The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 99 - 86 Chaos Sea_1

"Marrow Cleansing Realm, have I broken through?"

Pang Jian, unclear about his own condition, asked in bewilderment.

Previously, immersed in darkness, he had been violently assaulted by the Filth Alien Power of the Fifth Realm, with all twelve meridians in agony, barely aware of what was happening.

The girl’s comment made him freeze in place.

"Right, if your sinews and bones have been tempered, then naturally you are in the Marrow Cleansing Realm."

The girl’s face was the picture of matter-of-factness as she explained earnestly to Pang Jian, her clear eyes devoid of any impurity, "At the beginning of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, it’s only about toughening the vessels and bones. In the middle stage, you refine the muscles and internal organs, and in the later stage, the blood is tempered."

"But you, you really are... very strange."

Doubt filled her eyes as she stared at Pang Jian, then said, "In the dark depths of the Fifth Realm, after your screams and howls, you advanced to the Marrow Cleansing Realm."

"The initial stage, toughening the vessels and bones..." Pang Jian muttered to himself, then after carefully recalling the experience, he said, "By your description, it seems I really have ascended to the Marrow Cleansing Realm."

With a sudden recollection, the girl lightly covered her mouth in the darkness, as if afraid to cry out in alarm.

Then, she whispered conspiratorially, "Did you use the Filth Evil Power of the Fifth Realm to break open the vessels in your body?"

Pang Jian nodded.

"Monster!"

The girl couldn’t help but scream.

Her gaze swept over Pang Jian like she had discovered a new continent, inspecting him from here and there.

Pang Jian said nothing.

"I’ve heard that there is a type of special Spiritual Sea which can adapt to the power of all worlds. The pure nature’s spiritual energy, the Fifth Realm’s Filth Alien Power, and many more messy kinds like the Mysterious Yin Power and toxic forces and such."

The girl spoke with a sense of wonder in her voice.

"Mysterious Yin Power? Toxic forces?"

Pang Jian’s mind stirred as he thought of the time at Black Water Pool when he absorbed the Acidic Peculiar Supernatural Ability using the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell."

In the pile of rocks, he had absorbed quite a bit of Mysterious Yin Power, and his dantian had felt no discomfort at all.

So he asked, "What kind of special Spiritual Sea is this?"

"This type of Spiritual Sea is known as the Chaos Sea, also called the Sea of Chaos."

The girl explained with a look of fascination.

Pang Jian was momentarily stunned.

"Alright, my story ends here."

Just then, the girl in white robes sitting on a high platform stopped her long oration.

Pang Jian, who had been eager to inquire in detail about the Chaos Sea, noticed that Li Yuqing’s attention suddenly focused on the girl in white inside the mansion, so he did not press further with his questions.

At that moment, Pang Jian knew that the girl in white was named Yuan Lengshan, and she, like Lan Xi, came from a branch of the Demon Sect in the Second Realm—the Demon Heart Sect.

He understood that Yuan Lengshan and Lan Xi, one overt and one covert, were intent on eliminating all their competitors.

—He and Zhou Qingchen were the two spears they had manipulated.

The story told by Yuan Lengshan roughly conveyed that Bagua City, which had disappeared for three thousand years, was originally under the control of the Yuan Family, with tens of thousands of inhabitants.

Overnight, Bagua City had vanished without a trace, taken to the "Heavenly Tribulation Pillar" for a blood sacrifice.

Her ancestors, all the people of Bagua City, became nourishment for the "Heavenly Tribulation Pillar."

As a descendant of the Yuan Family, she should be the rightful master of Bagua City.

Now having finally returned home, she was determined to unearth the real reason behind Bagua City’s disappearance.

"Bagua City, Yuan Family."

Li Yuqing pursed her lips as she watched Yuan Lengshan in white on the high platform, saying, "Anyway, I’ve heard that the Yuan Family is not made of good stuff."

"Bagua City of three thousand years ago, whether it was the people of the Yuan Family or those living within, all deserved to die."

"The decision to make Bagua City vanish overnight was agreed upon by all parties to execute them once and for all."

The girl in the darkness hummed.

Pang Jian could see that she had no good feelings for the Yuan Family or the entire Bagua City.

"Whiz!"

Before Pang Jian had time to think further, he saw the gleaming silver spear that had sunk to the bottom of the pool suddenly shoot out of Yuan Lengshan’s hands.

The target was aimed straight at Luo Hongyan!

Luo Hongyan chuckled, and as the spear approached, she flicked it aside with a casual gesture.

A dazzling nebula suddenly appeared, circling far around the shaft of the spear and twisting it slightly, causing the spear that was aimed at her to veer off course.

The silver, lightning-like spear headed toward the dark alley instead.

Pang Jian was taken aback.

Without hesitation, he stepped in front of Li Yuqing, ready to intercept the spear that Luo Hongyan had diverted.

"Clang!"

The gleaming silver spear was blocked by Dong Tianze’s Ghost Howling with a clang, falling to the ground with a clatter, stopping at one side of the entrance to the alley.

Only then did Pang Jian realize that the true target of the spear, which Luo Hongyan had flicked, was not the alley entrance but Dong Tianze standing beside it!

"It wasn’t me who stabbed you, so why are you targeting me?"

Dong Tianze, who had knocked down the spear, glared at Luo Hongyan, who had taken over his platform.

With the spear at his feet, Dong Tianze didn’t dare to reach out and pick it up.

Because of this shiny silver spear, previously, it had always been in Yuan Lengshan’s hands, and when Yuan Lengshan was recounting the secret tales of Bagua City, she was caressing the shaft of the spear with her palm.

Dong Tianze wasn’t too sure whether or not she had refined the spear, fearing that it contained abnormalities.

"It was a pure misunderstanding, I just casually flicked it, not knowing it would fly straight toward you."

Without turning her head, Luo Hongyan pointed to Lan Xi below the platform and said, "You and the boy from Black Valley team up to kill that older one. I’ll join forces with the Qingsong lad, and we’ll take down the younger one."

As soon as her words fell, she floated toward Yuan Lengshan in the air and snorted, "You brat, I’ve always found you disagreeable."

"Whoo! Whoo!"

As if responding to her, Lin Beiye and Qi Qingsong, one to the left and one to the right, lunged toward the platform where the two women from Demon Sect were.

Sword Tower’s Qi Qingsong rushed straight for Yuan Lengshan, while Lin Beiye from Black Valley truly went toward Lan Xi below the platform.

The two of them, from Black Valley and Sword Tower, actually followed her assigned strategy and started the fight immediately.

Seeing things develop to this point, Dong Tianze didn’t say anything more, gripping Ghost Howling as he charged at Lan Xi.

The Ghost Howling once again emitted a soul-shaking wail.

...

In the darkness of the alleyway.

"Bad woman."

Li Yuqing muttered under her breath, uncertain if she was cursing Yuan Lengshan or Luo Hongyan.

She stood behind Pang Jian, watching this man stand before her like a door god, naturally taking up most of her field of vision as well.

Her clear eyes filled with astonishment, she wondered, "Do I look like someone who could be easily killed by this broken spear?"

Pang Jian didn’t turn his head, instead keeping his eyes fixed on the suddenly erupted battle, "I don’t know if you’ll be hit, but I ate your food; I have to stand in front of you."

"Oh, so it’s because you ate my food."

Li Yuqing pursed her lips and chuckled, finding his explanation amusing, and then asked, "That big fool called Zhou Qingchen, did he eat a lot, a lot of your food?"

"Otherwise, why would you fight desperately for him? Even though you had the chance yourself, you still sent him to the Mirror Tunnel."

"Hmm, indeed, I did eat quite a bit."

Pang Jian recalled the Zhou Family young master bringing skewered meat to him among the stones, a hearty smile on his face, thinking to himself, "He must already be at Wulan Lake by now, he should be able to survive."

"You are quite loyal."

Li Yuqing moved closer, signaling that he didn’t need to block the way like a door god, and then stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

In front of them was the entrance to the alley, and standing side by side wasn’t cramped. They could clearly see the battle around the pool.

"This spear..."

The girl pursed her lips, looking at the shiny silver spear not far away, and after a moment of thought, said, "I vaguely remember, when you were by the pool, you looked at it the most."

Honestly, Pang Jian said, "My Dragon Pattern Spear has a wooden shaft, and it doesn’t seem very comfortable to use anymore. They said when I was coming here, the spear revealed by the light column would surely suit me better."

"Oh, then that’s simple."

Li Yuqing nodded, showing a look of understanding, then stretched out her slightly chubby left hand.

Pang Jian hurriedly said, "Dong Tianze didn’t dare to touch it, you shouldn’t..."

"Shoo!"

A small golden grappling hook flew out from a ring on her left hand.

The hook, with pinpoint accuracy, caught the tip of the spear and swiftly dragged the shiny silver spear into the darkness.

Before Pang Jian could finish his sentence, the shiny silver spear was engulfed in darkness, landing in the girl’s hand.

As he stood in surprise, the girl with one hand on the shaft, felt from the bottom to the top.

All the power left within by Yuan Lengshan was casually extinguished by the girl, and then she handed it to Pang Jian, saying, "Here, for you."

Pang Jian looked at her dumbfounded.

"It’s okay, I’ve checked it, you can use it directly now."

Seeing that he didn’t immediately reach out to take it, the girl annoyed, thrust the spear into his hands and said, "Relax, I’m not going to harm you!"

"Oh, okay, alright."

Holding the heavy shiny silver spear, Pang Jian felt it fit perfectly, as if this Strange Treasure was meant to belong to him from birth.

"Eh! Where’s the Astonishing Spear?"

At that moment, Li Jie’s strange cry came from the side of the alley entrance.

He was watching the skirmish contentedly when he twisted his head and found that the shiny silver spear had eerily vanished.

Li Jie was immediately startled; he let out two high-pitched screams like he’d seen a ghost in broad daylight, then looked intently at the alley drowned in darkness.

"Where’s the spear?"

Dong Tianze, Qi Qingsong, and even Luo Hongyan, all slightly changed expression at Li Jie’s outburst.

The people in the battle looked uneasily toward that area, sensing a ghost lurking in the shadows.

"Are we exposed?"

Pang Jian tightened his grip on the Astonishing Spear, looking at the girl with some concern, "Maybe you should hide further away, if they break in here I’m afraid for you..."

"No trouble at all," the girl reassured with a wave of her plump little white hand, indicating that he shouldn’t worry, and with proud eyes she said, "Don’t worry, not every person can enter the darkness unscathed like you, this monster."

"That Demon Girl who followed you into danger, she nearly died in there."

"To be honest, I think she cares a lot about you, she’s really quite concerned."

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