The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 126 - 111 Street Corner Ambush!_1

It was the dead of night.

In Sky Fortune City, on Instrument Street,

Fei Zheng, who was leading two women, emerged drunkenly from the street and headed towards the mansion where the Beast-Catching Ship was moored.

In the eastern district of Sky Fortune City, street lamps were lit in the nighttime, to facilitate the coming and going of the powerful elite that resided in the area.

"My good days are numbered,"

Fei Zheng looked up at the pitch-black night sky and reflected to himself.

He was in the late stages of the Marrow Cleaning Realm, just one step away from the Innate Realm. Once this mission was successfully completed, and the handover at the Blood Moon concluded, he would close off and make a push for the Innate Realm.

In the past few days, he had been indulging recklessly in Sky Fortune City, as a way to relax himself.

He thought that after offering the two sisters to Elder Jiuyuan, and breaking through to the Innate Realm, he would surely gain Jiuyuan’s favor.

Afterward, he would qualify to participate in the hunting missions against higher-level Ferocious Beasts initiated by the Blood Moon.

"The Lower Realm is comfortable indeed, but it’s not conducive to the advancement of my realm. I mustn’t indulge too much."

While Fei Zheng’s thoughts wandered, he found himself drawing closer to the Beast-Catching Ship. Instrument Street became quieter on both sides, but he didn’t mind.

He knew well that as soon as the "Unstable Ferry" docked, the elite of Sky Fortune City living in nearby towers would restrain their families from going out too much.

The elite did this partly for fear that some careless family member might unwittingly offend them.

They were also concerned that some people from the Blood Moon might take a fancy to their families’ beautiful women and demand them.

If that were indeed the case, even the City Lord Shangguan Dong would try by all means to satisfy their wishes, and the elite would not dare to defy.

Because such incidents had happened before, the elites living in the Eastern District were now more careful than ever. If there were beautiful women in the family, they had already relocated them beforehand.

Fei Zheng was well aware of all this.

Gradually, he could see the towering Beast-Catching Ship, and he couldn’t help but sigh, "The Lower Realm is so wonderful. I hope the disaster at the Ouyang Family’s Fragment Land won’t continue to spread."

"Sky Fortune City makes me want to linger. When I advance to the Innate Realm, I would like to come back for entertainment," he mused.

As he said this, the two foxy women assigned to accompany him looked at him with a somewhat puzzled expression.

"Hehe, my beauties, you don’t need to know too much," he said.

Fei Zheng pinched their cheeks and regretfully thought to himself, "Compared to that pair of sisters, these are merely common paints and powders, ignorant of cultivation. Alas, if it weren’t necessary to present them to Jiuyuan, I would keep them for my own enjoyment..."

As Fei Zheng scolded himself in his thoughts, he suddenly paused and looked towards a corner of Instrument Street with surprise.

In that moment, a young man stood at the corner, his gaze calm as he watched Fei Zheng.

"This youth, I seem to have seen him somewhere before..."

He felt a sense of familiarity.

Wine was burning within him, and since Pang Jian had been behind Meng Qiulan that day, Fei Zheng had only glanced at him from a distance. The impression was faint, and he didn’t recall him at the moment.

Of course, even if he did remember, he wouldn’t particularly care.

This was the Fourth Realm, controlled by the Shangguan Family in Sky Fortune City, and he was someone from the Blood Moon of the Upper Realm.

In the Lower Realm,

No cultivator from the seven great families, nor the so-called Dark Ghosts, would dare to offend someone like him.

So he continued to lead the two women forward.

The two heavily made-up, coquettish women curiously eyed the young man at the corner as they continued towards the mansion with him.

From the lofts on both sides of the street,

Meng Qiulan, Zhao Ling, and Wu Yi squinted their eyes, grouped at the half-open window, and looked down intently at Fei Zheng on the street below.

Fan Liang stood aside.

He was anxious to take a look as well but found there was no room for him, so he anxiously rubbed his hands together.

The four of them remained silent.

Meng Qiulan, Zhao Ling, and Wu Yi had even taken pills in advance to suppress their Qi and Blood, so that the "Branded Eye" of the Blood Moon would not detect them.

On the other side,

In the room that Pang Jian had left, a window had been left ajar, on which a White Jade Porcelain Bottle was placed.

The cork of the bottle was open, and faint traces of blood quietly emanated from it.

At the base of the bottle,

Luo Hongyan, perched above the "Crystal-clear Snow Lotus" and separated by the translucent white porcelain, also watched the street below.

"Late stage of the Marrow Cleaning Realm," she mused with a charming smile on her lovely lips.

She was most familiar with Pang Jian’s true combat strength.

Pang Jian, with Phoenix Marrow tempering his bones, had the most solid foundation in the Marrow Cleaning Realm. The Divine Power he could unleash from his muscles and bones was not comparable to anyone in the Marrow Cleaning Realm of the Lower Realm.

That spear, the Astonishing Spear that Pang Jian acquired from Bagua City, she knew was at least a high-level Spiritual Artifact.

In Pang Jian’s hands, the Ground Flame Spell seemed to have unique potency; it had once caused Yuan Lengshan of the Demon Sect to die on the spot and forced Qi Qingsong of the Sword Tower to sever his own arm.

Realm, artifacts, magic spells.

In these three aspects, Pang Jian was second to none in the Marrow Cleaning Realm!

In Bagua City, he had previously contended with the strong from the Demon Sect, Sword Tower, and Black Valley of the Second Realm, and had tremendous self-confidence.

It was for this reason that Luo Hongyan readily agreed when Pang Jian asked her to hold the fort.

Her presence was to deal with some possible unknown factors that might emerge from within the Beast-Catching Ship.

"He’s maturing more and more, much steadier than before and not as reckless..." she mused, with her lips curled in a smile: "I hope there’s enough Beast Blood and flesh on the Beast-Catching Ship to sustain our cultivation."

"Come to think of it, he’s been quite wronged lately; I’ve been using all the blood that could nourish the flesh."

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"Eh!" Fei Zheng’s eyebrows knit in surprise.

Just as he passed the young man at the corner, he caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye of the empty-handed youth suddenly holding a gleaming silver spear.

Fei Zheng scoffed and was about to say something when,

the spear-wielding youth sprang toward him like a swift cheetah.

Bursts of spear blooms exploded like flaming meteors!

A still night erupted with the sudden roar of thunder!

"Boom! Boom boom!"

The exploding fireballs, brilliant and eye-catching, enveloped the area where Fei Zheng was, suddenly appearing above his head!

Fei Zheng’s body suddenly circulated his power, and a tremendous vitality surged from his blood, with a thunderous roar emerging from his organs.

"Ugh!"

He grunted, his eyes revealing shock, "The drink’s poisoned!"

The vast vitality hidden within his blood, when forcefully summoned, triggered the toxins that paralyzed his body, leading to a hindered flow of his strength.

Seeing the fireballs above his head explode, Fei Zheng did not hesitate to lift two women, who had hoped to enjoy a pleasant night, to shield his head.

"Bang! Bang!"

As the two women’s bodies exploded, Fei Zheng finally managed to gather a few strands of blood energy.

He shot out like a blood-colored ghostly shadow, escaping the area enveloped by the "Explosive Dance."

"How dare someone attempt to assassinate me in the Lower Realm!"

Fei Zheng’s face was filled with disbelief.

"Boom! Boom rumble!"

Even more explosive fireballs, filled with a violent sulfuric scent, detonated right where Fei Zheng had just landed.

Fei Zheng, like a blood shadow, was caught in the midst and had no time to dodge. Lacking two more women to shield him, his body was immediately splashed by the flame energies of the "Ground Flame Spell," with many patches of skin turning charred and cracked.

Behind the terrifying fireballs, Pang Jian with a spear in hand had a stern expression, unperturbed by Fei Zheng’s fury.

From deep within his palm, his spiritual power leapt like lightning, amplified after passing through series of arrays!

"You will die."

Pang Jian calmly pronounced Fei Zheng’s fate.

As a sheet of green shining spiritual light protected his organs, he was already closing in, enough to chill Fei Zheng to the core.

Fully sober now, Fei Zheng only needed one look at Pang Jian’s cold and calm eyes to know this spear-wielding young man must be bloodstained and experienced in handling crises.

Only such a person would not fear his status, nor his realm of cultivation.

"Damn it, where are they!"

Fei Zheng roared towards the Beast-Catching Ship. Patches of blood-red clouds stealthily emerged, filling the area where he stood.

The sinister and blood-curdling clouds, drifting towards the exploding fireballs, with Fei Zheng moving like a blood-colored ghost within the confined space, dodging the piercing strikes of the spear’s silver tip.

"Clang! Bang bang bang!"

The windows of the various levels of the docked Beast-Catching Ship were violently flung open.

Many members of Blood Moon in deep meditation all peeked out, quickly catching sight of Fei Zheng.

Shadows dashed out frantically!

Bai Zhi on the second floor, who had always longed for freedom, spent her days looking out the window.

She too was startled by Fei Zheng’s shout.

Her usually aimless gaze suddenly fixed on Fei Zheng, and she noticed Pang Jian with the spear.

"Sister, it’s Hong Jian!"

Bai Zhi exclaimed aloud.

She banged hard on the window frame, letting out a terrifying scream, "It’s Pang Jian! Sister, Pang Jian has come to save us!"

Bai Wei, who was too hungry to hold on, choking on pastries she was nibbling, rushed to the window, joining her sister Bai Zhi in looking towards the distant Instrument Street.

"It’s Hong Jian! It really is Hong Jian!"

In an instant, Bai Wei’s eyes filled with tears, her voice was full of emotion and concern, "Damn it, why has he come? How could he dare to come!"

Down the long street, only Pang Jian, carrying a silver spear, was in pursuit of Fei Zheng.

No trace of the Dark Ghosts she knew.

"This boy!"

Zhao Ling snapped a wooden plank from the window frame with a "crack," her bright eyes emitting a frightening gleam, staring down at Pang Jian below, "He actually, actually..."

"Don’t rush in yet!"

Wu Yi exclaimed with agitation.

Not far away, Fan Liang hurried over, asking, "Hall Masters, what exactly happened down there?"

"Fan Liang, get ready!"

Meng Qiulan abruptly averted her gaze, not continuing to watch the street fight. In her murky eyes, a terrifying flame ignited, "On my command, prepare the cannons. We’re launching a surprise attack on Blood Moon!"

Her voice was trembling!

"Ah!"

Fan Liang screamed, shouting, "Hall Master, has Fei Zheng already died?"

According to the original plan, they would launch a surprise attack on Blood Moon’s Beast-Catching Ship only if Fei Zheng, the toughest to break, had died.

If Fei Zheng didn’t die, they would act as if nothing had occurred and quietly retreat.

"Pang Jian might kill Fei Zheng!"

Zhao Ling shouted excitedly, almost roaring, her body poised to leap down, "Just give me a chance, if there’s hope of success, we attack!"

"Fan Liang, fire the cannons!"

Meng Qiulan bellowed.

"Alright!"

"Boom!"

A cannon shot soared into the sky, erupting from Sky Fortune City’s Eastern District, glaringly conspicuous against the night sky!

"Boom! Boom boom!"

The small cannons within the surrounding courtyards, armed with poison powder, shot out like meteors towards the Beast-Catching Ship.

After the poison powder dispersed.

Many Dark Ghosts of the Meridians Channeling Realm, with their faces covered, leapt from the windows, and rushed directly toward the Beast-Catching Ship.

"Zhao Ling! Go down and help him kill Fei Zheng, I’ll intercept with Wu Yi those who reach the Marrow Cleansing Realm!"

Meng Qiulan shouted.

"Alright!"

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