Watching the Mountain

Chapter 434: Chapter 223: The Extremely Insidious Wuchen Daoist Monarch

At this point, he could completely control his unique Mental Realm and manifest any desired effect at will.

With a single thought, before Vast Sea Daoist Monarch and Shifang Daoist Monarch could even react, a peculiar emotion silently enveloped them.

Vast Sea Daoist Monarch and Shifang Daoist Monarch were still contemplating the two-on-one situation, thinking, ’The advantage is ours.’ Just as they were about to strike, Shen Wuchen’s Mental Realm descended. They then saw him across from them, forming an ancient Magic Seal with his hands.

Seeing this, Vast Sea Daoist Monarch couldn’t help but scoff. He turned to Shifang Daoist Monarch and said:

”That Wuchen True Monarch actually dares to attack us first. It seems that after a breakthrough in Cultivation, even the most patient man becomes arrogant. He’s completely lost his former composure.”

At that moment, he suddenly felt that a Wuchen Daoist Monarch like this posed no threat to them whatsoever.

’To recklessly charge and attack the two of us... with a temperament like that, he’s not worth taking seriously.’

’We can suppress him with a wave of a hand.’

Shen Wuchen’s special Mental Realm wasn’t targeting just one person. Shifang Daoist Monarch, who was also under its influence, didn’t find anything wrong with Vast Sea Daoist Monarch’s words. Instead, he nodded in deep agreement.

”That’s perfectly normal. Youngsters, you know. They achieve a little something and become arrogant and conceited, looking down on the rest of the world.”

Although Shen Wuchen was over a thousand years old, in the eyes of Shifang Daoist Monarch—who had lived for more than seven thousand years—he was still absurdly young.

He continued, ”It seems we were overthinking things. Perhaps the intelligence reports on his strength were accurate after all.”

By now, Shen Wuchen had already unleashed his Divine Technique. However, to maximize the effect of his Mental Realm, he deliberately slowed his casting speed. He wanted to prevent them from sensing the danger too quickly and breaking free from his influence.

The clear, cloudless sky turned to night. A phantom bearing a slight resemblance to Ye Qingyue appeared, cradling a full moon so vast it blotted out the heavens, its edges indistinct. The phantom began to dance.

With breathtaking grace, it slowly danced toward Vast Sea Daoist Monarch and Shifang Daoist Monarch.

Faced with such a slow attack, Shifang Daoist Monarch raised a single eyebrow. He asked Vast Sea Daoist Monarch with a casual air:

”Is this the Divine Technique he used to break your attack before?”

Vast Sea Daoist Monarch nodded lightly. ”The very same.”

Shifang Daoist Monarch chuckled. ”It looks impressive, but I don’t feel the slightest threat. An attack like this? I can shatter it with a single flick of my wrist.”

With an air of bravado, he instructed Vast Sea Daoist Monarch, ”You don’t need to lift a finger. Watch as I break his attack with a wave of my hand and teach him that this world doesn’t belong to youngsters like him yet.”

As he spoke, Shen Wuchen’s attack reached them.

Seeing this, Shifang Daoist Monarch slowly extended his arm, striking a pose he felt befitted his status. He lazily raised a single palm, intending to swat away the moon that was crashing down upon them.

He was going to slap Wuchen Daoist Monarch’s attack aside with one blow and teach him to know his place.

The thought had barely crossed his mind, his outstretched palm had just made contact with the moon in the sky, and then...

BANG! A ripple spread through the void. The hundreds of thousands of miles of ground where the two stood instantly sank by several thousand feet. Everything on the surface was crushed flat, leaving a barren, level plain.

The phantom in the void resembling Ye Qingyue brandished the boundless moon like a blacksmith’s hammer, smashing down on the two of them hundreds of times in a single instant.

Shifang Daoist Monarch let out a muffled grunt as a trickle of blood escaped the corner of his mouth. He immediately raised his hand and waved a Profound Water Banner, shattering Shen Wuchen’s attack with a forceful swing.

The phantom and the moon dissipated, and the sky cleared. His expression was grim as he shouted to Vast Sea Daoist Monarch:

”Damn it, we were under his influence!”

Vast Sea Daoist Monarch’s eyes bulged as he stared fixedly at the distant Shen Wuchen. His face was dark as he nodded in agreement.

”To be able to influence us so silently... it seems there’s more to this Wuchen Daoist Monarch than meets the eye.”

Wielding the Profound Water Banner, Shifang Daoist Monarch’s face was grave. ”What a treacherous Wuchen Daoist Monarch!” he snarled. ”We attack together!”

As he spoke, Vast Sea Daoist Monarch raised his hand and summoned the Sea-Overturning Bottle. The two of them attacked Shen Wuchen in unison.

When Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivators attacked with their full power, the commotion was apocalyptic. The sky for hundreds of thousands of miles around was engulfed in all manner of spiritual light and strange phenomena.

Shen Wuchen watched the two of them break free from his special Mental Realm, a flicker of regret in his eyes.

’My attack power is still too weak,’ he thought. ’If I had mastered a more powerful attack, that last strike would have left them both severely injured, not just with these minor wounds.’

Even so, that was his strongest attack, and it was only possible thanks to the enlightenment he’d gained with Ye Qingyue’s help. If he had relied solely on his own power, he doubted he could have even scratched them.

At the Divinity Transformation Realm, the gap between a Flying Immortal Stream Cultivator and a traditional Cultivator widened even further. Shen Wuchen lacked a Magical Treasure befitting the Divinity Transformation Realm, making it difficult for him to battle traditional Cultivators of the same level.

He was already mentally prepared for this outcome, so he remained calm.