Chapter 222: A Ring of Light
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Misty Mountain, Wayless Sect.
Above the sky outside the mountain gate.
Chu Yuan stood on air, his white robe swirling wildly with the wind, surrounded by countless golden lights. Every move he made was imbued with an aura of Heavenly Dao's majesty.
Especially when paired with his ethereal and transcendent immortal-like demeanor.
Wherever he was, people couldn't help feeling as if he were a banished immortal who had descended from the heavens to wander among mortals.
At this moment, Chu Yuan was feeling the power within him, his expression growing increasingly strange.
Because he didn't feel any added strength in his body.
Yet for some reason, he could effortlessly take flight, just like before.
It was a peculiar phenomenon.
Clearly devoid of power, yet able to fly with ease.
This oddity also left Chu Yuan clueless about how strong he actually was now.
"The 'System' claims I'm invincible, but what realm is that? The Tribulation Transcending Stage? But there's no mana in me."
Chu Yuan felt puzzled.
Confused, he raised his hand and swiped casually at a tall mountain outside Misty Mountain, wanting to test his own strength.
Based on his knowledge, when he was at his peak in the Nascent Soul Realm, a mere flick of his finger could demolish that mountain.
Using his peak period as a reference, he thought he might gauge his current might.
Chu Yuan made a casual slashing motion towards the mountain.
The countless golden lights around him suddenly converged, forming a terrifyingly powerful ring of light.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, the ring of light ferociously slashed towards the mountain.
Boom!!
The ring hadn't even touched the mountain before the targeted area burst apart, shards flying, and dust scattering everywhere.
Following the thunderous roar.
The ring didn't even touch the mountain; it slashed across the area in front of it instead.
As it charged past, space itself fractured, and the ground split open with a huge crevice that stretched on for countless kilometers.
Seeing this strike, Chu Yuan was stunned.
Bai Zhe below was even more dumbfounded.
Silently changing what he planned to say from "Why stoop to their level?" to "How can I join them?"
He could never have imagined.
That this vestige from an ancient era, after collaborating with the new Heavenly Dao, could unleash such formidable power.
Initially, he thought that even if the new era accepted the existence of such remnants, at most they wouldn't be ostracized anymore, but they would not be allowed to use their old powers.
Unexpectedly, after 'joining forces', it wasn't the case.
Instead, the Heavenly Dao directly lent its power, and not just a little bit but so much that it soared to the pinnacle of this world.
In such a scenario, anyone who doesn't 'join' is a fool.
However, Bai Zhe doesn't know how to 'join', so he plans to ask Chu Yuan in hopes of finding a way.
Before Bai Zhe could get close.
Chu Yuan, having snapped back to reality, was already preparing to leave.
Seeing the result of his casual strike, he also understood just how powerful the 'Invincibility' granted by the System was.
Even though he didn't feel any mana, with this one flick of ring of light, he was invincible!
This move pierced through who knows how many miles of...
It was terrifying.
At this moment, Chu Yuan was filled with confidence.
He wanted to take on disciples!
With these two major assistive functions from the System, teaching a worthless disciple would be a piece of cake, right?
If he still couldn't teach a competent disciple with this, then he might as well give up, go back to the Sect, and honestly farm the lands with Li Ergang!
But before he left...
He had to mete out some punishment to those two disciples who had betrayed him.
Those two disciples, each more illogical than the other, were constantly going on about 'physique' this and 'physique' that.
And they even pretended to be useless in front of him, as if they knew nothing.
One always playing with puppets.
The other half-dead.
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The damn things all matured faster than one another.
And betrayed at every turn with even greater zeal!
How could he not dole out punishment, or he'd feel utterly suffocated.
However...
Chu Yuan cast a brief glance at the sect gates.
The 'invincible' feature of the System kicked in with one condition—it must be activated outside of the Sect's boundaries.
In other words, once he returned, the feature would no longer work.
Inside the Sect, he was just your average mortal.
Who would willingly go back to that?
But these two disciples still needed to be punished.
After pondering for a while, Chu Yuan's gaze suddenly landed on the Baize below.
Without delay, he spoke.
"Bai Zhe, your fellow Daoist, I need to leave the Sect for a while. Please ascend the mountain and inform my two disciples to visit the Discipline Hall on their own. Just say that it's an order from me."
"Additionally, tell Ao Yu to come to Silver Moon City in the Eastern Mortal Realm on his own. I will wait for him in Silver Moon City."
With invincibility activated.
Chu Yuan's tone had clearly changed, now using the formal 'I'.
After he finished speaking.
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With a thought, he tested whether the power of invincibility might allow him to fly at high speed.
As the thought arose, the golden light encircling him began to converge.
Whoosh!
The next moment, Chu Yuan's entire form turned into a streak of golden light, shooting off into the distance.
His speed was far superior to that of the Tribulation Transcending Stage.
Baize, still standing there, panicked upon seeing Chu Yuan depart so abruptly, wanting to suppress the rejection from heaven and earth to catch up with Chu Yuan and ask how exactly he had "joined up."
But before he could push down the resistance.
Storm clouds instantly gathered above his head.
Heaven and earth were warning him.
His tolerance was reaching its limit.
If he continued to struggle, heaven and earth might just destroy him.
Baize immediately felt indignant.
Why could Chu Yuan "join up," but he couldn't?
Baize tentatively tried to break free.
Boom!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck right under his feet, as if giving him a final warning.
Baize dared not continue any longer.
He looked in the direction where Chu Yuan had disappeared, sighing.
He could only wait for Chu Yuan to come back and then ask about the specifics.
Baize turned to head back to the Wayless Sect, intending to relay Chu Yuan's message to the two disciples.
But suddenly, he seemed to realize something and turned his gaze towards the huge crack on the ground not far away.
It was created by the slash of light from Chu Yuan just moments ago.
That slash of light had not disappeared but had continued on its path, and now it was unknown where it had reached.
The way it looked just now, it seemed to head westward, right?
That direction...
Was it the territory of the Demon Race in this era?
Baize's gaze drifted westward.
He had a feeling this Daoist Chu's slash was no simple matter.
There must be some deeper meaning.
It's not like someone has nothing better to do than make a random slash—especially such a precise one in the direction of the Demon Race's territory.
Who has that much leisure to do such a thing?
He had no idea what the Demons did to offend this Daoist Chu.
After pondering a long while, Baize shook his head slightly. He wasn't a Demon of this era, after all; these matters didn't concern him much, nor was it his place to worry...