BXBX NOVEL Chapter 618: Strange Thief
Chapter 618: Strange Thief
Aside from that, the purple-robed cultivator with the black-robed young man hadn\'t been picked out, but he hadn\'t departed, either.
Han Li was in the crowd of spectators close to 10 kilometers away, and his pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this.
The red-haired man paid no heed to the bystanders as he swept a sleeve through the air, summoning a white jade flying boat before commanding, "Get on the boat."
There was a crimson cage of light on the flying boat with arcs of crimson lightning flashing over its surface, presenting a formidable sight to behold.
All of a sudden, a hint of alarm flashed through Han Li\'s eyes.
Earlier, he had felt like the red-haired man looked a little familiar, and upon closer inspection now, he realized that his facial features were quite similar to Gongshu Jiu\'s, so the two of them were most likely related.
Right at this moment, a blue-robed elderly man stepped forward as he harrumphed coldly. "You immortal envoys can\'t just do whatever you please! We\'re not members of the Reincarnation Palace, we\'ve only come here for the Jade Kun Pagoda auction! You can detain anyone else you want, but I\'m not just going to hand myself over!"
At the same time, bright blue light erupted out of his body alongside his peak Golden Immortal Stage aura, and a burst of glacial power swept through the surrounding area, instantly freezing the nearby space.
Immediately thereafter, a burst of blue ripples that were giving off glacial law power fluctuations surged out of the elderly man\'s body, basking the entire area in a radius of over a hundred feet around in a cold blue glow.
A dull thump then rang out as the elderly man propelled himself up into the heavens.
All of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, and all of the bystanders only saw a flash of blue light before the elderly man rose up into the sky.
"Did I say you could leave?" the red-haired man asked in a cold voice, and the giant sword in his hand began to glow brightly as he slashed it through the air.
A resounding boom instantly rang out above the elderly man\'s head, and a massive fiery wyrm projection emerged out of thin air.
A burst of tremendous heat erupted out of the wyrm projection\'s body alongside a tremendous aura, and it came swooping down upon the elderly man with unmatched power.
The blue spirit domain around the elderly man instantly began to tremble violently, and despite his headstart, the fiery wyrm projection had caught up to him in an instant.
In his desperation to get away, the elderly man opened his mouth to release a short blue spear immortal treasure, which shot forth toward the wyrm projection as a streak of blue light.
The fiery wyrm projection opened its mouth up wide, releasing a ball of crimson flames that rapidly swelled to form a fiery cloud the size of a house.
A resounding boom rang out as the fiery cloud and the streak of blue light clashed before both instantly exploded, and the fiery cloud swelled up even further to devour the blue spear, then continued to rumble directly toward the blue-robed elderly man.
In the blink of an eye, the elderly man was inundated by the fiery cloud, and a roar of fury and agony rang out from within.
Immediately thereafter, the fiery wyrm projection up above swooped into the fiery cloud as well, and an explosion rang out, following which the elderly man\'s voice abruptly faded.
The fiery cloud then disintegrated into countless specks of red light that quickly dissipated, and no trace of the blue-robed elderly man was left behind.
Everyone else was stunned into silence upon seeing this.
"Don\'t make me repeat myself," the red-haired man said in a cold voice.
After that display of intimidation, no one dared to raise any further objections, and they quickly flew onto the green flying boat before entering the crimson cage.
All of the bystanders in the distance were also stunned by what they had seen.
The red-haired man was even more powerful than Han Li had anticipated, but his gaze only lingered on him for a moment before he turned his attention to the black-robed young man, who hadn\'t flown onto the boat like everyone else.
The red-haired man turned to the black-robed young man with a cold look in his eyes, and the latter remained completely unfazed as he said with a nonchalant smile, "I have an avid interest in all flying spirit treasures, but I\'m afraid I\'m not a fan of cages."
The red-haired man exchanged a glance with his companion, following which the latter instantly appeared behind the black-robed young man.
"You were the one who purchased the Myriad Soul Herb, right, Fox 3 of the Reincarnation Palace?" the red-haired man asked.
"Fox 3? Are you speaking to me? You have the wrong guy, but that\'s not a bad name. I like it," the black-robed young man said with a relaxed grin.
"Ever since you snuck into the Vast Heavens Immortal Palace to steal that precious treasure a hundred thousand years ago, you\'ve been periodically committing crimes across various immortal regions. We\'ve finally managed to lure you out this time!
“If you know what\'s good for you, then surrender right away, and if you hand over the treasure that you stole, I can grant you a swift and painless death!" the red-haired man declared as the crimson flames around him began to steadily brighten.
A tremendous, scorching aura resembling that of a volcanic eruption surged out of his body, and the nearby ground instantly split open while becoming charred black.
A terrifying wave of heat swept forth in all directions, and all of the bystanders hurriedly retreated even further.
"So he\'s the renowned thief, Silver Fox!" Daoist Master Jingyang murmured to himself.
A hint of surprise flashed through Han Li\'s eyes upon hearing this. Back on the Immortal Slaying List in the city, he had indeed seen a man by the monicker of "Silver Fox".
According to the enclosed description, he was a member of the Reincarnation Palace, and he specialized in stealing all types of precious treasures, most of which belonged to the immortal palaces of various immortal regions.
Furthermore, before each of his crimes, he would always openly broadcast what he was going to do, but he had never been foiled, and he had already committed countless crimes to date.
"A treasure stolen from the Vast Heavens Immortal Palace? Now that you mention it, I do recall hearing about this. If I recall correctly, it was a Profound Heavenly Treasure that had been discovered by Palace Master Situ Bowen of the Vast Heavens Immortal Palace, and he was planning to offer it to the Heavenly Court.
“For that occasion, he had even held a grand ceremony with many Golden Immortals and even several immortal envoys sent from the Heavenly Court in attendance. Unfortunately, the treasure was stolen the day before the ceremony. What a pity!
“How embarrassing must that have been for that palace master and those immortal envoys? Having said that, why are you blaming me for this? Are you trying to find some random person to play the role of scapegoat?" the black-robed young man asked.
This had always been an extremely embarrassing incident that the Heavenly Court had tried to keep secret, yet the black-robed young man had just revealed the details of the incident in front of so many people.
This revelation naturally created quite a stir among the crowd of bystanders, and no one dared to say anything in the presence of these immortal envoys, but the ridicule and amusement in the eyes of some of the bystanders was very apparent.
Veins began to bulge on the red-haired man\'s forehead, and the killing intent in his eyes was growing by the second.
"No matter what you say, you\'re not getting out of Jade Gathering City alive!" the thin man standing behind the black-robed young man declared in a cold voice, while the red-haired man stepped forward with a cold sneer on his face.
The thin man also began to make his way forward, and the two of them approached the black-robed young man together while releasing their tremendous spiritual pressure.
"What a pain in the backside. Why am I always being harrassed by you people? All I want is to be able to live in peace, even if it\'s only for a short while. Is that really too much to ask?" the black-robed young man sighed in a resigned manner.
As soon as his voice trailed off, his body suddenly transformed into a warped silver line that vanished from the spot in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, the purple-robed cultivator was standing with his hands clasped behind his back while looking up at the sky, and it seemed that he had no intention of stepping in.
"You\'re not getting away!" the red-haired man roared as the flames burning over his body swelled up even further while rapidly spreading in all directions, instantly forming a crimson spirit domain that encompassed most of the Jade Kun Pagoda and several of the nearby buildings.
The crimson spirit domain was filled with incredible heat, and all of the buildings encompassed within it with the exception of the Jade Kun Pavilion were quickly incinerated into nothingness.
The bystanders looking on from afar retreated even further upon seeing this, but thankfully, they were already a sufficient distance away that they weren\'t encompassed within the crimson spirit domain.
After summoning his spirit domain, a hint of surprise flashed through the red-haired man\'s eyes.
He was unable to detect the presence of the black-robed young man through hsi spirit domain or his spiritual sense, and it seemed as if he had truly vanished.
In the instant that the black-robed young man made his escape, the thin man also immediately made a hand seal before releasing a beam of azure light that pierced into the space up ahead, and in the next instant, an enormous azure light barrier that encompassed an area with a radius of several dozen kilometers emerged.
It was a hemispherical light barrier with countless tornado projections raging through it amid bursts of thunderous rumbling.
Spatial fluctuations were emanating out of the azure light barrier, and it was clear that there were spatial restrictions inside that prevented the black-robed young man from using any teleportation techniques.
The two immortal envoys were clearly very well prepared in their bid to capture Silver Fox.
After doing all of that, the thin man also began searching for the black-robed young man, but all of a sudden, he noticed that the purple-robed cultivator was still standing with his hands clasped behind his back inside the red-haired man\'s fiery spirit domain.
He hadn\'t channeled any cultivation arts to protect himself, but the surrounding crimson flames were somehow kept three feet away from him by a burst of invisible force.
The thin man raised an eyebrow upon seeing this, and he was just about to conduct a closer examination when a loud roar suddenly rang out as the red-haired man swiveled around while slashing his giant sword through the air.
A sharp clang rang out as the giant sword clashed against a streak of silver swordlight that was as thin as a cicada\'s wing, and it was giving off a faint glow, as well as a flurry of silver runes.
A cold sneer appeared on the red-haired man\'s face as the flames on his giant sword reared up with tremendous force, and the streak of silver swordlight was instantly shattered.
However, at the exact same moment, a burst of spatial fluctuations erupted behind the red-haired man, and two identical streaks of silver sword light emerged out of thin air before hurtling directly toward him from behind.