198: The young saint died tragically.

Two fists collided, and true essence burst forth!

In just an instant, the sneak attack had decided the victor.

Xu Tai coughed up blood and flew backward.

When he struggled to get up from the ground, his Cultivation was completely crippled.

He knew he couldn't escape death.

However, before his death, he had a question:

Why did this newly appeared enemy give him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen him somewhere before?

Unfortunately, his question would never be answered.

Yao Yian's figure instantly flashed before him, his palm like a blade.

With a swift motion, Xu Tai died.

After searching, Yao Yian indeed found more than a dozen spatial rings on his body.

Having dealt with the opponent, Yao Yian turned his gaze to the blue-robed man.

“Senior…”

The other party was about to speak, but feeling Yao Yian's growing killing intent, the blue-robed man inwardly cried out in alarm and immediately turned to flee.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Yao Yian was even faster than him.

A 'puchi' sound was heard.

Blood splattered.

After taking the spatial rings from the opponent, Yao Yian destroyed both bodies and quickly left the area.

On his way out, to prevent Li Weiqing from coming to kill him, Yao Yian specifically used the twin star mirror to transfer the sense of her presence from his body.

It was strange to say, that subtle sense could not even be blocked by a Divine Artifact; it could only be transferred.

But a transfer was a transfer; at least he didn't have to worry about Li Weiqing coming to stab him… Three days later, inside an Immortal Cave.

Yao Yian awoke from his meditative state.

Having recovered to his Peak state, he began to examine the spoils of war he had obtained a few days prior.

The items were varied; resources and various Cultivation Techniques were, of course, what Yao Yian currently needed.

Among them, two items were particularly important.

The first was an ancient ring, an ancient Magical Artifact capable of transforming into an ancient Demon Race by overdrawing life force.

Although it could only raise one's Cultivation to the Half-step Silent Spirit Realm at most, wearing it normally could increase the speed of true essence recovery.

The second item was the qilin blade, a blade whose grade reached the Half-step Silent Spirit Realm standard.

(In this world, the grades of Magical Artifacts and Cultivation Realm divisions are the same: early, middle, late, half-step + Realm.)

Besides these two items, resources, and Cultivation Techniques,

Other Magical Artifacts and items were fed by Yao Yian to the twin star mirror; each myriad souls banner within those Magical Artifacts was almost filled with remnant souls and evil spirits.

From this, one could see how cruel these evil Cultivators were.

The battle to escape the Heaven Shaking Divine Palace seemed to have caused the twin star mirror to lose a lot of power; it had fallen into a deep sleep in his Sea of Consciousness.

Afterward, Yao Yian took out a map to examine it.

The map in his hand only recorded a small area; the Chaotic Land of the Epoch Battlefield was also extremely vast, equivalent to the area of an entire Heaven Domain.

In fact, strictly speaking, the Pilin Great World originally should have had thirty Heaven Domains, but now only twenty-seven remained.

As for the three diminished Heaven Domains, naturally, they were… Now, Yao Yian's Cultivation had also reached the Half-step Silent Spirit Realm, and the next step was, of course, to prepare for a Breakthrough to the Silent Spirit Realm.

How to Break through to Silent Spirit?

He temporarily had no method for this, and Tang Heng's legacy did not mention it either.

So, after some thought, an idea emerged in Yao Yian's mind.

With his Half-step Silent Spirit Realm Cultivation, securing a Hall Master position in one of the Coral Fortresses in this Chaotic Land should not be difficult.

Although cooperating with those evil Cultivators was like playing with fire, with danger lurking at any moment, in this perilous Epoch Battlefield, even his Half-step Silent Spirit Realm Cultivation seemed extremely insignificant.

Half-step Silent Spirit is strong, but not unique!

Moreover, his Half-step Silent Spirit combat power was still among the weakest.

The process of improving combat power was not achieved overnight; Cultivation Technique practice required both a suitable location and a large amount of time.

Therefore, temporarily joining a Coral Fortress for shelter was undoubtedly the best choice.

Finally, he made a meticulously thought-out preliminary plan.

Once the plan was formulated, Yao Yian immediately put it into action.

First, he had to take the first and most important step of his plan: robbing along the way.

“Jie jiejie, there’s a lone Cultivator ahead; perfect for capturing and selling!”

“Spare me, it was our fault for not recognizing Senior.”

…“Fellow Daoist ahead, come here for a moment.”

“This map of mine seems to have some issues; Fellow Daoist, come help me take a look.”

“Haha! You fool, die for this Lord!”

“Your Cultivation! Ah!!”

…“Who goes there! How dare you attack our Peilan Apprehension Squad!”

“Senior, please don’t kill anymore, don’t kill anymore; we are willing to hand over everything.”

“Ah!…”

…After cleaning the blood from the qilin blade, Yao Yian set a fire to burn the bodies.

This was the Epoch Battlefield; the Evil Qi on each of them overflowed from their bodies.

From their spatial rings, Yao Yian discovered countless items that would have shattered the sensibilities of a 21st-century person like him.

“Thank you…”

Under the refinement of the twin star mirror, the faint words of gratitude in Yao Yian's Sea of Consciousness never ceased.

Here, there was no distinction between good and bad people, because everyone was utterly heinous… Over the next dozen days, Yao Yian became ruthless.

After changing his disguise, he specifically targeted weaker Apprehension Squads or lone Cultivators.

Whenever he saw that the target's strength and numbers reached his limit, Yao Yian decisively gave up on the robbery and fled.

While acquiring a large number of Magical Artifacts and resources, Yao Yian also gathered much useful information.

Among it, there was even news about Li Weiqing.

“What major news has there been recently in the Chaotic Land? Tell me everything you know, and I’ll let you go.”

“Oh, and I want to hear about the Scarlet Butcher.”

On a small path, Yao Yian, with the qilin blade on his shoulder, spoke to the dozen or so evil Cultivators in front of him.

Upon hearing his words, those evil Cultivators were overjoyed.

Great, there’s still a chance to live!

So they all rushed forward, eagerly telling him all the news from this period.

“Fifteen days ago, the Heaven Shaking Divine Palace Secret Realm collapsed, and twelve Young Saints jointly failed in their crusade against the Scarlet Butcher, all returning in defeat.”

“According to informed sources, this Scarlet Butcher actually has a lover, who has seven heads and six arms and uses a large iron rod.”

“Just as those Young Saints were about to slay the Scarlet Butcher, he suddenly appeared, forcibly rescuing her from the encirclement.”

“His combat power is extremely strong, capable of unleashing Silent Spirit Realm combat power at full strength, causing heavy casualties.”

“Therefore, it led to the failure of the twelve Young Saints' encirclement.”

“This was personally stated by Young Saint Taosu: the Scarlet Butcher’s lover is at least among the top fifty on the ranking of top Cultivators!!!”

Yao Yian frowned, filled with doubt.

What’s going on?

How did he get described as having seven heads and six arms?

And he was clearly suppressed throughout that battle.

Why doesn't this battle report match the reality?

Is someone fabricating the battle report?

Noticing Yao Yian deep in thought, those evil Cultivators wisely shut their mouths. After a long while, he gestured for them to continue.

“After that battle, the Scarlet Butcher disappeared for a few days.”

“By the time we heard news of her again, she had already captured a Coral Fortress.”

“That day was horrific; according to those who escaped, the Scarlet Butcher seemed very angry at the time, personally slaying over three thousand Cultivators.”

“The Fortress Master, Hall Masters, and others died even more tragically, turning into pieces along with their Magical Artifacts.”

“Not only that, she kept yelling that she was looking for someone.”

“It seems his name is… An Yaoyi!”

“Huh? Senior, why has your complexion become so strange?”

“Continue, what happened next?”

As Yao Yian spoke, he also activated his Divine Sense, continuously scanning an area of dozens of miles.

He was afraid that someone might suddenly pop out and chop him into pieces.

“Then things got really bad.”

“After those Young Saints heard about this, they immediately gathered, preparing for another encirclement.”

“But what a coincidence, Young Saint Mingzhao encountered the Scarlet Butcher on his way to gather…”

“He became the third Young Saint to die tragically at her hands!”

“Indeed, Young Saint Mingzhao’s followers were also either dead or injured, with only two survivors, both severely wounded.”

The Cultivators opposite them all had expressions of fear as they recounted this matter.

That was a high and mighty Young Saint, the pinnacle of the Epoch Battlefield, with a strong and well-equipped army under his command.

Such a figure, to die just like that.

It was conceivable how much impact the matter of the Scarlet Butcher and her lover, An Yaoyi, had caused in the Epoch Battlefield.

Perhaps those Young Saints were discussing it right now!

“And then what?”

Yao Yian continued to ask.

“And then, she…”

…Chengfeng Coral Fortress.

In a plaza.

Traces of fierce battle were everywhere, and the enormous Coral Fortress was deserted.

Now, thirty incomparably powerful figures were present.

Without exception, they were all Young Saints.

“Tell me, those twelve, no, ten pieces of trash.”

“What happened with you ten pieces of trash?”

Before them, a white-haired young man spoke with a cold tone.

He was tall and exceptionally handsome, but his eyes were too gloomy, making people feel awe.

This white-haired young man ranked sixty-ninth on the list of top Cultivators.

After he finished speaking, his gaze swept over the crowd.