The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 93 - 80 The Cost of Impulsiveness_1

Pang Jian could see that Luo Hongyan had been captivated by the Strange Treasure in the pool, so he stopped wasting his breath.

"Pang Jian, run!"

In a loud shouting voice, Zhou Qingchen activated the power of the Heart Protection Mirror, projecting a deep red mountain, refined from Spiritual Power, towards Pang Jian’s head.

The towering mountain stood in the air, with streaks of deep red halos blossoming, forming a solid defensive aura.

Wherever Pang Jian was, the Spiritual Power-refined mountain followed, always protecting him.

Zhou Qingchen, holding the Cold Iron Long Blade, was pulled behind Pang Jian, and frequently twisted his head to keep an eye on what was behind him.

He saw Lin Beiye from Black Valley, standing on a high platform nearby, his dark palm facing the stone storm.

A broad swath of dark light, mixed with numerous profound runes, roared into the stone storm.

All of the stones were instantly crushed, and the strange runes circled around Qi Qingsong, keeping him safe and sound.

Fearing Lin Beiye might interrupt their escape mid-way, Zhou Qingchen immediately understood that in Lin Beiye’s eyes, Pang Jian and he were simply insignificant.

Lin Beiye of Black Valley didn’t waste a bit of energy on them and didn’t even glance at them once.

"Shhh!"

A dazzling Black Gold blade light suddenly slashed above the deep red mountain, with red and gold lights splattering everywhere.

"Dong Tianze!"

Zhou Qingchen’s face changed.

"What, you didn’t think of me until now?"

Dong Tianze, who had stood up from the high platform, holding a Black Gold dagger named Ghost Howling, bared his teeth in a grin at Zhou Qingchen.

Immediately, he waved Ghost Howling, creating a sea of Black Gold blades that covered Pang Jian’s head.

"Crack! Crack-crack!"

The red mountain, refined by Spiritual Power, as if a real mountain, was sliced apart by the interweaving Black Gold blade light.

Tiny blade rays and red lights rained down like a storm all around, covering Pang Jian in wounds.

Pang Jian grunted, looking at the increasingly close Mirror Tunnel, bit his teeth, and continued to sprint forward frantically.

"You can’t escape."

Dong Tianze shook his head and coldly kept waving his hand, creating more Black Gold blade light.

Pang Jian, rushing towards the Mirror Tunnel, saw another sea of Black Gold blades appear in front of him, so he became one with the Dragon Pattern Spear, transforming into a Flaming Meteor, and stabbed into it.

Within the sea of light, there suddenly came shrill sounds of metal clashing and the crisp snapping of the spear shaft.

The Dragon Pattern Spear was thus rendered useless!

One of Pang Jian’s hands holding the spear shaft was also penetrated by the fragmented blade light, lacerating the flesh and leaving long, thin gashes.

He discarded the spear shaft and, like Han Duping, rolled on the ground and still headed for the Mirror Tunnel.

Above his head was the sea of Black Gold blades created by Dong Tianze with Ghost Howling.

The sea of light condensed by Spiritual Power over his head, like a foreboding Sky Curtain prison, prevented him from soaring into the sky.

This sea of blade light lay on Pang Jian’s inevitable path to the Mirror Tunnel. If he wanted to enter the Mirror Tunnel, he couldn’t avoid this deadly sea of light.

"Back in Wulan Lake, you snatched the Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood that belonged to me first, and then laid a trap to leave several bloody holes in me."

Seeing him roll desperately on the ground, Dong Tianze sharply laughed coldly, finally venting some of his long-standing resentment.

"I have searched for you painstakingly in this bloody city for many days without seeing you show up. Heh, persistence pays off, I didn’t expect to wait for you in the City Lord Mansion."

Pang Jian, beneath the Black Gold blade sea, seemed not to hear his cold laughter and continued to move forward with difficulty.

"Whoosh!"

Leng Yuan, standing behind Dong Tianze, suddenly drifted down from the high platform, easily crossed over the Black Gold light sea created by Dong Tianze, and swiftly dashed towards Zhou Qingchen.

Assured that Pang Jian was the person Dong Tianze was determined to catch, Leng Yuan voluntarily took on the pressure for him, allowing him to focus on torturing Pang Jian.

"Swish-swish!"

Brightly colored ribbons suddenly flew out from Leng Yuan’s slender waist, encircling Zhou Qingchen like a brilliant rainbow.

"Your little brother, my junior, will take good care of him. I just need to keep an eye on you."

Leng Yuan chuckled softly with pursed lips.

"Ssst! SsstSsst!"

Within the sea of blade light, bundles of sharp blade rays struck down towards Pang Jian below.

As the sea of light continued to press down, Pang Jian, forced to crawl on the ground, soon had several more bloody holes from the blade rays piercing him.

"I’m going to cover you in bloody holes!"

Dong Tianze laughed coldly in satisfaction.

"Pang Jian, I’m sorry!"

Seeing his pitiful state, Zhou Qingchen roared sorrowfully from afar, overcome with infinite remorse.

He finally regretted it, regretted that he had listened to the white-dressed girl’s suggestion and had not left with Han Duping and the others.

He could die here, for he was here for Jiang Li.

But Pang Jian, because of him, had fallen into such a wretched state, which left Zhou Qingchen consumed by guilt.

"I’m sorry! It’s Zhou Qingchen who has failed you..."

Watching Pang Jian under the Black Gold blade sea, struggling to crawl with his body smeared in who knows how much blood, Zhou Qingchen’s eyes filled with tears.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."

He repeated the apology over and over, struggling against the life-threatening ribbons, and quickly became covered in wounds as well.

He was only a few years older than Pang Jian.

Seeing the one he adored chopped almost in half, the youth’s fiery blood was ignited, naturally wanting to do something for his beloved.

Upon entering, he had rashly called out asking who was Qi Qingsong, because he was in the Marrow Cleansing Realm and he also had many Spiritual Artifacts.

He had always been confident in himself and knew that Pang Jian possessed peculiar powers, which made him believe that together they might have the chance to kill Qi Qingsong.

Qi Qingsong easily neutralized their first wave of assault.

In that moment, Zhou Qingchen realized the vast gap between his Marrow Cleansing Realm and Qi Qingsong’s.

The fiery blood and impulses in his heart were doused by the cruel reality, and he sobered up there and then.

If it hadn’t been for the white-robed young girl’s instigation, had she not claimed her combat power was a match for Qi Qingsong’s, Zhou Qingchen would have never dragged Pang Jian into another fight.

In the end, the white-robed young girl proved she indeed possessed such power.

But who could have anticipated that, seemingly unrelated, Lin Beiye and Qi Qingsong actually had an understanding all along?

"Pang Jian!"

Filled with boundless guilt, Zhou Qingchen ignored the rainbow ribbons lashing out and ripped off the Heart Protection Mirror from his chest, throwing it far into the sea of blade light.

"Promise me, live and escape!"

Zhou Qingchen roared.

The cherished Heart Protection Mirror in his view suddenly revealed countless fine cracks, and a power sealed for many years was completely unleashed.

"Crack!"

The mirror surface burst violently, and its bright crystal pieces fell into the Black Gold blade sea obscuring the sky above Pang Jian.

Pang Jian, struggling to advance, looked up to see a multitude of tiny crystals, like diamond stars raining down from the sky.

Each crystal shone with a blinding light, filled with Alien Power from the shattered space, smashing the Black Gold blade sea that had been covering his head!

"Go!"

Zhou Qingchen shouted again.

With his Cold Iron Long Blade, he consecutively sliced through the void, and one after another, indistinct mountains, made solid by dense Spiritual Power, emerged undulatingly.

Rather than trying to unravel the radiant ribbons, these dim mountains went straight for Leng Yuan.

Zhou Qingchen, with a fierce expression, caused Leng Yuan to hesitate for a moment, and she did not choose to wield her full power in a desperate fight.

Zhou Qingchen only wanted to leave with Pang Jian, not to kill her or Dong Tianze. Leng Yuan did not want to risk her life for Dong Tianze.

Remembering that the Demon Sect’s Lan Xi, Lin Beiye, and Qi Qingsong were still in the courtyard, Leng Yuan was even less willing to fight to the death.

Therefore, the hidden power within the many ribbons did not truly erupt.

Zhou Qingchen successfully broke free from her entanglement, redirected the indistinct mountain ranges towards Dong Tianze.

He suddenly appeared where the shattered light sea was, grabbed Pang Jian, and bellowed, "Let’s go!"

"Waste."

Dong Tianze, as the Black Gold blade sea was broken, used his blade to strike the approaching mountains, his cold and harsh eyes flicking a glance at Leng Yuan.

A chill ran through Leng Yuan’s heart, and she quickly regathered her strength to continue the pursuit of Zhou Qingchen.

Blood-soaked, Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen staggered over the ground strewn with sparkling fragments, desperately moving towards the Mirror Tunnel.

Dong Tianze disposed of the incoming mountains and, holding a short blade called Ghost Howling, leaped from the high platform towards the two.

"Pang Jian, you go first! I’ll hold him off!"

Zhou Qingchen roared, halting his steps. Looking up at Dong Tianze, he noticed Dong Tianze’s focus was on Pang Jian.

Standing by the Mirror Tunnel, both were at their wits’ end, with no chance of prevailing against the imposing Dong Tianze.

"Remember to take revenge for me!"

Zhou Qingchen gave a tragic smile.

He lavishly expended the little remaining Spiritual Power he had, brandishing the Cold Iron Long Blade and intending to rise into the sky to intercept Dong Tianze who was mid-air.

"Zhou, live well."

It was then that Zhou Qingchen heard Pang Jian address him not as Mr. Zhou for the first time.

—Instead, he used "Zhou."

Zhou Qingchen, his face streaked with tears, felt a colossal wave strike his heart and grinned, "I won’t survive, but as long as you can live, that’s enough!"

Overwhelmed by emotion, he knew that Pang Jian’s true feelings were showing through his use of "Zhou."

To hear this term of endearment from Pang Jian at the brink of death, he felt no regrets even in facing his demise.

But in the next moment, he was suddenly and violently pushed by Pang Jian towards the Mirror Tunnel.

This unreasonably forceful momentum seemed like Pang Jian had been saving up his strength desperately, far more fierce and powerful than he had expected.

Suddenly soaring into the air, he was uncontrollably flying towards the direction of the Mirror Tunnel, still unable to react mid-flight.

He stared blankly at Pang Jian.

At that moment, Pang Jian was directly beneath Dong Tianze, who was descending from above, the Black Gold short blade aiming straight for Pang Jian’s skull.

Pang Jian, facing him, mouthed a "farewell," then quickly rolled backward to evade.

The Pang Jian getting farther and farther from the Mirror Tunnel had completely lost his chance to escape.

"Pang Jian!"

With his heart bleeding, Zhou Qingchen only had time to let out a beast-like roar before landing on the Mirror Tunnel.

Then he disappeared from sight.

"Crack!"

The spot where Pang Jian had been standing, the solid white jade stone slabs, now bore a deep and narrow fissure.

Dong Tianze alighted gracefully and, glancing at Pang Jian who was continuously retreating, smirked and again swung Ghost Howling.

"Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!"

A fresh Black Gold blade sea appeared above the Mirror Tunnel.

"Whether Zhou Qingchen hides in the Lower Realm’s Zhou Family or went to Red Mountain in the Upper Realm, I have ways to find him and ensure his elimination."

Dong Tianze did not care about Zhou Qingchen’s escape. After making sure there were no mishaps, he turned his attention back to Pang Jian.

"In Wulan Lake, the one who injured me the most was you! My instincts tell me you pose a greater threat to me than Zhou Qingchen, so you are my priority target!"

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