Chapter 587: Chapter 566: Live Sacrifice!
Seeing that Huang Tianjing really planned to sacrifice Sun Zhe alive to refine elixirs, Jiang Yunfei was anxious beyond words.
She had waited for so many years, finally seeing the legendary Pure Yang Holy Body appear. If Sun Zhe were to die like this, she would never be able to break through that barrier.
"Family Head, no!"
"Stop!"
Just as she rushed forward to stop Huang Tianjing, Jiang Xiong suddenly appeared, blocking her path.
"Yunfei, calm down!"
"Calm down, my foot!"
Jiang Yunfei glared at him.
Huang Zhong shouted, "Do you want to betray the family?!"
Jiang Yunfei stared at him coldly, "Who’s betraying whom here? Or is it you who can’t tell right from wrong?"
"The old man is doing this for his own selfish interests, capturing people for alchemy all these years, killing the innocent. And you’re still going to help him perpetrate these evil deeds!"
Jiang Xiong said, "If the Family Head can break through the calamity of fate, only then can our Beimian Family stand firm!"
He added, "To put it another way, if it weren’t for this kid... you wouldn’t stop us, would you?"
"I don’t know why you want to protect this kid, but if you were truly as discerning as you claim, you should have stopped the Family Head from the start!"
Faced with Jiang Xiong’s words, Jiang Yunfei was momentarily speechless.
On the other side.
By this time, Yao Yuelong had already broken free from Huang Tianjing’s sword formation. Seeing him heading towards the sacrificial altar with Sun Zhe, he ignored his own injuries and rushed to stop him.
Huang Tianjing slowly landed, clutching Sun Zhe’s neck, looking at Yao Yuelong expressionlessly. He said coldly, "Priest Yao, I have no wish to be your enemy with the Dragon Taming Race, mind your own business."
At this moment, Liu Bingyue and Qing Kui appeared, standing on either side of Yao Yuelong, facing Huang Tianjing directly.
Qing Kui grinned, "Elder Huang, with one against three, you have no chance of winning. If you let him go now, we can pretend like none of this happened."
"Heh..."
Hearing this, Huang Tianjing sneered, mocking, "You broke into my Spirit Realm, killed so many of my disciples, and destroyed my years of hard work. And you think a simple ’let it be’ can resolve this?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Zhe in his hands, saying grimly, "This kid ruined my elixir; his life... old man is determined to have it today!"
"To hell with you!"
Qing Kui roared angrily, his whole body bursting with a terrifying aura, charging at Huang Tianjing like a raging bull.
But facing the forceful charge of Qing Kui, Huang Tianjing merely smiled indifferently, casually swatting with his palm, stirring up an irresistible gale that sent Qing Kui flying backwards, crashing heavily to the ground.
"At this point, I see no reason to hide... if you insist on making trouble, then you can just meet your end!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Tianjing’s entire body emitted a bloody aura. His once white hair quickly turned jet black, and his aged body and appearance visibly reverted to that of a youthful, handsome middle-aged man.
His once black eyes now shone with an eerie blood-red glow, and several symmetrical, strange markings appeared on his forehead.
Seeing this, Yao Yuelong’s beautiful eyes narrowed, "This is... a Secret Technique of the demonic path?"
Qing Kui scrambled up from the ground, looking at the drastically transformed Huang Tianjing, his expression growing grave.
The aura that Huang Tianjing was now emanating was clearly several times stronger than before!
Liu Bingyue looked deeply at Huang Tianjing, feeling disbelief.
She didn’t expect that Huang Tianjing was also a practitioner of the demonic path.
...
"Being killed by the power of this old man is a privilege for you."
With a cold smile on his face, Huang Tianjing walked towards the three, not hastily, with Sun Zhe’s neck clasped in one hand.
In an instant, the trio felt like an invisible mountain was pressing down on them, making it hard to breathe.
Huang Tianjing was now unlike what he had been before, akin to a demon god descended upon the world!
But even so, the three did not retreat.
Qing Kui charged ahead first, roaring as he ran towards Huang Tianjing.
Yao Yuelong and Liu Bingyue exchanged glances and closely followed him.
Liu Bingyue suddenly said, "If this keeps up, we’ll all die at his hands today."
Yao Yuelong’s expressionless face, "Then we fight to the end!"
Huang Tianjing suddenly stopped, his surroundings filled with swirling bloody aura. He laughed coldly, "Truly ignorant of your doomed fates."
"..."
After a while.
Amidst flashing blood-red light.
Huang Tianjing stood motionless, still clutching Sun Zhe.
Yao Yuelong, Liu Bingyue, and Qing Kui were now all laying on the ground, unable to fight.
On the other side.
Jiang Yunfei and the others gazed at the unfamiliar Huang Tianjing, trembling all over.
"Impossible, this can’t be true!"
"How could the Family Head... be someone of the demonic path?"
Jiang Xiong’s face was ashen, not knowing what to do.
Jiang Yunfei’s face was grim, her expression contemplative.
At this moment, Huang Tianjing turned his head, his cold, merciless gaze instantly making them feel like they were plunged into an ice cave.
Having decided to use this power, Huang Tianjing had already made his choice in his heart—that no one in this valley could be left alive after this. All these family disciples had to die, Jiang Yunfei and her companions included.
To him, only dead men could keep secrets.
...
In the shattered sacrificial altar.
Huang Tianjing harshly threw Sun Zhe to the ground, mercilessly breaking Sun Zhe’s limbs, then landed several punches to gravely injure him.
"Sister Long!"
Leng Yueshuang watched the scene, her heart aching as if cut by knives, trembling all over. "If you won’t save him, then let me go, let me save him!"
However, Little Dragon Girl was unaffected, quietly laying on Leng Yueshuang’s head, watching the spectacle, calmly saying, "Why are you in such a hurry? This is a good thing."
"Sister Long, what do you mean?"
Little Dragon Girl smiled faintly, "Kids shouldn’t ask too much, you’ll see soon."
Leng Yueshuang bit her lip, wanting to say more but refraining.
She truly couldn’t figure out what Little Dragon Girl was planning.
But on second thought, given Little Dragon Girl’s relationship with Sun Zhe, she believed Little Dragon Girl wouldn’t let Sun Zhe die either.
A short time later.
Under everyone’s gaze, Huang Tianjing adjusted the fallen cauldron and reignited the elixir flames beneath it.
Then he walked over, picked up Sun Zhe, looking at his bloodied face, and taunted, "Kid, if you hadn’t meddled, you wouldn’t have ended up like this. You brought this all upon yourself."
"You so-called righteous people, doing nothing every day but meddling in others’ business, ruining others’ good deeds!"
Sun Zhe weakly opened his single remaining eye, blood gushing from his nose and mouth, and cursed, "Scum, beast."
Huang Tianjing chuckled coldly a few times, carrying him towards the elixir cauldron.
"Then let this scum send you on your way."
"Huang Tianjing, it’s been years since we met, and you’re getting more and more extravagant in your acts."
But just as he was about to throw Sun Zhe into the cauldron for a live sacrifice, a playful male voice suddenly echoed from the canyon skies.
Everyone in the valley perked up, looking skyward in unison.
They saw a black-robed man hover above the canyon!
And behind that black-robed man, there were a pair of wings, one black and one white!
"Is it... you?!"
"..."