Chapter 382

Chapter 382: Am I Being Played?

Shen Rukuan, the Mad Sword Emperor.

After arriving at the floating island, he, as a top great emperor, needed to act respectfully.

Because on the floating island, there was an immortal named Wuqi.

Wuqi came from the Immortal Realm and had been here for tens of thousands of years. However, ever since Wuqi and several other immortals arrived in the cultivation world, the Human Race’s power quickly expanded.

The Human Race encountered many Other Races that also had great emperors, but they lacked immortals.

Whenever the Human Race’s immortals took action, the Other Races would crumble, followed by being devoured by the Human Race.

As a result, the Human Race has now occupied over twenty life planets.

…

With Mad Sword Emperor’s respectful visit, a door appeared in the barrier above the floating island.

Seeing the door, Mad Sword Emperor hurriedly entered to pay his respects.

“I, Shen Rukuan, pay my respects to you, Senior.”

In the central palace of the island, Mad Sword Emperor bowed respectfully to an elder with a long white beard.

“What brings you here?” the elder inquired lightly.

“Senior, I unintentionally made an enemy with an immortal, and I hope you can protect me,” Mad Sword Emperor quickly explained his situation.

“Who is it? How did you make an enemy?” the elder continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Mad Sword Emperor quickly reported, “Senior, the situation is like this…”

He then recounted everything he knew.

“What? The colorful fragment has been taken?”

When the elder heard that the colorful fragment had been taken, he was utterly shocked.

In the cultivation world, anyone with some strength and cultivation level knew about the colorful fragment.

Many had tried to obtain the colorful fragment, countless great emperors, and even the immortals like them, but not a single person had been able to break through the protective barriers around the colorful fragment.

Wuqi himself had attempted it, consuming most of his resources in the process.

He had come from the Immortal Realm intending to guard the cultivation world for a hundred thousand years, but because of his desire to break the colorful fragment’s barrier, he wasted many immortal essences and resources.

As a result, he could now guard the cultivation world for no more than ten thousand years.

Once his resources were exhausted, he might perish.

“Yes, Senior, the colorful fragment has indeed been taken,” Mad Sword Emperor quickly responded to the elder.

“Who took it?” Wuqi asked urgently.

“At first, it was a female cultivator at the Transformation stage. We originally planned to seize the colorful fragment from her, but she had many immortal talismans, and her condensed protective shield withstood our full-force attacks for several days…”

“Later on, an elder from the true immortal realm appeared. He easily eliminated King Black Ming from the barren prison, and I narrowly escaped using thirty percent of my soul power with a Powerful Shield Technique…”

After hearing Mad Sword Emperor’s words, the elder’s brows immediately furrowed. Then he lightly said, “If a true immortal comes to kill you, you wouldn’t be able to escape.”

Pausing, he continued, “Could it be that the opponent has immortal-level attack talismans? Did she use immortal-level attack talismans to eliminate King Black Ming?”

“This… If she has immortal-level attack talismans, why didn’t she use them at first?”

This question puzzled Mad Sword Emperor. If the opponent truly possessed immortal-level attack talismans, why would she wait until after enduring three days of attacks to use them?

“Detail your situation back then for me, including the events before and after King Black Ming’s death,” the elder lightly instructed Mad Sword Emperor.

“Understood.”

Mad Sword Emperor nodded and began to recount, “Initially, we…”

He quickly shared everything he saw at the time.

After hearing Mad Sword Emperor’s account, the elder immediately understood.

He then said lightly to Mad Sword Emperor, “You all were played by that female cultivator at the Transformation stage.”

“Senior, what do you mean?” Mad Sword Emperor asked, confused.

“Let me put it this way: if an immortal truly wanted to kill you, you wouldn’t be able to escape.”

The elder explained, “As for why you don’t understand why she didn’t use her attack talismans at first, it’s because she is only at the Transformation stage. Her divine sense couldn’t detect the two of you, the Tribulation Stage cultivators. If she couldn’t find you, how could she use her talismans to attack?”

“King Black Ming’s death is also simple. He appeared within her line of sight, which activated the immortal-level attack talismans. So, it’s not that she couldn’t use them at first; rather, she wasn’t able to.”

Upon hearing the elder’s words, Mad Sword Emperor’s expression became very grim.

He hadn’t expected to be tricked by a female cultivator at the Transformation stage.

“Then why did she only become invisible three days later? Why didn’t she hide at the start?”

Mad Sword Emperor still found it hard to understand why Ye Jian didn’t use her invisibility talisman initially and only did so after being attacked for three days.

“Perhaps it was to lower your guard,” the elder said lightly.

“Senior, that female cultivator has talismans. Doesn’t that suggest she has an immortal behind her?” Mad Sword Emperor continued.

He found it difficult to accept the fact that he had been fooled by a female cultivator at the Transformation stage.

If she had an immortal backing her, he might be able to accept it somewhat.

Hearing Mad Sword Emperor’s words, the elder replied coolly, “The others who came with me to the mortal world cannot have immortal talismans because we have been here for tens of thousands of years. The mortal realm has no spiritual energy, so any immortal-level items would degrade into spirit artifacts.”

“Then where did that female cultivator acquire her talismans?” Mad Sword Emperor asked, confused.

“It’s likely that she obtained them from the barrier of the colorful fragments,” the elder said after some thought. “The colorful fragments absorb spiritual energy from the universe, only taking in and not letting out. Perhaps this spiritual energy has been compressed into spiritual energy. With this spiritual energy, both talismans and immortal tools can be preserved.”

“This…” Upon hearing this, Mad Sword Emperor began to believe it.

However, he didn’t notice that Wuqi in front of him had already brightened with excitement.

If the spiritual energy absorbed by the colorful fragments was indeed compressed into spiritual energy, after so many years of absorption and compression, there would likely be a significant amount of spiritual energy, possibly even formed into spiritual liquid.

If he could obtain this spiritual liquid, he wouldn’t have to worry about the resources he brought from the Immortal Realm running out, which could lead to his demise.

If there was an abundance of spiritual energy, perhaps he could even progress further in the mortal world.

Thinking of this, Wuqi became restless.

He feared that the female cultivator at the Transformation stage would escape.

If she fled, in the vast universe, as long as she hid, there would be no way for him to find her.

After some thought, Wuqi said lightly to Mad Sword Emperor, “I will help you handle this matter. You understand the rules, right?”

Upon hearing this, Mad Sword Emperor quickly took out a storage ring.

“Senior, I understand the rules. One million superior grade spirit stones are ready.”

With a beckoning gesture, the storage ring flew into the elder’s hand.

“Go now.”

Soon, Mad Sword Emperor took his leave.

Once Mad Sword Emperor left, Wuqi sealed off the entire floating island with a formation and then departed as well.

His destination was the Abandoned Prison Star.