The black mist filling the sky slowly retracted.
The young girl stood in the Void Realm, holding a blade in one hand.
The surviving Five Immortals Mountain Disciples were all pale-faced, their legs trembling uncontrollably.
How could they even fight this?
What could they possibly fight with?
Even an Denglou Realm Martial Immortal couldn't last a single exchange against this Devil Head.
What could small fry like them in the Lamp Lighting Realm do by charging forward, other than seeking death?
Wang Ziyu stood behind the crowd, looking at that peerlessly overbearing figure in mid-air, and couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Although he had long known this girl was fierce,
watching her slaughter Cultivators of the same realm as easily as chopping melons and vegetables with his own eyes,
the visual impact still made his scalp tingle.
"This is truly unreasonable..."
At this moment, the Scarlet Sun Demon Venerable, who had been shivering behind a giant rock, finally found an opportunity.
He scrambled out on all fours.
Pointing at those Five Immortals Mountain Disciples who were already scared out of their wits, he spoke with saliva flying everywhere.
"You bunch of blind fools!"
"Why haven't you quickly offered your necks for slaughter? Do you still dare to dream of putting up a desperate struggle?"
These words were spoken with great fervor and loyalty,
completely forgetting his cowardly appearance just now when he was hiding in the back, not even daring to breathe loudly.
In the distance,
the surviving Five Immortals Mountain Disciples looked at each other.
Before they could speak,
Rumble—
The mountain body shook.
The girl's figure instantly vanished from her spot.
Almost the moment she left,
Boom—!!!
An earthy yellow pillar of light violently erupted from the ground directly beneath where she had been standing.
If Jiang Yuechu had been half a breath slower, she likely would have been pierced through by this pillar of light.
But it wasn't over yet.
The pillar of light soared into the sky, and though it missed its target, it exploded violently in mid-air.
"This is..."
Not far away, Wang Ziyu's expression changed abruptly.
He suddenly looked up, his small face full of solemnity: "Be careful!"
"A Formation has been activated here!!!"
As his voice fell,
the Five Immortals Mountain beneath their feet seemed to come alive.
It trembled violently.
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
Countless streaks of multicolored mist erupted from various corners underground like an overturning earth dragon.
Rocks shattered, and vegetation withered.
The originally lush and green immortal blessed land was instantly transformed into a land of death.
The mist did not dissipate but instead gathered rapidly in mid-air,
like a giant dome, tightly sealing the Golden Peak of Five Immortals Mountain within.
Amidst the churning mist,
the shapes of the Five Venoms were vaguely visible.
At that very instant,
five figures stepped out of the Void Realm without warning.
They stood in five directions, sealing off all paths of retreat.
Terrifying pressure poured down from these five people.
They were precisely The Five True Persons of Five Immortals Mountain.
The one in the center, wearing a yellow robe with a withered face and sinister eyes, was the head of the Five Immortals, the Venerable Yellow Centipede.
The other four—in red, green, black, and white robes—each occupied a side, their cold gazes locked onto the black-clad figure in the center.
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred.
The hatred of having their Physical Bodies destroyed and the humiliation of their Primordial Spirits being wounded atop the walls of Chang'an City... all of it now transformed into killing intent.
The Red Toad True Man said sinisterly: "Good, very good... I wondered who would dare barge into my Five Immortals Mountain like this. To think it's you. I was just worrying about when to go to Chang'an to find trouble with you."
"I didn't expect that you would shun the road to heaven and instead cast yourself into Hell where there is no door."
The Venerable Yellow Centipede's gaze swept over the mess on the ground, the flesh on his old face twitching frantically.
In just the time it took to reconstruct their Physical Bodies... Five Immortals Mountain had been turned into this state by this girl!
Just how much courage did she have to barge into Five Immortals Mountain like this?
Did she think they retreated back then because they were afraid of her?!
Or did she have some other backing?
Thinking of this,
the Venerable Yellow Centipede continued to look into the distance.
"Hmm?"
His gaze landed on Wang Ziyu in the distance.
Cultivators of every Dao Lineage Legacy carry an aura with the characteristics of the lineage behind them.
The boy before them,
though he hadn't intentionally released his Qi,
the pure Geng-Metal Qi on his body was like a candle in the dark, completely out of place with the others.
Five Immortals Mountain was all too familiar with this kind of aura that only the five luminaries lineages possessed.
Familiar to the point of being etched into their bones, familiar to the point that they would be startled awake by a chill every time they dreamt of the past at midnight.
"Someone from a Grotto-Heaven?"
The other four Immortal Masters' bodies stiffened, and the churning mist even came to a halt.
They all turned their heads, looking at the boy with uncertain and suspicious eyes.
In this world, Dao Lineages stood in great numbers.
But those standing at the peak of the pyramid were always only those twenty-five lineages.
Five Immortals Mountain acted as kings and tyrants in this remote corner, calling themselves Immortal Masters, looking infinitely glorious.
But only they themselves knew.
In the eyes of those true Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, they were nothing more than a bunch of Wild Cultivators playing dress-up.
Why did Five Immortals Mountain seal the mountain back then?
Externally, they said there was a difference between immortals and mortals and they didn't want to be tainted by dust.
In reality... they were beaten into submission by the Cultivators of the Grotto-Heavens.
At this very moment,
someone from a Grotto-Heaven had reappeared here, and even followed this girl... Could it be that the people of the Grotto-Heavens have already made a move?!
Thinking of this, The Five True Persons felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
If it were Jiang Yuechu alone, they naturally wouldn't be afraid.
But if someone from a Grotto-Heaven intervened,
even if they won today, Five Immortals Mountain would be razed to the ground tomorrow!
"I've been recognized..."
Hearing this,
the boy muttered to himself, scratching his head in some distress.
Although Xuanzhen Grotto-Heaven was strong, it also had rules.
The Taia Lineage specialized in slaughter, yet they were most wary of being pointlessly tainted by Karma, and strictly forbade Disciples from interfering in the affairs of other Dao Lineages.
Troublesome.
So troublesome.
Wang Ziyu lifted his eyelids, his gaze sweeping across the five terrified and distorted faces.
Since he didn't want to invite trouble,
then he could only resolve the people who created the trouble.
As long as everyone in Five Immortals Mountain died, who would know he had been here?
Having figured this out, the distress on the boy's face instantly vanished.
He glanced sideways at the girl and said, "The time of one stick of incense, is it possible?"
Hearing this,
the girl's brow furrowed slightly, as if she were calculating something in her heart.
Now that the Formation had been activated and she temporarily didn't know its details... to finish the killing within one stick of incense under these circumstances... was a bit tight.
But it was only a bit tight.
Jiang Yuechu withdrew her gaze, tightened her grip on the hilt of her blade, and said calmly, "It should be possible."
Hearing this affirmative answer, Wang Ziyu's tense nerves finally relaxed a bit.
Although this girl acted crazily, her combat strength was the real deal.
With her acting as a Protector, this stick of incense's time should be without worry.
"Good!"
The boy no longer hesitated and slapped his waist.
Buzz—
A clear and resonant sword hum echoed through the clouds.
Five streaks of golden light shot out from his waist.
They expanded upon meeting the wind.
In an instant, they transformed into five golden giant swords, each over a zhang long, hovering by his side.
"This is..."
The Venerable Yellow Centipede's pupils constricted.
All five of them had lived for hundreds of thousands of years; how sharp was their vision?
"Attack!! We absolutely cannot let this boy complete the great array!!!"
The Red Toad True Man shouted and was the first to strike.
The red mist in the sky churned, transforming into a sky-blotting blood-colored giant toad, opening its bloody maw to swallow Wang Ziyu whole.
The other four were not to be outdone, each using their own methods. Five-colored light, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, pressed down on the boy together.