Chapter 526: Sky of Ten Suns Clearing the Spirits

Chapter 526: Sky of Ten Suns Clearing the Spirits

Outside Thousand-Spirit Island, the ten golden crows swept across the land, tearing apart the dozens of Immortal spirits in an instant. Everyone else, including Ao Shuai and his subordinates, gaped at Xiao Nanfeng.

"Heaven Immortals, kill him! All of you!" one spirit king shouted.

"Understood!"

A group of Heaven Immortal spirits shot toward Xiao Nanfeng.

"Control yourselves. Let more of the Heaven Immortal spirits get past your guard," Ao Shuai commanded his subordinates.

"Understood!"

The subordinates all feigned weakness, allowing more of the Heaven Immortals to attack Xiao Nanfeng.

As expected, the ten golden crows were quickly obstructed by ten Heaven Immortals. Dozens of Heaven Immortals prepared to strike at Xiao Nanfeng.

Xiao Nanfeng's gaze was as sharp as a blade. He waved a hand and shouted, "Ten suns, sweep!"

The ten golden crows suddenly grew larger, until they were thousands of meters in size. They looked like ten bright suns that glowed with such radiance that all the Immortal spirits halted for a moment.

The skies above the Eastern Sea turned pitch-black, as if night had just fallen. The ten suns radiated golden flames that burned resplendently as they emanated waves of heat.

"The golden crows have gathered all the sunlight for hundreds of kilometers around..."

"What frightening heat! Is the sea itself going to evaporate?"

"A sky of ten suns, bringing drought to the world—could the legend be true?"

The cultivators gaped at the scene unfolding before them.

In general, though sunlight was sometimes harsh, even the harshest sunlight couldn't kill anyone with limited exposure. However, if all the sunlight within a radius of a few hundred kilometers were focused and concentrated on one point with a lens, that would be far more frightening. The golden crows' enlarged size meant little, but the heat from the sunlight they had gathered made Thousand-Spirit Island feel like a sea of fire—and no ordinary fire at that, but facsimile solarfire, neverending in magnitude or energy. Where the golden crows flew, mirages appeared, distorted by the heat radiating from their bodies. When they swooped down toward the surface of the sea, it immediately began to steam. A golden crow struck at a Heaven Immortal, who was quickly burnt to a crisp after a few moments of struggling. Then, its carcass turned to ash.

The Heaven Immortal spirits fell one after another. None were a match for the golden crows; they couldn't even flee from them. The golden crows caught up to them within moments, tearing them apart and charring their carcasses.

The ten suns blazed through the air, invincible in their might. All Heaven Immortals and below were burnt to a crisp. None of the spirits dared to draw near.

"Isn't this ridiculous? He might as well be invincible among Heaven Immortals!" Ao Zhou cried out.

"We're all Heaven Immortals. Xiao Nanfeng must have gained an immeasurable quantity of treasure from the Imperial Court. It's only natural that he would be stronger," Croak said.

"Does the Imperial Court provide that many benefits?" Ao Zhou's eyes flashed covetously.

The other cultivators around were likewise stunned by Xiao Nanfeng's incredible technique.

"Sky of Ten Suns... Indeed, no ordinary Heaven Immortal will be able to take down Xiao Nanfeng."

"There have been several cultivators from the Imperial Court who have studied this technique, and they've all been incredible cultivators that have shaken the world. Even the Eastern Aspect praised it multiple times."

"I heard that, fifty thousand years ago, the Heavenly Emperor from the spirit race cultivated this exact technique."

The cultivators marveled at what Xiao Nanfeng had displayed.

Ao Shuai frowned. "Is there no way to deal with it?"

"There is!" a subordinate said.

"Oh? How?" Ao Shuai demanded.

"You want us to become your underlings?" the spirit kings cried out.

Ao Shuai frowned. Xiao Nanfeng was trying to swallow up the Thousand-Spirit Island and claim all its treasures for himself! How could this do?

"While you remain on Thousand-Spirit Island, you're nothing but bandits and robbers. Join me, and you can become part of the Imperial Court's army. This will be your only chance to make this decision. Will you join me?"

The spirit kings frowned. They were naturally unwilling, but that didn't mean they couldn't trick Xiao Nanfeng instead.

"Will you release me if I'm willing?" a spirit king asked.

"As long as you do so and seal your cultivation as a measure of your sincerity."

The spirit king froze. Seal his cultivation? What kind of joke was that?

Ao Shuai smirked. Xiao Nanfeng's request was puerile. Those spirit kings had long since been lords of their own domain; why would they want to bow down to a lowly Heaven Immortal?

The spirit kings eyed each other, seemingly coming to some sort of unspoken accord. "Very well. We accept. We'll seal our own cultivation, so let us out."

Ao Shuai's smirk froze on his face. How could this be?

The next moment, he understood what was going on. These spirit kings were attempting to trick Xiao Nanfeng! All this talk of sealing their cultivation was only for show—it was all an attempt to get Xiao Nanfeng to take down the formation.

Xiao Nanfeng nodded in satisfaction. "Very well. You've all agreed, so what about your subordinates?"

Xiao Nanfeng looked toward the spirits outside the formation.

Some of the spirits bared their teeth, while others looked perplexed.

"They accept! They all accept," the spirit kings shouted. Then, they called out toward their respective spirits, "Accept the Martial Aspect's offer!"

The massed spirits nodded uncertainly. "We will serve under you, Martial Aspect Xiao."

"Very well! I believe you."

The spirit kings and Ao Shuai were astounded. Was Xiao Nanfeng this easy to trick?

"In that case, all spirits outside the formation, line up and have your cultivation be sealed," Xiao Nanfeng commanded. He instructed the purple-furred monsters, "Generals, please seal these spirits' cultivation."

The spirits: ...

Something seemed wrong.

Within the Cursed Earth formation, a spirit king shouted, "Martial Aspect Xiao, aren't you going to release us? Take down this formation!"

"Your cultivation hasn't yet been sealed. Once I finish with these spirits out here, I'll seal your cultivation, then take down the formation."

"No, no, there's no need! We can seal each others' cultivation. Take down the formation now!" the spirit king urged.

"Right, we can do it ourselves," the spirit kings agreed.

It wasn't difficult to pretend to seal each other's cultivation. All that was necessary was to trick Xiao Nanfeng into taking down the formation.

Xiao Nanfeng shook his head. "There's no need. Just wait patiently, and I'll seal your cultivation myself. I'll deal with these ordinary spirits first before the rest of you."

The spirit kings fretted, "What should we do? We can't trick Xiao Nanfeng. If we agree, all our subordinates are going to be under his control!"

Beside him, Ao Shuai and his subordinates also seemed to panic. Was Xiao Nanfeng doing this intentionally? Did he intend to claim the entirety of Thousand-Spirit Island on his own? What about the plans all of them had been preparing for so long?