Chapter 101: Intermittent Power Outages

  The old woman stepped aside to let Luo's qigong master pass, then stretched out her hand and pointed at the lake surface. Dozens of water columns shot up into the sky, like a giant python blocking Wang Guang's way. The water columns wriggled, and one by one, dark thunderbolts burst out from them, shooting towards Wang Guang.

  "You demon, stop your madness and wait for death to come." The old woman detested Wang Guang's brutal slaughter and immediately unleashed her most powerful magic. She had spent over a hundred years cultivating the Dark Water Thunder, and now she had forcibly cultivated it to the 7th or 8th level. One strike of the Dark Thunder could split mountains and shatter rocks; in her eyes, unleashing over a dozen Dark Thunders would be enough to blast Wang Guang into pulp.

  The idea was good, but the result was cruel. In the somewhat uncertain gaze of the old woman, Wang Guang only patted his head, and a wisp of green smoke emerged from his brain. This green smoke drilled into the red copper sand, and tens of thousands of red coppers split into more than ten groups, each group blocking an Aquarius water yin thunder.

  Wang Guang shook his head again, and hundreds of hairs flew out to weave a large net that heavily shrouded the old woman's head. "You cheap woman, who do you think you are? You actually said I'm a monster, in my opinion, you're the real monster."

  As they spoke, the red copper sand collided with the dark thunder of the Kui water, and a loud noise was heard. The dark thunder exploded, and the copper sand splashed out. The dark thunder exploded, and millions of waves surged forward, one after another. The copper sand splashed out, and clusters of fierce fire burned, wrapping around tens of thousands of copper sands that had burst open, forming a large net with the hair-like threads, which firmly blocked more than ten dark thunders of Kui water from advancing.

  "Take a look at my skills." With a flick of his wrist, the Red Copper Sand transformed into hundreds of weapons that hacked and slashed towards the old woman's head. He then pulled out a long banner with countless filthy auras emanating from it, transforming into infant and young women forms that pounced on the old woman with bared teeth and claws.

  The old woman was slightly startled, but after all, she had lived for many years and quickly reacted. She stretched out her hand and pointed to the lake water below, which parted to both sides, and a white lotus flower as white as jade flew out from inside.

  The lotus revolves, infinite rays of light shine, the filthy aura is illuminated by these rays, and in the blink of an eye, it disperses without a trace. Not to mention the filthy treasures, even the foul-smelling aura that penetrates through the formless and shapeless Taoist defensive technique is also dissolved by the milky white rays.

  The lotus flower fell under the old woman's feet and rotated, and the old woman poured a large amount of force into the lotus flower again. For a time, the light was even more brilliant, but it only forced back the endless filthy air without any effect on killing the enemy. At this moment, the bronze sand changed its shape and struck the lotus flower's scattered light, shattering the weapon, and the bronze sand splashed everywhere, unable to break through the lotus flower's light. The old woman took advantage of the opportunity to throw out several water thunder bombs to blast the red bronze sand, intending to destroy King Guang's treasure.

  Dark thunder exploded, but the copper sand was blown to smithereens, and the flames all over his body were dull and dim. Unfortunately, Wang Guang had anticipated this situation when he was refining the treasure years ago, so he connected tens of millions of copper sands together. Unless all the copper sands are destroyed, the treasure will not be extinguished and will continue to regenerate. On the contrary, it will borrow the opponent's magic attack and let the red copper sand transform into a new attack.

  In an instant, the crimson sand scattered and gathered again. Wang Guang performed a magical technique, unleashing a massive grasping motion. Two enormous green palms, seven or eight feet in size, appeared in mid-air. Tens of thousands of crimson sands swarmed into the two giant hands like birds returning to their nests. In the blink of an eye, the seven- or eight-foot grasping motion transformed into a three- to five-zhang-sized copper hand.

  Wang Guang controlled the two big hands and slapped them heavily towards the old woman standing on the lotus.

  "You have no familial relationship with that young man, no friendship, and no romantic love. Why must you stop me for his sake? What benefit does this bring to you?"

  The old woman sneered, not putting Wang Guang's magic in her eyes. She saw the old woman stomp her foot, a column of water emerging from the lake and entering the lotus flower under her foot. In the blink of an eye, countless illusory lotus flowers appeared around the old woman within seven or eight feet. Two large hands slapped upwards, destroying over a hundred illusory lotus flowers, but afterwards, endless illusory lotus flowers were born again. The large hands frantically slapped, but the lotus flowers refused to be extinguished, firmly blocking the two large hands from approaching her body within seven or eight feet.

  "I was born with a special ability to distinguish good and evil. The cultivator from earlier had golden light on his head, clearly a kind-hearted person; but you have black smoke rising from your head, only those who have killed many innocent people would appear like this. In this situation, I wouldn't help him if he were in trouble, let alone help someone like you? Wicked people should be punished by all, while good people should be protected everywhere, this is an unchanging principle for thousands of years."

  "Boundless Heavenly Venerable!" The old woman's words only made Wang Guang's face flush, but this scoundrel had been ruthless and cunning for a long time, his heart as hard as iron, and that one thread of shame was immediately discarded. "You lowly woman, how dare you speak like this? I, the poor daoist, can kill whoever I want, are you suggesting that we should follow the same laws as the mundane government, and establish a set of rules for the practitioners to follow?"

  "You demon, you've already strayed from the right path. Don't let your power consume you and lead to senseless slaughter. Do you know how many innocent people will die because of you? Have you never had nightmares or felt remorse after killing thousands?" The old woman hurled seven or eight dark thunderbolts at Wang Guang, but they were all deflected by his broken fingernails, which he used to trigger the explosion of the powerful dark thunderbolts in advance using his extraordinary skill.

  "Haha! I've never killed anyone indiscriminately." Wang Guang sneered: "Back then, this kid's family humiliated me, and in my rage, I killed them. Was that wrong? Should I have just sat there and let them insult me? Today, I advise you to leave quickly, lest you lose your life for the sake of a stranger and miss out on the chance at eternal life."

  "When others insult you, there's no need to get angry. Just reason with them and there's no need to resort to violence." The old woman said in a low voice: "If everyone were like that, because of other people's verbal insults, recklessly killing and slaughtering, this world of practitioners would be chaotic beyond recognition. In my opinion, when you can spare someone, do so, don't force them too hard."

  "I'm too lazy to bother with you, if you don't get out of my way today, I'll have no choice but to kill you." Wang Guang sneered repeatedly. He parted the treasure light and let it fall to the ground, inserted the Wan Gui banner into the earth, and took out three sticks of sandalwood from his bosom to ignite them, bowing three times. A wisp of blue smoke fell into the banner, which suddenly expanded, and a black smoke shot up into the sky, transforming into a gigantic python that wrapped itself around the old woman.

  What is there for the old woman to fear about Wang Guang? She has been practicing her Taoist arts for over a hundred years, and although she rarely gets into fights with people, she also has some incredibly powerful moves.

  Only the old woman saw her feet continuously stomping, and the lotus flowers under her feet swelled with the wind. In the blink of an eye, they violently expanded to 7 or 8 zhang in size. Tens of thousands of illusory lotus flowers emerged endlessly and spread out in all directions. Then, a dark thunderstorm burst forth from the illusory lotus flowers, and a torrent of water poured down on Wang Guang's head.

  The black smoke python and the illusory lotus flower entwined together, each coiling around the other, neither able to gain the upper hand for a time.

  "You swallow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and forcibly plunder the things between heaven and earth. How many creatures have died because of your behavior? You are also guilty of heinous crimes, why don't you just get rid of yourself?" Wang Guang saw that his opponent was suppressing his own Wanhuichang banner with a lotus flower, and for a moment, he couldn't accept it, so he started talking nonsense. It's worth noting that since he successfully refined the Wanhuichang banner, ordinary cultivators were no longer in his eyes, and today he saw that his opponent was carving himself into a treasure, which made him extremely angry inside.

  "Just because I've plundered the essence of heaven and earth, that's why I'm doing good deeds, helping good people to be safe and sound, making up for my own sins. And you shouldn't tease me with words either, if you don't turn back now, I'll block your way here for three days, so you can't go any further to kill the good people." After saying that, the old woman turned her head to signal the departure of Luo's family Qi Gong master, but the young man was initially unwilling, wanting to follow the old woman to attack Wang Guang together. However, after being scolded by the old woman, this Luo's family Qi Gong master finally left with tears in his eyes.

  "You demonic path, if I ever hear that you've killed this senior again, no matter where you flee to the ends of the earth, I'll make sure to kill you." The Luo family's Qi practitioner walked a short distance before suddenly turning back and pointing at Wang Guang's nose, shouting loudly.

  The old woman saw this and hastily asked him to leave, and repeatedly explained that Wang Guang couldn't do anything to her after which Luo's family martial artist reluctantly left.

  "Boundless Heavenly Venerable!" Looking at the Qi Practitioner from the Luo family pointing at his nose and yelling, Wang Guang was so angry that he shouted loudly, but unfortunately, the old woman from Lianhua Peak intervened, preventing Wang Guang from chasing and killing him, otherwise, it's unknown what kind of cruel and bloody things he would have done.

  "Are you really not going to let me?" Wang Guang secretly manipulated the law, on one hand mobilizing a large amount of Qi to capture and slap the illusory lotus flower, while on the other hand accumulating his magical powers in preparation for unleashing the strongest power of the Wanxie banner.

  "I have few attacking methods, only defensive skills that I've mastered. You must stay here for three days before you can leave." The old woman's face was calm, and she didn't use any moves to attack Wang Guang either. She simply sat cross-legged on the lotus flower, single-mindedly blocking him from pursuing and killing the Qi-refining cultivator of the Luo family.

  "You won't let me, I'll trample your corpse to pass." After dozens of attempts, Wang Guang unleashed the strongest attack with his Wan Gui Long Fan. A one-foot-sized black light flew out from the fan and pierced towards the old woman, accompanied by thousands of hairs entwined on his ten fingernails. Unfortunately, the old woman's Lotus Flower Treasure was extremely powerful, with countless lotus flowers being born and destroyed, successfully blocking Wang Guang's attack.

  After dozens of attempts to break through but failed, Wang Guang turned back and retreated. Unexpectedly, the old woman followed closely behind him, looking like she had to block his way for three days.

  In a fit of rage, Wang Guang shook the black flag repeatedly, releasing endless black smoke to surround the old woman: "I admit defeat today and won't go after that little scoundrel. Even if it takes three to five years, I will have you killed."

  He finished speaking, and with a decisive gesture, the seventeen long banners in his hand suddenly split apart. He planted them all into the ground and shouted loudly: "The Great Array of Ten Thousand Filth, arise!"

  Only to see the surrounding three or five miles, in a few breaths, filled with black smoke and foul odor. The swirling black smoke wrapped around the old woman, constantly eroding her. The old woman knew that the treasure under her was the nemesis of the polluted treasure, so she wasn't worried at all, but silently sat cross-legged there, resisting the endless invasion of polluted air.

  "I can leave whenever I want, and his filthy aura can't do anything to me. As long as I drag it out for three to five days, I'll be gone by then, and he won't be able to find another Qi cultivator to take revenge on." The old woman took a glance at Wang Guang's ferocious face, sighed inwardly, and closed her eyes without speaking again.