I Am Immortal in Great Yu

Chapter 244: Chapter 98: Immortal Hero_3

”In that case, I’ll just call out the names!”

Fang Rui hesitated for a moment. ”Old Gou, Bajin, you’re with me!”

”Chief, I’ve made up my mind. I’ll go,” Li Dadan cut in.

Unable to bear Li Dadan’s pitiful, pleading gaze, Fang Rui closed his eyes. ”Fine, fine, have it your way. Bajin, you stay behind. Li Dadan will take your place.”

”Sigh!”

Xun Buhe, watching from the side, shook his head and let out a sigh.

”Li Dadan, don’t do anything stupid. When you get back, I’ll buy you a drink.” Even a sharp guy like Niu Bajin could tell something was off.

The man who usually loved to argue with Li Dadan, his dear old rival, was quiet today, offering a rare, conciliatory remark.

”Alright, Niu Bajin, I’ll be waiting for it then.” Li Dadan punched Niu Bajin on the shoulder before striding away after Fang Rui.

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Arriving at Nanshan, they found the entire periphery had been locked down by Armored Soldiers in full gear.

Fang Rui presented his Silver Seal as a Silver Seal Chief Constable. Only after his identity was confirmed was he allowed to pass.

He led the two Chief Constables, Xun Buhe and Li Dadan, deep into the area, guided by the Armored Soldiers.

They reached a clearing outside Nanshan Garden, where a massive crowd had already gathered.

There was Zhou Changfa, the Director of the Divine Capture Bureau; Sun Shouchai, the bureau’s Spirit Master; Fourth Grade Jade Seal Divine Hunters; Fifth Grade Golden Seal Renowned Hunters; Sixth Grade Silver Seal Chief Constables; and the Seventh Grade Chief Constables each of them had brought along.

You could say that nearly all of the Divine Capture Bureau’s elite forces were present.

Oh, and there was a familiar face—Ge Changgeng. Zhou Changfa had probably invited him to lend a hand.

Aside from them, there were the members of the Zheng Family.

As for how to tell the Zheng Family members apart?

It was simple.

Like Zheng Jingkai, most of the Zheng Family Martial Artists carried the exact same air of superiority. You could feel it from a mile away.

Ge Changgeng nodded to him from a distance.

After returning the gesture, Fang Rui went over and joined the circle of Silver Seal Chief Constables from the Divine Capture Bureau. Many greeted him, and he politely responded to each one.

As a rising star in everyone’s eyes, Fang Rui wasn’t arrogant and knew how to be approachable, so he was on good terms with many of the Silver Seal Chief Constables.

—Oh, but four of the twelve Silver Seal Chief Constables were from the Zheng Family. Those four weren’t in the same circle and didn’t mingle with the others, so they didn’t count.

These Silver Seal Chief Constables were currently exchanging information.

”I heard this whole mess is because the Zheng Family’s old ancestor failed his breakthrough to the Second Grade and underwent a corpse transformation,” one Silver Seal Chief Constable said.

”It’s not that simple.”

Another Silver Seal Chief Constable chimed in, ”See that? It’s called a Burial Flower. It can only form when the True Essence of a Martial Artist at the Second Grade or higher mixes with extreme resentment... And a Burial Flower that big... get it?”

”Obviously, there’s something fishy going on! Who knows what the Zheng Family did to incur such wrath?”

”Hey, don’t say that. There are plenty of Zheng Family members here! Let’s talk about something else. I heard that the Divine Capture Bureau’s ultimate Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword,’ has been brought out for this!”

”And that’s not all. I heard the Zheng Family brought out their ’Great Sun True Yang Array’ too...”

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Everyone present had their own sources of information; in fact, many of these tidbits had been leaked from the mouths of the Golden Seal Renowned Hunters.

Of course, these were only fragments. The Golden Seal Renowned Hunters definitely wouldn’t dare speak recklessly about taboo subjects like ’Demigod Medicine’ or the ’truth of Spirit Medicine cultivation’.

’So that’s how it is. No wonder...’

Hearing all this and connecting it with what he already knew, Fang Rui had basically pieced together the truth. ’So, the reason for capturing so many of the Qualified was to supply the Zheng Family’s ancestor for his breakthrough?!’

’And looking at this scene, the mess the Zheng Family made is huge. Are they dragging our Divine Capture Bureau in to clean it up for them?’

’The Secret Treasure, ’Martial Extreme Sword’? The ’Great Sun True Yang Array’? What are these things? A Secret Treasure, an Array...’

Fang Rui listened with great interest. He had a strong intuition that he was about to get a glimpse of the Great Yu’s hidden power.

’And as for the thing we have to deal with this time...’

His expression grew solemn as he looked toward Nanshan Garden.

There, he saw:

A colossal, black-green flower floated high in the air, so massive it seemed to connect heaven and earth. After a night of festering, it had doubled in size, shrouding the entire Nanshan Garden in a hazy, gray light.

From that giant black-green flower, smaller, infant-fist-sized versions of it drifted down like a goddess scattering petals.

Though the scene looked utterly beautiful, Fang Rui’s keen senses detected an extreme evil within it, and... a great terror!

”All Chief Constables of the Divine Capture Bureau, hear my order! Assemble!”

At that moment, Zhou Changfa suddenly let out a great shout, calling his forces together.

The members of the Divine Capture Bureau immediately stopped their discussions and gathered toward him. The Jade Seal Divine Hunters formed the front, the Golden Seal Renowned Hunters the middle, and the Silver Seal Chief Constables the rear, arranging themselves into a square formation.

As for the Seventh Grade Chief Constables?

They had already been led to assemble elsewhere, apparently with different orders.

”Fellow Chief Constables, please affix your seals to the official petition to use the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword’.”

Sun Shouchai passed by with the petition, having the Jade Seal Divine Hunters, Golden Seal Renowned Hunters, and Silver Seal Chief Constables press their seals on it one by one, while also distributing Array Base Jade Talismans.

Afterward, Zhou Changfa finally spoke. ”I won’t say much more about the situation. In short, our objective is to eliminate that enormous Burial Flower behind us.”

”At the peak of the noon hour, Spirit Master Sun will summon the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword,’ and Daoist Ge will preside over the ’Great Sun True Yang Array.’ All you need to do is follow orders and inject your Power into the Array Base Jade Talismans...”

’So, I was brought here just to be a Jinchuriki?’ Fang Rui thought to himself, fiddling with the Array Base Jade Talisman in his hand.

Not long after.

The peak of the noon hour arrived, and the sunlight was scorching—it was the time of day when the Yang Qi was most abundant.

”Let’s begin!”

With a solemn expression, Zhou Changfa took out a redwood box. He slapped it, and a surge of True Qi made it hover in mid-air. ”Spirit Master Sun, do it!”

”Alright!”

Sun Shouchai took out the official petition, which bore the seals of the entire Divine Capture Bureau. With a flick of his Wooden Sword, the petition ignited without a breeze as he roared, ”I beseech the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword’!”

”ROOOAR!”

A dragon’s cry seemed to echo from the void as the burning petition transformed into a red light and shot into the redwood box.

CRACK! CRACKLE!

The redwood box, made of some unknown material, shattered into pieces. A brilliant white light burst forth, revealing a three-foot-long Light Saber whose form was difficult to make out. Its sheer sharpness was so intense that even the Middle Grade Martial Artists standing in the rear felt a stinging sensation on their skin.

’So this is the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword’?’

As the strongest person present, Fang Rui could feel the terror of this treasure even more keenly. ’It’s not just sharp, it also has a God Suppressing effect. It feels like it’s even slowing down my thoughts... What a powerful treasure!’

”Martial Extreme Sword, activate!”

Zhou Changfa pressed his hands down. A surge of True Qi flowed through the air and into the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword.’ It began to hum and tremble, its silvery-white light growing even more dazzling as the feeling of extreme sharpness intensified.

”Daoist Ge, you’re up!” he shouted.

”Right!”

Ge Changgeng waved his sleeve. ”Fellow Chief Constables, and the Zheng Family Martial Artists over there, please activate your Array Base Jade Talismans now!”

As soon as he spoke, the Jade Seal Divine Hunters, Golden Seal Renowned Hunters, Silver Seal Chief Constables below, and the Zheng Family Martial Artists on the other side all began to act in unison.

Fang Rui also cooperated, transforming his True Qi into Bright Force and injecting it into his Array Base Jade Talisman.

VMMMM!

One by one, the Array Base Jade Talismans lit up like stars. Using them as nodes, lines of golden light connected and intertwined, rising into the sky to form a massive hexagram pattern.

At this moment, the great sun in the sky seemed to brighten instantly, sending out ripples like waves in water.

”Come!”

Holding the Array Jade Disc, Ge Changgeng suddenly beckoned with his hand, drawing down the endless radiance of the great sun. It transformed into a torrent of crimson energy that streaked across the sky and slammed into the Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword.’

VMMMM!

The Secret Treasure, the ’Martial Extreme Sword,’ began to vibrate even more rapidly. In that instant, one sword split into three, three into nine, nine into twenty-seven... creating countless illusory, golden-red light sabers.

”Go!”

Zhou Changfa roared, thrusting his hands forward in a powerful, empty push.

WHOOSH!

The endless, illusory golden-red light sabers, like the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root, formed a torrential flood of the Sword Path that crashed toward the giant Burial Flower high in the sky.

Perhaps as a stress response, the giant, heaven-and-earth-connecting Burial Flower began to slowly rotate. Countless small, black-green, infant-fist-sized flowers drifted down, shimmering with a fluorescent glow. Like the Nether River falling from the Nine Heavens, they rose to meet the torrent of the Sword Path.

In utter silence, the two forces began to annihilate each other in massive swathes, erupting in a light of supreme brilliance. Compared to it, even the light of the great sun seemed to dim.

Below, everyone—whether they were the Jade Seal Divine Hunters, Golden Seal Renowned Hunters, and Silver Seal Chief Constables of the Divine Capture Bureau, or the people from the Zheng Family—was utterly stunned by the sight.

’Holy crap!’

Fang Rui was even more speechless. ’I thought this was supposed to be a martial arts story, but the style suddenly changed to one about immortals!’

Who the hell was he supposed to complain to about this?!

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