"Fellow Daoist Yang, please show mercy!
These bald monks cannot be killed."
Seeing that the giant formation Peng was about to strike, Patriarch Chaoyang, who had been spectating, suddenly jumped out to stop him.
"Old man, get out of the way. I won't kill you, but I can kill those bald donkeys!"
Jin Jialin controlled the formation, which was about to land, and suspended it.
He recognized Patriarch Chaoyang; he knew most of the big figures in the cultivation world of Yurou Plain.
"Hmm? It's Fellow Daoist Jin. Please show mercy and don't cause trouble for Fellow Daoist Yang."
Patriarch Chaoyang had fought with this giant Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle before and knew it. Seeing that it was helping Yang Hong attack Monk Tongyuan and the others, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly advised.
"Old man, I am a demon, and I have nothing to do with Sect Master Yang. I am just hungry and looking for a meal. I won't cause trouble for Sect Master Yang."
Hearing Patriarch Chaoyang's words, Jin Jialin knew that these monks had an unusual background, so he simply acted as if he didn't know Yang Hong well.
"Fellow Daoist Yang, Monk Tongyuan comes from Leiyin Temple and is an outer sect elder. He is also a hall master of the 'Boundless Buddhist Alliance.' If he dies in your Qingfeng Villa, it is very likely to attract retaliation from Leiyin Temple. Moreover, the 'Boundless Buddhist Alliance' will surely use this as an excuse to attack Qingfeng Villa."
Patriarch Chaoyang saw that Jin Jialin still intended to kill, so he quickly turned to Yang Hong and continued to persuade him.
"I know that with your strength, Fellow Daoist, you are not afraid of the Buddhist sect's retaliation. However, your disciples are another matter. Please reconsider, Fellow Daoist."
Yang Hong walked over under the protection of the Four Spirits Dharma Appearance. He waved his hand, signaling Jin Jialin to stop temporarily.
He looked at Patriarch Chaoyang and asked, without answering his question,
"Fellow Daoist Chaoyang, are your immortal sects afraid of the Buddhist sect?"
"Heh heh~ Don't laugh at me, Fellow Daoist. We immortal sects are indeed afraid!
Don't laugh either. The Buddhist sect already has 360 Arhats and 80 Venerables, as well as 18 Luo Han descend to the Taiyuan Continent. We cannot afford to provoke them."
"Hiss! Is the Buddhist sect going crazy! So many immortal-level powerhouses descending, aren't they afraid of bursting the Taiyuan Continent?"
Hearing Patriarch Chaoyang's words, Yang Hong gasped. 458 immortals, and all descending at the same time! If they were to cultivate simultaneously, the Taiyuan Continent's spiritual energy would be depleted in at most ten years!
The quality of immortal energy required for immortal cultivation is too high. Without immortal energy and by absorbing spiritual energy, it takes a million strands of spiritual energy to transform into one strand of immortal energy.
Furthermore, the siphon effect produced by immortals absorbing spiritual energy is extremely powerful and can absorb spiritual energy completely in a very short period!
"Heh heh~ I don't know about that, and I don't dare to inquire. However, I know that now is really not the time to kill Buddhist cultivators, otherwise, it will be very, very troublesome."
Patriarch Chaoyang shook his head helplessly, seemingly truly afraid of the Buddhist sect.
However, Yang Hong's sharp senses detected a trace of disdainful mockery in Patriarch Chaoyang's eyes, which made his heart stir.
"How many immortals from the immortal sects have descended?"
"Uh~ It is likely that immortals have descended, but I, an old man, am not qualified to know. However, it is definitely far fewer than the Buddhist sect."
"Is that so?"
After hearing Patriarch Chaoyang's words, Yang Hong retorted noncommittally, but Patriarch Chaoyang merely shrugged and offered no further explanation.
Yang Hong considered for a moment and then looked at Monk Tongyuan, who was lying on the ground, unable to move due to the backlash of the formation.
"Bald donkey~ Stop pretending. You are all ninth-tier Great Ascension realm cultivators. Even though you suffered backlash from the formation, you absolutely cannot be this seriously injured.
I will count to three. If you stand up, I won't kill you. If you can't stand up, you will be crippled, and then you will die!
Three~ Two~"
Just as Yang Hong had judged, these bald donkeys might have wanted to trick Yang Hong, hence they feigned serious injuries. At first, when they heard Yang Hong counting, they disdainfully thought Yang Hong wouldn't dare to kill.
However, upon sensing the violent surge of spiritual energy from the Four Spirits Dharma Appearance beside Yang Hong, and an icy killing intent enveloping them, they immediately dared not gamble and stood up.
"Yang Hong~ You are truly commendable, intending to rebel~ Ah~~"
Before Monk Tongyuan could finish his accusation, Yang Hong, channeling the power of the Four Spirits, struck him with a palm!
*Bang~*
Monk Tongyuan, just as he was about to dodge, was directly slammed into the ground by Yang Hong, leaving only a human-shaped pit!
"Fellow Daoist Chaoyang, you saw it. I wanted to spare this bald donkey's life, but he brought it upon himself."
Saying this, he once again gathered the power of the Four Spirits and was about to strike again.
"Fellow Daoist, please listen to me. It is better to resolve enmities than to deepen them. Please reconsider."
Patriarch Chaoyang spoke, taking a few steps closer to Yang Hong. Simultaneously, a divine sense message was transmitted into Yang Hong's mind from Patriarch Chaoyang.
[Fellow Daoist, a terrifying cataclysm of world destruction is approaching. The Buddhist sect is the main force in resisting this cataclysm. Please spare their lives for a few years first.]
"Hmm~"
Hearing this divine sense message, Yang Hong's palm paused momentarily. He looked at Patriarch Chaoyang with confusion, while Patriarch Chaoyang merely smiled and nodded on the surface.
Inwardly, he transmitted only two words: "Demon Race"!
Upon hearing the words "Demon Race," Yang Hong became even more puzzled.
He possessed some memories from the Heavenly Immortal who descended from the Heavenly Mystery Sect. He remembered very clearly that the Demon Race would attack the Immortal Realm in ten thousand years!
The reason why the Taiyuan Continent was moved to its current location was to serve as an advanced outpost for the Immortal Realm in the war!
But that was ten thousand years later. Had the Buddhist sect and immortal sects of the Immortal Realm started making arrangements so early?
He was somewhat perplexed but could not directly ask. Moreover, he was certain that even if he asked, Patriarch Chaoyang would not answer, and even if he wanted to answer, it would only be fragmented remarks.
The best course of action would be to kill another immortal, or a Buddhist Arhat, and read their soul.
With this thought, Yang Hong had an idea.
"Alright! For the sake of Fellow Daoist Chaoyang's face, I will not kill these bald donkeys.
However, as compensation for the indelible harm you have caused me and Qingfeng Villa, you will all leave your storage rings and storage pouches behind, and then you may scram!"
Hearing Yang Hong's words, Patriarch Chaoyang, who was about to laugh gleefully, let out a helpless sigh, "Fellow Daoist, why must you be like this?"
"Yang Hong, you are pushing too hard!"
Monk Tongyuan, who had just managed to get up from the ground and was feeling relieved that he had escaped death, immediately became unhappy again and rebuked Yang Hong.
*Slap~*
The response was a palm strike from Yang Hong, which he had not dispersed, imbued with the power of the Four Spirits.
"Bald donkeys, be sensible. Don't give me a reason to kill you. I really don't want to kill anyone!"
Yang Hong said this in a calm tone, but the killing intent emanating from him surged like a stormy sea!
He rarely killed people, but he had killed over 200,000 cultivators in the Five Directions Domain!
He had killed over a hundred million demons in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea Region!
Such a terrifying number of kills had stained him with thick malevolent energy, which he usually concealed very well.
Now, with his intentional guidance, the malevolent energy erupted, forming a terrifying killing intent!
*Thump~ Thump~*
This killing intent was more terrifying than Asuras and evil spirits in the eyes of the Buddhist cultivators!
A group of monks had no chance to resist and immediately knelt down, trembling as they began to remove their storage equipment.
Asuras and evil spirits could still be reasoned with, but such a devil who killed without batting an eye could not be reasoned with at all.
They would die!
Even Patriarch Chaoyang, who was not targeted by the killing intent, shivered and looked at Yang Hong in horror. He had thought Yang Hong, with his gentle and kind nature and easy-to-fool demeanor, had such a terrifying side?
"Young friend, that's too much."
Just as Yang Hong was about to use his divine sense to collect the storage equipment, a gentle and compassionate voice echoed in everyone's ears.