Chapter 55: The Evil Ancestor's Threat (Part 2)

  A cold glint flashed in Tianyan's eyes, and the ominous aura surged to victory. The killing intent rose in an instant, and he stared fiercely at Jin Thirteen.

  Jin Thirteen's whole body shook, he clearly knew that in this situation, he had no chance of escaping, let alone fighting against Tian, and with the evil ancestor by his side, he didn't even have a glimmer of hope. In an instant, after weighing the pros and cons, he suddenly slid back one zhang, saying in a low voice: "Evil Ancestor, you also said it earlier, the righteous path is watching us, we absolutely cannot kill each other. I, Jin Thirteen, swear on the ancestors of my demonic sect and my own million-year-old inner dan that three years from now, when you two have your final battle, my demonic sect will not interfere. As for what happens after the old lord's recording, we'll talk about it later. Can you believe me now?" In his urgency, he surprisingly regained his male voice, which didn't sound as disgusting as before.

  The evil ancestor smiled with satisfaction and said: "Alright, since that's the case, I'll let you off today. Take your people and scram."

  Jin's eyes flashed with a hint of resentment deep within, but he said nothing more and disappeared in an instant, his body recovering its magical powers.

  Looking at his receding back, Lian Tian Dao said: "Jin Shi San is very cunning, this is a rare opportunity, why not kill him. He has always been dissatisfied with the status quo and will inevitably bring a lot of trouble in the future."

  "In the future, we'll talk about it later. Xie Tian, in my eyes, you're much more pleasant to deal with than Jin Thirteen. Although you're equally cruel and evil, at least you don't have his cunning and viciousness. As fellow members of the demonic path, I hope that before our showdown three years from now, we can cooperate with your Demonic Sect. The north is the foundation of our demonic path, and during this period when the righteous path is recuperating, we must develop ourselves as much as possible. I think you've been in contact with those scattered demons from your sect all along. After the Heavenly Ascension, it will be our time to slaughter the righteous path. At that time, if the three senior members of our demonic path join forces, I think there's at least a 70% chance we can eliminate the righteous path or drive them into a corner, and the land of China will be shrouded in evil and darkness. As long as we occupy all the places where spiritual energy gathers, it's not impossible that we'll find a way to deal with the Heavenly Tribulation."

  After hearing the words of the evil ancestor, Zhi Tian's heart was stirred, and his dream had always been to occupy the entire divine state, annihilate all righteous paths. He nodded vigorously and said: "Good, from the first glance at you, I knew you were a man who could do great things, unlike Jin Thirteen who only knows how to calculate temporary gains and losses. If you can really make the righteous path disappear, I am willing to cooperate with you sincerely, even if it's about the matter of Lord Lao Jun's record, we can talk about it later. However, I have two questions to ask you."

  Xie Zu said calmly, "Actually, I've already read the old man's record. Whether you believe it or not, I'll tell you that for us, it has no effect whatsoever. In the ancient books of our Xie Sect, I once saw that the realms of immortals and Buddhas have always dominated the entire world. And yet, our fundamental realm, the Underworld, has been suppressed all along. I believe that as long as we can stir up chaos in the Mortal Realm, it will be an opportunity for the Underworld to rise again. What questions do you have, ask away."

  Mo Tian took a deep breath and said, "What you said makes sense, I'll consider these things. My first question is, with your current cultivation level being close to dispersing evil, it's absolutely impossible for you to be so reckless in using your magical powers. Don't you fear the heavenly tribulation descending upon you?"

  Xie Zu burst out laughing, "Afraid? I don't even know what fear is. I've already died once. And let me tell you, I now have two sacred treasures of the Xian family that can help me suppress evil energy and won't affect my magical powers at all. As long as I don't want to or if my cultivation doesn't make any breakthroughs, then the heavenly tribulation won't come. One thing you can be reassured about is that our Evil Sect's heavenly tribulation is also sixfold, or possibly even ninefold. Worrying so much is useless. For us, not only do we need to revive our sect, but more importantly, we must restore the prestige of the Underworld, and absolutely cannot let the Xian and Buddhist realms dominate."

  Mo Tian nodded and said: "So that's how it is. But with your evil ancestor's evil powers, can you use a sacred artifact?"

  Xie Zu snorted coldly and said, "There's no need for you to know that. Let's talk about the second question."

  A chill ran through the heart of the Heavenly Lord, who said: "My second question is, what kind of person are you? I've never heard that the Evil Sect has a master like you. Since we're going to cooperate, I hope to see your true form."

  Xie Zu said calmly, "You haven't heard of me before, that's very normal. I was a recluse in the Xie Sect for many years, focusing on cultivating my evil powers. It wasn't until I obtained those two sacred artifacts that I decided to come out and lead the Xie Sect. Otherwise, it wouldn't take long for our sect to be destroyed by you demons and monsters. As for what I look like, there's no need for you to know. Even if you're a crow, you've never seen my true appearance. The disciples of your demon sect have been waiting outside for a long time. That's all I had to say."

  Ji Tian nodded and said, "I'm leaving, you should know how to find me." After finishing speaking, under the cover of a black fog, Ji Tian strode away. Looking at his receding back, Xie Zu muttered to himself, "The three evil sects, the underworld... are these really what I should be pursuing? Everything has already come to this point, and there's no choice but to continue on. Hailong, good luck to you." The bloody light dissipated, and ten minutes later, the dark valley returned to calmness, except that above the valley, an air of evil had increased.

  Hailong urged his Golden Cloud to move forward while occasionally turning back to glance at Piaomiao, who was sitting cross-legged beside him. Over the past two days, Piaomiao had used her Divine Thunder Dance and modified magic treasure, consuming a large amount of spiritual energy. Even with her high cultivation level, she couldn't fully withstand it, so after they set off this afternoon, she had been meditating to recover. To avoid disturbing her, Hailong flew alone at the back, carrying Piaomiao with him. Ahead of them, Hongzhi sat on a Buddha's Lotus with Xiaojing, while Zhiyun sat on a Blue Spirit Cloud with Huang You, rapidly advancing forward. Due to the turbulent times, Hailong was worried they might encounter enemies along the way, so he kept his Qianjun Staff at the ready, prepared for any unexpected situation.

  They had been flying for more than two hours, but it was nothing for a master like Hailong. Just then, Hailong suddenly heard Hongzhi's transmission, "Boss, something seems off ahead, there seems to be an evil aura."

  Hai Long suddenly said, "Now that the three evil sects are cultivating, how can there still be evil energy?" As he spoke, he urged the Golden Cloud to fly forward and look towards the front. Indeed, as Hong Zhi had said, in the distance ahead, a thick eerie aura filled the air, as if something was happening.

  The sound of stopping water rose, "Evil spirits are rampant, there must be monsters making trouble, let's go and take a look."

  The dragon turned its head towards the blue-green spiritual cloud's stagnant water and said: "Sister, what kind of demon is that?"

  Zhi Shui Lian looked at him without even a glance, saying: "You don't know, do I have to know? However, it doesn't seem like someone from the evil path. Down below, there seems to be a small village. If they were one of the three evil sects, they wouldn't dare to openly attack humans. We need to hurry down, or else we'll be too late." As he spoke, he urged on his magical powers and flew towards the direction of the demonic energy like a blue-green shooting star.

  Hailong glanced at Piaoyue, who seemed to have noticed nothing, and said to Hongzhi, "You go down with Zhi Shui Shijie and take a look. I'll stay here and protect Piaoyue. If anything happens, call me immediately."

  Hai Long nodded and urged Fo Lian to follow Chi Shui. Hai Long flew to the sky above the place where the demonic energy was rampant, looked down with his eyes wide open, and what he saw made him shocked and lost color. Below, as Chi Shui said, there was indeed a village, but in that village, hundreds of various demons were rampaging. Hai Long saw a young man being torn apart by a humanoid monster, his internal organs scattered all over the ground, and the monster stuffed the mutilated body into its mouth. Such a bloody scene made Hai Long's heart cold.

  At this time, Zhi Shui had already charged into the village. Everything that was happening in front of her had apparently enraged her, and a cyan light burst forth. The halo behind her brought out four or five magical artifacts, which floated out. Those strange beasts looked terrifying, but their strength was actually very weak. It seemed that not even one of them had 500 years of cultivation. Under Zhi Shui's magical artifact attacks, four or five of them were instantly pulverized into dust. Huang Su stood there in shock, everything in front of her having exceeded the scope of her understanding. For a moment, she didn't know what to do.

  Hongji and Xiao Jiling also joined the battle, Hongji's alms bowl flew high into the air, releasing a yellow Buddhist light that enveloped the entire village in an instant. Under the illumination of the Buddha's light, the monsters seemed to be extremely fearful, not only slowing down but also forgetting to attack the villagers again, and instead ran towards one direction of the village. However, how could they escape from Shiwater and Hongji, who were both superior masters beyond the Falling Period? The light and shadow flickered, except for Huang Han brother and sister staying in place, Shiwater and three others had already chased after them at full speed. Xiao Jiling rushed extremely fast, this was the first time Haicheng saw him take action, the muscles on his body seemed to have swollen even more, holding a long pole with a dark light flashing, he charged into the monster group, wildly brandishing his power, almost no one could withstand his attacks, under the coordination of Shiwater and Hongji's magical treasures, over 100 monsters were annihilated as soon as they ran out of the village.

  The village seemed to have been quite large originally, with several hundred households, but at this time the village had been destroyed extremely badly, most of the houses collapsed, and some places were still on fire. All the surviving villagers gathered together, wailing sounds kept coming. Hearing it in the ears of people like Zhi Shui, their hearts felt exceptionally heavy.

  The dragon king pressed down the cloud head and floated into the village. Frowning, he knocked on Huang Han's head and said, "What are you doing? Why didn't you follow me to kill the monster just now?"

  Huang Huan's whole body shook, and he suddenly came to his senses. He looked at Hai Long with a strange expression, then turned around and started vomiting loudly, spitting out everything he had eaten that morning and noon. Huang Sui's willpower was stronger than her brother's, but she was still a girl after all, and this was the first time she had seen such a scene. When Huang Huan vomited, she couldn't hold it in either and bent down to vomit loudly as well.

  Hailong helplessly shook his head and looked towards the villagers in the distance, their bodies constantly trembling with fear, clearly having reached a state of extreme terror. Since he had to take care of Piaoyue, Hailong didn't go over to comfort the villagers, thinking that he would wait until Zhitui returned before doing so.

  Just then, a sudden angry roar was heard, and Hailong felt a black shadow burst forth beside him. His heart racing, he turned around to see a strange beast, about the size of a leopard with a single horn on its head, pouncing towards him. It was clearly one of the escaped creatures from the village.

  A cold glint flashed in his eyes as Hailong sternly shouted: "Qiu Lü Hai Tang, unsheathe!" A blue light streaked across the air in an elegant arc before returning to Hailong's side - it was the top-grade flying sword that Piaoyue had given him just yesterday. The leopard-like beast froze in mid-air, and with a loud crash, disintegrated into a bloody mist. Its body had been completely shredded by the sword energy.

  At this time, Zhi Shui and others had already rushed back, the three of them looked very serious, as if they had discovered something. Returning to Hai Long's side, Hong Zhi let out a helpless sigh and chanted: "Sarira, all phenomena are empty in nature, not born, not destroyed, not tainted, not pure, not increased, not decreased. Therefore, in emptiness there is no color, no reception, no thought, no form, no consciousness. Calm the mind and quiet contemplation, the Buddha's light begins to appear." A yellow glow spread out in a fan shape towards the villagers. Under this peaceful and Buddha-filled energy, the villagers seemed to feel better, their eyes gradually gaining some sparkle.

  "What's up? Can you guys figure out where these monsters came from?"

  Hong Zhi shook his head and said, "This matter is very serious. These strange beasts are not like the demons of the Demon Sect that absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, but are actually mutated beasts. They have no wisdom, only knowing how to slaughter. According to the classics left behind by my master, on the continent of Shen Zhou, tens of billions of years ago, there were such strange beasts everywhere, but for some reason, they became extinct, and then humans appeared later. The appearance of these strange beasts is very suspicious, and I'm afraid it's hiding some sinister plot."

  "These monsters are nothing to us cultivators, even if they're at the peak of their power, we can easily deal with them. However, for ordinary humans, they're an absolute disaster. We're already in the southern part of Zhao Song country now, could it be that they've come from the southern borders? If so, our trip to the southern borders is even more necessary."

  Hai Long frowned and said, "Looking at how these monsters were running in the same direction earlier, it seems like someone was commanding them. In the territory of Zhao Song, so many monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air, it can't be that simple. Ah, if you didn't kill all of them, we might be able to follow them to find the mastermind behind this. Maybe there will be some clues."

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