157: Chapter 157 Thunder falls

Atop the spirit boat

Hu Miaotong stood alone at the edge of the spirit boat, looking down at everything from her high vantage point.

A hint of curiosity showed in her slightly charming expression; this was the first time since her birth that she had set foot in the territory where the Human Race lived, with the exception of Cangyuan City.

She had heard those people in Cangyuan City describe the scenery of the Human Race's territory, which had made her very curious about it.

However, the agreement between the Human Race and the Yao Race meant she basically had no opportunity to enter human lands. Now that she had finally stepped foot here, she was filled with curiosity about everything around her.

"Revered Master, I remember that someone in the Sect seems to have married a fox girl from the Purple Spirit Illusion Fox tribe as a Dao Companion."

Lin Ming looked at Master Yun Hua and asked.

He seemed to remember that their Yuanxu Mountain also had a Senior who married a Purple Spirit Illusion Fox as a Dao Companion.

"Someone from Shangyang Peak,"

Master Yun Hua said.

She indeed knew of such a person's existence.

But it was limited to just knowing; she wasn't clear on who specifically it was and didn't pay much attention to it, having only heard someone mention it in passing.

Lin Ming nodded slightly upon hearing this.

He hadn't remembered incorrectly after all.

After all, Lin Ming knew quite a bit about the Sect's gossip.

Suddenly, Lin Ming's brow furrowed, and he glanced at a red ring on his finger.

The ring was faintly glowing with a red light.

Someone was calling for help.

Or rather, someone from the Sect was calling for help.

This ring was made by the Sect for its Disciples; once a Disciple was in danger, they could use the ring to send a distress signal to Disciples in the vicinity.

If there were fellow Disciples nearby and they encountered a distress signal, they were obligated to provide rescue.

"Revered Master, a fellow Disciple is calling for help,"

Lin Ming said immediately.

"Where?"

Master Yun Hua asked.

She had naturally noticed the glowing ring on Lin Ming's finger.

"To the south."

...

Within a village

Corpses littered the ground.

Men, women, the elderly, and children—

They lay on the ground with serene expressions, many with happy smiles on their faces.

However, they were already cold corpses.

Blood-red patterns spread all around them, covering them within.

A man whose face was covered in blood-red patterns faced the scene before him with a fanatical expression.

Outside the village, in the nearby mountain forest,

Two disheveled figures moved quickly, fleeing and glancing behind them from time to time.

"What should we do?"

Dai Shuang asked Zhou Yang beside her, her voice tinged with panic.

Zhou Yang appeared calm, but he was actually panicking as well.

He never expected that these people weren't bandits, but Demonic Path practitioners—and not just any ordinary Demonic Path practitioners, but those madmen from the Bliss Sect.

Weren't the people of the Bliss Sect supposed to have been wiped out? How could they have appeared again?

But now was not the time to think about that; only the two of them were left, and their other companions had already died at their hands.

These fellows clearly had no intention of letting them go; they wanted to exterminate them completely.

Zhou Yang could only pray that they could escape, or that there were fellow Disciples nearby who could come to their rescue.

At that moment, a person appeared in front of them, blocking their path.

"People of Yuanxu Mountain, why not follow our guidance and travel to the Pure Land?"

The man's face was also covered in blood-red patterns as he spoke to the two with a smile.

Zhou Yang and Dai Shuang were forced to stop.

They were surrounded; in front, behind, to the left, and to the right, a total of five people had completely encircled them.

And judging by the aura emanating from these five people, each of them had a strength of at least the Spirit Platform Middle Stage.

As for the man blocking them in front, Zhou Yang could not see through him at all.

"I'll find a way to hold them back. You go,"

Zhou Yang said in a heavy voice.

If this continued, neither of them would likely escape. The only plan now was to sacrifice himself to buy time for Dai Shuang.

The Pure Land?

A joke.

Where in this world was there a Pure Land? It was nothing more than wanting them to die.

As Disciples of Yuanxu Mountain, they certainly would not yield just like that.

"But..."

"There are no buts."

Zhou Yang interrupted Dai Shuang directly.

There was no 'but' about it; if they stayed like this, both of them would die here.

Instead of that, it was better for him to buy time for Dai Shuang, giving her a chance to break through and notify the Sect.

Only then would their sacrifices not be in vain.

"You cannot escape. Only Ultimate Bliss is your destination,"

Qiu He laughed loudly.

Escape? They wouldn't let the people of Yuanxu Mountain leave just like that.

Everything that happened here could not be known by Yuanxu Mountain—at least not yet.

Therefore, Ultimate Bliss was their final destination.

Embrace Ultimate Bliss along with them.

"That's not necessarily true."

Zhou Yang was the first to strike.

Five black pellets appeared in his hand, which he threw towards the five surrounding people.

Before these five pellets could even touch the five men, they exploded.

The violent explosions covered the entire area.

A moment later, as the explosions cleared, Zhou Yang and Dai Shuang were coughing up blood, barely able to stand.

"It's not over yet."

Zhou Yang immediately took out a sword and spat a mouthful of blood directly onto the blade.

"Go!"

The sword body instantly shattered into pieces.

Transforming into fragments, they flew towards the five surrounding people to kill them.

"Go!"

Zhou Yang shouted to Dai Shuang behind him.

But Qiu He would not give them another chance.

The shattered sword body might pose a certain threat to others.

But to him, it was merely a harmless object.

He easily dodged the several fragments.

In an instant, he arrived in front of the two and locked onto them.

Seeing this, Dai Shuang condensed several water droplets in her hand and quickly fired them at Qiu He.

Qiu He reached out and grabbed them. An eerie blood-red light covered his palm, catching and neutralizing the water droplets, preventing them from causing any harm.

This time, it was Qiu He's turn to send the two of them on their way.

He didn't have the time to keep playing with these two; they still had to send more people to the Pure Land, away from this cage.

*Boom...*

Suddenly, a bolt of thunder fell from the sky, its target being exactly where Qiu He stood.

Qiu He reacted in time, retreating dozens of steps.

The bolt of thunder crashed straight down, striking the earth.

Another bolt of thunder fell, aimed directly at Qiu He.

Qiu He dodged continuously.

Five bolts of thunder—a full five bolts fell, and every single one gave Qiu He an extremely dangerous feeling.

But he managed to dodge every one of them.

"Who is it?"

Qiu He demanded.

He looked up at the sky and then scanned his surroundings.

He didn't believe for a second that this thunder was naturally generated.

"You certainly dodge quite quickly."