The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 111 - 98: The Young "Dragon" Emerges!_1

Darkness, like a flood of ferocious beasts, ceaselessly infiltrated the space within the mansion, slowly encroaching towards the location of the pond.

The newly born Dark Giant Python, hidden in the foremost darkness, eagerly drew close to Pang Jian.

However, this Dark Giant Python, which should have belonged to the Fifth Realm, never dared to truly burst out of the darkness.

It seemed to fear the light within the mansion.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The Soul Spirits wrapped within the pool water vanished one by one.

All the water pried by Yuan Shishan, like iron filings drawn to a magnet, swiftly converged back into the pond from all directions.

The water in the pond, from shallow to deep, was gradually being filled.

"Pang Jian!"

Li Jie suddenly shouted, his voice tinged with a sense of horror.

He sensed the abnormality of Bagua City; this mutation beyond his control filled him with unease.

His vision could not penetrate the darkness, clueless who was hidden within, he feared it was a conspiracy against him.

His outcry was an inquiry aimed at Pang Jian.

Pang Jian thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "The one in the darkness should not be your enemy."

Whether it was the girl called Li Yuqing or the Dark Giant Python that appeared because of him, he could not reveal them to Li Jie.

But his intuition was that neither Li Yuqing nor the Dark Giant Python saw Li Jie as their target.

"I’ll trust you for now."

Li Jie sighed lightly, like facing a formidable enemy, he stared at the approaching darkness, no longer able to care about Yuan Shishan.

Faced with the premature arrival of darkness, Yuan Shishan also clearly panicked, exclaiming, "It shouldn’t be like this! No, this is different from before!"

He had been mired here for many years, experienced several similar events, yet none had been like this.

—The darkness definitely should not have surged into the mansion so soon!

"Huff!"

The stream of darkness heading for Pang Jian suddenly changed direction, aiming for City Lord Yuan Shishan.

Like a dark dragon sweeping towards Yuan Shishan!

Pang Jian immediately noticed that the Dark Giant Python hidden within became excited as if discovering a new world.

It had set its sights on Yuan Shishan!

"What the hell is that?"

Yuan Shishan screamed in shock.

"Pang Jian, I can’t withstand the terror of the darkness’s Alien Power."

Seeing that the darkness at the forefront had changed its target, Luo Hongyan let out a bitter sigh and shook her head.

"I’ve tried before, the Filth Alien Power within that darkness can strongly corrupt my soul."

Having finally obtained the "Crystal-clear Snow Lotus," a Strange Treasure that could remake muscles and bones, she hadn’t expected it to be corrupted by the Alien Power from the darkness.

Luo Hongyan sighed regretfully, "In the end, I still have no chance for revenge."

Hearing this, Pang Jian frowned without a word, instead, he focused on finding a solution.

The darkness continued to spread silently.

The change in the Dark Giant Python’s direction only carried part of the wave of darkness, the darkness stemming from the alleyways still spread like flowing water in all directions.

Pang Jian was the first to be enveloped by the darkness.

Submerged into the darkness involuntarily, he perceived the Filth Alien Power within becoming denser than ever before!

It was as if all the essence of the Filth Alien Power that had dispersed throughout the streets of Bagua City was being gathered by a force and pumped into the City Lord Mansion!

He was unharmed within.

But aside from him, including Soul Spirits and Ghost Objects, none could withstand such terrifying Alien Power corruption!

After Luo Hongyan was submerged in darkness, a look of resignation and helplessness appeared on her face; he felt that Luo Hongyan was not only unable to see in the darkness, but also that her soul was being increasingly weakened by the corruption.

The darkness also enveloped the seated Li Jie.

"Sssss!"

The Kirin Bell fell, covering Li Jie completely underneath.

On the surface of the bell,

The vividly alive kylin "ssss" resonated within the darkness, as if it was gradually dissolving under the corrosion of the Filth Alien Power.

On the high platform,

City Lord Yuan Shishan, just engulfed by darkness, had his white robe stained black in an instant.

The thick Filth Alien Power desperately permeated his body, as if he was the outlet for these corrupt forces.

The Dark Giant Python, following the path of the high platform, slithered upwards, heading straight for Yuan Shishan.

Pang Jian could faintly sense its strong desire for Yuan Shishan’s body, as though it wanted to feast on his flesh and blood.

With this thought, the Dark Giant Python that flew out of the copper door arrived at the high platform, eagerly biting at Yuan Shishan’s body in the darkness.

Yuan Shishan, the City Lord of Bagua City, who Li Jie called Artifact Soul, and the first to have his body inundated with Filth Alien Power, had no room to struggle.

Unable to see, he only knew something foreign was gnawing at his flesh in the darkness.

The terror of being devoured by something unseen made the City Lord, who had strayed on the wrong path three thousand years ago, emit a piercing and despairing scream.

His scream caused Luo Hongyan’s heart to tremble.

"Pang Jian, what’s happening in the darkness? I can’t see anything. My soul is being corrupted, growing weaker and weaker."

Luo Hongyan looked around in panic and inquired.

Pang Jian held her hand, feeling her whole body trembling; the terror of not knowing what they would face was suffocating Luo Hongyan’s soul.

She could not see, but could hear Yuan Shishan’s screams.

That helplessness—not knowing when it might be your turn, nor what you might face—was the epitome of terror!

"Pang Jian!"

Li Jie, crouched under the Kirin Bell resisting the darkness’s corrosion, shouted in alarm, "What happened to Yuan Shishan?!"

"Something is eating him."

Pang Jian answered honestly.

Upon hearing this, Luo Hongyan’s trembling worsened.

She clutched Pang Jian’s hand tightly and said, "I can’t hold on much longer. Pang Jian, it’s true I approached you with ulterior motives at first. But later, I genuinely felt you were a decent guy, and Zhou... he’s not too bad either."

"I’m not some indiscriminate killer of a Demon Girl; many of the people I killed had it coming!"

"Pang Jian, I was made this way by others too! I used to be so much more beautiful than Ning Yao, but it’s a pity I never got to show you..."

Luo Hongyan, aware that her end was near, clutched at Pang Jian’s hand, talking incessantly.

It seemed that only by doing so could she fearlessly face the approach of the terrifying Ghost Objects in the darkness.

And only this way could she calmly await the moment when her Soul Spirit would be extinguished.

"You won’t die."

Pang Jian shouted lowly, gripping her hand tighter and dragging her towards the pool.

When all the pool water was refilled from the outside, the Mirror Tunnel reappeared in the world like an ice crystal!

Yuan Shishan, who had been howling in despair, had long since lost the ability to constrain the departing Mirror Tunnel.

"Where are you taking me?"

Luo Hongyan exclaimed softly.

"I’m taking you to survive."

Pang Jian replied, having reached the location of the Mirror Tunnel.

He yelled at Li Jie inside the Kirin Bell, "As the Calamity Master, if you still have the ability, send her to the Fourth Realm!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pang Jian pushed Luo Hongyan towards the Mirror Tunnel, shouting, "I’ll come find you later!"

"I’ll try."

Li Jie responded from within the Kirin Bell, and the next moment he exclaimed, "I can do it!"

Pang Jian immediately shoved Luo Hongyan hard towards the Mirror Tunnel, watching her disappear just like Zhou Qingchen, Han Duping, Jiang Li, and the others had.

"Crack! Crunch!"

The wretched screams of Yuan Shishan ceased, leaving only the sound of the Dark Giant Python crushing his body, seemingly not sparing even his bones.

The Dark Giant Python ate with relish.

"Yuan Shishan just died. Does that mean the trouble related to you is over now?"

Pang Jian looked at the Kirin Bell and asked.

"Perhaps."

The Kirin Bell rose into the air, heading towards the direction of the Mirror Tunnel as if it had eyes, flying through the darkness.

Now, the bell’s exterior, featuring the lifelike Kylin, was mostly tainted by the Filth Alien Power from the darkness.

A more concentrated Filth Alien Power continued to pour into the Kirin Bell.

Li Jie knew he couldn’t stay much longer; the protective light barrier he had painstakingly set up at the bell’s mouth would soon be corrupted and collapse.

"Pang Jian, I can’t see what’s happening, but I’m leaving now."

The Kirin Bell hovered at the Mirror Tunnel.

Li Jie left one last message, "You also need to leave quickly. The present state of Bagua City is beyond even my understanding as the Calamity Master. All I can do for you is ensure that when you pass through the Mirror Tunnel, you’ll appear in the Fourth Realm just like that woman did."

"Farewell!"

Li Jie, head never emerging, disappeared into the Mirror Tunnel with the Kirin Bell.

In the blink of an eye, within the entire City Lord Mansion, only Pang Jian and the Dark Giant Python remained.

Pang Jian looked at the Dark Giant Python, still gnawing on Yuan Shishan’s bones, and asked, "Are you leaving or not?"

The Dark Giant Python, as if unable to understand his words, paid no attention to him.

Pang Jian frowned. He felt that this Dark Giant Python belonged to the Fifth Realm and was meant to reside here.

After pondering for a moment, his gaze fell on the Copper Box on the high platform, and he suddenly said, "Give me that box."

The Dark Giant Python still stared at him blankly.

Pang Jian, feeling helpless, leaped up fiercely and rushed towards the high platform.

The Dark Giant Python, thinking he was coming to push it away and take it from this place, swallowed the remaining bones of Yuan Shishan in one gulp.

The Dark Giant Python swiftly descended from the platform and, with a "boom," somehow crashed open the door that was forever meant to be closed.

Seeming to look back fondly at Pang Jian, it then disappeared into the darkness.

Watching its departure until it vanished completely, Pang Jian stretched out his hand for the Copper Box.

The moment his fingers touched the box, a torrent of endless resentment and anger surged towards Pang Jian’s spirit, almost driving him mad.

In that instant, he felt as if he was Yuan Shishan, the lord of Bagua City, who had been imprisoned for three thousand years.

The life of not seeing the sun for three thousand years had engendered endless negative emotions in Yuan Shishan, which were now slowly dissipating because of his death.

If this dense and vast negative emotion didn’t disperse, whoever touched the box for an extended period would seemingly become another Yuan Shishan!

Pang Jian, shaken to his core, struggled against the terrifying sensation of mental collapse and quickly tossed the Copper Box into his storage bag.

He resolved that, without sufficient strength, he would avoid touching the box if possible, ideally never taking it out.

Then, he too flew towards the Mirror Tunnel, disappearing without a trace.

...

A while later.

The girl who had previously hidden herself came into the City Lord Mansion through the main entrance and saw that with the darkness flooding it, there was nothing left.

"Is it over?"

She frowned.

According to the information she had received, when the darkness completely engulfed the pool, that calamity would be concluded.

The Calamity Master, Li Jie, should have also left long ago.

"That guy Li Jie, with all his strange treasures, must have made it through safely. Well, I’ll go back and ask him."

The girl lingered, sensing that something was amiss, yet unable to pinpoint what it was.

"The Fourth Realm, Pang Jian, should be alright, too..."

The girl glided towards the Mirror Tunnel and was the last to disappear from Bagua City.

Bagua City, which had vanished for three thousand years, plunged back into absolute darkness, devoid of any light.

Only a newly born Dark Giant Python ran wildly through the empty streets in the darkness; its body began to sprout green scales in abundance, becoming more and more visible.

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