Chapter 3: The Treasure Snatcher

  "Xiao Jun, I'm fine. These people are still manageable for me. If things really get out of hand, I'll just enter the Hongyuan Prefecture!" Gu Pan's realm was low but his cultivation was high. As early as the Kongming period, he could already handle scattered immortals. Ordinary heavenly immortals couldn't pose a threat to him.

  "That's good, little tray, you be careful yourself" Hong Jun glanced at Gu Pan and targeted the black-clothed big man again.

  The divine artifact has appeared, and these people will not leave. The highest cultivation here is the fourth-level Golden Immortal, except for the black-clothed big man, there is also a sixth-level Golden Immortal. Apart from the divine artifact, Hong Jun also has a sword immortal puppet filled with top-grade yuan ling stones.

  "Wait, everyone don't panic, kid, what kind of divine artifact is this knife of yours?" The black-clothed big man stopped everyone's impulse and stared straight at Hong Jun's hand holding the golden knife.

  "It's not a divine artifact! But taking your dog life is easy!"

  Hong Jun's words had just fallen when the golden knife flew out of his hand. The black-clothed big man did not dare to directly block the cold light of the golden knife, and hastily retreated several steps. After the golden knife passed by, he suddenly moved in front of Hong Jun, and the immortal sword stabbed straight over.

  "You... you haven't died!" These were the last words of the black-clad man, and after saying this, he fell to the ground in despair.

  The man in black clothes stabbed Hong Jun's neck with his sword, and just as he was secretly rejoicing, a small sword flew out of Hong Jun's palm and pierced the man's dantian. This time, the man in black clothes was facing Hong Jun head-on, and the sword was about to stab through Hong Jun's neck again. In this way, due to his carelessness, his life was taken away by Hong Jun's small sword.

  With a wave of his hand, the black-clad giant of the Fourth-Order Golden Immortal was killed by Hong Jun. For a moment, the people who had just been about to charge forward fell silent, and no one dared to take the lead in advancing.

  "Little brother, the thing in your hand is a top-grade immortal artifact, and that knife is also a top-grade immortal artifact, right?" The sixth-level Golden Immortal who had not spoken until now finally stood up, smiled, and walked to Hongjun's front: "Name a price, I'll buy these two weapons from you!"

  "Sorry, I haven't planned on selling these two items yet." Hong Jun smiled lightly and pulled the ancient plate to walk outside.

  "How dare you, young man! Do you know who I am? Buying your goods is giving you face, don't refuse my toast or you'll be punished!" The sixth-level Golden Immortal didn't expect this young man to not give him any face at all, and he turned around and left, his face turning green with rage.

  Zhao Qiang, this is the name of this sixth-level Golden Immortal. He is also the only son of Fei Tian Men's leader, who is a fourth-level Immortal Emperor and also one of Wu Xing's important Immortal Emperors.

  "I don't care who you are, I'll say the same thing to you: if you want to live, don't mess with me, or no one will be able to save you!" Hong Jun dragged Gu Pan out of the wine house, and everyone in the room looked at Zhao Qiang. Since Zhao Qiang had already spoken up, these people wouldn't dare to openly confront this country bumpkin Zhao Qiang.

  "Liu Er, go check where they're staying. Absolutely cannot let them leave Youyang Star. Tonight, get someone to take care of him and bring back those two top-grade immortal artifacts for me!" Up until now, Zhao Qiang still thought that Hong Jun's golden dagger and small sword were top-grade immortal artifacts.

  "Yes, Young Master!" A second-level Golden Immortal quickly ran out and vanished in the blink of an eye.

  News of the two first-class celestial beings, one of whom had at least two top-grade celestial artifacts on his body, quickly spread throughout the entire Fishing Sun Star. Zhao Qiang was very annoyed and regretted not capturing everyone in the wine tower first, originally planning to take action against those two little guys tonight, but now he had to advance his plan.

  Hong Jun and Gu Pan didn't know that the outside had already been in an uproar, returning to the inn, Gu Pan asked Hong Jun to tell him about the Dark Star Realm.

  Hong Jun had just mentioned the Dark Star Realm's Jin Xing Jun when Zhao Qiang arrived with over a dozen people.

  "Kid, I'm giving you one last chance. Are you going to sell me that top-grade immortal artifact or not?" More than a dozen people had already surrounded the small inn, trapping it tightly, not even a fly could escape.

  "It seems you didn't take my warning to heart!" Hong Jun sighed softly and walked out of the house, saying to Zhao Qiang who was suspended in mid-air.

  "Don't think that just because you relied on a top-grade immortal artifact to kill a fourth-level Golden Immortal, I'll be afraid of you. Soon you'll find out how foolish your choice was!"

  "Liu Er, you're up. Be careful of that little brat's top-grade immortal artifact!" Zhao Qiang gave the order in a cold voice, wanting only dead men, not live ones.

  Zhao Qiang brought over a dozen people, mostly first or second-level Golden Immortals. For the previous first-level Heavenly Immortal, it wasn't necessary to bring so many people. Liu Er was excited and directly rushed forward, the opportunity to make a name for himself in front of his young master had arrived.

  "Xiao Jun, I'll take care of this person, you keep an eye on the others!"

  Hong Jun just wanted to go forward, but was pulled back by Gu Pan, who for the first time took the initiative to deal with someone.

  "Alright, Xiao Pan, you must be careful. Use the things I gave you when necessary, otherwise go to Hong Jun's mansion!" Hong Jun smiled and nodded at Gu Pan, letting him go out and fight the first battle.

  "You two kids are still arguing over who will die first!" Liu Er sneered disdainfully.

  Liu Er hadn't moved, but Gu Pan had already made a move. He successfully broke through to the fifth layer of Zi Hong's Absolute Boundary and connected with the Hong Meng space. Although Gu Pan's realm was low at this time, his attack power was not low. If Hong Jun didn't have a divine artifact, his attack couldn't compare to Gu Pan's.

  The surrounding space was locked down by Zhao Qiang and the others, Gu Pan couldn't teleport instantly, but he moved very quickly, arriving at Liu Er's side in the blink of an eye. As soon as he made his move, Gu Pan launched a full-force attack with his extreme-grade immortal artifact, Hong Jun, without using Tian Xia Fu.

  A flash of light passed from Liu Er's body, and everyone was stunned by Gu Pan's extremely fast strike. Only Zhao Qiang saw Gu Pan's movement clearly. The immortal sword appeared in Gu Pan's hand instantly, chopping down from top to bottom. The immortal sword didn't seem like an immortal sword in his hand, but rather like an axe.

  Liu Er's reaction wasn't slow, but Gu Pan's speed really didn't give him time to think. The moment he raised his inferior immortal sword, it was chopped off by Gu Pan's immortal sword in hand, taking half of his body with it as they flew out together.

  At the last moment, Liu Er relied on his instincts to move his body a bit, and barely avoided being pierced by Gu Pan's attack. However, he was still severely injured in the blow, and was quickly carried away by the people brought by Zhao Qiang.

  "Great, I didn't expect you to have such a top-grade divine artifact! What's your name? Where did it come from?"

  Zhao Qiang no longer believed that these two were newly promoted at this time. The extreme treasure of the immortal artifact appeared one after another, and the first-class heavenly immortal was actually faster than the golden immortal. Who would believe it if they said it? The only explanation is that both of them used disguise techniques.

  "My name is Gu Pan, his name is Hong Jun, we both come from the mortal realm and have been flying for three years!" Gu Pan answered honestly, but made Zhao Qiang's face turn green with anger again.

  "Don't think that just because you have a clever disguise, I won't dare to kill you. You're at most just third or fourth-grade Golden Immortals. You should know that the Fishing Yang Star is my territory."

  Zhao Qiang was dealing with several people while thinking, who in the Xianmo Yao realm had a similar situation to theirs, and if they weren't careful, they would bring a great enemy to their sect.

  After thinking for half a day, Zhao Qiang still couldn't think of any master with the surname Gu or Hong. Could it be that these two people really came from the lower realm and rose to the upper realm?

  Thinking of this, Zhao Qiang's eyes lit up again. Ascenders, no matter how powerful you are in the mortal world, once you enter the immortal realm, you're all the same. Especially without the protection of a powerful force, you'll quickly become someone else's prey.

  "Gu Pan, you're really fast, I admire that, to show my respect!" Zhao Qiang stopped talking and smiled, pointing at the surrounding followers: "I'll let them come up together!"

  "Take action! I'll personally take care of that little brat surnamed Hong!" Zhao Qiang suddenly bellowed, his divine sense having already detected that several Golden Immortals were approaching from this direction, and he had to resolve the situation quickly.

  A dozen or so second and third-grade Golden Immortals joined forces to attack Gu Pan, but Gu Pan relied on his speed advantage and the distraction of a dozen people fighting him, occasionally using his top-quality immortal artifact, and for the time being, he didn't have to worry about losing his life.

  Hong Jun's body suffered several attacks from Zhao Qiang, but the high-quality immortal artifact in Zhao Qiang's hand could only make Hong Jun recoil and retreat after being hit, without causing any harm to him.

  Jin Dao and Xiao Jian alternated in a flurry of strikes, their power something Zhao Qiang had witnessed before. Even top-grade immortal artifacts didn't dare clash with them head-on, and could only use movement techniques to dodge. Although the situation was unfavorable for Hong Jun and Gu Pan, it had also become a stalemate.

  Gu Pan's experience in battle was still insufficient, and the dozen or so people slightly changed their attack method, Gu Pan immediately felt the pressure increase. The dozen or so people no longer simply launched a fierce attack, but instead organized themselves to launch a wave of attacks, one wave ended and another wave immediately followed, not long after, Gu Pan's body began to show small wounds, however, despite suffering these small injuries, Gu Pan also successfully injured three of the opponents and destroyed two of their magical weapons.

  Zhao Qiang was getting more and more frightened, no matter how he attacked, he couldn't cause any harm to Hong Jun, but instead almost got hurt by his hands several times. At this time, dozens of immortals had gathered around to watch the battle, some of whom had already recognized Zhao Qiang.

  Time was running out, Zhao Qiang sent a message to the inner gate and requested several top experts to come and support. Wang Si Ming, the deputy master of the outer gate, received Zhao Qiang's message and immediately dispatched two 9th-level Golden Immortals to provide assistance.

  Learning that two ninth-grade golden immortals were coming, Zhao Qiang's heart was greatly settled. As long as these two golden immortals arrived, the defense of Hong Jun Xian Jia would be even stronger. Even if three golden immortals joined forces, they could still break through it. And those other immortals who wanted to take advantage of the situation on the side, once the ninth-grade golden immortal arrived, these people wouldn't have any chance at all.

  Hong Jun suffered another palm from Zhao Qiang, and with the help of Zhao Qiang's palm strength, he flew back to a purple-robed golden immortal behind Gu Pan. The purple-robed golden immortal dodged the golden knife but was directly pierced by the small sword behind it, falling to the ground unwillingly.

  "Don't clash with them head-on, pretend to be weak and strike fiercely when they're off guard!" Hong Jun secretly transmitted his voice to Gu Pan, whose fighting style was too orthodox, these people were just draining him, and could exhaust him to death.

  "Brother!" The golden immortal in purple clothes died, and a golden immortal in yellow clothes who was besieging the ancient plate flew down to catch the body, calling out tearfully.

  "I'm going to kill you!" Huang Yi Jin Xian put away the corpse, his eyes blazing with anger, no longer attacking Gu Pan, but instead turned around and flew towards Hong Jun, determined to avenge his brother's death.