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Chapter 660 - Chapter 660 Chapter 46 The Emergence of Three Wonders

Chapter 660: Chapter 46: The Emergence of Three Wonders Chapter 660: Chapter 46: The Emergence of Three Wonders Chapter Forty-Six

Ye Shiru’s hair flew wildly, her feet hovered half a foot off the ground, and large swathes of blood vessels burst in her eyes, turning her pupils a dazzling fiery gold. The golden compass under her feet spun rapidly. Even an amateur feng shui practitioner could tell that the entire funeral home’s energy field had been utterly transformed, with fortunes of life and death hinging on Ye Shiru’s every thought.

This was the true power of the Heavenly Yi Noble.

Seeing Li Yan struggle and cough up blood, Ye Shiru felt a slight sense of relief, as if a heavy stone had been lifted from her heart. If even “shifting feng shui” failed to harm him, she would have started to wonder if Li Yan’s physique was made of iron and copper.

But in the brief moment of distraction, Li Yan, who had just been spitting blood, charged at her again. By the time Ye Shiru snapped back to her senses, a massive fist was already looming larger and larger in front of her.

A tinge of wariness flickered through Ye Shiru’s bloodshot eyes. Her body incredibly traced a small arc around Li Yan, who was the center point, moving instantaneously from the “Kun” position of the compass to the “Gen” position. She narrowly avoided Li Yan’s fist, then, turning her palm into a blade, she chopped towards his throat. As Li Yan blocked with his elbow, she lifted her foot to strike at his groin–a series of rapid and ruthless moves that kept up with Li Yan’s speed and power, unlike her earlier helplessness.

Regrettably for Ye Shiru, before her foot could fully rise, Li Yan kicked her neck first. In pain, Ye Shiru could only retreat airborne, her body as light and graceful as a feather.

In pure physical combat, Li Yan’s talent might not necessarily be inferior to that of the “Heavenly Yi Noble.” Coupled with years of harsh training and bloody battles, even with the augmentation of feng shui skill, Ye Shiru’s fighting techniques were of little significance to Li Yan.

Nonetheless, the “Heavenly Yi Guard” still made Li Yan cautious in his attacks, rendering seven or eight-tenths of his inherited techniques useless. Even more bizarrely, it was unclear whether it was the art of the Heavenly Yi Noble or the transferred feng shui malignancy from Xue Wenhai, but ever since he had been directly hit by the malignancy transferred by Ye Shiru, Li Yan had felt his body significantly heavier, requiring several times more effort to move and breathe, and this mysterious resistance became more apparent the closer he got to Ye Shiru.

Suddenly, Qian Wu’s voice echoed in Li Yan’s mind, “How are you holding up?”

“That’s my line to you. Mr. Wu, can you hold on?”

“This so-called ‘shifting feng shui’ has a history of nearly a thousand years. In ‘Journey to the West,’ when Silver Horned Great King brings three mountains to bear down on Sun Wukong, it’s actually based on this feng shui master’s tactic. The mountains Silver Horn brings are not real, but the malicious feng shui energy of those mountains gathered upon himself to overwhelm Sun Wukong. I am resolved to have a life-and-death battle with Xue Wenhai. There are only three ‘Sanqi Nobles’ that can break through Heavenly Yi. Now is the time to show what we’re made of! In a moment, I’ll also find the anomalies in the feng shui realm and transfer them to you! The stimulation from the malign energies will reveal your destiny, but if you can’t withstand it, there might be mortal danger. Once the arrow is off the bow, there’s no turning back; prepare your mind.”

“I’ll take your word for it.”

Li Yan flexed his fingers, feeling much of the searing pain in his chest subside.

Underneath the night sky, a red python stretched its body and roared furiously with its gaping maw: “If he can withstand a single Dragon Entry into the Sea, I’ll just find another feng shui arrangement. That lad from the mainland is still flesh and blood; how long can he hold out?”

The Spiritual Tortoise did not respond but instead raised its head high. The tortoise and snake entwined again, and within moments, the Spiritual Tortoise astonishingly bit off a petal from the lotus platform beneath the red python and swallowed it in two or three gulps.

First stunned, the red python then had an epiphany, “Altering Fate on Behalf of Heaven?”

Without answering, the Spiritual Tortoise let the red python tear and thrash but kept consuming the “Five Fiends Blood Lotus Platform.” Soon, all five evil destinies were ingested by the Spiritual Tortoise.

Myriad Assembly of Humanity’s Prime was indeed remarkable, but the power to Alter Fate on Behalf of Heaven was even more domineering because it allowed one to plunder the fate of others. However, Qian Wu would not easily use it under normal circumstances. The last time, in the refrigeration unit on Pugang Road, Qian Wu stepped in when he saw the fierce fiend disintegrating from the corpses. He first absorbed all the fierce fiends into himself using “Alter Fate on Behalf of Heaven”, then one by one resolved and guided them to transcendence, preventing an epidemic from occurring.

After swallowing the Five Fiends Blood Lotus Platform, the Spiritual Tortoise swiftly flew towards a grand skyscraper, a landmark building on the ground. The red python refused to let go, tenaciously pursuing, but for a while, it couldn’t catch up to the lotus platform.

The turtle and the snake continued their chase until they reached the mouth of the Pearl River. The river flowed from Victoria Harbour, passed through Kwun Tong, and all the way to Donglong State. These waters were distinct from ordinary seawater in the Feng Shui Realm, presenting a gold-like dense coloration. This phenomenon, akin to a sea of gold, known as “Nine Bends Incoming Water”, was also a famous Feng Shui formation.

The Spiritual Tortoise opened its mouth and inhaled the trickling golden river water.

Qian Wu opened his eyes, formed a seal with his hands, and pointed into the void.

Beneath Li Yan’s feet, a milky glow radiated, and instead of a compass appearing behind him, a half-female figure with white feathers, red brows, and a pair of wings materialized.

Ye Shiru was also stunned when she saw this. She was accustomed to the various auspicious and fierce spirits among the Four Pillars Divine Fiend, but she had never seen this entity before.

Qian Wu grew anxious. As the Spiritual Tortoise took in another gulp of the golden river water, Qian Wu pointed again with his hand, and the milky light beneath Li Yan’s feet flared more intensely. After a long while, a massive ape with green skin, white fur, electric eyes, and red teeth emerged.

Qian Wu heaved a sigh and took a great gulp of river water, pointing twice into the void.

The milky glow on Li Yan’s body became so dazzling that it was hard to keep one’s eyes open. Finally, a hazy cloud emerged, within which a towering crown and broad belt were faintly visible, resembling a divine being.

Following that was a solemn and magnificent sword radiating seven-colored divine light, its aura so compelling that it was unbearable to look at directly.

“What is all this disorderly mess, where is your fate?” the Spiritual Tortoise muttered to itself.

Across the night sky, Xue Wenhai, transformed into a red giant python, witnessed everything, laughing uproariously under the night sky, “Hahaha~ Junior brother, what kind of move is this? I’ve never seen the Master teach it, could it be an unprecedented secret technique? Truly admirable! Admirable!”

Yet no sooner had his words fallen when the compass of the Heavenly Yi Noble beneath Ye Shiru’s feet suddenly stopped spinning, and at the same time a compass grid swiftly appeared beneath Li Yan’s feet! Empty as could be, there was not a single word within it.

One gold, one white, one utterly empty, the other covered with complex techniques. The two uncontrollable compasses collided, shattering instantaneously. Ye Shiru, as if struck by lightning, blood spurted from her seven orifices, and she fainted on the spot.

Li Yan also felt dizzy. He saw the Gu Huo Bird, Wu Zhiqi, Yun Zhongjun, and the Evil-Slaying Female Sword all flying back into his body, revitalizing his spirit this time.

Qian Wu, far from being startled, was delighted, the Spiritual Tortoise laughed heartily in the night sky, “Emerging out of nowhere, a fate unlike any other, empty in the center of the compass, utterly unfathomable, entirely immeasurable, isn’t this precisely the Sanqi Noble?!”