The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 224 - 209: The Rebellious Fang Boxuan_1

Chapter 224: Chapter 209: The Rebellious Fang Boxuan_1

Under the cover of night.

In the void.

Edge Cold Moon Blades, like lustrous butterflies taking to the air, charged at Jiuyuan in relentless succession.

The Blood Moon Elder, cursing loudly, sometimes retaliated with the Blade of Blood Reversal and sometimes felt compelled to deploy the Firm Cover.

However, no matter how he responded to Pang Jian, he was depleting his own strength.

Along the way, he desperately swallowed several Pills, but knew it was of no help at all.

After the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array shattered, he and the Alien Tribes, along with the Ferocious Beasts, had battled too long, beyond what a few Pills could quickly restore.

"Bang! Bang Bang!"

Jiuyuan’s newly summoned protective Firm Cover flickered uncertainly, its brilliance dimming as his Spiritual Power and Blood Energy rapidly drained away.

Turning his head to see the fierce and piercing gaze of the approaching Pang Jian, he suddenly felt bewildered and afraid.

"Why, why does this youngster show no signs of fatigue? Why does his Hollow Profound Realm cultivation, possess such vast Spiritual Power?"

Jiuyuan racked his brain but found no answer.

Even after advancing to the Hollow Profound Realm, Pang Jian should not possess such vast reserves of Spiritual Power, seemingly endless.

Pang Jian had killed Lou Yunming and fought him in the mini-world within the umbrella; now, he wielded the Moon Blade in relentless attack. Could it be that the Spiritual Sea of this boy truly has inexhaustible strength?

A growing fear took root in Jiuyuan’s heart.

"Bang!"

The crimson Firm Cover he had summoned was once again cleaved by the icy edges of the Moon Blade, and Jiuyuan couldn’t help but grunt in pain.

Blood flowed from his nostrils, like two vibrant red worms hanging above his lips, making his current appearance look exceedingly miserable.

Teetering along, a cluster of blood clouds carried him towards Fang Boxuan’s location, passing through the valley between the second peak and the first peak.

Those in the depths of the valley merely had to look up to see, hundreds of feet above, the fleeting figures of Pang Jian and Jiuyuan.

One in relentless pursuit, the other in frantic escape.

One calm and composed, the other panicked and disordered.

The contrast in demeanor between the two was stark.

"Jiuyuan!"

"It’s Pang Jian chasing down Blood Moon’s Jiuyuan!"

"Am I seeing things? Is it really Pang Jian, chasing Jiuyuan from the mountaintop all the way here? My heavens!"

The crowd in the valley was in an uproar.

They knew, at least to some extent, about the grudge between Pang Jian and Jiuyuan, and that the beautiful woman imprisoned by Cao was Jiuyuan’s sister-in-law, who had come along with Pang Jian.

But Jiuyuan was a Great Cultivator of the Spirit Condensation Realm, and even if Pang Jian had exceptional cultivation talent, he was still only at the Hollow Profound Realm.

How could a Hollow Profound Realm cultivator dare to chase after Jiuyuan, forcing Jiuyuan to hide hither and thither?

Everyone was taken aback and surprised.

"Damn it, my lifetime of renown will be ruined today!"

Looking down, overhearing the whispers below, Jiuyuan couldn’t help but feel sorrow well up inside him.

He, a Great Cultivator of the Spirit Condensation Realm, was being chased by a lowly creature from the Lower Realm like Pang Jian, under the full gaze of the public.

This, perhaps, was the most humiliating moment of his life!

Yet he was powerless to counterattack.

In that mini-world within the umbrella, Pang Jian had explicitly stated that Liang Ying’s death was because of him, and Jiuyuan had seen Lou Yunming’s corpse dismembered underneath the umbrella.

No matter how Pang Jian did it, the death of Lou Yunming, who was at the same cultivation level as him, was an undeniable fact.

If Pang Jian had the ability to kill Lou Yunming, he certainly had the power to obliterate him as well. And after a succession of fierce battles, he was on the brink of exhaustion, with the Soul Skills he secretly employed also ineffective against Pang Jian.

Under such circumstances, he felt unable to deal with Pang Jian in the perilous mountain environment and could only temporarily avoid his sharp edge.

As a result, many Individual Cultivators and clan elders saw his pitiful state.

"After this battle, I fear... I can no longer face staying in the Third Realm."

In the midst of his lament, Jiuyuan finally saw Fang Boxuan, as well as Xie Xiwen and Shen Lei, among others.

Seeing those of the Star River Alliance there, Jiuyuan found a slight lift in his spirits amid his anguish.

"Bang!"

As the crimson Firm Cover shattered again, he descended to where Fang Boxuan and the others were, yelling before he even touched ground, "Pang Jian killed your Elder Liang Ying, seizing the Star-shattering Umbrella from her hands, join me in killing him quickly!"

Those who were watching him were shocked at his words.

Protector Shen Lei, startled, called out, "Pang Jian killed Elder Liang?"

"He said so himself!"

Jiuyuan yelled loudly.

The people of the Star River Alliance, like Shen Lei, immediately looked at Pang Jian, who was descending closely behind, with skeptical eyes.

"Whoosh!"

The Star-shattering Umbrella appeared all at once.

Holding the occasionally enlarging and shrinking Star-shattering Umbrella, Pang Jian descended, bathed in resplendent starlight.

Under the star and moonlight, the umbrella’s many intricate and elaborate Arrays looked like a section of a radiant Star River with clusters of stars and the Bright Moon all appearing at once.

Beneath the umbrella, Pang Jian appeared like a God Son of the stars and moon, surrounded by an aura of bright blue divine radiance.

"This boy..."

Fang Boxuan felt somewhat embarrassed, a bitter taste in his heart as he sighed and shook his head.

The mysterious and profound display of the Star-shattering Umbrella in Pang Jian’s hands clearly surpassed its performance with Liang Ying, delivering a heavy blow to his own self-proclaimed cultivation genius.

"Pang Jian! Did you kill our Elder Liang!?"

A fiery young girl suddenly questioned sharply.

Xie Xiwen also had a combative glint in her starry eyes, biting her lip as she stared at Pang Jian, demanding, "Pang Jian, is it true?"

If it hadn’t been for Jiuyuan being chased all the way here, even after Pang Jian had claimed he murdered Liang Ying, the protectors and disciples of the Star River Alliance might not have believed it.

But now, the facts had proven that Pang Jian indeed possessed such power!

Jiuyuan said he heard it straight from Pang Jian’s own mouth, and given Jiuyuan’s status, it was unlikely he would make false claims.

Therefore, they needed Pang Jian to give an explanation, to prove that Liang Ying’s death was the act of a warrior from the Ghost Clan.

"Indeed, Liang Ying was killed by me."

To everyone’s surprise, Pang Jian admitted it bluntly as soon as he spoke.

"Pang Jian, the Star River Alliance will not spare you!"

The girl shrieked, her hands flailing like a wildcat’s, as she sobbed and shouted, "You even killed such a kind-hearted Elder Liang, you will not die a good death!"

"Pang Jian, she also stated several times that she wanted to protect you under her Star-shattering Umbrella, how could you treat her this way?"

The girl cursed in bitter anger.

The young disciples who had been looked after by Liang Ying were also filled with righteous indignation, pointing at Pang Jian and cursing him.

Frowning slightly, Pang Jian’s frosty gaze was still locked onto Jiuyuan under the Blood Moon, while he coldly said, "At Jade Lake, Liang Ying used questioning me as a pretext to leave you behind to catch up with me, intending to kill me and snatch the bracelet then."

He paused for a moment, then shifted his gaze from Jiuyuan to the faces of the people from the Star River Alliance.

"After I luckily escaped, she attempted to kill me in the canyon between the fourth and fifth peaks, taking advantage of when we were alone, still aiming to take the million spirit stones in my possession."

"Her so-called kindness and warmth, perhaps only apply to you, not to people like me."

"Since Elder Liang Ying could strike at me twice with such malice, why shouldn’t I kill her?"

"Should I have just stretched out my neck for her to chop, does the world operate on such logic?"

Pang Jian asked coldly.

After his words, the protectors and disciples of the Star River Alliance were stunned into silence, not knowing how to respond.

Pang Jian’s cold eyes then moved to Fang Boxuan, who was equally shocked, and he said, "As for this matter, Fang Boxuan of the Blood Moon witnessed everything from beginning to end. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him."

Fang Boxuan was momentarily stunned, cursing inwardly.

He had only seen Pang Jian kill Liang Ying, not the process that led up to it. Just as he was wondering how to respond to Xie Xiwen’s cold stare...

He suddenly noticed Shen Lei and two other elder protectors of the Star River Alliance revealing an expression of sudden realization.

Shen Lei, and the two older protectors, didn’t seem surprised by the answer Pang Jian gave.

What did this mean?

It meant that juniors like Xie Xiwen were completely unaware of Elder Liang’s malicious and wicked nature.

However, older protectors like Shen Lei, who had spent many years in the Star River Alliance, obviously knew that Liang Ying was far from kind and compassionate!

"I witnessed it with my own eyes!"

So Fang Boxuan nodded emphatically and said to Xie Xiwen in distress, "Sister Xie, I really did not want to lay out this ugly matter before you all!"

"After all, this matter involves the reputation of Elder Liang and is a stain on the Star River Alliance!"

"Pang Jian was still wearing the outer disciple’s robe of the Sword Tower, and Elder Liang dared to make a move under such circumstances, truly heinous!"

Fang Boxuan condemned Liang Ying’s actions as if he had truly seen everything with his own eyes and had witnessed the whole event.

"Fang Boy!"

Jiuyuan was so incensed by his words that he almost stamped his foot in anger, wishing he could slaughter Fang Boxuan first.

But then.

As for the older protectors like Shen Lei, they kept their heads down and stayed silent as if they knew this was the truthful answer.

—Because they understood Liang Ying.

"How could this be? I don’t believe it..."

As the image of the grand and kind Elder Liang shattered, Xie Xiwen seemed most unable to accept it, shaking her head and whispering to herself.

"Fang Boy! You dare to give false testimony for an outsider!"

Jiuyuan, taking a moment to catch his breath in exasperation, bared his teeth in a savage grin, revealing a deep-seated hatred.

Seeing his stance, as soon as he recovered his fighting strength, he looked as though he wanted to butcher Fang Boxuan as well.

"This Elder Liang, you surely know her character better than I do. As far as I know, you’ve teamed up with Liang Ying several times to explore the Forbidden Land. Whether what I’m saying is true or false, you should know very well."

Fang Boxuan coldly chuckled with irony.

Jiuyuan, who had been cursing and swearing, actually fell silent for once when Fang Boxuan said this.

Just then.

"Whoosh!"

The Star-shattering Umbrella in Pang Jian’s hand once again drifted toward him.

Seeing that he couldn’t rely on Fang Boy, and that the people of the Star River Alliance wouldn’t fight for him, Jiuyuan made a move to flee again.

Suddenly, his feet felt as though they were magnetically stuck to the ground, making him unable to move.

Thus, he was once again enveloped by the Star-shattering Umbrella!

"Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!"

As the Starlight and Moon Energy fell from the edge of the umbrella and rapidly connected with the ground, outsiders like Fang Boxuan and Xie Xiwen could only see the blurred figures of Pang Jian and Jiuyuan.

But they couldn’t hear their conversation.

"Pang Jian!"

Jiuyuan, rooted to the spot as if his feet had grown into the ground, was several times more terrified than before. He looked in horror at Pang Jian, who stepped into the umbrella’s small cosmos, finally realizing something was amiss.

"It was you, Pang Jian, who activated the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array, not Cao Mang!"

"The one who used the interwoven beams of spiritual power to tear my cloak was you, Pang Jian, not Cao Mang as I had assumed."

Jiuyuan finally understood what had happened.

The one who had activated the array within the mountaintop umbrella’s small cosmos was Pang Jian, who could even secretly control Yuanmang’s gravity, not the Cao Mang he had mistakenly thought.

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