The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 205 - 190 Sword Tower, Pang Jian!_1

Chapter 205: Chapter 190 Sword Tower, Pang Jian!_1

The sun was just beginning to rise.

In the deep ravine between the fifth and fourth peaks.

Bai Guanjie, with his initial cultivation in the Hollow Profound Realm, had turned into a fluttering blood shadow, taking the lead in the chase.

Apart from Fang Boxuan, only he and Chen Min had reached the Hollow Profound Realm, and according to the information he had received, Pang Jian, who was targeted by Elder Jiuyuan, was still at the cultivation of the Innate Realm.

"Innate, isn’t that an easy catch?"

Bai Guanjie gently tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Swoosh!"

Upon reaching the depths of the ravine, he could vaguely see the peak of the fourth mountain.

They had come to the fifth peak from the direction of the fourth mountain, along the narrow ravine, avoiding powerful alien tribes and ferocious beasts by using a blood sphere that sensed fluctuations of aura.

Between the two peaks, there had been no sightings of powerful alien tribes and ferocious beasts recently, something they had already ascertained.

"Hm!"

Bai Guanjie halted abruptly.

Ahead, near a grey-brown rock, there was someone in blue attire with his back toward him.

While the black-clothed Pang Jian was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did that kid run off to?"

Bai Guanjie approached a little closer, cautiously looking around, but he could not find any trace of Pang Jian.

Hesitating for a moment, he walked towards the figure in blue attire with his back to him and called out, "Friend, have you seen a young man in black clothes?"

When he got closer, the person came within his Divine Sense’s perception range, and Bai Guanjie used his Divine Sense to investigate.

The presence of Divine Sense allowed Bai Guanjie, who was behind the man in blue, to see the man’s appearance as well.

"Pang Jian!"

Bai Guanjie exclaimed in surprise, his eyebrows knitted.

Up close, through his Divine Sense, he saw that the man in blue with his back to him was none other than Pang Jian, who had changed his clothes!

"It’s me."

Turning around along with the Astonishing Spear he held before him, Pang Jian faced Bai Guanjie.

Pang Jian immediately confirmed that the person before him, like himself, also possessed cultivation in the Hollow Profound Realm.

He used the power of his Divine Sense, which allowed him, like eyes on his back, to see Bai Guanjie approaching.

The other party had also directly identified his identity from behind him.

Both being of the Hollow Profound Realm, Pang Jian could not gauge exactly what level the other person was at within the Hollow Profound Realm, but... he was still confident he could kill his opponent.

"Ah, you!"

Bai Guanjie cried out in alarm again.

He had been using his Divine Sense previously, focusing only on Pang Jian’s face and not paying much attention to other details.

Only when Pang Jian suddenly turned around did he see the unique mark of the Sword Tower on the chest of Pang Jian’s garments!

Around Pang Jian’s waist also hung a token in the shape of a small sword!

"Sword Tower!"

Bai Guanjie’s mind was shaken.

"Indeed, it’s the Sword Tower!"

After a low shout, while Bai Guanjie’s mind was still reeling in hesitation, Pang Jian had already charged at him with his spear.

Bai Guanjie hesitated, but he had not a moment’s hesitation!

"Boom! Rumble!"

Clusters of glaringly bright light orbs, carrying the sound of explosions, released astonishing light and heat, enveloping the area where Bai Guanjie stood!

"Explosive Dance!"

Within the bursting orbs of light, the concealed energy erupted furiously, causing Bai Guanjie’s face to change drastically.

"Misunderstanding! I didn’t know you were from the Sword Tower!"

Bai Guanjie cried out, attempting to explain.

According to his information, Pang Jian was merely a hunter from the Solitude Mountain Range with no sect backing him.

When he unexpectedly saw Pang Jian wearing the Sword Tower’s clothing and hanging the Sword Tower’s token at his waist, he immediately decided to retreat.

As the orbs of light exploded with a thunderous roar and he felt the terrifying power within them, Bai Guanjie became even more panicked.

Pang Jian was deaf to his pleas, his cold eyes filled with intense murderous intent.

"Huff!"

Pang Jian, holding his spear, leapt high into the air.

"You’re not Innate at all! You’re also Hollow Profound!"

Bai Guanjie, scared out of his wits, let out a piercing alien scream for help before casting the "Blood Shadow Skill."

Vague blood shadows burst forth from where he stood, fleeing in every direction.

Each blood shadow carried the flow of his Qi and Blood and life fluctuations, as if they were all real.

A total of seven blood shadows scattered like startled birds, escaping instantly.

"Rumble!"

Where he had previously stood, huge charred pits appeared, plunging deep into the ground!

The master of evasion, Bai Guanjie, quickly gathered the six blood shadows as soon as he left the area.

In his hands, he now held six Blood Talismans, as he frantically tried to explain again, "Pang Jian, it really is a misunderstanding!"

Being at the same cultivation realm as Pang Jian, who was a disciple of the Sword Tower from the Second Realm, he had no confidence in winning.

—At this point, he had given up on murder and robbery.

"Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not is not so important. Since you dared to chase after me, then die."

The Astonishing Spear suddenly thrust towards Bai Guanjie’s head.

Pang Jian, following his spear, stepped on the silvery long spear, continually waving his hands.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

Starlight, Moon Blades, and sunlight mixed with hail, as if a sector of the Star River collapsed, bombarded down from above Bai Guanjie’s head.

"Huff!"

Bai Guanjie gritted his teeth and once again executed the "Blood Shadow Skill," conjuring a series of blood shadows with his blood talisman.

He concealed his true body within.

"The richness of vitality in flesh and blood is not the same..."

Standing on his Astonishing Spear, Pang Jian hovered over the multitude of blood shadows, controlling his silver spear to fly swiftly, scattering more fragments of altered matter.

Soon, the entire area where the blood shadows were located became submerged in a sky filled with star radiance, moon blades, and the light of the sun, and Pang Jian also perceived the true location of Bai Guanjie.

"Go!"

Countless star radiance, moon blades, and sunlights fiercely poured down on a blood shadow, crushing the dark red Spiritual Power Strong Shield, enveloping Bai Guanjie within.

Under the assault of numerous chaotic alien powers, Bai Guanjie was unable to escape and could only desperately hold on.

"Swoosh!"

The Astonishing Spear suddenly came to a halt just above Bai Guanjie’s head, the spear tip plunging down suddenly.

As Pang Jian abandoned the silver spear and landed effortlessly, the exquisitely controlled Astonishing Spear also pierced through this Hollow Profound Realm cultivator from head to toe.

The blood-stained spear, after taking a life, again hovered in mid-air like a crimson vessel soaked in blood.

"Elder Brother Bai!"

The several who followed at last arrived, only to see a blood-stained spear flying out from Bai Guanjie’s head.

In the next instant, they saw Pang Jian, dressed in the Sword Tower robe, stepping on the spear as he flew over.

"Sword Tower!"

The few exclaimed in horror.

Like Bai Guanjie, as disciples of the Blood Moon from the Third Realm, they possessed an innate reverence for a sect like the Sword Tower and their first thought was not to fight to the death.

But to... explain.

"Pang Jian, a misunderstanding!"

"We didn’t know you were already an outer disciple of the Sword Tower!"

"It’s all Bai Guanjie’s misleading!"

Regrettably, their clearly exhibited intent to kill had already marked them as targets Pang Jian deemed worthy of death.

Moreover, all of them were from the Blood Moon!

In just a moment,

The leading group of Blood Moon cultivators who pursued him were all slaughtered by Pang Jian in the deep valley, not a single one surviving the ordeal.

Apart from Bai Guanjie of the Hollow Profound Realm, who was a bit troublesome, the few that followed were simply dispatched without breaking a sweat.

By the time the last to arrive, Chen Min, reached the valley, all she saw were the corpses of her fellow disciples and Pang Jian, who was using their clothing to wipe his silver spear.

Chen Min also saw the conspicuous Sword Tower insignia on Pang Jian’s robe, as well as the sword-shaped token.

"Sword Tower!"

She exclaimed in terror, her guts turning green with regret, and her voice trembling.

"Another Hollow Profound Realm..."

Pang Jian muttered to himself, slightly intrigued, and casually threw the Astonishing Spear.

A splendid silver rainbow firmly locked onto Chen Min.

...

After a while,

Fang Boxuan, growing impatient waiting for his fellow senior disciples to return, finally arrived at this blood-reeking valley.

Senior sister Chen Min had a gruesome hole pierced through her torso, her eyes revealing shock and disbelief, falling on the grass with her eyes wide open, her blood staining the grass red.

In front of Chen Min, several Innate Realm senior brothers had been slain by some kind of sharp blade across their necks.

Their bones still emitted a cold chill, and the blood that flowed out formed crimson crystals on the ground.

Further ahead,

Senior Brother Bai Guanjie stood on the ground, his crown was bleeding at the head, and his lower body... was also bleeding.

Six senior brothers and sisters, with Bai Guanjie and Chen Min in the early stages of the Hollow Profound Realm, and the other four in the Innate Realm, all perished in the depths of the canyon without exception.

And their deaths were terribly gruesome.

The youngest Fang Boxuan, with a somber expression, carefully examined the scene and confirmed that Chen Min and Bai Guanjie appeared to have been impaled by the likes of spears and had thus met their demise.

"Could it really be him?"

Fang Boxuan, who harbored suspicions, showed a glint of blood in his eyes and a hint of dread on his face.

He was a mid-stage Hollow Profound Realm cultivator, a proud talent of the Blood Moon, holding many strange treasures, his Spirit Spells and secret skills surpassing both Bai Guanjie and Chen Min.

But he, too, had no confidence in dispatching the six like Chen Min with such ease in such a short span of time.

"Elder Jiuyuan, we’ve provoked a tough one, and he’s still so young," Fang Boxuan muttered grimly.

He had no intention of pursuing Pang Jian for revenge but instead remained in the depths of the canyon, taking out a Blood Talisman, "Jiuyuan, are you still alive at the First Peak?"

"Brat Fang, old Jiuyuan can’t be killed that easy!"

Elder Jiuyuan’s raspy cursing came through the Blood Talisman at once: "You brat, did you lead those senior brothers and sisters and a few Protectors and manage to capture an Unstable Ferry?"

"You know as well as I do, we hadn’t even reached the Fourth Peak when the two Unstable Ferries, constrained by the alien tribes, already took to the skies," Fang Boxuan responded coldly.

Both Unstable Ferries, one belonging to him and the other to Jiuyuan, had been snatched by the alien tribes.

"Completely useless, what face do you have to contact me?"

"We rely on the First Peak’s array, fighting equally with the alien tribes, not falling behind in the slightest! Just hold out a little longer, and if they dare to linger in the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, they won’t be able to escape! Brat Fang, you’d best keep being a shrinking turtle, stay hidden even longer!"

"I have no other intention, I’m just informing you that Pang Jian is still alive, and his combat strength has soared," Fang Boxuan said to the Blood Talisman. "Bai Guanjie and Chen Min were killed on the spot by Pang Jian while chasing him. Judging by the strength he has now revealed, it’s only a matter of a few years before he will be qualified to seek vengeance against you."

"What?!"

"Bai Guanjie and Chen Min, they were both killed by him? Two useless pieces of trash!"

Elder Jiuyuan thundered from the other end.

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