Chapter 723: Chapter 723

Outside the blue light gate, a golden flying boat appeared in the distant sky, flashed, and then came to a halt. Five men and one woman stood on it, all of them wearing clothes bearing the insignia of a green butterfly, seemingly the symbol of some faction.

"What place is this? I’ve never heard of such a place."

A tall and thin man in a golden shirt curiously remarked.

"It looks like a secret realm, or perhaps the abode where a high-level cultivator has passed away."

A plump woman in a purple dress guessed.

"A turtle pattern, could it be the Zouhua Cave of Xuangui True Monarch? He is a Unity Cultivator."

The man in the golden shirt said, his eyes ablaze as he released dozens of golden bees. They flew towards the blue light gate and did not trigger any prohibitions.

"If it really is the Zouhua Cave of Xuangui True Monarch, our chance has come."

The woman in the purple dress said excitedly.

"We’ll find out when we go in; everyone be careful."

The man in the golden shirt cautioned, chanting a spell, and the golden flying boat entered the blue light gate.

After a slight sensation of dizziness, they appeared in a vast, boundless sea of flowers, where they could see a multitude of golden butterflies.

These golden butterflies had the head of a dragon and the body of a butterfly, with huge wings and a relatively small head, their wings covered with intricate patterns; one butterfly was exceptionally large in size.

"A sixth-rank Shen Die!"

The man in the golden shirt cried out, his eyes filled with terror.

The Shen Die, ranked tenth on the beast rankings, had the bloodline of a Mirage Dragon, excelled in illusion techniques, and possessed vast divine skills.

Just as they were about to attack the sixth-rank Shen Die, it emitted a loud dragon’s roar, its body bursting with golden light, and with a fierce flap of its wings, a shower of golden dust sprayed out.

Upon hearing the dragon’s roar, the expressions of the woman in purple and the four others turned vacant as they fell into an illusion.

The man in the golden shirt paused briefly, the jade pendant on his chest shining brightly with golden light, and he quickly returned to normal, even as some golden dust entered his mouth and nose.

He felt the world spinning around him and found himself in the Peach Blossom Forest filled with birds singing and fragrant flowers, with numerous female cultivators dancing.

"An illusion technique!"

The complexion of the man in the golden shirt turned pale, his body shining with golden light, trying to break free from the illusion to no avail.

Over a thousand li away, in a narrow mountain valley, Shen Long and Shen Peng were sitting on the back of the Golden Flame Lion, with the Hundred Eyes Cicada lying nearby.

"A sixth-rank Shen Die! To come across such a magical butterfly."

Shen Long said with surprise and delight.

Shen Die, having the bloodline of a Mirage Dragon, possessed great potential.

"Master, shall we subdue it?"

"I don’t possess a mid-grade Sky-Reaching Spiritual Treasure that weakens illusion attacks. In a direct confrontation, I won’t be able to break free from the illusion easily. Let’s kill it instead. We can rear Shen Die to serve as fresh blood for the Spirit Beast army. The Golden Flame lion shall lure it from the front while we ambush it from the side," Shen Long laid out his plan.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The Golden Flame Lion responded.

Shen Long retracted the Hundred Eyes Cicada into the Spirit Beast Bracelet, his body shone with yellow light, and he transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape and burrowed underground. Shen Peng’s body emitted a massive surge of golden electric arcs, turning into a trail of golden light and vanished.

The Golden Flame Lion flew rapidly towards the location of the Shen Die.

In a marshland, the Shen Die hovered over the sea of flowers, while the six people in golden shirts lay on the ground with a blood hole in each of their heads.

A loud roar of a beast sounded, and a myriad of crimson fireballs appeared in the void, tearing through the sky and hurtling towards the Shen Die.

The Shen Die let out a deafening dragon roar and spat out a golden sonic wave to meet them head-on.

The dense crimson fireballs collided with the golden sound waves, shattering like eggs against a stone, the crimson fireballs completely disintegrated.

A clump of golden flames lit up in the void, and the Golden Flame Lion emerged.

The Golden Flame Lion let out a roar that echoed through heaven and earth, and a gigantic lion phantom appeared in the sky.

The lion phantom opened its massive mouth and spewed out a thick golden flame, heading straight for the Shen Die.

The Shen Die emitted a loud dragon chant, and a huge True Dragon phantom appeared in the sky, adorned with antlers on its head and covered with red manes from neck to back, the very image of the Mirage Dragon Dharma Nature.

The Mirage Dragon, a type of True Dragon known for its illusion techniques, is also a kind of True Spirit.

The Mirage Dragon phantom spewed out a golden sound wave, confronting the golden flame.

The golden sound wave and the golden flame collided, the latter instantly dissipated, and the golden sound wave continued its path toward the Golden Flame Lion.

The Giant Lion phantom howled skyward and expelled a golden sound wave; when the two golden sound waves collided, they annihilated each other.

The Mirage Dragon phantom let out a heaven-shaking dragon chant, and the Golden Flame Lion felt the world spinning, its gaze becoming vacant.

Seizing the opportunity, the Mirage Dragon phantom’s right claw swept through the void, causing a fluctuation, and a huge dragon claw materialized over the Giant Lion phantom.

The dragon claw struck the Giant Lion phantom, which let out a piercing howl before dissipating into specks of spiritual light.

The ground tore open, revealing a vast fissure, and a thousand-zhang tall Yellow Giant Ape flew out from within the crack, its right fist radiating bright yellow light, blocking the dragon claw.

Seeing the Yellow Giant Ape, the Shen Die was momentarily stunned.

A golden lightning bolt flashed above the Mirage Dragon phantom, and Shen Peng appeared, his back sporting a pair of wings covered in golden electric arcs.

No sooner had he appeared than he spat out a thick bolt of golden lightning that struck the Mirage Dragon phantom. The golden lightning engulfed the Mirage Dragon phantom.

Shen Peng’s right hand shone with golden light and transformed into a huge golden bird claw, lunging straight for the Mirage Dragon phantom.

The golden bird claw pierced through the Mirage Dragon phantom’s head, causing the phantom’s body to shake before dissolving into specks of spiritual light.

With its Dharma Nature broken, the Shen Die’s body trembled.

A thick bolt of golden lightning shot forth, striking the Shen Die.

Shen Peng flapped his wings hard, and hundreds of golden lightning orbs flew out, continually striking the Shen Die.

A tremendous thunderous noise sounded, and golden lightning engulfed the figure of the Shen Die.

The Yellow Giant Ape’s body emanated a bright blue light, transforming into a thousand-zhang long Blue Giant Dragon, its scales bristling.

The Blue Giant Dragon’s right claw swept through the void, and above the Shen Die’s head, the void fluctuated, and a blue dragon claw encrusted with dragon scales appeared.

True Dragon Capturing Immortal Claw!

The Blue Giant Claw effortlessly penetrated the Shen Die’s head, leaving several gruesome holes.

The massive body of the Shen Die fell from midair, while the other Shen Die scattered in all directions.

The Blue Giant Dragon’s body glowed with yellow light and transformed back into the thousand-zhang tall Yellow Giant Ape, which slammed its right foot fiercely onto the ground. The earth shook and split open, simultaneously unleashing a powerful gravitational force that materialized in an instant.

The Shen Die uncontrollably plummeted to the ground, smashing heavily upon it.

Shen Peng flicked his sleeve, and a continuously spinning golden Flying Needle shot forth, heading straight for the Shen Die.

The highest among these Shen Die were only fifth-tier and stood no chance at all, being completely exterminated.

Shen Peng took out a Green Jade Vase and collected the spirit souls of these Shen Die.

The Yellow Giant Ape also reverted to human form, and the Golden Flame Lion regained consciousness.

Shen Peng cut open the abdomens of several Shen Die and found some insect eggs.

"Let’s go! We’re headed to the area of the prohibition," Shen Long said in a deep voice, collected the cultivators’ bodies and the belongings on them, picked up the Shen Die and the cultivators’ corpses, flew onto the back of the Golden Flame Lion, with Shen Peng closely following.

The Golden Flame Lion flapped its wings fiercely and turned into a Golden Escape Light, breaking through the air and leaving the area.