The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 223 - 208: Scapegoated Again_1

Chapter 223: Chapter 208: Scapegoated Again_1

"Cao Mang!"

His first instinct was to assume that it was Cao, once again activating the great array and ambushing him within the small world of the umbrella.

"Shriek!"

The crimson cloak beneath his feet turned into shreds of dark red fabric under the slicing and grinding assault of the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array."

Elder Jiuyuan instantly lost a treasured possession.

"Damn it! Cao, the old thief, is truly in collusion with the alien tribes in secret!"

Elder Jiuyuan’s mind and spirit were both shattered.

Aside from Cao Mang, who else could control the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array"?

He immediately felt that perhaps Cao Mang was deliberately staging a play with the alien tribes, making a fool out of everyone.

"With this murderous array at his disposal, Cao, the old thief’s strength could surge dramatically. Since he dares to take action against me, as long as I continue to stay on the mountain peak, I probably will still be ambushed by the great array!"

With this thought, Elder Jiuyuan grasped the "Blade of Blood Reversal" in his palm and poured all the blood energy and boundless spiritual power stored in his chest into the deep red long blade.

"Suck!"

After a furious shout, all the blood that flowed from the torn cloak was absorbed into the "Blade of Blood Reversal."

He grabbed the largest piece of torn cloth at hand and slashed towards the starlight falling from the Star-shattering Umbrella, creating a crack in the "light screen" that separated him from Pang Jian.

Elder Jiuyuan instantly broke free from the umbrella’s small world.

"Cao Mang!"

The moment he was free from the Star-shattering Umbrella, he glared at Cao with bloodshot eyes filled with hateful resentment and roared, "You’ve colluded with the alien tribes in secret; the higher-ups will never let you off!"

The "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" that tore his cloak to shreds was enough for him to place the blame squarely on Cao Mang’s shoulders, believing that the current terrible situation had been Cao Mang’s intention all along.

"And I trusted you!"

"Cao Mang, you will pay the price for your actions today!"

Elder Jiuyuan loudly denounced him.

Cao Mang, who was locked in a difficult battle with Yu Gu, was clearly taken aback by these words.

He did not understand why Elder Jiuyuan was going mad, nor why he suddenly started accusing him of collusion with the alien tribes again.

"Cao, the old villain, has full control over the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array at will. His sudden deactivation of the Array to let in the alien ferocious beast is to ensure that all the attendees die at the mountain peak."

Pang Jian’s cold voice also came from under the Star-shattering Umbrella at this moment.

Seeing Elder Jiuyuan blaming the hidden saboteur as the former master of this fragmented land, his thoughts shifted, and he followed Elder Jiuyuan’s lead by saying, "All of the human race attendees, including the invading alien ferocious beasts, he plans to eradicate them both to snatch the treasures they possess!"

"Pang Jian!"

"You little dog thief!"

Cao Mang and Madam Hua spit blood and screamed.

"Be careful of Cao Mang!"

Throwing down this phrase, Elder Jiuyuan flicked the cloak fragments, suddenly stirring up a cloud of blood.

Riding on a cloud of blood, he flew straight from the first peak of Yuanmang towards the outside, actually being the first to flee from the mountain peak.

Those still fighting with the alien ferocious beasts were left completely at a loss by this scene, uncertain of whom to believe.

"Pang Jian!"

Cao Mang charged in with Black Iron Mountain.

He smashed an Armored Demon Beast, which was furiously tearing and biting, causing its bones to burst and die in agony as he was uncontrollably furious at the thought of killing the most troublesome Pang Jian.

On the first peak of Yuanmang, and even throughout the entire Yuanmang Fragmented Lands, no one was angrier or more wronged than he.

To clear the suspicion of collusion with the alien tribes, he fought desperately against the enemy at the mountain peak. He sacrificed the precious "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" to withstand wave after wave of attacks from the alien tribes and ferocious beasts.

He had Elders like Jiuyuan, Wei Wenhan, and Lou Yunming use communication jade talismans to inform everyone scattered across Yuanmang that he had no connection with the alien tribes at all.

He worked diligently and cautiously, doing so much, just to avoid being associated with the alien tribes in the slightest!

For this, even his "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array," which had taken a hundred years to build, had malfunctioned.

Yet, despite all this, dogs like Jiuyuan and Pang Jian continued to sling mud at him, maliciously slandering him and saying that he conspired with the alien tribes to eliminate everyone.

"Pfft!"

Cao Mang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood in a violent spray.

This blood was not caused by a collision with the Armored Demon Beast, but by the internal injury resulting from his suppressed fury.

And at that moment.

"Whoosh!"

Pang Jian holding the shrinking Star-shattering Umbrella, chased after the escaping Jiuyuan from the mountain peak, not forgetting to drop a cold sentence: "I’ll kill Jiuyuan first, then come back to eliminate you, the poisonous tumor who colluded with the alien tribes."

"I, I am the poisonous tumor? You little bastard! You..."

The dwarf Cao Mang jumped up on Black Iron Mountain, intending to kill Pang Jian.

Yu Gu, however, flapped its wings and with the help of its broken bone wings, pulled Black Iron Mountain down, simultaneously berating angrily, "Cao Mang, indeed it’s you who are the most cunning and venomous! You use us to eradicate our own kind and then plan to silence us all. Your human race truly is despicable to the extreme!"

Cao Mang’s small frame jumped to his feet on Black Iron Mountain, gnashing his teeth and cursing: "I, I fuck your mother!"

In his entire life, he had never suffered such defamation!

The man who had done nothing was regarded by both sides as a traitor and a tumor; the continuous accusations and denunciations were about to drive him to the brink of collapse.

"Pfft!"

Madam Hua, desperately rushing over from the other end, was suddenly pierced through by several dried-up branches, and even the colorful carpet beneath her was torn by the Ice Roc’s sharp claws.

Lian Feng and Yang Rui, who had been close by, and initially planned to rescue her, tacitly chose to stand by and watch instead.

This caused her to suffer severe injuries and be on the verge of death in an instant.

Her beautiful face, once filled with pleasant features, now turned toward Pang Jian as he departed with the umbrella, was filled with venom and frenzy, devoid of any beauty.

"Pang, Pang Jian..."

Huang Qi of the Second Peak, watching the unusual changes atop the First Peak, was now so astonished he couldn’t speak.

Standing on high ground, he, like those on the summit of the First Peak, had witnessed the entirety of Pang Jian first shielding Lou Yunming with the Star-shattering Umbrella, then tearing the elder of the Yin Spirit Temple to countless pieces.

He also saw Pang Jian repeat his technique, entrapping Elder Jiuyuan of the Blood Moon within it.

Jiuyuan, however, managed to escape alive from the Star-shattering Umbrella, but immediately fled from the First Peak, ranting like a madman, accusing Cao of colluding with the Alien Tribes.

Pang Jian, holding the umbrella in one hand and a silver long spear in the other, was now chasing Jiuyuan through the air!

This scene, the image of Pang Jian pursuing Jiuyuan in the void, was beyond his imagination.

"Pang Jian!"

Xie Xiwen of the Star River Alliance, Shen Lei, and Fang Boxuan of the Blood Moon, all cried out in disbelief at this moment.

Their faces were filled with incomprehension.

In the fierce battle atop the mountain, they couldn’t see clearly, not knowing exactly what was happening.

But as Jiuyuan managed to flee amidst a blood cloud, they could see his vague silhouette, and thus saw someone with the Star-shattering Umbrella, wielding a silver spear chasing after the blood cloud.

The man with the umbrella and spear, who else could it be but Pang Jian?

"I don’t believe it!"

Xie Xiwen bit her teeth lightly and took out the star disk from her waist, gathering Star Power in her eyes and looking intently with "Star Eyes."

The blurry figures in the eyes of Shen Lei and the others gradually became clear in her vision.

She saw clearly, Pang Jian holding the Star-shattering Umbrella in one hand and controlling the long spear with the other, continuously shooting blinding starlight, Moon Blades, and Ice Rocs, attacking Jiuyuan in the blood cloud with loud curses.

"It... It’s really him! How could this be?"

Xie Xiwen’s bright Star Eyes were filled with endless confusion.

She couldn’t imagine that during the most critical stage of the Human Race’s resistance against the Alien Tribes, there would be someone like Pang Jian who dared to ruthlessly eliminate others without any concern.

"Even with such deep hatred, it could wait until after the Alien Tribes were exterminated, how could you do this?"

Xie Xiwen muttered, at a loss for words.

Such a daring and audacious character like Pang Jian, she had never seen in her life. She inwardly blamed Pang Jian’s insane actions but also felt an inexplicable excitement.

"He didn’t get that lot back then, he must have been furious watching Jiuyuan’s smug expression, right?"

"To him, Jiuyuan is the target he must eliminate first in his life. Alien Tribes, Ferocious Beasts, the sequence of death, all come after Jiuyuan."

"Such a man, such actions, they’re truly thrilling."

Xie Xiwen pursed her lips, her eyes gradually lighting up.

"Indeed, you did make your move after all..."

Fang Boxuan, the least surprised, his mouth full of bitterness, exclaimed, "But I still didn’t expect you to choose this moment, when the battle isn’t even over."

He witnessed Pang Jian’s decisive killing of Liang Ying.

Ever since Pang Jian resolutely ascended the mountain, he knew that Jiuyuan of Blood Moon was Pang Jian’s primary target.

The scene before him also confirmed his judgment was correct, Pang Jian indeed had acted against Jiuyuan.

But the Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts were still at the peak of the First Peak, still in battle with the Spirit Condensation Realm Great Cultivators of the Human Race. How could Pang Jian dare to make a move against Jiuyuan at such a time, regardless of the race war?

"Madman, he is even crazier than Dong Tianze!"

Fang Boxuan silently gave his verdict.

"The one riding a blood cloud is Elder Jiuyuan of Blood Moon."

"And the one chasing with an umbrella... Pang Jian! It’s Pang Jian who is chasing after Jiuyuan!"

Some Great Cultivators of the Spirit Condensation Realm, focusing intently, finally recognized the two figures fleeing from the first peak of Yuanmang and burst into shouting.

In the depths of the canyon, at the mountain base and in front of protruding rocks, above some tall trees.

The Cultivators of the Human Race who had converged from all directions now had their eyes following the two figures in midair.

In their minds, questions began to arise involuntarily.

Pang Jian, how dare he chase after Jiuyuan, and how does he have the capacity?

Jiuyuan, why would he flee from the First Peak?

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"Gravity shift!"

Pang Jian, holding the umbrella in the void, whispered in his heart.

Riding on a piece of blood cloud and fleeing with a protection of the Firm Cover, Jiuyuan suddenly felt the change in Yuanmang Fragmented Lands, noticing a sudden alteration in the gravitational field.

The already fragmentary blood cloud plummeted abruptly from over a thousand zhang high in the sky.

Jiuyuan, stepping on the blood cloud, was horrified and lost his color; without direction or a target, he instinctively rushed toward a location sensed by the Blood Talisman in his hand.

"Fang Boxuan, also a member of Blood Moon, there must be other people from Blood Moon Gate near him!"

The staggering blood cloud headed toward Fang Boxuan’s position.

Pang Jian continued to chase with his long spear.

A series of ice-like Moon Blades, like a myriad of sharp knives, slashed through the air and splattered blood from Jiuyuan’s Firm Cover.

He could see clearly, Jiuyuan’s not-so-vast Spiritual Sea was nearly depleted due to consecutive fierce battles, with Spiritual Power on the brink of exhaustion.

His persistent offensive aimed to drain Jiuyuan’s Spiritual Sea completely, waiting for Jiuyuan to run out of strength.

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