Chapter 837 Massive Profit! The Loose Cultivators Are Shocked Again!

Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng’s first direct clash with the Eight Great Clans after arriving in Luoping City ended with the clan elders fleeing in absolute disgrace. Following this battle, the Eight Great Clans suffered catastrophic losses.

Jiang Qingyao, the most favored little princess of the Jiang Family, had her Divine Soul annihilated, dying so thoroughly that not even a speck of ash remained.

Jiang Xinglan, widely recognized by the Eight Great Clans as the number one genius of the younger generation, failed to escape even after transforming into a mosquito. He was crushed to death by Chu Sheng on the spot.

The Jiang Family Grand Elder, hailed as the number one person below the True God Realm, had his Power of Origin and Life Energy sucked dry. He was reduced to a shriveled corpse, dying a miserable death.

Ye Guxuan, a direct descendant of the Ye Family at the Integration Realm Peak, had his physical body burned away entirely. Only a wisp of his remnant soul was taken away by the Ye Family’s Elder. Whether he could survive was still up in the air; even if he did, his Cultivation would plummet drastically.

Chu Nianci, a direct daughter of the Chu Family at the Integration Realm Peak, suffered a total suppression of her Law, and her Dao Heart completely collapsed. Even now, she was still muttering to herself, unable to comprehend why she could not overpower Gu Yuexi, who was only in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Xiao Feng, a direct descendant of the Xiao Family at the Integration Realm and Squad Leader of the Law Enforcement Team, was kicked three times in a row by the Frost Bone Dragon, leaving him with severe psychological trauma. From now on, he would shudder at the mere sight of mosquitoes or skeletons.

On the other hand, Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng came out completely unscathed, not losing a single hair. They even picked up eleven Divine Artifacts of varying Grades for free. Even the Seven-Star Soul-Slaying Rake, which was infinitely close to being an Immortal Artifact, became Chu Sheng’s spoil of war.

It was a massive profit! The haul of a lifetime!

The outcome of this battle directly shattered the worldviews of all the observing Loose Cultivators. They stood frozen in place, their mouths hanging wide open. Their minds went entirely blank, unable to utter a single word for the longest time.

Just moments ago, when the Jiang Family Grand Elder swallowed the Fiery Sun Pill and raised the Seven-Star Soul-Slaying Rake, every Loose Cultivator thought Chu Sheng was doomed.

The title of the number one person below the True God Realm. The vicious weapon that had slaughtered multiple Celestial God Realm experts, the Seven-Star Soul-Slaying Rake. And the Fiery Sun Pill, capable of infinitely replenishing Divine Power. Any single one of these factors was more than enough to instantly kill a tiny mosquito in the Void Refining Realm. Combined, they could even exchange a few blows with an expert in the True God Realm.

The Jiang Family Grand Elder had indeed displayed an imposing momentum. Within a minute, he effortlessly obliterated fifty of Chu Sheng’s Outer Body Avatars with terrifying efficiency. At that time, everyone felt that Lord Mosquito was truly doomed. Out of fifty avatars, one had to be the true body; killing them all would surely finish him off.

But the Loose Cultivators never expected that Daya’s casual joke from earlier would hit the nail on the head!

She had wondered if those avatars were all just Lord Mosquito’s clones, and as it turned out, they really were! All fifty of them were clones! Not a single one was his true body!

Under the watchful gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, not a single person had seen where Chu Sheng’s true body had gone! Who the hell could have seen that coming?!

This brilliant bait-and-switch had thoroughly deceived the Jiang Family Grand Elder, allowing Chu Sheng to seize the absolute upper hand in the ensuing battle!

The Loose Cultivators initially assumed that Chu Sheng would take advantage of the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s weakened state to restrain him, using him as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Eight Great Clans in exchange for his and Gu Yuexi’s safe departure. Under such circumstances, the Eight Great Clans would absolutely compromise; after all, the life of the Jiang Family Grand Elder was incredibly important.

However, the Loose Cultivators only guessed half of it correctly. Chu Sheng did indeed seize the opportunity of the Jiang Family Grand Elder’s weakness to firmly control him. Yet, he did not use the man as a bargaining chip to haggle with the Eight Great Clans. Instead, without a second word, he immediately started draining him. He made it abundantly clear that he intended to kill the Jiang Family Grand Elder.

Naturally, the Elders of the other seven clans were not going to stand by and watch the Jiang Family Grand Elder get killed by Chu Sheng. Without the slightest hesitation, they charged forward.

Among the seven clan Elders, three were at the Integration Realm Peak, and four were at the Half-Step True God Realm. Joining forces, they could unleash an apocalyptic level of power! Taking care of a tiny White-striped Aedes Mosquito merely at the Void Refining Realm should have been a piece of cake!

Seeing the seven clan Elders rush into the battlefield together, the Loose Cultivators felt their hearts leap into their throats. Many closed their eyes in despair. After all, no matter how bizarre and unpredictable Chu Sheng’s methods were, he could not possibly deal with seven powerful clan Elders at the same time!

Yet no one expected that the seven clan Elders, who had charged in so aggressively, would flee in absolute disgrace without doing a damn thing! They ran faster than rabbits, not even bothering to say a word to the Jiang Family Grand Elder!

Some Loose Cultivators who were silently mourning for Chu Sheng had barely gotten through a few lines of their eulogies before the rest of the words were forcefully stuck in their throats.

The situation on the battlefield had shifted too quickly—so fast that the Loose Cultivators’ brains could not keep up with the pace. Everyone stood rooted to the spot, their minds completely blank. For a very, very long time, no one spoke a word. The scene was eerily quiet.

It remained that way until Daya suddenly tilted her head, her face filled with confusion, and quietly asked, "Weren’t those Elders from the Eight Great Clans going to save the Jiang Family Grand Elder? Why did they all run away as soon as they entered the battlefield?"

Her words acted like a fuse, instantly detonating the atmosphere. The crowd erupted into an uproar, and discussions rose and fell in waves.

An Elder Cultivator, whose Cultivation was at the Void Refining Realm Peak, stared intently at the center of the battlefield. His voice carried an uncontrollable tremble as he spoke.

"Those twelve stone statues that Lord Mosquito just summoned..." He paused right after saying the first half, as if he needed to gather all his strength. After a long while, he finally forced out the rest of his sentence. "What Lord Mosquito summoned... seems to be the Twelve Ancestral Witch Gods of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi!!!"

At these words, the expressions of the Loose Cultivators instantly changed. The older ones, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, were thoroughly shocked. Some cultivators even trembled slightly, their eyes brimming with fear. Meanwhile, the younger ones, who were born after the fall of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi, looked completely bewildered.

They had no idea who Immortal Venerable Shi Xi was, nor had they ever heard the title of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Those who were shocked had more or less lived through the era of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s lingering might and were deeply aware of her prestigious reputation. Those filled with fear had mostly just heard the peerless, vicious tales of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi single-handedly suppressing the ages. They knew this figure was a ruthless character who killed without batting an eye, which was why they felt such intense terror. As for the bewildered younger cultivators, the title of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi meant absolutely nothing to them. Hearing the sharp gasps of those around them left them completely confused.

The innocent Daya continued to act as the mouthpiece for the crowd, asking all the questions that the baffled Loose Cultivators wanted to ask.

"Who is Immortal Venerable Shi Xi? Is she really strong? Are those Twelve Ancestral Witch Gods of hers super badass?" Daya pondered for a moment before adding the question she cared about the most. "Are they more badass than Lord Mosquito?"

Hearing this, the Elder Cultivator who had revealed Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s name shook his head and offered a bitter smile. "Silly girl, how can Lord Mosquito be mentioned in the same breath as Immortal Venerable Shi Xi right now?"

He raised his head and gazed at the distant sky, a profound sense of longing and reverence pooling in his eyes. "That was a great entity who suppressed an entire era. In the long river of the Spirit Realm’s history, the experts who could stand as her equals are few and far between—you could count them all on one hand."

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