Spirit Realm Chapter 666-668

Chapter 666: Dark Fiend Valley

Pei Xiang looked in terror at Qin Lie.

A moment later, she screamed, “Had I known it was you, I would have never saved you!” Her expression was full of hatred.

Qin Lie frowned. “Why do you hate me?”

“You caused Granny Jiu’s death!” Pei Xiang gritted out hatefully. “Granny Jiu was very good to us! When Granny Jiu was alive, Dark Fiend Valley had status in the seven valleys and no one dared to bully us! At that time, the sisters in the valley could focus on their cultivation and did not have to worry about being harassed.”

“After Granny Jiu’s death, Valley Master Shen took the position. She was… slightly vicious. But when she was at Dark Fiend Valley, our lives were not bad either. However, that didn’t last for long, because you appeared again! You caused Valley Master Shen to die as well. You caused Dark Fiend Valley to not even have a valley master up until now, and anyone can bully us!”

“If it wasn’t for you, the sisters of the valley would not be bullied by anyone today! It is all because of you!”

Pei Xiang’s expression was furious. She accused Qin Lie as her face turned cold.

“After Valley Master Shen’s death, Elder Shi prosecuted Senior Sister Lu. She was imprisoned in Black Jail Cavern and hasn’t been released yet.” Pei Xiang’s eyes were wide as she continued, “The sisters of Dark Fiend Valley were looked down upon by everyone after that. Many people propositioned us, and humiliated us…”

When she spoke of this, Pei Xiang’s eyes were teary and she did not continue speaking.

Qin Lie’s face was dark.

A long time later, he spoke, “Jiu Liuyu and Shen Meilan might have been good to disciples of Dark Fiend Valley like you, but they were not polite at all when they faced me. Back then, if Jiu Liuyu had taken a step back, I would not have killed her.”

“As for that Shen Meilan… she sought her own death! If she did not force Ling Yushi to marry Li Zhongzheng as a concubine, did not want to exterminate the Ling family, if she did not give pursuit, what reason would I have to kill her?”

“Jiu Liuyu and Shen Meilan died because of their wrong decisions!”

Pausing, Qin Lie looked at Pei Xiang and changed the topic. “Alright, the past is in the past. For Yushi, and because Lu Li saved the Ling family and had always treated Yushi well, I will go to Seven Fiends Valley to help Dark Fiend Valley get its freedom back.”

“You?” Pei Xiang snorted. “I’ve heard of you! Eight Extreme Temple and Profound Heaven Alliance chased you all over the world to kill you. And now you dare to come out, aren’t you worried that will be killed? Also, with just you alone, you dare to go to Seven Fiends Valley to rescue Senior Sister Lu? Can you defeat Elder Shi? Elder Shi is now the Chief Valley Master! Even if you win against Valley Master Shi, Profound Heaven Alliance will not spare you!”

“Leave, don’t make trouble for Dark Fiend Valley, and don’t cause me to be labeled a traitor of Seven Fiends Valley!”

Qin Lie shook his head and said, “You worry too much.”

As he spoke, he grabbed Pei Xiang’s shoulder and forcibly lifted her onto the crystalline war chariot and activated it.

The crystalline war chariot soared into the sky in the direction of Seven Fiends Valley

“Where is Black Jail Cavern? Also, who is in charge of Seven Fiends Valley at present?” Qin Lie said impatiently.

The present Seven Fiends Valley was greatly diminished compared to the past.

Back then, the five major forces had attacked Armament Sect. In the end, Ouyang Sheng and Jiu Liuyu had died. Shi Jingyun had been captured and had his fingers cut off.

Not long after, Shen Meilan, Jia Songlin and Gu Tong were killed by Qin Lie. This meant that almost all of Seven Fiends Valley’s top experts were gone.

If Asura Hall, Cloud Sky Mountain, and Purple Mist Sea hadn’t received similarly heavy damage, Seven Fiends Valley might not have been able to continue to rule over the territories it had before.

All the powerful people died, and Seven Fiends Valley lost most of its experts. The new valley masters were not strong enough, and Shi Jingyun whose fingers had been cut off at Armament Sect received great fortune out of misfortune and became the true leader of Seven Fiends Valley—Chief Valley Master.

“Recently, Han Pu and Tu Shixiong of Asura Hall have been fighting intensely. We need to pay more attention and see if there are any chances.” Shi Jingyun summoned the six valley masters and was discussing important matters. “Han Pu has secretly contacted me and hopes that I will support him. After the matter… he will be greatly thankful!”

“After Yuan Tianya’s death, Third Hall Master Han Pu became Chief Hall Master of Asura Hall. After Cao Xuanrui’s death, his great commander Tu Shixiong became Second Hall Master.” The new Fire Fiend Valley master, Gu Yang, spoke, “After Fu Zhuohui successfully entered Profound Heaven Alliance, Asura Hall’s Grand Hall Master position became empty. Han Pu and Tu Shixiong will not spare any effort to win this position. However, I think that we should support Tu Shixiong and not Han Pu.”

“Why?” Shi Jingyun snorted.

“Tu Shixiong is more vicious, and has greater foresight. I feel that his chances of winning are higher,” Gu Yang said.

“The higher ups like Han Pu better!” Shi Jingyun frowned and said, “Tu Shixiong was connected to the Ling Family before, and also had unclear relationship with the survivors of Blood Spear. Many people in Profound Heaven Alliance do not like this! This time, Tu Shixiong will undoubtedly lose. We do not need to waste time on him!”

“Of course we will listen to Chief Valley Master!” Gu Yang bowed his head.

The other valley masters spoke in agreement.

As these people discussed matters, a crystalline war chariot moved directly toward Dark Fiend Valley’s Black Jail Cavern from far away.

Many martial practitioners of Seven Fiends Valley screamed when they saw that glittering crystalline war chariot in the sunlight.

“What is going on?” Shi Jingyun snorted.

“The gatekeepers saw a crystalline war chariot charging toward Dark Fiend Valley. Many people followed out of curiosity!” someone responded from outside the door.

“Crystalline war chariot? Toward Dark Fiend Valley?” Shi Jingyun frowned.

“Dark Fiend Valley has been calm these past years, their disciples have been docile, why would a crystalline war chariot suddenly go there?” Gu Yang said in puzzlement.

“Let’s go see for ourselves.” Shi Jingyun stood up.

The elites of Seven Fiends Valley also stood up and moved toward the nearby Dark Fiend Valley.

“Boom!”

The crystalline war chariot that shone under the sun grandly charged into Dark Fiend Valley and landed at the center of the valley. It caused many of the buildings in the valley to shake.

All of the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley gathered from all directions and looked over.

“Pei Xiang!”

“Pei Xiang, you, how come you have returned on a high-level flying spirit artifact like this? Who is the man beside you?”

“Pei Xiang, did you strike it rich and get on with a noble person? Pei Xiang, do not forget us, us sisters have had hard days.”

“Pei Xiang, who is he?”

Once they landed, the female crowd started to talk like a flock of birds.

Among them was a beautiful matron about forty years old. She looked deeply at Qin Lie with puzzlement as though she was trying to think back to something.

She was Han Wan. Many years ago, she and Jiu Liuyu had come to Ling Town together and she had met Qin Lie once.

In the past, Qin Lie was much thinner and smaller than now, and not eye-catching at all. He did not have such an intimidating aura, unlike now, when every one of his movements was filled with heart-shaking charisma.

At that time, Qin Lie was simply too young.

“Aunt Wan, why do you have that expression? You recognize this person?” A young female beside her noticed her state and couldn’t help but ask.

“He’s very similar, similar to that person…” Han Wan nodded slightly. “But it probably is not him. That person… hates Dark Fiend Valley very much. He should not appear here.”

“Who is the person you are talking about?” The young female was shocked.

After getting off the crystalline war chariot, Qin Lie looked around at the females of Dark Fiend Valley. When his gaze landed on Han Wan, he paused slightly with shock in his eyes.

In the past decade, he had changed so greatly that Han Wan did not recognize him.

But Han Wan had not changed too much.

Qin Lie recognized with a glance that this female had come to Ling Town. She had been next to Jiu Liuyu’s carriage and had examined him from afar.

After a pause, Qin Lie nodded at Han Wan in a greeting.

Han Wan paused. After an instant of hesitation, she asked uncertainly, “You are?”

“Qin Lie.”

Han Wan covered her mouth as she exclaimed. Her face was filled with disbelief and her eyes were terrified and anxious.

—She thought that Qin Lie had come to Dark Fiend Valley for revenge!

“Don’t be nervous.” Qin Lie saw Han Wan’s fear from her face and said loudly, “After these many years, Jiu Liuyu, Shen Meilan, I killed them both. I don’t bear any grudge against Dark Fiend Valley. I have come to free Lu Li…”

Pausing a beat, he added, “And also to help Dark Fiend Valley become free!”

Han Wan was dazed.

“W-who is he?”

“Such an arrogant boy! He said that he killed Granny Jiu and Valley Master Shen? How is that possible?”

“It’s him! He is Qin Lie, he seemed to have been engaged to Senior Sister Ling!”

“He’s right! Granny Jiu and Valley Master Shen both died because to him!”

The crowd in Dark Fiend Valley suddenly started to shout.

“Where is Black Jail Cavern?” Qin Lie frowned and asked Pei Xiang who was behind him. “I do not have time to waste!”

“Over there!” Pei Xiang pointed at a gray mountain.

At the middle of the mountain, there was a large bottomless black cavern that looked like an open mouth of a nether beast.

“Lu Li is imprisoned in Dark Fiend Valley?” Qin Lie was shocked.

“Valley Master Shi sent the order, we… do not dare to disobey.” Han Wan calmed down gradually and explained to him. “After the death of Valley Master Shen, Dark Fiend Valley did not appoint a new valley master. We could only listen to Valley Master Shi. You… cut off Valley Master Shi’s finger. He always hated you, and he hated the Ling Family. Lu Li helped Yushi and the Ling Family so…”

“So that’s how it is.”

Nodding, Qin Lie did not pay any more attention to the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley and walked towards the black cavern.

He quickly reached the entrance.

There were more than a dozen Dark Fiend Valley disciples standing guard in the dim black cave. These people had learned Qin Lie’s identity from those above. Because they knew that Qin Lie had killed Jiu Liuyu and Shen Meilan, they didn’t dare to stop him. Qin Lie passed through and reached the depths of the cavern.

“Where is Lu Li being kept?” Looking at the singular stone rooms constructed in the cavern, Qin Lie was too lazy to search them one by one and shouted.

“The deepest one to the south!” someone informed softly.

Qin Lie moved quickly.

Dozens of seconds later, through the bars of a dark stone room, Qin Lie saw Lu Li.

Dressed in dirty and worn gray clothing Lu Li’s wrists and ankles were bound by chains. She was leaning with her back to the cold rock wall. Her expression was dim. Her past proud and beautiful eyes were dim.

“Qin, Qin Lie?” Lu Li’s voice was as cold as usual.

A light came into her dim eyes. She seemed to recover some energy. She focused on Qin Lie and her expression gradually turned disbelief. “Qin Lie? Is it really you?” Lu Li’s voice wavered.

“Long time no see.” Qin Lie sighed.

In the next moment, his spirit power rippled. A wave of furious power smashed the doors to the stone room.

Lu Li was startled.

“I’m letting you out.” Qin Lie explained. Then he moved next to Lu Li and broke the chains on Lu Li’s hands and feet. He said, “Come with me.”

“Why should I come with you?” Lu Li said coldly.

She did not move.

“You killed my master and caused Dark Fiend Valley to decline to its current state, you think I will be grateful to you? Grateful that you have rescued me today?” Her eyes were filled with disdain.

“I don’t need your gratitude.” Qin Lie’s expression was calm as he said coolly, “You once helped the Ling Family escape the pursuit of Seven Fiends Valley, helped the Ling sisters. Just for that, I must save you.”

“So what if you get me out?” Lu Li was silent for a moment as she looked hard at Qin Lie. She suddenly said, “Yushi and Xuanxuan were once disciples of Dark Fiend Valley, no matter if you admit it or not. If you truly have good intentions, you don’t need to mind me, help Yushi and Xuanxuan, help Dark Fiend Valley.”

“You and Dark Fiend Valley, I will free both,” Qin Lie said coolly.

Lu Li’s dim eyes finally lit up. “You truly mean it?”

“I do.”

“Then kill Shi Jingyun for me!”

“Alright!”

Chapter 667: Who Do You Want Dead?

Qin Lie’s quick agreement caused Lu Li to still and look with shock at him. “You dare to kill Shi Jingyun?

“Why not?” Qin Lie asked.

After a moment of thought, Lu Li said, “Shi Jingyun is the present Chief Valley Master of Seven Fiends Valley.”

“So what?”

“Are you able to kill him?”

“Yes.”

“And you will not care if Profound Heaven Alliance finds out?”

“Not afraid.”

The two’s conversation suddenly stopped here. Lu Li did not continue to press on, Qin Lie did not respond.

They were mutually silent.

After a while, Lu Li had a strange expression. She said softly, “I’ve never thought that there would be day that I would beg you…”

Qin Lie’s expression was cool. “There is nothing in this world that is absolute. In the past when you came to Ling Town and gave me a Natal Ordering Pill, I only wanted to one day openly walk into Dark Fiend Valley and take Yushi away. I did not think that I would come to Dark Fiend Valley to free it.”

“Qin Lie, I admit that I was wrong back then.” Lu Li had a wry expression. “I had not expected that a youth who wasn’t even in the Natal Opening Realm would kill two Dark Fiend Valley Masters a few years later, beating Dark Fiend Valley down. And I never would have thought that this little martial practitioner would create such great waves in the Scarlet Tide Continent. Profound Heaven Alliance, Eight Extreme Temple, and Joyful Union Sect could not do anything to you.”

When she thought back to the past, Lu Li was full of emotion. She felt that she completely failed at predicting how all of this would unfold.

“Why do you hate Shi Jingyun? Because he imprisoned you here?” Qin Lie asked.

“Not just because he imprisoned me.” Lu Li’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, and her tone was cold. “The reason that Valley Master Shen wanted to marry Yushi to Li Zhongzheng as a concubine was because of Shi Jingyun’s machinations. For his grudge of his finger being cut off, he hated all of the Ling Family, and also hated Dark Fiend Valley. After Valley Master Shen’s death and my imprisonment, the female disciples… many of them were forced to become playthings for the disciples of other valleys. Dark Fiend Valley only exists in name now. It is a joke in Seven Fiends Valley.

The hatred on Lu Li’s face grew more evident.

“When I was imprisoned, the elders of Gold Fiend Valley and Fire Fiend Valley bore malicious thoughts toward me.” She paused slightly, her eyes filled with pain. “I know, Aunt Wan… endured it for me. If it wasn’t for Aunt Wan, even if I was in Black Jail Cavern, I wouldn’t be able to escape their grasp.”

Lu Li’s gaze harshened as she said, “Since you dare to kill Shi Jingyun, then help me kill Fire Fiend Valley’s Gu Yang as well!”

Looking deeply at her, Qin Lie nodded without hesitation. “Alright!”

From Lu Li’s words, her expression, and the hatred in her eyes, Qin Lie knew just how bad Dark Fiend Valley’s situation had been all these years.

The Dark Fiend Valley that used to rank near the top endured grievous things after their power had been dramatically reduced and because they were all young and beautiful females.

And it just had to be Shi Jingyun who became the Chief Valley Master of Seven Fiends Valley.

This caused Dark Fiend Valley’s fate to become even harsher.

Just as Qin Lie and Lu Li were talking, Shi Jingyun, Gu Yang and the other valley masters finally arrived.

When he arrived, Shi Jingyun’s eyes landed on that grand crystalline war chariot.

“What is going on?” Shi Jingyun looked coldly at Han Wan.

Han Wan’s face suddenly turned ashen white as though she was bitten by a poisonous snake. Her curvaceous body shook lightly in terror.

The Dark Fiend Valley females who had been chatting before suddenly turned silent and trembled when they saw Shi Jingyun, Gu Yang, and the other major personages of Seven Fiends Valley.

These past few years, people in positions of power in the mountain valleys would come to Dark Fiend Valley frequently. They would use the excuse of helping the females cultivate to pick young and beautiful females as targets of obscenity.

Anyone that would try to resist would be whipped, slapped, and beaten all over.

The female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley feared Shi Jingyun, Gu Yang, and the others as if they were demons. Seeing them appear, the female disciples trembled all over.

It was fear that stemmed from the bottom of their hearts..

Without Jiu Liuyu’s protection, without Shen Meilan present, and after Shi Jingyun’s actions targeting Dark Fiend Valley after he had taken the seat of power, the disciples of Dark Fiend Valley experienced their darkest days.

For them, this was a long nightmare.

“Han Wan! Chief Valley Master is asking you a question!” Gu Yang snorted.

Han Wan started. She took two steps back in panic and then took a deep breath before she murmured, “Yes, yes…”

“Yes what?” Gu Yang’s expression was dark. His gaze moved around Han Wan’s curvaceous body, his gaze overflowing with lust. He thought to himself, “This woman’s body is still so tempting. It seems that when I have the time, I should come back and taste her again…”

A year ago, he had been the one to come with others with the intention of acting against Lu Li.

But Han Wan had put her life on the line to stop him. She sacrificed herself to satisfy Gu Yang’s appetite and allowed Lu Li to escape.

Whenever Han Wan thought of Gu Yang, she would feel disgusted and unconsciously want to wash her body.

When she saw Gu Yang appear, she felt uncomfortable all over. She was so frightened that she wasn’t even able to speak.

“Who rode this crystalline war chariot?!” Shi Jingyun ran out of patience. His cold eyes moved around the crowd and then landed on Pei Xiang who was closest to the chariot. He said harshly, “You, talk!”

“I, I don’t know…” Pei Xiang’s lips trembled.

Shi Jingyun’s expression became even darker. “It seems that Dark Fiend Valley is colluding with outsiders. We must show you the consequences! Let me ask again, who rode this crystalline war chariot? I will count to three, if no one answers, I will kill a Dark Fiend Valley disciple!”

Pointing at Pei Xiang, Shi Jingyun said coldly, “You will be the first!”

Pei Xiang was terrified.

“Three!”

Shi Jingyun quickly counted to three. He didn’t wait for Pei Xiang to react before a golden spike appeared out of his right hand and shot towards Pei Xiang’s chest.

He clearly wanted to kill Pei Xiang first to intimidate the group.

“Qin Lie! It’s Qin Lie!” Han Wan screamed. “Don’t kill Pei Xiang, I beg you, don’t kill Pei Xiang!”

“Qin Lie!” Killing intent multiplied in Shi Jingyun’s eyes. The golden spike that charged towards Pei Xiang’s chest did not stop, but went even faster in his anger.

The spike charged like a golden light towards Pei Xiang.

“Ding!”

A metallic sound came from Pei Xiang’s chest as the golden spike hit a shield of ice.

The golden spike suddenly lost momentum and fell to the ground.

That ice shield that suddenly appeared still stood motionless in the air.

Qin Lie and Lu Li appeared next to each other at the mouth of Black Jail Cavern as they looked at Shi Jingyun and the other people in Dark Fiend Valley. Qin Lie, who had been watching secretly for a while, nodded and said softly, “It will not be a pity for Shi Jingyun to die.”

When Shi Jingyun just entered the mountain valley, he and Lu Li had hurried to the mouth of Black Jail Cavern to look down.

He wanted to see what Shi Jingyun, the person whose finger he had cut off and yet had benefited from the calamity to become the Chief Valley Master of Seven Fiends Valley, had become.

Now he truly saw the vicious face of Shi Jingyun.

“Old Shi, long time no see?” Qin Lie flew out of the mouth of Black Jail Cavern and jumped down towards Dark Fiend Valley like a sharp sword being stabbed down.

“Boom!”

When Qin Lie’s built body hit the ground of Dark Fiend Valley, all of Dark Fiend Valley seemed to shake.

Grinning at Shi Jingyun and deliberately staring at his stub of a finger, Qin Lie asked with a cruel smile, “Old Shi, did losing a finger affect your spirit art? When you grip spirit artifacts, do you feel inconvenience or discomfort?”

“Qin Lie!” Shi Jingyun roared like a wild beast. “You dare to come to Seven Fiends Valley! You dare to come to me! Good! Very good! Today, if I do not kill you, I am not a man!” His eyes flashed with a mad light as the words Qin Lie said lit up the greatest anger in his heart.

Gu Yang and the other valley masters’ expressions changed when they saw Qin Lie suddenly appear.

The female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley were anxious and were frightened by the madness on Shi Jingyun’s face.

Han Wan wanted to cry.

She didn’t know how great the calamity Qin Lie would cause for Dark Fiend Valley if he completely angered Shi Jingyun.

“Ouyang Sheng, Jiu Liuyu, Jia Songlin, Sheng Meilan, Gu Tong,…” As he spoke each name, Qin Lie had a cold smile on his face. He shook his head, tsked and said, “Too many people from Seven Fiends Valley died by my hands. Without the death of these people, would there be Chief Valley Master Shi? Hah, this is good. I will cleanse Seven Fiends Valley again and completely remove Seven Fiends Valley from the Scarlet Tide Continent!”

“Qin Lie! You do not have Xue Li, Lang Xie, or the evil races of Nether Realm today!” Shi Jingyun laughed madly. “All this time, you had always relied on other people, or the Terminator Profound Bomb! You think that even without anything to rely on, you can still act unbridled, with just your power? You are delusional!”

“Oh?” Qin Lie laughed and nodded. He said, “Alright, then I will let you see if I can make your Seven Fiends Valley fall today with my own power!”

“Alright! Hahaha! I want to see how you continue to act all high and mighty!” Shi Jingyun howled.

Glittering golden sheen was suddenly released from his body. His aura started to rise astoundingly. His strength at the peak of the Netherpassage Realm was completely displayed!

“Not bad, the peak of the Netherpassage Realm is considered the strongest among Black Iron rank forces.” The smile on Qin Lie’s face did not fade. He still looked calmly at Shi Jingyun and gave him more time to gather power. “Ah, but your progress has been too slow. I have left the Scarlet Tide Continent for about two years, and you have only just taken one step forward.”

As he spoke, he pointed at Gu Yang. He ignored Shi Jingyun gathering power and said, “I promised Lu Li that you will die as well.”

He lifted his head and looked towards Lu Li who was walking off the mountain and asked, “Who else? Who else do you want to die?”

“Everyone who has entered Dark Fiend Valley today!” Lu Li gritted her teeth.

“Alright!” Qin Lie promised easily.

Chapter 668: I Understand, But You Do Not!

“Lu Li! Have you gone mad!?”

Compared to Qin Lie’s liveliness, Han Wan’s expression was far more terrified. She watched as Lu Li walked out of Black Jail Cavern and stilled at Qin Lie’s declaration. She immediately screamed.

She didn’t want to imagine the horror that would await the disciples of Dark Fiend Valley after this matter had been finished.

This would anger Shi Jingyun and Gu Yang. After the matter, the retribution from these people would destroy Dark Fiend Valley.

That was a nightmare that Han Wan could not accept!

“Aunt Wan, from the moment I stepped into Black Jail Cavern, they never wanted to spare us.” Lu Li’s thin body seemed as if it could be blown away by the wind. The exquisite and beautiful face of the past had a layer of dust and was devoid of any light.

Her looks alone made people depressed.

And yet, her eyes were gradually brightening. So bright that others were unable to look directly at them.

“Qin Lie is responsible for Dark Fiend Valley ending up this way. He should help us resolve the calamity!” Lu Li’s words were firm.

But in Han Wan’s eyes, Lu Li had already gone mad.

—She didn’t believe that Qin Lie, who had come alone, could free Dark Fiend Valley from their terrible state and rescue all of their disciples.

She was terrified of the consequences.

“Little slut! You think that Qin Lie will be able to save you?” Shi Jingyun’s anger shot to his head.

Gu Yang’s expression also darkened.

The valley masters that had followed Shi Jingyun all had dark expressions and slaughter on their minds.

Because Lu Li wanted Qin Lie to kill all of them!

“Seven Fiends Valley will be erased starting today!” Qin Lie slowly put away his smile.

At the same time, an extremely dangerous aura started to rise from his body and grow stronger and stronger.

“Blood Dragon’s Roar!”

Five curved bloody lights shot out and quickly formed a bloodthirsty and savage dragon.

The body of the blood dragon was made from thick bloody light. It was nimble and also released a blood stench that could cause people to go mad.

“Aooo!”

The blood dragon twisted as it roared and headed with a vicious expression towards Shi Jingyun.

Shi Jingyun’s expression changed.

The blood dragon formed from blood energy gave off such a strong odor of blood once it manifested that it caused Shi Jingyun’s blood to broil.

Qin Lie’s aura which continued to rise gradually became vicious and quickly dominated the auras of himself and Gu Yang.

This meant that Qin Lie’s cultivation was equal to theirs!

How could Shi Jingyun not be shocked?

When he, Wu Tuo, and the others entered Armament Sect, Qin Lie had only been in the Manifestation Realm at best!

How long has it been?

Today, Qin Lie had cultivation that matched his. At least the peak of the Netherpassage Realm!

“Everyone, work together and use all of your power!” Shi Jingyun shouted.

The expressions of Gu Yang and the others changed.

There were seven Netherpassage Realm martial practitioners including Shi Jingyun and Gu Yang. Of them, Shi Jingyun had the highest cultivation, the peak of the Netherpassage Realm, Gu Yang was second, just in the late stage of the Netherpassage Realm. The remaining five were only in the early and mid stages.

The seven immediately reached an unspoken agreement. Seven Profound Grade Four spirit artifacts were released immediately.

A silk web covered in flames, a bright yellow copper mirror, a long whip made from the bones of a python, a glittering long spear, a blade, and two swords.

The seven spirit artifacts flashed with auras of different elements. Under the control of the seven valley masters, the weapons charged towards Qin Lie and the blood dragon.

“Never having left the Scarlet Tide Continent is the greatest tragedy of your lives.” Facing the ferocious aura of the seven spirit artifacts, Qin Lie coldly shook his head. “Never having seen the outside world means that you will never know how weak and useless you are in the eyes of others.”

“Blood Weeping Ghost Claw!”

His two hands forming seals, blinding bloody lights flew out and quickly formed a vicious blood claw.

Three crimson red claws suddenly landed between the seven spirit artifacts. The bloody claws raked back and forth like a predator clawing at prey.

Blood flew.

The spirit artifacts Gu Yang and the others released were sprayed with the bloody light. They lost their light, and their spirit energy disappeared as though they had been corroded by a strong acid.

The blood dragon that had been unleashed earlier suddenly broke through their defenses and headed straight for Shi Jingyun.

Shi Jingyun tried his best to gather spirit energy!

Three golden shields of light came out of his chest and formed around him. They seemed to be made of metal and were as strong as stone.

The blood dragon viciously hit the three golden shields of light. Threads of shattered blood light sprayed out.

“Bam! Bam! Bam!”

The three golden shields crumbled into pieces of golden light like glass crushed by a chariot.

Shi Jingyun’s face was flushed red. The astounding golden light in his eyes suddenly dimmed.

“Boom!”

As though he was hit by an invisible hammer, Shi Jingyun suddenly flew out backwards uncontrollably. The clear sound of his bones breaking resounded from his chest.

After landing, Shi Jingyun’s mouth was filled with blood and his eyes shone with incomprehension.

He looked in shock at the other six people.

Gu Yang and the five others were not much better off than he was.

The spirit artifacts the six had released were being shredded to pieces by the three crimson blood claws. They were gradually losing their mighty sheen under the corrosion of bloody light, becoming scraps of ordinary metal.

Qin Lie suddenly appeared between the six people

“Icestone Twister!”

Around Qin Lie, air started giving off sounds of ice cracking. Under everyone’s stunned gazes, a windstorm formed by fragments of ice formed.

There were countless icicles, ice blades, ice pieces, and ice arrows that flashed with cold light and glittered inside the twister.

As the twister turned, an extremely cold power was being released! Accompanied by the sound of ice cracking, the icy energy spread in all directions.

The sharp and furious wave carried an extremely frost concept that caused the six valley masters’ souls to leave their bodies.

“Snap snap snap! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

The chunks of ice hidden inside the windstorm exploded, turning into numerous smaller fragments of ice that covered the area the six were in.

Gu Yang and the others had no choice but to gather their spirit energy and form thick bright yellow, red, and dark green barriers to wrap around their bodies.

They didn’t have the ability to fight back.

“Are you able to withstand it?” Qin Lie smiled.

Thunder and lightning started rampaging in the center of the icy twister. Round balls of lightning were the size of watermelons. They carried blinding electricity and unstoppable explosiveness as they rolled towards Gu Yang and the other five.

“Boom boom boom!”

A wave of thunder resounded.

It was like there were hundreds of fireworks being set off at the same time around Qin Lie. The deafening roar was so loud that it echoed throughout the Dark Fiend Valley, as well as the other nearby valleys.

Han Wan, Pei Xiang, Lu Li and the others of Dark Fiend Valley could not withstand such savage thunder and covered their ears.

At this time, all the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley had shocked and joyful expressions.

They didn’t dare to believe that Qin Lie who was about the same age as them was able to beat Shi Jingyun, Gu Yang, and five others to the point they could only try to endure without a chance to fight back, with his own power, no less!

Han Wan’s eyes were bright. She couldn’t help but look at Lu Li and her shoulders started to tremble in excitement.

She finally realized that the Qin Lie of this day and time was not the youth back at Ling Town. He had transformed into a major personage that could dominate the Scarlet Tide Continent and make Shi Jingyun and Gu Yang not able to move.

Lu Li’s eyes showed a strange gleam as well.

She knew that after so many years, Qin Lie who dared to come alone to Dark Fiend Valley to aggressively break her restraints must have become strong.

But she had not expected Qin Lie to be this strong!

They had not met for several years, and Qin Lie was able to completely overpower Shi Jingyun and the six others. In her view, this was unimaginable.

“As expected of Yushi’s man,” Lu Li said inwardly.

Pei Xiang was even more emotional.

She had not expected that the person she accidentally saved in the forest had such great power that evil beings like Shi Jingyun could only just barely manage to survive and not have a chance to retaliate.

“Qin Lie! You dare to treat us so, but did you think about how Profound Heaven Alliance will pursue you?” Gu Yang suddenly shouted with a harsh expression. “Immediately get out of Dark Fiend Valley and the territory of Seven Fiends Valley! We will pretend we never saw you! Otherwise, we will immediately report to Profound Heaven Alliance, they will send a Fulfillment Realm, and even a Fragmentation Realm expert to kill you!”

He already realized the state of the situation.

One against seven, the strong power Qin Lie showed, that intimidating soul aura caused Gu Yang to understand that the present Qin Lie could definitely slaughter them.

Because he could not see hope, he mentioned Profound Heaven Alliance, and wanted to use Profound Heaven Alliance to get Qin Lie to retreat.

“Qin Lie! Profound Heaven Alliance will not spare you!” Shi Jingyun said harshly.

Han Wan’s face turned white again.

To her, Profound Heaven Alliance was like a great mountain, a divine existence.

All of the martial practitioners that dared to become enemies with Profound Heaven Alliance on the Scarlet Tide Continent would die without a grave. They didn’t have any hope of escaping alive.

When Shi Jingyun and the others brought up Profound Heaven Alliance, Han Wan became terrified again. The hope that had just risen up was ruthlessly extinguished.

Yes, so what if Shi Jingyun was killed?

Profound Heaven Alliance would come sooner or later!

At that time, she, Pei Xiang, Lu Li, all the female disciples of Dark Fiend Valley, who among could escape death?

In front of Profound Heaven Alliance, a monster that had ruled the Scarlet Tide Continent for many years, she didn’t feel hope, but helplessness.

“Q-Qin Lie…” Han Wan gritted her teeth and suddenly said, “Spare them, and leave alone. Profound Heaven Alliance… is not something that you can win against. If something happens to them, we will all be killed and you will not be able to escape!”

“Hahaha!” Gu Yang laughed. “Seven Fiends Valley does not have any Fulfillment Realm practitioners, but Profound Heaven Alliance does, as well as Fragmentation Realm experts! So what if you are strong? Will you be able to block the attacks of Profound Heaven Alliance’s Fragmentation Realm elites? You believe you will be able to survive?”

“Why aren’t you releasing us? You really think Profound Heaven Alliance will not dare to kill you?” The valley master of Earth Fiend Valley ranted.

“Qin Lie! You are alone, you cannot survive on the Scarlet Tide Continent!” Shi Jingyun snarled. “Can’t you see? In this world with strict ranks, only people that have close relationships with strong forces can survive. Only by following the will of the world can one enjoy the world!”

“I understand.” Qin Lie smiled and shook his head. He then said, “But you do not.”

“Boom!”

More balls of lightning came out and mixed themselves with streaks of bloody light and sharp ice blades that battered at the seven.

The seven valley masters that had just become smug were drowned by this furious sea of spirit energy. They were ground into gore, their heads separated from their bodies.

“In the present Scarlet Tide Continent, no one would dare to pursue me, including Song Yu and Li Yi!” Qin Lie snorted.