Chapter 00425: The Powerful Void Highway Bandit
# The Powerful Void Highway Bandit
Chapter 425
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 425 – The Powerful Void Highway Bandit
2022-05-06
Chapter 425 – The Powerful Void Highway Bandit
“Earlier, the Immortal Court King I killed said that although you’re only an Immortal King, you carry a Heavenly Gang Formation Flag on you.” A man with slight star marks on his face looked at Lan Xiaobu and said in a calm tone.
But Lan Xiaobu knew that even though this fellow was speaking to him, his divine sense was constantly fixed on Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu.
“I’m just waiting here for a friend…” Lan Xiaobu replied as he slowly retreated.
Outwardly it looked like he was luring these people into the biggest ambush zone set by Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu.
In truth, these bandits still remained outside his own Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation.
In his hurry, Lan Xiaobu clearly could not extend the range of his formation any further.
A few of the bandits sneered.
Judging by Lan Xiaobu’s cultivation, which was clearly very low and just at the Immortal King realm, they thought—what a mere ant—you dare try a sneak attack on us?
“Laoqi, we must hurry to our next venue. Don’t waste time,” said a burly man with a twisted beard.
With that he charged directly at Lan Xiaobu.
That Immortal Emperor level man, making such a grand charge toward Lan Xiaobu, was clearly not after Lan Xiaobu himself but targeting Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu.
Almost at the same moment the burly man charged Lan Xiaobu, two others among the remaining four made a move.
They each dashed toward the positions where Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu were hiding.
The burly man who had charged Lan Xiaobu suddenly changed direction midway, also lunging toward Gong Yunqi’s location.
To these bandits, wasting manpower on attacking an ant like Lan Xiaobu was not worthwhile.
The remaining two kept a cautious watch over the other void points.
Even though they did not pay much attention to Lan Xiaobu, as highway bandits they never underestimated any potential target.
Earlier they had indeed caught a glimpse of Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu briefly hiding, but even after seeing them, they did not pour all their strength into attacking them.
Even if it was not obvious that the attackers were deliberately revealing their position, they still made sure to prepare even more thoroughly.
“Attack!” At the same time, Lan Xiaobu swiftly backed up.
Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu activated the formation flags in their hands simultaneously.
In the next instant, they appeared at completely different positions.
Gong Yunqi’s Xumi Scissors did not hesitate for a moment before snipping toward the back of the cultivator who had tried to sneak-attack Nie Xiangyu.
Meanwhile, the long sword in Nie Xiangyu’s hand whirled out, wrapping itself in waves of sword qi to cover the cultivator attacking Gong Yunqi.
“This isn’t good, we’ve been set up!” The two Immortal Emperor-level attackers, having charged into empty space, immediately realized they had fallen into a trap.
The other two cultivators holding the formation also knew they had been outmaneuvered.
Without any hesitation, they rushed to attack Nie Xiangyu and Gong Yunqi.
This led to a situation where two highway bandits who had been trying to ambush Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu were then counterattacked by them after shifting positions.
Meanwhile, two other void highway bandits, who had been pressing forward from behind, also tried to sneak-attack Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu.
Perhaps the saying “the mantis catches the cicada while the oriole sits behind” aptly described the scene before them.
Or maybe it was even more complicated, as the burly man who had charged Lan Xiaobu was also attacking the position of Gong Yunqi.
But the true “oriole” was not the two void highway bandits who leapt at Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu last, nor the burly man.
It was the Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation that Lan Xiaobu held in his hands.
After the chain of sneak attacks began, Lan Xiaobu activated the Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation.
The Immortal Emperor who had charged at Lan Xiaobu and then turned toward Gong Yunqi felt the space in front of him change.
Immediately, wave after wave of spatial rift killing intent surged in.
At that moment, he could no longer worry about Gong Yunqi and quickly sidestepped.
“Thud!” When a spatial dislocation cleaved off half of his face, he knew things had gone terribly wrong.
They had entered a top-level entrapment formation.
A top-level entrapment formation was nothing new to them, but the one before their eyes was unlike anything they had ever seen.
This was undoubtedly the fabled Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation.
Under this formation, the entire space was filled with spatial distortions bearing lethal intent.
Not even a slight movement was allowed.
Any movement could not just tear off half a face as before—it might rip away half a body.
Gong Yunqi’s Xumi Scissors directly cut one of the void highway bandits into two pieces, while Nie Xiangyu’s long sword pierced straight through the brow of another.
The two bandits who had been waiting right behind Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu to ambush suddenly found themselves blocked by the sudden spatial shift.
They lost sight of Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu.
In the next instant, endless void blade light enveloped them.
“Stop! Friend, let’s talk this over calmly. We never intended to attack you…” The burly man roared.
But Lan Xiaobu calmly carved several formation patterns with his fingers.
Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu immediately saw that the two bandits who had been trying to sneak attack them were now fixed in place, their expressions guarded as they stared ahead.
Even under such perilous conditions of the Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation, they dared not act rashly.
At this moment, neither Gong Yunqi nor Nie Xiangyu could be courteous.
Without hesitation, they attacked.
The two void highway bandits, trapped within Lan Xiaobu’s ninth-level Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation and unable to move, were unable to resist at all and were immediately killed.
Lan Xiaobu himself had only confined the burly man; he did not make a move to kill him.
Even though he could have used the formation to kill the burly man, his cultivation was a bit too low.
If the enemy managed to counterattack even a little, he would be in serious trouble.
The case of Qian Qiong was a perfect example—he nearly got scorched by Bone-Flame while within his own formation.
So after Nie Xiangyu and Gong Yunqi had killed four highway bandits, Lan Xiaobu opened up the space at the burly man’s position again.
Having long cooperated with Gong Yunqi, they both understood Lan Xiaobu’s meaning.
Gong Yunqi’s Xumi Scissors whirled out again like a giant cleaver and cut toward the burly man.
Clearly, the burly man was stronger than the other four bandits.
Feeling the aura of death, he twisted his body, brandished a huge battle axe, and roared, “Friend, let’s talk things through. If I die, your day is going to be just as miserable.”
“Thud!” Another burst of bloodlight tore through the back of the burly man.
Without even half a response to his words, Lan Xiaobu let Gong Yunqi chuckle.
With a twist, the Xumi Scissors whirled out again toward the burly man.
He felt that he had lost someone important in front of Master Bu.
Even within a ninth-level Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation, he couldn’t even kill an Immortal Emperor.
In other words, he could not kill someone whose hands and feet were as constrained as his if their cultivation was roughly comparable.
A flash of fierceness crossed the burly man’s eyes.
He reversed his huge battle axe, and a torrent of axe shadows swept toward Gong Yunqi.
It looked as if Gong Yunqi’s Xumi Scissors were being gripped by two massive hands and were completely unable to move an inch.
Thud, thud! Countless axe shadows gathered in front of Gong Yunqi, rapidly forming into one huge axe shadow that directly sliced Gong Yunqi clean in half at the waist.
Gong Yunqi let out a muffled groan, with no chance even to resist.
Lan Xiaobu was greatly shocked.
In the blink of an eye, he carved down hundreds of formation patterns and at the same time summoned his Seven-Tone Halberd.
The Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation held back the burly man while Gong Yunqi barely produced a pill which he swallowed to mend his severed body.
At the same moment, Nie Xiangyu’s long sword reached the back of the burly man.
If it were not for Lan Xiaobu’s Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation, the burly man might have been able to dodge.
Now, even though he knew that a long sword was coming his way, he could not evade.
A burst of bloodlight exploded as the long sword embedded itself into the burly man’s back.
The burly man spun around and threw a punch, while Nie Xiangyu spat out a blood arrow as if his internal organs were being torn apart.
At the same time, a spatial dislocation tore open the burly man’s lower back.
In an instant, he was split into two halves.
Gong Yunqi at least had a chance to save himself, but Lan Xiaobu would not give the burly man any opportunity to recover.
The Seven-Tone Halberd slammed down with countless halberd rays into the half of the burly man’s body, and Lan Xiaobu’s formation patterns forced the two halves apart.
“You’ll regret killing me,” the burly man roared, knowing his end had come.
He was filled with indignation—never did he expect his boat to capsize in such a lowly gutter.
If it weren’t for the present Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation, even if he faced twice as many opponents, he would have been able to kill them.
But Lan Xiaobu acted as if he heard nothing.
The formation patterns kept falling into place.
The Void Choke Slaughter Immortal Formation had now fully taken shape.
Wave after wave of bloody mist exploded forth, and the burly man was torn to pieces by Lan Xiaobu’s Void Choke Slaughter Formation.
Lan Xiaobu let out a sigh of relief.
Although he had not been injured, he felt a cold sweat forming on his back.
The burly man was far too strong.
Lan Xiaobu was certain that a half-divine strongman was not someone to be trifled with.
If it weren’t for his ninth-level Void Entrapment Slaughter Immortal Formation combined with the fact that his formation techniques had already advanced beyond the Immortal Formation Emperor level, it would be incredibly difficult to take down someone like him in a short time.
After seizing the burly man’s items, Lan Xiaobu took out two Mist Jade Immortal Fruits and handed one each to Nie Xiangyu and Gong Yunqi. “Quickly use your flying artifacts to treat your wounds. We’re leaving now.”
“Are these Mist Jade Immortal Fruits?” Nie Xiangyu, who was no stranger to quality goods, immediately recognized them as soon as he saw them.
Lan Xiaobu nodded. “I got these from within the Chaotic Secret Realm. They count as one of the fine Immortal Spirit Fruits.”
Gong Yunqi laughed. “Not just fine.”
After saying that, he quickly swallowed the Mist Jade Immortal Fruit.
Even though he had been split in half by the burly man, his face was now pale as paper.
The Mist Jade Immortal Fruit was the best remedy for healing the mortal body—much better than any Immortal Pill.
With one of these, by the time we return to the Five Universe Immortal Domain, I bet his injuries will be nearly healed.
Feng Luan had reached his maximum speed.
Qiao Xing was called over by Lan Xiaobu to watch Feng Luan.
Both Gong Yunqi and Nie Xiangyu were severely injured.
For Lan Xiaobu, the sooner they left the area the better.
That burly man among the Void Highway Bandits—who knew where he came from and why he was so strong? It was hard to understand why an Immortal Emperor of such might would become a highway bandit.
Besides, he had a deep grudge with Shen Sen, and it was quite surprising he didn’t pursue them this time.
After entering a room in Feng Luan’s place, Lan Xiaobu took out the ring belonging to the burly man.
Since the man was so powerful, there must be something valuable inside the ring.
(End of Chapter)