Immortal Hidden Star apologized, “Fellow cultivators, the Seven Stars Market will not side with either the Immortal Realm or the Demon Realm, so please leave!”
Demon Lord Feidu, on the other hand, laughed, “Kong Ming, look, he cultivates the Immortal Path and naturally rejects me, but he doesn’t recognize the Immortal Realm either. You two really need to reflect—have you gone too far all these years and provoked everyone’s wrath?”
Kong Ming snorted coldly, “Feidu, do you want to die?”
“Heh, with just you?” Feidu sneered disdainfully.
The two were at each other’s throats.
Immortal Hidden Star saw the tension and said, “Gentlemen, this is the Seven Stars Market. Fighting is forbidden!”
Upon hearing this, Demon Lord Feidu laughed heartily, “You’ve got guts. I’m starting to admire you a little!”
Immortal Kong Ming’s voice grew deep, “If you and I join forces to eliminate this demon, and if he is left behind, the Immortal Realm will no longer hold the Seven Stars Market accountable and will even allow it to continue operating. I hope you understand the choice you must make.”
Hidden Star shook his head, “I’ll repeat it again: the Seven Stars Market does not take sides in the conflict between the Immortal and Demon Realms. We belong to the Seven Stars Spiritual Realm, a neutral force!”
Kong Ming frowned, “Nonsense. The Spiritual Realm is an affiliated world of the Immortal Realm and a part of it. Have you ever considered your own mistakes acting like this?”Immortal Hidden Star frowned, sensing the Immortal side’s envoy was unusually aggressive.
Demon Lord Feidu shouted angrily, “Heh heh, Kong Ming, you just want to swallow the Seven Stars Market, don’t you? Because business here is good, you want to take it for yourself? The Feipeng clan is always so arrogant and unreasonable!”
Kong Ming snorted coldly, “Refusing Immortal Realm governance makes you a rebel. Rebels are not protected by the Immortal Realm!”
Immortal Hidden Star immediately realized these two intended to work together. Their positioning blocked his escape routes, and their auras locked onto him.
A strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.
“You...” Immortal Hidden Star’s expression darkened.
But before he could say more,
A pitch-black feathered arrow shot straight at his face. At the same time, behind him, three-colored mysterious light swept toward him.
The two Golden Immortals attacked in unison, one in front, one behind!
Hidden Star’s eyes grew cold.
The formation covering the Seven Stars Market instantly activated.
The area where the three stood transformed into a cosmic starry world.
Countless starlights fell, condensing three layers of mirror surfaces around Hidden Star before the two attacks could land.
The black feathered arrow and the three-colored light vanished into the mirrors.
In an instant, they shot out from another mirror. Feidu’s black feathered arrow flew toward Kong Ming, while Kong Ming’s three-colored light swept toward Feidu!
Kong Ming unleashed a three-colored light that collided with the black feathered arrow. The three-colored light quickly shattered under the arrow’s assault, so Kong Ming immediately released another three-colored light to block it.
On the other side, Demon Lord Feidu also launched two black feathered arrows to block the three-colored light.
Both looked at Hidden Star in surprise and suspicion.
They didn’t expect Hidden Star could not only reflect attacks but also enhance the power of the reflected attacks. This technique was extremely exquisite and defensively skilled.
“Are you still not going to stop? If you insist on attacking, I will report to the Seven Stars Daoist Lord and have you both exterminated!” Hidden Star’s gaze turned icy as he stared at the two.
Feidu was surprised, “Aren’t you the Lord of the Seven Stars Market?”
Kong Ming was also somewhat puzzled, sensing things were not quite right.
But then he concluded Hidden Star was bluffing and said, “That was just a test. You’re only an early Golden Immortal. If I go all out, you won’t be able to block it! I advise you to join the Immortal Realm. With the Feipeng Legion’s support, your Seven Stars Market could reach new heights!”
Feidu laughed, “Don’t listen to Kong Ming. The Feipeng Legion is dominated by the Feipeng clan. Other races are cannon fodder on the battlefield. Even Golden Immortals are just higher-level cannon fodder. If you join the Immortal Realm, you won’t be safe, and the Seven Stars Market will be lost—becoming someone else’s dowry! Joining the Demon Realm is different. At least we won’t secretly harm you; we operate openly.”
Kong Ming mocked, “Is joining the Demon Realm so great? You’ll always have to worry about demon cultivators going mad, killing, and stealing treasures. Going to your Demon Realm is truly courting death!”
Hidden Star found the two odd. They seemed to be persuading him to join either the Immortal or Demon Realm but mentioned no benefits—only pressure and threats.
Outside the scene, Su Yuan understood clearly.
When Hidden Star mentioned the Seven Stars Daoist Lord, many mental threads simultaneously opened.
Following these threads revealed that behind the two stood the Feilian Legion of the Demon Realm and the Feipeng Legion of the Immortal Realm.
Although their leaders seemed to belong to opposing sides, in reality, both were subordinate tribes of a higher race!
Therefore, the two legions were ostensibly enemies but secretly colluding, taking advantage of the increased tariffs during the Immortal-Demon war to smuggle goods.
However, the leaders of both legions feared stronger beings discovering this and were contemplating solutions.
The appearance of the Seven Stars Market, a third-party force, entered their high-level meetings. They wanted to seize the market to use it as cover for continuing highly profitable trade between the two realms.
Su Yuan never expected that even a market below the Golden Immortal level would attract the attention of Golden Immortal or higher experts.
Hidden Star remained alert and soon found these two again teaming up to attack him!
This time, both were serious, drawing out their life-bound immortal treasures.
Feidu wielded a feather fan aflame with black flames that caused a stabbing pain in one’s soul just by looking at it.
Kong Ming held a treasure mirror shimmering with mysterious light, dangerous rays flowing within.
Hidden Star inwardly groaned.
But he did not panic. He knew the Daoist Lord was watching and that the Daoist Lord’s teleportation methods could instantly remove him from danger, so he remained calm.
Feidu waved his feather fan, and thousands of black feathered arrows surged toward Hidden Star.
Hidden Star did not intend to stand still and take the hits. His figure flickered continuously with starlight, evading the feathered arrows.
This was Star Escape; the deeper one comprehended starry principles, the faster one’s movement.
However, Feidu’s black feathered arrows were even faster!
These arrows seemed to possess the world’s ultimate speed, catching up to Hidden Star’s body in a few flickers.
Hidden Star instantly split into countless afterimages.
But the arrows seemed to have discerning means, simultaneously striking one afterimage each.
In an instant, all afterimages dissipated.
Hidden Star condensed layers of mirrors before him, intending to reflect the attacks.
But the feathered arrows were too dense, exceeding the mirrors’ defensive limits at once.
Crunch!
Several mirror layers shattered, and the black feathered arrows struck his body.
Soul-consuming flames burned his body, penetrating inside to scorch his soul!
Hidden Star frantically unleashed his magic power to expel the black feathered arrows from his body.
However, behind him, thousands of three-colored mysterious lights arrived.
All merged into one, forming three pillars of light that enveloped Hidden Star.
After several breaths, Hidden Star staggered out of the light pillars, his body covered with thousands of wounds.
Much flesh and blood had vanished, with deep injuries down to the bone, proving his physical body suffered heavy damage!
Kong Ming’s attacks were especially effective against the physical body, while Feidu’s attacks severely suppressed the soul.
Together, they assaulted Hidden Star comprehensively!
Hidden Star’s life-bound immortal treasure was a glove—awkward and ineffective in both offense and defense.
No one understood why he had such a life-bound immortal treasure.
“Daoist Lord, save me!” Hidden Star cried out miserably toward the sky.
Feidu and Kong Ming both looked around cautiously but did not slow their attacks, continuing to assault Hidden Star.
Suddenly,
The stars in the sky shone brightly!
Feidu and Kong Ming both looked up.
Nine flying swords appeared among the stars!
The nine swords spun, forming the Big Dipper Sword Formation, then immediately descended, sword tips aimed at the two.
Both grimaced.
“There really is another powerful being!”
“That aura is no joke, at least a late-stage Golden Immortal!”
Feidu shielded himself with the feather fan.
But the next moment,
A long sword appeared behind Feidu out of thin air, stabbing into his chest like lightning.
Countless secret patterns of laws instantly covered his body.
The web-like secret patterns sealed his magical source, Nascent Soul, and physical body.
Feidu lowered his head in disbelief, staring at the sword tip protruding from his chest.
He couldn’t sense how the sword had appeared!
The dense secret patterns crawling over him made his scalp tingle; just one glance revealed at least a hundred different laws involved.
His feather fan was instantly covered by the secret patterns; the powerful black flames it once emitted were extinguished!
Feidu could no longer sense the existence of the pure black feathered arrows.
His life-bound connection with the feather fan was severed!
On the other side, Kong Ming suffered the same fate, his body bound by chains formed from countless secret patterns.
The dense patterns on his face couldn’t hide the bewilderment there.
He probably had no idea how he was defeated—how the flying swords had been in the sky one moment and inside their bodies the next.
“Is this spatial law? Such high-level laws always mark powerful beings!” Feidu bitterly laughed in his heart.
They had hit a wall. They had scouted many times, even within the Seven Stars Realm, yet such a powerful being still appeared.
No, precisely because this being existed, they couldn’t find any clues...
Just as the two were captured alive,
Su Yuan’s figure slowly appeared.
When he appeared, he exuded an immense pressure of a Taiyi Golden Immortal at its peak.
In an instant, both were pressed to the ground.
Only one thought flashed through Feidu’s mind: “You’re so strong, why didn’t you say so earlier? Why hide it? Were you just waiting for us to take the bait? This is fishing!” His heart protested vehemently!