Chapter 43: Phantom


    Trantor: Dragon Boat Trantion Editor: Dragon Boat Trantion


    The Demon Cultivators, who had freed up their hands, immediately shifted their target andunched an attack on Yuntai Zhenren, intensifying the pressure on him. Unable to contain himself, Yuntai Zhenren shouted, “Fellow Cultivators, why have you stopped? It’s clear that these thieves are here for the magical equipment in the exhibition. We cannot let them seed!”


    The Golden Core experts exchanged nces but still remained motionless.


    “What grudge does Fellow Daoist Yuntai have with the Demon Sect?” Huyan Lie, the leader of Scorching Sun Sect, asked in a deep voice.


    “1 am merely a rogue cultivator. What grudge could 1 possibly have with them?”


    Yuntai Zhenren’s expression looked like he was unjustly used.


    It was at this time that the leading Golden Core demonic cultivator finally spoke up, “I am afraid you all are unaware that this Yuntai old man is a traitor of our ck Water Pce. He used despicable means to steal our sacred item and fled here.”


    “Fellow Daoists, please do not believe in the words of these demons. The cultivation techniques I practice are all pure orthodox cultivation techniques!”


    Master Yuntai hurriedly exined, panic evident in his voice.


    “The righteous path?”


    The leading J indan Stage demonic cultivator smiled coldly and intensified the force of his attack, forcing Yuntai Spiritual Master to retreat step by step.


    Observing that the righteous path no longer trusted him, the Grand Cloud Immortal’s face contorted with anger.


    “Old Yuntai, today is the day you die!”


    A pitch-ck murderous aura soared into the sky, shrouding the sky above the mountain peak like dark clouds. The overwhelming pressure caused the expressions of the persons present to change.


    At that moment, Yuntai Zhenren finally ceased hiding. His face twisted into a ferocious expression as he roared. Dark streaks of ck gas appeared on the surface of his skin, forming ayer of strange tattoos.


    “One day, you will definitely regret this!”


    Yuntai Zhenren roared in anger, and an apparently solid ck baleful aura emanated from his body, taking on a terrifying form.


    Witnessing this spectacle, the faces of the Golden Core experts turned pale at once.


    “Hiss ~ Yuntai Zhenren is truly a devil!”


    “Thest time we encountered him at Grand Cloud Mountain, I felt that something was off about this old guy. Now, looking at him, he truly is not a good person.”


    “Since it’s an internal conflict within the demonic path, why don’t we seize this opportunity to eliminate them all?”


    “It’s just a pity that the Scorching Sun Sect’s exhibition had to be interrupted.”


    Huyan Lie waved his hand with curiosity, “If we can exterminate this group of demons in one swift stroke, all these will be worth it!”


    Jindan experts from all sides joined the battle again, but this time they regarded Yuntai Zhenren as their enemy.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The fierce battle raged on for nearly two hours. With Yuntai Zhenren’s Qi word mantra, Yuntai Zhenren’s breath became chaotic on the spot and the demonic cultivators seized the opportunity to pummel him. With a piercing scream, Immortal Yuntai’s body exploded into strange ck mucus.


    Upon witnessing the ck sticky liquid, the demonic cultivators swarmed forward like starving wolves, scrambling to absorb the ck sticky liquid into their bodies,pletely disregarding the attacks from the righteous path.


    At the foot of the mountain, although Cheng Xu’s vision was obscured, he had a general idea of what was happening.


    To put it in simple terms, Master Yuntai was actually a traitor of the ck Water Pce, who had stolen the sacred object of the ck Water Pce through some despicable means, leading to several attacks from the ck Water Pce.


    “It seems that the ck sticky liquid is the so-called sacred object of the ck Water Mystical Pce.”


    Observing the scene where the fiendish cultivators were frenziedly snatching the ck sticky liquid, Cheng Xu couldn’t help but be amazed.


    “I wonder what the hell that ck sticky liquid actually is?”


    After the demonic cultivators fought over the ck sticky liquid, they ceased their battle and started retreating, while the righteous path big shots chased after them.


    Seeing that the chaos on the mountain was gradually subsiding, Cheng Xu finally felt relieved and hurriedly ascended up the mountain.


    He had only taken a few steps when a strange ck shadow suddenly appeared in the vision of the Ten Thousand Arts Evil Eye. It was floating down the mountain in a state of panic.


    Upon closer inspection, Cheng Xu recognized the shadow as Yuntai Zhenren.


    “?!”


    Good heavens, so this old thing wasn’t dead yet. It was just that he had employed some unknown method to actually slip away from under the watchful eyes of the various experts.


    Cheng Xu attempted to read the data of the virtual image of the Immortal Yuntai.


    “Ding!”


    Cheng Xu was shocked when he saw that the reading was sessful in an instant.


    It became evident that the virtual image of Immortal Yuntai had no firewall at all.


    This further confirmed Cheng Xu’s suspicions, and he immediately activated the Ten Thousand Arts Evil Eye to cast a wave of mental attack.


    In the next second, the floating Yuntai Zhenren writhed in pain, resembling a vampire being scorched by the zing sun, emitting wisps of white smoke. “Who is it?”


    “How do you fare, Senior Yuntai?”


    Cheng Xu emerged, his pair of pitch-ck eyes giving off an innocent appearance.


    “That disciple of Perfected Yuntai?!” Master Yuntai eximed in disbelief.


    “Yes, it is I.”


    “You can see my incorporeal spirit body?” Yuntai Zhenren questioned in disbelief.


    Cheng Xu’s grin turned wicked. “Senior, where are you rushing off to? Aren’t you going to stay and have a chat with me?”


    Yuntai Zhenren’s expression wavered, but he feigned calmness and said, “A mere Foundation Establishment brat intends to obstruct this old man’s path?”


    Having anticipated his bluff, Cheng Xu immediately employed the Poison Ivy Technique to ensnare him, then apanied it with the use of the White me True Technique to burn him.


    Ever since he read the data of the virtual image, Cheng Xu had known that the current Yuntai Spiritual Master was nothing more than a paper tiger.


    This was because there were no cultivation techniques or skill data present in the phantom’s information.


    “Brat, 1’11 kill you!”


    Thebined damage from the mes and poison made Master Yuntai scream relentlessly. Unfortunately, he was no longer the Yuntai Master of old and could not resist at all.


    “Ding!”


    “Data intrusion detected. Would you like to intercept it?”


    Cheng Xu was slightly taken aback but chuckled inwardly anyway.


    It seemed that the virtual image of Yuntai Zhenren possessed considerable abilities, even capable ofunching a spiritual attack on him. Presumably, it probably sought to possess something.


    Unfortunately for it, it had encountered Cheng Xu, and luck was not on its side.


    Having failed to invade Cheng Xu’s mind, Yuntai Zhenren was shocked. He turned around and attempted to flee but was easily caught up by two flying swords.


    Cheng Xu brandished his sword and chased after him, using the Cloud Sword Technique.


    Witnessing the surging sword Qi, Yuntai Zhenren panicked, “No, no, no, don’t ~ Little friend, let’s talk!”


    “We can talkter.”


    Cheng Xu relentlessly employed the Cloud Sword Technique to beat it, battering it until it was weakened. He then took advantage of the situation to pull it into the sword in his hand and firmly locked it in the sword. Only then did he feel satisfied.


    “Little friend, I implore you to spare me.”


    Being sealed within the flying sword, Master Yuntai lost all trace of arrogance.


    Regrettably, Cheng Xu paid him no mind and stowed the flying sword in his storage bag.


    There was no rush; he would release itter.


    Once he finished, he hurriedly returned back to the mountain.


    The exhibition had been reduced to ruins, and many Scorching Sun Sect disciples were cleaning up the aftermath.


    His master, Perfected Yuntai, had been inquiring about Cheng Xu’s whereabouts from the Scorching Sun Sect. Upon seeing Cheng Xu safe and sound, his eyes turned red. “Brat, where on earth have you been? I thought you…”


    “I apologize for causing you to worry.” Cheng Xu guiltily exined, “I merely wanted to find a ce to test my flying sword. Unexpectedly, I experienced a sudden revtion during the process. So, I took the opportunity toprehend the Cloud Sword Technique.”


    “I see.” Perfected Yuntai heaved a sigh of relief. “It’s good that you’re fine ~ It’s good that you’re fine. You are a fortunate individual, kid. You just managed to escape the clutches of the demonic path.”


    At that moment, Bai Ci’er, who had been waiting for her master, Perfected Luoyue, to return, also rushed over joyfully.


    Upon seeing Cheng Xu safe and sound, her previously worried heart finally eased.


    When she learned that Cheng Xu hadprehended the Cloud Sword Technique, she grew even more ted. “I never expected Junior Brother Cheng to have grasped the Cloud Sword Technique so quickly. By the time the various sects convene, 1 reckon that you’ll have reached the second or even third level.”


    Cheng Xu smiled but remained silent.


    After another half a day passed, the righteous path experts who had gone to chase after the demonic cultivators returned one by one. From their expressions, it was evident that they had not managed to exterminate those demonic cultivators.


    Following the upheaval, the Magical Equipment Exposition was prematurely brought to an end..