Chapter 0922: Mysterious Beast Horn

Chapter 0922: The Enigmatic Beast Horn

Old Feitian suddenly appeared, flying into the air, which took the few Half-Immortals by surprise.

The Half-Immortals were merely surprised but not afraid, as Old Feitian was littered with wounds.

The treasure armor he wore had been shattered by the relentless barrage of Tribulation Lightning during his tribulation. Beneath the broken armor, his cracked wounds were clearly visible.

What most captivated those Half-Immortals was the Purple Star Celestial Shield in Old Feitian’s hand!

They all gazed greedily at the beautiful hexagonal shield, knowing it was an exceptional immortal artifact.

"This is where I underwent my tribulation. Scram!" Old Feitian said coldly.

"Brother, congratulations on surviving the Half-Immortal Sixth Tribulation!" The scrawny elder chuckled. "Since you’ve successfully passed the sixth tribulation, that shield in your hand must be of little use to you now. Why not gift it to me?"

Old Feitian let out a booming laugh. "Gift it to you? Who the hell are you?"

The elder grinned. "It doesn’t matter who I am. Just know this—if you don’t hand over that shield, you won’t survive the tribulation I bring upon you!"

"You think I fear you after enduring the Half-Immortal Sixth Tribulation? You’re not seasoned enough to snatch my shield!" Old Feitian sneered, his aura suddenly surging.

"Circle him! If we capture him and take his immortal artifact, we can share it among ourselves for our own tribulations!" The scrawny elder said to his companions.

The other Half-Immortals quickly moved, encircling Old Feitian in an instant.

"You’ve just survived the Half-Immortal Sixth Tribulation and are badly wounded! Against the few of us, you don't stand a chance. Just surrender now!" The scrawny elder sneered. "Otherwise, even if you survived the sixth tribulation, you’ll die here!"

Old Feitian was furious. "Even if I have to perish with you, I won’t let you take anything from me!"

"Attack!" The scrawny elder shouted.

Old Feitian’s bloated figure suddenly trembled as a violent surge of immortal power erupted, forming a purple shockwave that spread in concentric rings like water.

The Half-Immortals charging at him were all repelled by the purple wave.

Roaring fiercely, Old Feitian lunged at one of the Half-Immortals, bringing down the Purple Star Celestial Shield with devastating force.

Boom!

The moment the shield struck, a blinding purple light flashed, followed by a deafening explosion!

The Half-Immortal was instantly shattered into pieces by the shield, the fragments engulfed in purple flames as they crashed into the ground, leaving massive craters.

Qin Yun was taken aback but smiled. "Old Feitian has finally learned to wield the artifact spirit of the Purple Star Celestial Shield!"

Old Feitian used the shield as a weapon, striking with lightning speed and laying waste indiscriminately.

Each strike of the Purple Star Celestial Shield absorbed the immortal power from his Half-Immortal Sixth Tribulation, unleashing destructive purple star thunderflames!

The other Half-Immortals had only survived three or four tribulations at most—no match for him. A single hit from the shield turned them to smoldering debris.

Only the scrawny elder, a fifth-tribulation Half-Immortal, managed to survive until the end. But even he was terrified and took flight the instant he realized he was outmatched.

"Coward, stand your ground!" Old Feitian bellowed.

As he gave chase, he telepathically instructed Qin Yun to return to the Tian Family Manor first.

Qin Yun had initially been worried, but seeing Old Feitian bursting with vitality and overwhelming power, he felt reassured.

He collected Old Feitian's invisibility cloth and went to examine the shattered remains of those Half-Immortals, finding four broken Half-Immortal Life Crystals.

"Though damaged, they still have their uses!" Qin Yun pocketed the Half-Immortal Life Crystals and flew toward Heavenly Pride City.

...

Qin Yun had also undergone the heavenly tribulation. Though the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron was damaged, his gains were not small—he had successfully captured energy crackling with celestial power, which would allow him to comprehend the Heavenly Dao Art.

As he flew, he mulled over the mantras within the Heavenly Dao Art.

Before he knew it, two days had passed in flight.

In the silent night sky, a woman’s scream—raw with agony—pierced the air across the barren wasteland.

Hearing the cry, Qin Yun jolted awake. It was a woman's scream, as if torn from unbearable agony.

"I know that voice!" Qin Yun's heart jolted, and he swiftly flew toward the source of the sound.

As he drew closer, he sensed three familiar presences.

Though it was night, his eyes could clearly discern distant figures in the darkness.

"It's Du Kexuan and Fang Fengbao!" Qin Yun frowned. "And who is that other woman?"

The other woman wore a tattered red dress, her long hair tied in a braid. Her face was strikingly beautiful but ghastly pale, her face was bruised, as if beaten.

"Gong Feiyan?" Qin Yun suddenly recalled this woman—she was Hong Mengshu's senior sister and had once mentioned sending gifts to Hong Mengshu.

"You... aren't you Meng Shu's friends? Why are you doing this to me?" Gong Feiyan cried out in pain.

"We are Hong Mengshu's friends, and she's the one who told us to deal with you like this! You said you were here on behalf of the Gong family, didn’t you? Hand them over now, or I'll make you suffer even more!" Du Kexuan sneered, driving a long spike into Gong Feiyan's collarbone.

"Du Kexuan, don't kill her! A corpse is no use to us!" Fang Fengbao chuckled darkly from the side, warning her.

"What's the rush? Let me force her to surrender the gifts first! The Gong family isn’t some nobody clan—their gifts to Hong Mengshu—meant to suck up to that Grand Master—must be priceless!" Du Kexuan snorted coldly.

"Did Hong Mengshu really ask you to do this?" Tears streamed down her face as she writhed, her body pierced by numerous spikes.

"She did!" Du Kexuan laughed loudly. "Hong Mengshu is a vicious woman!"

At that moment, Qin Yun suddenly appeared beside Du Kexuan and said coldly, "Don't slander my friend. Meng Shu is not that kind of person!"

Hearing Qin Yun's voice, Du Kexuan turned and saw his face. She shrieked in terror, collapsing like a puppet with its strings cut.

Fang Fengbao was equally horrified and immediately tried to flee.

"Oh no you don’t!" Qin Yun controlled a flying dagger that pierced Fang Fengbao's heart.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Yun generated a powerful suction force, dragging Fang Fengbao's body back and dumping it onto Du Kexuan.

Du Kexuan screamed, shoving Fang Fengbao aside before kowtowing to Qin Yun. "Grand Master, I was wrong! Spare me—use me however you please—just spare my life!"

Qin Yun snorted and struck her with an unseen force from a distance, sending her into a screaming fit.

Gong Feiyan gaped, momentarily numb to her pain.

Qin Yun approached, carefully removing the spikes from her body before pressing a healing talisman to her skin to mend her wounds.

"They’re still breathing. Once you've recovered enough, you can deal with them yourself," Qin Yun said. "They’ve always hated Meng Shu, so she’d never ask this of them!"

Gong Feiyan had recovered quite a bit and let out a soft sigh, saying, "Thank you for saving me, Grand Master!"

Once she could stand, she drew a sword, walked over, and killed Du Kexuan and Fang Fengbao.

Then Qin Yun extracted their martial souls and cultivation essence (Dao Pills)!

"You won’t be able to see Meng Shu even if you go looking for her now. Besides, she’s in Tianjiao City, and you can’t enter, can you?" Qin Yun said.

"I... I heard she was in Tianjiao City and wanted to find her!" Gong Feiyan said with reverence in her eyes, looking at Qin Yun in a hushed voice. "Grand Master, the gift our Gong family prepared for Meng Shu is three Emperor Source Stones!"

As she spoke, she took out the three Emperor Source Stones.

"Could you deliver them to Meng Shu for me?"

Qin Yun took them and said, "Alright, I’ll pass them on to her. She’s probably undergoing a trial right now, and even I can’t see her for the time being."

He glanced at the corpses of Du Kexuan and Fang Fengbao and added, "Those two must have failed their trials and left Tianjiao City early, which is why you ran into them."

Gong Feiyan whispered, "This was all my carelessness."

"Your cultivation level is too low. No amount of caution would’ve helped against them. Just be more careful in the future," Qin Yun said.

Gong Feiyan’s eyes shimmered as she gazed at Qin Yun and said softly, "Grand Master, I originally mistook you for a servant and spoke harshly to you. Please forgive me!"

Qin Yun smiled. "Even if I really were a servant, you could look down on me, but you shouldn’t bully others like that. That’s basic human decency."

"I’ll remember that. I swear I’ll never treat anyone like that again!" Gong Feiyan quickly nodded. She had just been on the verge of being humiliated because of her weakness.

"Meng Shu’s trial will take some time. I’ll see you home. Are you returning to the Qianfeng Sect or your Gong family?" Qin Yun asked.

"Ah... I can go back on my own. I couldn’t possibly trouble the Grand Master!" Gong Feiyan was slightly startled and quickly replied.

"That won’t do. If something happens to you, Meng Shu would never forgive me," Qin Yun said with a laugh.

"You’re so good to Meng Shu!" Gong Feiyan said with a hint of envy. "Alright, you can just take me back to Hundred Towers City. Our Gong family is there."

"Good!" Qin Yun nodded.

A healing talisman clung to her as Gong Feiyan’s injuries gradually recovered. She and Qin Yun flew through the sky toward Hundred Towers City.

"Grand Master, our Gong family mainly deals in monster materials. You probably need them for forging artifacts and crafting talismans, right?" Gong Feiyan asked.

"Does your Gong family have any high-quality materials?" Qin Yun asked with a smile. "The materials I need must at least be King-Grade."

"King-Grade materials... I... I don’t really know about that," Gong Feiyan said. "But I’ve heard that in our Gong family, there’s an ancestral beast horn passed down through generations. It’s indestructible—not even immortal weapons can shatter it!"