Chapter 252: Demon from the Bloody Depths (1/2)

Weapons of war, the pinnacle of the equipment and formation dao combined, were the greatest invention after the great war and one that had emerged only after the ancient times.

The nine celestial emperors weren’t the only reason why their courts held sway over the nine majors, winning out over the local top clans and sects. Ownership of these weapons played an even more important role.

Once targeted by such a treasure, even arcane dao immortals couldn’t dodge the blow. They could only brace to accept the attack head-on, then suffer the consequences. In some instances, they even died.

Madly burning through three hundred million premium immortal crystals, the great formation of the nameless city and physical manifestation from the battle formation of more than a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers powered the weapon.

After a dozen breaths, another brilliant beam of white light slammed at Lu Yun’s fortress ship.

Golden radiance sparkled in Feinie’s eyes, matching the glow that radiated from her body. She hovered in the air, unleashing the power of yin and yang from the Formation Orb in a swirl of black and white. Ten thousand formations burst forth from the treasure and solidified as barriers to shield the fortress ship.

At that moment, she ascended to the golden immortal realm.

She could’ve recovered her golden immortal strength much earlier, but she’d been suppressing her cultivation since golden immortals weren’t allowed in Dusk Province. Once resurrected by the Tome of Life and Death, she was a true, living person and didn’t enjoy the same exemption from the Dusk restriction as zombie king Diexi and the nine bloodcorpses did.

If Lu Yun’s envoys appeared in Dusk Province as golden immortals, the Dusk restriction wouldn’t spare them. It didn’t seem to be an act of personal intent, but the inevitable execution of a rule.

Someone had set up a rule to stop golden immortals from appearing!

It was very similar to the power prohibiting immortals from entering the ancient tomb, which was carried out by executing any immortals that ignored the warning. The same effect was achieved in Dusk Province, but the rule was enforced by the Dusk restriction.

Lu Yun had connected the dots when he saw the characters prohibiting immortals back in the tomb. Nevertheless, now wasn’t the time for him to worry about the consequences of Feinie’s breakthrough.

The weapon was too powerful. Even with the Formation Orb, she wouldn’t be able to take another hit as an august immortal. She had to ascend! As a golden immortal, she could channel more of the Formation Orb’s power.

She wasn’t who she’d been five thousand years ago, and the Formation Orb had changed as well. The merged Yin and Yang Formation Orb was more than the sum of its parts, resulting in an exponential leap in its power.

Bam!

White light seared the backs of everyone’s eyelids. Instead of looking away, Jin Shikong stared into the light despite the almost blinding luminescence of impact.

He saw Lu Yun’s fortress ship emerge once again, continuing its course toward the city and maintaining a steady speed.

“How is this possible?!” This time, fear flashed through Jin Shikong’s eyes. “What kind of connate-grade treasure did he dig up? Or is there another dao immortal hidden in his ship?