The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 94 - 81 Disappearing into the Darkness_1

"Drip, drip!"

Drop by drop, the crimson blood slid down Pang Jian’s naturally hanging arm to his fingers and then fell from the fingertips onto the flagstone floor.

The blood hit the ground and was instantly devoured by the man-eating demon-like flagstones without leaving a trace.

Having retreated to the main entrance, Pang Jian watched Zhou Qingchen disappear into the Mirror Tunnel and let out a soft sigh.

He knew that the person Dong Tianze most wanted to kill was him. Even if Zhou Qingchen fought hard to obstruct, as long as it was him charging towards the Mirror Tunnel, Dong Tianze would spare no effort to block.

With Dong Tianze trying to assassinate him, it would be difficult to escape.

But by staying behind to draw Dong Tianze’s attention, Zhou Qingchen might have a slim chance of survival.

As it turned out, his judgment was correct.

"You really have a sense of brotherhood, huh."

Dong Tianze observed his injuries with a cold face, watching the fresh blood continuously flow from his hand.

"Trying to assassinate someone from Sword Tower not just once, but twice, you really have the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard. You, just a Meridians Channeling Realm practitioner, managed to take advantage of me at the well and now think you’re something special?"

Dong Tianze was still not convinced to this day.

Without the sudden disappearance of that Demon Red Lotus, if it weren’t for the self-combustion of a Spirit Evil while he was falling into the well, he would never have been so incompetent, never been pierced through by Pang Jian time after time!

Now by talking so much, by showing his strength repeatedly just now, he wanted to tell Pang Jian that it was just an accident back then.

"Drip."

Hearing the sound of blood hitting the ground and watching Dong Tianze steadily approaching, Pang Jian remained silent.

By the time the first wave of Black Gold saber sea solidified, he was already pierced through by several beams of saber light. He then understood that even his bones, tempered by Phoenix Marrow, could only ensure that he wouldn’t be decapitated.

Faced with Dong Tianze, who was a whole realm higher, along with that terrifying Ghost Howling, his flesh and blood still couldn’t handle it.

He also clearly recognized the gap between himself, Qi Qingsong of Sword Tower, and Dong Tianze.

It wasn’t just the realm.

Techniques, weapons, he was inferior to both in every aspect.

"Can’t run away now, can you?"

Dong Tianze sneered with a grimace, pointed towards where the Mirror Tunnel was and commanded Leng Yuan, "Keep a good watch over there!"

He also glanced at Luo Hongyan, who was not far from the Mirror Tunnel, to prevent her from taking the chance to escape. freewebnσvel.cøm

Leng Yuan understood, busily responding, "Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone else leave!"

Dong Tianze nodded with a cold face, and with a cat-playing-with-a-mouse expression, he looked at Pang Jian, pondering, "You’re different from the others. Slicing off your head with one blow wouldn’t give me any pleasure. Let me think about it, how shall I..."

"Hold on, Dong Xiaozi, don’t be in a hurry."

Just then, Qi Qingsong, also covered in blood, finally broke free from the stone storm.

Amidst a pile of shattered rocks, he stood up slowly, carrying the Pale Spirit Sword in his hand and said leisurely, "Those two kids who attacked me, and you let one of them escape successfully. You’re really useless, aren’t you!"

Dong Tianze’s expression darkened.

"Just a moment, will you."

In front of everyone, Qi Qingsong took off his tattered blue robe and took out a bottle of tender green juice, pouring it over himself from head to toe.

The exposed flesh of his deep, bone-visible wounds was quickly stitching itself closed and scabbing over.

The pain made Qi Qingsong inhale sharply as he donned a brand-new robe of the same style before saying to the girl in white, "If I’m not mistaken, you must be Yuan Lengshan, right?"

The girl in white frowned.

She hadn’t continued the assault because Lin Beiye of Black Valley had been watching her intently from the high platform the whole time.

Any further move she made would instantly expose her to Lin Beiye’s frenzied attack, and Qi Qingsong would also fight her to the death without hesitation.

"It doesn’t matter if you don’t say anything."

Qi Qingsong was in no rush, since he had just poured on the medicinal juice and needed time to heal his wounds.

Looking up, he turned his gaze toward another high platform and Lan Xi, who had been silent all this time, and said, "I heard that your master later accepted a closed-door disciple who greatly pleased her."

Hearing this, Lan Xi of the Demon Sect chuckled lightly and nodded.

"Your Demon Heart Sect always likes to complicate things, to show off your abilities."

Qi Qingsong sneered, his face cold as he said, "One of you openly sits high on the platform, posing as if you’re not getting involved."

"The other hides in the shadows, concealing her true identity, and prepares to kill me first, then Dong Tianze. In the end, it’ll be you and your sister taking Lin Beiye’s life right here."

"The way your Demon Heart Sect does things, you never leave a drop of soup for others. You not only want all four things at the bottom of the pond, but you also don’t plan to leave any survivors."

"Am I right?"

Qi Qingsong looked back at the girl in white.

"I am Yuan Lengshan."

The girl coldly admitted her identity.

From her snow-white robe, numerous pitch-black "demon" characters emerged, shining with a heart-stopping black light.

Many blood-red "heart" shapes mixed with the black "demon" characters fluttered continuously in her pristine white robe.

Black Demon, Red Heart—these were the unique marks of the Demon Heart Sect.

The appearance of the Demon Heart meant she no longer intended to hide anything.

Since her careful planning had been exposed, she had no choice but to resort to a more straightforward and brutal method, using absolute power to crush all obstacles.

"Even without those two from the Lower Realm, I could easily kill you. It would just expose my power and prematurely alert Lin Beiye."

Yuan Lengshan’s eyes were indifferent as she suddenly became arrogant and said, "I was thinking of using less effort to kill you first, then deal with the Dongs. I didn’t expect you to guess my identity."

Qi Qingsong sighed with a wry smile, "With people from the Demon Heart Sect around, I have to be cautious."

At this point, Yuan Lengshan, Lan Xi, and Lin Beiye weren’t paying any attention to Pang Jian, only briefly mentioning Dong Tianze.

In their eyes, Pang Jian from the Lower Realm, with only the cultivation of the Meridians Channeling Realm, was an ant they could crush at will.

"Well then. With things as they are, that kid is worthless to you now."

Seeing that the timing was almost right, Qi Qingsong said, "If you don’t mind, let me do the honors of killing him first to get some revenge, huh?"

"As you wish."

There was a pervading sense of indifference in Yuan Lengshan’s eyes.

Not far away, at the entrance of the alley leading to darkness, the bleeding-fingered Pang Jian had witnessed the entire scene.

Yuan Lengshan, who exploited his relationship with Zhou Qingchen, Lin Beiye, and Lan Xi, who had always ignored him, and Qi Qingsong, who held his life and death in the palm of his hands.

The indifference and contempt these Upper Realm powerhouses had for their lives ignited the fiery passion within Pang Jian’s heart.

His dark, cold gaze swept ceaselessly over each of their faces, as if he wanted to etch each indifferent visage deep into his soul.

He would remember this moment forever!

"Hmm, if you don’t mind, then that’s good..."

Qi Qingsong immediately burst into laughter, approaching Pang Jian in a relaxed manner as he walked and talked,

"I’ve never met you before, and you attacked me with a long spear from below the stage as soon as you came in. I was so magnanimous to spare your life, yet you were still egged on to make a second kill attempt on me."

Qi Qingsong shook his head ruefully, growing more agitated as he spoke, and his expression became increasingly fierce.

"Qi..."

Dong Tianze expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Get lost!"

Qi Qingsong’s expression suddenly turned violent, "That kid who left, you couldn’t even kill him, so what right do you have to speak to me?"

With those words, Dong Tianze shot Leng Yuan a harsh glance and truly kept his mouth shut.

At the edge of the pool furthest from the water, Li Jie suddenly sat up from his lounger, a straw dangling from his mouth, though he wasn’t sipping on Green Fruit Juice.

He slowly withdrew the smile that was always on his face, looking at Pang Jian who was pushed to a desperate situation, and then glanced at Luo Hongyan who stood below Lan Xi’s platform, silent all this while.

"I’m quite curious about what you’ll do."

Only Li Jie could see that another soul resided within that body.

He was eager to know what the woman, who had cared the most about Pang Jian’s feelings all along, would do at this moment.

"I told you to stay out of Zhou’s matters, to ignore that girl’s instigations, but you just wouldn’t listen,"

Luo Hongyan let out a sigh, gazing at Pang Jian who was covered in fresh blood, his fingers still dripping, and shook her head helplessly as she prepared to intervene.

Pang Jian asked curiously, "Why don’t you leave?"

Luo Hongyan replied with a smile, "I don’t want to leave yet."

"Oh."

Pang Jian nodded, gave her a deep look, and left her with a parting remark, "Then take care of yourself."

"Watch the Mirror Tunnel!"

Dong Tianze suddenly shouted harshly.

Leng Yuan gripped the colorful ribbons tightly, with intense Spiritual Power circulating within them, prepared for action.

However, Pang Jian did not charge at the Mirror Tunnel sealed by the Black Gold blades as she and Dong Tianze had anticipated.

"Eh!"

Lan Xi, Yuan Lengshan, and Lin Beiye—who couldn’t be bothered to take another look at Pang Jian—were all surprised and turned to look.

The blood-drenched Pang Jian suddenly rushed towards the only entrance to this courtyard!

Inside that passage was filled with the Dark Supernatural Ability of the Fifth Realm, saturated with sour and putrid filth—the Forbidden Land that no ordinary being could possibly adapt to!

"Pang Jian, come back to me!"

Luo Hongyan finally yelled out in desperation.

Her feet twinkled with broken little stars as she abandoned the White Jade Porcelain Bottle that was within arm’s reach, and flew toward the dark alley.

But Pang Jian had already charged into the darkness.

Li Jie, with a straw hanging from his mouth, shook his head and said to Luo Hongyan, "It’s too late."

"Pang Jian, get your ass back here for me!"

Luo Hongyan flew to the mouth of the dark alley, ranting angrily in a tone that did not match her usual demeanor.

At that moment, she was the real Luo Hongyan.

"Whoosh!"

Not hearing a response, she suddenly dashed into the darkness!

But the moment she touched the darkness, filled with the evil power from the Fifth Realm, it surged towards her soul, as if wanting to corrupt it entirely.

She was shocked and dismayed.

Half of her body, already inside the darkness, was forced to retreat back into the courtyard where light still lingered.

"You..."

She slowly turned around, looking at Dong Tianze and also at Qi Qingsong who was approaching with his sword.

The intense bloody hue began to emerge deep within her cool pupils!

"You’re not Ning Yao!"

Dong Tianze suddenly screamed.

She nodded, gliding towards the platform Dong Tianze had left earlier, and pointed towards the Black Gold blade sea.

Blood-red stars, eerily beautiful, flew from her fingertips, instantly riddling the Black Gold blade sea with countless holes.

The tiny blood-red stars, like mosquitoes, flung themselves towards the guarding Leng Yuan, disappearing within her body.

This woman from the Yin Spirit Temple, in the Marrow Cleansing Realm, suddenly panicked, grabbing her hair, nearly tearing her scalp apart.

She clearly saw that many blood-red stars in her mind were competing to gnaw at her soul.

"Plunk!"

She fell into the pool and became one of the floating corpses within.

Luo Hongyan elegantly took her seat on the high platform, coldly smiling at everyone, and said, "The person I’ve taken a liking to isn’t that easy to die."

She beckoned with her hand, and the White Jade Porcelain Bottle, containing the "Crystal-clear Snow Lotus," landed in her palm.

She raised the White Jade Porcelain Bottle towards Lin Beiye of the Black Valley and taunted, "Want it? Then come and take it."

Lin Beiye kept a stony face, not daring to make a rash move, his expression extremely solemn as he demanded, "Who are you?"

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