CHAPTER 297: CHAPTER 274: THE BIG COMPETITION ENDS! DEPARTURE!

Time passed slowly.

Chen Zhixing sat cross-legged amidst the chaotic mist, continuing to comprehend the "Great Tao Furnace Scripture."

Occasionally, other prodigies fled to this area of chaotic mist.

However, Chen Zhixing did not intervene to save them this time.

In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed by in a flash.

At the center of the mini world, on the peak of a mountain.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several figures swooped in from all directions and landed on the mountain peak.

"Have you still not found Chen Zhixing?"

Number Six frowned, glancing over at the other members.

All the members shook their heads slightly.

"Wui Duolong, you were the only one in this Ancient Land Mini World earlier. You didn’t... tell Chen Zhixing, did you?"

Suddenly.

The strange double-faced figure looked at Chen Zhaosheng with a low laugh.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~!

Instantly, all gazes fixed on Chen Zhaosheng.

With a calm expression, Chen Zhaosheng raised his head to look directly at that strange double-faced figure and asked lightly in return:

"Are you suspecting me?"

The strange double-faced man kept his smile: "You could take it that way. Otherwise, why would Chen Zhixing vanish as if he knew in advance we were coming?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhaosheng’s eyes narrowed gradually, and his pupils disappeared.

They were replaced by an ink-like dense black.

"This question shouldn’t be directed at me. Perhaps you should ask yourselves if any of you leaked the information beforehand." Chen Zhaosheng sneered.

"Heh heh..."

The strange double-faced man sneered, "Do you think such a casual sentence can clear your suspicions?"

At this moment.

Their gazes clashed in the air, sparking invisible flames.

Confrontation!

Just as the atmosphere seemed to grow tense.

"Enough."

Number Six frowned, interrupting their conversation.

Then.

Number Six took a deep breath and looked toward the boundless sky.

"Time is almost up. We need to leave."

With those words.

Number Six crushed the ancient talisman in his hand.

Rumble——!

In an instant, a brilliant white vortex slowly appeared on the sky.

"Let’s go."

Number Six stepped forward first, dashing into that vortex.

The other members of the organization also flew up, shooting into the sky.

The strange double-faced figure, before departing, used his right hand’s two fingers to point at his own eyes, then pointed at Chen Zhaosheng with two fingers before letting out a cold laugh.

On the mountain peak, only Chen Zhaosheng remained.

Watching the retreating back of the strange double-faced figure, Chen Zhaosheng’s face was as somber as water.

"That guy..."

"Has he set his sights on me?"

A flash of murderous intent passed through Chen Zhaosheng’s eyes.

Boom!

He stepped forward, likewise dashing into that vortex.

On the sky.

Seven figures were swallowed by the vortex and then disappeared.

The entire Ancient Land Mini World returned to peace.

...

...

Time passed slowly.

In the chaotic mist.

Chen Zhixing once again lost track of time, immersed in the cultivation of the "Great Tao Furnace Scripture."

Gradually, within his Dantian Divine Sea.

The originally embryonic four-legged, two-eared ancient cauldron gradually became solid and clear, finally forming completely!

The ancient cauldron was bronze in color, with countless ancient Divine Pattern Tao Marks carved upon its body, and the Power of Laws shrouded it, while strands of Immortal Radiance Divine Glory burst forth from within, illuminating the heavens.

On the skin at his Dantian position, a palm-sized totem tattoo similarly appeared.

"Is it done?"

Chen Zhixing’s spirit was lifted, a hint of joy flickered in his eyes.

Since the furnace is complete, the next step should be to place the Great Tao Seed within it, allowing them to merge and intertwine, transforming into a new Great Tao uniquely his own?

As Chen Zhixing pondered.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the entire Ancient Land Mini World began to tremble violently.

The sky cracked, and the earth flipped!

Crack! Crack!

Two explosive sounds rang out.

Immediately after, two white beams of light shot out from the sky, penetrating into the earth.

These two beams of light directly aimed at Chen Zhixing and the nearby Peng Nai, piercing through the chaotic mist, then enveloping both Chen Zhixing and Peng Nai.

"Is this... the end of the competition, and it’s time to leave?"

Chen Zhixing looked up, his narrow eyes squinting.

An enlightened look rose in his heart.

...

...

Meanwhile.

Outside the Immortal Suspended Mountain.

"Gentlemen, we three have opened the passageway’s gate; those inside will soon be coming out."

In front of that Immortal Sect door.

Three figures stood with their hands behind their backs, speaking lightly.

These three figures were all shrouded in Immortal Glory, their faces and forms unclear, with only pairs of eyes visible like two brilliant golden suns, too dazzling to stare at directly.

Around them, myriad laws trembled, various visions interwove, and the light of Flying Immortals weaved through them, as if they were not of this Mortal World, but deities descending upon it.

With the arrival of these heaven-piercing figures, the previously noisy Immortal Suspended Mountain suddenly fell into silence.

Even the previously hot-tempered Patriarch Huyan was silent, not daring to show any emotion on his face.

The reason was simple.

Because these three... were the current Masters of the Three Great Immortal Tao Lineages!

Even though these three were merely Outer Body Incarnations rather than their true selves, they were enough to suppress the situation!

Inside that golden carriage.

"Who would have thought that this competition would even alarm those three, who dispatched their Outer Body Incarnations to the Immortal Suspended Mountain."

The black-clad old servant of the Sikong family looked at the three figures steeped in various visions, speaking in awe.

Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage!

They were, after all, legendary Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage!

Even he, though having stepped into Nirvana years ago, could only look up to the Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage.

Sikong Xuanji’s face was just as shocked as the old servant beside him.

It was known that even Immortal Tao Lineages rarely appeared in the Cultivation Realm, dwelling high in the Ninefold Celestial Palace, their appearances as rare as seeing a dragon’s head without its tail.

And those three Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage were only known from ancient legends, having not emerged for over a thousand years.

These three Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage were the only ones currently known to exist in the open, recorded as being in the Great Longevity Realm!

"Patriarch, if Chen Zhixing comes out alive, should we... still take action?"

The black-clad old servant cautiously looked at Sikong Xuanji.

Upon hearing this, Sikong Xuanji took a deep breath, his expression shifting and uncertain.

The appearance of the Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage had greatly disrupted his plans.

"Patriarch, why not let it go? In front of the Masters of the Immortal Tao Lineage, killing a top-ranked prodigy would be too much..."

Before the black-clad old servant could finish.

"No! Chen Zhixing must die!"

Determination flashed in Sikong Xuanji’s eyes, "If Chen Zhixing survives, he will become a great threat to our Sikong family in the future! He must not be spared!"

"This time, it’s just three Outer Body Incarnations, not their true selves. If we use the Clan Guardian Longevity Soldiers, they likely won’t be able to stop us by surprise!"