Chapter 1642: Chapter 1642: Recognized
When a lower-rank Immortal King encounters a higher-rank Immortal King, the only option is to flee; otherwise, there is only annihilation and death.
Immortal King Yuncheng suppressed the shock in his heart and carefully scrutinized Shi Rou.
Then, he was even more astonished.
Firstly, in terms of appearance, Shi Rou closely resembled Shi Bing and Shi Qian. Moreover, their life flames had only been burning for a few thousand years, indicating they were likely biological sisters.
Three Immortal Kings in one family?
Incredible.
Secondly, Shi Rou was merely a Four-Star Immortal King.
A Four-Star Immortal King possessing the ability to instantly kill him—how terrifying was this superior combat power?
He knew that this was an era of great events, with talents emerging abundantly, but an Immortal King like Shi Rou... was simply unheard of.
"An-ancestor!" Mo Tian was dumbfounded seeing Immortal King Yuncheng being slapped away.
In his mind, his ancestor was invincible; now, witnessing him being blasted away shattered his worldview completely.
"Dare to lay a hand on my sister, you’re truly bold!" Shi Rou said coldly.
She originally was someone indifferent to worldly affairs, content to drift through life idly. However, when her father was targeted by the Eight Immortal Venerables, she completely abandoned her laziness, making it her belief to protect her family.
No one could harm her family. This was her reverse scale; whoever touched it would die.
"Who might you be, Daoist?" Immortal King Yuncheng asked. Such a powerful Immortal King living secluded in his Immortal Realm without any detection was utterly embarrassing if known.
"Me?" Shi Rou smiled faintly, "You seem to have attended my hundred-day banquet."
What!
Immortal King Yuncheng was initially stunned. Whose hundred-day banquet had he attended?
Then, he immediately remembered.
Of course, and there was only one.
In the world, there was only one hundred-day banquet—or to be precise, two hundred-day banquets he had attended, those of Shi Hao’s twins.
Shi? Shi!
Oh heavens, these were Shi Hao’s three daughters!
No wonder they were such prodigies. Barely a few thousand years old, one had become an Immortal King, and the other two had reached Quasi-Immortal King.
Moreover, the Four-Star Immortal King was already invincible. The two Quasi-Immortal Kings also possessed around One-Star combat power. Being Shi Hao’s daughters explained it all.
His mind raced, pondering whether to submit now.
Admitting defeat, he believed nothing would happen to him, but Mo Tian would surely be doomed. If he didn’t submit, perhaps he could buy some time, secretly contacting the Eight Immortal Venerables?
Who didn’t know that the Eight Immortal Venerables were hunting down Shi Hao, and it was said Shi Hao had already fled into the Forbidden Land? Consequently, his children could only hide their identities and go into hiding.
Indeed, otherwise, why remain so low-profile when possessing invincible Immortal King combat power?
In an instant, Immortal King Yuncheng made a decision.
He had been stuck at a Five-Star Immortal King for some time. Without external aid, he would essentially never breakthrough to Six-Stars.
However, he was unwilling to remain a Five-Star Immortal King for life.
What if guided by an Immortal Venerable?
—With children taken as hostages, could Shi Hao not appear?
If Shi Hao was captured, it would naturally be a great contribution, allowing him to ask an Immortal Venerable for guidance, which was surely achievable.
Good, fortune is sought amidst peril.
He immediately sent a signal to communicate with disciples of the Eight Immortal Venerables.
In fact, the Eight Immortal Venerables had suspected that Shi Hao might have hidden his family within some Immortal Realm. Therefore, their disciples were instructed to notify all Immortal Kings if any trace of Shi Hao’s family was found, to report immediately.
Many Immortal Kings, prideful, although unable to rival an Immortal Venerable, had no intention of acting as their lackeys and thus ignored such orders, not taking any action.
But there were always some Immortal Kings with desires, like Immortal King Yuncheng.
The message had been sent; now, it was just a waiting game.
Immortal King Yuncheng slightly smiled, saying, "So it’s the beloved daughter of Daoist Shi! Haha, who would have thought the little girl from years ago has grown to this stage, even I, the King, am no match!"
Shi Rou nonchalantly smiled, pointing at Mo Tian: "This person, how does the Immortal King plan to deal with him?"
Immortal King Yuncheng frowned. Since he sent the message, he had decided to turn against the Shi Family, unwilling to let his descendants die.
However, in front of a Nine-Star combat power Immortal King, what would the consequence be if he directly refused?
"Mo Tian, hurry up, apologize!" He shouted towards Mo Tian.
Mo Tian was already scared witless, seeing the ancestor defeated in one move; all his reliance crumbled to nothing.
How could he remain defiant?
He scrambled over, directly knelt down: "It was my loose tongue; I will slap myself."
Slap, slap, slap, he started to slap himself.
Immortal King Yuncheng couldn’t help but knit his brows. He merely wanted this descendant to apologize, yet he actually knelt and started slapping himself?
How embarrassing.
But kneeling he was, slapping he was; what more could he say?
He could only wait for the disciples of the Eight Immortal Venerables to arrive and seize the Shi Family.
Seeing Mo Tian slapping himself, Shi Rou and her two sisters’ expressions slightly eased. They were not ruthless people; otherwise, they would not have given the chance for an apology, but would have directly killed him.
—A mere Silver Spirit Immortal, daring to boast in front of an Immortal King, wasn’t it courting death?
Immortal King Yuncheng suppressed his dissatisfaction and began chatting hypocritically with Shi Rou, his aim to stall for time.
After a while, a pressure suddenly descended.
"The remnants of the Shi Family, so you’re hiding here!" said a sinister voice.
Whoosh, a figure appeared, tearing through space.
A Nine-Star Immortal King!
And more so, a disciple of an Immortal Venerable, possessing combat power infinitely close to the Nine-Star limit, even having surpassed the limit to crystallize the Heaven and Earth Wheel.
Shi Rou suddenly understood, addressing Immortal King Yuncheng coldly: "Was it you who sent the message?"
Immortal King Yuncheng chuckled faintly. Unwilling to see his descendants die and eager to seize this opportunity for advancement, he had no qualms about betraying the Shi Family.
It didn’t matter, as long as he gained personal strength.
"You will regret this," Shi Rou said lightly, for her father had already returned. Even if an Immortal Venerable came personally, there was nothing to fear, let alone merely a disciple of an Immortal Venerable.
"A daughter of Shi Hao indeed, what a sharp tongue," the disciple of the Immortal Venerable said faintly, "I am Jing Wuxue, from the Myriad Poison Sect, a direct disciple of the Immortal Venerable!"
A direct disciple!
Impressive, a direct disciple of the Immortal Venerable was undoubtedly a prodigy, for how else would they catch the eye of an Immortal Venerable?
That represented immense power.
Shi Rou remained indifferent: "Are you going to fight or not?"
"Such arrogant fellows," Jing Wuxue said coldly.
Indeed, the Shi Family were all alike, arrogantly defying everything.
Like Shi Hao, who provoked Immortal Venerables despite being merely an Immortal King, utterly unaware.
Look where he is now, hunted to the extent of fleeing into the Forbidden Land, possibly slain there—what was the point?
"Capture them!" Jing Wuxue couldn’t be bothered to speak further with Shi Rou, directly reaching out to seize her.
Boom!
He was instantly blasted away.
