There were no deafening explosions; instead, there was a cloud of dark red liquid, forming a small-scale blood rain that doused the two immortal cultivators!
"Ahh…”
Chilling screams immediately resounded through the sky.
At the same time, the ominous aura emanating from the duo quickly diminished.
After a moment's resistance, the duo could no longer support themselves and fell from the sky.
Thousands of soldiers with guns surrounded them.
At this moment, the current situation of the two “immortals" caused these specially trained death soldiers to feel chills in their hearts.
Originally, Dao Xuanzi and Kou Hong were in their twenties and thirties, but after being drenched by the rain of blood, their hair had actually turned snow-white in an instant. Both of them became old in a few breaths, and their faces were covered in dense wrinkles.
The two men hunched over and sat paralyzed on the ground. Kou Hong looked like he was going to die, while Dao Xuanzi's cultivation seemed a little higher, being in slightly better shape, although he was still only barely clinging to life.
The original high and mighty immortals had actually turned into this!
Even Li Fan, who was hiding in the back and secretly commanding, heard the report from his men and felt an inexplicable chill at this moment.
"Two immortal masters, our Imperial Advisor has given an order: if the two of you surrender, you can save your lives!” A soldier shouted from afar towards the duo.
“Surrender…” The heavily injured Dao Xuanzi looked at his dear friend whose eyes were full of unwillingness and wanted to say something but was unable to speak. However, his friend's gesture made him suddenly let out a cold laugh.
Seeing Dao Xuanzi's movements, Kou Hong had already guessed what he was going to do.
He faintly shook his head, then used his last ounce of strength to pass the storage ring in his hand to Dao Xuanzi.
"Go…” Kou Hong opened his mouth slightly, then his head fell limp and he swiftly died.
High above the sky, a strange image suddenly appeared!
A red, gnarled dragon appeared in the sky. It seemed to be in great pain, struggling and roaring, as if it was trying to get rid of something.
However, it was all in vain.
It slowly became shriveled, and in the blink of an eye, it was left with only a layer of skin and flesh.
After a few moments, the entire dragon was eaten away, with not even flesh and bones left.
Only then did people see clearly that it was a brown, plain-looking branch that had taken root in the dragon and devoured it!
Even though it was an ordinary tree branch, it could swallow a dragon!
This magnificent sight was like a brilliant firework, illuminating the sky for thousands of miles around.
All the beings who saw this scene, be they human or otherwise, had this passage naturally emerge in their minds.
"Foundation Establishment Cultivator Kou Hong had two hundred and five years of mortal cultivation and achieved the Dao Foundation with the special item [Gnarled Dragon Branch]. In the land of Immortal Extinction, he was surrounded by thousands of mortals and was injured by the Immortal-Mortal Miasma."
“His cultivation was lost and his lifespan was reduced.”
“Now, in death, his Dao returns to the heavens!"
Pain, righteousness, and the difficulty of self-reliance…
Around Xuanjing City, all the living beings who witnessed this vision were immersed in emotions such as these, unable to stop themselves.
The magnificent sight lasted for almost half an hour, and then finally dispersed gradually.
The soldiers finally came back to their senses and silently looked at the other dying Immortal Cultivator in the field.
"Immortal Master Dao Xuanzi, our Imperial Advisor has no intention of fighting you to the death. If you give up your resistance, our Imperial Advisor guarantees your safety…” The soldiers continued to shout as Li Fan commanded.
Li Fan was in the dark but he sighed in his heart, knowing that his attempt to capture immortals in this life was a failure.
He simply did not expect the Immortal-Mortal Miasma to be so powerful in killing and wounding immortal cultivators.
As expected, Dao Xuanzi simply ignored the shouting.
He also looked up at the already dissipated vision with a nostalgic look in his eyes.
"Gnarled Dragon Branch..."
After a long time, he brought his gaze back down and tried to straighten his hunched body.
Scanning his surroundings, Dao Xuanzi tried to find out the puppeteer behind the curtains.
"I don't know who you are." He said to Li Fan. "I also don't know what exactly your purpose is."
"Maybe this was for this Golden Core Technique, and maybe this was for something else." Dao Xuanzi glanced at the storage ring in his hand and said calmly. "Now that us brothers have been set up by you and are dead, there should be nothing more to say."
"But I am not convinced." Dao Xuanzi spoke coldly.
"To be able to follow us all the way and know our affairs like the back of your hand without being discovered, I'm sure your cultivation must not be low."
“Despite such power, you don't dare to fight us head-on. To actually plot and scheme like this, hiding behind mortals, and even using the Immortal-Mortal Miasma, an underhanded thing that all immortal cultivators disdain…”
Dao Xuanzi took a deep breath.
"My brother, Kou Hong, did not deserve this death!”
Dao Xuanzi slowly rose into the air, once again towering above, looking at the crowd that was instantly on guard, with no sadness or joy on his face.
"You have already seen my brother's Foundation Building wonder. Now, I invite you all to take a look at mine."
"With the wonders of heaven and earth, I will build my foundation." Dao Xuanzi chanted loudly.
"My foundation is named Dao Xuan."
A massive, broken iron sword appeared in the sky above Xuanjing City.
All living beings under the shadow of the giant sword felt their minds dull and slow like rusty machines.
"I have a sword, please witness it!"
The heavens and earth suddenly lit up, and everyone in Xuanjing City seemed to fall into absolute stillness.
Subsequently, like cracks appearing in glass, the entire Xuanjing City shattered to pieces in an instant!
“[Truth].”
The charging progress plummeted, and in the split second before his consciousness disappeared, Li Fan silently recited in his heart.