Chapter 334: Losing Both Wife and Soldiers

The enemy and allies remained locked in a stalemate for over half an hour, with countless spells and techniques being used over and over again. Yan Gu and his companion were indeed growing numb, yet they still couldn’t think of a good way to subdue Su Che and his partner. The key issue was that the wealthy man’s defensive barrier was extremely strong, and Yan Gu and his companion didn’t have any divine instruments to suppress him, so they could only persist through brute force.

Su Che sensed that these two Yuan Ying cultivators were clearly becoming complacent and less vigilant, so their alertness had dropped to its lowest. It seemed the time had come to strike hard. He then sent a message to Tian Yin, saying, “Hit him hard!”

Bang!

Tian Yin snapped her fingers lightly, and the small bronze bell came into action once again. But this time, its sound wasn’t as deep and resonant as before—it was clear and loud instead.

This attack was aimed solely at Yan Lin, who was in the early stages of Yuan Ying. The power of the bell didn’t drive him away but instead froze him in place, as if a timid person had been startled by a sudden loud noise. Clearly, Tian Yin’s strike also had the special effect of shaking the soul.

Soul Seizure!

Su Che unleashed the Soul Seizure technique with all his might. A blue beam traveled over a hundred feet, hitting the still dazed Yan Lin.

“I wonder if the Soul Seizure technique will work on him…”

That thought flashed through Su Che’s mind the moment he cast the technique.

Vroom…

Yan Lin’s body swayed noticeably. Though he didn’t fall, it was obvious that the Soul Seizure had taken effect!

Swish!

Seizing this rare opportunity, Tian Yin hurled the Bell of Tian Yin toward them, making it grow larger as it flew.

“Yan Lin, be careful…”

Yan Gu immediately realized that his junior brother Yan Lin seemed to have been caught off guard and rushed to help. Of course, Su Che had already prepared and wouldn’t give him such a chance.

Bang, bang, bang, bang…

A flurry of fist shadows—Su Che unleashed over a hundred Destruction Fists in an instant, his destructive power fully unleashed to form an impenetrable barrier that intercepted Yan Gu mid-air.

Faced with over a hundred fierce punches filled with destructive power, Yan Gu certainly didn’t dare to resist head-on with his protective energy. He could only dodge while counterattacking, trying to block as many of those Destruction Fists as possible.

Swish swish swish…

As he waved his bone claws to block the destructive punches, the Bell of Tian Yin had grown to over fifty feet tall. It flew above Yan Lin’s head and descended in a rush.

“Yan Lin, hide quickly!” Yan Gu roared like a lion, creating a visible sound wave in the air. Clearly, that roar was also a sonic technique, meant to awaken Yan Lin.

Unfortunately, Yan Lin was not in a state of hallucination at this moment; rather, his original spirit had been shaken by the Soul-Seizing technique. The sonic power of the Flaming Bones not only failed to awaken him but instead made things worse, further confusing his mind. This was because the Flaming Bones were not cultivators from Qi Yuan Star—they had no idea who Su Che was and understood nothing about the properties of the Soul-Seizing technique, which is why they made such a foolish mistake.

Huh!

The bronze bell descended, and Yan Lin disappeared.

“Retreat!”

With a thought from Tian Yin, the bronze bell began to return toward her, shrinking in size as it did so. Undoubtedly, Yan Lin had been trapped inside the magical space of the bell. Changes in the bell’s external size did not affect the size of its internal space.

“How dare you…”

The Flaming Bones were terrified and rushed toward them desperately, trying to stop the bell.

Bang!

With another bell toll, the Flaming Bones, who had only advanced less than twenty zhang, were pushed back dozens of zhang by another attack from the bell’s power, ending up even further away.

The bronze bell was Tian Yin’s innate Dao artifact, almost an inseparable part of her. Even when not in her hands, she could still remotely control it to launch attacks.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang…

Su Che didn’t stand idly either. He launched dozens more attacks, keeping the Flaming Bones at a distance of over three hundred zhang.

Of course, neither Su Che nor the Flaming Bones saw or heard that inside the bell’s magical space, Yan Lin had been awakened by the recent bell toll. He immediately clutched his head and let out agonized screams.

The power of the bell was such that external forces could push the mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivator, the Flaming Bones, back dozens of zhang, while inside, ten times more intense force was directed at Yan Lin. Just that one strike nearly blew apart his head, and the intense pain made him on the verge of fainting.

Bang!

With another bell toll, the Flaming Bones were pushed back four hundred zhang away. But Yan Lin, trapped inside the bell, lay on the ground clutching his head, screaming in agony.

Bang!

With the third bell toll, Yan Lin finally stopped screaming and suffering. Instead, blood flowed from all seven orifices of his body, and he lost consciousness completely.

He was only unconscious, not dead. Another couple of strikes, and he would likely die completely…

Snap!

Tian Yin shook her wrist, throwing Yan Lin out of the bell. He lay motionless at Su Che’s feet like a dead fish.

Without pause, Su Che thought silently and trapped him in the Immortal Prison.

With the capture successful, there were now two early-stage Yuan Ying prisoners in the Immortal Prison.

“Great cooperation. My senior sister is truly my best partner!”

Su Che chuckled, his gaze toward Tian Yin filled with intense desire. At that moment, he felt an urge to pick her up and kiss her fiercely!
Tian Yin smiled faintly, but her eyes were somewhat distracted. She seemed to have sensed something; her feminine shyness made her instinctively avoid Su Che’s blazing gaze, not daring to meet his eyes.
“Damn it!”
In the distance, Yan Gu was furious—his junior disciple had been captured alive by them, yet those two despicable people were still flirting and making eyes at each other…
Swish!
As if driven mad by anger, he unleashed all his potential. Yan Gu suddenly waved his hand, and the white jade bone claw on his right hand shot out, striking the wealthy man from 400 zhang away with an unprecedentedly fierce attack.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the wealthy man’s barrier glowed with golden light, yet he remained unharmed.
Even the Tai Xu Sect Master, who was at the late Yuan Ying stage, couldn’t break through the wealthy man’s defenses with his mid-tier Dao artifact, the Tai Yi You Long Sword. Yan Gu’s white jade bone claw was merely an elite spiritual treasure. Even if he unleashed his strongest strike yet, what could it do?
When the bone claw failed to make an impact, it was about to fly back to Yan Gu’s hand—but…
Snatch!
Su Che wouldn’t miss any chance to take advantage. He used his Theft Divine Power on the white jade bone claw right in front of him.
Whoosh…
An invisible force of theft acted on the bone claw. From 400 zhang away, Yan Gu’s expression changed drastically as he quickly increased his control, trying to retrieve his magical weapon.
Bang!
Tian Yin’s strike came at just the right moment—again, that crisp sound capable of shaking the heart. Yan Gu was immediately struck, his expression clearly stunned.
Seizing this brief moment, Su Che used his Theft Divine Power once more. In an instant, the white jade bone claw appeared in his hands. Without pause, he sent it straight into the Immortal Prison, completely severing the mental connection between it and Yan Gu.
“Ah!”
Yan Gu roared in agony. Losing his life treasure felt like having his heart torn in two by some force.
The art of theft!
With his mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivation, if the white jade bone claw had always remained in his hands, even if Su Che exhausted himself trying to take it, it would be impossible to snatch such an elite spiritual treasure from him—especially one that was connected to his soul and had nurtured him for over a hundred years.
Back in the Tian Xuan Sect, Su Che and several of his ancestors had experimented with such tactics countless times, so he was well aware of all possible scenarios.

Yan Gu, even from four hundred zhang away, dared to attack with the core of his magical artifact. The excessive distance made the mental connection between him and the artifact extremely fragile, giving Su Che a perfect opportunity. Coupled with Tian Yin’s timely assistance, it was as easy as catching fish with one’s hands.

This was the quintessential case of trying to steal something only to lose more—losing both one’s wife and soldiers. Not only did they fail to seize someone else’s Dao artifact, but they also lost their own life artifact, along with their dear junior brother…

“Thank you, senior, for your generosity—giving it away and then also presenting a gift.”

Su Che was a grateful person, so he bowed remotely in thanks.

“You…”

Yan Gu’s face turned purple, his expression twisted in anger, so furious he almost spat out three liters of blood.

Fortunately, he hadn’t completely lost his sanity. He finally realized that he had encountered two monstrous figures today, and he was utterly helpless against them. Staying here any longer would only mean enduring more humiliation.

“You wait for me!”

With that, Yan Gu turned and rushed toward the silver ship.

Bang!

Tian Yin sent him off with a bell-like sound. Yan Gu, who hadn’t flown even a thousand zhang away, clearly staggered as if shaken.

However, since this Yuan Ying cultivator was determined to leave, Su Che and the others really couldn’t stop him.

Watching Yan Gu dash into the ship, Su Che still felt reluctant. He sent a message, asking, “This ship is just an upper-grade spiritual treasure. Can we shatter it?”

Tian Yin shook her head and said softly, “Only if I were at the Yuan Ying level could I do that.”

“Then we need another method.”

Su Che immediately took her hand. In an instant, the two of them, along with the Star Emperor Compass, entered the interior space of the Giant Wealth Palace. Soon after, the Giant Wealth expanded to a height of a hundred zhang and charged toward the silver ship over a thousand zhang away.

With its mountain-like weight and super-strong defenses, what would happen if it collided with that ship?

Su Che’s guess was: The Giant Wealth would definitely not suffer any loss.

The spirit of the Giant Wealth replied, “Of course!”

“What are they doing?”

Yan Gu had just entered the ship and hadn’t reached the control panel yet. He only saw through his spiritual sense that the giant palace outside was rushing toward them at high speed.

“Madman!”

Yan Gu was terrified and hurriedly flew toward the control panel at the bow of the ship. Unfortunately, even he knew it was too late.

A flying spiritual treasure like a ship could change size at will and had two control methods: when small, it could be used as a personal flying artifact, allowing one to control it directly from outside the ship, as if flying on a sword.

At this moment, with such a huge size of hundreds of feet, it had to be controlled through the control panel inside the magic artifact. This method of control allowed true energy to be conserved by using spirit stones, which was indeed extremely convenient.
Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. At this moment, it was precisely this convenience that caused great obstacles for Yan Gu.
He had just sat down at the control panel and hadn’t had time to activate the spaceship when the Giant Wealth Palace, towering hundreds of feet high, crashed into it.
What would happen if a spaceship were struck head-on by a giant peak thousands of feet high?
Although the Giant Wealth Palace wasn’t a giant peak, it had a weight comparable to one, as well as a much harder outer shell than a giant peak…