Chapter 341: Chapter 135: Killing Ghost Moon and Seizing the High-Grade Profound Weapon "Five Elements Cauldron
Everyone watching the battle from the shadows was completely stunned, rendered speechless.
Suddenly—
HISS—!
The Resentful Spirit let out a sharp, unearthly shriek, pulling everyone’s attention back to it!
The sound was like a bucket of cold water doused over the crowd, snapping them out of their belief that the battle was over.
The crisis was far from over!
Carrying the Sunset Bow, Chu Fan strode toward the four large, black cauldrons on the ground.
He reached one of the cauldrons, bent down, and gripped its edge.
[Item Discovered: Five Elements Cauldron. Refinement requires 50 points of Spiritual Essence. Begin Refinement?]
[Refinement will grant the Sealing Secret Technique: "Five Cauldrons Seal."]
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chu Fan initiated the Refinement with a single thought.
The next moment...
A connection to the Five Cauldrons abruptly formed in his consciousness.
He could even faintly sense the cauldron that Ding Jian had sent flying into the distance.
But the great distance made the connection hazy.
Chu Fan circulated his Primordial Qi and, with a light flick of his wrist...
WHOOSH!
The massive cauldrons instantly shrank, transforming into streaks of light that merged into his left palm and vanished!
"...How did you refine a Profound Weapon so quickly?"
The Paperman in Chu Fan’s robes trembled, its voice filled with astonishment.
It had been about to tell Chu Fan how to circulate his Qi for the Refinement, but before it could get a word out, Chu Fan had already stored the cauldrons away!
"My lord, right now we should be more concerned with how to deal with that Resentful Spirit."
Carrying the Sunset Bow, Chu Fan sprinted in the direction of Ding Jian and the others.
Before he could reach the stone pillar where Ding Jian was, the large cauldron beside it suddenly flew up, streaking toward him as a beam of light.
Chu Fan gestured with his left hand, and the beam of light immediately vanished into his palm.
Just then, another unexpected event occurred!
"Make way! Make way for me! The demons of the Moon Worship Sect have brought chaos to Cyan Yang! Today, I will exterminate every last one of them!"
The battle cry boomed from the other end of the long street, loud as a great bell, but it carried an affected, deliberate tone.
It was County Magistrate Zhang Yunpeng, dressed in his official robes. The hem of his gown fluttered as he advanced, his expression "solemn" but hiding a sinister glint in his eyes.
Dozens of government officials and constables followed him, their swords and spears drawn as they charged forward menacingly.
But where was there any sign of a Moon Worship Sect demon anywhere nearby?
Ding Jian and his two companions were using all their strength to maintain the Three Talents Sealing Demon Array, trapping the agitated Resentful Spirit.
Upon seeing this group of uninvited guests, all three of them frowned.
Though they didn’t know the full story behind Zhang Yunpeng, the situation was too critical to allow outsiders to approach.
"This area is dangerous! Retreat at once, lest the innocent be harmed!"
Ding Jian’s voice was as cold as ice, shouting a warning from dozens of feet away with an authority that allowed no argument.
Zhang Yunpeng halted, an almost imperceptible gloom flashing across his face. Just as he was about to speak again...
"Chu Fan! Chu Fan!"
Several urgent shouts suddenly caught Chu Fan’s attention.
He turned his head to see Liang Qiu running toward him in a sorry state, carrying the barely-breathing Fatty on his back, along with Jiang Yuanfan, Ling Feng, and several other disciples of the Seven Stars Gang.
Chu Fan’s heart tightened. He hurried to meet them. "Why are you all still here? I thought you had already left Cyan Yang for Qing Province!"
Liang Qiu and the others had previously decided to follow Gang Leader Cao and travel to Qing Province.
He hadn’t expected them to still be here.
Liang Qiu was panting too hard to explain in detail. He said urgently, "We were about to leave, but... but we spotted someone from the Moon Worship Sect! Fatty went to track them and was seriously injured!"
"What? Someone from the Moon Worship Sect?"
Chu Fan’s gaze hardened. He immediately took a Healing Elixir from his robes and, with a flick of his finger, sent it into Fatty’s mouth.
He then placed his palm on Fatty’s back, circulating his Primordial Qi to help him absorb the elixir’s medicinal power. "Where did you find him?!" he asked in a low voice.
Liang Qiu collected himself and quickly explained, "We Seven Stars Gang disciples were hiding in a courtyard outside the North City black market, just waiting to set off for Qing Province in the next day or two."
"Who knew that the Grand Array would suddenly activate and the Blood Sacrifice would begin? Everyone was in so much pain they rushed into the streets, creating total chaos."
"Just as we were terrified out of our wits, Fatty suddenly pulled me aside and said something was wrong... He saw someone sneak into a nearby house."
"At a time like that, everyone was either hiding at home or wailing in the streets."
"But from that house, after the person went inside, there wasn’t a single sound. It was eerily quiet!"
As Liang Qiu spoke, a look of lingering fear appeared on his face. "So we snuck over to check it out..."
"Through a crack in the door, we saw the person sitting cross-legged inside the house. Beneath him, an Array was spinning, glowing with Spiritual Light!"
"He spotted us and shot a palm strike from across the room! The force of the blow passed right through the door!"
"We scrambled to dodge, but Fatty... Fatty couldn’t get out of the way!"
Just then, several figures ran over. It was Liang Yuhen and others from the Iron Armor Sect.
Liang Yuhen stepped forward and placed her fingertips on Fatty’s wrist. After a moment, she said, "He’s heavily injured, but it’s not fatal. I have some healing medicine. Leave him to me!"
Chu Fan nodded slightly and looked at Jiang Yuanfan. "Take me there!"
"Alright!" Jiang Yuanfan immediately agreed.
The two of them ran off toward the southwest.
They hadn’t run far...
Seeing Jiang Yuanfan’s slow pace, Chu Fan grabbed him by the belt and lifted him into the air.
"..." Jiang Yuanfan dangled in mid-air, feeling as if he were riding the clouds.
He pointed to the southwest. "That way!"
Chu Fan’s figure flickered, and he shot off like a wisp of cyan smoke in the direction Liang Qiu had indicated, his speed astonishingly fast!
In just a few leaps, they arrived near the house.
The Cyan Snake poked its head out of his sleeve, its forked tongue flicking. "There’s a late-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator inside."
"You should leave now. I’ll handle things here," Chu Fan said, setting Jiang Yuanfan down.
Jiang Yuanfan knew that staying would only make him a burden. With a quick "Be careful," he swiftly retreated.
Chu Fan’s gaze fell coldly on the ordinary-looking residence. Not bothering with stealth, he strode right in!
Inside, a man in cyan robes sat cross-legged in the center of the room. The array beneath him pulsed with a faint glow, resonating with the Nine Nether Spirit Locking Array.
He looked up and saw Chu Fan, freezing for a second before a savage grin spread across his face. "A mere early-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator dares to come here and die?!"
But Chu Fan’s movements were faster!
He immediately executed the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step, his figure closing in like a phantom. He then unleashed the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, a palm strike shrouded in bone-chilling cold, aimed straight at the man’s face!
VMMMM!
The instant the Palm Force was about to connect, the array beneath the cultist flared brightly, materializing a dark barrier of light that solidly blocked the strike.
The immense rebound force made Chu Fan’s arm go slightly numb.
"Hahaha! You’re wasting your energy!"
The cultist within the array laughed smugly. "This array is connected to the Grand Array. It borrows power from the Nine Nether Spirit Locking Array! You think you can break it?"
Chu Fan remained silent, his expression growing even colder.
He drew his Long Saber and unleashed the Ninefold Thunder Shocking Blade Technique.
The blade flashed like a bolt of silk, carrying the force of a thunderstorm as it viciously chopped down on the light barrier!
CLANG!
The sound of metal on metal rang out. The light barrier rippled and fluctuated violently, but it held firm, refusing to break.
"It’s useless! An ant trying to shake a tree!" the man sneered repeatedly.
Chu Fan retracted his saber and stepped back, appearing to give up on a direct assault.
Just as the cultist thought he was out of ideas, Chu Fan suddenly swung his left hand—
BOOM!
A massive black cauldron materialized out of thin air, swelling to the size of the house as it flew, and crashed down upon the array’s light barrier with the force of a collapsing mountain!
The entire house collapsed in an instant!
The resilient light barrier, like glass struck by a sledgehammer, let out a groan as if unable to bear the weight.
Its light instantly dimmed by more than half, and a web of fine cracks spread across its surface!
"What?! The... the Five Elements Cauldron!"
The savage grin on the cultist’s face froze instantly. His pupils shrank, his eyes filled with terror.
"Lord Ghost Moon’s Five Elements Cauldron, how is it in your hands?! Could it be... could it be that Lord Ghost Moon..."
He didn’t dare to think any further. A chill shot up from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head!
’Ghost Moon, whom even the three masters from the Demon Suppression Bureau couldn’t stop, had actually died at the hands of this unfamiliar young man?’
’How is this possible!’
