vstars Chapter 207: Who is the Prey?
Chapter 207: Who is the Prey?
The white crane carried Zhu Yaqin and flew another hundred feet forward.
After arriving above a valley shrouded in clouds between two mountains, she flew like a white crane through the clouds and into the valley below.
Fu Yun urged his treasure ship to follow behind.
Once you pass through the clouds, you will arrive at the valley.
But below, the valley was wide open, with a gap of over two hundred feet between the two mountains.
A delicate fragrance wafted from the valley, refreshing and delightful.
At this moment, Zhu Yaqin's white crane had already stopped on a huge rock ten meters high in the valley.
The treasure ship hovered in the air.
"What, not running away anymore?" Fu Yun looked down and coldly looked at Zhu Yaqin on the white crane.
As he spoke, he released his divine sense to scan the surrounding valley.
"Young Master Fu... be careful, it might be a trap!" Zhu Yulin said.
"It's alright!" Fu Yun said confidently, seemingly not taking Zhu Yaqin seriously.
At this time.
A blue light emanated from Zhu Yaqin's body, like a blue flower bud, suspending her body about ten feet in the air.
"Naturally, it's because I no longer need to run away!"
Zhu Yaqin's gaze was sharp as she looked at Fu Yun high in the sky and said coldly.
Her words carried a chilling murderous intent.
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Fu Yun's gaze sharpened, and he said, "Just because you found a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator as a helper?"
His gaze shifted, locking onto a corner of the valley.
The area is lush with vegetation and shrouded in mist, making it extremely difficult to detect anyone who uses a second-tier "Mist Talisman" to conceal themselves there.
However, Fu Yun was clearly not an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator. With a sweep of his divine sense, he discovered that someone was hiding there.
Hearing Fu Yun speak.
At the foot of the mountain, amidst the bushes, the mist dispersed, and a middle-aged man dressed in brocade robes flew like a rainbow to Zhu Yaqin's side.
Golden light shone from beneath his feet, as if a golden cloud had borne him. His gaze was sharp as he coldly looked at Fu Yun.
"I never imagined that you, my son-in-law, would be so ruthless, yet possess a keen sense of perception comparable to that of a beast," the man in brocade said coldly.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Ruan. I didn't expect that after more than twenty years, you would have already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage."
Fu Yun glanced at the man in brocade robes, then spoke in a cold, detached tone.
His tone was indifferent, clearly indicating that he did not take this man surnamed Ruan seriously.
"Ruan Zhitu, so it was you!" Zhu Yulin exclaimed in surprise. "I was wondering why Yaqin, who had been hiding for twenty-six years, dared to come to Nanling today. It turns out she has you, her uncle, backing her up..."
The visitor was Zhu Yaqin's uncle.
Ruan Zhitu was a monk from the Yue Kingdom.
Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Before the incident involving Zhu from Huanyuan Peak, Ruan Zhitu had visited Nanling many times.
Therefore, everyone had met several times.
"Hmph, I, Ruan, have come here today to avenge my unjustly killed brother-in-law..." Ruan Zhitu's gaze was icy. He moved his hand, and an array plate appeared in his palm, hovering about a foot in front of him. Then, he chanted an incantation and performed a spell.
The incantation was injected into the array plate.
"Activate the Golden Light Array..." Ruan Zhitu shouted in a low voice.
Instantly, golden light burst forth within the array plate, revealing eight array flags.
The banners flashed and soared into the sky.
Instantly, eight golden rays of light shot into the sky from the eight directions of the valley.
Clearly, Ruan Zhitu had already set up an array at the edge of the valley.
Once Zhu Yaqin led Fu Yun into the valley, she activated the formation to trap him.
In the blink of an eye, the eight golden rays transformed into eight runes in the air, and then golden rays extended and connected.
A second-order array light screen covering an area of one thousand meters in radius then manifested.
The valley was shrouded in mist from all directions.
The formation has eight directions, and eight golden runes are also displayed.
Golden light shimmered within, drawing in the golden energy from all directions, as if a golden blade was gathering, poised to strike.
"Oh, the second-tier 'Golden Light Array'?" Fu Yun glanced indifferently at the array poised to be unleashed in the air.
He remained indifferent. "Do you really think you can take me down with this mere second-tier mid-grade formation?"
"Of course not!" Zhu Yaqin said.
A cold smile played on her lips.
"If you have any other tricks up your sleeve, just show them, or it'll be too late!" Fu Yun said arrogantly.
He looked at Zhu Yaqin, still calm and composed, without any sign of emotion.
"Is that so!" A playful smile appeared on Zhu Yaqin's lips.
That smile...
With a hint of sarcasm.
Upon seeing this, Fu Yun frowned.
Suddenly, his eyelids twitched, and he immediately stepped back.
However, it was too late.
But then a peony flower with a faint glow flew over to his side.
The moment the peony flew in, it suddenly exploded.
However, it was Fu Yun's concubine, Zhu Yulin, who suddenly made a move and summoned one of her second-tier low-grade spiritual artifacts, "Peony in Bloom".
As the magical artifact was unleashed, petals bloomed and transformed into sharp blades, carrying a power capable of shattering mountains and breaking through metal.
Because the two were too close together.
Even though Fu Yun sensed it and immediately retreated about ten feet, creating a 'mysterious light shield' to protect himself, he still couldn't avoid the petals in time. The petals pierced through his protective light shield and struck his chest and abdomen.
A tremendous force struck, sending Fu Yun flying three zhang (approximately 10 meters).
When he was thrown back, Fu Yunyi did not hesitate. He used his hands to pull, and light immediately shone from his dantian.
He suddenly activated the immortal foundation phenomenon, "Cloud Sea Like a Tide".
Instantly, surging clouds and mist erupted from his dantian, like layers of heavy waves sweeping away.
boom!
The incoming peony blades were deflected.
At this moment, Zhu Yulin moved like a startled rainbow, retreating ten feet, her body suspended in the air by a peony flower.
She looked at Fu Yun, who was shrouded in mist and seemed to be in a sea of fog, and frowned slightly.
"Not dead?" Zhu Yulin whispered.
However, she wasn't surprised.
This Fu Yun is not only a cultivator at the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
He was also wearing Tier 2 soft armor.
With the soft armor protecting him, even a second-tier spiritual weapon might not be able to pierce through his body.
Let alone killing it!
Moreover, he activated the Immortal Foundation Phenomenon in time, and the immense power protecting him could also neutralize the attack power of the spiritual weapon.
Although Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot condense supernatural powers to defend against enemies from a thousand meters away, they are not as capable as Core Formation cultivators.
If that strange phenomenon manifests in time, it can also protect the body for three zhang.
"Yulin, you betrayed me?" Fu Yun gritted his teeth and glared at Zhu Yulin in the air ahead.
The clouds around him billowed and surged upwards, as if coalescing into a cloud dragon, poised to unleash its power.
"I am a member of the Zhu family. You killed my cousin... slaughtered my grandfather... This hatred is irreconcilable, and I, Zhu Yulin, have never forgotten it. All these years, I have endured hardship and humiliation, staying by your side, waiting for an opportunity... to kill you and avenge my clan!"
Zhu Yulin looked at Fu Yun with a cold expression and said through gritted teeth.
"Unfortunately, you've always been vigilant... and you even have soft armor protecting you. However, today, you are destined to perish here!"
As she finished speaking, a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
"You wretch!" Fu Yun roared, his hands pulling the clouds in front of him like a giant dragon rushing towards Zhu Yulin.
Zhu Yulin's hands guided the flow of light, and peonies shrouded in mist flew towards the mist dragon like a river of flowers. The two clashed, and in an instant, the peonies were shattered one by one, and the mist dragon seized the opportunity to rise.
Taking advantage of this moment, Zhu Yulin flashed and flew towards Zhu Yaqin in the valley like a rainbow.
With a flick of his hand, Fu Yun summoned a cold mist that swirled around him, resembling two ribbons that swept away to bind Zhu Yulin.
Just then, Zhu Yaqin rose into the air, and with a flick of her jade hand, she unleashed a second-grade low-level talisman towards Fu Yun.
As soon as the talisman flew out, a gust of wind immediately rose up, directly scattering the two 'cloud-mist ribbons' that Fu Yun had conjured.
Even the sea of clouds surrounding Fu Yun was thinned by the wind, greatly weakening the power of his immortal foundation phenomenon.
Zhu Yaqin unleashed a second-tier low-grade "Hurricane Talisman," a magic specifically designed to counter Fu Yun's Immortal Foundation Technique.
When the clouds and fog were dispersed, Zhu Yulin had already flown to Zhu Yaqin's side.
A misty haze surrounded her, and peonies supported her feet, making her stand in mid-air.
Fu Yun wanted to make another move, but suddenly looked up and saw that the formation in the sky had already gathered enough metal spiritual power.
Eight directions.
Each of them had a golden, sharp blade formed.
With Ruan Zhitu pulling with both hands, these golden blades pierced towards Fu Yun from all directions.
The golden blade sliced through the void, stirring up gusts of golden wind, and the blade carried a power capable of cleaving mountains and severing veins.
Fu Yun's eyes sharpened, and the clouds beneath his feet rippled, carrying him like a swimming dragon as he directly avoided the eight sharp blades.
However, high in the sky, golden light flashed, and sharp blades kept slashing down.
This left Fu Yun somewhat exhausted.
But he was not anxious. He simply pulled his hands together, and light patterns flashed in his palms, revealing a palm-sized purple-gold bell carved with auspicious clouds. He chanted a spell and made a hand seal to inject the energy into the bell, which immediately emitted a clear chime.
The sound waves reverberated, causing the near-colored light blades falling from the sky to begin to crack, and their speed was also slowed down.
Immediately, the purple cloud bell expanded, becoming about eighteen feet tall and six feet wide, directly enveloping Fu Yun's head.
At the same time, Fu Yun slapped the spirit beast pouch with his palm.
From the bag, billowing clouds and mist surged forth, accompanied by a powerful, malevolent aura.
The demonic aura swept outwards like a wave of energy, engulfing Zhu Yaqin and Zhu Yulin in front of them.
The two women felt the shockwave pressing down on them like a tidal wave, and they immediately retreated ten feet.
Only then was that oppression able to disappear.
Immediately, Zhu Yaqin and Zhu Yulin stared intently at Fu Yun.
With a flash of light, a second-tier great demon with white cloud patterns emerged from the storage bag at Fu Yun's waist.
As soon as the great demon appeared, it looked up and roared at the golden light blades in the sky.
The rolling sound waves transformed into ripples that spread high into the sky, causing the golden light blades to shatter instantly.
"Oh no, it's Fu Yun's second-tier great demon 'Ink-Patterned Cloud Leopard'!" Zhu Yulin said with a solemn expression.
"'Ink-Patterned Cloud Leopard'..." Zhu Yaqin looked at the great demon that had suddenly appeared before her, her eyes revealing a cold and fierce look.
In the past, Fu Yun used this beast to slaughter countless members of the Zhu family.