Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 870 - 199: Sudden Upheaval

Liu Yi sized up Wang Qi, clicking his tongue in amazement: "Wang Qi, you... you, it's been more than a year since we last met, and you've already acquired such skills?"

The last time he met Wang Qi was during the battle in the Divine Capital over a year ago. He remembered that back then, although Wang Qi could handle cultivators at the Divine Separation Stage, he was relying on the Heart Demon Curse Power of the Divine Capital. Moreover, even a typical Divine Separation Stage cultivator posed a serious threat to Wang Qi.

But now, it seemed like the Divine Separation Stage didn't pose any threat to him—Liu Yi had just arrived here, and based on the combat marks left at the scene, he deduced the general outcome of the battle. The Sword Cultivator of the Divine Separation Stage was effortlessly subdued by Wang Qi, without any ability to fight back.

This progress is astonishing enough.

A typical Golden Core Cultivator can barely fight against an Ancient Method Nascent Soul. If they encounter an Ancient Method of Divinity Splitting, they're as good as dead.

By this calculation, Wang Qi's strength...

Wang Qi was also sizing up Liu Yi: "Mr. Liu, speaking of which, what exactly is your identity? It seems like you're involved every time something related to a Banished Immortal happens."

In fact, Wang Qi and this Primordial Spirit Master from the Dark Department were connected. When Wang Qi had just established his Foundation, the Hongyuan Sect Witch he captured was taken away by this guy. Later, during the battle in the Divine Capital, he also helped Wang Qi deal with loose ends.

However, this should be a normal phenomenon. A secretive organization not only maintains secrecy externally but also internally. Ideally, only the person in charge should know about a mission, and it shouldn't involve too many handlers.

——Moreover, as Feng Luoyi thought, this involves Wang Qi, the Modern genius, so the fewer people who know, the better.

This seemingly simple-minded fat man somewhat understood this point, waving his hand: "Hey, hey, how can I compare to you? I'm just someone with no talent, hence always busy."

"After all, I'm a brick of the Immortal Alliance, moving wherever needed," Wang Qi quipped.

Liu Yi nodded vigorously: "You're right, that's music to my ears, Old Liu."

Leading Wang Qi over to another Grandmaster, Liu Yi asked, "Wang Qi, tell me, what is the state of this Banished Immortal now?"

There were three Grandmasters who entered the Ten Thousand Great Mountains this time. Among them, Liu Yi, already at the Late-Stage Primordial Spirit, was the leader. While Liu Yi and Wang Qi were exchanging pleasantries, another Grandmaster from Tianling Ridge and one from the Guiyi Alliance cautiously observed the shivering Banished Immortal and Lian Yichen lying on the ground.

"Deeply infected by the Heart Demon Curse, then... Divine Plague Curse Technique, Dao Heart on the verge of collapse."

Upon hearing the words "Heart Demon Curse," the Tianling Ridge Grandmaster couldn't help but shiver, and when they heard about the Divine Plague Curse Technique, even Liu Yi exclaimed.

Gosh... this kid... what kind of Golden Core is he...

As members of the mysterious "Dark Department," they naturally knew what the most lethal spells currently are in Shenzhou.

Whether it's the Heart Demon Curse or the Divine Plague Curse Technique, both are extremely special spells. Any one of them can enable an ordinary mortal to kill a cultivator beyond their level.

While marveling at Wang Qi, they couldn't help but feel sorry for the two fellows lying on the ground.

Both the Heart Demon Curse and the Divine Plague Curse Technique are irreversible spells. Even the Anti-Demon Spell developed by Wang Qi only neutralizes the effects of the Heart Demon Curse, without completely eradicating it. The Divine Plague Curse Technique is similar. Once afflicted, the person is basically ruined.

"Be careful." After exchanging glances, the two Grandmasters employed various methods to take out containers made of Absolute Spirit Silk. This material, refined through special techniques, has highly stable Spiritual Power, making it difficult to imbue with any Mana, and even Spiritual Power fluctuations have difficulty passing through it. If not for its excessively fragile nature and inability to be protected by Mana, it would serve as a good defensive material. However, the Absolute Spirit Material is so fragile that even mortals can destroy it, making it impervious to the spell itself, but unable to withstand spell-induced wind pressure or high temperatures.

It's a good choice for isolating the Heart Demon Curse.

As the two Grandmasters carefully approached Mei Gemu, Liu Yi pulled Wang Qi back to a distance of fifty zhang, saying, "Maintain this distance."

Wang Qi asked, "Why is that?"

"Just in case," Liu Yi explained. "After all, the other party is a Banished Immortal. Keeping this distance, even if he acts violently, we will have enough time to respond."

"I really don't think he can violently act..." Wang Qi glanced at Mei Gemu: "Does he even know what one plus one equals right now?"

"One plus one equals..." Liu Yi chuckled: "Speaking of which, how many of us here actually know what one plus one equals?"

Wang Qi questioned, "Why do you say that, Brother Liu?"

"You don't know, our Wanfa Sect has recently been caught in a storm of bloodshed. They say the dispute arose over the question of what one plus one equals..."

Working in the Dark Department, Liu Yi was much more sensitive to certain matters than ordinary people. At the same time, as a Primordial Spirit Stage cultivator of the Wanfa Sect, he was also somewhat aware of the debate. Listening to him, Wang Qi gained a bit more understanding of the Wanfa Sect, far in the distance.

——It seems they're having a hard time accepting it all at once...

——Should I force them to accept it, or just let things take their course?

On the eve of entering the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, Wang Qi was pondering this issue.

Just then, he suddenly heard two exclamations: "Let go!" "Damn it... let go!"

Mei Gemu now only felt as if a hand had plunged into his brain, desperately stirring his brain matter, occasionally grabbing a handful from it. His memories were violently stirred by this force, unable to maintain a fixed form.

Past memories were mercilessly turned up. Consciousness from different times was mixed together. He couldn't discern what was happening now and what was a past memory. Among so many thoughts, which were current feelings, and which were past impressions.

At this moment, he didn't know what was happiness, what was anger, nor could he completely perceive the crisis of life and death.

The Divine Plague Curse Technique had already destroyed "Mei Gemu's" self-awareness.

The personality that belonged to "Mei Gemu" was torn apart in this moment.

Then, "It" appeared.

Like a painted skin being torn off, "It" finally appeared.

The Banished Immortals, such beings, only have a superficial personality as a disguise. In truth, lurking beneath their conscious mind is a magnificent entity.

When Wang Qi shredded the "surface," the deeper consciousness emerged.

Then "It" realized.

If no action is taken, death is certain.

This last bit of clarity was actually the final "benefit" bestowed by the essence of an Immortal.

This is akin to a computer operating on a hard drive, where the first step is to read the hard drive; the larger the hard drive, the longer it will take to read it. Assuming there is an infinitely large hard drive, the computer would simply crash, unable to read it at all. The essence of the Immortal Remnant Soul is so advanced that the Divine Plague Curse Technique cannot "read" or infect it immediately.

However, dragging on a little longer, "Its" thoughts would be ripped apart just like "Mei Gemu's" personality by the Divine Plague Curse Technique.

"Its" residual consciousness concentrated in the eyes. Then, "It" saw two beings approaching.

Relying on the combat awareness of an Immortal level, this dying remnant body, at the most precise moment, extended its hands to grasp the wrists of the two Primordial Spirit Masters.

With a sudden unforeseen change, the response of the two Primordial Spirit Masters was by no means slow. They almost simultaneously shouted: "Let go!" "What... let go!"

But how could the will of an Immortal be resisted by them?

"Life and Death Conversion, Heaven and Earth Transformation Tribulation Technique!"

The Heaven and Earth Transformation Tribulation Technique is a most peculiar technique of escaping tribulations. It was developed to allow Immortals to safely survive the "Infinite Tribulations"—the reason for this tribulation forming is due to Immortals plundering Spiritual Energy from a planet, causing the planetary Spiritual Power cycle to collapse instantaneously, transforming into a violent tribulation, pouring into the Immortal who consumed the world's resources.

This is also a kind of Heavenly Tribulation, triggered by an abrupt imbalance in the external and internal Spiritual Power environment.

The Heaven and Earth Transformation Tribulation Technique exists precisely to counter such situations.

In that instant, "It" combined its own internal cycle with that of the two Primordial Spirit Masters through the secret technique of "Life and Death Conversion," and then using the tribulation transformation method, poured the alienated part within itself into these two Primordial Spirit Masters.

"What..."

Liu Yi and Wang Qi never expected such a complication. However, both of their reactions were extremely quick. Wang Qi swung out a sword, with a purple Sword Light powerful enough to level mountains, and Liu Yi's actions were even more exaggerated. He activated the Xiangyu Heavenly Position Technique, causing the surrounding space to exhibit various peculiar properties, with directions losing their fixed nature, and distances between any two points suddenly becoming elusive.

What he first aimed to do was not to harm the enemy, but to trap them.

Oddly, though, Wang Qi's sword missed, and Liu Yi's perception also lost track of Mei Gemu's whereabouts.

"This is bad!" Liu Yi withdrew his Divine Skills. At this time, the two Primordial Spirit Masters were already overwhelmed, collapsing to the ground, both hands forming hand mnemonics, chanting the Heart Clarity Spell to resist the invading Heart Demon.

"No way... what did he just do?"

Wang Qi approached the two Primordial Spirit Masters in astonishment, vaguely guessing that their state was related to his Divine Plague Curse Technique. He intended to split a strand of consciousness into the bodies of the two. Unexpectedly, as his Mana entered their bodies, it was completely shredded, leaving no shred of opportunity.

"Master Liu! I can't probe into their bodies! Quickly, help me!"

Liu Yi was searching for the enemy's whereabouts. Hearing Wang Qi's words, he immediately leapt to Wang Qi's side, supporting Wang Qi's arm, helping him inject a stream of Mana into the two Masters' bodies. Meanwhile, he quickly said, "Next, I'll pursue the enemy, leave these two to you!"