The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 144 - 129: A Pair of Monsters_1

Chapter 144: Chapter 129: A Pair of Monsters_1

Daytime.

High above Sky Fortune City.

Huang Ying of the Star River Alliance, along with Ning Wei and He Hui, stood in front of a rhombus-shaped "Star Eye" made of star stones.

Through this gigantic "Star Eye," the three could clearly see the tragedies occurring in the major districts of Sky Fortune City.

In the West District, where ordinary people lived, corners and alleys were strewn with scattered skeletal remains.

Ordinary people who did not practice cultivation, contaminated by the Filth Alien Power, suffered as if stricken by a flesh-corroding poison, their flesh rapidly dissolving, leaving only a pile of bones.

In the South District, individual cultivators, as the Filth Alien Power infiltrated, instantly fell into a frenzied state of bloodthirsty violence.

The few individual cultivators who were lucky enough to survive soon followed the fate of the ordinary people, likewise turning into piles of bones.

Compared to ordinary people, cultivators who had tempered their bodies could only endure a little longer.

"The air below contains toxins that corrode flesh and blood, as well as a source of Filth that induces rage and bloodlust. Even Yang Yuansen, who was at the later stages of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, only lasted half a day."

Huang Ying put down the notebook she was recording in, and said indifferently, "It’s very unlikely that there are any survivors left in Sky Fortune City."

She believed that the Dark Ghost Hall Masters who had caused trouble in Cloud Marsh and attacked the Blood Moon earlier, like Yang Yuansen, had long since turned into piles of bones.

Ning Wei let out a light sigh, "The Filth is still spreading. If the higher-ups can’t stop it, we’ll have to migrate to the Third Realm."

Through the immense "Star Eye" set up on the Golden Coach, she and He Hui witnessed with their own eyes the kind of purgatory that would ensue once the Filth Alien Power enveloped Sky Fortune City.

Ordinary people breathing in the Filth Alien Power rapidly turned their flesh into bloody water, while cultivators could hold on only slightly longer, eventually all becoming piles of bones.

If Sky Fortune City had already come to this, once the Filth spread to the territories under their families’ control, the people there would inevitably meet the same fate.

"After this notebook is presented to them, the Upper Realm will definitely find a way to deal with it."

Huang Ying sighed softly, consoling, "You have served the Star River Alliance for many years, your clansmen will still be taken care of by the alliance."

"What about the others?"

Ning Wei smiled bitterly.

What would become of the nobles attached to the Ning Family and the loyal individual cultivator Guest Elders and their families?

"How many people we can take care of in the end will be decided after the alliance has discussed it,"

said Huang Ying.

As she spoke, the Golden Coach hovering over Sky Fortune City began to ascend slowly.

Reaching a high vantage point, Huang Ying looked down with a hint of surprise at a certain area deep in Cloud Marsh.

"It seems the vitality of plants and trees is truly the most resilient. After the big fire in Cloud Marsh, filled again with Filth Alien Power, all the ferocious beasts have died off. However, the buried seeds have burst forth with strength."

Huang Ying peered down at Cloud Marsh and remarked with feeling.

Ning Wei and He Rong both looked down and also noticed that in the depths of Cloud Marsh, a small area had sprouted with flowers and plants.

...

Two months later.

"Crack!"

The White Jade Porcelain Bottle floating in the bloody water emitted a sound of shattering.

In the next moment, Luo Hongyan, dressed in a dazzling red gown, gracefully emerged.

At this moment, her skin was fairer than snow, and her gem-like eyes shone with a captivating brilliance.

"Not a bad feeling, hehe."

Quietly floating above the Blood Pool, she frowned as she looked at her arms, touched her slender waist, and smiled with satisfaction.

The Dark Ghosts scattered throughout the cave stared blankly at her, momentarily losing their composure.

The previous Luo Hongyan was equally breathtakingly beautiful, but somehow felt a bit ethereal.

Now, she stepped out from a somewhat illusory world and presented herself in reality before everyone.

"You should wake up now."

Like a bolt of lightning, she flew to the glowing Copper Box and casually lifted the lid.

The moment Pang Jian opened his eyes at the bottom of the box, he saw Luo Hongyan in her radiant red gown, stunningly beautiful.

At this moment, Luo Hongyan was no longer shrouded in the faint and misty Blood Fog, devoid of any illusionary feel.

Her beauty, capable of reversing the natural order, was so real it seemed within reach, her eyes and brows brimming with joy and delight.

"You..."

Pang Jian spoke in a daze.

"Hmm."

Luo Hongyan’s lips curled into a smile as she nodded gently, her deep eyes burning like flames, "I have completed the reshaping of my body."

"Congratulations."

After congratulating her, Pang Jian stepped out of the Copper Box.

Then he noticed that Zhao Ling, Meng Qiulan, Wu Yi, and others all had the same bewildered expression, staring at Luo Hongyan in a daze.

The Stewards loyal to Zhao Ling and Meng Qiulan seemed to be caught in a wonderful dream, appearing unable to wake up for a while.

Luo Hongyan, intending to fully revel in her elegance, glanced at the superfluous Dark Ghosts, snorted coldly in her heart, and restrained her desire to showcase herself.

Pang Jian looked towards the cave entrance, "It seems we should leave Fragment Land. Do you have any plans?"

As soon as he spoke, Zhao Ling and the others finally snapped out of their stupor and quickly diverted their gaze from Luo Hongyan.

It seemed only by doing so could they calm their minds and think.

"My Spirit Evil will cooperate with you to raise the White Tower from the muddy depths. You’ll need to lay out the Spirit Jade in the Array. I’ll instruct you on how to control the White Tower through a Spirit Evil..."

Luo Hongyan laid out her plan.

Pang Jian nodded slightly.

The two had finished communicating, yet the Dark Ghosts were still confused and had not fully understood.

They had many doubts, but out of reverence for Luo Hongyan, they dared not ask questions.

"Pang Jian, are we supposed to come with you?"

Bai Wei asked timidly.

She heard about a White Tower that had landed at the bottom of a mud pool in Cloud Marsh, and Pang Jian needed to activate the White Tower, then use it to take them away from Sky Fortune Fragment Land.

She naturally assumed that Pang Jian would certainly bring along the Copper Box, using the box’s radiance to fend off the Filth Alien Power.

Pang Jian said, "No need, just stay here."

"Ah, how can that be?"

Bai Wei exclaimed.

"Wait a moment."

Luo Hongyan’s eyebrows twitched as she quietly drifted towards the cave entrance.

She placed a finger, as white as White Jade, through the cracks of the broken rocks, into the outside world permeated with the Filth Alien Power.

Her fingertip started to emit light smoke "hissing" in the air outside.

She knit her brows and felt it for a moment, then suddenly smiled faintly and said to Pang Jian, "I overestimated the Filth Alien Power here; compared to Bagua City, the Filth Power in Cloud Marsh is too weak."

"Whoosh!"

More hazy blood-colored smoke disseminated from within her body, encompassing her entirely.

Removing the rocks that blocked the cave entrance, and under the astonished gaze of those present, she flew straight out.

The group inside the cave watched her, surrounded by blood mist "hissing" in the Filth Alien Power-covered outer world.

"I can hold on for a while."

She turned around, looked at Pang Jian with a pleased smile, and softly said, "I’ll accompany you."

"Good."

Pang Jian nodded, immediately stepped out of the cave, and then used the rocks to block the entrance again.

"Very weak..."

He murmured indistinctly.

Having been to the Fifth Realm, he instantly judged the concentration of the Filth Alien Power that inundated Cloud Marsh to be inferior to that of the Fifth Realm.

It was even less comparable to the Power of Filth in Bagua City!

When he had previously entered the Dark Alley, in the darkness, he could be described as suffering agonizing pain, enduring an unimaginable torment.

Even Luo Hongyan, who had attempted to come in, couldn’t bear it and was forced to retreat.

The Filth Alien Power in the darkness of Bagua City was the most intense and turbulent, far beyond comparison with Cloud Marsh.

Standing outside the cave, he didn’t even need to exhaust his spiritual power with the Astonishing Spear, nor did he need to fill his Spiritual Sea with the Filth Alien Power.

He was fully capable of reaching the submerged location of the White Tower before his internal spiritual power was eroded away.

"Let’s go."

Without even summoning the Astonishing Spear, he permitted his spiritual power to be slowly eroded, and he moved away with Luo Hongyan.

"Are these two siblings even human?"

Wu Yi stood at the cave entrance, peering through the cracks at the two figures disappearing into the night, his face filled with incredulity.

Zhao Ling stood by his side and said softly, "Cloud Marsh, has it really been contaminated by the Filth Alien Power?"

The doubtful Zhao Ling, imitating Luo Hongyan, stretched out a finger and placed it outside through the crack.

Her fingertip started to emit thick smoke "hissing"!

The skin wrapping her finger thinned instantly, and she grimaced in pain.

Hurriedly, she circulated her power, wrapping her finger with refined spiritual energy to slow down the rate of corrosion on the flesh.

Her face turned to shock as she watched the two figures grow distant, unable to help but exclaim, "They really are a pair of monsters!"

At the same time, an uncontrollable desire for wild slaughter began to surge within her.

Suddenly, she wanted to kill Wu Yi, Bai Zhi, Bai Wei, and a few stewards loyal to her, all of them.

She retracted her finger in fear, barely resisting the murderous impulse inside her, and quickly showed her bloody finger to everyone.

Like her, those who once thought that the Filth Alien Power within Cloud Marsh was not to be feared fell silent at the sight of her finger.

"It’s not only a matter of flesh being corroded, but there’s also an evil force causing havoc, making me want to kill all of you just now."

Zhao Ling’s voice trembled slightly as she said, "I have reached the late stage of Marrow Cleaning Realm! I feel that I couldn’t last half a day outside, I would be contaminated and perish! If you go out with me, we would fall into a state of frenzied slaughter, and we would die even faster!"

Wu Yi shouted, "What kind of monsters are those siblings, exactly?"

Meng Qiulan took a deep breath; she examined the Blood Pool, glanced at the Copper Box left by Pang Jian, and said, "The Ghost Leader has forsaken us, it was Hong Jian who came to save us. Without Hong Jian’s appearance, we... would not have escaped the first blaze, let alone the contamination by the Filth Alien Power."

After a pause, she continued, "If I can leave Sky Fortune Fragment Land alive, I will no longer be loyal to the Dark Ghosts, nor will I contact the Ghost Leader."

Upon finishing, she looked towards the stewards loyal to her.

"Elder Meng, we will listen to you!"

They declared one after another.

Zhao Ling said in surprise, "You have followed the Ghost Leader for many years, even you say this, it seems you are utterly disappointed in him."

Wu Yi’s face was downcast as he sighed, "The Fourth Realm is about to be thrown into great chaos, if we can live to leave Sky Fortune, we had better try to make our way to the Third Realm."

"Go to the Third Realm? How easy is that?" Meng Qiulan shook her head and said, "I just hope the contamination is slow, I still have some unfulfilled wishes, and I hope there’s still time to realize them."

Zhao Ling suddenly said, "If those siblings are willing to take us in, I would like to follow them."

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up slightly.

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