Free Web NovelChapter 585: Chapter 6: Demon Venerable!
Are there still people in the hall?
Uncle Wang and True Monarch Lingyun’s expressions changed.
The two of them hadn’t sensed anything at all.
Chen Tang frowned slightly.
This sentence sounded a bit familiar.
At the Martial Arts Assembly, Drunken Elder had said the same words, word for word.
But Drunken Elder was already dead.
This voice was extremely unfamiliar, and it clearly wasn’t Drunken Elder.
Chen Tang heard the voice, seemingly coming from behind him.
He lay almost flat on the ground, unable to move, wanting to look back, but as soon as he moved, a sharp pain shot through his chest.
The splinters of broken bones pierced through his flesh, and if he moved a bit more, they would puncture his organs.
Chen Tang dared not move again but could not see the person behind him.
He could only sense that someone seemed to be slowly getting up and walking over.
In an instant, a tall figure stood next to Chen Tang.
It was as if a dark cloud covered the sky, overshadowing the dim lights of the hall, and Chen Tang felt an unprecedented sense of oppressive suffocation, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, making him almost unable to breathe.
If the pressure brought by the Profound Celestial Sect Leader was like a mighty mountain, stable and unshakable,
then this figure gave him the feeling of being trapped in a dark abyss, surrounded by piles of white bones, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
Chen Tang strained to open his eyes wide, looking towards the person.
The newcomer was wearing a long black robe adorned with dark golden mysterious patterns, exquisitely beautiful, a belt studded with dazzling, translucent gems shimmering with a faint light.
From Chen Tang’s angle, he couldn’t see the newcomer’s face, only the broad and upright back, brown hair naturally flowing, hands casually placed behind him.
Uncle Wang and True Monarch Lingyun were also observing the newcomer.
Even though they tried to calm their minds, a trace of surprise and doubt flashed in their eyes.
True Monarch Lingyun looked grave, staring intently at this person.
For some reason, as soon as this person appeared, he felt a twinge of trepidation, a feeling of alarm and unease!
The inn’s hall was not large, and upon entering, everything was in sight.
Uncle Wang clearly remembered that after he entered, he glanced around, and apart from those he had just silenced, there was no one else!
When did this person arrive?
They were able to conceal themselves from both him and True Monarch Lingyun!
Perhaps, he had just been distracted by True Monarch Lingyun’s sudden appearance, and this person entered at that moment?
But even so, to enter so silently, such a method truly shocked people!
Could it be the Hidden Sect of the Dongyi Race?
After all, the Hidden Sect was best at concealment and stealth techniques, indeed capable of evading his senses.
No, it’s not the Hidden Sect!
This person’s appearance, attire, doesn’t resemble those from the Divine Land, nor does it look like someone from the Eastern Barbarians.
Uncle Wang suddenly thought of a possibility, and couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
This person might have been in the hall for a long time, only he hadn’t noticed!
Uncle Wang endeavored to recall the scene of pushing the door and entering just now.
His gaze swept past, and the people in the hall instantly imprinted in his mind.
In that direction, there indeed sat a person, with their back facing this way!
In his recollection, he saw this person.
But at the moment of entry, as if being influenced by some supernatural power, he had automatically skipped over this person in his mind, ignoring them!
Looking at the sunken eye sockets of the newcomer, those sapphire-like blue eyes, a terrifying name sealed away for years surfaced in Uncle Wang’s mind — Xiling Demon Venerable!
He had never seen the Demon Venerable.
The Demon Venerable was of an earlier generation, from the same era as Emperor Wu.
It is said that back then, the Northern Divine Continent was in chaos, heroes fought for supremacy, the Demon Sect Master, sweeping through Xiling’s Demon Venerable, personally led the coalition of Xiling Countries into the border, aiming to seize the Divine Land, to dominate a side.
Unexpectedly, just as they entered the Northern Divine Continent, they encountered Emperor Wu at the peak of his powers.
The two broke out into a massive battle, and the Demon Venerable was grievously defeated, his grand venture foiled at the start, narrowly escaping with his life back to Xiling, and for the rest of his days, never dared set foot in the Northern Divine Continent.
Later, it was rumored the Demon Venerable entered the Transformation Realm, achieved Grandmaster status, shifted his target, wishing to let the Demon Sect infiltrate Nanxia, to claim a foothold in the Jianghu there.
At the time, no forces in the Jianghu could stop the advance of the Demon Sect.
But later, the Demon Sect inexplicably withdrew from Nanxia silently.
The Demon Venerable never appeared again.
Some say it’s because Sword Pavilion’s Ye Anshi became a Grandmaster, once battled the Demon Venerable, forcing him to retreat.
No one knows the actual inside story.
Since then, it has been decades since the Martial World of Nanxia has seen traces of the Demon Sect.
As for the Xiling Demon Venerable, he has long become a legend of a past generation.
Uncle Wang, commanding the Northern Expedition Army for years, also a Grandmaster, could not help but bestricken with fear in the presence of this legendary demon, his heart pounding uncontrollably!
Although he had not seen the Demon Venerable, many tales about him were spread in the Jianghu of the past.
The Xiling Demon Venerable, truly a horrendous demon, slaughtering heavily!
It is said that this person killed countless, recognizing no kin, even taking pleasure in killing.
In Xiling, the name of the Demon Venerable could make a baby stop crying!
Some people say the Demon Venerable excelled in Spiritual Cultivation Method, the more people he killed, the stronger his spiritual power grew, the deeper his cultivation...
A drop of sweat fell from his forehead, blurring his vision.
Uncle Wang shook his head, striving to calm his mind.
In a short moment, he was already drenched!
On the other side, True Monarch Lingyun was in an even worse condition.
True Monarch Lingyun didn’t recognize this person, but he sensed danger, wanting to turn and flee.
But his feet wouldn’t listen, just standing there at the door, stiff and motionless.
No matter how he tried to control them, he was powerless.
It felt as if his legs were entirely out of control, sinking into a mire, deeper and deeper. freewebnσvel.cѳm
Below the mire, countless hands seemed to be pulling him down desperately.
His body continued to sink, and when it passed his waist and stomach, he finally saw the mire around him.
It turned out to be a boundless bloody mire!
Countless broken limbs, bones, mixed with flesh and blood, forming a blood-colored mire!
How could this be?
"Ah!!!"
True Monarch Lingyun wanted to shout, but he opened his mouth and couldn’t even make a sound.
Panic bred, fear spread, engulfing his entire body, plunging him into despair.
True Monarch Lingyun felt anxious, his face flushed.
But the more he struggled, the deeper he sank, and the more difficult it became to breathe.
When the blood mire passed his chest and stomach, he could only take big gulps of air, a strange sibilant noise emanating from deep in his throat, like an old bellows being pulled!
Chen Tang didn’t know what was happening.
After the mysterious black-robed man appeared, he stood with hands behind, motionless.
Weirdly, Uncle Wang and True Monarch Lingyun stood there in mute silence.
However, the state of both was obviously not right, as if entranced.
Uncle Wang shivered constantly, his eyes filled with endless terror, seeming to have forgotten where he was.
Thin, blackish-green veins emerged on True Monarch Lingyun’s neck, spreading across his face and head alarmingly, like a Fierce Ghost possessing.
He kept flailing his arms, as if grabbing at something in the void, the whole person appearing crazed.
"Cough cough!"
True Monarch Lingyun couldn’t breathe well, just coughed twice, actually coughing up a pool of fresh blood!
He raised a hand to wipe it, looking at the scarlet blood in his palm, instinctively raising his head.
A ring of purple light bizarrely emerged in front of the void!
True Monarch Lingyun’s pupils contracted, his heart abruptly stopped, then his chest exploded, blood splattering!
Bang!
True Monarch Lingyun vomited blood, fell backward, and when he hit the ground, he was already dead.
He died with eyes wide open, face twisted, as if in immense shock.
Chen Tang was stunned, utterly horrified.
The equivalent of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, dead inexplicably in just one encounter!
