Chapter 486: The Gold Devouring Immortal

A flash of golden light emerged from the ground beneath a white stone pillar, and a golden beetle burst through the ice, charging toward the pillar.

Whoosh!

A thick beam of white light shot out from the white formation, transforming in a flash into a white light sword that slashed at the golden beetle with lightning speed.

The golden beetle suddenly opened its mouth wide and spat out a ball of golden light, which spun around and turned into a golden vortex.

The white light sword slowed, then trembled as it was drawn into the golden vortex. The white light flashed wildly as it rapidly shrank, vanishing into the vortex in an instant.

The golden beetle did not pause; it appeared before the white stone pillar in a flash, its body radiating brilliant golden light as it expanded to several tens of feet in size. Just as before, it embraced the pillar.

The beetle opened its mouth wide, and its two sickle-like crystalline fangs shot out, biting fiercely into the pillar.

The indestructible white stone pillar seemed to become extremely soft before the crystalline fangs, and with a crack, a mark was bitten into it.

“Impossible!” Xiao Jinhan was shocked. Without a word, he formed a hand seal and waved his hand.

A beam of crystalline light shot out and vanished into the white stone pillar in a flash.

The surface of the pillar immediately blazed with white light, and crystalline patterns emerged, condensing into a crystalline membrane similar to Han Li’s True Extreme Membrane, appearing indestructible.

But as soon as the golden beetle’s crystalline fangs touched the crystalline light, it immediately dissipated.

The golden beetle’s sickle-like fangs did not stop and continued to sink into the pillar.

Crack!

A crack appeared on the white stone pillar, and the white light pillar above it began to fluctuate violently, causing the seven or eight light clusters within to become unstable and tremble.

“Where did this come from? Damn it!” Xiao Jinhan’s expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with shock and anger as he abruptly stood up and waved both hands.

Buzz!

The white formation spun rapidly, and a thick beam of white light shot out, trembling and unstable, heading toward the golden beetle.

At the same time, two beams of white crystalline light shot from Xiao Jinhan’s hands, revealing two white halberds, pure white, exuding a bone-chilling aura and strong law fluctuations.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two white halberds shot out like lightning, expanding into two white rainbows that slashed fiercely at the golden beetle.

The two white rainbows formed by the halberds arrived before the white light, blurring as they shot above the golden beetle and crossed to strike down.

With two loud clangs like metal striking, the halberds struck the golden beetle’s neck, sending sparks flying.

Two long white marks appeared on the beetle’s neck, and the skin seemed slightly split, but not a drop of blood flowed.

Then the beetle’s two sickle-like fangs flashed, and the two halberds snapped with a crack and were swallowed into its mouth. After a few crunches, they vanished, and golden light flowed over its body, healing the small wounds.

This series of changes happened in an instant, bringing surprise and joy to the faces of Qi Tianxiao and others, who had been in despair.

“A Gold Devouring Immortal at the Golden Immortal level? How is that possible!” Xiao Jinhan’s eyes showed shock.

These two halberd immortal artifacts were his trump cards, extremely sharp and capable of cutting through almost anything. He hadn’t even used them when he risked his life earlier, yet now they couldn’t even break the shell of this golden beetle, and it had swallowed them.

As he pondered, the thick beam of white light shot over and struck the golden beetle.

Within the white light, countless white runes danced, and an intense cold aura erupted.

Crack! Crack!

A white iceberg suddenly materialized, freezing the golden beetle and the white stone pillar inside.

The golden beetle was inside the white iceberg, but it seemed unaffected. It merely shook its body slightly and continued moving, opening and closing its mouth as the crack on the pillar rapidly widened.

Xiao Jinhan was frantic and was about to do something.

But it was too late. With a crack, the white stone pillar snapped.

Boom!

With the pillar broken, the white formation among the five pillars dimmed significantly with a puff.

The white light pillar above also dissipated, and the seven or eight white light clusters within fluctuated violently, unable to hold, and burst apart.

The white light around Xiao Jinhan trembled violently, his face turned pale, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood, his aura sharply weakening.

This series of changes caused the ice and snow domain covering the entire valley to fluctuate violently, rapidly shrinking and degenerating to its previous state, even weaker, almost on the verge of dissipating.

Seeing this, Qi Tianxiao and the others were overjoyed.

Almost immediately, three domains—one gray and two red—rapidly expanded and enveloped Xiao Jinhan.

At the same time, immortal artifacts shot out from all directions, bombarding Xiao Jinhan.

A flicker of panic crossed Xiao Jinhan’s face as he waved his hands urgently.

White light blazed from his body, and his domain shrank back by half, becoming denser, while countless snowflakes swirled around him, condensing into a white light barrier in front of him.

Rumble!

The immortal artifacts struck the white light barrier, which held for a few breaths before shattering, but the artifacts were also repelled.

Xiao Jinhan’s face turned pale again, and he spat out another mouthful of blood, his aura even weaker.

But he forced himself to hold on, white light blazing from his body as he shot backward.

Just then, ripples appeared in the void around Xiao Jinhan, and over a dozen black chains shot out, wrapping around him like lightning.

The white light around Xiao Jinhan rapidly dissipated, and his body was bound by the black chains, rendering him immobile. His entire aura seemed to be sealed, making him appear like a mortal.

A figure flickered, and a tall, thin person appeared behind Xiao Jinhan—it was Feng Tiandu.

“Feng Tiandu, if you kill me, the Heavenly Court will never let you off!” Xiao Jinhan shouted harshly.

“Palace Master Xiao, it seems heaven wants you dead.” Feng Tiandu ignored him, said calmly, and with a flicker of sharp light in his eyes, waved his hand.

A beam of black crystalline light shot from his hand and silently sliced across Xiao Jinhan’s body.

Xiao Jinhan’s expression froze, and the next moment, his entire body split in half from head to toe with a splat, blood gushing out, entrails spilling on the ground.

At that moment, a blurry white light shot out from Xiao Jinhan’s corpse—a white infant with silver eyebrows and beard, exactly like Xiao Jinhan.

White light flickered around the infant, unaffected by the three surrounding domains, and it shot into the distance at incredible speed, covering over ten miles in a flash.

Feng Tiandu sneered and flicked his finger.

Ripples appeared in the void ahead of the white infant, and black chains materialized, intertwining to form a black net that descended toward the infant, as if waiting there all along.

A powerful law of confinement emanated from the black net, freezing the void within dozens of feet.

The white infant’s face tightened, and it opened its mouth to spit out a white orb.

With a bang, the white orb burst, emitting countless white lights mixed with an intense cold law.

The black chain net was struck by the white light, its descent halted, and a layer of white ice crystals formed on its surface, momentarily slowing the powerful confinement law.

Seizing the opportunity, the white infant twisted its body, turned into a white light, and shot out from the side of the chain net, continuing to flee into the distance.

Feng Tiandu’s expression darkened, and he immediately shot forward, turning into a black light in hot pursuit of the white infant.

If Xiao Jinhan’s infant escaped, there would be endless trouble!

Just then, a blurry golden light flashed ahead, and the white infant vanished.

Feng Tiandu was startled and stopped.

The golden light flashed and stopped not far in front of him. As it faded, the golden beetle appeared, having somehow flown out of the iceberg, its body shrunk to the size of a human head.

In the golden beetle’s mouth was Xiao Jinhan’s white infant.

The white infant struggled but could not move.

“Silver beard, you froze me, I eat you, we’re even.” The golden beetle spoke in human language, then emitted a golden light that enveloped the white infant and swallowed it in one gulp.

The surrounding ice and snow domain flickered a few times and dissipated.

White light flickered on the five pillars, which rapidly shrank into five white stone pillars about ten feet tall, including the broken one.

Seeing Xiao Jinhan’s infant devoured, Feng Tiandu was first startled, then relaxed, and then looked at the golden beetle with a hint of greed in his eyes.

He waved his hand, sending out a black light that swept over Xiao Jinhan’s corpse, picking up a white bracelet and bringing it back into his hand.

At this moment, the sound of breaking air came from behind as Qi Tianxiao and the others put away their immortal artifacts and flew over.

The two Golden Immortal cultivators from the Nanli Tribe, along with Hu Yan Dao Ren, Ouyang Kuishan, and others, also gathered around.

The group of Golden Immortals converged, about to surround Jintong, but the creature paid no attention. After swallowing Xiao Jinhan’s infant, it climbed onto the half pillar and continued eating as if no one else was there.

Qi Tianxiao glanced at Feng Tiandu, then flickered and moved to surround Jintong from behind.

Just then, a green light flashed, and a figure instantly appeared in front of the Gold Devouring Immortal, separating her from Qi Tianxiao.

Qi Tianxiao halted, frowning as he looked at the newcomer.

The figure was tall and sturdy, with a dark complexion and an ordinary middle-aged face—it was Han Li in disguise.

Seeing Han Li approach, Jintong’s body flashed with light, and she transformed back into a little girl, still holding the half pillar in her hands.

“Jintong, has someone been bullying you?” Han Li glanced at Qi Tianxiao, then turned to Jintong and said.

As he spoke, he did not suppress his aura, deliberately revealing his mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation.

“Uncle, the silver beard who bullied me got eaten by me.” Jintong stuck out her little tongue and licked her lips, saying.

This seemingly casual exchange made the others stop in their tracks. They did not approach further but looked at them with varied expressions, their eyes full of wariness.

They had naturally recognized that the seemingly harmless little girl with a golden topknot was actually a Gold Devouring Immortal with Golden Immortal strength.

And they had never heard of any immortal in the celestial realm possessing a Gold Devouring Immortal at the Golden Immortal level. Such a person was not to be underestimated by anyone.