274: Descend into the Ancient World of Ruins God

Deep within a tributary of the Time River, there was a world the size of a grain of rice.

The Xu Shen Ancient Realm was a desolate world, with a gloomy, blood-colored sky that seemed on the verge of collapse at any moment.

This world was extremely barren, with the only Law fluctuations coming from its deepest reaches.

There was a simple village there, with dilapidated, low mud walls and houses covered with thatch, resembling tombs under the blood-red light.

All the Yu God Clan members were nowhere to be seen, like a ghost village.

Most conspicuously, at the center of this ghost village, was a dim Yellow Rank staircase extending towards the sky, reaching the end of the blood-colored horizon.

The staircase was narrow and short, only about a meter long, and less than three fingers wide, yet a surging, sea-like Qi continuously emanated from within it, indicating its extraordinary nature.

Following the staircase upwards, through the blood-red clouds, four figures were slowly ascending, step by step, each step consuming a terrifying amount of Law power.

Even though these four figures all exuded the terrifying aura of Nine Stars Giants, they still moved very slowly.

“Ying Qi, why did you incite my Revered Masters to deal with the Demon Lord?!”

“They will die.”

The middle-aged man walking at the very front stared intently at the blood-red clouds, his face twisted, his voice filled with anger!

He looked down, his gaze penetrating the blood clouds, all the way to the starting point of the Ascension Ladder.

There, five figures sat cross-legged.

These five figures wore tattered clothes, and each had a different disability.

One person was blind, a sightless man.

One person had a broken leg, a lame man.

There was also a deaf man whose ears had been cut off, and a mute man who couldn’t speak.

And a foolish man with an open mouth, crystal clear saliva dripping from his lips onto the ground.

At this moment, layers of blood-red mist enveloped them, like ribbons, exuding an aura far surpassing that of Nine Stars Giants, even dyeing this entire world blood-red.

“Huff!”

“Huff!”

“…”

Ying Qi laboriously stepped onto another stair, his face pale, breathing heavily, and upon hearing Ye Tian’s question, he looked up to meet his furious eyes and said coldly, “I didn’t incite them; I merely told them the truth and the Demon Lord’s name.”

“The Demon Lord is extremely cruel and will definitely not spare us.”

“If he finds this Xu Shen Ancient Realm, do you think we have a way out?”

“Your five Revered Masters are all Half-Gods; are they not as capable as me? Can’t they see this point?”

“They are compassionate and want to save the world, and they also want to save you. What does that have to do with me? I merely spoke of some things I experienced in my Rebirth.”

Ye Tian coldly shouted, “Then you shouldn’t have directly given the Revered Masters the Demon Lord’s true name!”

“Once Karma is formed, even if the Revered Masters don’t act, the Demon Lord can find them!”

Ying Qi sneered, “If I didn’t give it, he wouldn’t find them?”

“You underestimate the Demon Lord too much.”

“I have failed Rebirth so many times; I have seen far more than you.”

He glanced down, then at the staircase above, which was nearing its end.

Seeing the five Half-Gods simultaneously join forces, intending to cast a terrifying Daoist Magic to curse the Demon Lord, his heart settled slightly.

It was not easy to persuade these five to act; at least it could buy some time.

As for whether they died or not, what did that have to do with him?

With the Demon Lord’s emergence, countless people would die; their help in initiating his plan was already worth it.

Ying Qi’s heartless words made Ye Tian stop, pointing at him furiously, “What if we lose then? On the Time River, my Second Revered Master almost perished; everything you said was a lie!”

“Half-Gods are simply no match for the Demon Lord.”

“You are sending my five Revered Masters to their deaths!”

He looked at Chen Fan and Ji Xianzi below Ying Qi on the staircase: “Don’t you two think there’s a problem? Ying Qi definitely has ulterior motives.”

The white-haired Chen Fan mumbled, “Sorry, Brother Ye, I just want to survive.”

Ji Xianzi coldly glanced at Ying Qi: “It’s come to this; more words are useless.”

“If your Revered Masters can win, that’s best. If not, us reaching the top of the Ascension Ladder first, opening the legendary Supreme Realm, and achieving Transcendent Divinity is the greatest help to your Revered Masters.”

Ye Tian took a deep breath, remained silent, and mobilized all his strength to climb upwards.

Ji Xianzi was right.

The Ascension Ladder, once ascended to the top, would allow for transcendence and open the gate to the Supreme Realm.

At that time, they would all be able to break through the Supreme limit and reach the legendary God’s Domain.

He understood all the principles!

But he was still very angry!

Ying Qi was absolutely a despicable and shameless scoundrel!

Many of his words were lies.

After being rescued to the Xu Shen Ancient Realm, his five Revered Masters, who treated him like their own son, were deceived by his lies!

They could have stayed in a corner, waiting for them to climb the Ascension Ladder before fighting the Demon Lord.

But under Ying Qi’s incitement, he adamantly claimed that the Demon Lord would definitely descend before they ascended the Ascension Ladder.

To protect him, the five Revered Masters decided to take the initiative, strike first, and hold back the Demon Lord!

Watching his Revered Masters below, working together, he had an ominous premonition!

That man… was too terrifying, strong enough to cause despair!

He gasped for breath, gritting his teeth as he climbed, when he suddenly felt a chill wind blow past.

His body shivered!

He seemed to sense something, his eyes wide, looking downwards.

Bang.

A dull thud echoed in everyone’s ears.

“Revered Master!!!”

Ye Tian roared, large tears streaming from his eyes.

Chen Fan, Ji Xianzi, and the others also looked down, their expressions changing, their faces turning extremely grim!

The five Half-God Realm powerhouses, who were sitting cross-legged, had their heads explode simultaneously, blood gushing forth!

Chaotic Qi wildly vented.

A familiar figure suddenly appeared.

Ying Qi’s face changed drastically, and he roared, “Run! The Demon Lord is here!”

Endless Laws burst forth from his body, and blood seeped from his skin, instantly turning him into a blood-soaked figure.

Wind rose under his feet, and with a stride of his hips, he instantly crossed several stairs, approaching Ye Tian at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this, the two people behind also changed their expressions drastically, damaging their own Foundation and unleashing their ultimate secret techniques, following Ying Qi’s ascent.

The auras of the five Half-God Rank powerhouses instantly withered.

They had clearly perished on the spot!

Despite having highly overestimated the Demon Lord’s strength, they still felt a trace of fear at this moment!

Ying Qi might not have spoken a single truth, but his description of the Demon Lord was absolutely without any falsehood.

Too terrifying!

What was this Demon Lord’s true strength?

Could even Half-Gods not stop him for a moment?

“Ye Tian, get out of the way.”

Chen Fan, with a look of terror, followed closely behind Ying Qi, seeing Ye Tian standing dazed in place, looking foolish, and quickly shouted, his voice like thunder in his ears.

Ying Qi was even more direct, his features twisted in a grimace, and he unexpectedly struck out with a palm like lightning: “A useless thing that only spoils things.”

Ji Xianzi frowned as she watched Ye Tian get struck by Ying Qi, falling headfirst into the Void Realm, plummeting straight to the ground. She swept her jade hand, conjuring a bowl-shaped Dao Artifact, intending to stop him.

Unfortunately, Ye Tian’s falling speed was too fast.

Or rather, Ye Tian actively fell, dodging her Dao Artifact.

Ye Tian fell like a meteor, his eyes splitting with rage, roaring, “I’ll kill you!”

Ji Xianzi shook her head; this person was too emotional and had completely lost his reason, going to his death.

She twisted her waist, her purple robes swaying, and chased upwards.

The falling Ye Tian burned himself, sublimating to the extreme, erupting with world-shaking power, and charged towards the black-clothed man who had appeared below.

The black-clothed man was holding a foolish-faced head in his hand, his eyes slightly lowered, lifting it to observe. Sensing the movement, he looked up.

Fireworks exploded.

【You have slain the Heavenly Mandate Protagonist Ye Tian. Under the blessing of his fate, 5 million Destiny Value has been deducted. You used a Heavenly Mandate Critical Strike Talisman, and this reduction in Destiny Value has an additional critical deduction of 6.32 million. You have obtained 3 High Grade upper-grade heavenly mandate treasure chests.】