The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 391 - 370: Impersonation _1

Chapter 391: Chapter 370: Impersonation _1

The Divine Tree possesses a spirit.

As time passed, the Sapling radiated greater spiritual intelligence and its visage was sculpted with even more exquisite detail.

The Sapling then transformed from "it" to "her," and perhaps in the future... "He."

When the World Tree fully matured, it too would be a genuine deity. Situated in the Star River beyond Purgatory, it would be an transcendent being revered by countless members of the Wood Tribe.

"So you are the Corrosion Boundary Vine?"

Li Yuqing was obviously shocked as she watched the delicate young girl; her bright eyes gleamed with wonder as she exclaimed, "You’ve gained a spiritual body so quickly? Your appearance looks..."

She glanced at Pang Jian and then back at the little girl, her lips curling into a smile.

"I constructed my spiritual body in our father’s image, of course there’s a resemblance. What’s so surprising about that?" The little girl huffed defiantly, filled with hostility.

"Father?"

Li Yuqing became even more astonished.

Pang Ling said with emphasis, "My name is Pang Ling!"

"I see."

The young girl nodded lightly, her eyes clear as mirrors; she instantly discerned the relationship between her and Pang Jian and said with a faint smile, "All right, I understand now. I will no longer think about killing you."

"Good that you know your place!"

As her words fell, new emerald leaves began to fall upon Li Yuqing’s shoulders.

...

Outside Fragment Land, beneath the thick Lead Cloud.

A man and a woman, two figures, locked onto their target and approached quickly, soon reaching the Sky Fortune Fragment Land.

"Eh!"

Zhu Ying, removing her grey cloak, appeared suddenly like a ghost, staring at a lush and verdant Sapling and exclaiming, "Cousin, aside from the Li Family girl, there’s a strange man here."

"I see him, let’s wait and see how things unfold."

Jiang Yutian squinted his eyes, signaling her not to be impulsive.

The two hovered above Cloud Marsh, carefully scrutinizing the area, each releasing their Divine Sense and using their vessels to probe for life.

"Within a hundred miles, there is no gathering of alien tribe warriors, nor any powerful ferocious beasts."

Zhu Ying relaxed slightly.

A cerulean ring quietly emerged behind her, casting a dreamy blue glow that turned the firmament around her into a sea of azure light.

"Cousin, it’s time for us to descend."

She was the first to descend, hovering about a meter off the ground, not far in front of the Sapling.

She said with a charming smile, "I am Zhu Ying from the Zhu family of the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom. I rank just outside the top ten in the Soul Wandering Realm."

"My cousin Jiang Yutian is currently ranked ninth. We were passing by this place..."

Her attention was on Li Yuqing from beginning to end, internally assessing her condition, daring not to make any rash move.

"Whoosh!"

Jiang Yutian landed shortly after.

"Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom, Jiang Family, Jiang Yutian!"

He saluted Li Yuqing with a fist-and-palm gesture, saying with an honest face, "We heard you were injured, and we wish to escort you back to the Third Realm!"

"No need."

Li Yuqing shook her head and stood up to wash her hands in a basin, speaking indifferently, "It’s just a minor injury, nothing serious."

"It’s not a minor injury, is it?" Zhu Ying said with concern, earnestly adding, "We saw it — the bones of those two level eight aliens. The scene was so fiercely fought that one of your treasured garments was reduced to fragments."

"Little Sister of the Li Family, we all come from the First Realm and should support each other. We’ve come here specifically to ensure you are safely escorted up, so the elders at home won’t worry."

Zhu Ying, skinny, dressed in a loose robe, drifted like a ghost through the air, her sleeves billowing as if they were the wandering spirits of the forest.

The Divine Sense emanating from her extended out like threads, discerning the power of the land, the trees, the flowers, and the grass.

Li Yuqing’s face turned cold as she said, "I said no need!"

Jiang Yutian frowned deeply and sighed, "We mean well, but you..."

"Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom, Zhu Jinghong, is he one of your elders?" Pang Jian suddenly interjected.

Zhu Ying, as if noticing Pang Jian for the first time, nodded, "Indeed, he is my uncle."

Pang Jian let out a cold laugh.

His fingertips shot out blinding bolts of lightning, shredding silver-grey threads underfoot in the muddy ground.

Zhu Ying grunted, her expression suddenly becoming somber as she sternly inquired, "Who are you?"

Jiang Yutian’s expression also changed slightly.

Since their descent, they had intentionally downplayed Pang Jian, not taking him seriously, but neither had been idle, both probing with their own methods, sensing and setting traps.

In the dirt around Pang Jian, and in the air itself, lay their hidden Divine Sense and spiritual power lines.

They had thought Pang Jian wouldn’t be able to detect them.

Pang Jian called out sharply, "Desolated Terrains, Fu Wangchen!"

Jiang Yutian and Zhu Ying’s expressions changed dramatically.

Li Yuqing smiled smugly.

"You thought you could pull one over on me with those petty schemes?" Pang Jian scoffed, a point of golden light abruptly shining from his brow, like a golden eye locking onto the two of them.

"Lately, I find the people from the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom particularly unsightly."

"Oh, by the way, Li Yuanchen from your Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom also died by my hand."

"Tss, tss!"

In the muddied earth, hundreds of threads refined from Divine Sense, Spiritual Power, and Qi and Blood were rapidly eroded by his penetrating power.

The pure life Alien Power of the Corrosion Boundary Vine also stirred up a wave of aquamarine beneath the ground, working with Pang Jian’s power to eradicate the buried Alien Power of the two men.

"Fu Wangchen, weren’t you dead in the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land?" Zhu Ying exclaimed in shock.

"Eastland has never been in harmony with us, we won’t tell you everything," Pang Jian sneered before saying, "Kill!"

Dozens of ancient trees, towering tens of meters high, suddenly revealed their ferocity, with many branches as hard as steel stabbing towards Jiang Yutian and Zhu Ying like sharp spears.

"Pfft! Pft, pft!"

The azure halo at Zhu Ying’s back, the sea of blue light that spread out wildly, was pierced with numerous holes.

"Azure Sky Sea!"

Zhu Ying gritted his teeth and hurriedly tried to control the halo to escape the dense forest, but more branches penetrated the light and shadow released by the halo.

Jiang Yutian, with a face full of anger, said: "Fu Wangchen! We have no grudges, and we share a common goal in eradicating the Alien Tribes, how dare you strike with lethal intent?"

Both he and Zhu Ying were well over a hundred years old and were not the peerless geniuses of the Jiang and Zhu families of the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom.

Since Eastland had few dealings with the other three continents, they only knew of a talented youth named Fu Wangchen from the Desolated Terrains and had never seen him in person.

Hearing that the youth before them was the genius from the Desolated Terrains, they both lost their nerve and were prepared to change their initial plans.

But the other party was unrelenting.

Pang Jian sneered, "You two, aren’t you also intending to strike with lethal intent against the person I admire?"

Li Yuqing, who was idly standing with a handkerchief, couldn’t help but roll her eyes and secretly cursed, "He’s getting carried away with this act!"

"Slander!"

Jiang Yutian angrily rebuked.

"Boom!"

A strange Blessed Land Cave Heaven appeared violently out of nowhere behind Jiang Yutian.

Inside the Cave Heaven were countless fields with a steady drizzle falling.

The Rain Field Cave Heaven was a Strange Treasure and a Blessed Land forged by his family elders for both offense and defense.

"Fu Wangchen! We came specifically to help the Li Family’s young lady return to the Third Realm!" Jiang Yutian said coldly, controlling the Cave Heaven behind him, "If you don’t appreciate it, let it be but don’t be so aggressive!"

Behind Fu Wangchen lay the Desolated Terrains, a major sect with two True Gods at the helm, with Fu Wangchen himself being the top genius in line.

Even with his extraordinary background, facing the unknown "Fu Wangchen," he dared not act rashly.

He was even more afraid of being accused by "Fu Wangchen" of plotting against Li Yuqing.

"Once you’re in, don’t even think about getting out."

Pang Jian drew out the Origin Demon Sword.

Colossal Spiritual Power instantly flowed into the sword as he watched countless Demon Thoughts, Demon Lights, and Demon Clouds stirring, pouring into the radiant green sword light.

"Whoosh!"

A vast river of aquamarine light surged directly towards Jiang Yutian’s Cave Heaven.

Endless seductive Demon Women, clusters of deep-purple Demon Flowers, and terrifyingly fierce Demon Fiends with sinister Demonic Eyes flashed within the Cave Heaven, teeming with thousands of acres of fertile fields.

The vision of a myriad of Heaven Demons causing chaos in the world clearly appeared before Pang Jian.

"Pang Jian, their malice and evil thoughts are dense beyond compare; they want to harm you."

"They haven’t shown themselves yet, still a hundred miles away, but I could already feel their evil thoughts."

"Such despicable and evil people, I am obligated to help you eliminate them!"

"..."

Many thoughts from the Source Demon surged out from within the Rain Field Cave Heaven, incessantly telling Pang Jian how disgustingly vile Jiang Yutian and Zhu Ying were.

But Pang Jian did not dare to be careless, as he continued to pour Spiritual Power while guarding against the backlash of the Source Demon.

"Fu Wangchen!"

Zhu Ying yelled fiercely, her "Azure Sky Sea" halo’s azure light growing dimmer and dimmer.

"Boom! Boom, boom!"

One after another, the ancient trees towering dozens of meters high uprooted and repeatedly slammed into the "Azure Sky Sea," causing Zhu Ying immense suffering.

At the same time, an inconspicuous green sapling stealthily moved beneath Zhu Ying in mid-air.

Branches as thin as fingers, amid the thick and ordinary ones, easily penetrated the azure light released by the halo and "pff" pierced through Zhu Ying’s abdomen.

Only when Zhu Ying felt the acute pain in his abdomen did he realize that the light barrier unbreakable by the giant trees was penetrated by the sapling’s branches.

"Rumble!"

Jiang Yutian’s Rain Field Cave Heaven was directly shattered by the chaos of myriad Heaven Demons, turning into a skyful of light rain falling down.

"Fu Wangchen! There’s been a misunderstanding!"

"Do you really wish to be so ruthless?"

The two desperately fled but were brought down by the large trees and floating flowers and leaves in mid-air.

"I truly had no intention of letting you two live."

Pang Jian continued to wield his sword.

Broadsword-light rivers surrounded the space where Zhu Ying and Jiang Yutian were while he kept infusing the Origin Demon Sword with power, keenly aware of the Source Demon drawing strength from their evil thoughts and malice.

He thus knew that they had forged a deep and immense hatred—should Zhu Ying and Jiang Yutian survive, they would surely seek every possible way to exact revenge.

"With the Origin Demon Sword in hand, who the enemy is, who harbors evil thoughts, it’s all crystal clear."

Pang Jian became increasingly adept, and his communication with the Source Demon became more and more harmonious.

He gradually realized that if the Source Demon was truly willing to cooperate proactively, this sword was indeed extraordinary.

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