The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 248 - 233 Tricky Move of White Crane_1

Chapter 248: Chapter 233 Tricky Move of White Crane_1

"Luo Yuan!"

Ye Fei suddenly let out a fierce yell.

The storage ring on his arm shone with a dark red glimmer, and a silver-framed mirror suddenly flew out.

In that mirror, a trail of bright red Dragon Fish swam as if they were alive, seemingly dwelling within the world inside the mirror.

"Dragon Fish Mirror!"

Lu Xiangyi’s face changed slightly, she hesitated for a moment, then said, "Ye Fei, the Purple Crystal Pagoda is merely a middle-grade Spiritual Artifact, if it’s broken, it’s broken, I can make Luo Yuan compensate you for it. But if you take out this Dragon Fish Mirror, it means a fight to the death, I don’t think it is necessary to go this far."

"It is necessary!"

With a cold face, Ye Fei paid no mind to Lu Xiangyi’s persuasion and stared at Pang Jian, "He meddled in my affairs first, daring to shatter my Purple Crystal Pagoda with a single sword strike; I must make him pay the price!"

Having said that, he aimed the silver-framed mirror in his hands at Pang Jian.

Pang Jian, curious, looked at the mirror filled with bright red Dragon Fish and immediately felt as if all the Dragon Fish suddenly stared back at him.

"Whoosh!"

From the Dragon Fish Mirror, a beam of light like a flashlight’s beam shot forth, linking the mirror and Pang Jian’s eyes.

Onlookers saw what seemed to be a shimmering river of silver light, one end connected to the Dragon Fish Mirror, the other end connected to Pang Jian’s pupils.

The bright red Dragon Fish that had been swimming in the mirror followed this beam of silver light into Pang Jian’s eyes.

Pang Jian instantly felt as if his eyes were about to burst from pain.

Then, he saw six fierce Dragon Fish appearing in his Sea of Consciousness, assuming the posture of gnawing at his Divine Sense.

The Dragon Fish Mirror was evidently a vicious weapon capable of attacking an opponent’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness, able to devour the other’s Divine Sense.

Pang Jian’s face turned pale.

Without further thought, he gathered all his Spiritual Power and Life Vitality, hurriedly pouring them into his own Sea of Consciousness, desperately trying to intercept and slaughter these peculiar Dragon Fish.

At the same time, he also concentrated his focus, controlling the Divine Sense already within his grasp.

As the Dragon Fish tore towards his Divine Sense, he made the targeted senses swiftly move within his Sea of Consciousness to avoid being attacked by the Dragon Fish.

"Thank goodness I’ve advanced to the mid-stage of the Hollow Profound Realm, allowing me to control my Divine Sense to escape!"

Pang Jian secretly rejoiced.

"Hiss! Hiss-hiss!"

The Cyan Shining Spiritual Power and green-glowing Life Vitality had already rushed to the Sea of Consciousness by now, preparing to besiege the Dragon Fish.

"Ah!"

Ye Fei, who was using the Dragon Fish Mirror to cast the spell, suddenly screamed sharply, his eyes showing a look of terror.

Without any hesitation, the Inner Sect Disciple from Black Valley immediately retracted the Dragon Fish released into Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness back into the silver-framed mirror, and yelled out loud, "Misunderstanding!"

Pang Jian, who was preparing to make a desperate effort, was stunned by Ye Fei’s bizarre action.

At that moment, Ye Fei’s gaze towards him completely changed, appearing extremely wary.

"Luo Yuan, I should have given you some face; I was too unreasonable before."

Forcing down the shock in his heart, under the inexplicable stares of everyone, Ye Fei suddenly softened.

"Ye Fei, you..."

An elder Black Valley Outer Sect Disciple, over fifty years with cultivation in the late stage of the Hollow Profound Realm, frowned deeply and said, "Our Black Valley also has its dignity."

"Shut your mouth!"

Ye Fei, who was a step lower in realm, looked at him with a dark face and said coldly, "Remember, although you are older than me, although your realm is higher than mine, I am the leader of this Black Valley mission!"

The man’s face changed, and he quickly lowered his head, saying, "I remember."

"Good that you do."

Ye Fei snorted.

Turning back to face Pang Jian, he put on a different face again, squeezing out a somewhat awkward smile and said, "Luo Yuan, can we talk in private?"

Pang Jian felt bewildered but still nodded his head.

Thus, under the curious gazes of the Demon Sect and Sky Water Swamp members, the two of them, one leading and one following, went to a patch of grass far away from the lake.

"Luo Yuan, you are definitely not an obscure nobody from Sword Tower; you have a full one hundred and twenty-eight strands of Divine Sense!"

"In our Third Realm, whether it’s the Demon Sect, Sword Tower, Sky Water Swamp, or our Black Valley, anyone at the Hollow Profound Realm stage who can condense more than one hundred strands of Divine Sense, even an Outer Sect Disciple could become an Inner Sect in an instant!"

"Let alone one hundred and twenty-eight strands of Divine Sense!"

Ye Fei, who through each Dragon Fish saw the unusual state of Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness, dropped his previous arrogant demeanor.

He said with a bitter smile, "Luo Yuan, I don’t know why you’re hiding your identity, but I don’t wish to become enemies with someone like you over the destruction of a middle-grade Spiritual Artifact."

"So..."

"Let’s just consider it a misunderstanding, shall we?"

Ye Fei made a gesture of apology.

Pang Jian smiled wryly to himself, thinking, "So that’s how it is."

After pondering for a moment, he casually asked, "It seems you’re also at the mid-stage of the Hollow Profound Realm, how many Divine Sense strands do you have?"

"Just barely surpassing one hundred, I only have one hundred and one."

Ye Fei’s expression was bitter, having long forgone his arrogance, he said dispiritedly, "To my knowledge, every extra ten strands beyond one hundred represent another barrier. One hundred and ten, one hundred and twenty, they are like insurmountable chasms."

"In our Second Realm, for the past eight hundred years, no one has managed to exceed one hundred and thirty strands of Divine Sense during the Hollow Profound Realm stage."

"Your one hundred and twenty-eight is already the most in nearly three hundred years, Luo Yuan..."

The more Ye Fei talked, the more dejected he became, no longer harboring any intention to be Pang Jian’s adversary, he said, "I see you also don’t want others to know about this, that’s why I pulled you aside to talk."

Pang Jian nodded, saying indifferently, "Hmm, remember to keep it a secret for me."

"Absolutely, absolutely!"

Ye Fei nodded like a pecking chicken.

A battle that should have determined life or death dissipated into nothing when Ye Fei, using the Dragon Fish Mirror, saw the total amount of Divine Sense in Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness and suddenly disappeared.

"That White Crane is recovering!"

"In a corner at the bottom of the lake, there are numerous corpses of Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts, and it’s among them!"

"Let’s dive in and hunt the White Crane!"

"..."

As the two were whispering, Lu Xiangyi threw another pearl into the water, noticing an area at the lake’s bottom where the remains of numerous beasts were scattered.

The White Crane was pecking at the flesh of Ferocious Beasts, swallowing it to recover its strength.

"Splash!"

More and more people enveloped in their protective shields plunged into the water.

"Luo Yuan, you now qualify to share in the spoils from that White Crane’s bracelet, but you’ll still need to exert some effort."

Ye Fei reminded him, out of kindness.

Pang Jian nodded lightly.

Soon, he and the Black Valley disciple, whose attitude had drastically changed, both summoned their protective shields and dove toward the lake below.

Once beneath the surface, he saw numerous egg-shaped shields radiating light, converging in one place.

Many Thunder Snakes, Electric Eels, Thunder Eagles, and Rock Rhinoceroses that could strengthen themselves with Thunder and Lightning were scattered neatly in a corner at the bottom of the lake.

The weakened and malevolent White Crane ripped the body of a Thunder Snake with its talons, pecking out the gallbladder to eat.

This place seemed to be its pantry, prepared for itself.

The Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts it had hunted earlier had all been collected here, waiting for it to come and feed whenever it was injured.

"Huff! Huff huff huff!"

One by one, the Spiritual Power Strong Shields bearing disciples from the three major Sects moved toward the White Crane at the bottom of the lake.

Suddenly, the White Crane at the bottom of the lake that was eating flashed a sly and triumphant gleam in its pupils.

Pang Jian had a bad feeling.

Knowing the White Crane’s trickery, Pang Jian augmented his Qingying Gang Shield with Thunder and Lightning and the Extreme Cold Alien Power.

The Qingying Gang Shield instantly became several times thicker!

The Extreme Cold Alien Power even solidified into hard Ice Crystals at the bottom of the lake, with bright white Thunder and Lightning racing inside the Ice Crystal shield.

He was ready to defend with all his might.

"Crackle! Hiss hiss!"

All the Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts capable of swallowing Thunder and Lightning suddenly erupted with lightning, connecting the corpses lying in disorder.

The numerous beast corpses suddenly formed a Spirit Array capable of gathering Thunderous Lightning.

"Bang!"

The disciples of Sky Water Swamp who took the lead in the impact had their watery Spiritual Power Shields shattered by lightning and died instantly at the bottom of the lake.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

Following them, disciples from the Demon Sect and Black Valley were also affected by the spreading violent bursts of lightning.

Those with insufficient cultivation realm and without the protection of powerful Spiritual Artifacts or Strange Treasures saw their Spiritual Power Shields shattered by lightning, resulting in their deaths at the bottom of the lake.

"Crackle!"

Silver lightning struck the Ice Crystal Shield Pang Jian had summoned, not only failing to shatter this peculiar shield but also capturing a bit of the lightning within it.

Inside Pang Jian, the Thunder Vortex gently began to rotate, making the Thunder and Lightning in his hand’s Spirit Sword continuously stretch and retract.

A harsh and brutal crane cry suddenly echoed; the heavily injured White Crane, enveloped in Thunder and Lightning, flew towards the lake’s surface.

It flapped its wings laboriously, causing the Array below that gathered Thunderous Lightning to continuously draw in lightning from an unknown source.

The roaring at the lakebed was unceasing, with shields being continuously shattered by lightning.

Those who thought themselves hunters, lured to the bottom of the lake by the malicious White Crane, lost more than half their number in the blink of an eye.

"Hiss hiss!"

The Spirit Array built from the pile of beast corpses continued to violently release more lightning.

Besides Pang Jian, who could move freely at the bottom of the lake due to the existence of the Thunder Vortex inside him, everyone else was trapped.

Ye Fei of Black Valley and Lu Xiangyi of Sky Water Swamp were also struggling to support themselves at the bottom of the lake, stumbling and struggling under the bombardment of lightning.

Moments later.

"Whoosh!"

The White Crane was the first to fly out of the lake’s surface flashing with lightning.

Then came Pang Jian, bearing the peculiar Ice Crystal Shield.

"Luo Yuan! You lowly dog from the Lower Realm, how did you not die at the bottom of the lake?!"

The White Crane began to curse vilely as soon as it left the water and, dragging its weary body, made to flee.

Its last treacherous move was the Lightning Array constructed from numerous beast corpses, assuming that everyone who entered the water would either die at the bottom of the lake or be trapped there.

Much to its surprise, there was an oddity like Pang Jian who, even under such violent lightning, was able to burst out and not let it out of his sight.

"Go!"

Seeing no one on the lakeshore, Pang Jian summoned the Astonishing Spear, riding on it to chase down the White Crane.

The fierce light emanating from the spearhead enveloped the vicinity where the White Crane, unable to fly too high, was situated.

"Boom! Rumble!"

The light from the exploding spheres, like the Fierce Sun and a volcano bursting forth simultaneously, made the White Crane scream in agony as it fell from the sky again.

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