Chapter 249: This Mech Is Mine

Yun Bugui?

Of course they still remembered Yun Bugui, who had already left the Sin Domain.

Why was Jiang Changkong mentioning Yun Bugui now?

While everyone was puzzled, countless white clouds emerged around them, covering everything.

The white clouds swirled, overwhelming the sky and earth, instantly enveloping the five of them.

“Damn it, this is Yun Bugui’s martial art!”

The golden-robed man exclaimed in shock and anger, his sword light crisscrossing, yet unable to penetrate the white clouds.

The white clouds here were even more formidable than Yun Bugui’s!

The pale clouds carried an aura of lifelessness.

“My strength…”

Heng Moxuan stared in astonishment at the surrounding white clouds. Her Taiyin Star Power was being suppressed!

On the other side, the fifth uncle of the Nan family was similarly suppressed.

The white clouds isolated them, forming independent small spaces.

Within these isolated white cloud spaces, everything was pale white. Even if they managed to step out of one white cloud space, they could not leave the area covered by the clouds.

Because stepping out of one white cloud space would lead them into a new one, like a maze.

Neither Taiyin nor Taiyang could pierce through these white clouds.

Sharp metallic energy, heavy earth energy, and the azure mecha were equally powerless against the white clouds.

As Heng Moxuan was still in shock and doubt, Jiang Changkong walked out from within the white clouds. “Heng Moxuan, tell me what I want to know.”

Heng Moxuan calmed down and said, “The spatial passage is 100,000 meters away, five thousand meters underground. Inside, there are two Immortal Palace Martial Artists, both at the Stellar Embryo Level. Their exact details are unknown.”

“What about Wang Ruiqing?” Jiang Changkong asked indifferently.

“Wang Ruiqing is inside the spatial passage, working for the Immortal Palace people.”

Heng Moxuan explained, “The Immortal Palace people concealed the fact that you came looking for him. I have already secretly notified him.

But they won’t easily let Wang Ruiqing go. From what I gathered, they intend to take him away.”

“Take him away? Outside, there should be High-Rank Martial Artists from various major factions. How can they take him away?” Jiang Changkong frowned.

“Wang Ruiqing knows you are the one trying to save him. As long as Wang Ruiqing goes out, it will be enough. Among the people from the major factions, there may already be Immortal Palace members.”

Heng Moxuan said gravely.

“Will they kill Wang Ruiqing?” Jiang Changkong asked calmly.

“If their lives are threatened, they will definitely use Wang Ruiqing to threaten you.”

Heng Moxuan replied, “They originally didn’t want us to break through. It was because you intended to level the Sin Domain and ruin their plans that they allowed us to break out.”

“The people they need to save now should have been rescued long ago. What else are they doing?” Jiang Changkong wondered.

“I’m not sure. I only know that the Immortal Palace people are searching for something underground. One of them is an earth-attribute Star Embryo Martial Artist.

After he appeared, he went deep underground, placing monitoring instruments everywhere to observe the situation below.”

Underground?

Jiang Changkong’s expression darkened. Were those people targeting the Blood-Red Palace?

Previously, he had only explored five hundred meters deep and hadn’t probed further, or he might have discovered something.

Next, he would use the Divine Control Art to investigate the underground space and the Martial Artist hidden in the earth.

“Are you working for them now? What are your intentions?” Jiang Changkong asked.

“To return to the Heng family,” Heng Moxuan said calmly. “The Immortal Palace saved us so that we could go back. In the future, they plan to use us to leverage our family’s power.”

“Will they trust you to return?” Jiang Changkong asked, surprised.

“Top-grade poison,” Heng Moxuan replied calmly. “And there are monitoring instruments.”

“What about you now…” Jiang Changkong’s expression changed.

Heng Moxuan waved his hand. “Don’t worry, Wang Ruiqing handled it for me. He can temporarily block it and will create fake footage.”

Jiang Changkong breathed a sigh of relief. “So, are you planning to infiltrate the Immortal Palace, or are you truly working for them?”

“Of course, it’s to infiltrate the Immortal Palace. For so many years, the Immortal Palace has remained well-hidden. This is an opportunity.”

Heng Moxuan said, “You killed my brother. I won’t hold back against you.”

“What about Nan Yanyang and the others?” Jiang Changkong asked.

“I’m not sure. They might have the same idea as me, or they might not.” Heng Moxuan shook his head.

Jiang Changkong said indifferently, “If you want revenge, I’ll give you the chance. In the future, if you bring me news about the Immortal Palace or challenge me with Star Crystals or Star Stones, I can spare your life and keep giving you opportunities.”

“You…”

“Let’s end this pointless battle.”

Jiang Changkong raised his right palm lightly, and white clouds gathered. “Piercing Clouds, Shattering Moon.”

With a single palm strike, the white clouds surged.

“Bright Moon… Ugh…”

Thud

Heng Moxuan was directly swallowed by the white clouds. The terrifying palm strike carried him out of the clouds and slammed him heavily against the Protective Shield.

Figures flashed, and Nan Yanyang and the other three appeared. Jiang Changkong coldly stared at the four. “Heng Moxuan is done. Now it’s your turn.”

“Kill!”

The four shouted in unison as sword light, blazing sun, a massive mountain, and azure sword radiance descended simultaneously.

“I really dislike people from Shengjin.”

Jiang Changkong directly grabbed the longsword, forcibly dragging it through the Void and slashing it across the throat.

“You…”

The golden-robed man opened his mouth, only for intense flames to spew out, incinerating his body and turning him to ashes in an instant.

No matter how strong one’s self-recovery ability is, once reduced to ashes, there’s no coming back.

Clang

The longsword fell through the clouds and landed on the Protective Shield.

The attacks from the other three had already arrived but simultaneously halted three feet away.

“Long Clouds Shatter the Sun.”

White clouds swirled, and a single palm enveloped all three.

The Blazing Sun Star Power was suppressed. Fourth Uncle Nan’s expression darkened as he spat blood and was sent flying.

As for the other two, Star Power penetrated the mech, injuring Professor Yu. The palm force carried the mech, sending it plummeting downward.

The other Martial Artist was directly engulfed by the white clouds.

As the white clouds dissipated, the earth-toned Martial Artist was left as nothing but a skeleton.

The battle ended, the white clouds vanished, and Jiang Changkong descended through the air.

Heng Moxuan, Fourth Uncle Nan, and Professor Yu all stood up simultaneously.

“Still want to fight?” Jiang Changkong said calmly. “Go back to your own factions. Also, when I leave, this mech is mine. For now, consider it borrowed.”

Professor Yu: “…”

“One day, I will personally kill you,” Heng Moxuan left a fierce threat before preparing to leave.

“Wait,” Jiang Changkong said indifferently.

Heng Moxuan stiffened, his face darkening. “What do you want?”

“Hand over the Star Stones on you,” Jiang Changkong said flatly.

“I don’t have any. I gave them all to someone else.” Heng Moxuan directly removed his Spatial Equipment. “See for yourself.”

The other two also took out their Spatial Equipment and handed them over.

Jiang Changkong frowned. There really weren’t any. The people from the Immortal Palace likely wouldn’t suffer losses and had probably taken the Star Stones.

“Get lost,” Jiang Changkong waved his hand.

In the underground passage, the black-clothed man’s face was dark, with five others beside him.

Out of the nine overlords, four had gone, along with Professor Yu in his mech. In the end, two had died, and three were severely injured.

“What exactly happened? Wang Ruiqing, did you see clearly?” the black-clothed man demanded angrily.

“It’s already clear that Jiang Changkong’s martial arts bear some resemblance to Yun Bugui’s Nine Heaven Nine Cloud Art.”

Wang Ruiqing explained, “Here are all the video recordings. Please take a look, sir.”

The man in black watched the videos, his expression growing increasingly grim. “The Nine Heaven Nine Cloud Art—how could he possibly have mastered it? Moreover, didn’t Yun Bugui only develop it up to the mid-tier high-grade level?”

“From what we can see now, Jiang Changkong has refined the martial art. It has been confirmed for now that he has advanced it to the Stellar Embryo Level. Whether it has reached the Stellar Body level is unknown.”

Wang Ruiqing said calmly, “A self-taught practitioner shouldn’t be this terrifying, right? Possessing monstrous talent in cultivation, monstrous combat prowess, and even the ability to independently develop high-tier martial arts?”

The man in black was momentarily stunned, and the other five overlords also began to ponder. Could it be that Jiang Changkong has a formidable force backing him?