Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World Chapter 1135 - 550: The Power of the Child of Destiny, Might of the Human Emperor Sword

"Frozen?"

Witnessing this spectacle, the eerie being was immediately stunned.

It had never foreseen that this human cultivator would decide to freeze the puppets rather than eliminate the other Void Refining Cultivators, a choice that completely surpassed its predictions.

Usually, confronting foes means striking for the kill.

Who could anticipate an adversary concealing a curse, a snare invisible to ordinary eyes?

This very ploy had tricked innumerable human Great Powers back in the Ancient Era.

Yet right now, precisely at this juncture, the scheme fell apart.

Did this fellow detect the curse lurking in these puppets and thus pick this tactic?

But precisely how did this youth perceive it?

Not even the Void Realm Great Powers from the Ancient Era managed to spot it; how could this boy?

Boundless killing intent boiled up inside its core.

It desperately wanted to seize this human cultivator for a soul search, to uncover just what secrets this human held, clearly regarding the boy as a major threat.

Failing to eliminate him right away would spell huge problems down the line.

No, it's already stirring up issues at present.

Whoosh!

The very next instant, a silhouette materialized from the emptiness.

It was a white-robed elder, his face covered in a flowing white beard, resembling a true Immortal, clutching a treasure staff inscribed with arcane motifs, manifesting directly in front of Jiang Fan.

Obviously, it could no longer restrain itself.

Hovering in the air at that moment, it gazed at Jiang Fan and declared: "Why didn’t you kill them? If they don’t die, you won’t pass this test; hurry up and act."

"I won’t kill them."

"Besides, they have lost their combat power and cannot pose any threat to me."

"Isn’t this enough to pass the test?"

Jiang Fan replied.

He hadn't anticipated the foe exposing itself so willingly; he'd figured it would lurk in the shadows.

Still, after biding its time for three years, this eerie being probably believed its strength had built up sufficiently, emboldening it to appear so brazenly.

No, likely more than that.

Drawing from fate's subtle clues, this seemed also like a scheme by the eerie being to draw out the Mansion Spirit.

A strategy serving several purposes at once.

Without grasping this, the plot would have probably worked.

"Rules are rules, no one can change them."

"Since you don’t wish to kill them, your test is a failure."

"You will be utterly erased."

"Don’t blame me, these are the rules of the Cangwu Immortal Mansion."

The white-robed elder intoned menacingly, exuding profound malice and murderous aura.

He gradually stretched out a nearly desiccated hand.

That hand was etched with writhing clusters of black runes.

Terrifying black demonic qi enveloped the void across a thousand miles, as though myriad Celestial Demons were surging from cracks in the void.

This power ravaged the terrain, making countless plants wither swiftly and draining the soil's very life force.

"You are too much."

"Daring to kill the trial taker of my Cangwu Immortal Mansion?"

"And claiming this is the rule of my Cangwu Immortal Mansion?!"

With a thunderous boom, prior to the white-robed elder's move, a different force burst from within him, unleashing dazzling golden light that rent the void.

Golden power clashed explosively with black energy inside, birthing a total void black hole.

Hundreds of kilometers were devastated, scooping out a massive crater in the earth, pure devastation.

The instant after, the white-robed elder split cleanly in half, exposing two distinct forms.

One black silhouette, the eerie being itself.

The other a golden form, the Mansion Spirit of the Cangwu Immortal Mansion.

Their clash had forcibly divided them.

"Haha, you old fool, you finally took action."

"I’ve been waiting these years to see how much power you’ve accumulated."

Far from dismayed, the eerie figure rejoiced at the sight.

Its true goal wasn't slaying the human Void Refining Cultivator, but compelling the Mansion Spirit to unleash its full might.

Sure, this human Void Refining Cultivator presented some risk, but his cultivation base was too low for true danger; the Mansion Spirit was the real worry.

Ever since awakening, it had hidden away, methodically rebuilding strength.

Though convinced the foe's recovery lagged behind its own, it refused to idly observe, opting instead for maneuvers to force out everything the opponent had.

This offered a genuine shot at slaying it and claiming the Cangwu Immortal Mansion.

"You’ve underestimated the Cangwu Immortal Mansion."

"The power of the Immortal Mansion is not something you can covet."

"Die now, Immortal Thunder Punishment!"

The Mansion Spirit bellowed fiercely.

It realized that it had barely regained any of its strength.

Should the fight drag on too long, victory would slip from its grasp entirely.

To counter this, throughout the past three years, it had maintained constant communion with the Immortal Mansion, while also activating the core defensive power of the Cangwu Immortal Mansion—Immortal Thunder Punishment.

This force was crafted expressly to slay any foes daring to breach the Immortal Mansion.

Upon release, it could obliterate even Mahayana Cultivators or common Immortals in an instant.

Even with the Cangwu Immortal Mansion suffering grave damage that had greatly diminished the Immortal Thunder Punishment's potency, it was still more than enough to vanquish this spectral intruder, already battered and on the brink.