Chapter 466

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    Chapter 466

    The three Unity Realm cultivators slowly climbed out of the rubble and looked toward the sky.

    High above them, the towering crystal-armored figure floated with his arms folded across his chest, calmly looking down at them as though the entire battle had never posed the slightest challenge.

    Lin Mei immediately activated a healing technique.

    Blue light enveloped her body as a series of cracking sounds echoed from within. Her broken bones rapidly realigned themselves.

    She hurried to the Immortal Master's side, intending to examine his injuries.

    The Immortal Master raised a hand, stopping her.

    Purple light spread across his body.

    His bones also snapped back into place one after another.

    He slowly straightened himself, his brows tightly furrowed, remaining silent.

    Lichi merely looked toward the Immortal Master, quietly awaiting his orders.

    Seeing that the three had finally stopped charging forward recklessly, Su Hao couldn't help laughing.

    "So..."

    "Still want to continue?"

    "If I had intended to kill you..."

    "...all three of you would already have been cut in half."

    Lichi finally spoke for the first time.

    His deep voice was filled with restrained anger.

    "You killed Shi Huan... didn't you?"

    Su Hao blinked.

    "Who's Shi Huan?"

    "I don't know him."

    Lichi clenched both fists.

    But he said nothing further.


    ---

    The Immortal Master lowered his eyes.

    After a long silence, he murmured,

    "Let's try once more."

    "The Four Purple Aurora Formation."

    Lin Mei hesitated.

    "But..."

    "There are only three of us."

    Without answering, the Immortal Master suddenly thrust one hand into his own chest.

    To the astonishment of Lin Mei and Lichi—

    He slowly pulled out a mass of purple light.

    The light gradually condensed into a human-shaped figure, standing quietly beside him.

    Now...

    There were four participants.

    Lin Mei stared blankly.

    "Master..."

    The Immortal Master interrupted her.

    "No more words."

    "Form the array."

    The purple avatar immediately flew outward.

    The Immortal Master followed.

    Lin Mei and Lichi exchanged helpless glances before taking their assigned positions.

    Four figures occupied the four corners of a massive square.

    Spiritual power connected instantly.

    The Four Purple Aurora Formation was completed.


    ---

    Su Hao smiled.

    "Still unwilling to give up?"

    "I already told you..."

    "Formations won't work against me."

    "Coincidentally..."

    "I know a few formations myself."

    "Let's compare them."

    He casually waved one hand.

    Twenty-four Universal Swords emerged from empty space.

    Blue-green radiance connected them together.


    ---

    Twenty-four Flying Sword Formation — Bewildering Illusion.


    ---

    Compared with the Four Purple Aurora Formation...

    Su Hao's formation activated even faster.

    Almost simultaneously—

    Thick purple beams surged upward from below.

    At the same moment...

    Red and blue radiance burst from the Twenty-four Flying Sword Formation, washing over the four cultivators.

    For an instant—

    Time itself seemed to stop.

    Then...

    Nothing happened to Su Hao.

    Meanwhile—

    The Immortal Master suddenly lost all sense of balance.

    He stumbled violently before collapsing onto the ground.

    His body twisted awkwardly as he struggled to stand.

    The Bewildering Illusion Formation had completely overturned his sense of direction.

    The Four Purple Aurora Formation instantly collapsed.

    Only the purple avatar remained standing quietly.

    It seemed completely unaffected.


    ---

    After several breaths...

    The Immortal Master barely regained his bearings.

    Looking toward the crystal-armored figure floating overhead, he felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness.

    They had tried everything.

    Every technique.

    Every formation.

    Every spell.

    Yet none of it had any effect whatsoever.


    ---

    "Should I... give up?"

    The thought surfaced briefly.

    He rejected it immediately.

    If he abandoned everything now...

    Then what had all these years of effort been for?

    What meaning remained in his pursuit?

    No.

    He couldn't give up.

    There had to be another method.


    ---

    The Immortal Master gritted his teeth.

    His blurred vision gradually recovered.

    The overlapping images before him slowly merged into one.

    Just then—

    Su Hao casually activated the Bewildering Illusion Formation again.

    Red and blue light swept across the Immortal Master once more.

    "...Aba... kari..."

    Nonsensical sounds escaped his mouth.

    He immediately collapsed again.

    His consciousness remained perfectly clear...

    Yet he couldn't distinguish left from right.

    Up from down.

    Front from back.

    Every direction seemed correct.

    Every direction also seemed wrong.

    Even worse—

    He could no longer properly control his Spiritual Power.

    His limbs no longer seemed to belong to him.

    It felt as though someone else had borrowed his body.


    ---

    Not long afterward...

    Lichi recovered.

    Su Hao nodded approvingly.

    "Not bad."

    Then the Bewildering Illusion Formation illuminated him.

    Lichi immediately began rolling across the ground once more.


    ---

    Next came Lin Mei.

    She had only just regained her senses before another burst of red and blue light swept over her.

    She let out a frightened cry and also collapsed helplessly.


    ---

    ...

    This was Su Hao's first practical use of his improved Bewildering Illusion Formation against powerful opponents.

    Its effectiveness even surprised him.

    Regardless of whether the target was an ordinary person...

    Or a Unity Realm cultivator...

    Everyone lost their sense of balance equally.

    After fewer than a hundred activations...

    The three Unity Realm cultivators simply sat on the ground expressionlessly.

    Not one of them attempted to resist anymore.

    Its ability to completely destroy an opponent's fighting spirit was truly first-rate.


    ---

    Su Hao slowly descended before them.

    He established an Opposing Spatial Barrier around the area before tilting his head slightly.

    "So..."

    "Can we finally have a proper conversation?"

    The Immortal Master slowly regained clarity.

    Looking directly at Su Hao, he asked,

    "What do you want?"

    Su Hao laughed.

    "If you had asked that from the beginning..."

    "...none of you would have suffered so much."

    "What I want is very simple."

    "I only have a few questions."

    "If you cooperate..."

    "I won't harm you."

    "If you refuse..."

    "...that's alright too."

    "I have plenty of ways to persuade people."

    The Immortal Master slowly exhaled.

    He stood back up.

    His former calm demeanor gradually returned.

    "What do you wish to know?"

    Su Hao nodded.

    "I have quite a few questions."

    "You'll need some patience."

    Then he asked,

    "Why did you capture that creature?"

    The expressions of the three changed slightly.

    Sure enough...

    Their operation had been observed from beginning to end.

    The Immortal Master answered calmly,

    "To extract Spiritual Power."

    The answer was concise.

    It revealed almost nothing.

    Su Hao didn't mind.

    He immediately continued.

    "What about the fifty-eight Unity Realm cultivators imprisoned beneath your palace?"

    Lin Mei and Lichi's expressions shifted slightly.

    The Immortal Master remained calm.

    "To extract Spiritual Power."

    A faint smile appeared beneath Su Hao's crystal mask.

    "Only to extract Spiritual Power?"

    "I don't think so."

    "So many Unity Realm cultivators..."

    "I doubt they're merely batteries."

    "As for them..."

    "I'll be taking them."

    He lightly stamped his foot.

    Diamond Armor rapidly spread beneath the palace.

    Every hidden formation underground was instantly destroyed.

    The crystal surged upward.

    One unconscious Unity Realm cultivator after another emerged from underground.

    Finally...

    The grotesque monster was also brought to the surface.

    The Immortal Master remained silent.

    Lin Mei's face briefly revealed anxiety.

    Neither spoke.


    ---

    Su Hao smiled.

    "Since none of you object..."

    "I won't stand on ceremony."

    Diamond Armor flowed over the monster.

    The enormous body disappeared instantly.

    The Immortal Master's pupils contracted sharply.

    Then—

    Diamond Armor wrapped around another unconscious Unity Realm cultivator.

    That cultivator also disappeared.

    One after another...

    Every unconscious captive vanished.

    Each disappearance felt like another knife piercing the Immortal Master's heart.

    Years...

    Decades...

    Centuries of preparation...

    Everything was disappearing before his eyes.

    What did it feel like...

    To spend more than a hundred years pursuing a dream...

    Only to fail when success was finally within reach?

    The Crystal Thief...

    Truly deserved his reputation.

    Even if he started over today...

    How many more centuries would he need?

    He no longer had that much time.

    More importantly...

    Even if he had centuries to spare...

    He could never repeat what he had accomplished.

    His greatest bargaining chips...

    Were gone.

    His confidence...

    Was gone.

    His pride...

    Had also vanished today.

    He had once believed that reaching the Unity Realm placed him above everyone else.

    Only now did he realize...

    There was always someone stronger.

    Always a higher peak beyond the highest mountain.


    ---

    By the time the last unconscious Unity Realm cultivator disappeared...

    The Immortal Master also let out one final weary sigh.

    He casually sat down nearby before quietly asking,

    "Fellow Daoist Jia Wei..."

    "What realm have you reached?"

    "Have you already surpassed the Unity Realm?"

    Su Hao answered naturally,

    "Can't you tell?"

    "I'm only at the Nascent Soul Realm."

    The three simply stared at him.

    None of them believed a single word.
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