The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 320 - 301 Breeding Insects_1

Chapter 320: Chapter 301 Breeding Insects_1

Chen Lushi’s brows knit slightly, her expression displeased as she admonished Pang Jian.

After speaking, she seriously observed the situation before her, her gaze sweeping over Chang Li, Xiao Yu, and the others.

"Demon Sect!"

"Sky Water Swamp!"

Chang Li and Xiao Yu, upon recognizing the identities of the newcomers, hurriedly went over to greet them and suck up.

"Sky Curtain Cliff, Xiao Family..."

Chen Lushi’s lips curled slightly upwards, assuming a proud stance.

Qitian Continent’s Sky Curtain Cliff and the Xiao Family, with its deep history tied to the Sky Curtain Cliff, simply couldn’t compare with the Demon Sect in terms of heritage, naturally giving her a sense of superiority.

"Wood Tribe."

Wu Yuan stopped at a distance, merely glancing at Kaz and then frowning.

They had witnessed several hundred desiccated corpses impaled and suspended mid-air by the branches of the bloodthirsty forest as they hastened here on their Spirit Boats, Strange Treasures.

Fearfully, they finally reached the center of the forest, only to find the skeletal remains of a member of the Wood Tribe.

Could a single member of the Wood Tribe have killed so many Spirit Beasts and people of the Human Race?

Wu Yuan felt heavy-hearted, sensing that this Fragment Land existing deep within the Mysterious Fog and starting to be occupied by Outsider Tribes was filled with blood and brutality everywhere.

"That Jiang Chao, he’s not dead, is he?" Pang Jian wondered aloud.

Chen Lushi’s face turned cold, "Do you really wish for his death?"

"Mhm."

Pang Jian manipulated a Bee Insect, quietly observing the area where Jiang Chao had been, noting that there were still splashes at the bottom of the river.

This indicated that the struggle was still ongoing.

"Instead of helping Jiang Chao deal with his opponent, what are you doing sneaking into this forest?" Pang Jian said again.

"It was Wu Yuan who wanted to come in."

Chen Lushi snorted lightly, perfunctorily dealing with Chang Li and Xiao Yu, and said in a tone of reprimand, "Pang Jian, the next time you see someone infected by an Alien God, please make things clear."

Lu Xiangyi quietly spoke up, "If we do not trust him, then our mistake was all the greater..."

In Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, she, as an Inner Gate disciple of Sky Water Swamp, had acted like the boss. But in Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, in front of people like Wu Yuan, Jiang Chao, and Chen Lushi, she seemed weak and even her voice became softer.

"It’s none of your business to speak here!"

Chen Lushi’s gaze turned colder, "Jiang Chao is still entangled with those ’living dead,’ and Sky Water Swamp is currently headless. You just need to obediently follow our lead, and stop voicing your own opinions."

Lu Xiangyi pursed her lips, looking aggrieved, and dared not speak anymore.

Her fellow Sky Water Swamp disciples beside her were also angry but dared not speak out, secretly resenting Chen Lushi’s domineering attitude.

It was they who had welcomed the survivors of the wrecked Demon Boat aboard their Landscape Spiritual Boat and brought them into the Mysterious Fog.

Not only was Chen Lushi ungrateful, but she was also scolding the people of Sky Water Swamp at a time when Jiang Chao was in trouble.

They were very unhappy.

But thinking that it was because of Wu Yuan’s strength that they killed many members of the Back Armored Tribe and Scorpion Clan, leading them into this forest, it didn’t seem right to lash out.

"We’ll wait for Brother Jiang to return!" someone from Sky Water Swamp grumbled discontentedly.

"Let me tell you all, anyone might die in Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, and Jiang Chao is no exception," said Chen Lushi, thoroughly unimpressed with Jiang Chao, nonchalantly adding, "If he can’t make it, it’s his incompetence. Look at Fu Wangchen in the sky, single-handedly holding off the strongest leader of the Ghost Clan. If Jiang Chao himself was not cautious and got encircled by those infected ’living dead,’ then it’s his own fault."

She praised Fu Wangchen while belittling Jiang Chao, doing so effortlessly and with poise.

"If it weren’t for Pang Jian reminding you, and Wu Yuan responding immediately, many more of you would have died. And yet you have the nerve to criticize Pang Jian? Pfft!" Zhou Qingchen scoffed, having witnessed the whole sequence of events.

He disliked Chen Lushi’s attitude and remembered that before the Red Rosy Clouds Boat fled the Firm Wind, she had sabotaged them with a sneak attack, so he mocked again, "Don’t blame others for your own stupidity."

Chen Lushi, whose injuries had not healed and was in a bad mood, took offense to everyone she saw and immediately sneered, "Someone from the Lower Realm’s Red Mountain dares to speak insolently to me?"

Pang Jian, as a direct disciple of Pu Zhaotian, treated her coldly and arrogantly disregarded her, and she was looking for an excuse to vent her dissatisfaction.

What was Zhou Qingchen anyway?

A disciple of Third Realm’s Red Mountain with only an early Hollow Profound Realm cultivation, how dared he criticize her?

Chen Lushi, accustomed to being the center of men’s attention, was filled with grievances.

"Whoosh!"

A ribbon, rainbow-like, flew out from her sleeve, intending to teach Zhou Qingchen a lesson.

"How dare you!" Zhao Yuanqi’s expression changed as she moved to intervene.

Chen Lushi was at a later stage of Hollow Profound Realm and a prodigy of the Demon Heart Sect. Zhao Yuanqi was worried Zhou Qingchen would be seriously injured.

"Whoosh!"

A blindingly bright silver streak of thunder and lightning shot out from the palm of Pang Jian’s hand.

Enveloped in the Cold Fog, it beamed out mysterious glimmers of stars and moonlight, covering the area where Chen Lushi stood.

"Boom!"

The ribbon Chen Lushi hastily waved became like a rag devoured by an ancient Monster with a natural Bloodline of cold ice, thunder and lightning, and star-moon, instantly turning into a dazzling burst of light.

"You!"

Chen Lushi was startled, she drew more ribbons and began a seductive twisting dance.

Alluring demonic shadows twisted their forms in mid-air, their flowing dresses whirling, displaying the most enchanting and enthralling facets of a woman in the form of a dance.

"Complete nonsense."

Pang Jian snorted indifferently, unaffected and building up strength in secret.

The Astonishing Spear flying through the air, with just a wisp of golden Divine Sense infused into it, could be continually empowered by him as though connecting to his Spiritual Sea, Sea of Consciousness.

"Divine Consciousness with Divine Intent, truly has infinite uses!"

Pang Jian cast the Explosive Dance of the Astonishing Spear with his Divine Sense.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

Among the dozens of bewitchingly seductive demon shadows, between hundreds of dazzling ribbons, massive ice balls mixed with faint lightning exploded, scattering ice spurs, ice blades, and lightning in all directions.

A raging storm of ice and thunder was thus formed!

"Pang Jian!"

Chen Lushi, adept at beguiling hearts with her dark and profound illusions, let out a mournful scream.

The seductive demon shadows she had danced into existence vanished like bubbles in water.

Her "Demon Moshaskirt," begged from the Heaven Demon Sect, was also torn apart by the slowly swirling ice and thunder storm, breaking into numerous fingernail-sized pieces.

By the time the forlorn demon shadows managed to flee in disarray and regroup, Chen Lushi’s face had lost all color.

She stared at Pang Jian, her eyes filled with incredulous fear, as if she could not imagine that Pang Jian would really dare to strike at her with such ferocity.

Her flattering purple dress, which hugged her alluring figure, was torn by ice spurs and lightning, leaving multiple rips through which her long, straight, beautiful leg was also bleeding from a slender wound.

At her waist and around the edges of her hips, the clothing had narrow slits, revealing irresistibly enticing pale flesh.

"You!"

She covered the area around the hem of her dress, to prevent exposing even more, and hurriedly bent her waist, shrinking behind an ancient tree.

The disciples of Sky Water Swamp appeared to take pleasure in her misfortune, while the surviving members of Sky Curtain Cliff and the Xiao Family’s eyes suddenly shone with a fervent glow.

These people were all intently watching Chen Lushi’s every move.

Their gazes wandered frequently over her exposed, creamy skin.

Her enchanting Heaven Demon Dance failed to disturb Pang Jian’s mind, yet it cast a spell on the hot-blooded young men of Sky Curtain Cliff and the Xiao Family.

At this moment, they were still under the influence of the bizarre and demonic power of the Heaven Demon Dance, their minds full of her infinitely beautiful face and figure.

When Chen Lushi’s dress was torn, they felt even more satisfied, wishing they could rush over, rip her clothes to shreds, and pin her to the ground to knead her mercilessly.

"Wu Yuan! You just watch him hurt me?"

Chen Lushi shouted angrily from behind the ancient tree.

Wu Yuan, who was not far from her and had remained silent the whole time, said expressionlessly, "I told you on the way here not to provoke him, but you wouldn’t listen."

"As a member of the Demon Sect, how can you stand by and watch your own people being bullied without shame?"

Chen Lushi whispered indignantly behind the tree as she changed her clothes.

But Wu Yuan had grown too lazy to respond.

Himself, Lu Xiangyi, and several other disciples from Sky Water Swamp, when looking at Pang Jian once again, had a trace more of awe in their eyes.

"The disciple taken in by Pu Zhaotian does seem somewhat similar to his way of doing things."

Pang Jian, who had cleanly and decisively dealt Chen Lushi a heavy blow, left a deep impression on them.

"Pu Zhaotian’s disciple?"

Chang Li and Xiao Yu and the others were suddenly taken aback.

They had entered the Mysterious Fog early on and come to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land for a detailed exploration; they had no clue that the Sword Tower Master had recently taken on a new disciple from the Lower Realm.

The whispers of the Sky Water Swamp disciples, caught by their ears, made them realize Pang Jian’s identity.

They immediately regarded him with respect.

"Pang Jian, my cultivation level is too low, and I still need your help."

Zhou Qingchen said with an embarrassed and bitter smile.

"No wonder, Zhou has been so eager to get you into Red Mountain, going to such lengths to find you when you went missing."

Zhao Yuanqi said with a sigh.

Chen Lushi, as a core disciple of the Demon Sect, with her alluring and tempting looks and actions full of charm, had no shortage of admirers in the Demon Sect, Sky Water Swamp, and Black Valley.

But to protect Zhou Qingchen from humiliation, Pang Jian not only made a move, he struck hard!

This made Zhao Yuanqi quite pleased.

"Here, take this pot. Inside, you’ll find something I’ve prepared for you. If you refine it into your Sea of Consciousness, it can help you quickly reach the limit of your total Divine Consciousness."

"Perhaps your total Divine Consciousness is not weaker than others."

Pang Jian passed the Black Crow Pot to him.

"Able to swiftly produce Divine Consciousness?"

Without any formality, Zhou Qingchen took and examined it with his mind and spirit, only to see six peculiar Soul Fires, prompting him to ask doubtfully, "Will it work?"

Pang Jian nodded: "You can start refining now."

"Now?"

Zhou Qingchen looked up at the sky.

"The Alien Tribes are withdrawing from the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land," Pang Jian explained.

Without a second word, Zhou Qingchen sat down behind Pang Jian and immediately began to refine the Soul Fire within the Black Crow Pot.

"The Alien Tribes are leaving?"

"Are we really that weak?"

"These are the same tribes that, upon entering, made us flee in terror, and now they’ve chosen to leave. It seems to make us look quite useless," members of the Xiao Family and Sky Curtain Cliff said dejectedly.

At the same time.

"Huff! Huff huff huff!"

Eight Golden Bee Insects’ Bee Souls flew out from the deceased Kaz’s Sea of Consciousness and appeared in Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness.

The well-fed Bee Insects, as usual, headed towards the Spring Eye beneath the Sea of Consciousness and each spat out two mouthfuls of golden honey.

Normally, each Bee Insect would only spit out one mouthful; this time it was double.

This indicated that they had absorbed an ample amount of Divine Consciousness!

Correspondingly, in the Bee Hives of the "Purgatory Gate," sixteen new Bee Pupae were also formed!

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