Spirit Realm Chapter 364-366

Chapter 364: Defeated

In the dense black nether demonic energy, Qin Lie saw three dazzling rays of light discharge an overwhelming, limitless amount of energy that seemed intent on purifying the world of all evil and dispersing all darkness.

However, in the dense nether demonic energy, the remnant souls of the five Evil Gods expanded endlessly. They continuously swallowed up the darkness and increased their energy in a frantic manner.

Ku Luo’s powerful whistle shot through the sky and frequently echoed from the darkness, shaking and swaying like he wanted to destroy the Scarlet Tide Continent.

It was in this situation among the darkness that the Spirit Hunting Beast below him whistled past the dazzling rays of light, sweeping by the river full of Demon Cleansing Orchids. It buried its head into the dense nether demonic energy that covered the land.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

The five revered Evil Gods swallowed up the nether demonic energy, their monstrous auras forming a cluster of pitch-black mushroom clouds that seemed as unfathomable as the depths of hell. Faint black flames silently spread throughout the clouds.

The appearance of the five Evil Gods howling wildly and stepping through the demonic clouds, their entire bodies covered in pitch-black flames, it was as if five vicious demons from a bygone era had returned to the world and were about to begin a new era of slaughter.

In the meantime, Ku Luo disappeared, seemingly transforming into a mass of pure darkness.

The bodies of Song Yu, Nie Yun, and Xiao Yaoyang started to glow with spiritual light. Their every movement surprisingly managed to attract thick spirit energy from every direction as if in harmony with nature spirit energy, attacking the dense darkness from that side.

Nie Yun raised his longsword and a hundred meter long sword beam slashed out. Like a plunging waterfall, it rumbled into the darkness and charged, aimed at the five Evil Gods.

Duo Luo’s voice suddenly rang out. The Spirit Hunting Beast beside Qin Lie dashed toward the evil nether passageway at an extreme quick pace.

“Uncle forcefully summoned the Evil God. His body will sustain grievous injuries after this battle,” Ka Meng shouted gravely.

“Retreat to evil nether passageway first!” Duo Luo said.

The Spirit Hunting Beast flew wildly.

At the collapsed Flame Volcano.

A crowd of Horned Demon clansmen gathered at the foot of the mountain, the plaza area of the former Armament Sect.

Ling Yushi and the Ling Family clansmen were also scattered throughout that area. An extremely heavy expression could be seen on each of their faces.

The center of the area that they originally were in, the gateway to the evil nether passageway, no longer existed.

Countless stones fragments closed off the pitch-black abyss. Violent, disorderly energy was at the gateway while faint flashes of thunder and lightning could be seen.

“This is the Terminator Profound Bomb…” Ling Xuanxuan said with a bitter expression.

A quarter of an hour ago, a giant condor that shimmered with gold suddenly appeared above everyone’s heads.

On the giant condor, one of Eight Extreme Temple’s gold robed envoys, Mo He, faced the evil nether passageway and indifferently threw a number of metallic balls at it. All of them sank into the passageway.

At that moment, numerous Horned Demon warriors with four or five horns risked their lives to stop them.

However, Chang Qi, another gold robed envoy, sat on that giant golden condor.

Mo He was in charge of controlling the Terminator Profound Bombs, and Chang Qi was in charge of killing all the Horned Demon warriors that tried to interfere. When both gold robed envoys from Eight Extreme Temple worked together, the Horned Demon Race lost five of their four horned warriors and one of their five horned warriors. They died tragically, yet they still didn’t manage to stop the Terminator Profound Bombs from exploding.

The evil nether passageway was destroyed shortly after.

Mo He and Chang Qi didn’t stay for long. Both of them wandered around the area riding the golden giant condor and threw two more Terminator Profound Bombs where there were many Horned Demon clansmen. After that, they leisurely took their leave.

The Horned Demon clansmen suffered disastrous losses from just two Terminator Profound Bombs. At that moment, this nether demonic energy shrouded land wailed like ghosts and wolves.

“Sis.” Ling Xuanxuan looked at Ling Yushi.

“The evil nether passageway here was destroyed by Eight Extreme Temple. Qin Lie must have also been caught in a plot on his end,” Ling Yushi said calmly, standing upright and unyielding atop a mountain of stones. “Let us stay here and await their return!”

Ling Yushi clearly understood that the strength of the current Ling Family definitely couldn’t oppose either Profound Heaven Alliance or Eight Extreme Temple. Both were capable of easily obliterating the Ling Family.

Even if she were to go to Qin Lie’s side with the Ling Family clansmen, they wouldn’t be able to help very much. They might even become a burden instead.

That was why she could only wait.

Beside the crumbling desolate mountain.

With calm expressions, Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, Nie Yun, and the others all raised their heads to look up at the sky.

Darkness drowned out the moonlight. Under the pitch-black curtain of night, in the middle of the darkness that five Evil Gods forcefully occupied, three rays of light seemed incomparably bright.

Every so often, terrible waves capable of stunning the souls and swaying the spirits of powerful individuals would burst forth.

The fight only lasted a moment.

Soon enough, the five Evil Gods suddenly rushed toward the land covered in nether demonic energy. Like five long, pitch-black dragons following Ku Luo, they went in the direction of the distant evil nether passageway.

The terrible events in the sky steadily went quiet.

With that, the moon revealed itself once more.

Song Yu, Xie Yaoyang, and Nie Yun came on hollow footsteps, landing beside Song Siyuan and the others who wore somewhat heavy expressions. Nie Yun said, “The six horned warriors of the Horned Demon Race are even harder to deal with than before. It would be impossible to kill them if we didn’t work together and go all out.”

“The evil nether passageway has already been destroyed. With this accomplished, everything else will be simple.” Song Yu waved his hands and smiled calmly. “Not only have we obtained Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses this time, we have also destroyed the evil nether passageway. Our goal has been achieved.”

“Yes. If we really want to thoroughly eradicate the evil races, we still need to work with Joyful Union Sect and Eight Extreme Temple.” Xie Yaoyang smiled as well. “It’s unreasonable for Profound Heaven Alliance to deal with the main force of the Horned Demon Race alone.”

“Brother Song, I didn’t really think highly of you in the past. After this… hehe, I finally approve of you.” Nie Yun suddenly looked at someone.

He was looking at the Song Family’s bank of knowledge, Song Zhi.

The plump Song Zhi squinted his eyes and smiled faintly.

“As long as we can injure that six horned warrior, it’ll be fine. We would definitely have to pay a price if the three of us wanted to kill him,” Song Yu said, smiling. “The evil nether passageway has been destroyed, the evil races that are up here can no longer return, and at the same time, they can no longer bring people from the Nether Realm. Now we only have to dispose of the Demon Armor Insects and the Spirit Corroding Beasts in order to gradually purify the nether demonic energy. After that, our victory is assured.”

“That’s right,” Song Zhi interrupted. “Once they no longer have nether demonic energy to use, they will gradually weaken under the scorching sun. At that time, we won’t have to waste a single soldier to eliminate all of the evil races with ease. Capturing them alive also won’t be a problem.”

“It’s pointless to capture them alive, killing all of them is more neat and tidy,” Nie Yun said.

“No, no, they can be useful,” Song Zhi shook his head and said sinisterly. “Members of the evil races with more than four horns are a threat to us and should be killed. We can still use those with four horns, three horns, or two horns in the Nether Battlefield, exchanging them for even more spirit materials from the evil races.”

Once he made his remark, everyone’s eyes became bright. They praised Song Zhi’s brilliant idea one after another.

“Ai, I’m afraid this trip has hurt Yu’er’s heart,” Song Siyuan exclaimed gently.

“I will advise her properly,” Song Zhi frowned and said indifferently. “She and that kid experienced hardship together in the Nether Realm. Furthermore, it seems that she admires Qin Lie quite a bit. Hiding this from her guarantees that nothing will go wrong. For the benefit of the family, she should be able to look at the big picture and gradually figure it out.”

“Tingyu is the beloved daughter of Profound Heaven Alliance! A toad like Qin Lie would like to eat a swan?” Nie Yun said with a cold, gloomy expression. “We just gave him a chance, yet he did not take it and instead chose to assault us with Terminator Profound Bombs. I think that this kid should be considered an enemy from this point onward.”

“Capture him alive.” Song Zhi narrowed his eyes and said with anticipation, “He knows how to forge Terminator Profound Bombs. He also might have another spatial spirit artifact in his possession. We need to capture him alive and uncover these secrets.”

Song Yu sighed. He didn’t say much about the matter of handling Qin Lie.

Xie Yaoyang, on the other hand, spoke with a regretful expression, “It’s a pity. This kid is very good at being tossed around. He’s also a capable person. His future prospects are unlimited.”

“It’s just unlucky. He first went to Armament Sect, coincidentally coming across us wanting to destroy it. Not long after leaving Armament Sect, he found out that the Ling Family is of the evil races.” Song Zhi laughed mischievously. “This kid is seriously unfortunate.”

“I think he’s just a jinx!” Nie Yun grunted coldly.

…

“Uncle!”

“Uncle!”

Ka Meng and Duo Luo sat on the body of a Spirit Hunting Beast. Turning their heads, they realized that five dark rivers were approaching them from behind.

The five rivers originated from the energy that had been dispersed from the Evil Gods. Slowly turning into mist, they blended together with the nether demonic energy.

Ku Luo emerged, dejected.

He landed on the body of a Spirit Hunting Beast and looked at the eyes of Ka Meng, Duo Luo and his brother Ku Lu. All of them were overwhelmed with hatred, their expressions incomparably solemn.

Qin Lie sat on the Spirit Hunting Beast behind Ku Luo. Looking attentively, he discovered that fine cracks had appeared on the six strange horns on the back of Ku Luo’s neck.

Qin Lie clearly understood that not only were the horns on the necks of Horned Demon clansmen symbols of their identity, status, and strength, they were also vital points on their bodies and more important than the heart of a human.

Cracks on Ku Luo’s horns meant that he had sustained heavy injuries and that recovery would take a long time

“I didn’t know that they had set up a deadly scheme,” Qin Lie said softly.

“It’s not related to you.” Ku Luo’s eyes overflowed with deep hatred. “Blame me. Blame me for wanting to save my brother from the bottom of my heart. Blame me for underestimating their animosity.”

“I…” Qin Lie still wanted to say something.

Ku Luo waved his hands and said, “First, let’s look at the evil nether passageway.”

After a while, the Spirit Hunting Beasts that carried Qin Lie, Ku Luo, and the others arrived at the evil nether passageway.

Seeing the clansmen that had tragically died near the ruined evil nether passageway,the expressions of the three warriors with six horns, Ku Luo, Duo Luo, and Ka Meng, became extremely grim.

“The evil nether passageway has been destroyed. The Demon Armor Insects, Spirit Corroding Beasts, and all other Nether Beasts won’t survive for long.” Duo Luo took a deep breath.

“Once the Demon Armor Insects and Spirit Corroding Beasts die, the nether demonic energy here will gradually disperse. The land will return to its original state and all the plants will wither away.” Ka Meng wore a complicated expression. “Half a month… in half a month at most, this land will return to its original state. When that day comes, we will no longer have nether demonic energy to use. With everyone exposed to the scorching sun, it won’t be necessary for the enemy to kills us. Our clansmen will fall one by one…”

Qin Lie’s expression changed drastically.

From their conversation, he guessed that the survival of the Demon Armor Insects and Spirit Corroding Beasts was related to the unobstructed flow of the evil nether passageway.

Since the evil nether passageway was destroyed, they were now unable to return to the Nether Realm. The clansmen that were left in the Nether Realm were also unable to come.

After all the nether demonic energy dispersed and the scorching sun shone downward, the Horned Demon clansmen would gradually weaken.

This would bring disaster.

“I will help you guys survive this calamity at all costs!” Qin Lie said with dignity.

Yet Ku Luo, Duo Luo, and Ka Meng just smiled bitterly.

Chapter 365: Taking on Heavy Responsibility!

The Ling Family clansmen watched the peaceful return of Qin Lie and Ku Luo. Upon seeing that Ku Lu had been brought back, they were all surprised.

“Profound Heaven Alliance has already achieved their objective. They do not wish to fight the Demon Race to death and face Senior Ku Luo’s anger alone.” Qin Lie walked Ling Yushi’s side and said with a heavy expression, “They have obtained the Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses and destroyed the evil nether passageway. To them, the Horned Demon Race has already reached a dead end.”

“People from Eight Extreme Temple were the ones that destroyed the evil nether passageway, but they didn’t stay for long. They didn’t continue the massacre,” Ling Yushi said softly.

“They think it’s unnecessary. They knew that Duo Luo and Ka Meng would be returning soon, and they are aware that it would be disadvantageous for them to fight the Horned Demons in a land covered in nether demonic energy.” Qin Lie sighed secretly.

The evil nether passageway had been destroyed, and many Horned Demon clansmen were killed. Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple would gradually surround them, waiting for the day that the evil nether energy would disperse. They would then exterminate the Ling Family and everyone from the Horned Demon Race.

A dark shadow shrouded everyone’s hearts.

“Aooo!”

Ku Lu opened his mouth and cried out. The collar on his neck suddenly constricted the moment he spoke, choking his neck and making it hard for him to breathe.

He stared at Ku Luo in anger. He seemed to be blaming his brother for not protecting the interests of the Horned Demon Race by insisting on exchanging Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses for him.

“Let’s first undo the restraints on Uncle Ku Lu,” Duo Luo said.

Ku Luo wore an ugly expression. He grab at Ku Lu’s neck with one hand, the nails on his five fingers as sharp as a ghost claw. After a strong pull, the collar that bound Ku Lu’s neck was immediately removed.

“Stupid! Why do you insist on saving me?!”

Once Ku Lu’s restraints were undone, he immediately bellowed, questioning his Brother Ku Luo, “Not only have we lost three Profound Yin Nine Leaf Lotuses because of me, we even let the evil nether passageway be destroyed. Do you want to bring our clansmen past the point of no return?”

“Knowing that you’re still alive… I can’t just sit back and watch.” Ku Luo frowned.

“You! You are the grandson of the Venerable One, but what have you done for us?” Ku Luo turned a spearhead toward Qin Lie. “Why did you insist that we deal with Profound Heaven Alliance? What are your intentions? Now that the evil nether passageway has been destroyed, we no longer have a way out. The day that the nether demonic energy disperses, all of our clansmen will die! This is all your fault!”

Many Horned Demon clansmen didn’t know about Qin Lie’s existence. They did not experience that period three thousand years ago.

This is why they didn’t know about Qin Lie’s involvement.

Seeing Ku Luo shout and roar at Qin Lie angrily, the group of people also became excited. Qin Lie was the reason they were in the current situation.

“This person is not a member of our race, nor is he from the Dark Nether Race. Why would he appear here?”

“He was the one who wanted us to deal with Profound Heaven Alliance!”

“He’s the one behind all this!”

“It’s him!”

“Kill him!”

“Put him to death!”

“…”

Many Horned Demon clansmen surrounded Qin Lie. They looked murderous, their expressions ice cold.

The expressions of Ling Yushi and the Ling Family clansmen changed. They immediately blocked the way to Qin Lie.

“What are you guys trying to do?” Ling Yushi shouted coldly.

“All of you, shut up!” Ku Luo also shouted angrily.

“All of you, calm down!” Duo Luo and Ka Meng also yelled, trying to persuade them.

“Big Brother, even if this person is the grandson of the Venerable One, he might not be helping us wholeheartedly.” Ku Lu had a rather strong opinion of Qin Lie.

“You shut up!” Ku Luo stared at him. Being hard pressed as well, he told Qin Lie hurriedly, “Go home with the Ling Family.”

As things were, Qin Lie knew it was pointless to explain. Watching the Horned Demon clansmen and looking at their murderous eyes, he didn’t say much. Escorted by Ka Meng and Duo Luo, Qin Lie, Ling Yushi, and the others returned to the Ling Family’s cave.

“What’s the situation?”

After returning to the stone cave where the clansmen of Ling Family lived, Ling Chengzhi couldn’t help but take the initiative and ask. Every Ling Family clansman in the cave felt anxious, feeling as though they might not be able to live for even one more day.

They had escaped from Seven Fiends Valley all the way to the poisonous bog. After that, they were not able to settle down for a even a few days because their identity as a clan of the evil races was exposed. They were then driven here.

After settling down with some difficulty, they thought they would be able to concentrate on cultivation for a while, yet the evil nether passageway had now been destroyed.

They saw the opinion of Ku Luo and the others, and that the curtain of nether demonic energy covering the sky would disperse in the near future.

The Ling Family was currently known as the public enemy of the Scarlet Tide Continent. After the nether demonic energy dispersed, they would be exposed for everyone to see. Which path should the Ling Family take?

This was what all the Ling Family clansmen were worried about.

“Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple cooperated in secret…” Qin Lie explained simply.

“Then Song Tingyu… what kind of role does she play in all this?” Ling Yushi asked after listening seriously. “Was she really deceived by Profound Heaven Alliance, or is she putting on an act?”

“I think that she was also unaware.” Qin Lie sat upright with his legs crossed, his face full of worry.

“Sigh, is it really that difficult for the Ling Family to survive?” Ling Chengzhi sighed deeply.

Inside the stone cave, every Ling Family clansman had a look of despair on their faces.

Over with the Horned Demon Race.

“The nether demonic energy in this land will disperse within a month. At that point, it will be unnecessary for the enemy to kill us—our clansmen will just die of poor health,” Duo Luo said.

“We need to think of a solution,” Ka Meng said.

Currently, Ku Lu had calmed down, having recovered his spirit somewhat after absorbing nether demonic energy for a while. He said, “Big Brother, there are only two paths for us to choose at the moment. Either we advance in the direction of the Purple Mist Sea and return to the Nether Realm through the Nether Battlefield, or we advance in the direction of Herb Mountain, hopefully making use of the spatial teleportation formation and moving directly to the Nether Realm in an instant.

“Both paths lead to dead ends.” Ku Luo sighed.

Ku Luo’s original plan was to confirm if the spatial teleportation formation inside Herb Mountain could be used. After doing so, they would then use their current position as a base and continuously corrupt the land, transforming nature spirit energy to nether demonic energy all the way to Herb Mountain.

This would probably be slow, but with patience, planning, and careful preparation, there was a high chance of reaching Herb Mountain successfully and entering the Nether Realm.

However, since evil nether passageway had now been destroyed, this plan failed just as it started.

Ku Lu’s proposal required their people to charge into Herb Mountain and the Nether Battlefield, facing an encirclement and the annihilation of Eight Extreme Temple, Joyful Union Sect and Profound Heaven Alliance.

Ku Luo was sure that they would be eliminated by the three great forces before they could reach their destination.

Fighting the three forces in an area without nether demonic energy, their probability of success was simply zero.

“Don’t tell me that we should just stay here until the nether demonic energy disperses completely, slowly awaiting our inevitable demise?” Ku Lu roared grudgingly.

“Think again, seeing if there are any other ways.” Ku Luo sighed deeply.

Three days later.

The nether demonic energy that covered a hundred miles of Armament City’s perimeter started to gradually disperse. It moved toward Flame Volcano, shrinking somewhat.

Every Horned Demon clansman felt despair in their hearts and were all roaring. Using the strength they still had, they fought enemies to the death.

However, the people of Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple simply had yet to enter Armament City.

They were all stationed in an area filled nature spirit energy, waiting for the Horned Demon clansmen to run out of patience and voluntarily come out to throw their lives away.

The three great forces had total confidence in fighting in an area without nether demonic energy, sothey just waited calmly.

Five days later, the nether demonic energy continued to shrink toward Armament City. The nether demonic energy that had covered a fifty kilometers now only covered about thirty five.

“Big Brother, there’s no time!” Ku Lu shouted.

“Uncle, it’s no longer possible for us to return to our homeland anymore. Rather than sitting and waiting to die, it’s better to go out and fight to our deaths!” Duo Luo shouted angrily.

“Even if the whole clan dies fighting, we still must make the enemy pay the price!” Ka Meng was also out of patience.

“Then, with the lives of our entire clan, let’s engrave the name of Horned Demon Race in the memories of our enemy!” Ku Luo broke down as well, issuing the command at last.

A herd of nether beasts were gathered by the Horned Demon clansmen. All of them assembled at the foot of Flame Volcano.

Every warrior of the Horned Demon Race, whether they were three horned or two horned, emerged from every corner, their eyes filled with crazy murderous intent. Through the extinction of this part of their race, they were prepared to make Profound Heaven Alliance, Joyful Union Sect, and Eight Extreme Temple pay the price.

They were prepared to take the initiative and wage war.

At the same time, Qin Lie, who had locked himself up in Ling Family’s cave for eight days without a single trace of activity, suddenly walked out.

Just when they were about to go seek death, Qin Lie walked out of the stone cave and said, “I am the one who brought you to meet Profound Heaven Alliance. I was the one who refined the Terminator Profound Bombs that destroyed the evil nether passageway. Although I wasn’t directly involved in this, I have a responsibility that cannot be absolved, so I have decided to do everything within my power to help you today and solve the problem.”

“How can you help?” Ku Lu shouted harshly.

“I will bring you people directly to Herb Mountain,” Qin Lie said with a serious face.

Qin Lie had finally made a firm resolution. Even if it meant exposing the land of frost, he needed to evacuate the Horned Demon clansmen and leave this land.

—because he had the Eye of Frost.

Chapter 366: A New Hope!

For the past few days Qin Lie had been alone, quietly thinking about a way to help the Horned Demon Race escape their predicament.

He had thought of the Eye of Frost!

Right now, just as the Horned Demon clansmen were in despair,ready to charge out of their land covered in nether demonic energy and fight the three great Copper forces to the death, he suddenly walked out of the cave.

“I will lead you to Herb Mountain!” Qin Lie said seriously.

The Ling Family clansmen walked out from the caves one by one, all looking at him in surprise.

Even they had not known about Qin Lie’s decision, nor did they know how he was going to move all of the Horned Demon clansmen to Herb Mountain.

“How?” Ku Lu asked stiffly.

“Senior Ku Luo and Senior Ku Lu, please come with me.” Under the gazes of the Horned Demon clansmen, Qin Lie arrived before the brothers gripping the Eye of Frost tightly. Holding their shoulders, he activated the power of frost inside of it.

“Krak! Krak!”

A translucent icy light rippled from within the Eye of Frost. It wrapped around Qin Lie, Ku Luo, and Ku Lu like layers of a bright silver rainbow.

Their bodies began to turn translucent at an astounding rate. As the crowd cried out, their bodies slowly faded bit by bit.

It was as if they were melting into thin air.

“Teleportation!”

“A spatial spirit artifact!”

“T-this is…”

Ka Meng, Duo Luo, and the many powerful Horned Demon warriors cried out when they saw that the trio had disappeared in a bizarre fashion and they could not find any trace of their presence.

Ling Yushi’s beautiful face let out a smile of relief. As if relaxing suddenly, she said softly, “He has a spatial spirit artifact.”

The minds of the Ling Family clansmen shook.

Within the land of frost.

Qin Lie and the brothers were now inside the peak of an glacier. They saw frozen hills of ice wherever they looked, and every hill contained a frozen ancient beast inside of them. These beasts were comparable in size to the five Evil Gods themselves!

A cold, ancient, and deep aura had mingled into the cold, biting wind that persisted throughout the world of ice.

The brothers raised their heads and were immediately shocked to the bottom of their hearts. In a trembling tone, they asked, “Wh-where is this place?”

Once he got a bearing on his surroundings, Ku Luo suddenly lost control and screamed, “Ancient beasts! This is… the legendary Giant Spirit Race!”

It was at this moment that Mang Wang condensed into an exquisite lightning python and appeared above Qin Lie’s head.

“The foreign race of the Nether Realm!” The lightning python formed by Mang Wang’s soul suddenly released bolts of dense lightning. “Qin Lie! Why have you brought outsiders here?”

Mang Wang appeared to be incredibly furious.

The Giant Spirit Race was a barbaric race of ancient times. They were also the ancestors of the spirit beasts of this generation. Their bodies were filled with precious treasures that were rarely seen throughout the world.

Anyone with ill intentions would feel greed if they saw this many ancient beasts imprisoned underground, and might try to kill the ancient beasts with all sorts of methods while they slept. They would flay their skin, extract their bones, dismantle their skeletons, muscles, flesh, and blood, using them as precious spirit materials to increase their own strength and refine powerful spirit artifacts.

When Li Mu had given Qin Lie the Eye of Frost, he told Qin Lie that he must not expose this place under any circumstances.

However, the Horned Demon Race had nowhere to go, and in order to move them to Herb Mountain and save them, Qin Lie did not hesitate to expose this place.

In Mang Wang’s eyes, Qin Lie had put its entire race in danger.

“I’m sorry, but I need to borrow this place temporarily and use it as a hub,” Qin Lie explained with a helpless look. “Don’t worry. I will do my best not to disturb your peace, and I will not allow outsiders to stay here for long. Once this is over, I promise that I will do my best to break the seals on your people so that they may once again see the light of day.”

“A hub?” Mang Wang went blank.

The Horned Demon brothers were also shocked to the core. They did not know how Qin Lie planned to lead them straight to Herb Mountain.

So Qin Lie patiently explained his plan to them.

With the Eye of Frost, he could lead groups of the Horned Demon clansmen, nether beasts, and Ling Family clansmen to the land of frost.

The Eye of Frost was unique in that its teleportation point did not change. Where one goes in is where one comes out.

His plan was to first teleport all of the Horned Demon clansmen, the Ling Family clansmen, and Nether Beasts to this place over a few days.

Then he would wear his fox skin mask and conceal his identity before heading to Ling Town and the belly of Herb Mountain by himself.

Within Herb Mountain, he would again return to the land of frost using the Eye of Frost. He would then teleport the Horned Demon clansmen to the belly of Herb Mountain one by one.

Once Qin Lie explained his plan, the Horned Demon brothers appeared incredibly excited. They saw a new ray of hope.

“This plan can work! This way, we will not have to sacrifice a single one of our clansmen to return to the Nether Continent! Good! Very good!” Ku Luo said.

“You truly are the grandson of the Venerable One!” Ku Lu’s attitude toward Qin Lie instantly improved, and when he looked at Qin Lie again, he immediately felt that Qin Lie was much more pleasing to the eye.

“If you do this, won’t every foreign race in the Nether Realm know of our existence?” Mang Wang roared in dissatisfaction.

“No, they won’t. I had these two seniors come over so that they could lay down some restrictions and limit all foreign races of the Nether Realm to a specific area. They will only be able to move within a confined zone and will not see all of you.” Qin Lie had thought about this long ago.

“Leave this to me!” Ku Luo exclaimed. “Don’t worry, I will control my clansmen and properly lay down the restrictions. I promise that they will not know about the secrets of this land!”

“Qin Lie, you are saying that they will soon leave the Scarlet Tide Continent? At the very least, they will not be returning for a while?” Mang Wang asked.

“All of them will be transferred to the Nether Continent from Herb Mountain. They probably won’t return for several hundred years,” Qin Lie confirmed.

“Fine then. Do what you need to do,” Mang Wang finally agreed.

“Follow me.” Qin Lie gripped the Eye of Frost in one hand and moved toward an area where there weren’t any glaciers. Mang Wang and the brothers followed him.

Qin Lie sat down on an empty spot of the icy stone floor and sent his mind consciousness into the Eye of Frost.

Wisps of icy light abruptly gushed from within the Eye of Frost. A mini map of the land of frost appeared in Qin Lie’s mind, and he attempted to move it with his mind consciousness…

His body emanated a freezing aura.

A tremendous attractive force began spreading from him to the surroundings with.

The frost aura scattered throughout the surroundings and turned into wisps of white mist, condensing into translucent, crystalline ribbons that merged into one like a stream.

“Krak!”

Thick ice walls suddenly appeared from the ground as the white fog and ice fragments gathered in this empty area.

Under the effects of the land of frost’s frost mist and streams, simple housing made from ice was formed in just an hour.

Ku Luo looked at Qin Lie in shock. He quickly came over and took out his white bone staff, powerfully waving it and changing clumps of dark souls and wraiths into thick clouds above the ice housing that shrouded the surrounding area like a gray cover. This would prevent the Horned Demon clansmen who entered later on from detecting any outside activity.

Ku Lu, who had just recovered a portion of his strength, was riddled with scars and as thin as a ghoul. His grudge against Qin Lie had been considerably deep.

However, after seeing Qin Lie attempting to save his clansmen even at the risk of exposing this place, he could not help see Qin Lie in a new light.

“He carries himself with the same demeanor as the Venerable One…” Ku Lu quietly thought.

“He is using the Eye of Frost to manipulate the frost energy in this land. He seems to have truly mastered it!” Mang Wang was well aware of the fact. “I wonder if he could directly break our seals using the Eye of Frost. Perhaps there is a real possibility…”

Mang Wang also felt like he saw hope.

With Qin Lie and Ku Luo’s combined efforts, it didn’t take long for a gigantic manor built from ice with dark souls and ghouls to form.

Some time later, Qin Lie emerged from his miraculous state and looked at the mini map in his mind. He examined the pocket-sized glaciers, taking in the icy lines and lights restraining the Giant Spirit Race clansmen inside them. He seemed to have suddenly understood something.

“This is an ice formation… and also a spirit artifact!”

The land of frost that sealed the Giant Spirit clansmen formed a giant, mysterious, and extraordinary formation, and the Eye of Frost was the main control switch of that formation!

“Qin Lie, with this place my clansmen will definitely not learn about the outside surroundings. Furthermore, I guarantee that I will watch them closely and forbid them from taking a single step out of here!” Ku Luo hurriedly promised when he saw that Qin Lie had woken up, hoping to transfer his clansmen over as quickly as possible.

This place never saw the light of day, so the Horned Demon clansmen did not need to worry about the blistering sun after arriving.

In this place, the speed at which their strength leaked would also slow down considerably.

“Wonderful, just wonderful!” Ku Lu cried on the inside.

“Should I begin now?” Qin Lie asked.

“Please do your best to transfer our Horned Demon clansmen over as soon as possible!” Ku Luo begged.

“Alright. First, you come with me and persuade them so they will feel at ease.” Qin Lie nodded.

“Okay.”

After activating the Eye of Frost once more, Qin Lie took Ku Luo with him and reappeared at the foot of Flame Volcano.

Originally thinking that an accident had occurred, the Horned Demon clansmen who had been waiting for some time were growing anxious.

It was only when Qin Lie and Ku Luo reappeared that they finally relaxed. Duo Luo and Ka Meng, the two Horned Demon generals, hurriedly questioned, “Uncle..?”

Ku Luo nodded deeply, declaring happily, “Qin Lie has found a way for us to survive!”

Everyone was overjoyed.

“Save the questions. Follow Qin Lie and teleport away from here in groups,” Ku Luo ordered.

The Horned Demon clansmen who were already despairing, ready to emerge from this place surrounded by nether demonic energy and fight to the death, immediately became noisy when they heard his words. The light of hope had reappeared in their eyes.

With that, every Horned Demon clansmen, nether beast, and Ling Family clansmen gathered and left with Qin Lie in groups under Ku Luo’s command.

The figures accompanied by nether beasts gradually disappeared.

They disappeared from Armament City.