Chapter 2516: Chapter 2516: True Form
"Master... will he be defeated?"
Xiao Qi heard Fang Bai’s words and felt worried, his eyes widened as he stared intently.
With his vision, he could only see that currently, his master and the Red Ape Immortal Emperor were evenly matched, but as for the final victory, he could not discern.
However, after a thousand breaths, he noticed that his master’s immortal power seemed overly consumed and appeared somewhat strained between attack and defense.
In contrast, the Red Ape Immortal Emperor’s immortal power seemed to be much more enduring, with the Profound Iron Hammer accompanied by endless secret techniques, as if his aura enveloped the entire void.
Fang Bai squinted his eyes and watched for a moment, suddenly his lips moved slightly, transmitting a message to the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor, but it was unclear what he said.
Having received the transmission, Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor let out a long howl to the sky, his spirit rejuvenated, as the silver giant spear under his control shook out countless spear flowers in the void.
Silver spear flowers dazzlingly bright, blooming in the void like snow lotuses, some entangled with the Profound Iron Hammer, while others scattered towards the Red Ape Immortal Emperor.
The Red Ape Immortal Emperor was startled, not expecting the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor to possess such a secret technique.
His cultivation level was comparable to the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor, able to firmly suppress him, relying on the power of the Profound Iron Hammer and secret techniques of the Dragon Taming Palace.
However, once the Profound Iron Hammer left his hand, his own defense weakened significantly, seeing countless silver spear flowers scattering towards him, each containing astonishing immortal power, he knew it would be hard to withstand and quickly retreated.
He gestured, wanting to retrieve the Profound Iron Hammer to defend against the attack of the silver spear flowers, but the Profound Iron Hammer was buried and entangled by the silver spear flowers, failing to return in time.
Normally, during a duel between two immortals of equal cultivation, when immortal artifacts are deployed against each other, there’s no way to spare attention elsewhere, let alone launch an attack on the opponent personally.
Yet, the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor managed to do so, his secret technique allowing him to multitask, something the Red Ape Immortal Emperor had never seen before.
Silver spear flowers covered the sky, emitting explosive sounds in the void, with an imposing momentum.
The Red Ape Immortal Emperor could only retreat repeatedly while forming an Immortal Domain for defense.
He failed to notice, at this moment, the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor formed a magic seal with both hands, his figure silently disappearing from the original place, and then reappeared like a ghost, stealthily several tens of feet behind him.
Due to the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor’s exceptional Concealment Aura Art, and the Red Ape Immortal Emperor’s focus divided between controlling the Profound Iron Hammer and defending against the silver spear flowers overhead, he didn’t realize the crisis approaching from behind.
"Steward Red Ape, watch out!"
A disciple of the Dragon Taming Palace observing from a distance loudly warned.
But the warning was slightly late; the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor’s fists surged like a flood dragon rising from the sea, unleashing full force towards the Red Ape Immortal Emperor.
With both fists dispatched, the immortal might was vast, the immortal power spanning across the long sky, even if a thousand-foot Dashan stood before, it could be shattered in one blow.
The Red Ape Immortal Emperor sensed the intense crisis from behind but the descending silver spear flowers were likewise filled with astonishing destructive power, unable to face both, he reluctantly trembled his body and revealed his true form.
His entire body was covered in red fur, his face fierce, eyes gleaming, his form expanded more than a foot taller than before, looking like a giant beast.
Just this enormous body brought an invisible pressure to the surrounding immortals, causing them to look on in awe.
An Immortal Beast, after assuming human form, experiencing the various conveniences as an immortal, prefers not to return to its hideous and fierce true form.
The Red Ape Immortal Emperor at this moment was fiercely compelled to reveal his true form, to enhance his combat power and defense capabilities and resist the intense threats from overhead and behind.
"Roar!"
Having revealed his true form, the Red Ape Immortal Emperor’s combat power surged, his momentum triumphantly increased, his roar sounding like a thunderclap.
Meanwhile, he formed fists with both hands, gathering immortal power, one blasting toward the sky, the other towards his back.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Two loud explosions resonated nearly concurrently.
The two punches released by Red Ape Immortal Emperor, one met the silver spear flower descending from above, the other aimed at the two Immortal Essence Great Fists coming from behind, his enormous body quivering violently, with each fist cracking open a blood-revealing wound.
Despite revealing his true form and unleashing his maximum combat power, in the hurried confrontation, he suffered severe losses and sustained injuries.
"Ah... oww..."
The Red Ape Immortal Emperor cried out in anger due to the pain.
He couldn’t fathom how the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor suddenly deployed such a powerful secret technique, injured and losing combat power, knowing he couldn’t withstand further battle against Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor, he transformed into a red light, darting towards the Profound Iron Hammer, swinging fists to disperse the entangling spear flowers, taking the Profound Iron Hammer and fleeing outside Immortal City.
Though many Dragon Taming Palace disciples were observing, most were not strong enough, even if joining the battle array wouldn’t change the battle situation, so considering self-interest, the Red Ape Immortal Emperor decided escaping first was wiser.
As for the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor and his disciples, Great Sage Sun, Linghu Baimi, and others, the Red Ape Immortal Emperor held a grudge, deciding once recovered, to summon a few powerful allies, return to Demon-Slaying Immortal City, and seek justice at a later time.
During the battle with Red Ape Immortal Emperor, originally at a disadvantage, Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor followed Fang Bai’s transmitted guidance, enhancing the power of an Emperor’s Palace secret art learned long ago by several folds, transforming the battle situation upon execution.
However, he didn’t expect the Red Ape Immortal Emperor to escape so promptly, initially planning to pursue but was halted by Fang Bai.
"He’ll return again! There’ll be plenty of chances to annihilate him later!"
Fang Bai transmitted to the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor.
This great battle within the Cultivation Resource Exchange Market attracted numerous immortals to watch, including many disciples of the seven top forces, fortunately, most of the duel occurred in high altitude, not causing much damage to the market.
Fang Bai realized this wasn’t the place for conversation, he then instructed Great Sage Sun, Linghu Baimi, and other immortals to tidy the stalls, before signaling the Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor and his disciple with a glance, all returning to their Immortal Residence.
Back within the Immortal Residence, he activated the Isolation Formation to shield inside and outside, only then did Fang Bai reveal his identity.
"Palace Master!"
Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor, once one of the seventy-two minor generals of Emperor’s Palace, naturally discerning Fang Bai’s authenticity, upon learning Fang Bai survived and returned to the Immortal Realm from the mortal world, he couldn’t help but shed tears of joy, bowing low.
Seeing his master kneel and bow to Alchemist Fang with great respect, addressing him as "Palace Master", Xiao Qi for a moment didn’t comprehend, standing there baffled.
"Xiao Qi, kneel down and bow to the Palace Master!"
Seeing his disciple seemingly stunned still standing, Mystical Spear Immortal Emperor became anxious, softly reprimanding.
Only then did Xiao Qi utter an "Ah", hurriedly kneeling behind his master,lydrachtology Submitting an edit. Failing to correctly parse XML storage format: Element type "p" must be terminated by the matching end-tag: "". Immortal Emperor behind his master, bowing low, thinking, "Palace Master... Palace Master... which Palace Master is my master referring to?"
Suddenly his mind echoed with a "boom", recalling the recent words by Fang Bai, "didn’t fall a thousand years ago", "returned from the mortal world", "return to the Immortal Realm", and realizing, trembling all over, simply thinking, "That’s it, that’s it, Alchemist Fang is Emperor’s Palace Master, Invincible War Emperor! Otherwise, why would my master bow with such great respect?"
