Spirit Realm

Chapters 371-380

Chapter 371: Self-satisfaction

Herb Mountain.

After Qin Lie took the Spatial Spirit Stones and disappeared, Song Zhi’s expression looked somewhat startled. He was momentarily struck with panic.

From what he could ascertain, Qin Lie was able to teleport into Herb Mountain using a spatial spirit artifact.

Song Zhi had thought that Herb Mountain was the artifact’s destination point, and by extension, that every Horned Demon clansman was hiding inside of it..

However, Qin Lie’s sudden disappearance clearly seemed strange, signifying that the receiving end of the spatial spirit artifact wasn’t actually at Herb Mountain.

“How strange, really…” Song Zhi frowned deeply.

He didn’t see that Song Tingyu’s beautiful face was already covered with frost and her shoulders were trembling slightly. Her bright eyes shone with a ruthless icy chill.

“You actually followed me!” Song Tingyu gritted her teeth, her expression ashen. She had never been this angry before.

At the same time, Xie Jinxuan’s harsh shouting echoed from a distance. “Second Uncle, why are you here?”

Xie Jingxuan, wearing a uniformly white garment, glowered at Xie Zhizhang, her face also filled with icy frost.

At the foot of Herb Mountain, Xie Zhizhang laughed in an embarrassed manner and explained, “I heard that you and Song Tingyu had secretly left Profound Heaven Alliance and gone toward Ling Town. Your father isn’t… certain about you, and he had me follow you to keep an eye on things.”

He had actually come with Song Zhi.

Qin Lie and evil races had suddenly disappeared, making Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect extremely anxious. The three great forces were so anxious that they went to extreme measures to find Qin Lie.

They secretly monitored everyone in the Scarlet Tide Continent who had close relations with Qin Lie.

After waiting for a while, they discovered that the whereabouts of Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan seemed suspicious. Song Zhi and Xie Zhizhang stealthily tracked them down almost immediately, moderating their breathing for the entire journey, and they cautiously arrived at Ling Town.

“Keep an eye on me?” Xie Jingxuan was just as angry as Song Tingyu. “You’ve been following us the entire time, huh?”

She saw that Song Zhi was next to Song Tingyu.

“We had no choice but to do so. This matter is one of great concern.” Xie Zhizhang wore a helpless expression.

“You girls are always letting emotions affect your decision-making. We didn’t have any choice but to do this.” Halfway up the mountain, Song Zhi laughed in spite of Song Tingyu’s glare and said, “Don’t you see? If it we hadn’t come, Qin Lie and the evil races would have easily escaped. The plan that Profound Heaven Alliance has been working on for so long… wouldn’t all our efforts have gone to waste?”

“I hadn’t expected that you wouldn’t even trust us!” Song Tingyu’s heart went completely cold.

“When it came to Qin Lie, you girls were excessively loyal and disregarded the interest of our clans,” Song Zhi said honestly, sizing them up.

“Soon, all of the Scarlet Tide Continent’s peak experts will gather here.” Xie Zhizhang looked toward Herb Mountain with a heavy expression and said, “This time, no matter how many of the evil races are hiding within Herb Mountain, they won’t be able to escape.”

As expected.

Soon enough, a giant golden chariot, a crystalline war chariot, a giant crimson tent, Golden Winged Condors, Green Hunting Bats, and other flying creatures… each and every one of them gathered from every direction in just half a day.

“Found it!”

“It’s actually inside of Herb Mountain.”

“We can attack all of them this time!”

The martial practitioners from Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect that had come were all in high spirits after surrounding the entirety of Herb Mountain.

Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, Nie Yun, Li Yi, and Zhao Changsheng came directly to where Qin Lie had opened up the cave entrance.

“Father!”

“Father!”

Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan wore gloomy expressions. After Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang came over with gritted teeth.

“Mn, both of you have worked hard. You may go and rest.” Song Yu waved his hands and signaled Song Zhi and Xie Zhizhang with his eyes, hinting for them to persuade Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan to leave.

By saying this, it was obvious that he was protecting Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan. In doing so, he was giving Joyful Union Sect and Eight Extreme Temple the impression that Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan appeared at Herb Mountain and contacted Qin Lie in order to help Profound Heaven Alliance find him.

“You two are definitely the most capable within the younger generation of Profound Heaven Alliance. Beautifully done!” Zhao Changsheng praised them with a smile.

“Well done!” Li Yi also nodded his head.

They acted as if Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan had really done this for Profound Heaven Alliance, as if they had thought of the big picture and gotten close to Qin Lie to lure him out.

“I…” Xie Jingxuan opened her mouth to speak, a cold expression on her face.

Yet she was pulled back by Xie Zhizhang. He dragged her to the foot of the mountain, preventing her from saying anything.

Song Tingyu was somewhat calmer than Xie Jingxuan. She knew what was happening, but she also understood that nothing could be done to reverse the situation. Nothing could be done to change her father’s decision, so, as a result, she kept her silence.

Without Song Zhi saying anything, Song Tingyu headed to the foot of the mountain with Xie Jingxuan, looking at the experts from the three great forces flock here from every direction. She suddenly thought of what Qin Lie had said before teleporting. She felt a faint sense of anxiety in her heart.

Before Qin Lie had left, he appeared to be extremely calm, which was somewhat strange.

She knew Qin Lie very well. She knew how scary Qin Lie could be when he got like that.

“Qin Lie, things have escalated this far. What else could you possibly do…?” Song Tingyu sighed deeply in her heart.

“A spatial teleportation formation! There’s aspatial teleportation formation inside!” Song Zhi’s called out loudly. His alarmed voice rang out from the belly of the mountain, making Zhao Changsheng, Li Yi, and the other experts of Profound Heaven Alliance come in.

The strongest martial practitioners of the Scarlet Tide Continent quickly gathered beside the teleportation formation.

“The pinnacle of perfection! This is simply the pinnacle!” Li Yi praised.

“A spatial teleportation formation that’s completely intact… We are only lacking the Spatial Spirit Stone needed to activate it. I never would have thought that in this empty Herb Mountain at this poor, rural Ling Town there would actually be a teleportation formation like this!” Song Zhi exclaimed in astonishment.

Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, and Nie Yun were overwhelmingly thrilled as well.

“This is a window that leads to the outside world. With the existence of this teleportation formation, the Scarlet Tide Continent will be soon bustling with excitement! The people from the Heaven Fate Continent and the Flowing Cloud Continent will definitely be interested in this formation as well. Temple Master Li, Alliance Chief Song, I hadn’t foreseen that there would be such a shocking discovery during our journey to kill the evil races!” Zhao Changsheng was also wild with joy.

“The evil races… where are they?” Mo He asked after regaining his senses.

“I just checked. They’re not inside. There isn’t the slightest bit of life in the belly of this mountain. The evil races simply aren’t here!” Xie Yaoyang said.

“I think they were supposed to leave the Scarlet Tide Continent using this formation. I already know that they have Spatial Spirit Stones,” Nie Yun sneered, saying calmly amidst of the chaos. “We just have to guard this formation and Qin Lie and the evil races will then be at their wit’s end! They will only be able to leave by relying on this spatial teleportation formation!”

“That’s right!” Song Yu smiled.

“Contact Master Gu Ping and quickly have him come here. He has some understanding of spatial teleportation formations. Have him come and carefully examine where it leads!” Xie Yaoyang shouted.

“Right away!” Song Zhi responded.

Chapter 372: Unsealing the Giant Beasts!

Underneath the Arctic Mountain Range.

After the walls of ice were broken, every Horned Demon clansman emerged from the ice field.

All of them saw the tall glaciers and the huge monsters that were sealed, frozen in ice. Apart from Ku Luo and Ku Lu, every Horned Demon clansman’s face was obviously shocked.

That’s right, shocked!

No one could have imagined that, at the center of every glacier in this ruthlessly cold field of ice, vicious beasts from bygone eras would actually be sealed.

Furthermore, there were more than thirty of them!

Ling Yushi was especially shocked since it was her first time seeing such a sight.

If one were to look carefully at the pure white sky above the bone-chilling land of profound ice, they would realize that it was actually a thick layer of powdery frost.

Cold wind shrieked with reckless abandon, wandering through the cracks of the glaciers and over the cold, desolate earth. The piercing howl of the wind was capable of freezing people’s spirits. That ear piercing howl of the wind even made the spirits of people bitterly cold.

At this moment, under the watch of the small thunder python, Qin Lie walked to the middle of the glaciers. Each and every one of his steps were on solid ice.

In the eyes of everyone present, Qin Lie’s solitary walk toward the glaciers appeared somewhat insignificant. However, at that moment, an aura appeared on Qin Lie’s body that was so oppressive that it threatened to suffocate them. However, the moment the aura that appeared on Qin Lie’s body was so heavy it practically made them suffocate.

This was because Qin Lie was about to undo the seals here!

Having once ravaged the earth in ancient times, every vicious beast displayed overwhelming brutality and a tyrannical visage from bygone eras..

They had been sealed underground in glaciers and fallen into an age-long slumber. Ten thousand years removed from time, they were frozen solid and resembled enormous lions and dragons.

Today, under the constant pressure of Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect, Qin Lie was seriously angered. He was finally determined to awaken these beasts that didn’t know the difference between good and evil. With them, Qin Lie sought to crush Profound Heaven City and pulverize Eight Extreme Temple’s Skypiercing Mountain.

“I don’t know what sort of horrifying devastation the Scarlet Tide Continent will suffer when these monsters are awakened. Does Qin Lie really want to do this?” Ling Chengzhi’s voice trembled slightly.

Every Ling Family clansman was visibly anxious. All of them felt uneasy in their hearts.

They felt insignificant at the sight of the vicious beasts within the glaciers. Compared to these monstrous creatures that roamed freely in ancient times, human beings appeared much weaker.

If these slumbering beasts woke up one after another, would this part of the world be able to endure their rampage?

Would Qin Lie be in control of them? Would he be able to pacify them?

Ling Chengzhi did not dare to continue that line of thought.

“I h-hope that, after these vicious beasts awaken… we will still be able to communicate with Qin Lie normally.” Ling Xuanxuan exhaled softly.

“Qin Lie definitely would not have done this if we had not been forced into a corner. He has always known of this place, yet did not make use of it this entire time.”

Ling Yushi believed in Qin Lie. She knew that Qin Lie must have run into a major problem and become thoroughly exasperated to have no choice but to do this.

“He did this in order to protect us, honor the promise he made to the Horned Demon clansmen, and to resist the constant pressure from Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple.” Ling Yushi sighed faintly, her eyes showing a purple of unyielding determination. “Regardless of what decision Qin Lie makes, and whether or not this decision threatens the Scarlet Tide Continent, he is the benefactor of the Ling Family! Without him, our Ling Family would have long since died many times over!”

Hearing what she said, all of the Ling Family clansmen nodded their heads one after another.

“Uncle! Th-this is…” Ka Meng of the Horn Demon Race said with a frightened voice.

“You guys knew about this place?” Duo Luo shouted as well.

Ku Luo and Ku Lu nodded their heads slightly.

“We knew about this place, but we didn’t know that Qin Lie had a way to awaken these vicious beasts!” Ku Luo’s face was also full of shock.

“It’s unbelievable that Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect have actually targeted him so many times.” Ku Lu was secretly pleased. He had been imprisoned by Profound Heaven Alliance for many years and had endured all kinds of torturous abuse. He hated Profound Heaven Alliance with his very bones. “Qin Lie wasn’t wrong when he said that the heavens didn’t want to eliminate the Horned Demon Race, but Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple! Those people pressured us over and over, flagrantly proud of themselves, yet they finally made Qin Lie determined enough to awaken these slumbering beasts!”

Ku Lu took a deep breath, his eyes full of ferocity. “If this area of land is dyed with blood, it will be because the other party asked for it!”

“Krak krak krak!”

Sounds of ice being shattered suddenly echoed over from the glaciers. Threads of silver white ice resembling lines of swimming fish appeared within the glaciers.

Brilliant rays of ice appeared along with the ice that was shattering, appearing one by one. The icy strings came undone from the top of the glaciers as if they were being moved back and forth by invisible hands.

Qin Lie stood between the glaciers. Holding onto the Eye of Frost, he used his soul consciousness to bring the mini map up inside of his mind. He pulled at the threads of ice, removing them from the bodies of the Giant Spirit clansmen.

As if being cut by a razor, large pieces of ice continuously fell and shattered.

The glaciers gradually started to rupture, shatter, and explode.

Mang Wang’s spirit, which had solidified into the small thunder python,, floated above Qin Lie’s head.

The python violently twisted and turned with excitement. Strands of mysterious soul consciousness flew into the bodies of every Giant Spirit clansman like currents of electric and bolts of thunder.

He called out to his clansmen with his soul consciousness, helping them to slowly regain their own consciousnesses.

“Boom!

The thick glaciers suddenly shattered and opened up, spewing forth countless fragments of ice.

After the glaciers shattered, Mang Wang’s original body finally struggled free!

This was a giant python with silver white scales covering its entire body which was nearly a hundred meters long, and even thirty meters tall when coiled up on itself.

Rings of silver lightning wound around the giant python when the giant python extended its body. Like the water within a river, strands of dazzling lightning zigzagged across its body. Not only was it bright, it even discharged a godly, thunderous might that shook the earth.

A spectacular silver horn protruded from the python’s head like the sharp horns of a dragon.

“Whoosh!”

In a flash, Mang Wang’s soul shrunk to the size of a grain of rice and sank into the python’s eyes

After his soul vanished, a glaring burst of lightning violently shot from both of its eyes.

In a split second, a wave of oppressive, primal air covered the entirety of this frost filled landscape. It was as if a giant hand had enveloped this area of land.

“Sssss!”

The giant python angrily hissed at the sky.

The hiss brought forth a surge of thunder and lightning. In just a moment, the land of frost was filled with flashing lightning and roiling thunder, hastening the breaking of the glaciers.

“Boom boom boom!”

When the glaciers shattered, the ground below everyone’s feet resounded with an ear-splitting explosion. Everybody was shaking as if a great earthquake had occurred.

A giant ape, whose body was more than fifty meters long and covered in bright golden fur from head to toe, grinned and laughed wildly. Once he opened his mouth, a fang at the corner of his mouth was revealed. That fang was two meters long and as sharp as a razor blade.

After the glaciers shattered, a giant, octagonal spider shook its body. Ten spiders that were each the size of a palm leaf flew out of its fur. The small spiders creaked in a strange way. Having smelled fresh blood, they rushed toward the Horned Demon clansmen and Ling Family clansmen.

A scarlet lizard, whose body resembled small mountain with its granite-like skin, spewed orange flames. The flames were like giant lanterns, bubbling out from inside of the lizard’s body and starting to melt the land of frost.

“Mang Wang!”

Qin Lie gripped the Eye of Frost with one hand and stared at the giant thunder python coldly, violently shouting, “The seals on your physical bodies have been undone, but the seals on your souls are still under my control!”

He suddenly closed his eyes, concentrated his soul consciousness, and punished them a little.

The octagonal giant spider and the scarlet lizard that had spewed torrents of flame began to frantically twist and turn. Just as they were about to destroy everything in this land, their eyes and noses suddenly emitted traces of cold air.

All this time, threads of formless ice had been hidden in the depths of their souls As long as Qin Lie activated the Eye of Frost, the threads of ice hidden within their souls would solidify, freezing their souls and sealing them once more.

The giant spider and the scarlet lizard had only been alive for a moment before they stopped moving, their eyes covered in a layer of icy frost.

“All of you be quiet!” Mang Wang roared in an ancient language.

Every Giant Spirit clansman that had just struggled free from the glaciers immediately went quiet.

One after another, they quickly focused their attention on Qin Lie. Every pair of murderous eyes stared at Qin Lie as if they wanted to him chew up and swallow him whole.

“I had an agreement with this human youth. Our race was only able to escape because of his hard work.” Mang Wang looked toward the Giant Spirit clansmen. He looked at each and every one of them and yelled, “All of you act on my orders!”

“Listen to the chief!”

“Whatever the chief asks us to do, we will do it!”

“Damn it, I want to find Ice Emperor and bite him into pieces!”

“That wretched Ice Monarch!”

“I want to strangle him to death!”

“…”

Every thundering voice rumbled and echoed within everyone’s heads. The vibration caused a splitting headache for many Horned Demon clansmen, and it made blood to flow from the eyes and noses of the Ling Family clansmen.

“Mang Wang! Break the ice above our heads and charge out from this place!” Qin Lie shouted.

“Leave it to us!” Mang Wang agreed.

“Allow me!” the giant golden ape roared while advancing. The golden fur on his body emitted a sun-like splendor that, at first glance, looked as if he were made of molten iron. With an overwhelmingly powerful aura, he looked like he was capable of knocking down mountains and destroying everything.

“Aooo!”

The giant golden ape gave an explosive roar. Like a golden spearhead or a sharp, pointed mountain, he thrusted his body high into the clouds.

“Boom boom boom!”

With a thundering sound, the thick ice above their heads fell to the ground like meteorites.

Watching ice fragments that resembled millstones drop down swiftly and forcefully, the faces of Horned Demon clansmen and Ling Family clansmen went deathly pale. All of them screamed one after another.

“Mang Wang!” Qin Lie couldn’t help but shout angrily.

“Leave it to us!” Mang Wang roared as well.

Each giant creature waved their limbs, striking and shattering the giant ice boulders one after another.

To the Horned Demons and the Ling Family, the boulders were far bigger than their bodies. To the vicious beasts that had roamed freely in ancient times, however, the boulders were just small stones.

“Continue the assault!” Break apart the ice barrier, escape from here!” the vicious beasts roared with excitement.

“Boom boom!”

Deep within the Arctic Mountain Range, a mountain of ice covered in snow rocked, swayed, and shattered open.

A fragmented ice boulder hit the chief of the Arctic Mountain Range, the Purple-eyed Flame Lion King that had been occupying the peak of the mountain, and threw it several hundred meters into the distance.

“Awoo!”

The giant golden beast soared out from within the shattered icy peak with a howling sound that resonated throughout the earth.

This shocking commotion caused a loud rumble, making the peak experts in Herb Mountain shake.

Chapter 373: Have You Ever Thought Such a Day Would Come?

The experts of Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect were currently gathered at Herb Mountain.

They were waiting for Profound Heaven Alliance’s artificer, Gu Ping, to check out the spatial teleportation formation inside of Herb Mountain and see exactly where it went.

Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan had not left. They both stayed in Ling Town.

They were tricked by Song Zhi yet again, and this time they had truly lost all faith in Profound Heaven Alliance. They hadn’t left yet because something would definitely happen since there was a teleportation formation in Herb Mountain, and Qin Lie had been there.

They also paid attention to how the situation was developing.

The son of Joyful Union Sect’s Vice Sect Master Zhao Changsheng, Zhao Xuan, had also remained in Ling Town for the past two days. He had been enchanted by the beauty of Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan, and he had recently been thinking of a way to get close to them.

“Awooooo!”

A bestial, earthshaking roar came from deep within the Arctic Mountain Range and immediately echoed toward Herb Mountain. This caused the experts of the three forces, Song Tingyu, and Xie Jingxuan to be incredibly shocked. They did not know what kind of strange event had occurred in the Arctic Mountain Range.

The powerhouses of the three forces gathered inside of Herb Mountain. Song Yu, Li Yi, and Zhao Changsheng emerged from Herb Mountain and gathered at its peak.

“What a terrifying roar. What the hell are the spirit beasts in the Arctic Mountain Range doing?” Song Yu’s expression was harsh as he narrowed his eyes, probing outward with his mind. A while later, he shuddered and said, “This terrifying sound wave.. this savage aura… I don’t think even the Purple-eyed Flame Lion King could’ve done this!”

“Could it be that a more powerful beast king has been born in the Arctic Mountain Range?” Li Yi’s expression was also harsh.

“We will need to send someone to check out the situation!” Nie Yun said.

“Roar!”

Another roar that shattered the sky came from deep within the Arctic Mountain Range. This roar was obviously different from the previous one, but it was just as powerful.

“Another one!” Song Yu’s expression changed greatly.

The second roar was filled with a savagery and bloodlust that seemed like it could destroy every living being in the world. Everyone who heard it felt as though their heart would break.

“Something’s not right!” Xie Yaoyang’s face also changed. “This terrifying aura is definitely not something that the Purple-eyed Flame Lion King could possess! Something unimaginable must have happened inside the Arctic Mountain Range!”

“Rrmmmbb!”

An earthquake came from the Arctic Mountain Range. All of the martial practitioners on Herb Mountain could feel the ground shake.

At this moment, Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan walked out of the stone houses in Ling Town.

“Miss Song, Miss Xie. You’re finally willing to come out.” Zhao Xuan looked handsome, and he wore a cool smile on his face. He glanced in the direction of the Arctic Mountain Range from time to time and asked, “Both of you are from the Scarlet Tide Continent. Do you know what the rank of the most powerful beast in the Arctic Mountain Range is? Those two roars were so shocking that the spirit beasts that made them are probably around Rank Six at the very least…”

Both Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan did not bother with him. They looked each other in the eyes and simultaneously rushed toward Herb Mountain.

“This is too strange…”

Song Tingyu frowned deeply. She didn’t know why, but she felt like the anomaly at the Arctic Mountain Range had something to do with Qin Lie.

“A bestial roar. Was it the Giant Thunder Python?”

Her eyes gradually brightened. She knew Qin Lie better than anyone. She had fought by his side in the Nether Realm.

She was well aware of the fact that Qin Lie’s body held the soul of an ancient beast inside of it. She didn’t know where he had gotten such a vicious soul, but she did know that Qin Lie and the Giant Thunder Python had a profound connection with one another.

Connecting the two loud roars with the words that Qin Lie had spoken before he left, she felt sort of anxious

She had a feeling that a terrifying change was about to happen in this world.

Deep within the Arctic Mountain Range.

The glaciers of profound frost shattered and collapsed one by one. After the mountains of ice had shattered, deep, gigantic pits appeared in the ground.

Inside the huge icy cave was a snow white world. This was the land of profound ice that Qin Lie had been coming and going from all this time.

The land of frost was situated deep within the Arctic Mountain Range. It was below the ice mountains that never melted.

At this moment, the ice mountains shattered and the giant frost cave was revealed. The underground land of frost had finally surfaced.

“Aooo!”

The angry roar of a giant beast resounded from underground. Ferocious beasts that were enormous and looked sinister were constantly breaking free. They were like small hills covered in scales and armor surfacing from deep within the Arctic Mountain Range.

Meanwhile, Qin Lie was seated on the giant python’s head beside its baleful dragon horn.

Atop the giant python’s head, he gripped the Eye of Frost with one hand and pointed in a direction with the other. He said to Mang Wang, “Destroy Skypiercing Mountain! I want Eight Extreme Temple to collapse and for them to be wiped from the face of Spirit Realm!”

Mang Wang exploded into a roar.

Eight giant beasts, each about the size of a small mountain, followed suit as they roared madly and charged toward Skypiercing Mountain with an unstoppable momentum.

“Profound Heaven City is in that direction. I want you to flatten the most prosperous city on the Scarlet Tide Continent!” Qin Lie then pointed in another direction.

Mang Wang let out yet another explosive roar.

Another eight of the gigantic beasts roared madly and charged into the open. Like rolling mountains that destroyed every obstacle in their path, they rushed toward Profound Heaven City like lightning.

“If any martial practitioners in the Netherpassage Realm and above dare to block your path, kill them without mercy!” Seated atop Mang Wang’s head, Qin Lie’s face was completely filled with violence as he said in a low tone, “Kill the strong and forgive the weak. I want these two great forces to be utterly exterminated!”

Mang Wang roared angrily at the sky once more.

His roars were the orders that he gave out to his clansmen to obey and execute.

“Come, bring me to Herb Mountain,” Qin Lie exclaimed in a low tone.

“Qin Lie, what about us?”

“What should we do?”

Ku Luo and Ku Lu cried out.

“Qin Lie!” Ling Yushi also exclaimed.

“Mang Wang, have your clansmen crouch down and bring them along!” Qin Lie gripped the Eye of Frost tightly and said. “As long as your Giant Spirit Race does this well, I will release the seals on all of your souls! After that, whatever you Giant Spirits do will no longer have anything to do with me!”

“Alright!” Mang Wang roared out his orders.

The remaining twenty or so ferocious beasts, which were as huge as mountains, crouched down as ordered. Under Qin Lie’s commands, a portion of the Horned Demon Race and the Ling Family clansmen shakily climbed up the bodies of the giant beasts.

Meanwhile, Ku Luo, Ku Lu, and the other Horned Demon elites, such as Ka Meng and Ka Luo, rode Spirit Hunting Beasts or other nether beasts.

“Go!” Qin Lie pointed at Herb Mountain.

Mang Wang turned his head and tail, and suddenly floated into the air. Like a giant lightning dragon, it carried Qin Lie through the sky and flew to Herb Mountain.

Behind him, around twenty giants were either flying as well or charging right through the forest, trampling all the giant trees beneath their feet and knocking over small hills.

The giant beasts that were flying in the sky resembled enormous black clouds. The giant beasts charging across the ground were like unstoppable, rolling hills.

“Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom! Awoo! Aooo!”

An apocalyptic sound of activity rang from within the Arctic Mountain Range. A tyrannical aura that threatened to slaughter all beings and destroy the world gushed forth.

At Herb Mountain, all of the experts from Eight Extreme Temple, Joyful Union Sect, and Profound Heaven Alliance were terrified.

Right now, Song Tingyu, Xie Jingxuan, Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, and Song Zhi were gathered atop the mountain. They were all looking in the direction of the Arctic Mountain Range with fear and shock.

“What’s going on? Just what the hell is going on?” Mo He screamed.

Li Yi’s expression was unimaginably heavy. He, too, was questioning Profound Heaven Alliance’s Song Yu. “Alliance Chief Song, just what is going on?”

“Why are there so many ferocious beasts on the Scarlet Tide Continent? Just what the hell has Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple been doing?” Zhao Changsheng was also yelling.

Everyone noticed that the situation was far from encouraging.

Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, Joyful Union Sect, and many other experts were gathered at Herb Mountain, preparing to attack the evil races and shed light on the secrets of the spatial teleportation formation.

No one could’ve foreseen that such a shocking change would suddenly happen deep in the Arctic Mountain Range. So many ferocious beasts, which were clearly terrifying beyond measure just from sound alone, had actually appeared out of nowhere.

Everyone was anxious.

Yet no one could’ve imagined that this matter was related to Qin Lie. They couldn’t have known that their constant pressuring had finally driven Qin Lie into a corner, leaving him no choice but to make an unwise decision.

They had no one to blame for this but themselves!

While the experts of the three forces continued to grow worried atop Herb Mountain, Mang Wang’s terrifying body appeared in the sky.

His body was almost a hundred meters long when fully extended. It resembled a dazzling bolt of lightning when it twisted through the sky. Mang Wang’s body was covered in brilliant silver white scales, and when it suddenly appeared, the silvery reflection was so bright that the crowd below couldn’t even open their eyes.

Beneath the clouds, Mang Wang let out a roar and floated above the front of Herb Mountain.

Seated on the giant python’s head, Qin Lie gripped the Eye of Frost with one hand, and looked at Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, Nie Yun, Li Yi, Zhao Changsheng, and the others with an icy cold expression. He said, “I trust all of you have been well since we last met.”

“Aooo!”

Explosive roars resounded as ancient beasts appeared one after another. Like dark clouds above, and like falling mountains, they consecutively appeared behind Qin Lie. They shook the earth until deep chasms were opened.

Nearly twenty ferocious beasts, Ku Luo, Ku Lu, Duo Luo, Ka Meng, and many other Horned Demon elites were gathered at Herb Mountain this dark gray evening.

“Qin Lie!”

“Qin Lie!”

“It’s actually Qin Lie!”

Shocked cries rang from the martial practitioners of the three forces. Many of them recognized Qin Lie and shouted aloud.

Song Yu, Nie Yun, and Xie Yaoyang’s expressions had never been as serious as they was at this moment.

“Alliance Chief Song, have you ever thought such a day would come?” Qin Lie grinned an icy smile that sent chills into one’s heart. “You pushed me again and again, using one devious scheme after another to plot against me. Did you really think I would do as you wanted?”

The three patriarchs of Profound Heaven Alliance wore ugly expressions.

“And you.” Qin Lie then looked at Li Yi and said, “You’re the one who sent Mo He to kill me, aren’t you?”

The face of Li Yi, Eight Extreme Temple’s holy master, also darkened.

“There are no debts without creditors, and no injustices without cause. There has not been any retribution yet, but that’s just because it wasn’t the time for it,” Qin Lie looked at the crowd and said indifferently. “Yet now… the time has come.”

Everyone’s hearts went taut.

Chapter 374: Tear Them Apart!

No one could have imagined that, seated atop the head of a giant beast, Qin Lie would so carelessly and arrogantly show up out of nowhere.

“I heard that the forces and martial practitioners of the entire Scarlet Tide Continent were incessant in their search for my whereabouts—to the point that they’d even dig three feet into the ground.” He paused for a moment before looking at the crowd and saying, “Now I’m here. What are you going to do about it?”

“Aooo!”

The giant golden ape roared and bared its fangs. Its eyes revealed a cruel, tyrannical expression as it impatiently prepared to attack.

“Roar!”

“Nguuu!”

“Awooo!”

All sorts of crazy roars came from the mouths of the giant beasts. These recently emancipated ancient beasts had been oppressed for far too long and desperately needed a bloody feast to vent their emotions.

The people of Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple were nothing more than tasty meals in their eyes. They would drink the blood of the three forces and satisfy their bloodlust. They would use a baptism of blood to tell the entire world that the Giant Spirit Race had reappeared!

“Q-Qin Lie! Do you know what you’re doing?” Profound Heaven Alliance’s brain, Song Zhi, was shocked by the spectacle before him. Seeing so many sinister, terrifying beasts gathered in one place, he was terrified out of his wits. Yet he still pretended to be calm and yelled, “These vicious beasts will start a terrible slaughter and cause countless deaths on the Scarlet Tide Continent. Qin Lie, have you thought of the consequences?!”

“Qin Lie! This is madness!” Xie Zhizhang also cried out in shock.

Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, Nie Yun, Li Yi, and the others were all quiet and wore incredibly heavy expressions. They all noticed that the situation was getting a little out of hand.

They could not ascertain the strength of the ferocious beasts that had suddenly appeared, but they did know that these ancient beasts were extremely powerful by using their soul perception.

They were not confident that they could go up against the beasts, so they did not say anything unnecessary. Rather, they were afraid that doing so would a provoke an unimaginable attack.

Furthermore, they were still delusional, believing that Song Zhi’s and Xie Zhizhang’s urging Qin Lie to look at the bigger picture could stop these ferocious beasts from acting senselessly.

“Consequences? Hahaha, now you’re lecturing me about consequences?”

Under everyone’s gazes, Qin Lie laughed wildly. His laughter was filled with scorn and ridicule.

“I heard that you were the one that thought of using me to acquire the Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotus from the Horned Demon Race and destroying the evil nether passageway while their defenses were weak.” Qin Lie laughed loudly as he pointed at Song Zhi and said, “Did you ever think of the consequences when you set me up with such an evil scheme and wanted to force the entire Horned Demon Race to their deaths? I did not wish to start conflict. All I wanted was to send the Horned Demon Race away through the spatial teleportation formation, yet you are the ones who appeared at a critical moment and blocked my escape route once more. Have you ever considered what the consequences would be if you did that?!”

“When all is said and done, they are the evil races! They deserve whatever they get, even if it means that all of them die!” Song Zhi said coldly.

This was the voice within the heart of every person in Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect.

To put it bluntly, they had never been able to open their minds when it came to foreign races. They had always thought of the foreign races as mortal enemies. No matter how despicable or dishonest a method was, as long as it was used against foreign races, it was considered acceptable.

“Qin Lie! How dare you show your face after assisting the evil races in opposing our human race!” Nie Yun yelled severely.

“It truly is a waste of time to talk with all of you.” Qin Lie shook his head. He knew that, at this point, there was no reason in talking.

He waved his hand and cruelly said, “Begin the attack! Slaughter every martial practitioner of Eight Extreme Temple, Joyful Union Sect, and Profound Heaven Alliance that has gathered here! Destroy them all!”

“Aooo!” Mang Wang let out an explosive roar.

Following Mang Wang’s roars, the twenty Giant Spirit clansmen all howled at the sky.

The angry, earthshaking howls spread out from Herb Mountain. It was as if the entire Scarlet Tide Continent was trembling in fear.

Their howls were also answered by the giant beasts that were headed towards Skypiercing Mountain and Profound Heaven City.

For a time, bestial howls resonated from three directions on the Scarlet Tide Continent. The continent shook until the sky itself was dark without daylight.

“Giants beasts are replying to them!” Song Yu’s expression changed greatly.

Li Yi looked in the direction of Skypiercing Mountain and realized that things were taking a turn for the worse. He looked at Qin Lie sternly and asked, “What else have you done?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you.” Qin Lie slapped his head as if he just remembered something before bowing apologetically and chuckling. “The other dozen or so of these ferocious beasts are headed to Skypiercing Mountain and Profound Heaven City. If there are no surprises, then the two Copper forces of the Scarlet Tide Continent shall be utterly flattened!”

The moment he said this, the eyes of every man and woman of Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple were filled with fear. Even Song Yu and Li Yi went pale from the shock.

“Qin Lie! How dare you!” Nie Yun was the first to rush toward Qin Lie out of anger.

“You’ve gone crazy!” Song Yu also cried out in shock.

Xie Yaoyang was the only one who looked at the current Qin Lie and felt an icy chill.

When Song Zhi schemed against the Horned Demon Race, Xie Yaoyang had actually been against it because he thought that it was dishonorable.

However, since Nie Yun and Song Yu insisted on supporting the plan and Xie Yaoyang momentarily gave in to his desire for the Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotus, he eventually agreed to the plan as well.

At this moment, as he watched Qin Lie appear with twenty ferocious beasts and intimidate everyone here in a deranged, tyrannical way, he suddenly felt a profound sense of regret.

“Oh, Qin Lie…”

Song Tingyu was also among the martial practitioners of Profound Heaven Alliance overwhelmed with shock. In reality, she had already noticed that things were going south the moment that the bestial roars resounded from the Arctic Mountain Range.

Nevertheless, she had not imagined that Qin Lie would actually have the means to command twenty ancient beasts.

What did this mean?

This meant that Qin Lie had the power to go up against the combined strength of Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect from the very beginning!

Yet Qin Lie did not do so.

Qin Lie had yielded and restrained himself over and over to avoid unleashing these beasts and harming the lives of those on the Scarlet Tide Continent.

However, Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple had forced Qin Lie into a dead end. This was also where they had finally, truly angered him.

“Sigh. They’ve truly caused their own destruction.”

Hearing Qin Lie’s cruel order and seeing the shocked fear on the face of every martial practitioner of the combined forces, Song Tingyu wondered why she didn’t feel a trace of pity for them. In fact, she even felt pleased.

“Serves you right!” she yelled in her heart.

The other person who held the same opinion as her was Xie Jingxuan. Next to Xie Zhizhang, she icily said, “I had already learned the extent of Qin Lie’s madness when we surrounded Armament Sect. He completely destroyed the leaders of Dark Asura Hall and the four other forces with Terminator Profound Bombs, yet all of you couldn’t stop yourselves from provoking him. I truly don’t understand how your minds work.”

“H-he was just a Manifestation Realm martial practitioner. No one could have imagined that he would have such power.” Xie Zhizhang’s expression was bitter.

He was also starting to feel regret.

“Qin Lie can forge Terminator Profound Bombs. As long as he is alive, he only needed to spend a certain amount of time to forge several hundred Terminator Profound Bombs.” Xie Zhizhang frowned and said coldly, “Even without these beasts, it wouldn’t be too hard for him to destroy both Profound Heaven City and Skypiercing Mountain.”

Aside from Xie Zhizhang even Xie Yaoyang was regretting his decisions when she said this.

He also noticed that, as long as Qin Lie was alive, his malefic existence had the power to raise hell on theScarlet Tide Continent.

“Boom boom boom!”

Dull, thundering rumbles roared from deep within the clouds. They were accompanied by serpentine lightning that constantly struck the ground.

Nie Yun, Profound Heaven Alliance’s Nie Family patriarch, was in the Fragmentation Realm. With a longsword in hand and gleaming armor on his body, he charged through the sky at Qin Lie like a god.

However, at the halfway point, he was given a baptism of heavenly thunder.

Mang Wang’s angry roars were so loud that it seemed as if the sky would collapse. From deep within the clouds, like prismatic rays that threatened to destroy the world, lightning bolts crazily descended like shining waterfalls.

It was as if the sky and the earth had been connected by thousands of lightning bolts!

Amidst the glaring lightning and earthshaking rumbling, the thickest, longest, most berserk series of lightning struck Nie Yun like they had grown eyes of their own.

“Krak krak krak!”

The armor on Nie Yun’s body that glittered with godly light was shattered almost instantly.

His handsome figure, which had been walking through the sky, was instantly burned into black charcoal. He had barely moved a few steps before being struck down by thunder and lightning.

“Patriarch!”

“Father!”

“Big Brother!”

The people of the Nie Family all screamed madly when they saw that Nie Yun had been struck down.

Song Yu, Li Yi, and Zhao Changsheng had originally been preparing to capture Qin Lie and use him as a hostage to control the beasts.

However, when they saw that Nie Yun had been struck down by the lightning filled sky before managing to take more than a few steps, their expressions changed.

“Mang Wang, can your clansmen… deal with everything before us? What are their realms and cultivations?”

Qin Lie had originally been a bit worried when he saw Nie Yun’s aggressive approach, but now he relaxed and carefully inquired with his soul.

“According to the present power level hierarchy, if I were in peak condition, I would be considered equal to a Rank Eight spirit beast or one of your Imperishable Realm martial practitioners. However, that was in the past. My current power is greatly diminished, and I can only unleash power in the early stage of a Rank Seven spirit beast, which is about the same as a martial practitioner in the early stage of the Nirvana Realm. I will need to recover for a long time before once again being at my best.

“As for my clansmen, all of them at their peak would be around the level of a Rank Seven spirit beast. They are currently just as weakened as I and are only able to unleash the strength of a Rank Six spirit beast, the equivalent of a middle or late stage Fragmentation Realm martial practitioner.

“Although this long sleep has weakened them significantly, it is still child’s play to dispose of all life on the Scarlet Tide Continent!”

Mang Wang answered with great confidence. From his perspective, the Scarlet Tide Continent wasn’t the only continent incapable of withstanding their might. Even the Copper forces of the nearby Flowing Cloud Continent and Heavenly Fate Continent currently did not have the strength to oppose them.

“Even if your power has been diminished by a level, it will be enough for you to have the power of a Nirvana Realm martial practitioner.” Qin Lie relaxed completely.

Even in their weakened state, the Giant Spirit Race clansmen were equal to one Nirvana Realm martial practitioner and thirty or so middle to late stage Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners. It wouldn’t be a problem for this powerful force to destroy Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect.

Not to mention that the four great elites of the Horned Demon Race were also supporting Qin Lie.

“Then tear them apart!”

Qin Lie pointed at Song Zhi, Song Yu, Nie Yun, Li Yi, and the others before ordering with an icy cool expression. He would vent all of his long endured frustration all at once.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

The gigantic beasts, either soaring through the air or charging wildly across the ground, instantly surrounded Herb Mountain and began to mercilessly bite and tear apart their enemies.

Chapter 375: Giant Thunder Lightning Ball!

Under Qin Lie’s command, the group of ferocious beasts that had regained their freedom could no longer restrain the irritation in their hearts and charged forth.

For a time, all of Herb Mountain was surrounded as the stench of the giant beasts mixed with cruel, frenzied auras that flooded toward it.

Resembling a black cloud, a giant eagle extended its wings and covered its head, viciously swiping downward with its talons. They were like the hands of god, carrying a power that could rend the sky.

Shining with golden light, the giant ape let out an angry howl. The tremendous shockwaves caused by this howl continuously pounded against Herb Mountain as though they were solid.

With a body like branded iron, the scarlet lizard burned with intense mushroom clouds of red-hot flames, unleashing a terrifying fiery power from within. Clouds of fire flew out of its body and blazed toward the location that the martial practitioners of the three forces were gathered.

The crocodile, whose entire body was covered in scales of ice, shook its body while releasing a lengthy, freezing breath toward the crowd.

The freezing breath was a mix of ice pellets and ice blades, condensing into a glacial storm that blasted right into the faces of the martial practitioners.

Meanwhile, a giant spider crawled around. Its claws resembled shiny, sharp blades that carved dry, bottomless wells into the ground.
Any human martial practitioner that dared block its path would be swiped by its shiny spider claws and cut to meaty pieces.

Once in pieces, the corpses of the martial practitioners would be frozen by frost energy and covered in a layer of ice. Not even a drop of blood would fall from the corpses.

Suspended in the gray sky, Mang Wang howled continuously, drawing prismatic lightning from deep within the clouds to strike at the crowd of humans on Herb Mountain.

Resembling dragons and serpents, bolts of lightning swam across the land. The sky and the earth were connected by lightning, and at first glance, it seemed as though a bead curtain of long, thick lightning had descended from the sky.

Thunder and lightning rampaged through the sky. Mushroom clouds of scarlet flame that were the size of discs hurtled from the sky like flaming meteors. Chunks of ice and sharp, blade-like icicles also flew in from every direction.

The earth shook from the impact caused by the giant beasts. Herb Mountain quaked intensely and incessantly. The giant beasts ruined the land surrounding Ling Town and left no stone unturned, reducing it to shambles.

At this moment, thunder raged, flames fell, chunks of ice rolled, and stones crashed downward. It was like the world was coming to an end.

The martial practitioners of Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple instantly suffered grievous losses upon being assaulted by the giant beasts. The martial practitioners beneath the Fulfillment Realm basically had no way to fight back and died almost immediately, either buffeted by fire, struck by lightning, or blasted by blades of ice.

Even experts in the Fulfillment Realm couldn’t hold on for very long as they were instantly pushed to the brink after the continuous explosions.

Wretched screams, hoarse cries, angry roars, tearful wails, and howls continuously resounded from the mouths of the three forces’ martial practitioners.

Qin Lie sat high atop Mang Wang’s head with an icy expression, staring coldly at the scene of the group of beasts charging into the three forces.

He was detached from all of it.

Song Yu, Nie Yun, Xie Yaoyang, Li Yi, Zhao Changsheng, and Mo He were the top experts of the three forces. They were currently surrounded by the ferocious beasts and had long ago moved to protect themselves. They either took out their spirit artifacts or executed their abilities as Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners to defend themselves against the attack of the ferocious beasts.

Unfortunately, these vicious beasts were nearly invincible. They were all the equivalent of a middle or late stage Fragmentation Realm martial practitioner at the very least. Furthermore, their bodies were humongous, and they simply needed to turn their heads or tails to cause massive damage to the weak martial practitioners around them.

“Qin Lie!”

Seeing that the battle was intense, Ku Luo grew excited and couldn’t help but chuckle strangely.

“Go!” Qin Lie nodded.

“Kill them!” Ku Luo’s spirits were running high.

The Spirit Hunting Beasts and nether beasts howled as they charged and joined the battle.

The martial practitioners of the three forces were already at a disadvantage under the attacks of the ferocious beasts.

Now that the Horned Demon Race had also joined the battle, the speed at which the three forces were losing tremendously increased!

Song Yu, Li Yi, and Zhao Changsheng had joined forces in an attempt to kill one or two ferocious beasts. They floated in midair and wielded sharp blades, long swords, and a fire hammer respectively, summoning the spirit energy of the world in an attempt to make the beasts pay in blood.

It was at this moment that Ku Luo, Duo Luo, and Ka Meng, the elites of the Horned Demon Race, rushed over.

Ku Luo waved his white bone staff and a sky full of ghouls, ghosts, and vile souls roared into existence. It was as if he had somehow forced an evil nether passageway to open in this world and released the ghastly specters from the depths of the Nine Hells.

Clad in bloodstained armor, dragging their long tails behind them, the Horned Demon generals Duo Luo and Ka Meng released a continuous stream of light that resembled black water. As their powers condensed and discharged, pitch black, demonic rays of light blasted the surroundings from within their bodies.

These demonic rays of light emanated an eerie, freezing aura capable of destroying one’s will and soul. It would slowly arouse the evil thoughts within the hearts of their enemies.

Qin Lie noticed that the ferocious beasts grew even stronger after the pitch black demonic light had spread.

On the other hand, the eyes of Song Yu, Li Yi, and Zhao Changsheng flashed as if they were doing their best to restrain something.

“What a grand scene!” Xue Li’s screams echoed within Qin Lie’s mind. “Kid, quickly! Let me out so I can watch!”

Qin Lie immediately released his bindings.

A dot of blood about the size of a grain of rice flashed at his forehead before condensing into a stream that slowly gathered in front of him.

It assembled into the appearance of Xue Li.

The moment that Xue Li got out and saw the ferocious beasts surrounding and attacking the martial practitioners of the three forces, he immediately laughed in excitement. “Interesting! How interesting!”

The moment he saw Qin Lie sitting on Mang Wang’s head, Xue Li immediately guessed that these beasts had been unleashed by Qin Lie.

Xue Li had known for the longest time that Qin Lie was hiding something from him. He already knew that Qin Lie had formed a relationship with the group of ferocious beasts using a specific method. He had known since the first time he saw Mang Wang transform into the giant thunder python.

This was also why he knew that there would eventually come a day where Qin Lie would go on a rampage caused by the constant pressure from Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple.

In fact, the truth did not exceed his expectations. With nowhere to go, Qin Lie finally exposed his long hidden secret and released the ferocious beasts of an ancient era.

“Awesome! Awesome work! This Scarlet Tide Continent has had a horrible stench for far too long and already deserves to be swept clean!” Xue Li looked rather excited.

“I will bestow my powers unto you. You can do whatever you wish.” It was at this moment that Mang Wang sent a mental message to Qin Lie after realizing that the situation had stabilized. Suddenly, his wriggling, dragon-like body rapidly shrank.

In just ten breaths of time Mang Wang’s body, which had been nearly a hundred meters long, shrunk into a silver, two meter long python the width of an arm.

This python began wrapping around Qin Lie, coil by coil, starting from his waist.

Mang Wang’s head settled at Qin Lie’s neck, just beneath his mouth.

“Prak prak prak!”

An impossibly violent power of thunder and lightning exploded from Mang Wang’s true body. This power caused Qin Lie’s body to boil all over.

He realized that he could manipulate this power!

“Use my power to kill whoever you want,” Mang Wang said.

Qin Lie grinned and laughed madly. “Alright!”

He summoned the power of thunder and lightning, and like a bolt of lightning that pierced through the sky, he fired at Song Zhi’s position.

“You are the brain of Profound Heaven Alliance and the one who came up with one devious scheme after another!” Qin Lie laughed loudly in midair as he channeled Heavenly Thunder Eradication and attempted to condense the power of thunder and lightning into a Thunder Lightning Ball.

“Zzzt zzt zzt!”

A giant Thunder Lightning Ball that resembled the sun and was about seventy meters in diameter swiftly formed in front of him.

The thunder and lightning energy inside of the giant Thunder Lightning Ball was earthshaking, scaring even Qin Lie.

“Qin Lie! As a member of the human race, you dare to conspire with a foreign race! You deserve death!” Seeing the creation of the giant Thunder Lightning Ball, warning bells rang inside of Song Zhi’s head, and he couldn’t help but roar in fear and anger.

“I’d like to see who dies first between the two of us!” Qin Lie laughed crazily and hurled the Thunder Lightning Ball.

Sharing one mind with Qin Lie, the giant Thunder Lightning Ball violently rushed straight toward Song Zhi like a sun formed from thunder and lightning.

“Prak prak prak!”

The bolts of lightning flared out first, as if homing in on their targets.

The lightning stunned Song Zhi for an instant, causing a hint of lethargy to appear in his eyes.

Before he could react, the giant Thunder Lightning Ball descended and consumed Song Zhi’s body whole.

Song Zhi’s short, fat body was enveloped by the Thunder Lightning Ball before it was carried into the sky, visible to everyone. Only then did it leisurely explode.

The explosion killed Song Zhi instantly.

Chapter 376: You Can Die Now!

As the brain of Profound Heaven Alliance, Song Zhi played a vital role in recent events. He was held in high regard by Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, Nie Yun, and everyone else.

However, in Qin Lie’s eyes, Song Zhi was the main culprit behind terrible crimes.

“Boom!”

A giant Thunder Lighting Ball exploded in midair. The rays of light from it wove together and instantly created an explosive force a degree stronger and more horrifying than the power of ten Terminator Profound Bombs exploding at the same time.

“Prak prak prak!”

Thick strands of lightning shot in every direction, bolstered by the sound of thunder.

Song Zhi’s corpse was reduced to small chunks of meat almost instantly, turning into a torrential rain of cascading blood.

“You reap what you sow!”

In a corner south of Herb Mountain, Song Tingyu wore a bright colored dress. She looked like a beautiful, glistening rose, and her pupils had an extraordinary splendor. She couldn’t help but cry out softly.

Song Zhi belonged to a subsidiary branch of the Song Family and was not related to her father by blood. But she still respected him a lot in the past and had treated him as her elder.

However, after this incident, she had finally seen this person’s true colors.

Song Zhi’s vicious scheme made use of her relationship with Qin Lie and achieved the transaction with Horned Demon Race. Not only did he obtain three Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses, he even helped Mo He and Chang Qi destroy the evil nether passageway.

Hiding all of this from her, using her and the Terminator Profound Bombs that she had acquired… they were all Song Zhi’s suggestions.

When she quietly went to Herb Mountain with Xie Jingxuan on this trip, it was Song Zhi once again who discovered the clues, stealthily followed them, and waited for an opportunity to take action.

Song Tingyu harbored a belly full of rage toward Song Zhi. She felt that his despicable nature was the reason why Profound Heaven Alliance became enemies with Qin Lie, leading to the predicament they were currently in.

As a result, she secretly felt satisfaction when watching Qin Lie resemble a heavenly soldier, condensing a giant Thunder Lightning Ball and killing Song Zhi.

She couldn’t be happy for long, however, since she saw a ferocious light in Qin Lie’s eyes when he turned to look at her father, Song Yu.

Song Tingyu immediately became nervous.

“Q-Qin Lie!”

Seeing that Qin Lie wanted to attack Song Yu, Song Tingyu shouted in a delicate voice, unable to restrain her anxiety.

Qin Lie floated in the air above Herb Mountain, strands of lightning trailing beside him. After hearing her delicate shout, he couldn’t help but look at her from a distance.

Qin Lie was currently able to borrow the python’s frenzied lightning energy at will. He felt like he had an endless amount of energy at his disposal which gave birth to an unparalleled aura. He felt like he could fight and unleash his energy as much as he wanted.

Fine strands of lighting twisted within his pupils, and thunder rumbled with his every movement.

If he hadn’t seen Song Tingyu looking at him, he would have instantly launched attacks with the intent to kill at Song Yu.

“I…”

From Qin Lie’s perspective, Song Tingyu spoke hesitantly, an awkward expression on her face. “Qin Lie. Song Zhi deserved to die ten thousand times for his crimes, but my father… he was only bewitched by Song Zhi. H-he is still my father after all…”

Qin Lie frowned in hesitation, then nodded his head and said, “Alright, I won’t do anything to your father.”

He said that he wouldn’t do anything, but he didn’t say that he wouldn’t let others do anything.

Song Tingyu could hear the difference from his answer. Her heart filled with sadness.

Qin Lie didn’t say much, and after abandoning this conversation, he suddenly turned to stare at Mo He.

When this gold robed envoy of Eight Extreme Temple was at the poisonous bog, he had always been glaring at Qin Lie like a tiger examining its prey. He had wanted to kill Qin Lie, strip him of his memory, and seize his spatial spirit artifact.

From Qin Lie’s perspective, since Mo He was the one that also destroyed the evil nether passageway, he definitely needed to die.

“Mo He!”

Qin Lie shouted fiercely, draped in thunder and lightning. He condensed the thunder and lightning into a giant rainbow dragon, advancing toward Mo He in a sudden attack.

“Awooo!”

Mang Wang, whose body had shrunk to a hundredth of its original size, also took advantage of the roaring of thunder. Amidst the clamor, thousands of volatile lightning bolts fell from the sky.

The bodies of Mang Wang and Qin Lie became one, solidifying into a giant ray of thunder and lightning. At the same time, thunder and lightning struck from the depths of the clouds once more, and Mo He no longer had any way to retreat.

Mo He, who had been working with Li Yi and Chang Qi to deal with the giant golden ape, held a longspear that shimmered with yellow rays of light. His body surged with undulating holy force.

As soon as Qin Lie made him his target, Mo He became furious.

“Kid… do you really think that you can do whatever you want by borrowing a bit of external force?” Mo He grunted coldly.

He turned and struck out with an explosive punch.

“Bang!”

A dull rumble echoed throughout the sky. Mo He’s punch seemed to release a flowing river that ferociously advanced. Then, yellow spirit energy shined and solidified it into a flowing river that actually existed.

The river flowed through the air, releasing a majestic, surging aura. It seemed as though it wanted to break through all obstacles.

“Holy Heavenly River!”

Mo He turned and clenched his fist. The yellow spirit energy within it seemed endless and constantly rushed into the river.

The flowing river, which was made solid by pure spirit energy, powerfully rushed through the air toward Qin Lie. Its aura was extremely astonishing.

When that river flooded over, another wave of vigorous, mighty soul aura flooded over as well.

Qin Lie felt incomparably insignificant in that aura. Under the pressure of the flowing river, he felt like a pebble or a leaf that would be swallowed up. He felt like he would instantly vanish, completely losing himself.

This was a high level martial practitioner’s mind suppression toward a low level martial practitioner, caused by the huge disparity between their realms.

“Against a soul attack, you need to fight against the pressure on your soul with your own tenacity and willpower. As for the physical pressure, I can help you deal with it!” Mang Wang’s soft shouting echoed within Qin Lie’s mind, telling him how to fight against high level martial practitioners.

Qin Lie immediately stopped. His pupils emitting holy light, he looked resolutely at the yellow river rushing over, feeling the concept held within it.

“The boulder stands motionless and resolute regardless of the river’s pressure!”

Condensing his power, Qin Lie’s body instantly became a thick cube of ice. It was as if he had transformed into a boulder that had been sitting firmly beside the sea for millions of years. No matter how turbulent the waves were, or how much it needed to endure them, the boulder remained motionless.

As if rooting himself in empty space, Qin Lie firmly fixed himself in the sky. His body generated a solid, steady aura.

As this aura grew, Mo He’s soul suppression soon seemed to lose its effect.

“Good! As long as your will is strong enough, even if it were a tornado or a tsunami, I will not fall!” Mang Wang praised.

“Boom!”

An enormous surge of unrivaled thunder and lightning energy quickly emerged from Mang Wang’s body, immediately permeating all of Qin Lie.

His body, which had partial completion of “Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body,” blossomed with blinding brilliance at that moment. Arcs of lightning as thick as one’s arm madly rushed out of his sleeves, nose, eyes, and all the pores on his body. Thousands of bolts of frenzied lightning were instantly formed.

Qin Lie directly controlled the thunder and lightning energy that didn’t belong to him.

Qin Lie used his soul consciousness to control the thousand wild thunder snakes, condensing his body into a river that cut across the sky, surprisingly charging head first into the yellow river that Mo He had released.

The two rivers of light ferociously clashed in midair~

Bursting into bright flames, dazzling rays of light filled the dull gray sky and created a radiance more magnificent than the scorching sun.

Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the sky.

“Zzzt zzzt zzzt!”

The place in which the two rivers intersected was the most dazzling area of all. A blindingly bright figure, accompanied by the sound of thunder and lightning, suddenly accelerated.

It rushed headlong toward Mo He’s chest.

To the side, all of the yellow rays of light exploded, turning into splashes of starlight one after another.

At this moment, the punch in which Mo He had solidified his spirit energy clearly fell apart. Astonishment appeared on his face as he subconsciously condensed his energy to form a protective cover of light.

“Thunder Soul Lock!”

Mang Wang’s looked at Mo He coldly. Two faint rays of electric light shot out from the python’s eyes.

The electric light died away in the blink of an eye.

Two giant thunder pythons suddenly appeared out of nowhere within Mo He’s mind. They writhed inside of it, taking the shape of a soul destroying power.

Thunder, flames, and countless rays of lightning burned inside of Mo He’s mind, overwhelming his willpower and shattering his resolve.

This was also the soul suppression of a high level spirit against a low level existence. The only difference was, the intentions of Mang Wang could be immediately solidified into a giant thunder python, directly reaching Mo He’s mind and ruthlessly destroying his soul.

“Warghh!”

Currents of electricity flowed out from Mo He’s seven orifices. He hugged his head and started to shriek, his vision gradually blurring.

Grayish black smoke escaped from the pores of Mo He’s body as if he had been bombarded by thunder and lightning from within. His entire body spasmed and trembled as it gradually took the appearance of a burnt corpse.

Mo He died a tragic death!

Amidst the rays of thunder and lightning that filled the sky, the light on Qin Lie’s body began to dim. He turned to look at Nie Han.

Nie Han and the Nie Family clansmen staunchly protected Nie Family’s Patriarch Nie Yun. When Nie Yun had previously attacked Qin Lie, he was assaulted by Mang Wang’s countless rays of lightning, and he had not yet recovered from his grievous injury.

Seeing that Qin Lie had suddenly looked at him, Nie Han outwardly pretended to be strong. “Qin Lie! You colluded with the evil races and massacred the martial practitioners of the Scarlet Tide Continent. Everyone here will treat you as a traitor and kill you! You won’t be happy for long!”

“Is that so?” Qin Lie looked at him with a cynical expression and then looked at Nie Yuan beside Nie Han. “I’m not really sure how long I’ll be happy, but I’m afraid you won’t be there to see it.”

Qin Lie enthusiastically took action.

At this moment, the giant spider suddenly shoved everything on its path out of the way on the way over. It waved each of its enormous spider claws like shining daggers, slicing through the crowd of Nie Family clansmen.

With each swing of the spider’s legs, the heads, limbs, flesh, and blood of the Nie Family clansmen went flying in every direction underneath Qin Lie.

Even Nie Han was pierced through the chest by one of the giant spider’s legs, as if his high grade jeweled armor and protective rays of light didn’t have the slightest bit of defensive power.

Nie Han had been penetrated through the heart, nailed to the floor by the spider’s claw. Both of his eyes bulged, and he brutally died in an instant.

“Qin Lie, I’ll fight you!”

Nie Yuan grabbed onto a blue shield full of decorative designs. Blue rays of energy converged onto the shield as if preparing to display a secret skill.

“You can now die as well.” Qin Lie shook his head.

Transparent threads of silk, each as thick as a finger, sprayed out from the giant spider’s mouth and quickly stuck onto Nie Yuan’s body.

Once the transparent threads of silk were pulled back in, Nie Yuan’s body spun in a loop and was pulled into the spider’s mouth.

Soon enough, the corner of the giant spider’s hairy mouth overflowed with traces of scarlet blood.

Chapter 377: Forbidden from Taking a Single Step In!

“Go! Leave this place!”

Eight Extreme Temple’s Holy Master Li Yi whistled as he watched the vicious, rampaging beasts. He knew that he wasn’t able to oppose them.

Changing into a bright, prismatic ray, the giant golden chariot rapidly flew from its position at the foot of Herb Mountain and landed beside him.

Li Yi no longer cared about tangling with the vicious beasts. He fled, landing on the giant golden chariot. With a whistle, he rushed in the direction of Skypiercing Mountain.

Watching his troops suffer heavy losses, Joyful Union Sect’s Vice Sect Master Zhao Changsheng also understood that it would be a mistake to stay any longer.

He boarded the crystalline war chariot with his son, Zhao Xuan, and some of his trusted allies, hurrying to escape.

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang of Profound Heaven Alliance had already noticed that the Nie Family had practically been massacred to the last man. All of them cried loudly while dying miserable deaths to the horde of vicious beasts, causing every member of Profound Heaven Alliance to flee randomly.

“Roar!”

The python body of Mang Wang flew out from Qin Lie’s body. He shook his body and rapidly swelled back up again.

Within a short period of time, Mang Wang’s body became a hundred meters long once more. With lightning and thunder condensed on his entire body, he exhibited his vast, terrifying energy in midair.

“Awooo! Aooo!”

Tremendous, earthshaking howls came from the mouths of the vicious beasts from ancient times. The horde of beasts responded Mang Wang’s howl, splitting up and chasing the martial practitioners of Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect to eliminate them.

Qin Lie landed on the peak of Herb Mountain.

Although Herb Mountain was always shaking and swaying, neither the martial practitioners of the three great forces nor the horde of vicious beasts could really destroy it.

Herb Mountain was left unscathed from beginning to end.

The three great forces still had their hearts set on the spatial teleportation formation. Qin Lie also warned Mang Wang repeatedly to keep his clansmen from destroying Herb Mountain.

Therefore, after the three great forces were defeated and escaped from Herb Mountain, they also hadn’t damaged the plant life.

“Split up, chase, and kill!”

Under the Mang Wang watch, Qin Lie furrowed his brow and pointed in the direction that the three great forces had escaped toward.

Mang Wang angrily hissed once more.

From Herb Mountain, the vicious beasts chased and attacked every direction. When they twisted and turned their enormous bodies, a dull noise like an intense drumming echoed from the earth and pounded on everyone’s hearts.

“Qin Lie…”

Two silhouettes still had yet to leave the peak of Herb Mountain. After he landed, they walked over with complicated expressions.

It was Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan.

Floating high in the sky above Herb Mountain, Mang Wang resembled a heavenly dragon of lightning and thunder as he twisted his body, intimidating all in this area.

Qin Lie stood atop the mountain. Seeing that Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan hadn’t left with the others, he sighed secretly.

“I originally didn’t want to do this.” Under the gaze of two girls, Qin Lie walked beside a fragment of a giant boulder with his back to them. From the high ground, he looked to the vicious beasts that attacked in all directions. “Since I was capable of awakening the vicious beasts that had slept for so long, I was also aware of the fact that, once they woke up, a big change would occur on the Scarlet Tide Continent. I repeatedly kept myself from taking this step, but ultimately, we still reached it.”

Both Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan watched Qin Lie’s back. Their expressions were somewhat sad.

“I know that you are not entirely at fault for this.” Song Tingyu walked over, next to Qin Lie, and firmly stood beside him, shoulder to shoulder. She and Qin Lie watched the martial practitioners of the three great forces escape the foot of the mountain in defeat. She softly asked, “Do you… not intend to stop?”

“Qin Lie. The spatial teleportation formation is in the belly of Herb Mountain, the martial practitioners of the three great forces have been chased away, and you’ve already achieved your goal. Don’t tell me that you still want to continue with this,” Xie Jingxuan said in a cold voice, coming over as well.

A gentle, luxurious purple ring suddenly appeared behind the three. A beautiful woman slowly walked out from within the calm, purple light.

“If we hadn’t escaped Flame Volcano with the help of the spatial spirit artifact, how would Profound Heaven Alliance have dealt with us after the nether demonic energy had completely dispersed?” Ling Yushi wore a purple shirt, her appearance natural and graceful. It was not easy for her to restrain the corner of her beautiful mouth—she was getting close to a slight smile.

Seeing her appear, regardless of whether it was Song Tingyu or Xie Jingxuan, their expressions became a bit unnatural.

Both of them wanted to use their friendly relationship with Qin Lie to persuade him to stop here. They hoped that they could plead for some breathing room for Profound Heaven Alliance, trying to find a way out for their families

Once Ling Yushi came over, they both started to feel uncomfortable. They subconsciously distanced themselves from Qin Lie.

As if to show their innocence…

Their subtle movements didn’t escape the purple eyes of Ling Yushi. After pursing her lips, she said, “Regardless of how sincere you were, I will first thank you for willingly helping us find Spatial Spirit Stones.”

“Of course.” Song Tingyu quickly became calm. “I feel like Miss Ling changes a bit every time I see her, becoming more beautiful, mysterious, and unfathomable.

“Thanks for the compliment, Miss Song.” Ling Yushi laughed reservedly, then looked at Qin Lie. She knitted her black eyebrows. “Qin Lie, what do you plan to do next regarding Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect?”

When she asked this, both Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan became nervous and also looked toward Qin Lie with worry.

Having clearly seen the events up to this point, both of them understood that Qin Lie had total control over the ferocious beasts that had suddenly appeared.

The entire horde of ferocious beasts listened to Qin Lie’s commands.

As for Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect… even if they worked together, the three great forces still wouldn’t be a match for the horde of beasts. Besides, wasn’t the Horned Demon Race still around?

If this battle continued, the ones to suffer defeat, and even annihilation, would definitely be the three great forces.

There was no doubt about that.

Yet Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan were both from Profound Heaven Alliance. Profound Heaven Alliance was their home. Their fathers, relatives, friends, and attendants were all in Profound Heaven Alliance. If Profound Heaven Alliance were completely exterminated, how would they live with themselves?

This was why they remained, hoping that, through their greatest efforts, Qin Lie would open up and be magnanimous in the midst of this battle.

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang clearly understood the situation as well. That’s why they didn’t bring them along when they left.

Through the relationships their daughters had with Qin Lie, the two of them still harbored the thought of begging Qin Lie for peace.

“If the Horned Demon Race doesn’t leave… if these beasts stay in the Scarlet Tide Continent… would there still come a day for Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple to get out of this predicament?” Qin Lie suddenly said without explanation.

“No. If the Horned Demon Race and the horde of beasts are still here, Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple will be completely annihilated,” Song Tingyu couldn’t help but say honestly. She could see the situation clearly in just one look. “If that’s really the case, Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple must do everything they can and flee as far from the Scarlet Tide Continent as possible, as quickly as possible!”

“Without any mishaps, Profound Heaven City will be destroyed, and Skypiercing Mountain will also collapse,” Qin Lie said with a gloomy expression. “I have already commanded those beasts to refrain from touching the Limestone rank and Black Iron rank forces. They will only chase and kill the powerhouses from Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect. The range of their deadly pursuit is only limited to the Scarlet Tide Continent. If your parents’ generation can escape the Scarlet Tide Continent before being chased down and killed, then they will be safe and sound.”

“You still want to attack?” Xie Jingxuan’s expression became cold.

“The chasing and killing is only limited to the Scarlet Tide Continent. They can escape with their lives if they are capable,” Qin Lie nodded his head and said coldly. “If they can avoid this calamity, they can still return to rebuild Profound Heaven City in the future.”

Song Tingyu’s beautiful eyes brightened. “You’re saying that… the Horned Demon Race and the giant beasts are still going to leave?”

“All of them will leave, as will I.” Qin Lie narrowed his eyes and shouted, “However, they will be forbidden from taking a single step in this continent while we are here!”

“Thank you, Qin Lie. I will tell my father to take the Song Family clansmen and quickly escape from the Scarlet Tide Continent. I will tell him that they absolutely must not return to the Scarlet Tide Continent before you leave.” Song Tingyu’s expression became happy, and she hastily took out a spirit stone in front of Qin Lie and conveyed those words.

Xie Jingxuan was not foolish and hastily did this as well.

“I hope they will be lucky enough to leave the Scarlet Tide Continent alive.” Qin Lie smiled coldly.

He had already told Mang Wang that, from now on, the ferocious beasts of the Giant Spirit Race would chase after and kill the martial practitioners of the three great forces in the Scarlet Tide Continent.

He wasn’t sure how many of these people would be torn and bitten to death, but he did know that many would definitely suffer.

From his perspective, this was the price that Profound Heaven Alliance had to pay.

Chapter 378: Wielding a Heavenly Sword

In the northern sky of the Scarlet Tide Continent, a crimson tent was floating like a ball of bright red flames.

This tent was called a “Flowing Gold Firecloud Tent.” It was a flying spirit artifact similar to the giant golden chariot of Eight Extreme Temple and the crystalline war chariot of Joyful Union Sect. Profound Heaven Alliance bought this Earth Grade Three artifact from overseas, and it could carry objects and people through the sky.

For great Copper rank forces like Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple, they naturally needed a flying spirit artifact to maintain appearances.

Flying spirit artifacts were a symbol of identity and status for the great forces.

Generally speaking, the more formidable a force was, the more flying spirit artifacts there would be.

Higher grade flying spirit artifacts would be faster and be able to carry more personnel. This would be a tremendous help regarding the dispatch of martial practitioners.

However, since such spirit artifacts are expensive, normal, smaller forces were often unable to afford them.

Even Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect did not have enough financial power to buy numerous flying spirit artifacts.

Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple only had one flying spirit artifact each. Joyful Union Sect was slightly better off, having two crystalline war chariots.
Apart from Vice Sect Master Zhao Changsheng’s crystalline war chariot, Sect Master Ruan Zhantian had another one that was even bigger and more complicated in structure.

Zhao Changsheng’s vehicle was an Earth Grade Three artifact, but Ruan Zhantian’s was Earth Grade Five!

At this moment, the Earth Grade Five flying spirit artifact of Joyful Union Sect appeared near the “Flowing Gold Firecloud Tent.”

A crystalline war chariot, the entirety of which was made with blue crystals, rumbled through the thick layer of clouds. It was forty meters long and ten meters wide. Symbols of flying fish flowed within each crystal as if they were swimming cheerfully, sparkling with blue light that dazzled the eye.

A majestic aura surged out from within the crystalline war chariot. At first glance, it was as though the chariot were a blue navy vessel at sea, braving the winds and the waves.

Atop the blue crystalline war chariot, a silver haired man who was wearing a robe stood tall, resembling a mountain with his imposing physique. His eyes glistened with light as he looked at the Flowing Gold Firecloud Tent in surprise. He raised his voice and shouted, “Is that Alliance Chief Song of Profound Heaven Alliance?”

Inside of the crimson tent, Song Yu, Song Siyuan, Xie Yaoyang, and Xie Zhizhang sat in a line together and hung their heads in despair, groaning and sighing.

Upon hearing the voice from outside, their expressions went stiff, and they couldn’t help but stick their heads out of the tent.

“A blue crystalline war chariot! It’s Ruan Zhantian!”

“Ruan Zhantian is actually here in person!”

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang couldn’t tell at first glance, but their spirit soon returned. It was up to Song Yu to emerge and shout, “Are you Brother Ruan from Joyful Union Sect?”

“Brother Song! Have you seen my sect’s Sect Master Zhao?” the silver haired, white robed Ruan Zhantian screamed.

“Brother Ruan came at the right time!” Song Yu’s expression was full of excitement, and he nodded his heads at Song Siyuan. The Flowing Gold Firecloud Tent sped up and drew close to the blue crystalline war chariot. Once both flying spirit artifacts were close enough, Song Yu landed on the chariot.

For Song Yu, seeing the distant aura of each Joyful Union Sect martial practitioner on the war chariot was like seeing hope. He said, “A huge amount of ferocious beasts suddenly rushed out from the Arctic Mountain Range as if they had gone insane, watching us, chasing us, and killing us. Brother Ruan, you came at the right time. If you invite the powerhouses from the surrounding continents and bring them to the Scarlet Tide Continent to kill the beasts, we will be able to obtain a lot of unimaginably precious spirit materials on this trip!

“I came precisely for this matter!” Ruan Zhantian said with a serious face.

“That’s wonderful! I also ask that Brother Ruan relay the great changes that have occurred in the Scarlet Tide Continent to the surrounding continents, and invite powerhouses to come annihilate those vicious beasts together!” Song Yu became excited.

“Brother Song might be mistaken.” Ruan Zhantian shook his head with a serious face and said, “I came to resolve this calamity. I was specifically ordered by superiors to meet Qin Lie.”

“Meet Qin Lie? Ordered by superiors?” Song Yu went blank.

The expressions of Xie Yaoyang and the Xie Family clansmen changed in a shocking manner as well, and they started to softly sigh one after another.

“Is it possible for you to contact Qin Lie and tell him there’s a person called Li Mu who entrusted me with meeting him and resolving the dispute on the Scarlet Tide Continent?” Ruan Zhantian’s expression was serious.

“Li Mu?” Song Yu was even more shocked.

“You know him?” Ruan Zhantian was also surprised.

“This person once moved about the Scarlet Tide Continent for a time. His relationship with Qin Lie is not shallow, but he mysteriously disappeared afterward.” Song Yu had people carefully investigate Qin Lie in the past, so he naturally knew of Li Mu’s existence. After explaining it simply, he asked out of curiosity,, “Brother Ruan, this Li Mu… who is he? How did he manage to ask this of you?”

“Command, not ask…” Ruan Zhantian face was full of agony. He explained, “He is a superior.”

The expressions of Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, and everyone else changed.

“What is his identity as a superior?” Xie Yaoyang asked cautiously after muttering to himself for a while..

“I’m not sure about his specific identity, but I think that he wields a ‘Heavenly Sword.’” Ruan Zhantian exclaimed softly.

Once these words came out, Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, and everyone else gasped cold air. Each of them started to feel deep respect.

“I will try having my daughter contact Qin Lie!” Aware that this matter was important, Xie Yaoyang took the initiative to express himself.

As they were talking, a huge mountain stood out in the distant wilderness. A giant ape that shimmered with gold from head to toe suddenly went into a frenzy and approached like a golden mountain.

“Faster!” Ruan Zhantian urged.

Xie Yaoyang hurriedly took out a hexagonal crystal. His pupils flashed, and an emerald green beam of light shot out from between his eyebrows.

The beam of light went directly inside the crystal.

At the same time, on Herb Mountain, a soft jingle reminiscent of a spring suddenly resounded from a luxurious jade bracelet on Xie Jingxuan’s moonlit wrist.

A puzzled expression appeared on Xie Jingxuan’s elegant, charming face. She said to herself softly, “I’ve already clearly told them to be faster in leaving the Scarlet Tide Continent. What do they still want to talk about at this time…”

She used her other hand to softly press on the jade bracelet while muttering.

A distinct surge of consciousness passed through her like a wave, transmitted from the jade bracelet to her mind.

“You are with Qin Lie, right? Tell him that Joyful Union Sect’s Sect Master Ruan Zhantian personally came from overseas. Say that he was entrusted by Li Mu, and he wants to speak to him immediately,” the impatient voice of Xie Yaoyang echoed in her mind. “Make that bastard stop those ferocious beasts for now. We want to properly talk with him!”

Xie Jingxuan went blank.

At this time, Qin Lie, Ling Yushi, and Song Tingyu were standing at the peak of Herb Mountain, discussing the topic of separation.

Xie Jingxuan was silent for a while and suddenly said with a strange expression,“Qin Lie, Ruan Zhantian, the Sect Master of Joyful Union Sect came in person. He says that he has been entrusted by Li Mu to see you. He wants you to suspend the pursuit of the three great forces.”

“Uncle Li!” Qin Lie appeared shocked.

“What’s happening?” Ling Yushi asked in concern.

The bloody shadow of Xue Li, which had wandered around outside Herb Mountain, returned at this time.

Seeing that Qin Lie’s expression looked strange, Xue Li couldn’t help but ask in a surprised manner, “Kid, this is the time to be in high, vigorous spirits. Why are you suddenly dumbfounded?”

Qin Lie furrowed his brow, muttered to himself for a while, then suddenly told Mang Wang hurriedly, “Tell your clansmen to temporarily suspend the chasing and killing of the three great forces’ martial practitioners. Make them behave for a while.”

Mang Wang was floating in mid air, his serpentine eyes also full of confusion.

“Just do as I say!” Qin Lie said impatiently.

As a result, Mang Wang didn’t say anything, faced the sky, and roared. His roar rumbled like rolling thunder, resounding in every part of the Scarlet Tide Continent.

The ferocious beasts that were moving in every forest and plain in the Scarlet Tide Continent heard his roaring voice and stopped unwillingly.

The giant ape that was attacking toward the crystalline war chariot and crimson tent, about to ruthlessly tear and bite, heard this roaring sound and also suddenly stopped.

He looked behind him suspiciously, appearing puzzled over why Mang Wang had given the order to stop.

On the crystalline war chariot, Ruan Zhantian saw that the giant golden ape didn’t continue to rush over. He secretly sighed in relief and smiled in embarrassment. “It seems that Li Mu’s name is still really useful.”

“What are we going to do next?” Song Yu smiled bitterly.

“You communicate with Li Yi of Eight Extreme Temple, and I’ll have someone contact Changsheng. We will go meet Qin Lie together,” Ruan Zhantian ordered.

“Alright.”

On top of Herb Mountain.

Qin Lie furrowed his eyebrows as he watched the Horned Demon Clansmen gather at the foot of the mountain one after another. He also watched the Ling Family clansmen enter Ling Town. They seemed to be fondly recalling the past.

“That Li Mu… has he had such a large influence on you?” The beautiful eyes of Song Tingyu overflowed with disbelief. She asked curiously, “You respect him this much?”

“There wouldn’t be a Qin Lie without Uncle Li,” Qin Lie said faintly.

“That time at Icestone City, under the covetous glare of Yuan Tianya and the experts of Dark Asura Hall, it was Li Mu who helped you escape easily.” Xie Jingxuan recalled the events of the past and was secretly amazed. “After that event, we all investigated Li Mu because we wanted to know the origin and identity of this person. Unfortunately, we ended up empty handed and never discovered any other traces of Li Mu. This Li Mu… who is he exactly?”

“I also don’t know,” Qin Lie said honestly.

He always knew that Li Mu came from mysterious origins. From how Li Mu gave him the method to forge the Terminator Profound Bombs, he could vaguely guess just how extraordinary Li Mu was.

The Terminator Profound Bomb was the exclusive secret of Forefather Terminator from the Heavenly Silence Continent. According to Xue Li, Forefather Terminator was an impressive, well-known figure in the Heavenly Silence Continent. In the five continents of the Land of Chaos, he could be ranked as one of the strongest experts.

Li Mu actually had the exclusive secret of this kind of expert, which was sufficient to prove that Li Mu could not be underestimated.

For Li Mu to actually entrust Joyful Union Sect’s Sect Ruan Zhantian to come in person, having Ruan Zhantian find Qin Lie and talk to him… this also proved that Li Mu’s identity was definitely revered.

“You really have amazing luck. You actually got to know such a noble senior.” Song Tingyu sighed with emotion.
“I hope that Li Mu can resolve this calamity in the Scarlet Tide Continent,” Xie Jingxuan said faintly.

In the southern part of the Scarlet Tide Continent, Li Yi of Eight Extreme Temple sat upright on the giant golden chariot, rushing toward Skypiercing Mountain as quickly as possible.

At this moment, he also received word that Ruan Zhantian, the sect master of Joyful Union Sect, wanted him to return to Herb Mountain to discuss important matters.

Li Yi did not want to turn back, but Ruan Zhantian mentioned that he was following the orders from his superiors. As a result, Li Yi complied immediately and obediently turned the giant chariot around.

Chapter 379: Meeting Li Mu Again

At the peak of Herb Mountain.

Qin Lie waited quietly with a heavy expression as the vicious beasts gradually returned after receiving Mang Wang’s orders.

They quietly lay beneath the mountain, no longer roaring crazily like before. They seemed to be awaiting Mang Wang’s next order.

Mang Wang, the leader of the Giant Spirit Race, had turned into a two meter long silver electric snake once more, quietly floating beside Qin Lie..

The Ling Family clansmen were gathered at Ling Town, and the Horned Demon clansmen were scattered around Herb Mountain and surrounded the ferocious beasts.

Some time later, Ku Luo, Ku Lu, Ka Meng, and Duo Luo, the four great elites of the Horned Demon Race, rode their Spirit Hunting Beasts over and landed on Herb Mountain with strange expressions on their faces.

“Qin Lie, did you order the vicious beasts to stop attacking?” Ku Luo frowned and asked.

He had been leading the Horned Demon clansmen, chasing the group of Joyful Union Sect’s Zhao Changsheng. In the middle of doing so, he suddenly realized that the beasts had stopped attacking.

Ku Luo’s realm was impeccable, and his knowledge of the soul was extremely profound. He was able to directly communicate with the ferocious beasts. Only after a bit of questioning did they realize that Qin Lie had asked Mang Wang to stop the Giant Spirit clansmen from further pursuing the martial practitioners of the three forces.

Without the assistance of the enormous beasts, this Horned Demon clan didn’t dare to engage the three forces in an actual, bloody battle by themselves. Therefore, they also stopped their pursuit.

They returned in confusion, thinking to ask Qin Lie about the situation and his perspective on this.

“I am the one who told them to stop hunting.” Qin Lie did not conceal anything. “Something happened and I need to get to the bottom of it. Please wait here for the meantime.”

“What happened?” Ku Lu was shocked.

“We’ll speak later.” Qin Lie frowned.

“Alright, we’ll wait.” Seeing that he wasn’t willing to reveal anything else, Ku Luo did not pressure Qin Lie and instead issued orders to his clansmen.

He was well aware that, without Qin Lie’s assistance, their Horned Demon clan would have been completely slaughtered by the three great forces, and that none of them would have lived to enter the Nether Continent.

They now recognized Qin Lie’s strength, and held his words in high regard as a result.

The Horned Demon clansmen reconvened around Herb Mountain once the Spirit Hunting Beasts had descended.

Time slowly passed.

Eight Extreme Temple’s huge golden chariot was the first to break through the clouds, suspended motionless above Herb Mountain.

Holy Master Li Yi, Gold Robed Envoy Chang Qi, Green Robed Envoy Zhan Tianyi, and others from Eight Extreme Temple were standing in the giant chariot. They stared at Qin Lie with hate.

Qin Lie snorted coldly.

“Mo He was killed by your hand, so Eight Extreme Temple will not let this matter go. This group of beasts may be powerful, but they are not invincible.” Gold Robed Envoy Chang Qi’s tone was calm. “The Copper rank forces on the Scarlet Tide Continent, Heavenly Fate Continent, and Flowing Cloud Continent are all ruled by a single force. Now that our superiors have given their orders, we’d really like to see if these beasts will become our spirit materials upon the arrival of elites from our higher rank forces!”

Mang Wang let out a low roar.

The expression of Gold Robed Envoy Chang Qi, changed slightly when he heard Mang Wang’s roar.

Qin Lie looked at Chang Qi before shaking his head in disdain, saying, “If someone had not begged for your lives, none of you would be able to even think of leaving the Scarlet Tide Continent alive.”

Chang Qi’s expression became cold as he angrily said, “Who do you think you are, brat? Without this group of beasts or the protection of Horned Demon elites, a mere Manifestation Realm martial practitioner like you would not even be considered an ant to me!”

“If I were your age, you would probably be nothing more than bugs I could easily squash underneath my feet!” Qin Lie grinned coldly. “You only have a couple hundred years of cultivation on me!”

Wearing a dark expression, Chang Qi was about to continue speaking when he realized that a crystalline chariot had suddenly arrived.

It stopped right beside the giant golden chariot.

Joyful Union Sect’s Vice Sect Master Zhao Changsheng and the remaining Revered Ones showed up with pitiful appearances. Their grim faces glanced at Qin Lie, then at Ku Luo at the others, and said nothing.

They had just been frantically escaping from the giant beasts and the Horned Demon Race. If the crystalline war chariot hadn’t been lightning fast, they probably would have suffered huge losses.

Joyful Union Sect was truly scared now.

A little more time had passed by the time Profound Heaven Alliance’s crimson tent arrived alongside a blue, crystalline chariot.

Ruan Zhantian, with his silver hair, stalwart body, and white garb, appeared in front of the chariot. The moment he appeared, Zhao Changsheng and the rest of the Joyful Union Sect martial practitioners yelled respectfully, “Greetings, Sect Master!”

Ruan Zhantian nodded and strolled through the air to arrive at Herb Mountain’s peak. He landed beside Qin Lie.

At this moment, the crimson tent of Profound Heaven Alliance, two crystalline chariots, and a giant golden chariot were floating above Herb Mountain.

The most powerful elites of the three forces all fell silent as they stared quietly from below.

They were staring at Ruan Zhantian.

Mang Wang suddenly coiled around Qin Lie, loop after loop like a rope of lightning.

The overwhelming power of lightning instantly filled Qin Lie’s entire body, granting him a huge amount of confidence.

The Horned Demon elites, Ku Luo, Ku Lu, Ka Meng, and Duo Luo, were suspicious that Ruan Zhantian might suddenly attack Qin Lie, and all of them also surrounded him.

They sensed a terrifying aura from Ruan Zhantian. The aura made Ku Luo to feel as if he was facing his mortal enemy.

“This man is in the late stage of the Fragmentation Realm, with one foot already in the Nirvana Realm. He’s probably the most powerful martial practitioner in the surrounding continents.” Xue Li turned into a bloody wisp and sat on Qin Lie’s shoulder. After Ruan Zhantian landed, he immediately spoke up and warned Qin Lie.

“Are you Qin Lie?” Ruan Zhantian was ten meters away from Qin Lie, and he noticed that Mang Wang, Ku Luo, and the others were all protective of him. Therefore, he did not take another step and smiled calmly, saying, “I am here at the behest of Heavenly Sword Mountain’s Li Mu. He asked me to meet with you immediately.”

A silver token suddenly appeared in Ruan Zhantian’s hand as he spoke. The token was triangular in shape. The front of the token was inscribed with a mountain range covered in blades, whereas the back of the token was inscribed with the words “Heavenly Sword Mountain.”

Ruan Zhantian turned the token around multiple times so that Qin Lie could see both sides clearly.

“Heavenly Sword Mountain!” Xue Li suddenly exclaimed.

“You know of Heavenly Sword Mountain?” Qin Lie did not look at Ruan Zhantian, but at Xue Li on his shoulder instead.

“Toss the token over.” Xue Li exclaimed, frowning at Ruan Zhantian.

Ruan Zhantian smiled calmly and tossed the token in his hand over without the slightest hesitation.

Ku Luo and the others were prepared for danger.

“It’s fine,” Xue Li said indifferently. He opened his mouth and spat out a bloody light that wrapped around the silvery white token.

The wisp of sanguine threads wrapped around the silvery white token like blood. The mountain range covered in blades on the token was drenched with a blood red color.

“Zzzt zzt zzzt!”

Suddenly, sword auras of unparalleled sharpness emanated from the depicted mountain range. It was as if the blades on it glowed with light.

Xue Li’s blood, which was on the token, was cut to shreds by the sword beams. It turned into a bloody mist and faded away.

“There’s no mistake. This is a token of Heavenly Sword Mountain.” Xue Li nodded, and the silver token turned into of sword beam once more, returning to Ruan Zhantian’s hand.

“Heavenly Sword Mountain is a Silver force on the Heavenly Wither Continent. The Scarlet Tide Continent, Flowing Continent, Heavenly Fate Continent, and the surrounding tens of thousands of miles are all under Heavenly Sword Mountain’s control. Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect are vassal forces of the Heavenly Wither Continent.” It was only then that Xue Li explained to Qin Lie, “Coincidentally, Heavenly Wither Continent is one of the five great continents of the Land of Chaos. Heavenly Sword Mountain is one of the two Silver rank forces in Heavenly Wither Continent.

“Senior… you know of Heavenly Sword Mountain?” Ruan Zhantian’s expression turned into one of caution.

“I know it, but I am not too familiar with it. Heavenly Sword Mountain is a force that was formed during the most recent millennium. I have no connections with them,” Xue Li said indifferently.

Ruan Zhantian let out an obvious sigh of relief.

“You claim that Uncle Li is looking for me?” Qin Lie exclaimed heavily.

Ruan Zhantian nodded with a smile. With one hand gripping the token, a dark green soul light flowed from his eyebrows and entered the token.

The token began to float above his hand.

Under the gaze of the crowd, bolts of harsh sword beams shot from the front of the triangular token—from the picture of the mountain range filled with blades.

The unfathomably sharp sword beams seemed as though they could cut through bodies and souls of everyone present.

Even Mang Wang’s eyes became grim, obviously feeling kind of anxious. Like Ku Luo, the rest of the Horned Demon elites were on edge as they watched the sword beam slowly condense into something.

Tiny sword beams of gold, silver, white, blue, and all sorts of other colors, resembling starfire or phosphorous light, began to slowly gather together into Li Mu’s appearance.

This was the projection of the soul in midair!

Above the token, Li Mu seemed to be deep within ephemeral clouds as he held a flagon in one hand. He was accompanied by the Icestone Snow Wolf King, which was crouching beside him. He seemed to be speaking with someone on an island.

As if suddenly detecting activity in the area, specifically the transmission of the token, he turned his attention toward them.

His eyes instantly focused onto Qin Lie, and he chuckled. “Kid, you’ve created quite a stir over there, haven’t you? So, have you awakened all of the vicious beasts beneath the Arctic Mountain Range?”

“Uncle Li!” Qin Lie exclaimed softly but with excitement.

“Haha, I knew that something big must have happened over there from the moment that the frost barrier broke, so I promptly asked Ruan Zhantian to rush over immediately.” Li Mu smiled coldly.

“Uncle Li, I had no choice but to break the seal on the Giant Spirit Race. Otherwise, I would’ve been destroyed by Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple without even a trace of my bones remaining,” Qin Lie hurriedly explained.

“Don’t worry. I gave you the Eye of Frost because I was going to ask for your help to break their seal from the very beginning,” Li Mu said without a care in the world, smiling cheerfully. “You did very well. I hadn’t expected their seal to be broken so quickly. Hah, I once promised someone that I would one day unseal the ferocious beasts of the Giant Spirit Race. I gave you the Eye of Frost in the hopes that you would someday accomplish this for me. You did not betray my expectations, so there is no need for you to look so anxious.”

The moment he said that, Qin Lie immediately felt at ease and inwardly let out a sigh of relief.

All this time, Qin Lie had been scared that he had betrayed Li Mu’s trust and that what he’d done would put Li Mu into a difficult position.

Now that Li Mu personally admitted that everything Qin Lie had done was within his expectations, Qin Lie immediately relaxed.

The top elites of Eight Extreme Temple, Profound Heaven Alliance, and Joyful Union Sect all wore shocked expressions on their faces as they watched Li Mu’s soul projection and listened to his continuous praise.

Chapter 380: Reconciliation

Li Mu’s faint figure floated above the silver token, giving off a sense of extraordinary elegance.

“I’ll talk with Mang Wang.”

He looked at Mang Wang, who had turned into a small thunder python. He had managed to immediately identify Mang Wang, and revealed his intent to talk with him one on one.

“Prak!”

Mang Wang turned into a bolt of electricity and shot from Qin Lie’s side, flashing to arrive right beside Li Mu’s soul projection.

Traces of electricity continued to flash amidst the misty clouds. Li Mu narrowed his eyes and waved a raised hand.

An invisible barrier instantly wrapped around him and Mang Wang. The two seemed to be secretly interacting with each other in the middle of the blurry clouds.

Above Herb Mountain, from the giant golden chariot, crystalline chariot, crimson tent, and other flying spirit artifacts, Song Yu, Zhao Changsheng, and Li Yi all wore heavy expressions.

On top of the mountain, Qin Lie was surrounded by the four great Horned Demon elites who feared that he would be killed by Ruan Zhantian.

“Qin Lie, just who is this person? The fact that he was able to use a mere token and form his soul from several tens of thousands of miles away says a lot about his strength,” Xue Li earnestly asked about Li Mu’s origins. He resembled a bloody ghost from his position on Qin Lie’s shoulder. “Heavenly Sword Mountain is one of the Silver rank forces that came to power in the Heavenly Wither Continent during the last millennium. The martial practitioners of this force is well versed in the art of swords and are incredibly powerful. They are very difficult to deal with. How do you know him? What kind of relationship do you share with him?”

“I’ll explain this to you in the future.” Qin Lie curled his lips.

Qin Lie had met Li Mu earlier than he had met Xue Li, and he knew that Li Mu held no selfishness in his heart when they got along with each other. Li Mu had taken care of Qin Lie the entire time.

His relationship with Li Mu was simple, and it did not have many conflicts of interest.

Not only did Qin Lie owe Li Mu his support, he also owed him his life. Therefore, when Qin Lie heard that Li Mu wanted to meet him, he immediately called off Mang Wang’s attack on the three forces without any hesitation.

This was because he owed Li Mu too much.

Li Mu and Mang Wang’s interaction ended quickly.

“That’s the gist of it. You lot should leave the Scarlet Tide Continent as soon as possible. I hope that you can control your clansmen as best you can.” Li Mu’s attitude was carefree, but there was the hint of a warning in his eyes.

“I understand. We will leave as soon as possible, and we definitely will not return to the Scarlet Tide Continent in the future!” Mang Wang answered and turned into a bolt of thunderous lightning that landed at the center of the scattered Giant Spirit clansmen. He spoke with them immediately, looking as if he had obtained some important news.

“Pant! Pant!”

The ferocious giant beasts panted heavily when they received Mang Wang’s soul transmission. Their eyes, which were larger than human heads, were filled with excitement and agitation.

They seemed to have gotten some great news from Li Mu.

“Qin Lie, I also heard that you asked these Giant Spirit clansmen to destroy Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple.” Li Mu looked at him again, and after a faint smile, said, “Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple suffered heavy losses from the attacks of the ferocious beasts. The few people you hated the most… have already been killed. Is it too much to ask that you to end it here and no longer pursue the matter?”

After a pause, Qin Lie nodded.“Okay!”

“Qin Lie is working with the evil races. He is attempting to conquer the Scarlet Tide Continent!” Eight Extreme Temple’s Li Yi exclaimed softly, vaguely hinting at his dissatisfaction.

Numerous Profound Heaven Alliance martial practitioners also could not accept it because of the terrible deaths of their relatives. Since they did not dare to glare at Li Mu, they glared at Qin Lie instead.

“The evil races are still here! They are attempting to use the teleportation formation to escape from here. Are we supposed to sit back and do nothing?” Li Yi quietly looked at Li Mu.

“Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect are no longer allowed to attack Qin Lie and the Horned Demon Race. Similarly, Qin Lie, the Horned Demon Race, and the Giant Spirit Race are also not allowed to continue the war.” Li Mu frowned slightly, but his tone was unquestionable. “Regardless of how you go about it, the Horned Demon Race and Giant Spirit Race must leave the Scarlet Tide Continent within the month! This matter ends here, and neither side is allowed to continue fighting the other!”

Ruan Zhantian, Song Yu, and the others all wore shocked expressions.

They originally thought that Li Mu might have been here to resolve matters, but they never could have imagined that Li Mu would side with the evil races and Qin Lie to this extent. This caused them to feel incredibly gloomy.

“I am here to mediate this issue on behalf of Heavenly Sword Mountain. My will is the will of Heavenly Sword Mountain, do you understand?” Li Mu’s fleeting figure turned solid, and a sword will so harsh that it seemed like it could tear the sky apart abruptly emerged from within his body.

In an instant, everyone’s hearts trembled. It was as if they were in a daze and could see a gleaming divine sword piercing toward them from deep within the heavens.

It was as if the sword had struck deep into everyone’s minds!

The higher one’s realm was, the more profound the feeling was. Song Yu, Zhao Changsheng, Ruan Zhantian, Xie Yaoyang, Li Yi, and the rest of the Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners turned as white as a sheet.

They saw a giant sword appear in their minds out of nowhere!

The giant sword came from nowhere, but it resembled a sharpened mountain that was suspended within their minds. Its unfathomably sharp sword beam carried an intent that could kill a soul with a single strike. A terrifying aura that was capable of consigning them to eternal damnation gushed into their hearts from every direction.

“U-understood.”

“We hear you.”

“I will obey Heavenly Sword Mountain’s orders.”

“Got it.”

Five seconds later, the top elites of the three forces bowed to Li Mu’s might and made their intentions clear.

“Very good.” Li Mu smiled slightly once more.

The harsh sword intent that had seemed to hide the sky and cover the earth, as if threatening the entire world, instantly vanished without a trace.

People suddenly found their palms and the backs of their hands sweating. When they looked into each other’s eyes, they all saw shock inside of them.

“So powerful…”

Even Xue Li’s soul shadow began to grow dim like a lone candle in the middle of a gale, as if it could fade away at any moment.

He actually went back inside of Qin Lie’s forehead to hide.

“Come, Li Yi. I have something that I need to speak with you about. Alone.” Li Mu frowned and pointed a finger at the holy master of Eight Extreme Temple. His eyes obviously held displeasure inside of them.

Li Yi walked over without a word. He took every step through the air until he arrived in front of Li Mu’s soul projection.

“Slap!”

Li Mu lifted his hand and slapped it right onto Li Yi’s face. Five sharp sword auras left glaring marks of blood on Li Yi’s gentle face.

Li Yi, Eight Extreme Temple’s holy master and one of the most powerful men of the Scarlet Tide Continent, covered his face and wore a look of absolute fury on his face. He glared at Li Mu and looked like he would lose control at any moment. “Y-you!”

Qin Lie, Song Yu, Ruan Zhantian, and the others froze at the sight.

A gentle sword intent wrapped around Li Mu and Li Yi like ripples in water or the steam of a hot spring.

The crowd could see them, but they found themselves losing track of their voices. Some of them had even released their soul consciousness, but they just couldn’t detect the existence of the two.

They then understood that Li Mu had frozen that part of the world with forbidden arts, turning himself into the ruler of that forbidden area in which he prohibited entry or examination!

They initially saw that Li Yi looked furious, but after Li Mu said something to him, he suddenly went mad with joy. His eyes were full of deep respect as he bowed respectfully toward Li Mu with the etiquette of a junior.

Only then did the crowd realize that Li Yi looked quite similar to Li Mu.

Then they suddenly realized that Li Mu might be Li Yi’s senior, which might have been why Li Yi’s attitude had suddenly undergone a complete turnaround.

“I understand. I will keep your teachings in mind from now on.” Li Yi nodded continuously, his voice suddenly audible again.

When Ruan Zhantian, Song Yu, and Zhao Changsheng saw Li Yi bowing and scraping, not only did they not feel disdain for him, they even inwardly envied him.

They envied that Li Yi was actually able to build a connection with Li Mu.

“Come here, Qin Lie.” Li Mu looked at Qin Lie with a smile again, wanting to speak with him alone.

“Uncle Li, I’m not a Fragmentation Realm martial practitioner. I don’t have the ability to step on air.” Qin Lie laughed dryly.

“Alright then. I’ll speak, and you can just listen.” Li Mu’s attitude was obviously different when he spoke to Qin Lie. With a relaxed, casual smile, he said, “If you have nothing else to do on the Scarlet Tide Continent, you can come around Heavenly Wither Continent for a trip. I have something to ask you… about your grandfather.”

Qin Lie trembled abruptly, crying out, “Uncle Li, y-you know about my grandfather?”

“I learned a bit from Little Ice, then I asked around after I returned to the continent. Only then did I gather some knowledge about your grandfather.” Li Mu smiled and waved his hands when he saw Qin Lie’s eager look. He said calmly, “Come to the Heavenly Wither Continent if you truly wish to know.”