943: Chapter 936: That Kid is Not Simple!
943: Chapter 936: That Kid is Not Simple!
Firelight filled the sky.
The scorching air billowed through the narrow passageway, as pillars of fire erupted like dragons, spewing forth relentlessly.
Those who were struck by the pillars had their flesh instantly roasted by the flames; and because the pillars rose so quickly, those who were hit didn’t even have a chance to scream before they perished.
Fortunately, the members of the three major sects became extra vigilant when Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining suddenly left.
At the instant the pillars of fire soared, they ran forward desperately, no longer caring about maintaining a superior image—they looked more like refugees fleeing for their lives.
After putting some distance between themselves and the area where the fire pillars erupted, the people from the three major sects bent over, gasping for breath.
Remembering the critical moment just passed, they all showed expressions of terror on their faces.
The heat of the pillars was something the human body simply couldn’t withstand; even the most powerful experts at the peak of Primordial Heaven would be doomed if their bodies were struck.
Those from the smaller sects who followed behind the three major sects didn’t react as quickly.
By the time they thought to flee, the pillars of fire had already risen to the sky.
Thus, after this baptism of fire, the smaller sects were completely annihilated.
Ironically, they had scorned Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining for choosing to scout ahead just moments before.
Apart from the total annihilation of the smaller sects, the three major sects also suffered varying degrees of injury.
The fire pillars had erupted too suddenly, and the most powerful among them had covered their own sect members’ escape, which resulted in them being roasted by the pillars.
Cloud Soaring Palace’s entourage into the Ghost King Sect’s ruins included the Sect Leader at the initial stage of Primordial Heaven, Li Dongtian, the young Sect Master, Li Zihao, also at the initial stage, and the Great Elder, Qian Dongwan, at the peak of Primordial Heaven.
Earth Demon Hall had entered with its Sect Leader at the middle stage of Primordial Heaven, Mo Wusha, and its peak stage Great Elder, Gui Tianlin.
Yun Tian Sect’s party consisted of their Sect Leader at the initial stage, Wang Zhongtian, the middle stage Great Elder, Wu Nan, as well as the Tianshan Sect Sect Leader Fang Zhiyong, Great Elder Qiu Yuanlong, and the Myriad Poison Sect Sect Leader Kang Baiyin.
Among them, Cloud Soaring Palace’s Great Elder Qian Dongwan had covered the retreat for his people and now found himself on the Road to Netherworld.
And Yun Tian Sect’s Great Elder Wu Nan had also been taken by the fire pillars.
Earth Demon Hall’s Mo Wusha and Gui Tianlin, however, emerged unscathed.
And somehow, the weakest among them—Tianshan Sect’s Sect Leader Fang Zhiyong, Great Elder Qiu Yuanlong, and Myriad Poison Sect’s Sect Leader Kang Baiyin—had managed to survive through sheer luck.
Cloud Soaring Palace’s young master, Li Zihao, had almost been hit by a fire pillar.
It was Qian Dongwan who had sacrificed himself to save Li Zihao’s life, getting hit directly by the pillar.
Although Li Zihao had escaped with his life, his clothes were burnt off in large patches, leaving him disheveled, looking like a beggar on the street, nowhere close to the poise of a scion of a prestigious power.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
Li Zihao’s teeth chattered non-stop, his face filled with extreme rage.
Perhaps due to the intense emotional upheaval, his body trembled slightly.
All along the way, he had been enduring Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining, waiting to find the Ghost King Sect’s treasure before subjecting them to a cruel death at the hands of King of Hell.
But what was the outcome?
Not only had Li Zihao failed to send Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining to meet King of Hell, but he had also been played by what he considered no more than ants in his eyes, and even the Cloud Soaring Palace’s Great Elder Qian Dongwan had died?
How could he possibly bear this?
With a loud “bang!”
Li Zihao couldn’t help but punch the mirror-like substance next to him.
After his punch landed, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble, and the faces of everyone present changed as they once again sprinted forward.
Just as Li Zihao and the others had dashed forward, another series of fire pillars burst from the ground.
Having escaped the range of the fire pillars’ eruption, Li Dongtian patted Li Zihao on the shoulder and said, “Zihao, get a hold of your emotions.
Don’t touch anything around here carelessly.
We could unwittingly trigger some mechanism.”
“Father, I must kill those two people, I must kill these two persons,” Li Zihao’s eyes flashed with a vicious light.
Although Earth Demon Hall was unharmed, the complexion of its Sect Leader, Mo Wusha, was terribly sullen as he murmured to himself, “Dare to try to play tricks on my Earth Demon Hall?
I, Mo Wusha, will make them understand what ‘worse than death’ means.”
“Those damn bastards, they are provoking the dignity of our three major sects,” Wang Zhongtian, the Sect Master of Yun Tian Sect, angrily said.
It’s worth noting that their Yun Tian Sect had been the weakest among the four major sects; now with their Great Elder Wu Nan, who possessed Middle Stage Primordial Heaven strength, dead, didn’t this weaken the Yun Tian Sect’s strength even more!
Hence, Wang Zhongtian also hated Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining so much that he gnashed his teeth.
“Let’s hurry up and move forward.
That kid only has Initial Stage Sky-Breaking strength, and that woman only has Middle Stage Sky-Breaking strength; we might still be able to catch up with them,” Li Zihao said through clenched teeth.
Reminded by Li Zihao, everyone sped up their pace while carefully paying attention to the movements around them, harboring a pent-up rage within.
They couldn’t wait to unleash this fury on Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining.
About an hour later.
The people from Cloud Soaring Palace, Earth Demon Hall, and Yun Tian Sect stopped, for in the past hour, they had not seen any trace of Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining, nor heard any movements.
Moreover, the narrow passage was lined with mirror-like materials, giving them the sensation of walking in circles, and after continuing on with an increasing sense of unease, the people from the three major sects finally halted.
“Tap!
Tap!
Tap!”
After the people from the three major sects stopped, Gui Tianlin, the Great Elder of the Earth Demon Hall and their most powerful member, spoke out, “Listen, it seems there are footsteps coming from behind us.”
Li Dongtian, Li Zihao, Wang Zhongtian, and others all listened carefully, and soon, four figures appeared in their sight.
These were Valley Master Lie Yan of Red Flame Valley at the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven, Young Master Lie Yang of Red Flame Valley at the Middle Stage of Sky-Breaking, Great Elder Wang Wuji of Red Flame Valley at the Peak of Primordial Heaven, and the Second Elder of Red Flame Valley at the Initial Stage of Primordial Heaven – Wang Mingchong.
The reason why Red Flame Valley did not rush into the Ghost King Sect’s ruins was that they were waiting for the arrival of their Second Elder, Wang Mingchong, who was highly skilled in designing mechanisms and traps.
After the people from the three major sects entered the ruins of the Ghost King Sect, the long overdue Second Elder Wang Mingchong arrived, and thus, the people from Red Flame Valley followed into the Ghost King Sect’s ruins.
Valley Master Lie Yan of Red Flame Valley opened his mouth and said, “On the way here, we saw many bodies, among them were even the Great Elders of Cloud Soaring Palace and Yun Tian Sect?”
Cloud Soaring Palace’s Sect Leader, Li Dongtian, now dared not show any displeasure to Lie Yan.
They needed the help of Red Flame Valley’s Second Elder, Wang Mingchong, to find that bastard Ye Chenfeng.
Thus, Li Dongtian said, “Valley Master Lie, we were completely fooled by a youngster, this is what happened…”
After Li Dongtian briefly recounted the whole incident, Second Elder Wang Mingchong of Red Flame Valley said with a face filled with admiration, “That youngster is extraordinary!
I believe his skill in designing mechanisms greatly exceeds mine.
The treasures within the ruins of the Ghost King Sect are likely to be found by that youngster.”
Wang Mingchong’s appreciation for Ye Chenfeng, whom he had never met, was unmistakable, as designing mechanisms was tantamount to Wang Mingchong’s life.
He naturally felt a sense of kinship with Ye Chenfeng.
Unbeknownst to him, Ye Chenfeng was not skilled in mechanism design; he was only able to move about freely within the Ghost King Sect’s ruins by relying on the layout diagrams in his mind.
“Second Elder, let’s continue moving forward!” Seeing the increasingly ugly expressions of the people from the three major sects, Lie Yan immediately said to Wang Mingchong.
Turning back to the members of the three major sects, he said, “You can also move together with us from Red Flame Valley.”
…
(To be continued.
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