After handling everything, Adam finally led the deeply asleep Maren out of the Medicine Immortal Secret Realm.
The moment he stepped out, a person lunged at him through the air.
Five fingers morphed into eagle claws, hard as divine iron, frightening momentum emanated from the fingertips.
Even from tens of meters away, Adam could feel the chilling air radiating from them.
If caught by those claws, one would undoubtedly suffer severe injuries.
Eunuch Maldric moved extremely fast. In a split second, he had closed the distance to within a few meters.
Yet Adam remained unmoved.
Only when Maldric was within three feet did Adam slowly raise his hand and extend a single finger.
Specks of starlight scattered from the finger, like a breeze brushing against willow branches, or a startled swan passing through a gap, it gently tapped against the eagle claw.
That claw, tough as divine iron, gradually annihilated.
In just an instant, the annihilation spread from the claw to the arm, then the body. Eunuch Maldricâs entire person completely vanished from heaven and earth under Adamâs indifferent gaze, not leaving a single trace of blood qi behind.
Standing atop the mountain peak, Eunuch Aldyn witnessed all of this, his eyes filled with shock and horror.
What kind of demonic magic had this harmless-looking youth, who carried a trace of scholarly temperament, used?
Without any fluctuation of spiritual qi, he had directly suppressed and killed Old Maldric, a fellow Mortal Supreme.
Unbeatable, absolutely unbeatable.
A sense of powerlessness rose in Aldynâs heart.
When had such a monster appeared in Silver Willow? Could this youth actually be the reincarnation of some Heaven and Earth Deity?
Flee, I must flee! I have to report this person to the Emperor. Otherwise, he will become a major variable affecting the Silver Willow Imperial Family.
The urge to retreat seized Aldyn completely, his aura surged wildly, and he forgot the very purpose of coming here. He activated his techniques, transformed into a streak of light, and fled frantically into the distance.
Trying to escape? Adamâs eyes remained calm as an ancient well. He extended a finger, and a beam of brilliant light shot from the fingertip.
The light traveled at blistering speed and quickly caught up to Aldyn.
There was no shaking of mountains or rivers, no shattering of the void.
The sky above Phoenix-Roost Mountain Peak was frighteningly peaceful.
Bathed in the radiant light, Aldyn, just like Maldric before him, had his entire body gradually annihilate until he completely disappeared from the Mysterious Yellow heaven and earth.
Tearing open a rift in the void, Adam took Maren and escaped into it, leaving Phoenix-Roost Mountain.
Finding a safe place, he left Maren there, then returned to the capital alone.
Silver Willow Imperial Palace, Purple Gold Pavilion.
Inside the Ancient Dragon-Nurturing Bed, auras surged violently. Waves of terrifying momentum pierced through the curtains, spreading across the entire pavilion. What followed was a shocking, furious roar.
"The Grand Flame Dao Talisman! My Grand Flame Dao Talisman! Just who is it? To possess such methods to see through my Grand Flame Dao Talisman and snatch it away!"
The Lord of Silver Willow, Skyler, felt his heart bleeding, he wished he could charge straight out of the Ancient Dragon-Nurturing Bed and head to Phoenix-Roost Mountain.
Even if it meant exhausting his very last sliver of life force, he wanted to snatch the Grand Flame Dao Talisman back.
The talisman was a fortuitous encounter obtained from an ancient tomb a thousand years ago by Solaris, the founding Emperor of Silver Willow dynasty.
This Dao Talisman was incomparably profound and treated heaven and earth restrictions as nothing.
Although the successive Emperors had collectively refined it for a full millennium without completing the refinement, the Grand Flame Dao Talisman was still regarded as one of Silver Willowâs ultimate national treasures.
If it were only this, Skyler would not be so enraged.
The most important thing was that now, as the Heaven and Earth Upheaval descended once more, that ancient tomb would reappear in the Mysterious Yellow world.
Back then, Solaris had not known the miraculous properties of the Grand Flame Dao Talisman.
By the time he realized it, the ancient tomb had long disappeared during the Fifth Heaven and Earth Upheaval.
This had always been Solarisâs regret, even on his deathbed, he instructed his descendants: when the Upheaval arrived again, they must use this Dao Talisman to break through the heavy restrictions of that ancient tomb and investigate its depths.
Skylerâs eyes were filled with remorse. He should not have let greed blind his heart and taken out this Dao Talisman just to ensure nothing went wrong.
He had arrogantly believed no one could see through it. He never expected it would not only be seen through but also snatched away.
Now, without that talisman, he feared the forbidden treasures within that ancient tomb would forever have no fate with the Silver Willow Imperial Family.
"Did you hear? In Great Waves Territory, just three hundred miles from our capital, a Holy Medicine has appeared! Countless cultivators fought over it, and word has it that several Mortal Supreme existences showed up."
"Thatâs nothing. You donât know, but eight hundred miles away in Duskwatch City, an ancient mine emerged."
"Who knows how many people were drawn there to mine? I heard someone dug up Divine Origin in that ancient mine."
"I know about that too. Itâs a pity for that person, though, his strength was too weak. Not only could he not protect the supreme treasure, but he also lost his life. I heard the entire ancient mine turned into a bloody purgatory over the fight for that piece of Divine Origin."
"Whatâs a mere piece of Divine Origin? You guys donât know, but last night in Dragonhead Territory, a True Dragon Skeleton appeared! It attracted numerous Mortal Supremes to make a move, almost erasing Dragonhead Territory from the Silver Willow dynastyâs map entirely in the process."
"Sigh, thankfully we are in the capital. No matter how turbulent Silver Willow is right now, the capital is as stable as before. With our meager strength, we wonât fight for those kinds of opportunities, just living out the rest of our lives safely and steadily is enough to satisfy me."