Chapter 279

“Are you guys out of your minds?”

Others from various sects had also arrived, watching as the treasures rushed into the golden barrier, their faces turning pale.

“Stop! How can you go back on your word!”

“Our Stellar Sect had no part in this; Fellow Daoist Lu Ye, please see it clearly!”

“Hahaha, see it clearly? He’s done for this time!”

A terrifying surge of energy surged forth, forming a storm.

The void seemed to crumble like shredded paper, constantly being destroyed, repaired, and then destroyed again.

Daoist Shouren couldn’t handle this group of people at all and started to curse.

Others attempted to intervene but found themselves suppressed.

This time, a total of six powerful factions were involved: the Wang Family, Invincible Sword Sect, Eternal Order Sect, Three Immortal Mountain, Supreme Dao Sect, and Mountain Sea Sect.

The top sects held absolute dominance over ordinary sects.

“Everyone, we act for the peace of the Fourth Heaven; the demon has been purged. Are you really going to continue attacking us?”

“Fellow Daoist Qingshan, we have agreed to negotiate and have even offered Spirit Stones. You attacking Lu Ye was never discussed with us. You’ve gone too far!”

“This matter is confidential; the fewer people who know, the better. I apologize to you all; now that this villain has been killed, everything is for the best. You can still get your Spirit Stones back. Isn’t that good?”

“But this is…”

Daoist Shouren had already angered them, and now he was about to take lethal action.

Though Guarding the Great Dao had many strengths, this Dao was still quite powerful.

“We have nothing more to say; we only ask that you allow us to take Daoist Shouren away!”

Daoist Shouren was furious.

“Wait, let us subdue him first. Daoist Shouren has ties with us; we won’t act without thought. However, the killing intent towards Lu Ye has already formed. If we don’t control him now, I fear there will be unexpected changes. I hope all fellow Daoists can be understanding!”

“You guys are not just heartless; you’re a bunch of beasts! Beasts!!!”

Daoist Shouren shouted angrily.

But these words had little effect on the others.

If a weakling cursed at them like that, they would surely explode with rage.

However, Daoist Shouren was a strong person; a few curses from him were nothing.

Daoist Shouren was subdued.

They forcibly sealed his True Essence.

“Beasts, beasts! How can I guard over you lot? How could I think you would ever improve? You all deserve to die!”

No one paid him any mind.

They relentlessly attacked the space formed by the golden shield.

Explosions continued!

Nonstop explosions!

They gave Lu Ye not a glimmer of hope for survival.

In this storm of energy, no single Heaven and Earth Realm cultivator could withstand it.

Lu Ye was surely dead!

He had to die! He must die!

Finally, everyone got tired of bombarding.

True Essence was down to less than thirty percent.

“He should be dead by now, right?” someone asked.

“Of course he’s dead! If he survives this, he’s truly invincible in the Fourth Heaven!”

“Finally dead, hahaha, finally dead!”

Everyone cheered, wanting to break into a performance right there.

Many faces were lit with smiles.

“Hand Daoist Shouren over to us; he won’t do anything now,” someone said.

“Give him up, give him up! Fellow Daoist Shouren is a good person; we all know that. We definitely won’t harbor any ill will towards him,” Wang Yi said with a smile.

Daoist Shouren was handed over to the people from other sects, and someone immediately helped him dispel the seal.

“I’m sorry, Lu Ye. I truly am sorry,” Daoist Shouren said, utterly exhausted and looking haggard.

“Fellow Daoist, you’ve done your best. This incident is not your fault,” someone consoled him.

“It drives me crazy! This is the righteous path, the top sects of the Human Clan! Their actions now are no different from demons, even worse than demons!”

Those who hadn’t participated in this encirclement fell into silence.

“Let’s go in and take a look!”

Wang Yi spoke up.

A powerful Heaven and Earth Realm cultivator from the Wang Family opened a section of the golden shield and flew inside.

The people from the other five factions hurried in as well, worried that the Wang Family members would hide the space stone.

Inside, everything had already been blasted to bits; the ruins of the Jiang Family were in utter shambles, now completely turned to dust. There was no trace left of the once-powerful Jiang Family.

“Search carefully! Don’t let a single inch of land or void go unchecked!”

The six Heaven and Earth Realm cultivators began searching inch by inch.

They believed that Lu Ye had turned to ashes; not seeing him was normal.

But the space stone definitely wouldn’t turn to ash.

Because the space stone was too sturdy.

Search!

Search!

In a radius of ten thousand miles, it looked vast but was nothing compared to the strength of experts.

Before long, the expressions of the six began to darken.

They were almost finished searching.

After fully scouring the place, not only did they fail to find the space stone, not even a hard object was located.

The six exchanged glances.

At that moment, their hearts raced uncontrollably.

An overwhelming sense of unease surged within them.

Pressing down this anxiety, they exclaimed, “Search again! Let’s search even more thoroughly!”

The six began a second round of searching.

But with something as solid as a space stone not found on the first go, would they find it on the second?

This time, they searched even more meticulously.

Nothing!

One Heaven and Earth Realm cultivator started to tremble lightly.

A chilling dread washed over them, their hearts now pounding even harder.

No…

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Where’s the space stone?

Why isn’t there a space stone?

Clearly, Lu Ye was right here, clearly there was the Aroma of Achievement in Dao, they had clearly sealed everything in the shortest time possible, and the space was locked tightly.

How could it not be here?

“No, search again!”

Outside,

Everyone was waiting.

They anticipated the people inside to come out, smiling and opening their hands to show everyone the space stone.

But no one came out.

At least, not yet.

No one spoke; they all fell into a dead silence.

And the longer they waited, the worse their expressions became.

Daoist Shouren had stopped cursing.

He was waiting as well.

In truth, Lu Ye had no ties to him. The reason he was so furious was that he considered himself a righteous person, witnessing such a loathsome act that even the villains would find disgusting.

Even if Lu Ye really died this time, he would feel sorry for him. But decades later, Lu Ye would simply become a memory for Daoist Shouren, a painful memory point.

Finally, they saw someone emerge from inside.

Upon seeing the expression of the first person to come out, the faces of the six major sects changed dramatically.