Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 460 - 369: The Mantises Stalk the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind_1

Chapter 460: Chapter 369: The Mantises Stalk the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind_1

Sun Jizong walked out of his hiding place, a prison cell, with a perplexed expression.

"What’s going on?"

His eyes darted around, filled with deep shock and fear.

Just before this, there were still tens of thousands of grudge ghosts swirling outside Li Xuan’s cell. The speed at which the Artifact Spirit ’Taotie’ devoured them was astonishing, but it hadn’t managed to consume all over ten thousand grudge ghosts in an instant.

But at this moment, within and outside the entire prison of Dali Temple, it was completely quiet!

All of the grudge ghosts were frozen in place outside the prison. It was as if they were petrified by some force, unable to move at all, only allowing the ’Taotie’ Artifact Spirit to devour them.

"Demon Master?"

Sun Jizong turned his body, attempting to seek an answer from the raven-haired young man, "Something doesn’t seem right. Can the spirit of a Divine Artifact do this?"

"I’m also puzzled. Even the Emperor of Fengdu couldn’t silence all the spiritual beings like this."

A look of surprise appeared in the raven-haired young man’s eyes. Without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and directly tore through the Void, grabbing towards the stone walls on three sides.

His target was Li Xuan’s neck.

Although this incarnation of him couldn’t utilize much power, which would definitely affect his fight with Ao Shuying, the golden arm guard gradually forming on Li Xuan’s left hand made the raven-haired young man’s eyes burn with desire.

However, at this moment, a strong sense of warning suddenly surged in the raven-haired young man’s mind. He turned his body, his pupils contracting and a flash of shock burst in his eyes.

"It’s too late, you should leave!"

The raven-haired young man was addressing Sun Jizong. He saw a bronze-colored heavy axe flying toward him from a distance, resembling an axe, yet several times larger than it.

Though it seemingly cut through in the most ordinary manner, it grew bigger and bigger in his eyes, spanning across the sky and filling the world, splitting his view of the world in half.

"Liudao Venerable, Zhu Mingyue!"

The raven-haired young man lifted his fingers and pointed at the Void. He held back his shock and a bit of confusion appeared in his eyes.

What puzzled him was, when exactly had this Venerable of the Liudao Division returned to the Capital City?

If he had returned a day ago, weren’t all their plots done under his watchful eyes?

But before these thoughts had time to linger in the raven-haired young man’s mind, his body was blasted into pieces by the bronze heavy axe.

Meanwhile, at the Taiye Pool on Qionghua Island, the raven-haired young man standing in the Guanghan Palace suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

This directly affected his fight with Ao Shuying. As the raven-haired young man’s figure paused slightly, a clump of blood burst out of his left shoulder. That was the fist of Ao Shuying that had shattered his entire shoulder blade, including the arm attached to it.

But at this moment, the real lethal move was a nimble and razor-sharp cyan sword light that appeared slightly behind him, and another heavy bronze axe that fell from the sky, seemingly capable of cutting down both heaven and earth, and slicing the Void!

"So that’s how it is!"

A touch of cold laughter and realization appeared in the raven-haired young man’s eyes, "Catching cicadas while the oriole follows. While I was scheming against that Earl Jingan, your target is actually me? Today, I’m honored to be encircled by four individuals at the heavenly level."

At this moment, a giant red firebird appeared above him, and countless red flaming feathers fell down, instantly covering the entire Qionghua Island.

Behind Ao Shuying, numerous black chains exploded out of nowhere.

Those were the chains that once bound and sealed her under Poyang Lake. But now, they have become weapons under her control, wrapping around the raven-haired young man in an overwhelming manner.

Yet the raven-haired young man did not resist at all and allowed the chains to wrap around him. Followed by the cyan sword light, his body was pierced with a huge hole, and then, the heavy bronze axe that fell shattered him into a myriad of pieces.

Ao Shuying furrowed her brows and withdrew all the black chains.

At this moment, True Lord Lingyou also appeared where the raven-haired young man’s body shattered. He frowned slightly, "As expected, it’s his Three-phase Dharma Body. What a nuisance."

He looked back somewhat regretfully at a middle-aged man wearing the Liudao Fumo Armor, "We should have waited a little longer. Lord Huang was just a hair’s breadth away from locking onto his real body."

"It’s impossible to lock onto it. I know the general location of his real body, it is about fifty miles near Zijin Pass west of the Capital City. But to further pinpoint the location, it would take at least seven Shichen."

This was a figure in fiery red, appearing about thirty steps away from them, with her face veiled, making it impossible for anyone to see her features, "You guys cannot hold out until seven Shichen later."

"The result is already quite good. One of his Three-phase Dharma Bodies has already been destroyed. For the next twenty years, he only has two lives to spare. We still have a good chance of capturing and killing him within these twenty years."

Liudao Venerable Zhu Mingyue, with a calm demeanor, beckoned with his hand and retrieved the two bronze axes into his sleeves.

He then waved his sleeve and summoned a Conch Instrument.

"Issue a wanted order. Demon Master Ban Ruyi is not dead, list him as third on the black bounty list!"

In True Lord Lingyou’s eyes, a sense of solemnity appeared. Demon Master Ban Ruyi, the third person on the black bounty list twenty-seven years ago.

Although his ranking was low, his troublesome nature was far more formidable than the previous Knife Demon, Li Zhetian. He had committed countless heinous crimes before and after his enlightenment.

It was not until twenty-seven years ago that the Liudao Division, at a great cost, managed to surround and kill him.

Everyone back then believed that he was dead. But now it appears that this man actually completed the Three-phase Dharma Body and used this secret technique to miraculously escape death.

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At the same time, on Dongzhimen Street to the north of the Capital City, Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude’s eyes were bloodshot, and he was a mix of shock and fury, blocking a fast-moving red light in front of him.

"Scum!"

Kong Xiude practically spat these words through his gritted teeth, he was overwhelmed with rage, wishing he could tear the ’Jade Qilin’ into shreds!

By this time, his Duke Yansheng Mansion had been trampled and shattered by the Jade Qilin, not to mention the numerous plaques bestowed by generations of emperors, and the twelve archways standing before his mansion.

The most valuable of which, was the ’Teacher of All Generations’ granted by Emperor Taizu of Yuan.

That was the only Mongol emperor recognized by Emperor Tai of Jin, deemed as the legitimate Emperor of the Central Plains. The ’Teacher of All Generations’ granted by Emperor Taizu of Yuan, was an unprecedented glory for the Kong family.

But all of this was destroyed, destroyed by this damned beast’s hands!

At this moment, Kong Xiude truly wished he could mutilate this Jade Qilin a thousand times over!

Others might dread the ’Jade Qilin’, but he did not.

’Jade Qilin’ is a symbol of saints, a sacred beast of Confucianism, but Kong Xiude is a descendant of the saint, a direct descendant!

However, as the Jade Qilin swept past, riding on its thunderous strides, a few undeniable hints of dread showed in Kong Xiude’s eyes.

The cultivation of this beast was clearly at the peak of the 12th house level, reaching the quasi-heavenly level. Its divine skill ’Flying Time’, even for a heavenly level being, was to be taken cautiously.

At least he, Kong Xiude, was definitely incapable of withstanding the might of a single strike from this Jade Qilin.

Its sharp single horn had shattered the walls of the Forbidden City before.

The only reason why Kong Xiude was still standing in the same spot without stepping aside was because of the young man floating with his flying sword just above him.

"Approach!"

As the youth with the flying sword spat out this word, dozens of crimson talisman suddenly ignited spectral fire, creating on the spot a momentary prison that covered three miles around and encompassed the red-light, causing the speed of the Jade Qilin to slow down drastically at this moment.

Simultaneously, dozens of chains formed by linking talisman together lashed out, aiming to entwine the Qilin’s limbs.

"Junior Sister?"

Surprise sparkled in the eyes of the youth with the flying sword, as he took to the air and affixed a purple-gold talisman to the Qilin’s forehead.

"Junior Sister, wake up! Don’t let the beastly instincts cloud your awareness."

As the words on the talisman illuminated in a purple golden radiance, Meng Qingfan’s consciousness indeed gradually awakened and returned to clarity.

"Senior Brother?"

Her eyes, too, were full of surprise and joy.

Then she felt so embarrassed and wished she could dig a large hole in the ground to bury herself in it.

Meng Qingfan now did not dare to rummage through her own memories, unsure of what events she didn’t want to face might have occurred during the days when her consciousness was dimmed.

But even those previous events had already caused her to feel too ashamed to face her senior brother.

Meng Qingfan felt she was beyond redemption now, why hadn’t she died? If she had died, it would have put an end to everything.

"Junior sister, pay attention, the Wenshan Seal is currently within you."

The pupil’s eyes were gravely instructing: "Now cooperate with Duke Yansheng and me to extract the Wenshan Seal from within you. Once this thing is extracted, we can report back to our master.

Rest assured, the master has sent me something. In at most three days, you can regain your freedom."

An unusual golden light shone in Meng Qingfan’s pupils at this moment.

For some reason, when she heard her senior brother say he wanted to extract the Wenshan Seal from within her, she felt annoyed and irritated to the extreme.

Her dear and trusted senior brother had suddenly seemed offensive to her.

A segment of memory from a long time ago, which she had already forgotten, started flashing before her eyes.

It was a sense of being suppressed, confined, surrounded by cold chains, and even pierced into her body - she used to feel very close to this, but at this moment, Meng Qingfan was overcome with a deep revulsion and disgust from within.

Meng Qingfan was doing her best to suppress her emotions, but when Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude carefully reached out to touch her forehead, her eyes suddenly revealed a burst of red thunder light.

"Die!"

The next moment, Meng Qingfan abruptly stomped her foot and managed to break free from the rune chains at this moment. Her entire body turned once again into a red streak of light, smashing half of Duke Yansheng Kong Xiude’s body into dust!

"Junior Sister!"

Shock and fury were in the eyes of the youth with the flying sword. His instinct was to intercept the Jade Qilin, but its horn mercilessly charged at him.

’Wen Shan’ appeared on its forehead. The might of its charge seemed to have faintly crossed the threshold of the heavenly level.

Subtly, the youth with the flying sword raised his hand to block with his flying sword.

But with a resounding ’clang’, the sword was knocked away, flying a thousand feet high. He managed to sidestep just enough to avoid being directly hit, but his arm was broken from the hit of the horn.

He had been severely injured before for forcing his hand against Li Xuan, leading to a heavenly punishment from the Book of Jinque. His injuries were still not fully healed, causing him to be completely defeated in this altercation with his junior sister.