Chapter 558: It Definitely Won’t Be Anything Good-Looking

Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng had already perceived the old man’s intentions. Yu Xian took responsibility for the Winged Beasts on the left, while Zhang Sanfeng took the right; Sword Qi and inner energy intertwined into an airtight defensive net. As the two went deeper, the number of Winged Beasts gradually decreased, and they soon arrived at the deepest part of the valley.

There, they saw a massive nest. In the center of the nest was an egg emitting a faint light, and circling the egg were several Winged Beasts that were clearly a size larger than the others.

Seeing that egg, a flash of excitement crossed the old man’s eyes, and his pace unconsciously quickened. He bypassed Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng, walked up to the egg, and reached out to stroke the shell tenderly, as if he were caressing a rare and precious treasure.

The glowing egg seemed to sense his aura; the light on the shell grew increasingly intense, with faint signs of a pulsing life force.

“Don’t be in a hurry, don’t be in a hurry. Once I’ve watered you with the blood of these two, you can come out,” the old man murmured to himself, his voice trembling with uncontrollable excitement. He completely failed to notice the icy gazes of Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng behind him.

Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng exchanged a look, both understanding the old man’s true purpose. He wasn’t trying to pass through the Spatial Barrier at all; he wanted to use their blood to nourish this egg.

“So this is your goal?” The reason Yu Xian hadn’t made a move against the old man was that he wanted to know his true objective.

Now that he knew, there was no longer any need to keep him around! Although they hadn’t found a way to pass through the Spatial Barrier, this egg didn’t seem like an ordinary object either; perhaps it could be an unexpected gain.

Hearing Yu Xian’s voice, the old man finally turned around as if waking from a dream, the obsession on his face instantly replaced by ruthlessness.

“That’s right. My baby only needs to absorb your blood to hatch. Once it hatches, this Spatial Barrier will be as good as non-existent to me, and then the entire realm will be mine to roam!” The old man looked as if victory was already in his grasp, completely disregarding Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng.

Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng looked at each other. The key to Transmigration through the Spatial Barrier was that egg?

However, since this old man was so confident and already viewed them as dead meat, he must have something else to rely on. The Winged Beasts they had killed along the way were surely just a part of the bait in his plan.

The real killing move was likely still to come.

“What kind of egg is your ‘baby’? How can it pass through the Spatial Barrier?” Yu Xian asked with interest. The reason he asked directly was that he could see the old man had already pronounced their death sentence.

Facing people who were about to die, the old man would likely be very happy to show off his masterpiece.

“This is a World-Void Beast egg. It is the result of a hundred years of my painstaking effort, created through the Fusion of spatial Origin and the essence blood of ten thousand people. Once it hatches, it can tear through space and travel between realms.

As for you… you are merely the final nourishment before its birth.” After the old man finished speaking, he began to laugh eerily, his laughter echoing through the empty valley.

Immediately after, the old man abruptly raised the wooden staff in his hand, pointing the head of the staff at Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng. The originally mottled staff suddenly lit up with eerie runes, and a terrifying aura far exceeding his previous strength erupted from within his body. The surrounding space instantly distorted, as if countless invisible eyes were peering from the shadows.

A dense dark aura gushed out from the ground. The corpses of the slain Winged Beasts actually began to rot at a visible rate, turning into black mist that merged into the old man’s body.

Holy crap! Is he becoming a demon or what?

This scene caused both Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng to involuntarily take a step back, assuming a defensive posture.

The aura surrounding the old man surged violently, his eyes turning blood-red, and the dim crystal embedded at the top of his wooden staff now burst forth with a sinister green light.

The dark energy surging from the ground entwined around his body like living creatures, condensing into a phantom of massive bat wings behind him, which kicked up gusts of sinister wind as they flapped.

The remains of the slain Winged Beasts in the valley suddenly let out ear-piercing shrieks. Their bones reorganized and flesh regenerated, transforming into dozens of Puppets with hollow eyes that lunged toward the two with roars. The Winged Beasts circling in the sky also dived down toward them.

“Young friend, this world is more interesting than this old Daoist imagined. I’ve certainly gained some knowledge today!” At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng actually still had the mood to joke, though his eyes had become doubly cautious.

“The Immortal Master is right. I’m also seeing this for the first time; it truly is interesting. I wonder what kind of monster he’ll eventually turn into,” Yu Xian joked along.

“It definitely won’t be anything good-looking,” Zhang Sanfeng replied.

“So…”

“So let’s not let him pollute our eyes.”

“My thoughts exactly.”

As the two finished their conversation, the purple-gold light of Yu Xian’s xuanyuan sword suddenly surged. The blade seemed to transform into a waking purple-gold divine Dragon, letting out a heaven-shaking Dragon roar. Sword Qi swept out like crashing waves, carrying an indestructible sharpness as it slashed directly toward the aura-surging old man.

Zhang Sanfeng also moved at the same time. As he swept his Dusting Brush, thousands of silver threads transformed into a fine net of light, directly annihilating those Winged Beast Puppets.

Then, his figure blurred, closing in on the old man’s side like a ghost. His palms condensed thick inner energy, and his palm winds were fierce, pressing directly toward the old man’s vital points.

Seeing this, the old man not only showed no fear but instead revealed a sinister smile. The phantom bat wings behind him flapped violently, whipping up a dense dark storm that swallowed up all of Yu Xian’s Sword Qi and Zhang Sanfeng’s palm winds.

Simultaneously, he held his wooden staff high, and the sinister green light at the staff’s head suddenly erupted. A massive pillar of dark light boomed down toward the location of the two.

Yu Xian and Zhang Sanfeng immediately split up to dodge and then struck back once more.

Yu Xian’s xuanyuan sword traced a dazzling arc in the air. While avoiding the dark light pillar, his purple-gold Sword Qi shot toward the old man’s vital points as densely as raindrops, each strand of Sword Qi containing fierce evil-breaking power.

Zhang Sanfeng, meanwhile, stepped through his Bagua footwork, his figure weaving freely through the dark storm. The strands of his Dusting Brush transformed into a tough whip that lashed out at the old man’s arm holding the staff, then condensed into palm prints striking at the phantom bat wings, attempting to disrupt his Qi circulation.

However, the attacks of the two were unexpectedly unable to break through the old man’s dark defense for a time. The black mist surrounding him writhed as if it had a life of its own, dissolving the Sword Qi and palm winds layer by layer.

“This damn thing is a bit troublesome! Immortal Master, you pin him down, and I’ll smash his treasure first!” Seeing that their long-sustained attack was ineffective, Yu Xian directly changed his strategy and shouted to Zhang Sanfeng.

“Alright!” Zhang Sanfeng also responded loudly.

The previously calm and composed old man’s expression changed drastically upon hearing their conversation, and a flash of panic crossed his blood-red eyes.

He spun around abruptly, holding his wooden staff horizontally in front of him. The green light at the staff’s head suddenly became blinding, and an even thicker dark barrier instantly enveloped that World-Void Beast egg.

However, as he looked up, he met Yu Xian’s mocking smile, and he inwardly cried out that something was wrong.