Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 289 - 164: You’re Still an Egg!

Chapter 289: Chapter 164: You’re Still an Egg!

Despair Abyss, just as the name implies.

Here, there is an inescapable chill everywhere.

The chill penetrates to the bone, causing one to shiver uncontrollably as if facing a great terror with nowhere to hide.

Suddenly, a wail of agony carried through the cold wind.

A young man in white combat armor’s face changed abruptly. With slight hesitation, he sprinted towards the direction from which the scream had emanated.

Each of his steps weighed as if they were a thousand pounds, trembling the ground as they landed.

This indeed indicated how terrifying the gravity was in this place.

His every ounce of potential seemed to burn away at a visible rate, and his eyes were filled with blood, which then frozen into blood ice by the cold wind.

The blood ice gathered flesh and bone, causing a knife-like, bone-piercing pain.

Yet, these could not stop him.

For he had reached the source of the screams.

Here, with tremendous resistance and danger, was where the Mingxin Mirror was located.

He had struggled to the place where the Mingxin Mirror resided and found Ji Shuitian, who had disappeared by accident, but... Ji Shuitian had already become a corpse.

And the Mingxin Mirror was gone too.

The dangerous aura of the place gradually dissipated, returning to calm.

His entire body became somewhat stiff.

Ji Shuitian’s body was still perfect, but on her snow-white spirit armor, there was a glaring bright red patch, contrasting like a blood-red plum in the snow.

In Ji Shuitian’s eyes, there was a deep, unyielding fear of absolute despair, lingering long.

Her beautiful eyes bulged out like those of a dead fish, her pupils widely dilated, refusing to close in death.

What had she seen before she died?

Seeing this scene, even Jia Yongheng, blessed with a natural destiny body, couldn’t help but gasp in shock, feeling even colder.

"Perhaps, it truly wasn’t wise to come to this place!"

Jia Yongheng sighed. He rarely sighed, for his unparalleled luck had always made his life smooth. But the sigh now was filled with helplessness.

He walked over to Ji Shuitian’s side, subconsciously hoping that a trace of her soul might still exist. However, when he approached her body, an unknown, dangerously intense aura locked onto him tightly.

His body shook, he straightened up reflexively, then stepped back several paces, a look of horror flashing quickly across his eyes before disappearing.

Then, he retreated, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

The void twisted, an ancient array fluctuated, and a gate for random teleportation opened. Out of it, came eight men and women with white feathered wings.

After emerging, these Feathered Wings Cultivators did not glance at Jia Yongheng but respectfully waited, waiting for someone to appear.

Moments later, a young and handsome gray-robed spiritualist came forward, his eyes striking llike lightning, his entire presence like a razor-sharp sword hidden in its sheath, emitting an intensly chilling aura.

"Heavenly Void Spirit, you really did come."

The Eternal Spirit smiled warmly upon seeing the young man.

"When I was away, you did quite a bit, but seeing as you have ties with sister Zhou Qian, I won’t pursue those matters.

But, hand over the Mingxin Mirror!"

Ji Tianxu, towering and sovereign like a true king.

His power was indeed unfathomably deep.

"You think, if I had obtained the Mingxin Mirror, I’d still be here waiting for you to come snatch it?" Jia Yongheng didn’t seem to mind the accusation, instead retorting with a slight smile.

"Hmm?" Ji Tianxu’s gaze bore into Jia Yongheng, filled with a killing intent.

"Don’t look at me like that. I won’t fall in love with you. I came here after hearing a scream. When I arrived, the Mingxin Mirror was already gone."

Jia Yongheng shrugged nonchalantly in response.

"A creature like you, daring to speak to the Young Master in such a manner!"

Ji Tianxu didn’t speak, but a Feathered Wings man beside him declared harshly.

"Oh, so it’s the Heavenly Vein People, no wonder you’re so arrogant. However, when I mastered the Power of Heaven, you were still an egg!"

Jia Yongheng chuckled teasingly.

Ji Tianxu’s face twitched, but he didn’t erupt nor intervene, merely observing quietly. The Feathered Wings youth’s handsome face turned red.

Being born from an egg, as it is for the Heavenly Vein People, mentioning ’egg’ is a taboo and an insult for them.

But Jia Yongheng said it outright, in a mocking tone, which angered the group of eight Heavenly Vein people.

"Then let me turn you to ashes!"

The already red-faced Heavenly Vein man looked extremely displeased, waving his white wings, exuding an invincible demeanor.

Blood Qi emerged, and the surrounding chill seemed suppressed.

Yet, before this momentum could fully manifest, Jia Yongheng merely shook his head and said, "Too weak. You dare to talk of killing without even having mastered the Power of Heaven?"

Jia Yongheng said this and then laughed.

"Eternal Spirit, hold your hand—"

Ji Tianxu’s expression involuntarily changed. He quickly spoke out as Jia Yongheng was speaking.

But it was too late.

Because in that instant, a Sword Qi, carrying the Power of Heaven, suddenly appeared and then vanished.

The young man with feathered wings stiffened as if struck by lightning, fixed in place.

His body stiffened, his eyes wide open, seemingly unable to believe that he was already dead.

His head suddenly burst open, and his body disintegrated into dust, vanishing without a trace, emitting not the slightest flux of energy.

At this, Ji Tianxu’s pupils involuntarily shrank, and the seven Heavenly Vein People behind him stared at Jia Yongheng with an extremely wary and terrified look, as if they had just discovered his capabilities, extremely cautious.

No one could see clearly how this Sword Qi had been released or how it had killed.

But even Ji Tianxu had not seen clearly.

However, he knew that Jia Yongheng had improved again, and his strength had become unfathomably deep.

Born with the Body of Destiny, taking advantage of favorable times and locations, with adventures every day; even pies could fall from the sky, a fortune that no one could match.

Perhaps, only the Emperor Qi Sword Body could compare with it.

"To think that the strength of the Eternal Spirit is still no less than mine. I originally thought that my progress was sufficient to make me invincible below the Void Realm, to slay you as easily as slaughtering grass! But today, the Eternal Spirit has taught Ji Tianxu another lesson."

Ji Tianxu did not care about the person who had died by his side and just spoke a few more words.

"I wouldn’t dare to teach you a lesson. Look, you should check on her instead, I came over because I heard her cry of misery, but unfortunately, I was a step too late."

Jia Yongheng then became solemn, his gaze turned toward the corpse of Ji Shuitian on the ground.

"I’ve seen it, dead is dead. Although she was also an extraordinary figure, dead she is worthless. Not a trace of her soul left behind, not even fit for reincarnation."

Ji Tianxu glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze, his eyebrows knitted as he looked at the surroundings, seemingly pondering something.

After a moment, his eyes lit up and he said, "It seems that you actually are confident. Or should I say, you didn’t want to compete with him?"

"Indeed, it looks like I can’t hide it. This time, I only came to help the Wuhen Spirit, I didn’t think too much about it myself. However, since you have sensed it as well, I advise you not to step into this situation. Let them resolve it themselves."

Jia Yongheng pondered briefly, and then spoke.

"My matters, you can’t manage, nor do you need to manage. Rest assured, at the moment there is no conflict between us."

Ji Tianxu did not appreciate it.

"Fine, I’ve said what I needed to say, and now I have other matters to attend to, we shall meet again later." Jia Yongheng casually waved his hand.

"We shall meet again!" Ji Tianxu did not pay much attention to Jia Yongheng, seeming almost impatient to even speak with him.

He finished speaking, his gaze stayed on Jia Yongheng’s departing figure until it disappeared, then his expression turned even colder.

"Young Master—"

"A bunch of rubbish! The Eight Great Talents, unable to withstand even a single move from someone else, what rubbish is the Heavenly Vein Clan?"

Ji Tianxu’s expression was extremely ugly as he angrily rebuked.

The seven scolded individuals were also filled with unyielding anger and grievance, but they dared not say anything, just lowered their heads, letting Ji Tianxu scold them.

"Enough, I’ve already told you not to underestimate the enemy, but you didn’t believe it, and now one has died, so let it be a lesson!"

Ji Tianxu said coldly.

"Yes, Young Master."

The seven people nodded, their gazes becoming extremely cautious.

"This Jia Yongheng, he is not simple. But his words, often can’t be fully believed, nor can they be completely doubted. Regarding him, I have also studied for a long time. He says not to touch Shuitian’s body, probably because he fears that I will discover some secret. And his departure, is to make me believe everything he said.

But I know him too well. Wen Ye, Wen Hua, both of you, go and sense Ji Shuitian’s condition, try to investigate the changes of that moment.

I want to see what tricks Jia Yongheng is playing."

Ji Tianxu, with his hands behind his back, commanded like pointing out rivers and mountains.

"Yes, Young Master."

At his side, a male and a female Feathered Wings Cultivator stepped forward.

These two cultivators went straight to the place where Ji Shuitian had died, then bent down to sense with the power of their souls.

Because this place had once held traces and the scent of the Mingxin Mirror, though the Mingxin Mirror was no longer there, and Ji Shuitian had died here.

So, by understanding Ji Shuitian’s circumstances, they could analyze the whereabouts of the Mingxin Mirror.

Ji Tianxu appeared very confident in all these, especially since the members of the Heavenly Vein Clan are particularly adept at timing and sensing, capable of detecting a series of changes in sequence.

And Jia Yongheng’s excuse for leaving must also have seen this point, knowing he would certainly check, thus planning to rest and enjoy the fruits of understanding the whereabouts of the Mingxin Mirror later.

Ji Tianxu couldn’t help but think this way.

"Once I get the Mingxin Mirror, using this artifact at the final moment, I can claim the final reward."

Ji Tianxu had such an aspiration in his heart.

Apparently, no one would have thought, this seemingly meticulous plan, was likewise controlled by another faction’s forces.