"Cangying King..."
Su Bai looked in a certain direction and muttered to himself.
His gaze reflected a scene from far beyond the heavens.
Cangying King’s struggles and his escape were all within Su Bai’s line of sight.
Cultivation Techniques cannot be learned carelessly.
Especially his.
Even the introductory Chapter was still his technique.
If a prodigy of peerless talent and comprehension were to study it, they might even be able to grasp the subsequent techniques of the Fist Scripture.
The Boxing Saint’s Beginning Chapter was only twelve hundred characters long, but every character carried a different meaning. When combined and rearranged, they could convey entirely new concepts, making its depth as vast as the ocean.
Afterward, Su Bai had even improved it using the unique script of the Dragon Cloud Realm.
’To learn my methods, you must accept my Dao.’
The text carries the Dao. To see the words is to see the man. And the words themselves can kill.
That was precisely the meaning.
As his thoughts turned, Su Bai opened his palm.
Between his increasingly transparent fingers, a small, three-inch-tall monkey was struggling relentlessly.
It was the Water Ape King.
This old ape had been vicious in his attacks, and he was also a swift fugitive.
In a single instant, he had fled thirty thousand li. If Su Bai hadn’t been prepared, the ape truly would have escaped.
’A Spirit Immortal... He’s already surpassed the Feathered Realm!?’
At this moment, the Water Ape King sat cross-legged in the center of Su Bai’s palm, endless hatred churning in his heart.
’So close.’
’Just a little more and this man’s Illusion Body would have dissipated, powerless to pursue me any further.’
’But that little bit was everything.’
’My body was destroyed, my Divine Spirit captured, and my several thousand years of Cultivation were lost in a single day.’
’From now on, my life and death are not my own. I’ll be a puppet in his hands.’
’There might be gaps in power among those in the Feathered Realm, but it’s impossible for the disparity to be this great.’
’Among cultivators of the same realm, some might be peerless killers with terrifying combat prowess.’
’But for someone to easily suppress and kill a Feathered expert with a mere Illusion Body... such an event is nearly unheard of in all of history.’
’It’s practically nonexistent.’
’And this Boxing Saint Daoist’s projection couldn’t even be considered a true Illusion Body.’
’Then there is only one explanation.’
’This man’s Cultivation has already surpassed the limits of the Feathered Realm and reached the level of a Spirit Immortal!’
But the regret in his heart was even deeper.
’If I had known...’
’If I had joined forces with Qi Molong and Cangying King, could we have defeated this man’s Illusion Body?’
But the most painful thing in the world is that there are no ’what ifs’.
"You may have won, but you can’t stay for long,"
"The moment you leave, these subordinates of yours, and that so-called God-Sealing Platform, will all be turned to dust!"
The Water Ape King’s Divine Spirit trembled violently as a thousand different hatreds roiled in his heart.
He continued, his voice laced with venom:
"Cangying King’s Tunneling Speed is unmatched in this world! After all this time, there’s no way you can track him down!"
Su Bai remained silent and indifferent, his gaze fixed on the horizon.
He slowly closed his hand,
sealing the Divine Spirit within the Exchange Altar.
The Water Ape King’s Divine Spirit was of only average intensity, but he had lived for a very long time, making it a bit more potent than that of the Xie Nian Daoist.
Naturally, Su Bai would not let it go to waste.
BOOM!
The instant his palm closed, a tidal wave of energy rolled across the sky.
It was as if the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi from ten thousand li around had been brutally shoved in this direction.
"Wha-what!?"
The Water Ape King was stunned.
He could already sense the vast, ocean-like Demon Qi and the massive eagle with wings that spanned a thousand li.
’He... he actually came back?’
Now, the Water Ape King was utterly flabbergasted.
’Has this old eagle gone mad?’
’Or did he have some kind of unimaginable breakthrough?’
Even with his long life, the Water Ape King had never imagined that something like this could happen.
’How could that eagle dare to return at a time like this?’
It wasn’t just him; the Great Demons and Little Demons throughout the mountains were also stunned by the scene.
They couldn’t fathom what the Cangying King was trying to do.
"My King! It’s our King!"
"The King has come to save us!"
But there were exceptions.
The many Great Demons and Little Demons under Cangying King’s command were overjoyed to see him flying back toward them.
Of course, they didn’t believe the Cangying King was returning just to die.
Therefore, he must have returned with some terrifying trump card to save them!
BOOM!
The earth shook and the mountains swayed. Countless sonic booms exploded across the sky.
The Cangying King shot across the sky, carrying with him an endless might and a thunderous roar, only to plummet headfirst into the mountains below:
"Mercy!"
"I beg you, True Master, spare my life!"
His earth-shattering wail drowned out the sound of the countless sonic booms.
It even overshadowed the great rumble of the shaking earth and crumbling mountains!
It left all the Demon Fiends and monsters in the mountains utterly stupefied.
"PFFT!"
One of the Great Demons under the Cangying King’s command, who had just been cheering wildly, suddenly froze. Then he violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
’Begging for mercy?’
’After running for so long, he came back just to beg for mercy?’
"No, this is impossible!"
As the fingers closed around him, the Water Ape King was completely dumbfounded.
He had never, ever imagined that the Cangying King—who had fled long before the battle had even truly begun—would actually return at this very moment to beg for his life!
WHOOSH!
In the next instant, Su Bai withdrew his hand.
With a flicker, his form descended upon an undamaged palace in the center of the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.
"True Master!"
"E-Elder... Elder Su!"
"Elder..."
Above the palace,
Huaisheng Daoist, Chen Qin’Yin, and the other three stood with varying expressions. The moment they saw Su Bai land, however, they immediately bowed with the utmost respect.
Five years ago, they might have dared to offer a sneer or two in Su Bai’s presence.
But now, even when facing a mere phantasmal figure that couldn’t even be called a proper Illusion Body,
they no longer harbored the slightest disrespectful thought.
"You have all worked hard."