the appearance of Immortal Sage Qing Shuang Ji Wantao when he was alive.
What frightened them even more was that behind this new Spirit of Heaven and Earth Qing Shuang extended a thin thread, stretching into the void.
The thread was identical to the weapons they had previously seen used by the flying vessel to slaughter Dao Integration cultivators.
As they confronted the flying vessel, nurous thin threads extended from nothingness.
Familiar faces seed to drift out from the shadows.
They surrounded the five survivors completely.
Sun Luchang’s face turned pale, his body trembling uncontrollably. “How is this possible? Even after death, the Spirits of Heaven and Earth can still be extracted and refined? What kind of evil technique is this…”
Zi i, however, seed thoughtful. “This place is far from the Xuanhuang Realm. The principle of returning Dao to Heaven has lost its effect. If certain special thods are used, it may not be impossible to impersonate the Heavenly Dao and receive these Spirits of Heaven and Earth.”
Xu Guanhai smiled bitterly. “Old Guan, it seems we cannot escape this calamity. One or two Spirits of Heaven and Earth I might not fear. But this many… and that terrifying flying vessel…”
Guan Xingxiu’s eyes flashed with determination. “Then we destroy this monster first.”
“Wait.” Just as the Falling Star Divine Sword was about to pierce the flying vessel’s deck, Lan Yu suddenly shouted.
Lan Yu stepped forward, standing between the Spirits of Heaven and Earth, and said in a deep voice, “Query current mission completion probability.”
All the floating Spirits of Heaven and Earth froze. After a mont, the cold voice of the Wangzun flying vessel sounded.
“Current mission feasibility: extrely high.”
“Current energy reserves: sufficient.”
“Energy replenishnt plan terminated.”
…
Voices echoed continuously. The expressionless Spirits of Heaven and Earth were dragged back into the void by the threads.
The seemingly fatal crisis vanished instantly.
Sun Luchang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a long breath, still in disbelief. “It… it is resolved just like that?”
Lan Yu’s expression did not relax at all. “Only temporarily. It seems that as long as its energy is sufficient, it will not attack us as long as we do not attempt to escape.”
Guan Xingxiu nodded coldly. “But once its energy runs low, it will inevitably hunt and absorb us again. Hmph. We, high officials of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, reduced to rations for a tool in this cold void. Truly ironic…”
Zi i remained silent, his expression solemn.
Only Xu Guanhai gave a bitter smile. “I did not expect to live a bit longer. Consider it a gain. Everyone, relax a little. This thing just devoured so many Dao Integration cultivators. Perhaps it can last long enough for us to et the Heavenly Sovereign.”
“Besides, they were ambushed before. If the five of us cooperate and stay vigilant, we might escape this place.” This sentence was transmitted through divine sense.
“I have the Heavenly Capital Martial Arena. If I deploy the combat domain, it should buy us ti,” Lan Yu said.
“This place is not suitable to remain in. Let us recover first, then break through together. What do you think?”
“If we do not leave, we will die anyway. Let us fight.”
…
As they discussed, ti passed slowly.
When all of them had recovered to their peak state and took action, things proceeded more smoothly than expected.
No Spirits of Heaven and Earth appeared to stop them. Even the Wangzun flying vessel itself was like paper and was easily torn apart.
“We… got out?” Sun Luchang was stunned.
“Sothing is wrong.” Guan Xingxiu looked at the surrounding void with a cold expression.
“We are still inside the flying vessel. We are imprisoned.”
The Falling Star Divine Sword erupted with dazzling light, attempting to illuminate the dark space.
But like the true star sea void, this place seed boundless. The star light was like a firefly, extinguished in an instant.
“Go.” Guan Xingxiu still refused to give up. He summoned the Falling Star Divine Sword and sent it flying rapidly into the darkness.
It never returned, completely swallowed by the void.
The others also realized the problem and used their own thods, but none could escape this void prison.
“That damned thing never intended to let us go. While we were planning to escape, it had already set a trap for us.” Sun Luchang said angrily.
“This place seems to be a kind of formation, sowhat similar to the legendary Two-Extre Microdust Formation from ancient tis,” Xu Guanhai said after observing for a while.
He then sighed regretfully. “Unfortunately, I do not understand formations. Otherwise, I could attempt to break it.”
“I do not either.”
“…”
Everyone fell silent, then all turned their gaze toward Lan Yu.
This veteran Dao Integration cultivator had lived for thousands of years. Surely he understood at least a little about formations.
Under their hopeful gazes, Lan Yu shook his head helplessly. “I do have so knowledge of formations, but the level of this formation…”
“It is far above mine. I cannot comprehend it,” Lan Yu said truthfully.
Instantly, despair filled the group.
A deathly silence enveloped them.
“This formation is an absolute sealed space. I cannot find the exit. However, if that flying vessel attempts to kill us again, it will inevitably open a gap. That will be our opportunity,” Lan Yu said after a while, reigniting hope.
“I will deploy the martial arena. Everyone enter it to avoid another sneak attack.”
As he spoke, a circular structure appeared in the dark void.
With no better option, everyone flew inside.
As the entrance closed, the five looked at each other, and a surge of battle intent rose in their hearts.
“Elder Lan, can you control this treasure? Now is not the ti for sparring. If we waste our strength, what will we do when the flying vessel attacks again?”
“What the hell, Old Guan, why are you attacking ?” Xu Guanhai shouted loudly.
Even though the five forcibly suppressed the agitation in their hearts, they still could not control themselves and began attacking one another.
Lan Yu explained sowhat helplessly, “This treasure was personally passed down by the Grand Mage back then. Once you enter it, you will be forced to continuously spar until you leave. This is the innate nature of the treasure and cannot be controlled. The reason I did not take it out earlier was precisely because of this.”
“However, the intensity of the sparring can be adjusted. I have already lowered it to the minimum. Do not suppress your fighting intent. Just make casual moves and maintain a state of combat. With the supplies we carry, there is no need to worry about energy consumption.”
After a period of chaotic exchanges, everyone gradually adapted.
They lightly sparred while calmly communicating with one another.
“This kind of warm up is not bad. At least it ensures we can act at peak condition at any ti,” Xu Guanhai joked bitterly.
Sun Luchang sighed repeatedly, “It has been a long ti since I fought like this with others. Fellow Daoists, go easy on …”
Guan Xingxiu returned to the main topic, “In this desperate situation, we only have one chance. Therefore, we must clearly understand each other’s strongest thods.”
His words gained everyone’s agreent.
He then spoke first, “My strongest strike was sothing I comprehended not long ago within this star sea. It is called, Sword Dividing the Star River. Be careful.”
Guan Xingxiu gave a light shout, and a sword radiance slashed out. In an instant, it seed as if countless starlights were born from it.
The star splitting sword did not hit the other four. Instead, it struck heavily against the sky of the training field.
The firmant trembled. Cracks appeared one after another, then quickly healed.
Guan Xingxiu praised, “What a fine treasure.”
The other four then each demonstrated their ultimate techniques. While sparring, their coordination grew increasingly tacit.
They even jointly deduced a combined attack thod.
Within the void trapping formation, ti seed to lose aning.
The five Dao Integration cultivators were like sharpening blades, nurturing their essence, qi, and spirit.
They waited only for the right mont to unleash their strongest strike.
After an unknown amount of ti…
A trendous vibration startled them.
It was not the shaking of the training field, but the trembling of the entire dark void outside it.
Or rather, it ca from the Wangzun Flying Vessel.
Through their long cooperation in sparring, the five had already achieved a certain level of mutual understanding.
In an instant, they reached a consensus and waited for the mont of weakness to appear.
Without warning, the darkness vanished and light returned.
They seed to have returned to the interior cabin of the flying vessel.
However, having suffered once before, the five did not hesitate at all.
Their strongest combined attack, which had been prepared for a long ti, was unleashed directly.
“Sword Dividing the Star River!”
“Twilight Gazing at the Star Sea!”
“Feather Extinction!”
…
Shouts rang out at the sa ti. Five streams of light rged into one and struck fiercely against the wall of the flying vessel.
However, a despairing scene appeared.
A black hole suddenly manifested on the wall, swallowing the imnse destructive power of their combined attack.
The hole slowly healed, and the wall returned to its original state.
Their painstakingly practiced killing move was like a joke, unable to cause even the slightest damage.
All five turned pale.
Guan Xingxiu’s Dao heart was shaken, and his body wavered as if about to collapse.
“How is this possible?” He muttered in a daze, unable to accept it.
Their strongest strike had failed. The five felt as if their hearts were dead, and it beca difficult to muster any will to resist.
But soon, another violent tremor from the Wangzun Flying Vessel awakened them.
“Sothing is not right. The attack is coming from outside the vessel?”
“A void calamity?”
The five imdiately realized, their faces filled with joy.
“We still have a chance!”
They also noticed abnormalities in the vessel.
The heaven and earth souls that had previously been absorbed had not appeared.
The vessel also seed to have undergone a great battle, with faint cracks visible on the walls.
While they were still uncertain…
The cold voice of the Wangzun Flying Vessel sounded again.
“Third battle against unknown star sea civilization.”
“Energy reserves exhausted.”
“After calculation, the probability of victory in the next battle is zero.”
“Executing contingency plan…”
“Transferring data…”
“Initiating self destruction…”
The voice of the vessel caused the five Dao Integration cultivators to change expression drastically.
“Not good!”
Lan Yu instinctively expanded the training field again, enveloping the five.
The others also used their own thods to protect themselves.
“Initiating… ini… ini…”
However, sothing even more astonishing occurred.
The voice of the Wangzun Flying Vessel seed to be interfered with, stuttering and repeating, yet no explosion arrived.
Boom, boom, boom.
From above the vessel ca another series of loud explosions.
Amid rolling smoke and dust, a circular breach suddenly appeared. More than thirty unknown beings wearing strange armor poured in through the opening.
They were well trained. Ten of them surrounded Lan Yu and the others.
The rest continued to explore deeper into the vessel.
“Brother Lan Yu, you are well traveled. What do you think is happening?” Xu Guanhai asked through transmission.
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