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"Someone actually came to their death!!" The peacock flew into a rage the moment it noticed the arrow.
As a powerful demon, he never wanted to be passive. He always wanted to take the initiative. Even if he had hoped that the Yinglong Guards would come to cause him trouble, it would be trouble under his own control.
Instead of what we're doing now, coming to cause trouble and ruin his mood when he's at his most triumphant.
"court death!"
With a roar, the peacock spread its arms, stirring the heavenly wind. Five-colored divine feathers—black, white, red, yellow, and blue—appeared and shimmered around its arms. Instantly, a pair of colorful peacock wings appeared, and five-colored divine light soared into the sky.
It vibrated with five-colored divine light, transformed into a divine wing, and rushed out, directly slashing at the flaming arrow.
Having advanced to the Void Returning Realm, and with all five elements complete, the Peacock's power was terrifying. This single strike was enough to shake vast areas of mountains, seas, and marshes. Five-colored light filled the sky, and all colors in the world vanished, leaving only black, white, red, yellow, and blue.
Five-colored divine light surged into the sky, cleaving through the clouds, leaving the heavens ablaze with brilliance, and clashed fiercely with the flaming arrows.
"Boom!"
A dazzling light filled the sky, and endless heat surged forth. The sky was filled with blinding light, and the void rippled like a tide. Large swaths of water were evaporated by the scorching flames and disappeared.
All the great demons near the Great Mountain and Sea Swamp shrank back, cautiously looking at the point of collision. However, only Yunhua and Kongque could clearly see the center of the collision.
The flaming arrow collided with the five-colored divine wings, and the two were locked in a stalemate for a moment. Within the five-colored divine wings, the five elements of energy surged and circulated, instantly extinguishing most of the flames in the flaming arrow.
However, an unprecedentedly sharp force suddenly erupted from the arrow. It was a jet-black power that stabilized the arrow the moment it appeared. Then, like a steel needle piercing through white paper, the five-colored divine wings were directly pierced by this arrow.
"What!? Impossible? Why can't my Five-Colored Divine Light break through his flaming arrow? His arrow is condensed flame, so it should also belong to the Five Elements and be under the control of my Five-Colored Divine Light!" Peacock felt somewhat incredulous; the power of the opponent's arrow was excessively strong.
"What exactly is that pitch-black power? Why can't even my Five-Colored Divine Light do anything about it?" The peacock was somewhat puzzled. It had never heard of such a thing before, let alone seen it.
This is the first time that the power of arrows has officially appeared in this world to fight an enemy.
The archers in this world all follow the mental power school, but in reality, none of them have explored the essence and power of the bow and arrow, so naturally they have not been able to comprehend the so-called "power of the arrow".
"Qiang!!"
Although the flames were mostly suppressed by the Five-Colored Divine Light, the power of the arrow within it was indestructible, traversing thousands of miles of void and instantly piercing the peacock's head.
Chapter 984 Mission Completed
At the same time, the mental power of the third level of the Sovereign Realm attached to the arrow rushed towards the peacock's soul the moment the arrow pierced through the body.
This is actually the most terrifying aspect of mental power; its true destructive power lies in its damage to the soul.
In the blink of an eye, the peacock, who had just broken through and was full of vigor, lost his composure and collapsed, leaving only a huge hole in his forehead that ran through his entire skull.
"The peacock is dead. Mission accomplished!"
Yunhua, thousands of miles away, expressionlessly retracted his Calamity Fire Divine Bow and said softly.
Inside the Water Palace.
A huge peacock carcass lay quietly on the ground, its body radiating a five-colored glow, and abundant five-elemental energy permeated its body.
"What a magnificent peacock!" Yunhua's gaze first fell upon the peacock's five tail feathers.
With a casual wave of his hand, he plucked off all five of the most precious feathers.
These five feathers, merely floating in mid-air, naturally displayed their most terrifying power. The crimson feather was wreathed in flames, the jet-black feather was surrounded by flowing water, the earth-yellow feather was as heavy as a mountain; the white feather was incomparably sharp, capable of cutting through everything; and the blue feather emitted a hazy blue aura.
The five elements flow and regenerate endlessly. The moment these five feathers appeared, the surrounding space seemed to freeze.
"I had only recently broken through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm when the materials for the third stage of the Star-Picking Hand naturally appeared." Yun Hua didn't think much of it, and simply sat down cross-legged, stretching out his hands to absorb the essence of the five elements from the Five-Colored Divine Feathers.
For Yinglong Guards, such killing missions generally only require bringing back the head of the target or something that can represent their identity; everything else is considered spoils of war for the Yinglong Guards who complete the mission.
The cultivation of the Star-Picking Hand requires a treasure containing the five elements, and the five-colored divine feathers of this peacock are just right. Moreover, considering the essence of the five elements contained in the divine feathers of this Void Returning Realm peacock, it is more than enough for him to master the third stage of the Star-Picking Hand.
At this moment, as Yunhua continuously absorbed the essence of the five elements through his hands, the light on the five-colored divine feathers grew dimmer. After Yunhua absorbed eighty percent of the essence, his hands emitted a brilliant light, and the five colors soared into the sky.
A moment later, the light dissipated, and Yunhua's hands returned to normal.
The third stage of the Star-Picking Hand technique has been officially mastered.
"The more one cultivates the Star-Picking Hand, the more terrifying the resources it consumes. The amount of Five Elements essence consumed with each revolution is more than doubled!" Yun Hua shook his head as he looked at the dim five-colored divine feather.
With 80% of its essence absorbed, these five divine feathers are essentially half-useless.
"Next, for the fourth transformation, I'll need to find some opportunities or perhaps check if there are any treasures corresponding to the five elements in the Star-Picking Palace. But now, after wasting more than half a year, it's about time to return to the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range," Yunhua thought to himself.
With a flick of his sleeve, he took the enormous peacock corpse with him and then swiftly flew towards the teleportation array that Yinglong Guard had set up in the Great Swamp of Mountains and Seas.
After completing the mission, explaining their purpose, and verifying their identities, the Yinglong Guards stationed at the teleportation array immediately activated it, allowing Yunhua to return directly to the Crimson Dragon Mountains.
Upon returning to the Crimson Dragon Mountains, he was still under military control. After the Yinglong Guards verified his identity along the way, they let him pass without delay, and he quickly returned to the rear hall of the Military Affairs Hall.
"Yinglongwei Yunhua, mission accomplished!" Yunhua waved his hand casually, and the peacock's enormous corpse rolled to the ground.
At this moment, a Void Returning Immortal who was inspecting the mission in the Military Affairs Hall was also startled. The aura of this peacock corpse was far too terrifying. He even felt that he was not as powerful as this peacock.
"A Five Elements Peacock in the Returning Void Realm? And judging from its aura, it has completed the Five Elements? Wasn't your mission to kill a peacock in the Nascent Soul Realm? And a Nascent Soul Realm peacock with missing Five Elements?" This Returning Void Earth Immortal probed the peacock's corpse's head with his divine sense, and then looked at Yun Hua in shock.
"It has advanced, and its bloodline has also undergone a transformation!" Yunhua said.
"Advanced! Bloodline transformation!" The Void Returning Immortal carefully examined the wound that pierced through the peacock's head. He confirmed that this was the peacock's fatal wound, and there were no other wounds on its body.
"He killed a peacock in the Returning Void Realm. Is he really a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator? Even if he cultivates the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, he shouldn't be this strong!" The Returning Void Earth Immortal was increasingly shocked.
A peacock that has completed its Five Elements transformation and undergone a bloodline metamorphosis is entirely different from a peacock that has not. A peacock with this bloodline is absolutely no less powerful than a god or demon in the Void Returning Realm, and may even reach the level of a Celestial Immortal.
However, he was killed instantly by the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in front of him!
"If there's nothing else, please register my merit first, then I'll head back!" Yunhua said, taking out the Yinglong Guard's token.
The merit points for this task are quite high, a full 20,000. This was before the task was issued, when no one knew that the peacock had advanced. If they had known that the peacock had advanced, the merit points for this task would have been at least ten times higher.
The earth immortal nodded, immediately took Yunhua's token, and stamped it with his merits.
Yunhua took the token back and then left the Military Affairs Hall.
Watching Yunhua's departing figure, this Void Returning Immortal was still somewhat questioning his existence.
"Are gods and demons born innately really that terrifying? To be able to kill the Five Elements Peacock, who was at the Void Returning Realm, and do so in one strike, his combat power is comparable to some Celestial Immortals! So, in our Anchan County's Yinglong Guard, his combat power must be one of the top two?" The more this Earth Immortal thought about it, the more horrified he became.
At the same time, he felt that Yunhua was too unfathomable and had excessively strong combat power.
"However, judging from the peacock's injuries, he must have attacked from a distance with a bow and arrow. A long-range sneak attack is not unacceptable. But his arrows were able to penetrate the protection of the Five-Colored Divine Light, so their power should not be underestimated." The Earth Immortal came to his senses and analyzed inwardly.
Meanwhile, on the other side, after receiving the merit, Yunhua went directly to the Daozang Palace and used up all of it.
He didn't exchange for any profound martial arts techniques, but instead directly exchanged for more than three thousand secret methods and supernatural powers that only required a single-digit amount of merit points to obtain.
Under the complex, astonished, and bewildered gaze of the Daozang Palace manager, Yunhua happily returned to her residence with all the secret techniques and supernatural powers she had exchanged.
The managers of the Daoist Temple had never seen anyone exchange cultivation manuals like this before. Others would set their sights on several cultivation manuals early on, accumulate merit, and then directly exchange them for their desired manuals.
However, Yunhua used up all the merit she received immediately, and the items she exchanged for were all quite ordinary.
However, Yunhua was too lazy to explain much to them.
He never forgot that he joined Yinglong Guard for its profound heritage and the countless secret techniques and supernatural texts within it.
Therefore, Yunhua didn't care about the strength of secret techniques and supernatural abilities; he only cared about the quantity—the quantity that could broaden his horizons to the maximum extent and the quantity that could deepen his understanding of the cultivation system of this world to the maximum extent.
These cultivation manuals may be weak, but they each have their own merits. Browsing through these materials will further deepen Yunhua's understanding of the cultivation system of this realm.
Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past two years, Yunhua has slowed down his cultivation speed and instead devoted most of his energy to comprehending various secret techniques and supernatural abilities.
Chapter 985 Seeing Ji Ning Again
Over the past two years, he has completed many truly challenging tasks, including cross-regional "law enforcement" to deal with opponents he couldn't handle in other counties. As a result, he has accumulated over three million merits, which have greatly increased the level and quantity of secret techniques he can exchange for.
Naturally, these things require more time to study.
In addition to the mission time over the past two years, he has only managed to break through to the fifteenth level of the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" and has not been able to break through to the Void Returning Realm.
In just two years, Yunhua had become quite famous in the Crimson Dragon Mountains, because he had killed a true Celestial Immortal during a mission, and judging from the injuries, it was an instant kill.
In just two years, he went from being a "newcomer" in everyone's eyes to becoming the number one fighter in the Yinglong Guard of Anchan County.
Naturally, one's status rises along with one's strength.
Now, in this branch of the Crimson Dragon Mountains, he is second only to the leader of this branch, the Immortal Gu Yue.
At that moment, Yunhua went directly to Immortal Guyue. He had come to apply for leave.
Yinglong's inner guards are indeed under military management and have little freedom, but after completing several missions in a row, they are entitled to apply for a leave.
This holiday is basically for Yinglong's inner guards to cultivate in peace, or to return to their own family or similar places.
"Yunhua, I have already reported your matter to the Yinglong Guard headquarters. A celestial being will come from the headquarters in six months, so your leave will only last for six months!" Immortal Guyue said to Yunhua.
"The headquarters of Yinglong Guard?" Yunhua was surprised.
Gu Yue Xianren laughed and said, "I know you have exchanged for a lot of basic cultivation techniques and secret arts. If you receive key training from headquarters, you can basically view any cultivation techniques and secret arts below 1,000 merits without having to pay any merits. In fact, if His Majesty the Emperor takes a liking to you, my Yinglong Guard's strongest supernatural power may be bestowed upon you ahead of time."
"If you enter the headquarters, your advancement to the Void Returning Realm will probably be much easier. You are cultivating the 'Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram,' which is undoubtedly the strongest divine and demonic body-refining technique. However, no one in my Crimson Dragon Mountain Range has cultivated this technique to the Void Returning Realm."
"However, our Yinglong Guard headquarters is different. There are definitely Void Returning Realm gods and demons there. Perhaps with their guidance, you might be able to break through your realm. You're currently at the fifteenth level of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, right?"
The ancient immortal spoke eloquently, explaining to Yunhua the benefits of being selected for intensive training at headquarters.
Yunhua laughed and said, "The breakthrough of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram is not something that other gods and demons need to worry about. It is just the fusion of Yin and Yang and the fusion of water and fire. With my current level, it is not a problem at all. If I concentrate on accumulating divine power, I can break through in a month at most."
"You can break through in just one month? You're confident?" Immortal Gu Yue looked at Yun Hua in astonishment.
His eyes widened in shock. In his eyes, Yunhua was no longer a junior who needed his guidance, but a rising star, a seed of a god.
This cultivation speed is too fast, too fast. I personally witnessed him break through to the Nascent Soul Realm less than three years ago, but he is about to break through to the Returning Void Realm in the blink of an eye.
"Alright, I know enough about everything now, I should go!" Yunhua waved his hand, turned around and left Immortal Guyue, then left the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.
After Yunhua left, the ancient immortal Yue remained silent for a long time.
"Is the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram really that suitable for him to cultivate?" Immortal Gu Yue couldn't help but wonder. He himself also cultivated the Divine Demon Body Refinement Path and also cultivated the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, but he had already become an immortal, but he had only cultivated the Divine Demon Body Refinement to the peak of the Purple Mansion stage and could not break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm no matter what.
Therefore, he was well aware of the difficulty of cultivating the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram".
"If he really breaks through to the Void Returning Realm, with his cultivation of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, he will surely be valued by His Majesty, and then he will soar to great heights," Gu Yue Xianren thought to himself.
At the same time, after leaving the Crimson Dragon Mountains, Yunhua transformed into her phoenix form and flew into the sky, spreading her wings and heading towards Winged Serpent Lake.
Now at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, once he transforms into his phoenix form, his size is over a thousand feet. When he flies across the sky, it's like a fiery cloud stretching across the heavens, with auspicious clouds soaring into the sky.
After transforming into his phoenix form, he moved with incredible speed, his wingspan covering vast landscapes. In a short time, he returned to the skies above Winged Serpent Lake.
After transforming back into human form, Yunhua slowly floated down onto the island.
"It's been a few years, and this place has changed a lot!" Yunhua said casually, looking around with a sense of wonder.
Today, the islands in the heart of Winged Serpent Lake are filled with pavilions and towers, and many cultivators are meditating here. This island seems to have become another residence of the Ji Clan, and those who cultivate here are basically the core members and direct descendants of the Ji Clan's Western Prefecture.
Of course, the most core and best place is the core area where Yunhua previously set up the formation, where the Yuan liquid gathers every year.
"Huh!?" However, as soon as Yunhua approached, he immediately saw a giant lotus flower of water and fire. The true fire of the sun and the true water of the moon descended simultaneously.
"This momentum must be due to the breakthrough of the 'Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram' to the Innate Realm, and it must be Ji Ning's breakthrough. His breakthrough is so much faster than in the original story?" Yun Hua was also speechless. It seemed that he hadn't changed much; he had only nominally accepted Ji Ning as his disciple.
Even the supernatural abilities and techniques he taught him, Ji Ning did not meet the requirements for cultivation.
Ji Ning's breakthrough naturally attracted the attention of his parents. Ji Yichuan and his wife came to the vicinity, watching Ji Ning with tension and excitement.
That was achieved through the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram," a feat that no one in the Ji family had been able to accomplish in countless years.
"You've broken through! In that case, I'll also break through a little and come see you again!" With a thought, Yun Hua instantly disappeared from the island and returned to the Star-Picking Mansion.
"You've only been gone a few years, and you're back so soon?" The black ox was immediately surprised when Yunhua returned.
"Huh, you've cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm? The Nascent Soul Realm of God and Demon Body Refinement?" At this moment, the yellow-haired bear also appeared, looking at Yun Hua with surprise.
Once they cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm, they can refine the Star-Picking Palace and carry it with them. Naturally, they won't need to continue hiding in this poor, remote place.
"I came back this time specifically to refine this cave!" Yunhua said.
"Follow me!" The big yellow bear nodded and immediately led the way.
They walked along another corridor, a place Yunhua had never been able to enter before.
As the yellow-haired bear led the way, he said, "Once you refine the cave dwelling, you can carry it with you. You can enter more than 90% of the place within it."
Yunhua nodded; he already knew these rules. The blond bear didn't doubt Yunhua's attitude either; having known him for so many years, he knew Yunhua was always calm and collected.
It continued, "For example, you can no longer enter the Hall of Divine Powers, nor can you enter some other places. To truly master the mysteries of this immortal abode, you must become a celestial god and formally become the master's disciple."