Chapter 433: Chapter 430: The Price of Targeting Mo Qi (7)

The Pig Emperor’s song came so suddenly, catching everyone completely off guard.

"Who is that? Who’s wailing for the dead? And who dares use a Sound Wave Skill to ambush me!"

"It’s not just a sound wave. There’s a Soul Attack mixed in with it!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"This is an expert! My very spirit was shaken!"

The Immortals’ expressions changed. They reacted as if facing a powerful foe, hurriedly shielding their bodies with Immortal Power.

But the Pig Emperor’s song was inescapable. It bypassed all defenses, all barriers, and all Immortal Power, drilling straight into their ears and souls.

Thus, even the numerous Immortal Level experts were affected.

Though it wasn’t enough to make them lose their composure, they all involuntarily clutched their chests, feeling nauseated and extremely unwell.

Inside the Spirit Pool, Huangfu Yu sat cross-legged at the bottom. The moment the pool sealed shut, he eagerly began circulating his Cultivation Technique, opening every pore in his body to greedily absorb the Medicinal Power within.

’Such astonishing Spiritual Energy! Such potent Medicinal Power! It hasn’t even entered my body, but I can already feel the bubbling excitement of an impending breakthrough!’

Huangfu Yu couldn’t suppress his inner joy and anticipation. He spared a moment to open his eyes and look outside the Spirit Pool, his gaze landing on the figure he hated with every fiber of his being.

’Mo Qi, just you wait. By missing out on the Spirit Pool’s cleansing, not only will I close the gap between us, but I’ll leave you far behind in the dust.’

’When the time comes, I’ll show you the meaning of being unable to live yet unable to die! I’ll drain your woman of her Primordial Yin right in front of you!’

’I’ll repay the humiliation and pain you’ve caused me a hundredfold!’

Meanwhile, the disciple from the Xiao Family who had entered the Spirit Pool set his sights on Liu Ruyan.

The Xiao Family Immortal had instructed him that it was better to waste this opportunity and gain nothing than to allow Liu Ruyan to leave with anything. He was to make sure the Liu Family didn’t have an easy time.

A classic case of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.

"Liu Ruyan, as long as I’m here today, you can forget about getting any benefit from this Spirit Pool!" The speaker was a pale-faced young man in a green robe.

His name was Xiao Jie, nephew of the Xiao Family Patriarch Xiao Shan, and Xiao Zhize’s older cousin. His Cultivation was at Vajra Realm Perfection.

He was currently holding a golden Zen Stick, from the top of which hung nine Copper Bells.

JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE!

Xiao Jie gave the Zen Stick a gentle shake, and the nine Copper Bells chimed crisply as they struck one another.

A visible ripple emanated from the Zen Stick, spreading out in all directions.

WHOOSH!

Within a radius of a hundred feet, the Spiritual Power in the Spirit Pool began to churn violently, grinding against itself and emitting an ear-piercing shriek.

In an instant, the Spiritual Power began to roil, becoming utterly berserk.

Under these conditions, it was impossible for Liu Ruyan, who was caught within the effect, to absorb the Spiritual Energy in its chaotic state.

Liu Ruyan frowned slightly. With her Void Realm Cultivation, someone at Xiao Jie’s level of Vajra Realm Perfection was beneath her notice.

But the rules of the Sub-Palace exchange stipulated that participants could not attack or fight one another during the Spirit Pool cleansing.

So, even though she could have dealt with Xiao Jie with a single slap, her hands were tied.

Xiao Jie, on the other hand, was exploiting a loophole.

He wasn’t attacking Liu Ruyan directly, but rather using the power of his Zen Stick to render the Spiritual Energy unabsorbable.

"Petty tricks!" Liu Ruyan snorted. In a flash of movement, she shot out of the hundred-foot radius and put more distance between herself and Xiao Jie with a few more bursts of speed.

Xiao Jie didn’t give chase. He simply shook his head and smiled mockingly. "It’s useless to run."

He shook the Zen Stick again.

JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE!

The Spiritual Power within a hundred-foot radius of Liu Ruyan once again grew chaotic.

"You!" Liu Ruyan was furious. She never expected that Xiao Jie’s Zen Stick could agitate the Spiritual Power from a distance.

’Does that mean I really won’t be able to gain any benefits from the Spirit Pool cleansing?’

Feng Liang of the Feng Family was in a similar predicament.

He had been targeted by a disciple from another faction, one clearly sent by either the Huangfu Family or the Xiao Family.

Just then, a "Demon Sound" traveled from far to near, growing in intensity as it ignored the Defense Array outside the Spirit Pool and seeped inside.

"I’m a little, little, little, little pig~ No matter how much I eat, I never get fat~"

Just as Huangfu Yu began to guide the dense Spiritual Power through his pores and into his meridians, preparing to merge it with his flesh and blood to strengthen his body, the "touching" melody drifted into his ears.

Urk...

The Cultivation Technique, only halfway through its cycle, snapped like a taut string and recoiled violently.

The once-orderly Spiritual Power, suddenly free from the constraints of the Cultivation Technique, erupted into chaos inside Huangfu Yu’s body.

BOOM! CRACK!

It was as if a small explosion had gone off in every single one of Huangfu Yu’s pores. In an instant, flesh spattered and bones and sinews snapped.

SPLAT—

He sprayed a mouthful of blood mixed with pieces of his internal organs.

He collapsed into the Spirit Pool like a heap of mangled flesh.

Huangfu Yu still hadn’t processed the bizarre and sudden turn of events when agonizing pain finally washed over him.

’What the fuck just happened?!’

’Why did it suddenly turn out like this?!’

Elsewhere, Xiao Jie, Zen Stick in hand, was forcing Liu Ruyan to dart all over the Spirit Pool.

When the "song" arrived, it mingled with the chiming of the bells, creating a resonance that traveled through the sound waves to the nine Copper Bells.

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!

The Copper Bells seemed to suffer a violent impact, and their crisp chimes turned into a deep, sonorous toll.

The next second.

BOOM!

The nine Copper Bells exploded simultaneously, and the entire Zen Stick shattered, unleashing immense power.

SHINK! SHINK! SHINK!

The sound of countless metal fragments tearing through flesh and blood rang out.

One look at Xiao Jie showed his eyes wide with disbelief. His body had been riddled with shrapnel from the exploding Copper Bells and Zen Stick, turning him into a human pincushion.

"I... you... this..."

Xiao Jie felt his Vitality rapidly fading. He wanted to say something, but his thoughts grew sluggish, and his eyelids became unbearably heavy.

Soon, his vision went black, and he knew no more.

Liu Ruyan froze for a moment, then the "song" reached her ears as well.

However, the "song" only struck her as familiar and grating; it didn’t cause her any discomfort.

’The Pig Emperor? Brother Mo must have done this!’ Liu Ruyan recognized the "singer," and the corners of her lips curved into a delighted smile.

As for Feng Liang, he had hoped to use the Spirit Pool’s cleansing to raise his strength as much as possible and close the gap between himself and Mo Qi.

Unfortunately, since he was being targeted, he couldn’t focus on his Cultivation at all.

That is, until the "song" arrived. It was like a gentle breeze that swept away the "dust."

And the person targeting Feng Liang was that very "dust."

One moment he was sneering at Feng Liang for overestimating his abilities; the next, he had collapsed to the ground, clutching his head and twitching uncontrollably.

Feng Liang heard the "Pig Emperor’s" voice and looked around in a daze.

As far as he could see, he and Liu Ruyan were the only ones still standing in the entire Spirit Pool.

"This... is insane!" Feng Liang couldn’t find the words to describe what he was feeling.

He couldn’t fathom how the Pig Emperor had bypassed the Spirit Pool’s Array to transmit his voice inside.

Outside the Spirit Pool, after a brief moment of stunned confusion, the Immortals quickly identified the culprit.

"You damned pig, was this your doing?!"