The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 746 - 708: The Plight of Li Wang and Others_1

Chapter 746: Chapter 708: The Plight of Li Wang and Others_1

In Long Xiao’s spiritual consciousness, any thought of mutual destruction with jade and stone was snuffed out by a force from Pang Jian.

Beyond that, his other thoughts were also hard to connect coherently.

The streams and rivers that flowed in his mind and surrounded his Dragon Soul were the embodiment of a fusion of Ghost Clan and Demon Clan Divine Skills by Pang Jian, possessing endless mysteries.

He was constrained by the Great Tao of Thunder God, and bound by the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree," utterly unable to muster the Thunder Divine Power within his body.

In such a state, he couldn’t eliminate those mysterious streams created by Pang Jian.

The Middle-level God Youkui excelled in imprisoning Spiritual Souls and stripping memories.

The Divine Skills and Secret Skills from the Source Demon could twist thoughts and ideas, capable of stirring the many negative emotions in the hearts of beings.

The Secret Skills mastered by the Ghost Clan’s God Spirits and the Demon Clan’s Demon Gods, when combined to target Long Xiao, indeed had a very good effect.

At this moment, Long Xiao could neither seek death nor life.

The plea in his eyes made the Old Black Turtle feel alienated.

From the moment the Old Black Turtle knew him until the day before, he had never seen such a look in Long Xiao’s eyes.

"It’s hard to imagine, you..." Pei Yishan sighed and said, "After you flew out of the Saint Spirit Continent, you said you would break away from Purgatory and immediately pass through the ’Heaven Forbidden’ to leave."

"Why bother? Why did you have to make a trip to the Pure Land?"

"How nice would it have been if you just directly left then?"

Pei Yishan and the Old Black Turtle stood side by side in the clouds above the Panshi Fragment Land, watching the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" pierce through Long Xiao’s body, flying by on its way.

The early arrival of the news brought Old Black Turtle, along with the 3,000-zhang tall Divine Tree, escorting it to the secluded valley where Pang Lin had gained enlightenment.

"Boom!"

The Divine Tree landed in the valley, like a towering mountain.

At the "mountaintop" high in the sky, was a green Giant Dragon whose scale-covered body had been penetrated by tree branches, being drained of its Thunder Divine Power.

"I’ll try to ask for a word, but..."

The Old Black Turtle looked into Long Xiao’s eyes, let out a sigh, and then softly said, "That girl is to become the Purgatory Thunder God, and you stood in her way, so you must either die in Purgatory or leave Purgatory, otherwise she can’t become a god."

"With your current state, the chances of breaking through the ’Heaven Forbidden’ to leave Purgatory again are probably gone."

"You shouldn’t have strayed into the Pure Land before leaving."

The final sentence was tinged with the helplessness of the Old Black Turtle.

"It’s the Old Thunder Dragon!"

"Long Xiao!"

"Even he has come to this end!"

The movement of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" taking root in the Secluded Valley of the Forbidden Land of Thunder God, accompanied by the Old Black Turtle, drew many from the Fragment Land to the scene upon hearing the news.

The Ice Armor Eel Dragon, the White Fox Demon King, along with Qi Qingsong, Zhuang Yuyan, and Zhou Qingchen, were also hovering in the sky.

Seeing this cruel Old Dragon suffer such a pitiful fate, everyone felt a sense of intense satisfaction.

It was this very Old Dragon that had suddenly made a move, digging out the "Thunder Cave Heavens" from the Secluded Valley, abducted Pang Lin who was imprisoned inside, and also killed Elder Mu Aichuan from the Sword Tower.

This caused everyone to harbor enmity towards Long Xiao.

"It’s Pang Jian!"

Qi Qingsong, hearing the news through the Sword Command, grinned weirdly and said, "The Old Dragon had to court death himself, attacking the Pure Land in the West Soil Continent, which forced the hidden Pang Jian to come out."

"Hey! As a result, Pang Jian used that Thunder Pond to seize the Divine Tree he had painstakingly cultivated and managed to control him!"

"He got what he deserved!"

Many from the Sword Tower and those on good terms with Pang Lin burst into laughter as if it were New Year’s Day upon hearing this.

"Who would’ve thought..." The White Fox Demon King, in the form of a fox, crouched on a tree trunk outside the valley, his eyes deep, looking at the miserable Long Xiao, also filled with immense emotion.

The torrent of change brought about by the times is truly dreadful.

Who could have imagined that this Old Dragon, who once dominated the Saint Spirit Continent and made all Demon Races in Purgatory bow down, would one day be captured alive by an up-and-coming talent of the Human Race like Pang Jian?

The downfall of Long Xiao isn’t that also a sign of the Demon Race’s decline once again?

In the current Purgatory, without this fierce Old Dragon, what advantage will there be in the future struggles between tribes?

The tragic plight of Long Xiao made the White Fox Demon King, the Ice Armor Eel Dragon, and the Old Black Turtle start to worry about the future situation of the Demon Race, feeling a sense of powerlessness and confusion.

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The Third Realm, Xuan You Continent.

"That Old Dragon from the Dragon Cave, in the high skies of the Pure Land in the First Realm, has been captured alive by Pang Jian," announced the Heaven Clan’s Yu Xin, standing on the platform where the mightiest had departed, to Dazzling Shadow, her brother Yu Qing, and a group of warriors with ninth-level bloodlines.

"Captured alive?" a ninth-level warrior from the Devil Scale Tribe exclaimed.

The rest were stunned, their expressions dazed.

The fearsome reputation of Long Xiao was not just limited to the world above Purgatory; even those living in the Fifth Realm knew of the horrifying power of that Old Dragon.

If such a terrifying Old Dragon could be captured by Pang Jian, how strong must Pang Jian be now?

"I wonder how the lower world is now," Yu Qing said with a solemn face, "Lady Shajia clearly stated that she does not allow anyone to return to the Fifth Realm, and I’m a bit worried..."

Pang Jian had previously been in the lower world.

His sudden appearance in Pure Land, imprisoning Long Xiao, had caused everyone’s hearts to sink.

The young elites of Alien Tribes worried that Yan Lie and others could no longer control the situation in the lower world, which was why they let Pang Jian leave.

"Dazzling Shadow, Wu Yuan ascended to a Human True God with the fate of the upper layer but did not return as agreed," Yu Xin said, turning her head to the genius warrior of the Devil Scale Tribe. "Do you have a way to restrain him and align him with our camp?"

Covered with shiny silver scales, with his face also obscured, Dazzling Shadow’s once razor-sharp eyes now carried a hint of bewilderment and helplessness.

He shook his head and said, "Only Lord He Motian, and that Master Shi, could possibly restrain him."

A strong sense of defeat welled up in Dazzling Shadow.

First Pang Jian, and then Dong Tianze and Wu Yuan rose one after another.

The successive achievements of becoming True Gods among the younger generation of the Human Race had dealt a severe spiritual shock to her, greatly increasing the pressure she felt.

After the death of her father, Li Bai, she had painstakingly attempted to comprehend the Demon Tao Profound Argumentation within her bloodline, cleansing her bones and marrows day and night.

She yearned to take her father’s place as a new level ten warrior of the Devil Scale Tribe in the shortest time possible, to participate in this once-in-hundred-thousand-years catastrophe.

Yet she found she needed more time.

Dong Tianze and Wu Yuan, these young humans, could merge with fate and become True Gods at a speed she could not match, which depressed her.

And Pang Jian, who was already a True God, had grown even stronger, capable of capturing Long Xiao alive.

How could she catch up?

"I am suddenly very worried, worried that those True Gods of the Human Race will sink into the Third Realm," Yu Qing said, eyebrows deeply furrowed. "Without our strongest making a move, while the Human Race has several True Gods in the upper world. If they descend at this stage, we will suffer a calamitous disaster!"

Upon these words, everyone’s expressions changed dramatically.

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The Fifth Realm.

Jiang Fan, practicing an emperor’s art, stood close to Li Wang, seldom taking action.

He had long ago removed the imperial crown he had worn, this ancient True God of the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom had also stopped wearing the dragon robe, now enveloped in a brocade robe embroidered with "lands and rivers."

"I can’t hold on much longer."

Jiang Fan’s hair and beard had turned white, thin and sparse on his head, revealing many sleek spots.

Before the death force had filled the void, beneath his beaded curtain, his face was still handsome, his hair jet black and thick.

Due to the rapid loss of vitality in his body, this relatively weaker True God was aging at a visibly rapid pace.

He had once been a robust middle-aged man, but now he looked decrepit and old, with death likely waiting in the wings.

"Why don’t we descend to the Sixth Realm and give it a try?" Jiang Fan said.

Li Wang’s magical robe, etched with sun, moon, and stars, no longer shone as brightly, his own spirit equally flagging, his heart wavering.

Zhu Ji, Ghost Mother, Pu Zhaotian, and Su Wenrou, these four powerful True Gods of the Human Race, had yet to break through the light barrier.

The more continuous their bombardment, the more power they expended, only hastening everyone’s demise.

"It seems we truly can’t break through," Su Wenrou said, her face filled with dejection.

Pu Zhaotian and Ghost Mother kept silent, voicing no opinion and not gathering energy for another strike against the radiant light that enveloped the entire Fifth Continent.

Only Zhu Ji, because Li Wang hadn’t given the order to stop, was still gathering a dense Filth Alien Power.

But his short and stout body had also become withered.

He was the main force in breaking the light barrier, having expended the most power, and was most severely tainted by the force of death.

Yet he always chose to believe in Li Wang, convinced that Li Wang’s decisions were always right.

Although he could have escaped Purgatory and held his own outside, he was successfully persuaded by Li Wang to stay in Purgatory and help the Human Race through this calamity.

Suddenly, Ghost Mother asked softly, "Zhu Ji, do you ever regret it?"

Zhu Ji shook his head indifferently, "As a member of the Human Race, knowing that great peril is upon us, I would never solely save myself."

"Maybe we should wait, wait for the young Pang Jian to appear," Pu Zhaotian managed a smile even in this moment, feigning ease. "He is the Realm God of our Purgatory; you have said that whenever there was a dire situation, the previous Realm Gods would suddenly appear to resolve the old generation’s difficulties."

"Now, we are facing an existential crisis, and he is the Realm God of this generation."

"I feel he will appear at some moment in a way we cannot imagine. What do you all think?" Pu Zhaotian asked with a smile.

"Hm," only Yin Ji nodded slightly, saying, "I think so too."

Jiang Fan said, "I no longer harbor any illusions."

Zhu Ji and Ghost Mother did not respond, but Li Wang offered a bitter smile, turning to Su Wenrou, "What about you, what do you think?"

"Of course, I hope that kid really could be like the Realm Gods of the past, suddenly appearing when we can’t break the barriers," Su Wenrou said, tugging at the corner of her mouth with a slight smile. "Although I think it’s a little difficult."

"The fifth Heavenly Tribulation Pillar!" Suddenly, Pu Zhaotian let out a strange cry.

All the True Gods’ gazes were drawn by his words to the summit of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar, where indeed they saw a familiar figure materializing.

It was Pang Jian!

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