363: First Trial of the Prison God Realm

However, just as everyone's hearts were surging with emotion, a large number of figures suddenly surged onto the path ahead.

They were hundreds of Qinglan Sect Disciples dressed in deep purple Daoist robes.

But their current appearance was far removed from the term 'Cultivator'.

Their eyes glowed with a dark purple light, their faces twisted.

Evil Qi swirled around their bodies, their Auras violent and chaotic.

It was obvious they had suffered extremely deep Abyssal corruption.

Moreover, they were making no attempt to conceal it now, clearly having abandoned any pretense.

They appeared extremely savage and insane, their eyes filled with a desire for bloodshed and destruction.

From their throats, even low, inhuman growls emerged.

In addition, beside them followed an even greater number of Abyssal fiends, with more ferocious forms and stronger Auras.

These fiends were clearly more powerful and more savage than the demonized Spirit Beasts encountered before.

They exuded a suffocating, ferocious might.

Seeing Chen Nian and his group appear, a few elite Disciples at the forefront stepped forward.

Pointing their evil blades directly, they roared in hoarse, threatening voices:

"Halt! This is the Qinglan Sect Forbidden Ground, the Abyssal Holy Domain!"

"Trespassers will be killed without mercy!"

"Get out now! Otherwise, we will extract your souls and refine your spirits, condemning you to eternal damnation!"

Their threats were filled with madness and cruelty, as if they had completely abandoned their humanity.

Reduced to mere Abyssal pawns who knew only slaughter and destruction.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhen's face darkened. He stepped forward, gathered his spiritual power, and shouted in a resonant voice:

"Qinglan Sect Disciples, heed my command! I am Zhou Zhen, deputy director of the Jiangzhou branch of the Spiritual Energy Bureau!"

"Your Sect has completely fallen, colluding with the Abyss, betraying the Human Race! Your crimes are unforgivable!"

"I order you to immediately lay down your weapons, dispel the Evil Energy, and submit to investigation! Perhaps you can still receive leniency and retain a sliver of hope!"

"If you persist in your delusion and resist stubbornly, there is only one path: death!"

However, upon hearing this, the leading elite Disciple opposite not only showed no fear but instead let out a maniacal laugh:

"Hahaha! Running dogs of the Spiritual Energy Bureau! You dare to bark here?"

"My Qinglan Sect has grasped the true essence of the Abyss, obtained supreme power! We will soon become the Dominators of this world!"

"You obstinate fools who obstruct our holy path are the true rebels! You deserve death!"

"The Abyss is eternal! Kill—!!!"

Before his words even finished, he had already brandished his evil blade, Evil Energy erupting from his body as he charged forward first!

The Disciples and fiends behind him simultaneously let out earth-shaking roars, surging towards Chen Nian and the others like a bursting black flood!

Seeing this scene, the Spiritual Energy Bureau personnel were all startled.

"Have these guys gone mad?! Knowing Special Commissioner Chen is here, they still dare to charge?"

"Aren't they afraid of death? Has the Abyssal corruption completely robbed them of their senses?"

"It's a completely suicidal attack! They've been brainwashed into Puppets who only know slaughter!"

The Spiritual Energy Bureau personnel were both shocked and furious, unable to comprehend why these Fallen Cultivators were so insane.

Chen Nian, however, paid it no mind, merely letting out a disdainful smile:

"Good. Saves me the trouble of hunting them down one by one."

"Since you're in such a hurry to die, I'll oblige you."

"Might as well test out my new toy while I'm at it!"

With that, he directly took action.

He didn't even give those charging Disciples and fiends a chance to get close.

Chen Nian simply raised his right hand towards the surging black flood, spread his five fingers, and then clenched them violently.

"Hum—!!!"

The Prison Suppressing Divine Domain, unfold!

Although it was only a newly-formed, first-level Domain, with a range of merely a hundred meters in radius.

But within this hundred-meter radius, Chen Nian was the absolute Dominator!

Golden Divine Light instantly spread out from him as the center.

Enveloping the dozens of Disciples charging at the forefront and a large number of fiends within it.

Within the Domain, the majestic Divine Might pressed down like a mountain!

The Evil Energy on those Disciples was instantly suppressed and dissolved like ice and snow meeting the sun!

Their charging movements abruptly froze, the madness on their faces replaced by boundless terror.

"No... this is... a Domain?! How is that possible..."

"My power... is fading..."

"I... I can't move..."

However, Chen Nian did not give them more time to be horrified.

His mind stirred slightly.

"Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!"

Within the Domain, countless faint golden threads of Divine Power materialized out of thin air.

Like the sharpest blades, they instantly pierced through the bodies of those suppressed Disciples and fiends!

Immediately after, the threads contracted and sliced!

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

The piercing screams were abruptly cut off.

Dozens of Disciples and fiends were cut, dismembered, and annihilated within the Prison Suppressing Divine Domain!

Dark purple blood mixed with shattered limbs, entrails, and carapaces.

Like a cruel firework blooming, splattering within the golden Domain, only to be swiftly purified and evaporated by the Domain's Divine Power.

[Ding! Killed a fourth-tier Fallen Cultivator. Gained 2161 points!]

[Ding! Killed a fifth-tier Fallen Cultivator. Gained 15891 points!]

[Ding! Killed a fifth-tier Fallen Cultivator. Gained 16888 points!]

[Ding! Killed a sixth-tier Abyssal Demonic Beast. Gained 28891 points!]

[Ding! Killed a sixth-tier Abyssal Demonic Beast. Gained 30117 points!]

...

The System announcements once again flooded the screen.

Chen Nian was very satisfied.

The Prison Suppressing Divine Domain's first real combat trial was exceptionally effective.

It could both suppress and weaken enemies, and also directly deliver efficient area-of-effect damage.

It could even purify Evil Energy residue. Multiple benefits in one.

However, this utterly terrifying scene clearly shocked the nerves of those Disciples in the rear who had not yet charged into the Domain.

Their charging momentum abruptly halted.

The insane expressions on their faces were replaced by boundless fear.

They stood frozen in place, their eyes filled with disbelief and horror.

"Wha... what is that?!"

"In... in an instant..."

"A Domain... a golden Domain..."

"What kind of monster is this guy?!"

Watching the blood mist rapidly dissipate within that golden Domain.

And then looking at that figure standing calmly at the Domain's center.

Their livers and gallbladders felt shattered at this moment.

They dared not take another step forward.

Chen Nian slowly retracted the Domain, the golden light fading away.

He raised his eyes to look at those remaining Disciples, scared Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, standing dumbfounded on the spot.

The corner of his mouth lifted into an unconcealed sneer:

"Is that all?"

"I thought you had fallen so thoroughly, had so much backbone."

"Turns out, you're also afraid of death."

He was just about to continue and clean up these remaining small fries as well.

Right at that moment—

"What audacious fool dares to run wild in my Qinglan Holy Domain?!"

Two aged yet evil-tainted voices, like thunder, boomed from the direction of the Demon Suppressing Cave!

Before the echoes faded, a black and a red figure had already appeared at the other end like ghosts.

The arrivals were precisely the Qinglan Sect's two Grand Elders—Xuan Mingzi and Chi Xiaozi!

Behind them followed several dozen elite Disciples with noticeably stronger Auras and even more insane eyes.

And even more, even stronger Abyssal fiends!

Seeing their appearance, the surviving Disciples felt as if they had grasped a lifeline.

Twisted hope rekindled in their eyes as they shouted hoarsely:

"It's Elder Xuan Ming! Elder Chi Xiao!"

"Elders, save us! This devil killed many of our fellow Disciples!"

"Please, Elders, take action! Slay this beast and avenge our fellow Disciples!"

Xuan Mingzi and Chi Xiaozi swept their icy gazes over the scene of devastation, finally locking them firmly onto Chen Nian.

Their eyes turned fierce and cruel, as if they wished to tear Chen Nian apart on the spot.

The pitch-black 'netherworld bone-corroding banner' in Xuan Mingzi's hand moved without wind, emitting a corrupting fluctuation that eroded all things.

His voice was hoarse, filled with threat and Killing Intent:

"Junior, regardless of who you are or what backing you have."

"This place is now our Abyssal holy land, not to be defiled!"

"This old man will extract your Divine Soul and refine it into this banner, making you suffer the agony of bone corrosion and soul burning for eternity!"

Chi Xiaozi directly summoned that 'blood-refining demon-slaying sword' that soared with bloody light, its tip pointing straight at Chen Nian, Killing Intent soaring to the heavens:

"Why waste words with him?! This brat reeks of Evil Qi, he must have slaughtered many of our fellow Disciples!"

"Today, his blood shall anoint the edge of my divine sword!"

As his words fell, the Auras of the two erupted violently, the eighth-tier Peak Evil Energy surging like a volcanic eruption.

The Disciples and fiends behind them also roared in unison, Evil Energy soaring to the sky, readying themselves for a Siege.

For a moment, evil winds howled across the square, demonic shadows were everywhere, and the Killing Intent reached an extreme intensity!

The Spiritual Energy Bureau personnel immediately felt their breath catch. Zhou Zhen's face changed dramatically as he urgently cried out:

"Special Commissioner Chen, be careful! These two are the Qinglan Sect's Grand Elders, their cultivation has reached the eighth-tier Peak."

"Moreover, those two Magic Treasures are extremely tainted with Evil Qi, do not underestimate them!"

However, Chen Nian's gaze swept calmly over Xuan Mingzi, Chi Xiaozi, and the densely packed tide of fiends behind them.

He merely let out a disdainful smile, his words cruel:

"Oh? A bunch of trash dares to be this arrogant."

"All of you can go die now!"