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"Hahaha! You dare use the Demon Race to refine pills? Watch me destroy every last one of them!"
George flew directly into the interior of the Heavenly Origin Cauldron, which had been breached by his strike. Violent lightning erupted from his body, blasting the already damaged cauldron apart from the inside.
To the onlookers, it appeared as though the countless Immortal Pills released by the explosion were instantly reduced to ash by the rampaging lightning.
Of course, the truth was quite different.
In the split second George entered the Heavenly Origin Cauldron, he swept the mountain of Immortal Pills stored inside into his own personal world and replaced them with a batch of fakes using a Replication Spell.
Those pills being destroyed in the lightning were nothing but counterfeits.
"My Immortal Pills!"
Seeing the pills he had painstakingly accumulated and refined over six years seemingly destroyed by George, Immortal Wuliang felt as if his heart was bleeding.
Simultaneously, his fury triggered a transformation into his most violent form: a colossal Tree Giant.
"Kill them! Kill them all for this old man!"
"Let's go!"
With the Immortal Pills secured, George signaled the Four Sea Dragon Kings and Shen Gongbao. They immediately turned and fled toward the main gate of the Jade Void Palace at top speed.
With such a vast quantity of Immortal Pills, even if they split them evenly, it would be enough to allow Shen Gongbao and the others to advance to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, or perhaps even the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
It would also allow George to take a massive step forward in his single-universe level power.
More importantly, with this batch of Immortal Pills, his cultivation of this world's techniques would yield twice the result with half the effort.
"They locked it down fast!"
Rushing to the white jade archway that served as the main gate, George and the other five discovered that the spatial entrance leading out to the Kunlun Mountains had already been closed.
When they passed through the gate, they didn't appear outside the Jade Void Palace; they remained inside.
The grand gate had turned into a mere decoration.
"Let's see where you can run now!"
Immortal Wuliang chanted an incantation, and the bright sky above the Jade Void Palace was instantly covered by terrifying thunderclouds.
He had activated the grand defensive formation left behind by the Primeval Lord of Heaven.
Sensing the Calamity Cloud in the sky, which was even more powerful than the one used to destroy the Demon Pill previously, George couldn't help but sigh with lingering fear.
"Fortunately... fortunately, I came prepared!"
To sneak into the Jade Void Palace to rescue Shen Zhengdao, steal the Immortal Pills, and save Nezha and Ao Bing without making any noise was almost impossible.
And once their tracks were discovered, Immortal Wuliang would undoubtedly seal the exits and activate the corresponding defensive measures.
In that scenario, they would be like turtles in a jar, with no way to escape.
Therefore, without a corresponding countermeasure, he would never have dared to storm the Jade Void Palace, even with the temptation of the Immortal Pills.
His solution was simple: before entering the Jade Void Palace, he had left a Thought Body avatar outside as a beacon.
He could use this beacon to open a Space Gate capable of traversing parallel worlds, allowing them to escape the independent grotto-heaven dimension that was the Jade Void Palace.
While ordinary teleportation techniques could not be used within the Jade Void Palace, a Space Gate that broke through the barriers of the world to enter a parallel space had a high chance of working.
The most critical factor was that the Primeval Lord of Heaven was not present. The formation was being controlled by Immortal Wuliang—and only a clone at that—so it was difficult for him to exert its full power.
Moreover, upon entering the Jade Void Palace, George had tested the connection to ensure he could sense the location of the Thought Body outside before proceeding with the plan.
In fact, if an accident occurred and the Space Gate couldn't be used, he had a final contingency plan.
That plan was to throw caution to the wind and, even at the cost of offending the entire Chan Sect and the Primeval Lord of Heaven, go all out to kill Immortal Wuliang's clone.
Because once the clone died, there would be no one to maintain the formation, and it would naturally deactivate.
Fortunately, it hadn't come to that worst-case scenario.
"Open!"
George slashed his hand through the air. A Space Gate connecting directly to the Thought Body materialized instantly. The six of them leapt through the portal, appearing in the sky above the Kunlun Mountains.
He hadn't placed the Thought Body too far away, worried that excessive distance might cause interference or other issues.
After all, this world was filled with various powerful beings.
"How is this possible?!"
Seeing George open a Space Gate to the outside world on his own, Immortal Wuliang was dumbfounded. But he quickly reacted.
"After them!"
Deactivating the defensive array and reopening the Jade Void Palace entrance, Immortal Wuliang led a large group of disciples out into the Kunlun Mountain range, charging toward George and his group.
"Hmph! If a tiger doesn't show its claws, you really take me for a sick cat!"
Seeing Immortal Wuliang continue the pursuit, George knew it was time to teach the other party a lesson so they wouldn't be too arrogant in the future.
Luckily, this was no longer inside the Jade Void Palace, so he didn't have as many reservations.
"Everyone, come out!"
With a wave of his hand, George opened his personal world. All the dragons of the Four Seas and the sea demons were released in a swarm.
"You deal with the others; leave Immortal Wuliang to me!"
George transformed, turning into a black dragon. His body expanded rapidly, resembling a primordial beast capable of swallowing heaven and earth, as he charged toward Immortal Wuliang.
"Arrogant! Fa Tian Xiang Di (Law of Heaven and Earth)!"
Immortal Wuliang was shocked to see so many sea demons suddenly appear, but seeing George dare to attack him alone ignited his fury instantly.
It was all because of this black dragon that his plans had been ruined time and time again. Leaving the others aside for today, this black dragon had to die.
He activated the magical ability Fa Tian Xiang Di, transforming into a Tree Giant as massive as George, and engaged him in battle.
Below them, the Four Dragon Kings and Shen Gongbao led the rest of the dragons and sea demons into a chaotic melee against the Chan Sect disciples.
"How can your strength be this great?!"
The more he fought George, the more shocked Immortal Wuliang became.
Every spell he cast was neutralized by George using Devouring Magic, the Six Treasury Immortal Thief, and the Origin of Qi, dissolving them into primal energy to be absorbed.
George then countered with strange flames the likes of which Wuliang had never seen.
Crucially, Wuliang's avatar was essentially a walking staff, which belonged to the Wood element, making him naturally suppressed by fire.
Ordinary fire would have been fine, but none of the flames this opponent spewed were ordinary; they were no weaker than the Samadhi True Fire.
As for close combat, this black dragon had thick skin and flesh, along with various defensive spells, making it difficult to damage his main body.
Even more cunningly, while most demons fought with their teeth and claws after reverting to their true forms, this black dragon continued to grip the enlarged Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Hooped Rod), smashing it wildly against him.
Wuliang was being beaten black and blue.
"This is bad!"
His battle with George was not going in his favor at all. Glancing down, he saw that the Chan Sect disciples were on the verge of collapse under the assault of the Four Sea Dragon Kings, Shen Gongbao, and the sea demons.
If this continued, let alone chasing the enemy, they were about to be wiped out.
"Retreat!"
Helpless, Immortal Wuliang struggled free from his brawl with George and, with a bruised and swollen face, signaled the Chan Sect disciples to retreat back into the Jade Void Palace.
"We're leaving too!"
Seeing Immortal Wuliang retreat, George recalled the sea demons. He then used teleportation to vanish from the spot along with the Four Dragon Kings and Shen Gongbao.
Intimidating them was enough; there was no need to go too far. Otherwise, if the main bodies of the Primeval Lord of Heaven or Immortal Wuliang came out of seclusion, it would be difficult to end things cleanly.
It should be noted that if George had dragged Immortal Wuliang into his own personal world just now to fight, he could have completely slain this clone on the spot.
(End of Chapter)