Chapter 209: Chapter 208: The 4 Great Masters of Daluo Palace Assemble

The newcomers were, of course, Taoist Yan Song and Taoist Yi Hong.

The moment the Yellow Heaven Ancestor and his wife appeared on the horizon of Daluo Palace, Gu Zhao had sent a message with his Divine Sense to the old Taoists.

Taoist Yan Song and Taoist Yi Hong were naturally the fastest to return.

Seeing the roiling yellow smoke enveloping Daluo Palace from afar, Taoist Yan Song let out a clear cry. He raised his sleeve, and his face changed as a red mask concealed it. Then, with a wave of his hand, boundless Taiyi Wind and Fire swept out. It blotted out the sky and sun, surging forward like a tsunami.

On the other side, Taoist Yi Hong dispersed his cloud, and his body swelled in size. Dragging his Yanyue Saber with his right hand, he made a Sword Pointing gesture with his left, unleashing a razor-sharp aura that tore through the void as he slashed into the yellow smoke.

Yellow Heaven Ancestor and Madam Huang turned pale with shock.

...

Just moments ago, when they had begun their fight against Gu Zhao and his companion, they had been quite confident.

Although Taoist Ming Yu’s Thunder Fire was formidable, the Yellow Heaven Ancestor’s yellow smoke was endless, and Madam Huang’s close-combat abilities were extraordinary. Furthermore, their Dao Practice was higher and their Magical Power was deeper, so they were certain they had the advantage.

They were confident they could defeat Gu Zhao and Taoist Ming Yu and force out the Ghosts possessing them. Once that happened, the two Mages’ strength would plummet.

Moreover, Ghosts that could possess humans usually hadn’t condensed their own Ghost Body and relied entirely on Divine Soul Power to fight. This made them perfectly susceptible to the Bone Soul Lamp.

As long as they gained the upper hand and then brought out the Bone Soul Lamp at the end, they could secure victory in one fell swoop.

And just like that, Daluo Palace—which had just destroyed the Golden Wind Sect and occupied Changping Prefecture—would be finished.

The thought that all of Changping Prefecture would soon belong to the Yellow Heaven Altar made both the Yellow Heaven Ancestor and Madam Huang crack a smile. Their eyes filled with excitement and killing intent as they gazed at their opponents.

And then they sensed the presence of two others.

One brought a sky full of wind and fire, the other an endless, sharp aura.

"There are more?" Madam Huang couldn’t help but exclaim. "Are they also from Daluo Palace?"

The Yellow Heaven Ancestor couldn’t help but let his voice boom out, "My two friends, I am the Yellow Heaven Altar Master. This is a grudge between the Yellow Heaven Altar and Daluo Palace. If you two would kindly stand aside and watch, I will host a banquet in your honor when this is over!"

"HAHAHAHA!"

Taoist Yi Hong roared with laughter as his Yanyue Saber unleashed a hundred-meter-long wave of Saber Qi. Carrying a piercing True Qi, it slashed directly into the yellow smoke, carving a wide, massive channel through the Yellow Heaven Divine Smoke.

"You nameless rats, courting your own doom! You dare come to Daluo Palace to run wild without even gathering proper intelligence?"

"You’re from Daluo Palace, too?" the Yellow Heaven Ancestor asked, utterly shocked.

The next moment, the Taiyi Wind and Fire swept in, blanketing the roiling yellow smoke. The wind fanned the flames, and the flames empowered the wind.

Even though the Yellow Heaven Divine Smoke was refined with Incense, its Origin was still Demon Power, with souls fused within. It rapidly dissolved under the combined heat of the Taiyi Divine Fire and the Yang Thunder True Fire, and the sight pained the Yellow Heaven Ancestor greatly.

"I am Yan Song Taoist of Daluo Palace. Oh, Yellow Heaven Altar Master, I waited a full month for you at Daluo Temple in Shanglin County, but you never came. I never expected you to show up right at my doorstep," Taoist Yan Song chuckled.

A longsword suddenly appeared in Taoist Yan Song’s hand. Wreathed in Wind and Fire, it pointed directly at the Yellow Heaven Ancestor’s chest.

Startled, the Yellow Heaven Ancestor waved his hand. The yellow smoke coalesced, transforming into tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves that pounced at Taoist Yan Song.

Meanwhile, Taoist Yi Hong ignored everything else and charged straight into the yellow smoke. His eyes flashed like lightning, locking firmly onto Madam Huang, who was darting and leaping around Gu Zhao. His long saber flew toward her.

The Yanyue Saber locked onto Madam Huang’s entire body. She felt a razor-sharp Saber Qi that threatened to cleave her in two, forcing her to fly back in retreat as she glared at Taoist Yi Hong, shocked and furious.

Taoist Yi Hong appeared at Gu Zhao’s side. "Sect Leader, why must you put yourself in harm’s way?"

Gu Zhao brandished his Long Spear and glanced at the slightly dimmed and faded golden light around him. "I have the Golden Light Divine Curse for protection, a Celestial Spirit Talisman and a Vajra Profound Talisman as backups, and Shrinking Inches to save my skin."

"A mere Weasel isn’t qualified to make me shy away from a fight," Gu Zhao said, gesturing toward Madam Huang, who hadn’t retreated far.

Taoist Yi Hong sensed Madam Huang’s Demon Power for a moment, then nodded. "This Weasel’s Dao Practice is indeed higher than her husband’s."

Madam Huang looked from the composed Gu Zhao and Taoist Ming Yu to the timely arrivals, Taoist Yan Song and Taoist Yi Hong. The Taoist True Qi emanating from all four of them was pure and profound, faintly carrying the might of heaven and earth. It held not the slightest trace of sinister energy, nor did they possess any Divinity.

No matter how she looked at them, they didn’t seem like deities who had entered into Harmony with a Ghost God to absorb Incense.

"You’re all from Daluo Palace?" the Yellow Heaven Ancestor asked in shock, using his yellow smoke to fend off the attacks from Taoist Ming Yu and Taoist Yan Song. "Where did you all come from? The Eastern Ten Thousand Islands? Or the Southern Mountains?"

He refused to believe that four masters of this caliber could emerge from Changping Prefecture in such a short time.

Taoist Yan Song chuckled. "Even if you knew, what difference would it make?"

With a wave of his hand, Taoist Ming Yu flung out more than thirty paper talismans. They transformed into gleaming golden Celestial Warriors, wielding sabers and swords, who then took to the air and surrounded the Yellow Heaven Ancestor.

Now that Taoist Ming Yu was able to fly through the air, the Celestial Warriors he controlled could as well.

"The Power of Incense and Candlelight? No, wait. They aren’t human!"

The Yellow Heaven Ancestor was taken aback and hastily unleashed his Yellow Heaven Divine Smoke, but it was blocked by the golden light coating the Celestial Warriors. This legion of Celestial Soldiers and Generals, though not possessing high Dao Practice, did not fear death, and they swarmed him like a tidal wave.

A smile played on Taoist Ming Yu’s lips. With a wave, he called down a Celestial Thunder from the Five-Colored Thunderclouds overhead, forcefully blasting the Yellow Heaven Ancestor’s ascending figure back to the ground.

"These are the Zhengyi Guardians, the Celestial Warriors," Taoist Ming Yu said with a smile.

And while Taoist Ming Yu was speaking, Taoist Yi Hong had already closed the distance with Madam Huang. His Yanyue Saber unleashed countless arcs of Saber Qi, trapping her within a cage of blades.

In terms of armed combat alone, Taoist Yi Hong’s Martial Arts surpassed even Gu Zhao’s.

But Gu Zhao had his own advantages. The Five-Colored Thunderclouds he had gathered, which now filled the sky, began to rain down Thunderbolts.

BOOM! RUMBLE!

Although he still couldn’t unleash the Five Yang Thunders—a technique that required unifying the cycle of the Five Qi—or the Five Directions Barbaric Thunder Spell, he had other options. Both the Flying Thunder Curse from the Shenxiao Yushu Zhan Kan Five Thunder Technique and the Five Thunders Acceleration Technique from the Tai Chi Thunder Concealment Book were Dharma Gates that could either partially fuse the Five Thunders or manipulate their interactions to amplify their power.

In an instant, the sky was filled with Wind and Fire and crackling with the Five Thunders. The Golden Light Divine General unleashed its might, and arcs of Saber Qi crisscrossed the air.

The Yellow Heaven Ancestor and his wife were instantly put on the back foot.

Seeing the Yellow Heaven Divine Smoke growing ever fainter, Madam Huang could take it no more. With a flip of her palm, a bizarrely shaped White Bone Lamp, burning with an eerie Jade Fire, appeared in her hand.

The next moment, she channeled her Magical Power and guided it with her Divine Thought. A wisp of crystalline jade flame appeared in Taoist Yi Hong’s Sea of Consciousness. A suction force emerged from the flame, causing Taoist Yi Hong’s Divine Soul to waver as if it were about to be pulled into the lamp’s fire.