In Li Changshou’s view…
This Heavenly Immortal elder controlled by the blood mosquito was, by normal standards, indeed quite cautious.
When he spotted the five people below, despite there being only two True Immortals visible among them, this elder first sent the Peng demon to scout…
After all five of them and the Peng demon were simultaneously knocked unconscious, this elder launched his magical treasures from afar, testing the waters with a finishing blow, willing to sacrifice his Peng demon accomplice…
Unfortunately, this elder still couldn’t maintain his composure until the end.
If this Heavenly Immortal elder had stayed in the air, not giving Li Changshou any chance to ambush him;
Li Changshou might have been forced to reveal his true form and quickly eliminate him.
But this person…
After just a slight provocation, he descended from the sky, and ignorant of the principle ‘never enter a forest unprepared,’ charged straight ahead in pursuit…
A hundred miles of caution, ruined by a moment of haste;
A thousand miles of prudence lost through lack of attention to detail;
This Heavenly Immortal blood mosquito puppet was both hasty and careless.
In the forest, the three paper warriors hidden within tree trunks through wood manipulation had waited patiently, ready to strike at any moment…
Li Changshou’s mind raced as he controlled four paper warriors at close range – one fleeing, three lying in ambush.
As they approached the ambush zone, the Heavenly Immortal elder seemed to sense danger, his eyes showing slight hesitation…
Ahead, the Number One Shen paper warrior flying low through the forest spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura becoming more chaotic as if he could no longer hold on.
The Heavenly Immortal elder decisively gave chase, charging straight to the edge of the ambush zone!
Li Changshou remained calm and collected, deciding to wait steadily for the perfect moment…
Moreover, opportunities didn’t just have to be waited for – they could be actively created.
Rather than being passive, Li Changshou preferred being proactive.
The Number One Shen paper warrior flew forward several dozen zhang, suddenly turned around with a look of desperation, and charged toward the Heavenly Immortal elder holding his whisk, appearing ready to fight to the death.
The Heavenly Immortal elder squeezed out a cold smile, the poison-avoiding pearl above his head gleaming brilliantly;
He summoned his treasure seal and raised the spiritual treasure sword in his hand, slashing out a blade of sword light several dozen zhang long!
Li Changshou, wanting to end this quickly, had already decided to take a small loss and trade ‘one for one’ with this Heavenly Immortal elder.
—Using one Shen paper warrior to exchange for a Heavenly Immortal’s life was indeed a loss compared to using poison.
Number One Shen shifted sideways, barely dodging the sword light, but completely ignored the incoming treasure seal;
Just as the seal was about to strike this enemy, a hint of a cold smile appeared at the corner of this Heavenly Immortal elder’s mouth, when suddenly a green ripple appeared around his body…
Ambush!
The Heavenly Immortal elder’s heart slightly jolted, but he could no longer make any response, his body completely wrapped by a wave of green light!
The elder’s primordial spirit was bound by the great formation, his immortal body completely immobilized.
[Trapping Formation: Azure Water Prison]
The opportunity couldn’t be missed!
The miniature formation base had limited spiritual power!
A hundred zhang away, two more formation discs were released from tree trunks, their attached miniature formation bases immediately dispersing, forming arrays in an instant!
Three formations overlapped, yet didn’t interfere with each other!
These small killing formations could only be used once in a short time and needed hundreds of careful adjustments for each use – Li Changshou directly deployed two of them…
Cold light flashed in the forest.
Countless blade lights shot forth, all striking that elder!
A pool of black mud mysteriously appeared beneath the elder’s feet, while the green pearl above his head radiated brilliant treasure light!
The Heavenly Immortal elder’s numb expression showed traces of anxiety, his body barely managing to surge with immortal power, trying to resist the surrounding attacks…
But just the first killing formation had already severely wounded the elder.
The elder’s immortal power barrier and treasure robe lasted less than a breath before being torn apart by the chaotic blade lights.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere;
After the cold light burst, the elder’s body was covered in wounds, his breath feeble, already severely injured…
Suddenly, a mysterious dao rhythm surged from the elder’s glabella, quickly spreading throughout his body!
The elder’s eyes instantly became cold and vicious.
Li Changshou immediately caught this detail and was startled.
Mosquito Daoist?!
Most likely.
However, this situation has been considered before…
Li Changshou remained completely calm, continuing to follow his steps. The three paper warriors directly emerged from the tree trunks, taking advantage of the trapping formation’s persistence to quickly pounce toward the already severely wounded Heavenly Immortal elder.
Even if you were a Golden Immortal of the Great Luo;
Even if you were a fierce one of the Primordial World;
At this moment, if you only had a strand of divine consciousness, once this elder was killed, you would be like a skilled housewife unable to cook without rice.
At this instant, deep underground.
In her deep slumber, the hairpin on Lan Ling’e’s head flickered with treasure light, as if something within was about to burst out…
This hairpin was a simple magical treasure that Li Changshou had personally refined two months ago. After giving it to Ling’e, she liked it so much that she wouldn’t take it off even while sleeping.
In the forest, where the three formations overlapped, the dao rhythm on that Heavenly Immortal elder’s body became increasingly apparent, his body surging with strands of blood light that emanated formidable pressure!
But…
Snap!
A blood-stained palm struck from the side, the blood-colored curse mark in its center flaring brilliantly, directly passing over the elder’s head and striking that poison-avoiding pearl!
The poison-avoiding pearl was knocked away!
Without this pearl’s protection, the black water below immediately took effect, instantly melting away the elder’s feet and lower legs…
At this moment, far away in the Western Buluo State, Daoist Wenjing, who was lying on her bed, slightly furrowed her brow.
As Li Changshou had predicted, she was too far away at this time, only having sent down a strand of divine consciousness…
But even so, she…
Was defeated?
Before Daoist Wenjing could withdraw her divine consciousness;
Those three figures with different appearances and forms had already rushed to surround this elder, forming a triangular position.
They moved in perfect unison, pressing their right sword fingers against their left wrists, pushing their left palms forward!
On the palms of all three hands were flame-like curse marks that were simultaneously ignited.
The Three Flavors True Flame blazed at full power, immediately engulfing the elder’s form. The already severely wounded Heavenly Immortal elder was instantly burned beyond recognition!
Li Changshou suddenly had an inspiration.
The paper warrior facing the Heavenly Immortal elder, appearing as a middle-aged Daoist, spoke coldly:
“Hmph!
No matter what kind of demon you are, today you shall be eliminated by this seat!”
After speaking, the three paper warriors converted all their immortal power into Three Flavors True Flame, frantically feeding it toward the elder;
Because Mosquito Daoist’s divine consciousness had descended, Li Changshou skipped all steps, using the Three Flavors True Flame to forcefully melt the Heavenly Immortal elder’s primordial spirit and turn his immortal body to ash, instantly vaporizing that strand of blood energy within.
Finally, that dao rhythm that made Li Changshou’s heart tremble gradually disappeared…
In the darkness, Li Changshou let out a breath but dared not be careless, immediately proceeding with the subsequent tasks of scattering ashes and performing rites.
The words he had just spoken were not random.
‘No matter what kind of demon you are’ was hinting to Mosquito Daoist that I don’t know your background;
And deliberately using the words ‘this seat’ was laying a smokescreen.
Li Changshou didn’t know if his words had any effect, but saying something was better than doing nothing.
Looking at the few ashes floating in the forest, Li Changshou felt somewhat helpless.
This matter…
How many years had it been since he passed his tribulation?
Yet he had already indirectly faced off against the Primordial World’s fierce beast Mosquito Daoist through puppets and paper warriors.
The Primordial World was indeed more dangerous than he had imagined…
Deep underground, that jade hairpin also shook slightly, becoming more firmly fixed in Ling’e’s black hair.
…
Defeated…
She was defeated?!
This Queen’s divine consciousness personally descended, yet couldn’t do anything before being directly burned to ash?!
This seat? Who could it be?
In Western Buluo State, near Mount Spirit, in a certain cave dwelling.
Daoist Wenjing who was lying on the bed suddenly opened her eyes, her expression somewhat irritated, raising her hand to wave.
“Get out!”
The two serving girls kneeling nearby didn’t dare even breathe, hurriedly standing up and backing away with lowered heads.
Daoist Wenjing’s gauze skirt slid as she immediately sat cross-legged, waves of turmoil rising in her heart…
Who was this person?
Just moments ago, she had been enjoying the chaos of the thousand immortals battle at Degree Immortal Gate.
When Daoist Wenjing discovered that the puppets she had gathered were already quite weak, she naturally felt some dissatisfaction.
The puppets that should have been steadily suppressing Degree Immortal Gate were inexplicably about to be counter-eliminated;
Moreover, this calculated strike had only managed to cause some casualties to Degree Immortal Gate, unable to shake their foundation…
Though she felt some dissatisfaction, she hadn’t paid much attention to it.
After all, it was just a small calculation that hadn’t cost much effort.
With the main battlefield nearly lost, Daoist Wenjing had no interest in watching further;
Her heart moved, wanting to see if the Heavenly Immortal she had sent to kill Degree Immortal Gate’s disciples had already killed all those disciples.
So, Daoist Wenjing moved her consciousness to the elder;
Her vision had just arrived when she saw this Heavenly Immortal elder trapped by the formation and bombarded by the killing formation…
The word ‘tragic’ couldn’t even begin to describe it!
How could all the puppets she found this time be so useless?
In anger, Daoist Wenjing decided to control the elderly personally.
As a result, before she could even display her power, just as her consciousness entered this puppet, she was directly burned to ash by those three ‘True Immortal realm’ Daoists…
No, those didn’t seem to be real living beings, could they be some kind of divine ability creation?
The person behind this must be quite formidable!
Before Daoist Wenjing’s eyes, that flame pattern involuntarily began to appear.
This was the image brought back by her divine consciousness, and for a moment she couldn’t suppress it.
Who exactly was this person?
‘Could it be someone like this Queen, using puppets to scheme against the Human Dao?’
Daoist Wenjing coldly snorted in her heart, forcefully wiping away those images, the corner of her mouth showing a slight enchanting smile.
This Degree Immortal Gate was becoming more and more interesting…
“Oh? So it’s you?”
Suddenly, Daoist Wenjing frowned as a man’s voice strangely rang out in her heart.
She heard him say:
“Someone has blocked your heavenly fate? No wonder I couldn’t calculate who you were even halfway through.”
Who?!
Who’s speaking?
Daoist Wenjing’s body trembled, her hands immediately forming immovable treasure seals, blood light surging throughout her body, directly extinguishing that voice.
But before she could calculate what had happened, her vision became somewhat hazy, an extremely mysterious dao rhythm circling her;
In this instant, Daoist Wenjing suddenly sensed an emotion that hadn’t appeared in her long years of existence…
Fear.
That kind of pure fear coming from deep within the primordial spirit!
Hazily, Daoist Wenjing seemed to see a patch of mist, but simultaneously, a water curtain appeared before her, concealing her form.
She knew this was a manifestation of dao anomaly, this water curtain was the sage art shielding her heavenly fate.
And this mist…
Daoist Wenjing actually couldn’t see through it at all.
Outside the water curtain, within the mist, a silhouette distorted by the water curtain was walking over.
Daoist Wenjing faintly saw this person raising his left palm, seeming to have two faint black and white energies in his palm, these two clusters of energy chasing each other endlessly, containing profound dao principles.
“Tsk.”
Daoist Wenjing heard that voice again, the speaker maintaining a slight smile throughout.
“Borrowing a bit of Master’s Taiji Diagram’s power, yet still unable to calculate who you are, it seems you must be under a sage’s tutelage.”
Through the water curtain, this Daoist’s form was constantly distorted and swayed, but Daoist Wenjing’s heart was filled with cold dread.
At this moment she was locked by some dao rhythm, completely unable to break free from this kind of illusion.
Then she heard this person say gently:
“This poor Daoist is Xuandu, the great disciple under Supreme Clarity’s Virtue Heaven Venerable.
Friend, you intended to harm my Human Dao’s inheritance without reason, your intentions malicious, your methods despicable, but this time looking at the face of the sage behind you, this poor Daoist will temporarily not move against you.
If you dare to offend my Human Dao again in the future, even if it’s just this unremarkable Degree Immortal Gate…
That master uncle behind you might not be able to protect you.”
After speaking, the figure outside the water curtain chuckled lightly, gradually dispersing along with the surrounding mist.
Daoist Wenjing’s vision flickered, and she instantly saw the scene inside her cave dwelling.
She looked down at her own hands, feeling her dao;
They were all trembling uncontrollably…
…
Northwest of Degree Immortal Gate, ten thousand li away.
Xuandu, who was standing on a cloud with closed eyes in meditation, slowly opened his eyes.
“Senior Brother, how did it go?”
The old Daoist beside him hurriedly inquired.