Elder Kuzhu's recent battle that shook the heavens and earth turned out to only be within the bounds of an illusion; from the very beginning, he had been outplayed!

He looked at Shi Feiyang, then turned his gaze toward Lu Yu, with anger in his eyes but also a sense of relief that it was so.

Shi Feiyang said to Elder Kuzhu, "Just now, in the Void Illusion Realm, we genuinely fought, and you were no match for me. Yet you went and destroyed my Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, which was really quite despicable of you."

Elder Kuzhu stubbornly refused to admit defeat, "There were real moves and feints. Otherwise, how could you have escaped my Qimen Seven Absolute Nine Star Formation?"

Lu Yu interrupted, "You shameless old fool! Not to mention that Shi Daoist friend has the Cosmic Treasures left by the Heavenly God in the Human World, he might have broken through your Array without much effort. Even if it required some work, how could he have easily fallen into your trap? Couldn't Shi Daoist friend have an Array to deal with you?

You clearly fell into Shi Daoist friend's Void Illusion Realm, deployed every trick in the book, fought like a trapped beast, and still ended up utterly defeated. And now you still won't admit it, can't you accept your loss? If Shi Daoist friend hadn't shown mercy, you would be in Avici Hell by now!"

Elder Kuzhu snorted coldly, "Even if I were to fall into Hell, what is there to fear? I have long transcended life and death, attained the level of an Earth Immortal. It's like having my name erased from the Book of Life and Death; not even King Yanluo can do anything to me! Besides, the Hellish scenes he conjured were just illusions, what could they possibly do to me?"

Lu Yu angrily retorted, "Still putting up an argument! Had that Heavenly Punishment not been an illusion created by the Void Treasure, you would have had no life left by now!"

Hearing this, Elder Kuzhu no longer contested. Indeed, had the Heavenly Punishment truly been a billion rays of Golden Light Thunder striking him, it was highly likely that his body and soul would have been destroyed, succumbing to the Punishment.

After all, he killed so many souls at Outer Heaven Divine Mountain; the weight of the killings was too great. Now he felt immense regret.

In truth, he had already regretted it, thinking to himself: How wonderful it would be if this were all fake… If I could do it all over again, I would never have reached this point...

He sighed and bowed deeply to Shi Feiyang, "Daoist friend, your divine skills are vast, your mana boundless. Today, Kuzhu acknowledges defeat sincerely. From now on, I will no longer dare to vie with you. Wherever Daoist friend resides, Kuzhu will stay away..."

Seeing that he had truly conceded, Shi Feiyang finally relaxed.

This guy was genuinely formidable, virtually unkillable. He had intended to cast him into "Avici Hell" and then continue the fight there to force him to concede completely.

But then, that rascal, Grandmaster Ha Ha, had to mess things up at the last moment!

Had Elder Kuzhu still refused to concede, and they had continued the duel, even with Lu Yu's help, it would have been almost impossible to kill him completely, and the process would have led to boundless slaughter.

Shi Feiyang said, "Just now, in a fit of rage, you intended to kill billions of souls at Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. Though it was within the illusion and the slaughter was not real, your intent to kill was genuine. This monstrous karma may not manifest outside, but internally it is already done. External Heavenly Punishments may not come, but the great tribulation of heaven and earth you face will surely bring upon you your Demon Tribulation – with your current heart and Dao level, you're bound to perish in this disaster!"

Elder Kuzhu pursed his lips, "Whatever I've done, I will take full responsibility."

"You couldn't handle responsibility if it slapped you in the face!" Lu Yu cursed him from the side, "If you could really handle it, would you need to seek help from the Emei Sect? The great tribulation is upon you, and you are already in a no-win situation. Your thirteen hundred years of hard cultivation will amount to nothing! Salvation is right in front of you, yet you still stand there with your arrogance, refusing to turn back. When you die, you won't even know what hit you!"

Elder Kuzhu's face flushed red with her words, and though he looked at Shi Feiyang, he was not ready to swallow his pride.

As one of the Cosmic Six Strange, his contemporaries were either ascended or perished in calamity. With his high Dao level, he was truly an elder amongst them. To anyone of Sect Leader Level Earth Immortal, he would call them his 'grandson,' and they would feel honored by it, for if he truly had a grandson, they would be over a thousand years old.

Admitting defeat today was already difficult for him. To then regard Shi Feiyang as his savior and to ask for his help was more painful than death itself.

Lu Yu continued berating him, "We have been equally matched for eight or nine hundred years. Today, leveraging Shi Daoist friend's strength, I have bested you, but I reckon you still won't accept it. Do you really want to wait until we both have passed this final tribulation to determine who's superior? If you perish in this disaster, doesn't it mean you've conceded today?

I'm aware you're still unyielding, thinking that with your Magical Treasures, you might have a thirty percent chance to survive this disaster. What a joke! All of those treasures have been taken by Shi Daoist friend. Have you the face to ask for them back? Hand them over to me!"

She reached out with an empty grasp, emitting Upper Pure Divine Light, and with a sweep, she took Elder Kuzhu's various items including his gates, the Nine Beads, and the thirty-six bamboo amulets all to herself.

Elder Kuzhu did not stop her; firstly, Lu Yu's Technique Divine Power was almost on par with his—just slightly inferior—making it difficult to resist her sudden move. Moreover, those treasures were indeed seized by Shi Feiyang, and for Shi Feiyang to toss them aside like that, taking them back would be akin to asking Shi Feiyang for them.

As Lu Yu had said, the only hope he clung to was his trove of Magical Treasures, which perhaps could have guided him through the ultimate tribulation. Now, they were snatched away by that old woman Lu...

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