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Chapter 99: One Strike Kills Zhu Quezi, the Great Celestial Venerable Appears!
"Five hundred million Venerable Souls, thirteen Main Souls, appear!"

"The main soul returns to oneness!"

Zhu Quezi continuously cast hand seals to activate the Ten Billion Soul Banner.

As the divine soul power of those main souls merged into his body, his cultivation aura surged at that moment.

Although we haven't made a direct breakthrough to the first step, we're already very close.

This method of manipulating the Soul Banner is exclusive to disciples of the Soul Refining Sect, but for Zhu Quezi, obtaining it is not difficult; all he needs to do is search for and refine the soul.

The key to using the Soul Banner was obtained by him after searching for the soul of the Celestial Ancestor.

"Your Excellency is pushing me too far. In that case, I have no choice but to fight to the death!"

After merging with the divine soul power of those main souls, Zhu Quezi suddenly felt that she was capable again.

He activated the Soul Banner with all his might, releasing billions of souls within it to rush towards the Willow God.

Then, he formed a hand seal and detonated all the divine souls one by one!

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

Deafening explosions echoed continuously in the void.

The souls rushing towards Liu Shen now seemed to have transformed into fearless humanoid cannonballs, blasting wildly towards Liu Shen.

Liu Shen's figure was quickly swallowed up by the endless explosions and dust.

"Hmph~, this Ten Billion Soul Banner is a treasure that even I, an old man, greatly fear. Even if I have to give up this treasure today, I still want it..."

"--boom!"

When Zhu Quezi saw that Liu Shen was being swallowed up by hundreds of millions of divine souls, he thought he was safe.

Before he could finish speaking, the Vermilion Bird Seal that was blocking his way was blasted away by a tremendous force.

Immediately afterwards, a willow branch covered in divine light shot out from the void at an astonishing speed and pierced directly through his body.

"--puff!"

Zhu Quezi's pupils suddenly widened, and she froze on the spot.

He looked down in disbelief at his chest, where the willow branch had pierced through him, then spat out a mouthful of blood and fell from the sky.

"Master!"

Qianfeng and Liumei snapped out of their daze and immediately rushed over to catch Zhuquezi.

However, at this moment, Zhu Quezi was on her deathbed, and she no longer had the arrogant demeanor she had before.

Perhaps even Suzaku herself didn't expect this.

This woman who emerged from the Divine Willow is incredibly powerful.

Despite being a cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, and having used the power of a billion Soul Banners to elevate his cultivation to near the second step, he was still instantly killed by the opponent.

"This woman's cultivation is unfathomable. I never expected Brother Zhu to know such a person..."

Wang Lin was also astonished by Liu Shen's strength.

Although Zhu Quezi was not a top expert in their world of Xian Ni, he was still a hegemon on Zhu Que Star.

Especially considering that the opponent also possessed two divine artifacts, the Vermilion Bird Seal and the Ten Billion Soul Banner, it was unexpected that they still couldn't last a single round against this Divine Willow Woman.

Zhu Quezi didn't last long lying in her disciple's arms; she soon breathed her last.

The fourteenth generation of Suzaku Star, Suzaku, thus perished.

Liu Shen did not make another move.

Her primary duty as a mental clone is to protect Zhu Chen; she will not hesitate to strike anyone who is detrimental to him.

She would show no mercy to those whose cultivation level was higher than Zhu Chen's.

However, if someone with a cultivation level similar to Zhu Chen wanted to attack him, she would not intervene unless Zhu Chen faced a life-or-death crisis.

"Thank you for your mercy, senior." Liu Mei and Qian Feng knew they had offended someone they shouldn't have, so they didn't linger.

The two bowed to the Willow Goddess and prepared to leave with the corpse of the Vermilion Bird.

However, at this moment, Zhu Chen suddenly stepped forward.

He pointed to Zhu Quezi's corpse and said, "You can take this corpse with you, but you have to leave his belongings behind..."

Since they had already killed Zhu Quezi, they might as well go all the way and occupy Zhu Que Star directly.

This Vermilion Bird possesses the Star-Cultivating Crystal, a key element for controlling the Vermilion Bird Star. Whoever obtains this item is essentially guaranteed the position of Vermilion Bird.

In any world, the strong rule. At this point, Liu Mei and Qian Feng have no right to say a single word of 'no'!

however.

Just as the two were about to offer up the Star Cultivation Crystal from Suzaku's body.

A voice suddenly rang out beside them: "The Star Crystal belongs to all the Vermilion Birds of past generations and cannot be given to people outside this realm."

Liu Mei and Qian Feng turned their heads and saw that a man dressed in coarse linen clothes had appeared beside them at some point.

The man's beard was unkempt and looked like it hadn't been groomed in a long time. His hair was also casually draped over his shoulders, making him look like a beggar. He didn't exude any aura of cultivation and seemed like an ordinary mortal.

But everyone present knew that this guy was definitely not an ordinary person, but a cultivator with extremely high cultivation.

Otherwise, how could the other party appear here without anyone noticing?

"It's you?"

Wang Lin recognized the man at a glance; it was Mo Zhi, the one he had discussed Dao with on that rainy night.

The third step of great power!

"Fellow Daoist Wang Lin, it's been a long time..."

Mo Zhi looked at Wang Lin and nodded slightly.

He entered the Dao through forgetting, yet he was able to remember Wang Lin, which shows that he also highly valued Wang Lin.

"To have cultivated to this level in this shattered world, it seems you are no ordinary person..."

Liu Shen stepped forward to stand in front of Zhu Chen, shielding him behind her. Then, she looked at Mo Zhi with a serious expression and slowly spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be nervous. I won't harm your disciple. I've only come to offer you some advice: those who are not from this realm and forcibly intervene in its affairs may invite disaster..."

Mo Zhi smiled at Liu Shen, his tone carrying a hint of composure.

With his cultivation level, he could naturally tell at a glance that the woman in front of him was just a divine thought avatar, and her true form had not descended.

"—Boom!"

As if to confirm Mo Zhi's words, a magnificent crimson cloud suddenly appeared in the sky.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared amidst the crimson clouds, as if a gigantic figure was appearing and disappearing behind the clouds with the flashes of lightning.

"Our actions are defying the will of Heaven. If Heaven's will obstruct us, we will destroy it..."

Liu Shen's eyes flashed. Although she was an incarnation of a divine thought, the aura emanating from her was in no way weaker than that of Mo Zhi, who was a Great Celestial Venerable.

Mo Zhi sensed an aura of hostility emanating from Liu Shen, knowing that she was not someone to be trifled with, so he didn't say anything more and turned to leave with Liu Mei and Qian Feng.

However, before leaving, he left all of Suzaku's belongings behind.

Including that banner with ten billion souls.

The only thing they took was the Star Cultivation Crystal!

This can be considered his compromise.

……

(End of this chapter)