This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

"Jing Shu? Is that Fourth Senior Sister, Daoist Jinghong? And the other one is... the Headmaster?"

Gu Jiantang thought to himself in a daze.

However, he ultimately couldn't hold on, and his primordial spirit chose to fall into a coma and sleep in order to protect itself.

A large hand wrapped around Gu Jiantang's body.

Qingfeng frowned as he carefully examined Gu Jiantang's injuries. He only breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that Gu Jiantang's primordial spirit had been severely depleted and that his fundamental health had not been damaged.

He immediately began to use a calming incantation to soothe Gu Jiantang's spirit.

Wang Jingshu withdrew her gaze and looked at Tian Wu again, her eyes already filled with a cold killing intent.

"Dare to harm my Taoist disciples? You're courting death..."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Wang Jingshu's sword transformed into a streak of light and instantly struck.

Having completely transformed into the Taiyin Sword Body, Wang Jingshu's killing power can definitely be considered the strongest among people of the same realm in the current Xuanhuang Great World.

Even her sword underwent a tremendous transformation, growing into a divine weapon of unparalleled killing power.

Tianwu clearly hadn't expected these two people to suddenly appear.

The aura of a terrestrial immortal made Tianwu dare not underestimate it. All eight heads roared simultaneously, and an ice-blue shield formed by the power of water appeared in front of him.

A series of innate divine runes were added to the shield, which met the incoming sword head-on in an instant.

"bite..."

A piercingly sharp sound erupted, and the lake water beneath their feet exploded violently, as if a wall of water tens of feet high had risen around them.

Just as the sword was blocked outside the shield, Wang Jingshu chuckled lightly and said calmly:

"As expected of an ancient beast, but... this is not enough..."

Simply put, a ray of sword light landed on a sword.

In an instant, the world darkened, and all the light seemed to disappear, leaving only that dazzling sword.

"Crack..."

A soft, crisp sound rang out, and then it became unstoppable.

The sword light flashed by in an instant, and Tianwu's shield, which contained innate divine patterns, shattered instantly.

Its sixteen eyes were filled with intense shock.

They could only watch helplessly as the sword light pierced through one of its heads.

The head, which was as big as a small mountain, was pierced through by a single sword strike, and even a body comparable to that of a martial god could not withstand this blow.

Not only that, but the sword energy on the sword suddenly burst forth.

The pierced head exploded.

A layer of grayish color spread from the wound to other areas.

That is Wang Jingshu's current innate sword technique, capable of annihilating life force and even the soul with a single strike.

Tianwu roared mournfully, desperately mobilizing the power within his body to suppress the sword energy that was enough to annihilate its life force.

However, the results were minimal.

Soon, the life force of its other head was also extinguished, its soul was pierced by pain, and it could almost smell the threat of death.

Just as Tianwu's third head was about to be devoured, a golden sword aura radiating endless vitality landed out of thin air on the wound inflicted by Wang Jingshu.

The sword energy that could devour all life was finally stopped, averting its demise.

"Jing Shu, wait a moment."

He could tell that Tianwu hadn't actually tried to kill Gu Jiantang; he just wanted to intimidate him.

Otherwise, with Tianwu's divine soul power at the Earth Immortal level, Gu Jiantang would not have survived at all.

Wang Jingshu sheathed her sword, glanced coldly at Tian Wu, then turned to Nangong Yue and the others. She gently patted Ban Yin's head, her face no longer showing any of the decisive and ruthless demeanor she had displayed moments before. Instead, she comforted him like an older sister.

"Don't be afraid, little tiger, your master has already beaten it up for you..."

With the oppressive aura of Tianwu gone, Ban Yin was finally able to regain his human form.

Big Black quickly reverted to human form and bowed deeply in worship.

"Thank you, Immortal Master..."

Wang Jingshu nodded.

"Get up, it's alright now."

Ban Yin stared intently at Tian Wu, and growled in his throat:

"Even if I live another hundred years, I will not fear him..."

Wang Jingshu smiled and shook her head, saying:

"Doing things is far more effective than saying them."

Ban Yin stopped talking and sat silently on the deck, looking sullen.

Nangong Yue grabbed Wang Jingshu's arm and exclaimed in surprise:

"Sister Jing Shu, how did you know we were in danger?"

Wang Jingshu smiled slightly and said softly:

"It was quite a coincidence. My senior brother and I sensed something was wrong on Qingming Island and decided to go back to check it out. When we passed by Dayi Marsh, my senior brother suggested we go see an ancient tree that he had enlightened, so we stayed on the shore for a while."

"Just then, I saw you rushing headlong into the Great Yi Marsh, startling this strange beast."

At this point, Wang Jingshu tapped Nangong Yue's head and said:

"No need to think, it must be you doing something reckless."

Nangong Yue stuck out her tongue and chuckled:

"I never expected such a terrifying beast to inhabit this island..."

"I never expected... There are many unexpected things in this world. The Xuanhuang Great World has existed for hundreds of millions of years. Even my senior brother and I have to be careful when traveling around the world. But you, on the other hand, are so ostentatious. You'll suffer sooner or later."

Nangong Yue dared not refute, the aura of a sword immortal emanating from Wang Jingshu was too overwhelming. Not to mention her, there were few earth immortals in the world who could remain calm and composed in front of Wang Jingshu.

After giving her a few words of admonishment, Wang Jingshu stopped talking and instead asked:

"By the way, how did you all get out here? Where's Master? What happened on the island?"

Nangong Yue immediately recounted everything that had happened on Qingming Island.

On the other side, Qingfeng slowly rose up, his hands behind his back, floating in the air directly in front of Tianwu's line of sight, without even taking out his sword.

Although Tianwu is strong, he is no match for him now.

"Considering that you didn't intend to kill me, I won't make things difficult for you."

"Speak! Why did you suddenly attack my junior brother? What do you want?"

Tianwu is indeed an ancient mythical beast, and its proud spirit is rare in the world.

But that depends on the situation.

Faced with Qingfeng and Wang Jingshu, who were no match for it, even the most arrogant creature had to restrain its temper.

Despite the excruciating pain of losing two heads, he mumbled:

"Immortal, please calm your anger. I am merely curious... how were those two mortal beasts able to transform into humans?"

Qingfeng and everyone on the boat were stunned for a moment when they heard Tianwu's words, and then they all turned to look at Banyin and Dahei.

This made the two of them feel extremely awkward.

Qingfeng never expected it was because of this.

After all, back on Qingming Island and even in Jingming Cave Heaven, they had long been accustomed to the fact that aberrations like Zhu Jiu could take human form.

Therefore, they would never normally pay attention to this anomaly.

However, they overlooked one point: the fact that beasts could transform into human form was a truly groundbreaking feat for the other beasts in the Xuanhuang Great World.

As an ancient mythical beast, Tianwu has experienced many periods of slumber and rebirth, but has never seen a beast transform into human form.

It instinctively sensed that this was an unprecedented opportunity, and that's how the rest of the story unfolded.

It's just that Tianwu is used to being powerful, or rather, used to being arrogant and looking down on everyone.

Although he did not intend to kill Gu Jiantang and his group, his methods were still too domineering.

Of course, it paid a price for this, having its two heads severed by Wang Jingshu's sword, and it's unknown how long it will take to recover.