Although Lady of Illusion Flower didn’t know the exact methods used, she had learned that all the external allies the disciples of Illusory Flower Hall had cultivated were eliminated one by one by Daluo Palace.
"Marquis Qingkong! Lord Beiyue!" Lady of Illusion Flower charged out of Illusory Flower Valley.
While Taoist Huai Yi, Taoist Gao Yue, and the others were keeping an eye on her, she was, in fact, also keeping an eye on them.
That was why she couldn’t fathom how two top-tier experts like Marquis Qingkong and Lord Beiyue could have been killed by some Daluo Temple members with such weak Dao Practice.
So she charged out of Illusory Flower Valley, wanting to have another talk with the Iron King Mountain Master.
Previously, when the Cloud Celestial Palace Master died and the Illusory Flower Hall was targeted, she had sought out the Iron King Mountain Master and two other Ghost Gods to join forces against Daluo Palace.
However, at that time, it was revealed that Yun Fei’ang was cultivating a Demon Technique, so the Iron King Mountain Master returned to his mountain for secluded cultivation and ignored her.
As for the other two Ghost Gods, one was a loner who cultivated by himself, while the other absorbed Incense to protect a region and had no significant evil deeds to his name, so they hadn’t agreed to help her either.
Thus, Lady of Illusion Flower could only fight alone.
However, she knew that the Iron King Mountain Master and the other two Ghost Gods were all displeased with Daluo Palace, but they didn’t want to make an enemy of them either.
But as long as she could drive out the Daluo Palace branch that had pushed deep into Shanzhou, they wouldn’t hesitate to support her, back her up, and stop Daluo Palace from advancing any further into Shanzhou.
’A mere local power, not content with occupying the Five Prefectures of Jiangnan alone, has not only extended its reach into Yongzhou and Yazhou, but now it even dares to stick its nose into Shanzhou as well.’
’Do they really think they’re a power comparable to the Xuanwei Divine Sect and the Spirit Court?’
Lady of Illusion Flower shot into the sky with three Guardians from the Illusory Flower Hall.
From an unnamed mountain peak not far from the Illusory Flower Hall, five streaks of light shot out to meet them.
Taoist Gao Yue took the lead, raising his hand to unleash a Shangqing Flame Divine Thunder.
The violet-gold lightning, wreathed in crimson flames, illuminated Lady of Illusion Flower’s bewitchingly beautiful face.
Lady of Illusion Flower’s gaze hardened. A vibrant, multicolored flower appeared before her. Its petals opened and closed, swallowing the Divine Thunder. With a slight tremble, the Divine Thunder was digested, but the flower was also blasted apart.
Although Lady of Illusion Flower’s power was far inferior to Yun Fei’ang’s, she was still one of the two demons and three ghost gods of Shanzhou—a great expert with a thousand years of Dao Practice who held sway over the region.
The three Illusory Flower Hall Guardians following behind Lady of Illusion Flower were also beautiful women with enchanting figures and gorgeous faces, one dressed in red, one in yellow, and one in green.
Seeing Taoist Gao Yue make the first move, the three women stirred their Divine Souls, and a wave of Spiritual Telekinesis—rippling with ambiguity, romance, charm, and languor—swept toward Taoist Huai Yi, Taoist Tai Xian, and Taoist Xuan Yong.
The moment it made contact, the three old Daoists smelled a powdery, cosmetic fragrance.
This scent was not perceived through the nose but through the Divine Soul, entering the target’s Sea of Consciousness directly. It carried a sweet, intoxicating quality that stimulated the deepest desires of the human heart.
The three old Daoists felt as if they were trapped in a pink space. A bewitching and seductive beauty appeared before each of them, gently coiling around them, revealing an exquisite collarbone and a flash of pale, tender skin. Then, she breathed softly upon them and let out a delicate, drawn-out moan.
"HISS—"
Taoist Huai Yi took a sharp drag from his long-stemmed pipe. "I’ve never been to the Celestial Paradise. I wonder how it compares to this?"
Taoist Xuan Yong nodded and said in all seriousness, "In terms of figure and appearance alone, she’s already comparable to those beautiful streamers on short-form videos who use beauty filters and photoshop."
Taoist Tai Xian chuckled. "Who would’ve thought that a thick-browed, big-eyed fellow like you also watches pretty girls dance?"
Taoist Xuan Yong smiled faintly. "Even Confucius said that the appetite for food and sex is human nature. I haven’t achieved Ascension yet, so what’s wrong with watching a few pretty girls dance?"
Taoist Huai Yi blew out a smoke ring. "Makes sense."
Taoist Tai Xian laughed heartily. "It really does make sense."
The three Guardians of the Illusory Flower Hall were already using their full power, but the three old Daoists were completely unaffected.
What a joke. With their Dao Hearts and experience, if a mere illusion like this could stir their desires, what was the point of their cultivation?
Taoist Tai Xian took a large drum from his gourd, and with a flick of his wrists, a pair of drumsticks appeared in his hands.
"DONG DONG DONG..."
The drum boomed, instantly shattering the Spiritual Attack lingering around them. At the same time, the sound of the drum reached the red-robed woman’s ears, invading her Sea of Divine Soul Consciousness as well.
The red-robed woman let out a muffled groan, struggling to maintain her attack on Taoist Tai Xian while resisting the drum’s assault on her Divine Soul.
Meanwhile, the smoke ring Taoist Huai Yi had just exhaled transformed into the image of a half-naked man with sharp brows, starry eyes, an eight-pack of abs, long arms, and a narrow waist. It drifted lazily over to the woman in front of him.
"Disperse!"
With a faint smile, Taoist Huai Yi caused the smoke to split into several wisps and drill into the seven orifices of the yellow-robed woman.
The yellow-robed woman’s expression went blank as if she had fallen into some kind of illusion. She could no longer even maintain her Divine Soul’s seduction attempt on Taoist Huai Yi.
The next moment, a blush appeared on her cheeks, and the corners of her mouth curved into a blissful smile. She seemed completely entranced.
Taoist Xuan Yong didn’t have any special techniques, but as the successor to Wang Chuyi of the Yu Mountain Sect, his defining traits were a solid foundation and profound inner strength.
With a single leap, he was beside the green-robed woman, sword in hand, trapping her within the circle of his blade.
The green-robed woman asked in alarm, "How are you unaffected by the seduction of my Illusory Flower Celestial Maiden?"
Taoist Xuan Yong replied calmly, "Because I have tasted fine bran."
The green-robed woman: ???
Meanwhile, Taoist Gao Yue and Taoist Xu Xing faced Lady of Illusion Flower head-on.
Lady of Illusion Flower extended her left hand, and a seven-colored flower appeared in it. With a gentle wave of her right hand, seven petals detached themselves and flew toward Taoist Xu Xing, who was rapidly approaching with his sword drawn.
The seven petals fluttered in the air, emitting lights of various colors before transforming into gorgeous women in seven-colored dresses, who then surrounded Taoist Xu Xing.
The next moment, a seven-colored mist spread out from between the seven women, suffused with a bewitching and romantic aura.
At the same time, the seven women swayed their bodies and pressed in on Taoist Xu Xing from all sides, like seven great pythons intending to crush him between them.
"Break!"
Taoist Xu Xing shouted fiercely. He held the Seven-Star Sword horizontally before his chest, and the seven stars on its spine blazed with light, each shooting out a brilliant and glorious ray of Sword Qi.
Seven rays of Sword Qi, mirroring the seven stars.
The seven stars formed a ladle, with Taoist Xu Xing at its center, emitting endless starlight and Sword Qi that shot toward the seven rainbow-gowned women surrounding him.
At the same moment, thunder cracked across the sky.
A violet-gold thunderbolt shaped like a flying dragon streaked across the heavens, perfectly complementing the seven stars manifested by Taoist Xu Xing.
With the Thunderbolt outside and Sword Qi inside, the pincer attack annihilated the seven rainbow-gowned women, dispersing them back into seven petals that flew back into Lady of Illusion Flower’s hand.
"Hmph!" Lady of Illusion Flower snorted coldly, retrieving the petals before taking out a porcelain vial.
"Hong Lu! Huang Chu! Lv Xin!" Lady of Illusion Flower called out as she looked back.
But when she did, she saw the red-robed woman spit out a mouthful of Heart’s Blood and plummet downwards. The yellow-robed woman, though still floating in mid-air, had a listless and weakened aura. Only the green-robed woman was still struggling to hold on, but it was clear she wouldn’t last much longer.