Chapter 721: Conflict (Part 2)
Mo Gui said: "Judging from the way this guy attacked earlier, he must be of the Human Race! What do you think will happen if we capture this Human and take him to the Dao Palace?"
The middle-aged man's face darkened.
However, at this moment, a voice came from above.
"It seems quite lively here. How could the matter of capturing a Human exclude me?"
The voice was as crisp as a silver bell and very pleasant to the ear.
Xiang Beifei looked up and saw a woman dressed in extremely alluring attire standing on the other side of the altar's steps. Her clothes barely covered her, looking very casual.
[Dao Executor: Gou Qianlan]
[Dao Embryo: Charm Race]
[Dao Conduct: Early Stage Immortal]
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"Gou Qianlan, do you also want to muddy the waters?" Mo Bufan evidently knew this woman.
With a captivating smile, Gou Qianlan said, "This guy tricked me on the outskirts earlier. I can't relieve my anger unless I catch him and give him a good punishment."
"Together then?"
"Alright."
Gou Qianlan and Mo Bufan's forces immediately came to an agreement.
She descended from the upper steps and headed towards the middle-aged man, while Mo Bufan blocked the middle-aged man from below.
The middle-aged man instantly felt immense pressure. The altar was eerie; staying on the steps was fine, but stepping off meant facing the altar's formidable oppression. However, if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded!
Swish!
A hint of charming red light emanated from Gou Qianlan's eyes, gracefully entwining towards the brown-clad middle-aged man, while Mo Bufan's hand held a mass of green Demonic Qi, striking towards the middle-aged man!
The middle-aged man calmly observed the attacks from both sides, his hands swiftly crossing in front, with his fingertips flashing and two Bagua appearing, blocking the assaults from Gou Qianlan and Mo Bufan!
Boom! Boom!
Amidst two fierce roars, the three of them began to fight on the narrow steps. The brown-clad middle-aged man seemed to restrain his strength to the early stage of immortality, but Mo Bufan and Gou Qianlan were not to be underestimated, attacking mercilessly without holding back.
Bang!
The middle-aged man couldn't withstand two experts alone, and he was forced to retreat to the edge of the steps, nearly stepping off. However, his movements were incredibly agile, and he didn't linger in battle. He took a stride, rushed towards Gou Qianlan, endured a strike from Mo Bufan, then dodged past Gou Qianlan and dashed upward.
"Damn! Chase!"
Gou Qianlan shouted coldly, wasting no time as she immediately pursued.
Mo Bufan and the others quickly followed, chasing the middle-aged man.
As they hurried along the altar, Xiang Beifei grew increasingly curious about this middle-aged man's identity, but at that moment, the altar quaked again, as if someone else was climbing upon it.
In no time, they had reached the top of the altar.
Five black metal pillars were scattered across the altar, adorned with various strange patterns and exceedingly thick, requiring two people to embrace them. Two of the pillars seemed to be broken, lying on the ground.
In the center of the altar stood a Bronze Coffin!
The Bronze Coffin lay there quietly, emanating a suffocatingly heavy aura, chilling to the spirit.
Xiang Beifei was immediately drawn to the Bronze Coffin upon arrival, but soon shifted his gaze to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man had reached the side of a pillar, panting heavily, with a green palm print on his chest, seeming to pierce from his back to his chest, a result of Mo Bufan's strike from earlier, suffered to avoid being besieged.
"You've been marked by my Demon Heaven Seal, your soul is fractured; how much longer can you hold on?" Mo Bufan sneered.
Although his Demon Heaven Seal wasn't as terrifying as it could be, it still injured the middle-aged man. The ancient arts of the Demon Race aren't simple.
Despite the situation, the middle-aged man remained calm, barely restraining the spread of the Demon Heaven Seal.
"The Dao Palace said to kill Humans on sight, but I think capturing a Human alive would be quite beneficial," Gou Qianlan smiled, rushing towards the middle-aged man again, giving him no chance to recover his breath.
The middle-aged man's face sank as he suppressed his injuries and faced them once more, but he was up against not just Gou Qianlan, but also Mo Bufan!
"Breaking his soul first is acceptable!"
Mo Bufan's eyes glinted with a fierce murderous intent!
Yet at that moment, the sky suddenly turned completely dark!
"What the hell?"
Everyone was startled!
Mo Bufan sensed something was awry and quickly turned, but pain surged through his chest!
Whizz!
The sky was dark for only two seconds before it immediately brightened again, and a bloody hole had appeared on Mo Bufan's body!
"It's you!"
Mo Bufan turned his head in shock and anger, seeing Xiang Beifei.
It was Xiang Beifei who had just struck and injured him!
Xiang Beifei, without notice, had already moved away from Mo Gui, creating a distance between them.
However, Gou Qianlan, sensing something was amiss, immediately withdrew, allowing the middle-aged man to leave.
"That's impossible! Wasn't your soul bound by my chain of resentful spirits?" Mo Bufan whispered under his breath.
Xiang Beifei brushed the dust off his clothes and said calmly, "You mean this chain?"
Clang!
A green chain of resentful spirits was pulled off by him from his body.
"How... how are you unharmed?"
Mo Bufan was stunned to see Xiang Beifei was nonchalantly playing with his chain!
"This thing, how could it possibly hurt me?"
Xiang Beifei casually squeezed, crack!
The chain of resentful spirits shattered and dispersed into a mist of green vapor, disappearing entirely.
Mo Bufan was furious and said, "I knew keeping you around would be a disaster!"
Mo Gui looked equally annoyed. While Mo Bufan and Gou Qianlan were dealing with the human middle-aged man, he had been watching from the side but had no idea when Xiang Beifei managed to break free from control!
"Mo Bufan, what's going on? You can't even control the sacrifice you brought yourself?" Gou Qianlan frowned and said.
"I'll kill him."
Mo Bufan shouted furiously, turning to attack Xiang Beifei immediately!
Yet, Xiang Beifei stood calmly in place, snapping his fingers!
Snap!
Mo Bufan's body, flying in the air, suddenly halted, stopping instantly, glaring angrily down at the bloody hole in his chest!
White flames began to burn on the bloody hole!
Burning Yang!
"Ah... you... you're courting death!"
Mo Bufan howled in agony, the terrifying flames not only burning his body but also igniting his soul.
The worst part was, he had no ability to resist the Burning Yang at that moment!
If he still possessed the power of the Inquiry Dao Realm, those mere Burning Yang flames would not have threatened him. However, in order to get closer to the altar, he had lowered his Dao embryo realm, resulting in his realm now being not much different from Xiang Beifei's!
And under the same realm, Xiang Beifei had control over Mo Bufan's Dao embryo; it was as if Mo Bufan's lifeline was firmly grasped by Xiang Beifei!
"You shouldn't have descended the Dao."
Xiang Beifei said calmly, gently flicking his fingers!
Buzz!
The Burning Yang suddenly erupted all over Mo Bufan's body.
"Ah... you heaven-damned bastard!"
Mo Bufan let out a piercing cry; the searing pain from the Burning Yang nearly made him lose consciousness. The agony was horrifying, and at that moment, he had no means to resist, he needed to elevate his cultivation level!
Buzz!
He removed the limitation of lowered Dao, and his cultivation skyrocketed, reaching the late stage of eternity, enough to withstand the Burning Yang.
"Damn it, I'll tear you to pieces later!"
Mo Bufan grit his teeth, surging the Spiritual Power within him, ready to expel the white flames from his soul.
But right at that moment, a powerful suppressive force suddenly surged above the altar!
"No—"
Mo Bufan realized, but it was already too late, and he let out a desperate scream.
Boom!
The devastating pressure instantly fell upon Mo Bufan, obliterating him entirely!
"You were too careless, even after descending the Dao, still not understanding the rules here?" Xiang Beifei regretfully shook his head.
On the other side, both Mo Gui and Gou Qianlan gasped, violently startled by Mo Bufan's sudden demise!