<h4>Chapter 730: Subduing All Sides With One Finger (2)</h4>
<i>An array? If it were an array formed by six Archimmortals, it might be worth looking at...</i> Wu Yuan''s gaze was calm. His Soul Will swept over, faintly perceiving the six High Immortals inside, as well as the many Earth Immortals and Earth Deities.
Again, he jabbed a finger out.
This finger, like a spear or a sword, swept across heaven and earth, directly piercing this array that could withstand an ordinary Archimmortal''s strike. But as if by coincidence, this finger did not strike any of the High Immortals.
The array began to copse, revealing the figures of the six High Immortals and the many Earth Immortals and Earth Deities, who looked on in stark horror.
Their array had actually been destroyed in a single strike?
The two sides werepletely on different levels.
<i>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! </i>Six arms suddenly extended from Wu Yuan''s body, their movements surpassing the speed of light. Gigantic hands flew out like dark clouds, instantly grabbing the six High Immortals.
A restrictive force rendered the six High Immortalspletely immobile, preventing them from even speaking.
Utter silence descended!
"This?"
"How terrifying." Nie Qing and the other High Immortals and High Deities from the six great immortal sects looked incredulously at the scene.
An Earth Deity hadpletely suppressed the entire Skyfeather Immortal Sect''s group with as much ease as flipping a palm. What kind of strength was this?
Most of them were beginning to doubt whether this was really an Earth Deity. Was he not an Archdeity?
"Now, can you tell me more about this azure and what you know about Astral Monarch Wan Lei?" Wu Yuan calmly looked at the purple-robed High Immortal. "Hand over the information and I won''t kill you. Otherwise, don''t me me for turning hostile.
Transmit it to me. If there''s even a hint of a lie, you will also die!"
Suppressing a group of High Immortals and High Deities with a flip of his palm was, in Wu Yuan''s view, perfectly normal.
Even without employing the Saint Prohibition Art, Wu Yuan''s body refiner self might appear to be a second-stage Earth Eldritch, yet could unleash strength at the threshold of the Archimmortal level.
If he were to go all out and employ the Saint Prohibition Art, Wu Yuan wouldn''t fear a head-on sh with a fifth or sixth-stage Archimmortal.
The six High Immortals of the Skyfeather Immortal Sect had lost all will to fight.
"Sir, this azure is indeed the Astral Monarch''s treasure trove. As long as one passes through the sea of lightning, one can enter the interior of the..." That purple-robed High Immortal quickly transmitted what he knew to Wu Yuan, too terrified to put up any resistance.
Although this was only his mana body, its death would still be a great loss to him. Moreover, this information wasn''t particrly precious.
Wu Yuan listened, nodding slightly.
The information could be summarized as such: first, one had to cross the sea of lightning; second, there were still some threats inside the, and one could obtain the Astral Monarch''s treasures after passing through them.
The treasures varied. Historically, this azure star had manifested several times, each appearancesting for a period of time before disappearing.
"You. Tell me what you know," Wu Yuan''s gaze fell on another High Immortal.
Under the pressure of his aura, these High Immortals couldn''t transmit messages to one another.
Of course, their true selves were all in the outside world, and they might be able to transmit messages to each other. This was something Wu Yuan couldn''t prevent.
In no time, he interrogated all six High Immortals of the Skyfeather Immortal Sect one by one, obtaining six information reports.
"You, tell me what you know as well," Wu Yuan''s gaze was cold as he turned to the Phoenix Immortal Sect''s group in the distance.
Immediately, the group of High Immortals from the Phoenix Immortal Sect felt chills down their spines. The leading High Immortal quickly chose to hand over the information to ensure his safety.
"Your turn." Wu Yuan looked towards another group.
He collected intelligence reports from all six groups, cross-referencing them with each other, minimizing the chances of falsehood or error.
...
Outside the Thunder Marsh World, in a vast expanse of outer space, six figures emanating powerful auras red furiously at the scene projected on a massive light screen before them.
The projection showed Wu Yuan dominating the six major immortal sect teams with sheer force in the Core Region of the Thunder Marsh World, forcing them to cough up information on the treasure trove.
"Could it be Shadow de, the disciple of the Autumn Lake Hall?" an Archimmortal in fiery red robes asked, looking towards the Archimmortal in azure robes.
"Absolutely not. Shadow de was merely at the Shambh phase back then. It''s impossible for him to acquire Archimmortal-level strength in just a few hundred years," the azure-robed Archimmortal replied coldly. "It''s more likely some High Deity disguised as an Earth Deity. His vital aura is at the High Deity level."
"Indeed. He must be courting death. Where did hee from?"
"How dare he provoke our six major immortal sects." These Archimmortals spoke in turn, all quite enraged.
Each of the six Archimmortals hailed from a different major immortal sect. Upon learning of the emergence of the Astral Monarch''s treasure trove, they had all gathered here, firstly to guard the Thunder Marsh World against any intruders, and secondly to respond quickly to unforeseen circumstances.
Although Wu Yuan''s strength shocked them, it hadn''t reached the point of making them fearful or wary. After all, each of the six major immortal sects had an Astral Lord presiding over them.
"Such arrogance."
"He''ll have toe out eventually."
"He probably snuck in earlier when we weren''t paying attention." The six Archimmortals had many spections.
For now, they could only sit and wait.
...
<i>The Core Region of the Thunder Marsh World.</i>
The six groups,prising over a thousand Earth Immortals and Earth Deities, and dozens of High Immortals and High Deities, all stood in silent fear, staring at the figure with a saber on his back.
Too domineering. One man had suppressed all six groups, and no one dared to resist.
"The intelligence is urate," Wu Yuan swiftly cross-referenced all the information from the six major immortal sects, finding no errors.
With a wave, he released all six captured High Immortals, tossing them to the side.
Barring special circumstances, Wu Yuan couldn’t be bothered to shed blood. Moreover, they were only mana bodies; killing them would have little effect and only breed enmity.
<i>However! </i>Wu Yuan''s gaze shifted,nding on High Immortal Nie Qing in the distance. Nie Qing''s heart instantly shuddered, his vignce raised to the highest level.
<i>Karma? </i>Wu Yuan could clearly sense a thread of karma between himself and this High Immortal, who seemed to be the strongest among those present in his perception. It appeared to be one of enmity.
Without a doubt, this group was from the Longstar Immortal Sect, and the other party was most likely the father of Nie Le, whom he had killed years ago.
Karmic threads! High Immortal Nie Qing couldn''t sense them. But Wu Yuan, having made some progress in the karmic secret art, could perceive them clearly at close range.
<i>However, the karma doesn''t seem that deep.</i> Wu Yuan also felt a bit puzzled. <i>It seems he doesn''t harbor such great hatred towards me.</i>
Either the other party didn''t care much for this son, or he had given up on revenge.
<i>Forget it then! </i>Wu Yuan''s thoughts shifted. If the karma had been deep and the resentment strong, he wouldn''t have minded destroying Nie Qing''s mana body.
But since the karma seemed shallow, there was no need to deepen it further.
<i>Boom! </i>Wu Yuan took a step forward, directly plunging into the sea of lightning that spread across tens of thousands of li in the center of the wilderness.
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<i>Boom! Boom! Boom! </i>As soon as he entered, the entire lightning sea seemed to boil. Countless bolts of lightning erupted, striking Wu Yuan like lightning dragons.
This scene left the numerous High Immortals and High Deities from various immortal sects dumbfounded, even shocking the six Archimmortals standing guard outside the Thunder Marsh World. They had never seen such a sight before.
"Even an Archimmortal probably couldn''t withstand these lightning bolts," a High Immortal muttered in a low voice.
The next scene astounded them even more. Wu Yuan walked amidst the all-epassing lightning, engulfed by the thunderbolts. But, despite the entire lightning sea''s upheaval, Wu Yuan strolled through as if taking a leisurely walk, each step covering thousands of li, seemingly ignoring theyers of lightning obstructing him.
"This?"
"How is this possible? How is hepletely ignoring it?"
"It doesn''t look like he''s forcibly enduring it either." Everyone watched in amazement. From what they knew, even High Deities wouldn''t dare forcibly endure the lightning when attempting to pass through.
<i>Rumble!</i> The lightning sea grew increasingly violent, bombarding Wu Yuan. Yet he remained unperturbed The lightning strikes could barely make him budge at all.
<i>Under the influence of Creation True Intent, these lightning attacks seem to bepletely dissolved, unable to affect me in the slightest. </i>Wu Yuan thought to himself.
He noticed something unusual. ording to the recently gathered intelligence, Earth Deities or Earth Immortals barely caused any disturbance when passing through the sea of lightning. Yet when it came to him, it was this violent?
Nine thousand li, ten thousand li, twelve thousand li...
The entire lightning sea had a diameter of tens of thousands of li, but one only needed to traverse just over ten thousand li to reach the entrance on the surface of the azure.
<i>Whoosh!</i> Wu Yuan entered a cave mouth,pletely disappearing from sight.
"He''s entered it just like that?"
"Too terrifying."
"He''s probably not an Earth Deity. How could the lightning attacks triggered by an Earth Deity be so violent?" The High Immortals and High Deities from the six major immortal sects werepletely shocked.
"Well, that''s good."
"With this mysterious powerhouse breaking through, the difficulty of crossing the lightning sea has decreased. It will be much easier for us to get through now."
"Is he really just a High Deity?"
"If he''s a High Deity with such terrifying strength, we should have heard of him. He''s likely a peerless genius from some great faction in the immortal world." The six Archimmortals standing guard outside felt somewhat uneasy.
Judging from the disturbance in the lightning sea alone, the power Wu Yuan disyed was probably not much weaker than their own, naturally rming them.
...
Wu Yuan was unaware and unconcerned about the various reactions outside.
He was now making his way through the, which appeared to span only ten thousand li from the outside but actually contained a vast world within.
He walked through a pitch-ck metal corridor. The passage was a thousand li wide, with a depth that seemed immeasurable.
An intangible yet overwhelming force nketed the entire corridor, pressing down like the weight of an immense world resting squarely on Wu Yuan''s shoulders. Each step feltborious, slowing his movements to a crawl.
As he proceeded, attacks would asionally descend, sometimes physical assaults like lightning bolts, sometimes soul attacks, and asionally array traps.
But having just obtained intelligence from the six major immortal sects and possessing formidable strength himself, Wu Yuan simply charged straight through. Nothing could trap him.
After just one hour, he finally saw a glimmer of light while millions of li deep into the corridor. He didn''t hesitate much, heading straight for it.
What greeted Wu Yuan''s eyes was a rather vast temple. The temple didn''t seem too dpidated; rows of divine pirs stood tall, seemingly forged from divine gold, with a radiance that seemed on the verge of bursting forth, speaking of its past power and antiquity. Only the floor was covered in dust, sealed away for who knew how long.
<i>This temple?</i> A hint of confusion shed in Wu Yuan''s eyes. This was not mentioned in the intelligence. It seemed the six major immortal sects had never reached this ce before.
Suddenly, Wu Yuan froze, his gaze no longer moving.
At the end of the temple, on a huge jade tform,y a silver humanoid figure about a hundred zhangs long. Its entire body was encased in silver battle armor which looked brand new, and it had lifelike hands, feet, skin, and facial features. Most importantly, strands of lightning immortal energy swirled around the armor, undiminished even after countless eons.
A powerful aura emanated from the humanoid figure, far surpassing that of Archimmortals and Archdeities. It looked like a super powerhouse who had fallen into a deep slumber.
Wu Yuan''s pupils contracted slightly. <i>Astral Monarch?</i>
But a momentter, with his acutely keen perception, he sensed an incredibly faint aura of death.
<i>Dead?</i> Wu Yuan realized inwardly. <i>A deceased Astral Monarch?</i>