The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 135 - 120 Breakthrough_1

On the other side of Cloud Marsh.

Below a cliff, there was a stone platform hidden by Qingsong trees.

On the stone platform.

A dozen surviving members of Dark Ghost were cautiously hiding their bodies, staring into the distance under the night sky.

At the moment, none of them dared even breathe as they watched that familiar Beast-Catching Ship.

The Beast-Catching Ship seemed to have suddenly discovered something and, as it neared them, it abruptly sped up and dashed towards the distance!

A few people on the stone platform looked at the departing Beast-Catching Ship in astonishment, seeing three figures leap out from the ship under the cover of darkness, transforming into blood-red streaks of light, descending into a muddy area.

"They’re from the Marrow Cleansing Realm!"

Wu Yi’s expression changed slightly as he exclaimed, "After Fei Zheng, more Blood Moon powerhouses have arrived! Even from such a distance, the aura of blood surrounding the figures as they fall tells us that they must definitely be from the Marrow Cleansing Realm!"

Zhao Ling appeared somewhat puzzled, "Who could alert three people from Blood Moon’s Marrow Cleansing Realm?"

Meng Qiulan shook her head, "Perhaps there are formidable characters within Cloud Marsh that we are unaware of."

Lately, the Beast-Catching Ships of Blood Moon and the Cloud Sails of the major families have been appearing day and night over Cloud Marsh, capturing Ferocious Beasts and Individual Cultivators; they had grown accustomed to this.

However, this was the first time they encountered Blood Moon deploying three people from the Marrow Cleansing Realm consecutively.

"You have forgotten about Hong Jian."

Yang Yuansen, with his shiny bald head, cracked a strange, heinous grin.

He took out a small brocaded flag from his bosom, shook his head, and said with schadenfreude, "That kid really is careless, to have actually alarmed the Blood Moon’s Beast-Catching Ship. Quite a few survivors from Blood Moon have seen him kill Fei Zheng on Instrument Street. He won’t be able to escape this time."

"Hong Jian?"

Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, said, "If it’s him, he might indeed be able to alert three Marrow Cleansing Realm experts."

Bai Wei and Bai Zhi covered their mouths, looking afar towards the place where the three blood lights had fallen and then eagerly turned their gaze towards Meng Qiulan.

"How do you know it’s him?"

Meng Qiulan asked somberly.

Yang Yuansen, with pride, presented the small brocaded flag to everyone and snickered, "This flag, together with the Ghost Altar he took away, are part of a set; I can perceive it through this connection."

On the small flag, there were intricately complex symbols that resembled ghostly paintings, faintly pulsing with the ripples of Spiritual Power.

"There is something that you two might not be aware of. Since the Ghost Leader has abandoned us anyway, I might as well tell you..."

Yang Yuansen pointed at the symbols on the flag, saying to Zhao Ling and Meng Qiulan, "Do you know what this symbol represents?"

Both women frowned and shook their heads.

Inside Zhao Ling and Meng Qiulan’s Ghost Altar, there was also a similar small brocaded flag with the same mystic symbols, but they did not know the actual meaning of those symbols.

Whenever they activated the Ghost Altar, they just followed the Ghost Leader’s instructions, placing the flags along the edges of the altar.

"I paid a significant amount to a learned expert to find out that this symbol represents the word ’hidden’. This ’hidden’ doesn’t refer to us but to hiding the Ghost Leader’s face and appearance."

Yang Yuansen hummed, "I had my suspicions about the Ghost Leader’s identity. After learning the secret of this flag, I intentionally left out this flag that represents ’hidden’ when activating the Ghost Altar."

"Heh, the Ghost Leader didn’t notice this. Sometimes he would conceal his face, and at other times he would show his true face."

"But, after I removed that flag, no matter whether he hid himself or not, I could always see his face."

Here, Yang Yuansen paused for a bit, looked at Meng Qiulan and Zhao Ling, and continued, "The Ghost Leader you saw, when responding to my altar summons, sometimes didn’t bother to change his clothes and just randomly concealed his form, thinking that I couldn’t see him. However, I saw several times that he was dressed in the robes of Yin Spirit Temple!"

"Yin Spirit Temple!"

Wu Yi, Zhao Ling, Meng Qiulan exclaimed in shock.

Zhao Ling and Meng Qiulan had met Han Zhiyuan and had doubted his identity, but they had not expected Yang Yuansen to directly confirm Han Zhiyuan’s identity!

"Sometimes, the one responding to my altar call wasn’t the Ghost Leader himself!"

Yang Yuansen dropped the bombshell, "Most of the time, the Ghost Leader stays at Yin Spirit Temple, and when he is too busy with his mundane affairs, he would have someone else respond to us!"

The group was even more astonished upon hearing this.

"The Dark Ghost Leader might not have the power to save us, but a reclusive powerhouse from Yin Spirit Temple, if willing to make a sacrifice, does have a chance!" After revealing the chilling truth, Yang Yuansen, with a heart as good as dead, said, "He doesn’t think our worth justifies exposing his identity, nor does it justify an open conflict with Blood Moon, Raging Sun Sect, or Star River Alliance."

Yang Yuansen twirled the small brocaded flag in his hand and snorted, "I don’t intend to use this object against that Hong Jian. It was always placed in a different location from the Ghost Altar; I just forgot to give it to him at the time. Unexpectedly..."

Looking towards the area where the Beast-Catching Ship had vanished, he chuckled sinisterly, "Beneath that Beast-Catching Ship, there’s no escaping for him. He will die before any of us!"

"Master!"

Bai Wei and Bai Zhi looked pleadingly at Meng Qiulan.

"Three from the Marrow Cleansing Realm; it might be too much for Hong Jian alone, but with a few of us..." Struggling internally, Zhao Ling gritted her teeth and said, "Since there’s no escape from the Sky Fortune Fragment Land, why don’t we join Hong Jian and fight Blood Moon to the death!"

Wu Yi immediately voiced his stance, "Exactly, with a few of us, Hong Jian might not necessarily lose!"

"You can go if you want to, but don’t count me in." Yang Yuansen refused with a cold laugh, "Perhaps if we wait till the end, there might still be a chance to live."

Not counting on him, Zhao Ling asked, "Elder Meng, what do you think?"

Meng Qiulan nodded, "Let’s find Hong Jian!"

Bai Wei and Bai Zhi immediately gasped with joy.

"The two of you stay behind!"

Meng Qiulan glared at them and said, "Both of your cultivation realms are too low; going there, you won’t be of any help, only to be captured alive by Blood Moon!"

"Master, we would rather take the risk and go than stay here!" Bai Wei said, glancing fearfully at Yang Yuansen, who made her feel disgusted.

Meng Qiulan was momentarily stunned before realizing that Bai Wei and Bai Zhi would undoubtedly fall into Yang Yuansen’s hands once she left with Zhao Ling and Wu Yi.

"Okay!"

She agreed.

They immediately began to slide down quickly with Zhao Ling and Wu Yi, along with several members of the Dark Ghosts from the Meridians Channeling Realm, moving towards Pang Jian’s position.

Watching them leave, Yang Yuansen sneered, "The sooner you die, the quicker you’re reborn, best of luck."

In his view, tangling with the Blood Moon at this point was simply seeking death.

Because above Cloud Marsh, besides the Beast-Catching Ship, there were also Cloud Sails carrying the mighty from the seven great families.

The commotion caused by the Blood Moon could very well alarm those on the Cloud Sails, causing the powerhouses of the big families to quickly converge.

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"Pop! Pop! Pop!"

Balls of flaming light exploded, causing three Meridians Channeling Realm cultivators from the Blood Moon, who had been trying to intercept them, to cry out in pain and retreat while vomiting blood.

Pang Jian, holding the Astonishing Spear and having seriously wounded three from the Meridians Channeling Realm, did not linger even for a moment and continued to charge forward.

Behind him, led by Ni Chen, three individuals from the Marrow Cleansing Realm had already disembarked from the Beast-Catching Ship.

"This kid is really troublesome!"

"Fei Zheng fell to him, and it seems it wasn’t due to negligence. Everyone, be careful!"

While pursuing, Ni Chen and his two companions conversed.

Streaks of crimson rainbows flew out from the instruments in their hands, some veering off course and exploding in the bushes around Pang Jian.

Others hit Pang Jian’s back precisely. He usually grunted and then buried his head, sprinting forward again.

Pang Jian, with a clear goal in mind, had no intention of fighting them to the death. He kept fleeing into the night with astonishing speed.

If not for the Beast-Catching Ship in the sky firmly locking onto him and the constant stream of Meridians Channeling Realm disciples intercepting him, Pang Jian would’ve probably already vanished from the sight of the three pursuers behind him.

"People on the ship, don’t come down anymore. Just hinder him from the ship! This kid is very powerful, those of you in the Meridians Channeling Realm coming down are just courting death!"

After yet another failed to avoid Pang Jian and was skewered by his spear, Ni Chen quickly shouted at the Beast-Catching Ship.

On the ship, those Blood Moon powerhouses who were about to descend breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they started shooting from the ship using numerous light blades and blood arrows from afar, making the most of the ship’s high speed.

Among the flashes of blades and swords, Pang Jian, no longer having targets to kill, could only dodge and strive to march forward.

Under such an offensive, even as agile and familiar with the area as he was, he couldn’t avoid being hit repeatedly.

Gradually, his body acquired some slash wounds and a few small bloody holes.

"Pop!"

A blood arrow was shot at him the moment he touched the ground, piercing his shoulder.

After casually pulling out the blood arrow, he seemingly ignored the pain and dashed forward, covering another seven to eight zhang of distance.

Finally.

The bloodied Pang Jian arrived at the marsh where the Heavenly Spirit Tower had sunk and silently let out a sigh of relief.

He also saw a Spirit Evil suddenly vanish from sight.

In the special area where the Heavenly Spirit Tower had sunk, Luo Hongyan’s Spirit Evils frequented to prevent accidental discovery of the tower and to arrive in time for repairs.

This place was not far from the cave where Luo Hongyan was forging her body.

Pang Jian believed that Luo Hongyan must be already aware of his current situation through the Spirit Evils and would soon gather the ones scattered around to join the battle in this marsh. frёewebnoѵēl.com

With his current combat strength, coupled with Luo Hongyan who was growing stronger daily, these Blood Moon people would only meet their end here.

"Eh!"

Pang Jian, who had stopped running, was surprised to see that the wounds pierced by the blood arrows were not only quietly stopping the bleeding but were also filled with a tingling Alien Power.

"Sapling’s gift!"

Rich life essence swirled around those wounds, enabling them to heal at a visibly fast pace.

In a short amount of time, his injuries became less severe, no longer affecting the battle ahead.

"He stopped!"

"Kid, why aren’t you running anymore?"

"Is this the grave you’ve chosen for yourself?"

On the Beast-Catching Ship.

The Meridians Channeling Realm cultivators of the Blood Moon, who were observing Pang Jian stop in a marshland, began to mock him loudly.

"Yes, this is the grave I’ve picked out for you."

Pang Jian planted the Astonishing Spear into the ground and took several blood-replenishing pills from his storage bag, swallowing them as he slowly adjusted his breathing to await the appearance of the three Marrow Cleansing Realm individuals.

"Hang in there, Pang Jian!"

"We’re coming!"

Zhao Ling and Wu Yi’s shouts of encouragement suddenly rang out from afar, both cheering him on.

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