The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 306 - 289: Control the Situation!_2

Chapter 306: Chapter 289: Control the Situation!_2

"In such a situation, we can only hope for the best and accept our fate."

Zhao Yuanqi spoke while still carefully observing their surroundings, afraid that another Luo Yuan might appear.

"Without the Sword Boat, without companions, how long can we survive in the Mysterious Fog?"

Zhou Qingchen challenged.

"No matter how long we live, it’s better than being killed by that person right away."

Zhao Yuanqi responded impatiently.

The two of them argued incessantly, but the gourd was still speeding through the Mysterious Fog until...

A Golden Bee Insect suddenly appeared from the depths of the boundless Mysterious Fog, startling the gourd into an abrupt halt.

The fingertip-sized Golden Bee Insect, like a golden lump, hung quietly in the air with transparent wings that did not flutter.

It watched the two with its brilliant compound eyes.

The duo, who had been arguing all along, felt chills run down their spine and were overcome with intense unease at its gaze.

"Alien God from the Outer Realm!"

They screamed in unison.

"Swoosh!"

Multiple Long Blades fanned out behind Zhou Qingchen like a peacock’s tail; he gripped the Heaven Essence Bead in both hands, ready to fight to the death.

The surface of the big red gourd under Zhao Yuanqi’s feet revealed numerous Divine Cloud Marks, casting dazzling glimmers over the nearby space.

"The Bee Insect must be possessed by a God Spirit!"

She believed that an Alien God from the Outer Realm had infused its Divine Consciousness into the Bee Insect.

—Like that dark yellow flag full of holes.

"Don’t move, you two! There are marks left by Li Yuanchen on your earlobes; I’ll have the Bee Insect help you remove them."

The Golden Bee Insect suddenly spoke in a human tongue.

It was Pang Jian’s voice!

Zhao Yuanqi froze like a wooden chicken.

Zhou Qingchen was utterly shocked; he looked at the Golden Bee Insect with the same eyes one would use to gaze at demons and monsters, his voice trembling, "Pang, Pang Jian?"

"Yes, it’s me."

"How did you become a Golden Insect?"

"That, we’ll talk about later."

"Where are you?"

"Zhao Yuanqi, don’t touch your earlobe, let me handle it!"

The Golden Bee Insect shrieked suddenly, interrupting the silver-haired girl’s action.

A bolt of golden lightning headed straight for her earlobe, exclaiming, "Li Yuanchen is from Eastland of the First Realm, of the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom; he disguised himself as Luo Yuan! Zhao Yuanqi, don’t move!"

The Golden Bee Insect dashed forward, biting down and swallowing a strand of silver-coloured Divine Sense.

Just like that, a fragment of Li Yuanchen’s image was extinguished.

The lightning moved again, swiftly reaching Zhou Qingchen’s ear and devouring another strand of silver Divine Sense.

At the same moment.

"Fang Boxuan, I am Pang Jian, stand still, don’t move; you’ve been marked by Li Yuanchen."

"Qi, Dong Tianze, I am Pang Jian, listen to me..."

Several Golden Bee Insects, speaking in human language from different locations, sent shivers down the spines of those involved, who looked at the Golden Bee Insects with fear.

Only when they recognized the familiar voice of Pang Jian did they refrain from attempting to strike down the Golden Bee Insects.

An hour later.

The gray-green vortex controlled by Li Yuanchen no longer drifted aimlessly through the Mysterious Fog; it too suddenly stopped.

Clad in golden armor and brandishing a silver hammer wreathed in Thunder and Lightning, his eyes filled with panic, he exclaimed, "Some unknown existence has erased the Divine Consciousness I released and also eliminated those people."

"There must be an Alien God targeting them."

"This is bad; I might not be able to escape either."

He was now extremely close to Fang Boxuan’s location.

However, with the loss of his Divine Consciousness, he didn’t know whether Fang Boxuan was still there and didn’t dare to go over and investigate.

"Return to the Bright Heaven Battleship first!"

Li Yuanchen steered the vortex away, following the sensing connection with the battleship, giving up on the hunt below.

...

"Phew!"

A Golden Bee Insect, furthest from Pang Jian, suddenly came to a stop.

Below.

A Landscape Spiritual Boat from Sky Water Swamp appeared on the deck with a scene of sect members fighting each other to the death, while some others sat in a daze in the corner, watching the desperate battle.

Upstairs.

In a room with a torn window, stood Chen Lushi, dressed in a purple dress robe adorned with many exquisite ornaments.

This woman from the Demon Heart Sect had watery eyes full of unresolved sorrow.

She sighed softly, seemingly at a loss for how to break the current impasse and unaware of where they originated from.

"You’ve always been exceptionally wise, do you have a way to break through?"

Jiang Chao in the room asked.

"Breakthrough?"

Chen Lushi mocked herself with a smile, shaking her head and said, "All I hope for now is that they can have fewer disputes and spare me the trouble of worrying."

In the practice of the disciples of the Demon Sect, following one’s heart is emphasized—an approach that has resulted in each member from its various factions being lawless figures.

For this reason, practitioners of the Demon Sect are the most prone to losing their sanity during cultivation among all the major sects.

And this is not just in the Second Realm.

In the entire Purgatory World, among the many sect powers, those who cannot stay true to their hearts and fall into madness in special circumstances have always been most numerous within the Demon Sect.

Like now, for instance.

The people from Sky Water Swamp, in the face of a desperate and pervasive predicament, mostly managed to remain calm.

However, in the Demon Sect, half perished from fighting one another.

Of the remaining half, some had already left on their own, desperate to find a way out within the Mysterious Fog.

And others, due to the collapse of their will, had long turned into the living dead.

If things continued in this fashion, within at most another half a month, the disciples of the Demon Sect would likely all be dead.

"What about Wu Yuan? Doesn’t he care?"

Jiang Chao said.

"Don’t talk about him, he’s an anomaly in our Demon Sect, the only one who can always stay true to himself. Perhaps, only such a stubborn rock can adapt to the tough environment we’re facing," sighed Chen Lushi.

"Alas, I’m really unlucky this time. I feel like I’ve been tricked by those above,"

Jiang Chao said with a bitter face, still chewing bitter tea leaves, "They clearly said that once we enter the Mysterious Fog and rush straight through, we’d quickly break through it and reach the so-called Absolute Sky Forbidden Land. We did just that, didn’t we? And yet we’re still lost."

"You forgot about the White Crane that attacked us on the way," Chen Lushi reminded.

"That? We got lost just because we chased after it?" Jiang Chao was skeptical.

"Perhaps it was because of it," Chen Lushi speculated.

Jiang Chao frowned in silence, not speaking for a while, as he too pondered the possibility.

A moment later.

"That..."

Jiang Chao’s eyes, filled with desire, burned with heat as they rested on Chen Lushi, who stood by the window, lingering over her voluptuous and alluring backside.

Jiang Chao suddenly said, "Chen Lushi, if we truly cannot escape death, may I have the honor of one kiss? "

Without turning her head, Chen Lushi replied, "Let’s wait until that day really comes."

She continued to watch the deck below, witnessing the fighting among the disciples of the Demon Sect, her icy eyes revealing a trace of sternness and disdain.

"Landscape Spiritual Boat, position confirmed..."

Within the Mysterious Fog above, a Golden Bee Insect spoke in human tongues, unheard by anyone.

...

In another place.

Still deep within the Mysterious Fog.

A huge avian skeleton floated quietly.

A bird larger than the Bright Heaven Battleship, its crystal bone structure radiated a white jade glow, upon its spread wings sat one grand building after another.

On the bird’s forehead, devoid of flesh, a man sat cross-legged.

Cloaked in a coat woven from white feathers, with hands resting on his knees, he calmly gazed straight ahead.

His handsome face featured a prominent nose and deep-set eyes.

"Shh!"

Above his forehead, a third eye suddenly opened, abruptly emitting a blinding divine light.

"A Golden Bee Insect?"

The man’s expression shifted slightly as he stepped into the void in pursuit.

One step spanned tens of thousands of miles!

However, the Golden Bee Insect was even faster than him, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

...

Yet another region enveloped in Mysterious Fog.

A White Crane, wandering within the Thunder Vortex, flew by joyfully, humming to itself.

"Soon, I’ll cross this damned place and reach the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land."

The White Crane seemed to have a clear direction in mind.

Aware of its destination, the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, it showed not a hint of impatience or worry.

"Who’s spying on me?"

The White Crane abruptly turned its head.

In the vast Mysterious Fog, it saw a streak of golden lightning flash by. Focusing its gaze once more... it spotted a shiny Golden Bee Insect, hovering a hundred yards away.

The Golden Bee Insect looked at it with a rather strange gaze, then spoke in human language, "Do you know the way to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land?"

"That voice..."

The White Crane scratched its head human-like with its wing.

It then unleashed numerous intersecting pearly white bolts of lightning, forming a cage of Thunder and Lightning around the space where the Golden Bee Insect was.

"That voice, why does it sound so familiar to me? Let me think a moment."

"I am Luo Yuan."

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