Published: August 27, 2025
Chapter 419: Primordial Ancient Treasure
Seeing that the formation flags and formation arrays were already set up, Han Li took a deep breath, ready to cast his spell. Suddenly, a howling sound rapidly approached from the distant sky. Then, a flash of blue light appeared on the horizon, and a blue rainbow shot forward like a flood dragon leaping out of the sea, swiftly reaching above the group.
As the blue rainbow retracted, a strange man appeared in the air, two swords strapped to his back.
Han Li and the others below took a sharp intake of breath when they clearly saw this man’s appearance.
The man was gaunt and thin, with messy white hair reaching his shoulders. He wore a short black leather jacket and carried a peculiar flower basket at his waist. His face was covered with bizarre red spots, and he had a pair of fierce triangular eyes. Judging by the spiritual energy fluctuations, he was a mid foundation formation stage cultivator.
The strange man was also taken aback to see so many foundation formation cultivators here. But when his gaze fell on the red light shield and the array devices set up by Han Li and the others, his expression changed drastically.
“You youngsters want to die, don’t you? How dare you spy on what I, the island master, am guarding while I’m away? Get off this island immediately!” The man shouted fiercely, glaring with murderous intent.
“Island master?”
“Your belongings?”
Hu Yue and Jin Qing exchanged puzzled glances, and Han Li and the others were even more bewildered.
Isn’t this supposed to be a deserted island?
“Are you the island master here?” Hu Yue frowned and cautiously asked.
“I’ve lived on this island for over a hundred years. Of course, I’m the island master.” The strange man said bluntly.
“But when Brother Jin and I came last time, we didn’t seem to see you!” Hu Yue calmly inquired again.
“What? You came before? Hmph! You must have come just like this time—taking advantage of the island master being away!” The man glared fiercely, his anger growing.
“So, you’re the only one on this island. You’re just a self-proclaimed island master, right?” Hu Yue sneered, a sarcastic smile playing on his lips.
Seeing the formation was about to be broken, the man naturally didn’t want to bother with them.
“Hmph, stop beating around the bush. You’ve broken the forbidden formation and that’s a death sentence! Since you don’t want to leave, then stay here forever!” The man’s eyes gleamed with a strange yellow light. He then plucked the flower basket from his waist and suddenly hurled it downward.
Instantly, the bamboo basket transformed into a cold, white mist, shooting straight toward Hu Yue.
Han Li and the other cultivators froze.
Has this man gone insane? Didn’t he see that there are so many foundation formation cultivators here? And yet he just attacked without hesitation? Is he out of his mind?
Hu Yue was both shocked and angry at the attack. With a flick of his sleeve, two red beams shot out, colliding head-on with the white mist.
With a muffled “bang,” the white mist was shattered into pieces, scattering everywhere.
“So much talk, but nothing to back it up! Just an empty bluff,” Hu Yue said mockingly, relaxing a bit.
“Gak, gak…”
The strange man said nothing but chuckled strangely. This made Hu Yue’s heart skip a beat. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically as he shouted:
“What’s going on? My throwing knives!”
The two throwing knives, after shattering the white mist that had formed from the basket, suddenly wobbled in mid-air as if malfunctioning.
Then, the scattered white mist rapidly reassembled, flashing brightly before restoring the flower basket’s shape.
The two throwing knives were trapped inside the basket, surrounded by a cluster of white mist, unable to break free.
Seeing the magical artifact being restrained like this, Hu Yue showed an expression of disbelief, and even Han Li and the others paled slightly.
But the strange man didn’t give them time to ponder. Letting out a cold laugh, he shook his shoulders, and two gray sword lights descended from the sky, slashing straight at Hu Yue.