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Chapter 1000 - 68: A Stroke of Spring and Autumn [Votes for Monthly Pass!]

Chapter 1000: Chapter 68: A Stroke of Spring and Autumn [Votes for Monthly Pass!]

In Yu Capital City, living beings were in torment.

The number of commoners living in this city was vast, and the chaos had already begun when the ghosts roamed at night. In order to stop the ghosts, the Regent Residence once propped up a great formation on all sides. At that time, the city gates were closed, and no one could escape. Because if the gates were to open, it would inevitably lead to even greater chaos.

At that time, the commoners still had confidence, believing that the Regent Residence could solve this disaster.

But after Evil Ksitigarbha made his appearance, the defensive system of Yu Capital City was immediately destroyed, and no one could stop this resurrected Heavenly Demon from the Upper Realm.

Only then were the gates of the city opened to allow the commoners to escape. But ordinary mortals couldn’t fly or burrow, so even with the main gates wide open, how many could escape in such a short time? The crushing stampedes and collisions in the chaos caused a large number of casualties.

The soldiers of the Yu Dynasty played a significant role at this time. The masses of soldiers on the city walls were in the most convenient position to escape, and they all had some level of cultivation. If they had abandoned everything to flee for their lives, there was a good chance many could have gotten away.

But not a single soldier deserted the city; they all stood on the walls, maintaining order for the fleeing commoners and clearing out the nearly endless cruel ghosts, to prevent them from harming people.

Even so, only a very small portion managed to escape. The majority of the commoners were still trapped in the city, dying tragically in the midst of the ghosts’ frenzy and the great powers’ battles.

The terror of Evil Ksitigarbha far surpassed any natural disaster.

As he and Lu Jiuwei wearing the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor rolled on the ground, the number of houses and livestock they crushed was beyond count. Lu Jiuwei intended to take the battle to the sky, but in the next instant, he was grabbed by a foot by Evil Ksitigarbha and smashed against the wall of the Imperial City.

The palace attendants running out were killed by this blow, and whether they were cultivators with minor cultivation or ordinary mortals, they were all the same before these two colossal beings.

Evil Ksitigarbha, with his body of blazing Demonic Flame, caused Lu Jiuwei to suffer unbearable scorching, forcing him to use all his strength to break free and retreat far away. Then, the Pure Sun Ancient Sword descended from above, its blazing Sword Qi falling down, only to be countered by Evil Ksitigarbha’s Demonic Flame.

Boom——

In the end, it was the commoners throughout the city who suffered, as the surging black Demonic Flame and the raging Pure Sun flames merged together, rippling outwards in all directions.

The entire northern part of the city was destroyed, and under the overwhelming Demonic Flame, not a single person could survive.

Evil Ksitigarbha’s pitch-black pupils exuded a terrifying glow of excitement, as if the death of living beings brought him extreme pleasure.

But the surrounding mighty powers were hamstrung, unable to inflict effective damage on this Heavenly Demon and concerned about harming the innocents nearby.

The clouds in the sky roiled, indicating that the other Divine Artifacts had arrived, but due to concern for the civilians within Yu Capital City, they dared not fully launch a powerful offensive. Without the Universe Ring, a treasure capable of isolating an area of space, even the great powers had to be cautious in their battles, let alone such a cataclysmic peak battle.

Over there, Shentu Yang let out a furious roar, "If you dare, leave this place, and we’ll fight where there’s no one around. I will dismember you, you Heavenly Demon!"

"Hee hee hee..." Evil Ksitigarbha cackled a few times, "Very well, are you afraid of hurting these ants?"

As he spoke, the Heavenly Demon once again pushed his Spirituality to the extreme, gathering up Demonic Flame. Only this time, the flame did not come forth from his body but erupted from the earth, and it was boundless.

Rumbling...

The entire Yu Capital City was suddenly engulfed in towering black Demonic Flame, reaching as high as a hundred yards! The cries and screams had no chance to emerge, as the entire city and all the living beings within were instantly obliterated!

"Heavenly Demon dares such!" The mighty powers in the sky immediately let out furious roars, all in vain!

"Hee hee hee hee hee——" This caused Evil Ksitigarbha to laugh even more wildly. He leaped up, turning into a streak of black light as he fled to the southwest. Even though there were mighty powers too enraged to let him go, they were worried about being picked off one by one if they were separated from the main force, and thus they could only let him escape.

Based purely on combat strength, he certainly far surpassed the original Demon God Origin! He was a calamity of the End of the World Level!

Evil Ksitigarbha left just like that, leaving behind nothing but the destruction of Yu Capital City.

...

After the Heavenly Demon left, the city was still engulfed in Demonic Flames. Not only living beings but also houses, pavilions, and city walls were all reduced to char under the black fire; he nearly destroyed the largest city of the time in a mere breath.

If those present knew of Evil Ksitigarbha’s past battles, perhaps they wouldn’t have been so surprised. The continent west of the Far West wasn’t necessarily much smaller than the Nine States, and it was single-handedly annihilated by him.

Had the Nameless Ancient Buddha not urgently cut down the Demon Seed and broken through to the Tongxuan level, this part of the Mortal Realm would probably have long since become Evil Ksitigarbha’s sacrifice, devoured of its Spiritual Energy and turned into barren land.

But this time, there was no Nameless Ancient Buddha in the Mortal Realm.

Amid the crackling sounds of flames, an elder stepped into the city that had been left in ruin.

"Alas..." Dressed in Confucian robes with wide sleeves, his eyes filled with compassion, "The common people of Yu Capital City were so innocent. Where did this Evil Ksitigarbha come from? Ksitigarbha’s physical body had been sealed, and at the root of all this destruction were human greed and malevolence..."

"Academy Head?" Shentu Yang looked at the elder who walked in on foot and recognized him as Gong Yangqi, the head of their own Ascending Dragon Academy.

Gong Yangqi, as the head of the Ascending Dragon Academy, held sway over the Spring and Autumn Avenue.

Unlike Cang Sheng, who previously mastered the Daoist Wu Ya and was proficient in combat, Spring and Autumn was not adept at fighting; most of the time, it could only stand by and watch. The Ascending Dragon Academy was located near Yu City, and Gong Yangqi had witnessed the tragedy unfold with his own eyes, yet he was powerless to stop it.

Seeing the compassionate look in his eyes, Shentu Yang suddenly furrowed his brows, "You can’t possibly be thinking of..."

"There are a million lives in Yu Capital City, the only one who can save them now is me," Gong Yangqi said with a somber sigh.

"No, you can’t save them either," Shentu Yang grabbed Gong Yangqi’s shoulder, his voice almost a roar, "This is not something your level of cultivation can accomplish!"

"I can," Gong Yangqi said firmly.

"You’ll die!" Shentu Yang shouted.

"But the people of Yu Capital City can live," Gong Yangqi said as he took out the Immortal Spirit Brush from his bosom and sacrificed the True Immortal Four Treasures together, "If we delay any longer, even I will be too late."

"No way!" Shentu Yang reached out to stop him, but Gong Yangqi drew a streak of golden light on the spot, encircling Shentu Yang within it, and a Land Restriction imprisoned him.

Afterwards, Gong Yangqi began to write under the watchful eyes of the remaining great powers.

"Before the Heavenly Demon came, Yu City was unscathed, the living beings just as before."

It was as if a voice representing the profoundness of the Dao carried the decree to all around, travelling with the wind. Immediately thereafter, rubble boiled, char was scattered, and amidst a haze of radiant light, the phantom of the city began to gather once more with numerous human figures inside.

The wind and clouds surged violently as if to blow away the phantom, and Gong Yangqi’s figure seemed to waver in the wind, but he ultimately did not fall. As the phantom became more and more real, streams of golden blood also flowed from his orifices.

"Brother Shentu, one death for the lives of a million," his voice pierced through the wind and clouds, "In Gong Yangqi’s life, he has not failed the path of the sage—"