Even Xie Daoyun and the others were shocked.
Even though Zu An had attained immortality, the Monster Lord’s strength was at least on par with many deities. It would be one thing if he was caught off guard by Zu An’s seven-colored light, but how could the Monster Lord’s arm be lopped off so easily in a confrontation?
Only Yun Yuqing could fathom a guess as to what happened. Big brother Zu has fought too many powerful figures in the Celestial World, including Celestial Emperor-tier opponents. His will is far too strong for the Monster Lord to oppose.
The concept of one’s willpower influencing one’s fighting prowess was no secret. In a fight between two people of similar strength, the one with stronger willpower was likely to claim the upper hand. Yun Yuqing had seen plenty of such examples in her many years of cultivation.
But tempering one’s willpower was easier said than done. It had to be slowly built up by accruing victories against powerful opponents. Zu An had only fought the Celestial Emperors to a draw, but considering his far weaker cultivation, that was a formidable feat. If that couldn’t temper an invincible will, nothing would.
The Monster Lord, not knowing the true story, couldn’t understand how Zu An could have become this powerful when he had only left for a short time. In the end, he attributed it to a fortuitous encounter in the legendary Celestial Court. He glanced at the unconscious Lord of Slaughter, and he suddenly felt extreme fear.
This isn’t an opponent I can defeat! The thought of that made him lose all fighting spirit. Smoke swiftly enveloped him as he unleashed all his escape methods. By the time the smoke dissipated, he was already nowhere to be seen.
Zu An sensed a spatial disturbance, and judging from that, he deduced that the Monster Lord had used a teleportation artifact. However, he didn’t stop the Monster Lord, as the latter wasn’t meant to die in this era.𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Instead, he cast a sweeping gaze across the monster army and bellowed, “I’ll give you ten days to scram from this world. I’ll purge every monster who’s still here after ten days.”
The invading monster army was so huge that Zu An couldn’t hope to defeat them single-handedly. Even if he could, the monster army’s desperate retaliation would only inflict greater damage on this world.
Ten days would be enough for most monsters to leave via large-scale teleportation formations, but they wouldn’t have enough time to bring their weapons and resources back with them. Those would serve as wartime reparations. Besides that, it was also unlikely that all the monsters could evacuate within ten days. The remaining ones would serve as fodder to quell the anger of this world’s races.
The monsters were flabbergasted. Cowardice had already been forming in their hearts when they saw the Lord of Slaughter being hurled out like a dead dog. The sight of the Monster Lord losing his arm and escaping further crushed their morale. Their formations collapsed, and the monsters fled frantically in all directions.
Xie Daoyun said worriedly, “Big brother Zu, the monsters have no principles. You might have intimidated them for the time being, but they might change their minds once they snap out of it.”
Her experience of dealing with the monsters as the Fiend races’ Saintess Yumen Beiqing made her opinion credible. After some thought, Zu An took out his Sun Slaying Bow. Now that the Monster Lord had escaped, he wasn't worried about the latter seeing it.
He nocked an arrow and shot it into the sky. It soon plummeted from the sky like a comet, falling directly on the monster army’s camp.
Boom!
That was, after all, an arrow that could shoot down a sun.
Zu An had to hold back because he wasn’t sure if this world could withstand his full-powered arrow, but even so, it smashed through the monster camp and annihilated it. A huge pit was left in the heart of the camp, and the ground turned into lava. Smoke filled the surrounding air. The monsters who were slow to escape were blown to bits; the survivors, scared out of their wits, fled with everything they had in desperation.
Meanwhile, a translucent bell around Zu An protected the ladies around him, keeping the terrifying shockwaves at bay.
Yun Yuqing, Suolun Shi, and the others wanted to pursue the escaping monsters; they held a deep grudge against the monsters, and wouldn’t miss the chance to massacre them.
Xie Daoyun stopped them. “There’s no point chasing them. We also need them to spread the news about what happened here for the other monsters to give up and return to their world.”
Yun Yuqing nodded in agreement. “As expected of the Fiend races’ Saintess! Little sister Xie is truly meticulous!”
Xie Daoyun blushed in embarrassment.
The sight of the burning monster camp left the ladies with many thoughts, especially Xie Daoyun. She had led the Fiend races in this world on a counterattack against the monsters. Even now, she could still remember how suffocated she felt whenever she thought about the monsters’ fearsome strength.
Who would have thought that Zu An could resolve this situation with such ease?
“Big brother Zu, let’s return to the Fiend races first and inform them about the monsters’ movements. We should also discuss the sealing of the Lord of Slaughter,” Xie Daoyun said.
Zu An replied, “You return to the Fiend races first. I’ll leave you to prepare for the Lord of Slaughter’s sealing. There’s another place I need to go to first.”
Xie Daoyun was talented in formations, and she knew how the Lord of Slaughter was sealed in the future. This task was within her means.
Sensing the sorrow in his eyes, Xie Daoyun’s heart quivered. She could guess where he was heading. The other ladies also exchanged looks, knowing better than to touch his wound.
After bidding the ladies farewell, Zu An stowed away the Lord of Slaughter with his Seven-Colored Divine Halo and flew into the sky.
Looking at his departing silhouette, Ji Xiaoxi asked, “Big sister, is big brother Zu heading to the Frost Palace to visit big sister Chang’e?”
“It seems so.”
“But it’s still day. The moon hasn’t come out yet.”
“Big brother Zu is very knowledgeable. He should have a way to find the moon... right?”
...
Zu An could naturally find the moon. He flew above the clouds and dashed out of the stratosphere, eventually entering the vastness of space. After attaining immortality, his body was tough enough to withstand the extreme conditions of space, though he wasn’t sure how far he could travel in the void.
He looked at the world behind him and saw a familiar blue planet. It is indeed Earth! It looks much larger than the planet I’m familiar with though. Could it be because it's rich in ki?
Zu An tossed aside his miscellaneous thoughts and soon found the moon. He quickly descended on it. Circular pits were visible on its dirt-cloaked surface. He couldn’t detect the slightest life on it.𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
His heart sank. He couldn’t find the Frost Palace, which meant Chang’e wasn’t here.