Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 1139 - 1043 poked a hornet’s nest

Chapter 1139: 1043 poked a hornet’s nest

Deep within Nine Stars Island, in a hidden underground cave.

A woman in a white robe, with a voluptuous figure, sat cross-legged on the ground, her face pale and her breath weak, appearing severely injured in her vital energy.

Her eyes were slightly closed, her robe stained with numerous brown blood marks.

After some time, the cave began to shake violently, cracks appeared and began spreading wider.

With a thunderous crash, the cave collapsed, and a Sky-Supporting Giant Palm descended from the heavens, heading straight for the woman in the white robe.

Before the giant palm even landed, the void tore open with thick fissures, as if the heavens and earth were about to collapse altogether.

The woman in the white robe attempted to evade, but an immense gravitational force surged from the ground, imprisoning her where she stood.

"How could this be?!"

Her face revealed an expression of utter disbelief.

Nine Stars Island’s vast area should have concealed her well. How did her enemy find her here? She had even deployed formations with alarm triggers at the perimeter, yet the enemy was able to arrive without setting them off.

She didn’t have time to ponder further. Her right hand flared with a dazzling white light as a white ring swept outward, filling the void with icy flakes, rapidly lowering the temperature—Ice Law.

The five-colored bead string around her wrist emitted brilliant spiritual light. A thick five-colored light barrier immediately enveloped her body in protection.

The Sky-Supporting Giant Palm collided with the white ring, shattering it instantly as if smashing tofu with a massive hammer.

Then it struck the five-colored light barrier, which broke apart like a fragile bubble.

"No...!"

Despair filled the woman’s face.

With a thunderous rumble, the earth quaked violently, cracks grew wide on the ground, and dust filled the air.

A Nascent Soul, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the white-robed woman, flew out from the smoke and dust. A silver-glowing talisman descended from the heavens and stuck to the Nascent Soul.

Shen Jiu flew over, grabbed the Nascent Soul, and placed it into a green jade box.

Shen Long, Shen Lie, Shen Chan, Shen Mei, and Shen Ao stood atop a high peak, their expressions calm.

Guided by intelligence provided by Ye Qingli, Shen Long rushed to the Tian Yue Marketplace and enlisted Wang Rui to deduce Mystic Jade Immortal Venerable’s whereabouts, allowing them to locate her so swiftly.

"Combined Attack Technique? Interesting,"

a man’s mocking voice rang out.

As the voice faded, a golden escape light appeared in the distant sky and stopped abruptly, revealing a flying boat glowing with golden brilliance. Standing aboard were four men and one woman, led by a burly man clad in azure robes.

"Xuanming Clan!"

Shen Long frowned.

He hadn’t expected to encounter five True Immortal cultivators of the Xuanming Clan here on Nine Stars Island.

"Monster Beasts capable of cultivating Combined Attack Techniques? Quite rare,"

remarked a voluptuous woman in a purple robe.

"Hand over the Combined Attack Technique, and I’ll spare your lives,"

the burly man in azure robes spoke indifferently, as though commenting on a trivial matter.

"Courting death! Do you truly believe you Xuanming Clan rule over the Glazed Sea Domain?"

Shen Jiu’s voice was icy cold.

All five of them simultaneously unleashed dazzling spiritual light from their right hands, slapping toward the skies—their own Sky-Supporting Giant Palm appeared and charged toward the five cultivators aboard the flying boat.

"There is always someone stronger, somewhere higher. Surrender and accept your fate—it’s the wisest course,"

Shen Mei’s warm tone carried a peculiar convincing charm.

The purple-robed woman and the other four cultivators fell into a stupor upon hearing her words, becoming entranced by illusions.

The burly man in azure robes remained unaffected, radiant with dazzling blue light around his body.

His right hand flashed with blue brilliance, and with a flip of his palm, a towering azure tornado over ten zhang tall surged forth, instantaneously growing to a height of tens of thousands of zhang, heading straight toward the Sky-Supporting Giant Palm.

When the Sky-Supporting Giant Palm collided with the azure tornado, it shattered instantly like an egg striking a stone. The azure tornado continued toward Shen Long and his group.

"Minor achievement in Wind Law!"

Surprise flickered across Shen Long’s face. He hadn’t expected to encounter a True Immortal cultivator with Minor Law Achievement here on Nine Stars Island.

Without hesitation, he summoned Shen Chan and the others back into his Spirit Beast Bracelet. His right hand released a golden light ring, meeting the azure tornado head-on.

When the azure tornado clashed with the golden ring, its speed slowed to a crawl, seemingly frozen mid-air.

"Time Law? Supreme mastery?"

The burly man exclaimed in shock, his face full of disbelief.

A fierce gust swept past them as Shen Long suddenly appeared behind them, unleashing a golden ring that swiftly enveloped the five cultivators from the Xuanming Clan.

Fear filled the burly man’s eyes, his lips slowly parting to protest.

Shen Long summoned nine golden flying daggers. The daggers merged into a single golden giant blade over a zhang long and cleaved the five Xuanming cultivators in half. As their Nascent Souls fled their bodies, a blue radiance enveloped them before Shen Jiu swallowed them.

When confronted by mastery of Time Law, the enemy’s reactions and attempts to counter were delayed, proving fatal.

"Master, the leader was Xuan Hao. He once obtained a Third Grade Dao Pill by luck and retreated for years before cultivating Minor Law Achievement in Wind Law. Stuck at a bottleneck for ages, he joined his clan members coming to Nine Stars Island for treasure hunting, hoping to break through. Yet he met his end here,"

Shen Jiu reported truthfully.

"How many True Immortal cultivators in the Xuanming Clan have Minor Law Achievement?"

Shen Long asked.

"Three currently. With Xuan Hao dead, the Xuanming Clan will undoubtedly investigate,"

Shen Jiu replied.

"Let’s leave here first. Ensure this matter isn’t leaked,"

Shen Long commanded solemnly, releasing Shen Chan to retrace their path back off Nine Stars Island.

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On Xuanming Island, the ancestral territory of the Xuanming Clan.

In a sprawling manor, a tall and thin man in golden robes sat in a golden Stone Pavilion with a voluptuous woman in a white robe, engaged in conversation.

The man produced a golden-glowing conch shell, channeling a spell into it as a panicked male voice rang out, "Clan Leader, disaster has struck! Xuan Hao’s Life-Bound Lamp has gone out!"

"When did this occur? Was it only his Life-Bound Lamp that extinguished?"

the man in golden robes questioned with a furrowed brow.

Xuan Hong, a mid-stage Golden Immortal and Clan Leader of the Xuanming Clan.

"The Life-Bound Lamps of Xuan Xu and the other four also went out. Xuan Hao’s lamp was the first,"

the messenger reported.

"Understood,"

Xuan Hong put away the golden conch, his expression darkening.

The woman in the white robe took out a golden Law Disk, channeling spells into it as she measured and calculated.

After a while, she spoke up, "Clan Leader, Xuan Hao had been stuck at a bottleneck for years and accompanied Xuan Xu’s group to Nine Stars Island to search for treasure. It appears they met their end there."

"Why did Xuan Hao go off alone? Was no Golden Immortal cultivator assigned to him?"

Xuan Hong asked, frowning deeply.

"He snuck off by himself without notifying Taoist Friend Jin. Taoist Friend Jin assumed he was still cultivating in seclusion,"

the woman explained.

"Xuan Yu, you will personally investigate. Leave no stone unturned. No matter who is responsible, we cannot let them get away with this. Taoist Friend Jin also bears responsibility—losing such a valuable member due to his negligence is a tremendous blow to the Xuanming Clan,"

Xuan Hong’s face was grim.

"Understood. I will immediately gather personnel to investigate,"

Xuan Yu replied, taking the order and departing.