Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 228 Finally, he calmed down.

"How is this possible? This magical artifact... Ah!"

"What is this?"

"How could a mere Earth Immortal..."

"Who are you?"

In an instant, the immortals who had surrounded them fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot. And this was only a single strike. Those people fell silent. Dozens of immortals were gone in an instant, with only a few remaining at the back looking terrified, not even having had time to react.

“Now…” Qiu Ci took two steps forward, coldly sweeping her gaze over the remaining people in the air, and said, word by word, “It’s your turn to run!”

After saying that, she raised her hand again, and the layer of liquid blue substance beside her surged again, about to attack them.

Everyone's faces turned pale instantly. The man in black robes with the highest cultivation level had already turned around and flew away into the distance. Only then did the others react and turn around to follow, but the attack arrived first. Familiar spikes appeared on their chests, and they could still faintly see the cold blue light on them.

The remaining immortals were mostly gone, with only a few celestial immortals still alive. After all, they were a level higher in cultivation and reacted faster, but they dared not turn back and could only desperately flee into the distance, about to fly out of sight.

Qiu Ci had no intention of letting it go either. With a thought, the psionic machines that had been surrounding her vanished from sight.

The others who were running frantically saw a flash of blue light ahead, the space distorted, and a familiar blue magical artifact appeared before them. However, unlike the previous spikes, the blue light had now transformed into a thin, long strip, like a ribbon, stretching across the entire sky and completely blocking their path.

"What... what is this thing?" The celestial being in blue took a few steps back in fear, scrutinizing the strange blue object. He found that there was no flow of immortal power or divine consciousness attached to it, yet it could change into any shape and ignore all their defenses. How could a mere earth immortal wield such a powerful magical artifact?
The blue ribbon fluttered slowly, and it looked like it was about to attack again. Everyone's face was filled with terror. For the first time, these people who were always high and mighty felt a sense of impending death.

"Stop!" Even the man in black robes with the highest cultivation level looked flustered. He turned to look at Qiu Ci who was chasing after him, while summoning a defensive magic artifact to protect himself.

The magical artifact looked familiar; it was the bell-shaped magical artifact that had just been snatched from her.

"We are immortals from the Western Immortal Realm. If you kill us all, neither the Eastern nor Western Realms will let you off the hook," the man in black warned sternly.

"Heh." Qiu Ci leaped into the air and sneered, "It's as if you let us go before." Since the outcome was the same—being hunted down anyway—she might as well vent her anger first.

"Misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!" the man in black hurriedly explained. "As long as you stop these magical artifacts, we'll immediately go back to report, pretend this never happened, and we won't chase after that rogue immortal anymore, how about that?"

Qiu Ci laughed in anger, "You people are really arrogant!" They wanted to beg for mercy but were unwilling to give anything in return, and they even had the stolen immortal artifact in their hands. "Haven't you heard? If you're going to be beaten, you should stand at attention!"

She directly raised her hand to command the psionic machine. The man in black turned deathly pale and hurriedly shouted, "Stop! Does a mere Earth Immortal really think there's no one left in the Western Immortal Realm?" He then suddenly pulled a magic talisman from his chest and threw it into the air. The talisman emitted a dazzling light, and a phantom appeared in mid-air. The phantom was as tall as a mountain, radiating a faint golden light, and its surrounding Dao aura was stronger than that of all the previous immortals combined.

"What do you want to summon me for?" The phantom's voice boomed like a bell, and with just one sentence, an overwhelming pressure swept across the land.

Even the celestial beings in the air couldn't help but take a few steps back. Qiu Ci and Juan Shan were unaffected, as a portion of their spiritual energy machine body had already formed a ring around them, completely blocking the incoming pressure.

"Greetings, Immortal Lord Bijiang." The man in black immediately pointed in the direction of Qiu Ci and the others, and said fiercely, "We were ordered to hunt down the escaped immortal from Youqu City, but he not only escaped into the Eastern Immortal Realm, but also colluded with the Earth Immortals of the Eastern Immortal Realm to ambush us, causing the deaths of more than a dozen of our immortals. We beg the Immortal Lord to help us seek justice."

The enormous phantom immediately frowned, its entire body radiating killing intent. "Hmph! How dare you flee from the immortal realm..."

Swish!
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of blue light appeared ahead, and the blue ribbon that had been blocking the way for the immortals suddenly shot out, piercing directly through the mountain-high phantom.

With a cracking sound, the illusory figure shattered like broken glass. The face, bathed in golden light, didn't even have time to react in shock before it vanished into a shower of golden light.

"What the hell? If you're going to fight, then fight. What's the point of all this fancy stuff!" Qiu Ci rolled her eyes. Did she think that being tall would protect her from getting beaten up?
"This... how is this possible?!" The man in black robes stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief. The others were also ashen-faced. That was a Golden Immortal phantom, the number one person below the Immortal Venerable. Although it only had half the strength of the real body, how could it be so easily dispersed? Despair welled up in everyone's hearts.

"Now, it's your turn." Qiu Ci didn't waste any words and directly ordered the psionic machine, "Attack!"

The blue silk cloth that had fallen into the air came back to life and instantly transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the few remaining people.

"No!" The group frantically fled, mobilizing all their immortal power, but no matter how fast they were, they couldn't outrun the spiritual energy machine. The blue ribbon swept across the group in front of them like a harvester, changing its form in various ways. Whether they were human immortals or celestial immortals, none of them could withstand the attack. One figure after another fell from the sky. In just a few breaths, only the fastest-running celestial immortal in black robes remained.

Qiu Ci, naturally, had no intention of letting him go. With a flash of her psionic machine, she spatially leaped in front of him, the eerie blue light approaching his face. The man in black frantically pulled out his immortal artifact to block it, but the next moment, a cracking sound was heard, and the bell-shaped magical artifact shattered instantly. The mid-grade immortal artifact that he had gone to great lengths to snatch was so utterly vulnerable in front of this strange blue magical artifact.

The man in black stared wide-eyed in disbelief as the blue light was about to strike him.

"Stop!" A sudden roar rang out in the air, filled with thunderous rage.

"Stop your sister!" Where did this rocket come from? Qiu Ci completely ignored it, let alone stopped attacking.

With a whoosh, the psionic machine passed right through the man in black, taking away the last person.

Qiu Ci finally let out a long sigh of relief. Damn, after holding it in for so long, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!