The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 401 - 380: Countless Lost Souls_1

Chapter 401: Chapter 380: Countless Lost Souls_1

In the mountains, a strong spiritual field lay concealed.

Without releasing his golden Spiritual Soul and probing deep into the mountain, Pang Jian merely stood at the foot and sensed the unique aura belonging to the powerful Ghost Clan.

His golden Spiritual Soul, filled with Divine Consciousness, had a keen sensitivity that was far superior to others of the same realm.

"Good!"

Zhu Wenle readily agreed.

"You all stay here, I will go and flush out the troublemaker."

He ordered his subordinates and then, under the escort of a huge fan behind him, charged straight towards the high mountains of Brocade Cloud Fragment Land.

"Boom!"

The ship moored mid-air, accompanied by a roaring sound, adjusted its angle.

On the deck of the ship, rows of heavy artillery made from blue-gold pointed towards various locations on the mountain peak.

They were just waiting for any Ferocious Beast to show up, and the heavy artillery would fire all at once, sweeping clean all the nuisances in Brocade Cloud Fragment Land.

"Huff! Huff!"

Suddenly, from the depths of the dirty river, a hairy creature appeared, gasping for air in an almost human but unearthly manner.

An Alien Tribe, a foot tall with a robust physique, its skin and flesh beneath the black fur churning and oozing stinking blood.

He seemed severely injured, eyes blood-red, emitting a vicious glow devoid of any humanity.

His hand, as large as a cattail leaf fan, was also covered in black fur but ripped and bloody.

"Transform, Human Race, Bloodthirsty Liquid..."

He mumbled incoherently, rubbing the flesh on his chest with his large hand, and under the strange gazes of the Astonish Rainbow Army warriors, he roared and suddenly leapt up from the ground.

Mid-air, his skin and flesh burst apart, bones cracking noisily, as he rapidly grew to a visible size.

"Bang!"

The massive ship was pierced through by him, revealing his presence inside the ship.

The warriors of the Astonish Rainbow Army, who were managing the blue-gold heavy artillery and planning to coordinate with Zhu Wenle, were slapped left and right by his hands, turning directly into chunks of flesh and limbs.

"A Ferocious Beast attempting its first transformation!"

"Level eight!"

The commanding officers of the Astonish Rainbow Army screamed, their faces as pale as death.

"Boom!"

The Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom ship, over a hundred zhang long, suddenly shattered into pieces, disintegrating and crashing down from mid-air.

Zhu Wenle, who had flown into mid-air, saw the chaos behind him and, without bothering to extract the perpetrator, immediately turned back to support.

"Whoo! Whoo-whoo!"

Nine towering palaces re-emerged.

He attempted to repeat an old trick, aiming to blast the inhuman creature to death, just as he had done with the Red-eyed Demon Wolf.

The wreckage of the ship that had split and fallen to the ground was suddenly enveloped by the creature’s Qi and Blood, and with a boom floated into the air, causing the palaces that flew out from behind Zhu Wenle’s fan to wobble dangerously.

"Howl!"

Returning to its original form, the creature was pitch black all over, with natural ridges and ghostly armor, and charged at Zhu Wenle along with the ship’s wreckage.

One by one, the blue-gold heavy artillery turned into toys in his hands, thrown out casually, smashing the mountains, palaces, and towers that flew from behind Zhu Wenle into bursts of light rain.

This creature, dozens of zhang high and accustomed to the harsh cold of the Fifth Realm, had its Bloodline forcibly raised to level eight by the Bloodthirsty Liquid.

He now had the ability to transform, but the incredible Spiritual Intelligence that should have emerged was completely eradicated by the toxic Bloodthirsty Liquid.

He felt the approach of death, sensed that his time was short, and now only wanted to fully unleash his newly gained level eight combat strength and wreak havoc in this unfamiliar world.

"Crack!"

The inherently vicious creature tore off the hideous ghost armors on its body and flung them like sharp shields.

The ghost armors, each the size of an acre and edged with blood, cut the weapons and bodies of the Astonish Rainbow Army commanders into pieces like serrated blades.

He tore off several more pieces of ghost armor and threw them again, controlled by level eight Bloodline.

In mid-air, the ghost armors, following his will, wreaked havoc, and the Astonish Rainbow Army warriors who had not reached the Soul Wandering Realm were as fragile as tofu.

In a very short time, five or six dozen Astonish Rainbow Army warriors and members of the Zhu family had died, with corpses everywhere.

Aboard the Sword Boat.

Pang Jian fiddled with the Hunyuan Ball, which was the size of a bullet, with the Origin Demon Sword hanging at his waist, watching coldly as a level eight Violent Blood Bear went on a rampant killing spree.

Ten miles away.

Yu Huan and the disciples of Sky Water Swamp had long since pulled the reins at the edge of the precipice, watching the even more brutal battlefield with horror.

A Flying Fish Ship, which had vanished again after Pang Jian had easily killed the Ferocious Beast, reappeared hurriedly, rushing in with increasing speed.

"Liou Youyu!"

As the Flying Fish Ship passed over their heads, Yu Huan called out excitedly.

"She has been here all along!"

The rest of the Sky Water Swamp felt enormously relieved.

Liou Youyu, ranked third in the Soul Wandering Realm, depending on a Divine Artifact and extraordinary combat power, and possessing the strength to kill level eight Different Kinds and Ferocious Beasts beyond her realm, gave them a strong sense of confidence.

"Swoosh!"

The Flying Fish Ship stopped, right beside the Sword Boat.

"Step back, don’t loiter on this mountain summit. Apart from Level 8 ferocious beasts, there should also be Level 8 creatures from different kinds."

Liou Youyu didn’t surface, but instead, while hiding within the Flying Fish Ship, said to Pang Jian, "Level 8 ferocious beasts are troublesome enough, and I have to exert some effort to kill them. Don’t act recklessly."

"Hoo!"

A dazzlingly bright divine mirror floated out from the Flying Fish Ship, its reflective surface directed towards the rampaging Level 8 Violent Blood Bear.

The Divine Mirror’s divine light was deep and profound, exuding a terrifying aura that seemed to tear living beings apart, radiating out from the mirror.

"Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror, flesh and blood division."

Liou Youyu chanted softly from within the ship.

Within the divine mirror’s realm, streaks of blinding sword light flashed by, as if sword cultivators with an overwhelming fighting spirit were wielding their swords, slaying the Violent Blood Bear, brought from the Fifth Realm by the alien tribes, within the mirror.

The Violent Blood Bear, which had been causing the mountains and rivers within Zhu Wenle’s enormous umbrella to collapse behind him, suddenly fell to the ground with a heart-wrenching howl, unable to rise again.

The Level 8 Violent Blood Bear, once bathed in the light of the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror and subjected to Liou Youyu’s magic from afar, soon lay wounded all over, collapsing into its own pool of blood.

"Miss Liou of the Liu family, thank you!"

Zhu Wenle, who had been in a desperate situation, saw the Violent Blood Bear heavily injured and falling, and hurriedly shouted his thanks.

"Soul Wandering Realm third-rank, truly living up to the reputation!"

"Indeed, it’s Liou Youyu!"

Yu Huan and the others from Sky Water Swamp praised her successively.

Pang Jian was also secretly shocked.

He hadn’t expected that under the illumination of the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror, a Level 8 Violent Blood Bear could be defeated so easily.

"It’s yours!"

Zhu Wenle didn’t dare to be greedy, pointing to the clearly dying Violent Blood Bear on the ground and voluntarily making room while saying, "With this Level 8 beast, you can add another ten thousand to your Contribution Value! Miss Liou, it looks like you have the chance to surpass Zhou Yi of the Jiuli Sect and bring glory to Eastland!"

The Yuan Qing Divine Nation is also one of the divine nations, and Liou Youyu’s high ranking brings pride to the entire Eastland.

"This beast was artificially elevated by demonic strength, and strictly speaking... it doesn’t count as a real Level 8."

Liou Youyu, still unseen, spoke softly, "The combat strength of such a beast is weak, and its Contribution Value should not be measured by a true Level 8’s standards. At most, getting four to five thousand Contribution Value for it is already remarkable, still incomparable to Zhou Yi’s."

Zhu Wenle’s smile remained, "Haha, then you just need to kill another one!"

The shattering of the warship, and the deaths of the officers of the Astonish Rainbow Army and the Zhu family members, seemed not to affect his good mood.

"Strong entities are lurking in this mountain, and since a Level 8 ferocious beast has appeared, it must be extraordinary." Zhu Wenle pondered before deciding to give up on unmasking the mastermind behind the scenes and said solemnly, "From here on out, I’ll leave it to you."

With those words, he flew towards the gathering place of the survivors of the Astonish Rainbow Army.

"Zap!"

A dim light shot out from the forehead of the Violent Blood Bear lying in the pool of blood.

Zhu Wenle, flying through the air, was pierced in the back by this dim light, his body suddenly freezing in mid-air.

In just an instant, the smile on his face faded, his pupils turned into a greenish hue, and his cheeks and neck were covered with fierce tattoo-like markings.

Zhu Wenle transformed from a person into a malevolent ghost in the blink of an eye.

"Your Highness!"

The commanders of the Astonish Rainbow Army cried out in horror.

Pang Jian’s brow furrowed, his pupils turning gold as he concentrated for a closer look.

He saw Zhu Wenle’s spiritual soul wrapped in a green "Soul Fire,"tainted with the green flames that eroded his spiritual intelligence, turning him into a puppet of a powerful warrior from the Ghost Clan.

"I am called Gui Ji, from the Heavenly Ghost Realm, beyond the Purgatory."

The possessor announced his name and origin, and with Zhu Wenle’s appearance, he smiled coldly, "This Bloodthirsty Liquid here was concocted by me."

"As for you..."

His eerie green eyes started to glow wickedly, as Zhu Wenle’s mouth suddenly emitted a shrill, piercing scream.

Hundreds of miles away.

At the ferocious beast slaughtering battlefield, where members of the Demon Sect led by Ning Shuo were engaged, a pale green Bian Que flew out from within an Ice Roc.

The Bian Que, like a sharp sword, split the Soul Wandering Realm’s Ning Shuo in two.

Ning Shuo’s spiritual soul, just like his flesh, was split in two by the Bian Que and died.

The Bian Que, hidden within the Ice Roc, killed Ning Shuo and immediately set out to hunt cultivators from the Human Race.

The Soul Wandering Realm, Spirit Condensation Realm, and Hollow Profound Realm cultivators, fragile as paper mache, were all cut in half.

Elsewhere, several elders from the Raging Sun Sect and members of the Black Valley were besieged, and a massive white serpent was devouring people everywhere.

Gui Ji’s piercing scream acted as a death knell and drove two Level 8 ferocious beasts, artificially advanced, to unleash terrible fighting power as they neared the end of their lives.

Aboard the Sword Boat, Pang Jian took a deep look at Gui Ji and said softly, "You handle Gui Ji, I’ll take care of Bian Que and the serpent."

The Sword Boat immediately flew off like lightning.

In secret, he took out the wooden plaque with the "Liu" character inscribed on it and communicated, "The Soul Fire of a powerful ghost from the Ghost Clan has tainted Zhu Wenle’s spiritual soul. This person doesn’t want to reveal his own body; he’s somewhere in the mountains, and the released Soul Fire is not all of his power."

"I’ll go slaughter the meddling ferocious beasts first, then we’ll fish out his true form. You just need to tangle with the possessed Zhu Wenle a bit longer."

Aboard the Flying Fish Ship.

Liou Youyu quietly emerged, with the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror floating above her head, and holding the wooden plaque, she looked strangely at the distant Sword Boat and responded, "Even forcibly accelerated Level 8 beasts possess strength far beyond Level 7. Don’t act brave."

"Mind your own business, I know what I’m doing!" Pang Jian replied gruffly.

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