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Chapter 828 - 52: Reunion in the Netherworld [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]

Chapter 828: Chapter 52: Reunion in the Netherworld [Vote for Monthly Tickets!]

"Something’s not right."

Chu Liang sensed something was off the moment Elder Tan released the seal.

If the Iron Eating Beast really had such immense spiritual power, there would have been no need for it to watch as it was beaten by the Golden Peak Beast; it could have just released the seal earlier.

Was he concealing the Iron Eating Beast’s strength to deceive someone? The Jiuli Tribe outside?

No.

He was trying to hide it from the people of Shu Mountain!

If they knew the Iron Eating Beast could unleash such power, the Shu Mountain Sect would never have allowed him to bring it inside, or they would have sent an Eighth Realm member to supervise and prevent any mischief.

Now that he has suddenly opened the seal upon arriving here, whatever he intends to do must be something the Shu Mountain Sect wouldn’t want to see, no matter what it is.

Xu Ziyang realized this as quickly as Chu Liang, for he had been closely guarding against Elder Tan, which made his reaction even faster. As the Iron Eating Beast burst forth with powerful spiritual energy, Xu Ziyang had already made his move!

"Stop!"

With an outstretched finger, he sent a finger sword qi streaking towards Elder Tan, whose body was immediately enveloped in surging sword aura.

But Elder Tan did not dodge or evade, taking the attack head-on.

Spurt—

At the moment when the sword aura neared, he only cared to roar, urging Ba Tiansha to break the seal, completely disregarding the blood splashing from his body.

However, the Iron Eating Beast’s first strike didn’t smash towards the seal, but instead, it hurled a punch at Xu Ziyang. It seemed that, even in its frenzied state, Elder Tan remained significantly important to the Iron Eating Beast, which wouldn’t tolerate others attacking him.

That unprecedented punch, filled with intense murderous aura, was impossible to evade. Xu Ziyang had just enough time to cross his sword in defense, with a ringing clang, thousands of sword auras converged, transforming into a light shield!

Thump!

The Iron Eating Beast’s fist fell, the sword shield crumbled on impact, and Xu Ziyang’s figure was caught by the punch, instantly flung away, becoming a distant speck in the sky.

And Elder Tan, gravely wounded and drenched in blood, seemed oblivious to his injuries, continuing to shout, "Ba Tiansha! Open the seal!"

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuebai’s hand seals changed, casting a restriction spell that immobilized Elder Tan on the spot.

Seeing her also take action against Elder Tan, the Iron Eating Beast lashed out in fury, swinging another punch at Jiang Yuebai!

She didn’t possess Xu Ziyang’s Wen Dao physique; if the punch landed solidly, it might not just throw her; her physical body could explode on impact.

Boom—

But the Iron Eating Beast’s punch, with a fierce wind, passed straight through her body, which turned out to be a mere illusion.

The real Jiang Yuebai had already used an escape technique to withdraw, reappearing from the bronze ground a hundred paces away.

Thump, thump!

The Iron Eating Beast stomped its feet and moved horizontally in pursuit, howling as it closed in, and then—another punch!

In the nick of time, a gust of wind swept through, enveloping Jiang Yuebai. When she reappeared, it was Chu Liang, who had summoned the Dark Winged Divine Dragon Dharma Body, now unfurling a pair of dharma wings, his back to the Iron Eating Beast, tightly protecting Jiang Yuebai in his arms.

Upon seeing Chu Liang as the new target, the Iron Eating Beast noticeably held back a bit, but its momentum was too great, and it couldn’t retract the punch. That punch eventually still landed on Chu Liang’s back.

Boom—

In the blink of an eye, Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai followed in Xu Ziyang’s footsteps and also disappeared into the sky, becoming distant specks.

The wind rushed past their ears, and they seemed to crash into something before embedding into the ground, plowing a trench hundreds of yards deep before coming to a stop amidst dust and debris.

...

"Cough, cough..."

Jiang Yuebai waved her hand, standing up from the pit first. Chu Liang had flipped their positions just before landing, taking the impact on his back, so Jiang Yuebai was on top.

Chu Liang’s body also sprang up shortly after.

Although the Iron Eating Beast’s strength was outrageously strong, it had held back a bit, and Chu Liang’s physical body was comparable to a Real Dragon’s; so this punch wasn’t truly capable of causing him substantial harm. It was only because he was hit mid-air, without any way to dissipate the force, that he was thrown so far. Now that he hit the ground, the force had been spent.

It’s just that it seemed they had crashed into something before landing.

Chu Liang looked down and indeed, there was another figure in the pit.

Clad in a beast skin robe, the figure’s face bore an expression of pain, overlaid with a layer of soot as if blasted out.

It was actually that black-faced priest.

Chu Liang couldn’t help but smile, thinking life really had a way of bringing people together, to actually bump into him like this.

"Ah..." The black-faced priest took a moment to recover, then jumped up angrily. Seeing the two before him, his anger was quickly replaced by shock, "You actually came down from the mountain..."

He had thought these humans were already dead at his hands, and he had gone on his way to continue his patrol task with great joy, only to be knocked into the pit by two people falling from the sky, just as he stepped out of the Bronze City.

How could these people still be alive?

Chu Liang didn’t pay him any attention and turned to look toward the direction of the Bronze City.

There, faint waves of unusual spiritual power were emanating, as if some change was taking place; they had to hurry back to see what Elder Tan was up to.

But as the rumbling sound from their fall echoed, several squads of Jiuli warriors had already gathered, and seeing the black-faced priest, they all asked, "What happened?"

"These members of the Human Clan are spying on Jiuli City, execute them!" commanded the black-faced priest immediately.

With no protection from the Iron Eating Beast this time, he saw no need to hold back and was ready to slay these two intruders on the spot!

Before Chu Liang could attack, Jiang Yuebai knit her brows, her hand signs changed, spiritual energy surged, and in an instant, branches of the surrounding trees shot up wildly, their vines and tendrils spiraling out like tentacles, wrapping around and binding the dozens of Jiuli warriors nearby.

Seeing this, the Jiuli priest hastily took a step back to evade the rampant growth, while raising his staff high, loudly chanting an incantation: "Aruba!"

Whoosh—

A fierce wind blew from behind him, passing over Jiang Yuebai and Chu Liang without affecting them. But when it swept over the Jiuli warriors, their bodies underwent a bizarre transformation, growing taller and more muscular, with their eyes turning a blood red.

"Roar—" The Jiuli warriors let out frenzied roars, their figures transforming from humanoid with beast heads swiftly into full beast forms.

It seemed this black-faced priest had catalyzed the beast blood within these Jiuli warriors?

Chu Liang spotted the source of his Divine Skills and with a leap, whooshing sounds followed, as he swiftly closed in on the black-faced priest. The priest tried to resist, but how could he possibly be a match for Chu Liang in close combat?

Thud!

With a swift movement, Chu Liang maneuvered behind him, laying him out with a brick.

The frenzied transformation of the Jiuli warriors immediately halted, and the vines that had almost been torn free once again wrapped around them, firmly controlling them.

Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai shared a glance and simultaneously leapt into the air, flying back towards the Bronze City once more.

But this time, before they could enter the Bronze City, the city itself began to shake violently.

Rumble—

The entire city started to rock and crumble, everything in the city including the living members of the Jiuli Tribe, began to break apart and vanish, turning into scattered wisps of mysterious breath that rose into the sky, converging towards the central Bronze Mountain.

It seemed as if everything in the city had been an illusion formed by these breaths, but Chu Liang knew that was not the case. He finally remembered what this familiar breath was.

"Breath of Hades!" he exclaimed in astonishment: "There’s such a massive amount of Breath of Hades!"

In the past, the Underworld King Sect had acquired some Breath of Hades, attempting to combine it with Ksitigarbha’s True Body to create a temporary weapon comparable to the Ninth Realm. Later, Granny Meng stole that portion of Breath of Hades to revive her own son and the little girl who was with Immortal Qi Jing.

But the amount of Breath of Hades here far exceeded that of the past. If it fell into the hands of someone with intent, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Wait a minute.

The Breath of Hades from the Underworld King Sect was also mined from the Jiuli Secret Realm; could there be a connection?

Witnessing this scene, the two hastened their flight forwards, and halfway there, the Bronze City had completely collapsed and disappeared, turning into a void of charred earth.

...

In the center of that charred land stood an irregularly shaped, huge bronze chunk, roughly the size of a boat. Almost entirely covered in rust, it looked as if it had weathered countless years, yet every streak of rust seemed imbued with strong spirituality.

Atop this bronze chunk sat a person.

It was a Jiuli Tribe man with the upper body of a tiger or leopard, looking somewhat ethereal, sitting on the chunk and gazing at the distant Bronze Mountain, his eyes filled with the desolation of endless years.