"That is right. Killing this Target Island Master and taking his corpse back to the sect will earn great merit. Relying on this merit, I can be promoted to a true disciple!"
The leading "Senior Brother Zhang" smiled coldly, and a trace of magic power emanated from his body!
He was actually an expert of the Divine Ability Realm!
Among these eight Taiyi Sect disciples, Senior Brother Zhang was the only Divine Ability Realm disciple, but he did not use his magic power to fly, still relying on magic treasures. Obviously, his magic power cultivation was not profound enough, and he had not even refined true qi. However, having cultivated divine abilities, he was actually still an inner sect disciple of the Taiyi Sect. This showed how difficult it was to become a true disciple of the Taiyi Sect, and how formidable the strength of the Taiyi Sect was.
"Rumor has it that the Target Island Master has cultivated to the third realm of the Divine Ability sequence, the Gang Qi Realm, flies at extreme speeds, and has practiced the Heavenly Gang Target Breaking Hand, killing people in one strike. Although we have assembled the Eight Trigrams Profound Heaven Array, I am afraid we might not be able to kill him, and might be counter-killed by him."
A disciple said worriedly.
"Rest assured on this point, naturally we will not be the vanguard. The Ever-returning Immortal Island has issued the most severe pursuit order in history against the Forty Great Thieves. The headmaster of the Ever-returning Immortal Island has issued an edict commanding all rogue cultivators on the ocean to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against the Forty Great Thieves." Senior Brother Zhang chuckled: "The thieves ranked fortieth and thirty-ninth were already killed not long ago. Now the aim is squarely on this Target Island Master. It is just that ordinary people cannot find the location of Target Island, but I know it is in this Evil Ghost Gorge. I have secretly notified a little bit to the people of the five-island alliance of Everless Island, Hovering Island, Sea Turtle Island, Spirit Pearl Island, and Rain Flower Island. As soon as they receive the news, they will definitely come to kill him. I think they should arrive in another half an hour."
"The five-island alliance? It is just a small circle of rogue cultivators. What great role can they play? Only that Everless Island Master has some divine abilities." A disciple snorted coldly: "These few rogue cultivators are just those who obtained lucky encounters to step into the Divine Ability Realm, but they will never have the chance to cultivate true qi, because they possess no methods for true qi cultivation at all."
General experts, if they obtained an immortal encounter and cultivated bitterly for decades, could step into the Divine Ability Realm. But without the cultivation methods for the Divine Ability Realm, they could never convert magic power into true qi, and could only spin around in the first realm.
The cultivation methods for the Divine Ability Realm were basically only possessed by the few major sects, or in ancient recorded texts.
The Target Island Master had previously cultivated in the Heavenly Absolute Sect of the demonic sects, so he was able to refine gang qi.
"Everless Island has been making a lot of noise recently. This time they even invited disciples of the Yuhua Sect! Moreover, he has pulled strings and sent his son into the Yuhua Sect to become an inner sect disciple. The overseas rogue cultivators in this area do not easily dare to offend him." Senior Brother Zhang licked his lips: "I have already learned that some disciples of the Yuhua Sect are currently guests at Everless Island. Hearing that the Target Island Master is in the Evil Ghost Gorge, they will definitely come. Let them lead the vanguard and fight a life-and-death struggle with Target Island, and then we will step in to kill. Using others' strength to strike."
"Correct! What Senior Brother Zhang said is exactly right. We can also pay attention to the Yuhua Sect disciples to see exactly what their situation is. The Yuhua Sect has had talents emerging continuously recently, and has gradually threatened our Taiyi Sect's status. If this continues, it will be highly detrimental to our Taiyi Sect's plan of establishing the grand cause of the Immortal Dao and using merit to pacify the Immortal Dao of the world. This time we came out to travel, didn't Master specifically instruct us to pay close attention to the Yuhua Sect?" a disciple said calmly.
"Pacifying the Immortal Dao of the world with merit, this is the great endeavor decided upon by the Supreme Headmaster and numerous Immortal Venerables. Today, the cultivators of the world are a mix of dragons and fishes, placing power above all else, thereby producing many arrogant lunatics. We must give the cultivators of the world a set of rules and laws to bind them. Once they violate the laws, a tribulation will immediately descend. This is carrying out the Way on behalf of Heaven." Another disciple made a solemn pledge: "By accomplishing this immortal endeavor unprecedented in all eternity, our Taiyi Sect will truly govern the Immortal Dao and command the myriad immortals, becoming the Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Court!"
"This is the common goal of our Taiyi Sect disciples. Junior brothers, let us encourage each other."
Senior Brother Zhang looked grave: "Let us not enter the Evil Ghost Gorge first, and wait for that five-island alliance and the Yuhua Sect disciples to come. Let's go and hide. I have a Heaven-evading Treasure Talisman here! It is a treasure artifact, bestowed upon me by Master before I left. As long as it is activated, experts below the fifth Heaven-Man Realm of the Divine Ability sequence will find it impossible to discover the slightest trace of us."
While speaking, this Senior Brother Zhang solemnly took out a jade talisman from his bosom. This jade talisman was inlaid with gold, purple gold, green gold, white gold, and black gold, five colors of gold. They were cast into individual talisman scripts and patterns. Powerful magic power emanated from it, and with a wipe, the eight Taiyi Sect disciples completely vanished without a trace.
The power of this spiritual talisman was indeed top tier among treasure artifacts.
After the group hid their bodies, about two to three incense sticks of time passed. Faintly from the horizon came whistles, overlapping human figures, and the whistling of magical winds. It was actually a large group of people flying over jointly. Among them, the more eye-catching one was a golden rainbow! Brilliantly passing through the sky, whistling as it flew at low altitude, the violent wind it caused actually "plowed" a deep trench into the seawater on the ocean surface.
This kind of power possessed at least the galloping strength of hundreds of horses!
This golden rainbow was actually the Ruyi Golden Smoke, a treasure refined by the Panwu Great Strength Divine Ability.
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"This Evil Ghost Gorge is truly too long; it is simply like a maze inside."
By this time, Fang Han, Long Xuan, and the demoness had already entered the "Evil Ghost Gorge." This "Evil Ghost Gorge" was exceedingly deep and secluded. As soon as they flew in, black mist filled the air, and everywhere there were towering reefs, gorges, and roaring ocean waves.
"Hmph! Even though this Target Island Master is as cunning as a ghost, he cannot escape my tracking senses! He used minor demonic methods to set up illusions everywhere, merging with the surrounding mountains, waters, and reefs, and used many magic treasures to cover it up. It can hide from experts below the Heaven-Man Realm, but how can it hide from me?" Yan communicated mentally with Fang Han.
Subsequently, they flew over a hidden reef and seawater whirlpool.
This place was about two to three thousand mu in size, like a small lake. The current in the middle surged, and several iron-like reefs stood tall. Black mist filled the air, water vapor boiled, and the seawater howled, thrilling the soul.
"It is right here. Use your true qi to bombard it violently!"
"Alright!"
Fang Han gathered his true qi completely and pushed out a palm. The green giant log descended from thin air, violently crashing into this seawater reef whirlpool.
Pop pop pop! This strike, however, did not crash into the seawater, but was blocked by an invisible force. Then rings of black mist were blasted apart, and that seawater whirlpool completely vanished. It was actually a small island, and a palace stood tall on the island.
A palace sparkling with jewels and precious breath!
Written on it was, Target Island! Target Divine Palace!