The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 293 - 278 The Once in a Hundred Thousand Years Feast_1

Chapter 293: Chapter 278 The Once in a Hundred Thousand Years Feast_1

"Sss! Sssss!"

A wisp of golden Divine Sense, emanating from Pang Jian, was immediately absorbed into his pupils, his eyes still a shimmering gold.

"Alien Gods from the Outer Realm!"

"We’ve seen that guy before!"

Zhou Qingchen and Fang Boxuan exclaimed in disbelief.

"See?"

Qi Qingsong, with a cold expression, looked at the shocked Nie You, the deeply furrowing brows of Lu Lingchan, as well as the disciples of Sword Tower and Black Valley who had previously doubted Pang Jian, scolding them, "Remember, when facing things you don’t understand, you must learn to think about the reasons behind them."

Nie You nodded.

The cultivators from Black Valley fell silent.

If Pang Jian could precisely locate this dark yellow banner, it meant that everything he had just done was meaningful.

"This opening of the Purgatory World is different from all the previous ones."

"An event that occurs once every hundred thousand years, across multiple worlds and multiple dimensions, will be revealed within the Mysterious Fog."

"Since you’ve been fortunate enough to come here, prepare yourself for this unprecedented feast."

"..."

From the holes in the banner, innumerable voices of Alien Gods murmured, as if several of their consciousnesses were conversing with one another.

The banner suddenly floated away.

In the dense fog that lacked any direction, as it vanished from everyone’s sight, it became impossible to search for.

"Every hundred thousand years, across multiple worlds, multiple dimensions..."

Pang Jian was deeply shaken.

Turning to look behind him, he noticed the perplexed faces of Qi Qingsong, Lu Lingchan, Zhao Yuanqi, and others, who seemed unable to comprehend the deeper meaning behind The Observer’s words.

"Qi... Brother!"

Pang Jian called out loudly.

"Here! I’m here!"

Qi Qingsong hastily responded.

"How long has the Human Race reigned supreme over the Purgatory World, becoming the Sovereign of this part of the universe?" Pang Jian asked sternly.

Qi Qingsong shook his head, uncertainly saying, "About... perhaps just one or two thousand years?"

"Thirty thousand years."

Lu Lingchan interjected.

This Black Valley woman, who had previously misunderstood Pang Jian, first looked towards the direction the banner had drifted off, then turned her gaze to Pang Jian, saying, "Pang... Junior, I was too hasty just now, and I didn’t understand you, so my words were a bit offensive."

She looked slightly embarrassed.

Towards this aloof youth who had come from the Lower Realm, she had initially looked down upon him.

She was a Direct Disciple of the Valley Master of Black Valley, and from a prominent military family of the Second Realm. Pang Jian... it was said that he came from the Fourth Realm, and yet he had been taken as a Direct Disciple by Pu Zhaotian, the number one warrior of the Second Realm.

From the moment she had laid eyes on Pang Jian, no matter how much she tried to suppress it, she instinctively compared herself to him.

In that comparison, she felt that in every aspect, whether it was in cultivation realm, talent, or combat power, she was superior to Pang Jian.

That Pang Jian had become a Direct Disciple of one of the strongest forces in the Second Realm, just like her, made her somewhat reluctant to accept.

"She’s apologizing too..."

Fang Boxuan, standing in a corner, watched Lu Lingchan from a distance with an odd expression.

The Lu Family, a leading power in the Second Realm, and Lu Lingchan, a prominent member of her family, were always self-confident and proud.

As far as he knew, Lu Lingchan was deeply spoiled by the Valley Master in Black Valley and had never suffered any grievances, nor had she ever apologized to anyone.

"Thirty thousand..."

Pang Jian pondered deeply.

What he was thinking about was that in the Purgatory World of thirty thousand years ago, it was dominated by powerful Alien Tribes like the Heaven Clan, Cyclops, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan.

And the Human Race probably didn’t have a deep enough understanding of Purgatory’s history before thirty thousand years.

The events of a hundred thousand years ago, were even less known.

So...

If every hundred thousand years there truly are such significant events spanning multiple worlds and dimensions that come into existence deep within the Mysterious Fog, then the Purgatory Human Tribe must also be encountering this for the first time.

Suddenly!

"Swoosh! Swoosh swoosh!"

From the windows of a room on the Sword Boat, a succession of seven figures clad in blue robes burst out, launching an attack on Nie You, as well as nearby enemies from Sword Tower and Black Valley.

The seven individuals, who had also removed their Firm Covers in their respective rooms, were the ones who had died.

Since those seven had died in their own rooms, and Pang Jian couldn’t possibly search every room one by one, they had been overlooked.

It was these seven overlooked individuals, who after The Observer’s Alien God had left, began to wreak havoc.

Luminous sword lights streaked through the air, and amidst the cries of shock, disciples from Black Valley and Sword Tower joined forces to besiege these seven who had turned into something monstrous, piercing their bodies and stabbing their hearts full of holes.

Yet, the seven continued to fight desperately.

"Inside their heads, there is one, invisible and undetectable to you, green ant each," Pang Jian said indifferently.

As his golden Divine Sense grew and returned, he glanced and noticed that within the hollow brain cavities of the corpses, there were tiny green ants still moving.

"Green ants?"

Nie You and Ye Fei, who were fighting, kept glancing at Pang Jian, waiting for his directives.

"You must sever their heads, or blowing them to pieces will work too, otherwise they can keep fighting indefinitely," Pang Jian reminded again.

Upon hearing this, Nie You and Ye Fei, behind their Firm Covers, brought out their Spiritual Artifacts and Strange Treasures, focusing specifically on smashing the heads of the seven individuals.

It didn’t take long for them to completely annihilate the seven.

The green ants hiding in the brains of the seven, were also crushed by the Spiritual Power of the several cultivators.

The green ants, released by The Observer’s Alien God and capable of gnawing on the cultivators’ brain marrow, were only terrifying because they were invisible.

They didn’t have particularly strong bodies, nor were they fast flyers, so once Pang Jian made their presence known, they lost their mystique.

——It becomes quite easy to kill.

"Hiss!"

A strand of golden lightning suddenly flew out from Pang Jian’s pupils, absorbing the faint divine consciousness that dissipated from the dead green ant.

"Pang Jian, what kind of soul skill have you actually cultivated? Why is your divine sense golden, and so dazzling?"

"Can you see things we can’t? No wonder you’ve been able to follow all the way to where the flag is!"

Qi Qingsong, who had not made a move, was full of astonishment, firing off several questions in rapid succession.

"So, you’ve also reached the late stage of the Hollow Profound Realm."

Zhao Yuanqi, with a big red gourd on her back, spoke coldly and sneeringly, "When we came, you clearly said you were in the middle stage of the Hollow Profound Realm. It seems you don’t trust any of us."

Pang Jian was taken aback.

He suddenly realized that the ability of divine sense to leave the Sea of Consciousness was also a sign of the late stage of the Hollow Profound Realm.

But only those golden divine senses that contained divinity were able to leave his Sea of Consciousness, the rest remained as they were.

This also made him unclear about his actual cultivation level and what stage he was at.

"If it weren’t for Pang Jian burning those corpses early, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable."

Fang Boxuan suddenly said.

At those words, everyone’s hair stood on end.

Far more than just those seven people died aboard the Sword Boat; a dozen more would have suddenly stood up and attacked everyone if Pang Jian hadn’t preemptively burned them with intense flames.

Those people weren’t staying in rooms, they wouldn’t attract attention when suddenly rushing out, nor would they allow everyone to prepare in advance.

They were right beside everyone, right under their feet!

What would happen if they were to attack suddenly was a thought that made every single person anxious.

"Pang Jian, we didn’t understand before, so... "

Nie You bowed apologetically with hands clasped together.

"Brother Ye, how does Pang Jian compare to Luo Yuan, the one you encountered in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone?"

Lv Lianchen of the Black Valley asked softly.

"It’s hard to say, but I feel that these two... are very alike."

"Very alike?"

"Hmm, apart from their different looks, everything else is quite similar."

Ye Fei spoke softly, full of doubt.

At that moment.

Pang Jian returned to the third level of the Sword Boat, pointed to Dong Tianze, then to Lu Lingchan, and said, "Let’s have a talk, just the two of us."

Dong Tianze, who kept to himself and didn’t fit in with everyone else, was obviously startled for a moment.

"Let’s go, Zhou, we’ll do it together."

He certainly wouldn’t leave out Zhou Qingchen, who was closest to him.

A moment later, Dong Tianze and Lu Lingchan were also present in the room where they were celebrating with drinks.

Pang Jian took the initiative to ask, "Dong Tianze, when those green ants tried to enter your brain, what did you feel at the time?"

"I didn’t feel much, just a chill all over, and then the Phoenix Seal on my forehead reacted." Dong Tianze recalled for a moment and said, "After that, I brought out the Firm Cover, as for the green ants you mentioned, they should have been ground to dust by the brilliance of my forehead seal."

"Then you can leave, it has nothing to do with you now."

Pang Jian waved his hand, dismissing him.

Dong Tianze snorted coldly; he didn’t get up as told but stayed put, ignoring everyone else.

Pang Jian didn’t try to drive him away again but said gravely, "The flag you saw conceals an Alien God from the Outer Realm named The Observer. This Alien God can release strange insects that you can’t see, which eat away at your brain and then leave an insect behind to perform possession."

"That, however, is not terrible, because at least I can see them."

"He spoke of a grand assembly that happens once every hundred thousand years, if it’s true..."

Pang Jian paused for a moment, looked at the few people in the room, and said, "Then what we encounter next in the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land may not only be familiar beings from the Purgatory World."

Zhou Qingchen sprang to his feet, breathing rapidly, "Is that true or false?"

"He wouldn’t just say it casually, would He?" Qi Qingsong also exclaimed.

Lu Lingchan remained silent.

Dong Tianze was equally shocked.

What lies beyond the Purgatory World, what kind of oddities it contained, had always been an unsolved mystery.

Even after the Human Race dominated Purgatory and spent thirty thousand long years, the truth remained unclear.

One after another, True Gods with boundless power, who succeeded in stepping out of Purgatory, also never returned, unable to tell them about the situation outside.

There were restrictions on the Dome of Purgatory, which only True Gods could attempt to break through.

And around the circular well-like walls, the Mysterious Fog and Boundary Wall persist forever.

This was like an immense cage, imprisoning the creatures of Purgatory and confining everyone, who could only seek answers by breaking through the heavens with Divine Enthronement.

But those who broke through never returned.

Now, however, they had the opportunity to come into contact with intelligent beings from other worlds, shrouded in the Mysterious Fog of the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land.

"The future is uncertain; I feel that if we continue to delve deeper, not many of us on this journey will survive."

After giving them time to digest, Pang Jian spoke again, "Consider whether you want to enter the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land now or go back and inform the Sect forces of the First Realm."

"Go back? I don’t even know how to return."

Qi Qingsong frowned bitterly, sighed, and said, "According to my master, the Mysterious Fog shrouding the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land is thin, and we should have arrived at the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land one moment after entering."

"The way in is the same as always. And so is the way out."

"But now, we’ve lost our way; I don’t know if a direction is in or out."

"So actually, we needn’t worry about whether we should go out or continue deeper; wherever the Sword Boat takes us is where we’ll be."

Qi Qingsong’s face was full of helplessness.

"Since that’s the case, then we can only prepare to meet beings from other worlds. Let’s just think of it as us going ahead and learning about the outside world on behalf of the people of our world," said Zhou Qingchen resignedly.

"That’s all we can do now."

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