The old voice carried a hint of viciousness, chillingly cold, with a divine pressure that even caused the celestial phenomena around to subtly change, like a bone-chilling killing intent that could penetrate one's very marrow.

Under the unified pressure of the four, with the power of Celestial Immortals, almost the entire space was solidified, as if cast from molten iron.

Lu Ren seemed unfazed, merely sighing, "Though this place is called the Celestial Immortal Blessed Land, with countless Celestial Immortals gathered from numerous river systems in the present world, it's like they're a dime a dozen here. You could casually throw a brick and easily hit a Celestial Immortal, making me lose even the slightest sense of superiority associated with being one."

As he spoke, Lu Ren moved, as if mountains shifted, exuding a formidable, icy momentum, and the Heaven-Opening Axe, which had appeared in his hand at some unknown time, gleamed brightly.

His expression suddenly turned fierce.

"Let me skin you four to see which gutter rats dare to spout such nonsense in front of me."

As Lu Ren finished speaking, he vanished right before the eyes of the four.

One slightly hunchbacked man watched as Lu Ren suddenly disappeared from his sight; even his divine sense found Lu Ren's presence abruptly vanish.

"What happened?!"

The man's face twitched violently, and as his true power surged madly, countless defense wards appeared around him, forming layers upon layers of protection like an eggshell encasing him.

The next moment, he saw a massive fist suddenly appear before his face, with overwhelming force crashing down on him.

The countless defense wards proved to be as fragile as paper, being instantly penetrated by the sudden punch to his face.

Someone nearby could not help but shout angrily, "How bold!"

Amidst their siege, Lu Ren was the first to strike, astonishing and angering them. They were surprised that Lu Ren had vanished right under their noses, his instant teleportation leaving no trace, only to suddenly reappear before them and deliver a punch.

Boom!

The other three simultaneously attacked, with force like heaven collapsing and earth crumbling, unleashing countless divine power techniques at that moment. The various attributes intertwined and overlapped, transforming into a composite spell and divine technique torrent of even greater power, rushing toward Lu Ren.

The three joined forces in their attack, spawning endless phenomena in this area again, with divine beings resurrecting, divine light gathering behind their heads, and even auspicious exotic beasts breaking through the sea of clouds, charging at Lu Ren like a tiger descending a mountain.

In nearly an instant, as Lu Ren delivered a punch, he was engulfed by the torrent of divine techniques.

"Did it work?!"

Among them, a female tribulation cultivator, with a shapely figure enveloped in a tight black leather outfit, saw this. Her eyes emitted a crimson glow, revealing a boundless ferocity, making it seem as if the whole world was stained red by this blood-tinged aura. The female tribulation cultivator seemed to step up from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, breaking through the clouds straight to the heavens.

Her eyes burned fiercely, wanting to penetrate the dazzling divine techniques to see the mangled figure inside.

Yet, the next second, her calm gaze changed dramatically, seeing an extremely bright axe light, like splitting a great wave, rising from the sea. Its momentum was like a sudden storm, carrying the power to split the skies, forcefully parting the divine torrent like waves to the sides.

Boom!!

Then, an axe light that transcended space and time appeared with the grandeur as if it intended to cleave the heavens and earth. The axe blade's brilliance tore through space, instantly passing by the female tribulation cultivator, impervious to her numerous protective magical treasures and even an acquired Taoism artifact.

All were futile against this Heaven-Opening Axe, nurtured for hundreds of years, almost achieving the work of creation, and its annihilating power wielded by the axe wielder sliced open the acquired Taoism artifact shaped like a large bell.

In the next moment, that female tribulation cultivator was severed in two by the annihilating axe blade, despite her frantically surging true power and employing various secret and strange techniques, she could only watch helplessly as her body was cleaved in two by the axe, unable to restore it in the slightest.

This single axe strike shattered her Celestial Immortal Taoism Fruit, separating her Primordial Spirit, and the annihilating power contained within made it almost impossible for her to employ any means of restoration.

Everything lost its efficacy.

"Ahhhh!!!!"

A piercing scream emanated from the two halves of the female tribulation cultivator, then the blood within her body suddenly erupted.

The fractured Celestial Immortal Taoism Fruit manifested at this moment, interweaving and revealing all the Taoism, legal principle, and divine techniques from the female tribulation cultivator's lifetime.

The demise of the Celestial Immortal brought forth a phenomenon that manifested in this Path of Success, surrounding their area.

At the same time, not far from there, at a temporary settlement nearly three billion miles away, a subtle ripple emanated from the space, and then a chubby head emerged from the invisible ripple, straining to look in the direction of the battle at the Path of Success.

"Ha, it's rare to see Fellow Taoist Cao coming out for a breath. I thought you intended to stay in your heavenly grotto forever. If it weren't for the node's imminent engulfment by ominous mist, I thought you'd remain there eternally."

A slightly hoarse old voice with evident mockery softly teased Cao Dequan.

Cao Dequan turned to the thin, goat-bearded old man beside him, snorting lightly, "I see you're prepared to spend your twilight years here, Old Zhou. Look at you, your lifespan is nearly up, and you indulge in your female puppets refined by yourself for pleasure!"

Old Zhou rolled his eyes, "What do you understand? How could those women in the present world compare to my meticulously crafted female puppets? Whether it's their figure, appearance, temperament, or character, mine are superior. I'm telling you, once you experience it, it's a true paradise!"

Cao Dequan sneered, not entangling with the topic, merely turning to squint into the distance, "This familiar aura of demise!"

Old Zhou chuckled mischievously, full of schadenfreude, "That female tribulation cultivator, it's delightful, always hunting goose, only to be pecked by a goose now. Delightful, truly delightful!"

Cao Dequan thought for a moment, estimating, "Do you think it's that person passing through here earlier, considering he just left not long ago?"

"How would this old man know, but it's a good thing. Our temporary gathering here is precisely to prevent tribulation cultivators, isn't it? Dying is good, dying is good!"

It wasn't just the two of them; the remaining Heavenly Grotto Palace Masters all sensed the situation on Lu Ren's side.