Chapter 251: The Nether Demonic Energy Spreads

Song Tingyu stepped onto the Rainbow Butterfly, which then turned into a shining rainbow as it flew away.

However, her fragrance had remained…

Smelling her faint fragrance, Qin Lie actually felt a little reluctance in his heart as he looked in the direction in which she had flown away.

Her charm could indeed only be described as terrifying. As long as one was an ordinary man, then they would not be immune to the terrifying charm which emanated from her body.

Of course, Qin Lie was no exception.

“She only got close to me and said those things to force Mo He to leave…”

Qin Lie was not dumb. He knew very well what Song Tingyu was aiming for, and clearly understood why Song Tingyu wanted to defend his life. After all, Profound Heaven Alliance was after the same things Mo He was.

However, in comparison to Eight Extreme Temple’s method, Profound Heaven Alliance’s method wasn’t as extreme.

“The Terminator Profound Bomb. They have all come for the Terminator Profound Bomb!”

He frowned and recalled the words Song Tingyu had said before she left. Afterwards, Qin Lie sighed once and then gradually came to a decision.

—He was afraid that he could possibly have to make a trade with Song Tingyu for real and sell a portion of the Terminator Profound Bombs. Otherwise, Mo He would definitely not give up.

Only by demonstrating that Armament Sect and Profound Heaven Alliance were working together would he be able to cause Mo He to believe that he truly had an engagement with Song Tingyu, and that their acting today was real.

“My strength still isn’t enough…” Qin Lie looked helpless.

For the next few days, Qin Lie focused on inscribing the spirit diagrams of the Terminator Profound Bomb to swiftly increase Armament Sect’s strength.

Six days later, Qin Lie already had fifty three Terminator Profound Bombs!

However, all the spirit materials needed for forging the Terminator Profound Bomb had finally been completely exhausted. There was no longer enough spirit materials to forge another Terminator Profound Bomb.

“Fifty three Terminator Profound Bombs should be enough for now.” Luo Zhichang looked at the round metallic balls and appeared satisfied, “It is unfortunate that we didn’t manage to carry out all of our spirit materials. Otherwise we could have forged even more Terminator Profound Bombs. This item is of the utmost importance for our sect which is lacking in strength.”

“Mn, with this in our hands, even Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple will have to think again before harming us.” Fang Qi smiled.

“Qin Lie, if this many Terminator Profound Bombs were to explode all at once at Profound Heaven Alliance or Eight Extreme Temple, could it possibly…?” Tang Siqi said in high spirits.

The moment she said this, everyone’s eyes excitedly lit up.

“It should be enough to deal a severe blow to Profound Heaven Alliance or Eight Extreme Hall. However, it isn’t enough to wipe either of them off the map completely.” Jiang Hao shook his head and said, “A Copper rank force will have strange formations to protect the sect, and will also be covered in all kinds of barriers and restrictions. It will definitely not be so easy to wipe out an entire Copper rank force in one blow.”

“Heh, Siqi is just kidding. Naturally, we can’t act so recklessly.” Luo Zhichang chuckled.

Qin Lie did not say anything and instead stared deeply at the three great reverends’ eyes.

Suddenly, he grew cautious.

He could see great ambition and madness hidden within their eyes.

He suddenly realized that although the trio was able to maintain a peaceful outlook while Armament Sect was weak, if Armament Sect was strong enough one day; if enough Terminator Profound Bomb could be forged to the point that they could destroy Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple, they would definitely do so.

If that day came, these three would most probably ignite the Terminator Profound Bomb and cause Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple vanish from Scarlet Tide Continent.

On one hand, it was due to how Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple had always been plotting against and trying to eliminate Armament Sect during these last few years. That was why they contained hatred inside their hearts.

On the other hand, if Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple were to be destroyed, then there would be no one left on Scarlet Tide Continent who would be able to control Armament Sect. Armament Sect would seize this momentum to rise to the top and replace Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple to become a Copper rank force. They would possibly be able to lord over this land.

All men were ambitious and selfish. However, they would suppress their ambition when they weren’t strong enough. But once their strength became enough, then their ambition would leap out into the open and begin to influence their actions.

“The forging methods for the Terminator Profound Bomb must not be learned by them. These three are not good people either.” Qin Lie decided inwardly.

……

Armament City.

In just half a month, Armament City and Armament Sect had experienced a tremendous change. Thick layers of demonic clouds were now present in the sky above Armament City, blocking any sunlight from entering and casting Armament City into a gray world.

Dark, evil nether demonic energy permeated through the entirety of Armament City and Armament Sect, growing stronger with each passing day.

If one were to enter Armament City right now, they would discover a multitude of new strange plants in Armament City. These plants were bizarre and had thick horizontal growing roots and sharp thorns. They were just as fear-inducing as fangs.

These were all plants that were unique only to the Nether Realm that were tainted with nether demonic energy. These plants could purify the air and allow many nether beasts from the Nether Realm to move freely.

These ugly-looking plants were like a line of defense by themselves. They could unleash crazy and fearsome attacks towards any Scarlet Tide Continent martial practitioner.

Any living being which entered the current Armament Sect would be attacked by these plants if they did not have any nether demonic energy on them. They would be entangled to death.

There were also countless nameless nether beasts. Some were incredibly long, some were covered in thick gray brown scale armor, and some had all kinds of strange thorns on their body. They roamed within Armament City, looking for any signs of life.

Gao Yu had hid himself in an underground cellar at the corner of the now ruined city and was absorbing nether demonic energy every day for cultivation.

His body also released a thick evil aura, so the ugly plants and the nether beasts which roamed through the city treated him as a friend.

Gao Yu was the only human martial practitioner who was currently within Armament Sect. He was trying his best to absorb nether demonic energy to cultivate his Nine Hell Wandering Soul Record.

Like a bottomless pond, the Ogre-faced Rings on his fingers were similarly absorbing a tremendous amount of nether demonic energy.

The interior of the Ogre-faced Rings gradually turned into a little world filled with nether energy and various strange environments filled with evil, madness, irritation, oppression, and the like.

The broken soul fragments of the Demon God’s Shadow and the many shattered light spots of memory were like fish swimming inside the tiny world as they began to gradually gather together by the day.

It was like an ancient demon god was gradually awakening and trying to reemerge on this land through Gao Yu.

Meanwhile, Gao Yu was also experiencing change as those memories recondensed and were absorbed into his soul.

His body began to release an incredibly evil aura. His already twisted personality also seemed to be headed towards an even greater extreme.

……

On top of some tall hills outside of Armament City stood a group of martial practitioners from Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple.

Among them were Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang, and Zhan Tianyi. They were all looking at the former Armament City from afar.

Numerous spirit beasts and spirit birds knelt behind these people. Many of them were clad in heavy armor, and all of them released auras which were as fierce as the sea and hell. A ruthless light flickered in their eyes as they all stared at Armament City from behind Song Siyuan and Zhan Tianyi.

They were the true elites of Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple.

From their position, all they could see were vague shadows as Armament City had been enveloped within the nether demonic energy. They could only see blurry gray darkness and were completely unable to look into the situation within Armament City.

Even their soul consciousness felt as if it had sank into thick mud when they used it to probe closer to Armament City. Their wisps of consciousness seemed to become entangled by some kind of evil energy, and thus became unable to function.

“The evil races of the Nether Realm are preparing to gradually devour the Scarlet Tide Continent. They plan to root themselves at Armament Sect and slowly corrode the land around them with Demon Armor Insects and Spirit Corroding Beasts.” Song Siyuan’s expression was solemn as he said seriously, “They are planning for the long con. They want to gradually turn Scarlet Tide Continent into the Nether Battlefield!”

The moment he said this, everyone’s expressions became horrified as traces of extreme worry emerged on all of their faces.

“Brother Zhan, why haven’t you transported the goods over yet?” Xie Zhizhang asked somewhat impatiently.

“There has been a change at Nether Battlefield. The evil races of the Nether Realm at that place have also suddenly turned crazy. They are probably coordinating with the forces here to buy as much time as possible for these forces to convert this land so that the evil races on this side can invade through here first.” Zhan Tianyi explained.

Hearing his words, the group’s expression grew more and more serious, “You’re saying that the goods cannot be sent over in a short time?” Song Siyuan frowned.

“We really need more time.” Zhan Tianyi answered.

“Time. The Nether Realm’s evil races are also fighting for time!” Song Siyuan’s expression was incredibly heavy, “We all know that once the veins of the earth have changed, once this land had turned into another Nether Battlefield, it will be very difficult to change it back again. When that happens, the high rank experts of Nether Realm’s evil races could all step into Scarlet Tide Continent without any worries whatsoever!”

“We do not have a better way.” Zhan Tianyi’s expression looked helpless.

“What about Armament Sect’s Terminator Profound Bombs? If we are able to procure enough of them and mass explode them over there right now, we should be able to stall the enemies’ progress ,” Xie Zhizhang suddenly said.

“The Terminator Profound Bomb!”

Everyone’s eyes suddenly lit up as they realized that this was a possible plan.

“Let’s go! Together, we will go around the city and enter the poisonous bog to meet Armament Sect’s new sect master, Qin Lie!” Song Siyuan exclaimed softly.

“That girl Tingyu should be at Armament Sect already.” Xie Zhizhang said.

“Then the matter should be resolved then. With her present, there is nothing that can’t be done.” Song Siyuan smiled with a relaxed expression.

He was filled with confidence towards Song Tingyu. He knew that Song Tingyu had never failed, and he was sure that an insignificant Qin Lie would never be able to resist against Song Tingyu’s terrifying charm.

He glanced at Xie Zhizhang and suddenly smiled, saying, “If only Jingxuan was just as capable as Tingyu in this aspect, then Armament Sect would not have caused us so much trouble. Qin Lie would not have pulled out the spirit pattern pillars and opened the evil nether passageway. This Qin Lie, and perhaps Armament Sect itself, could have become the Xie Family’s loyal servant and be working tirelessly for the Xie Family.”

Xie Zhizhang’s expression was a little ugly as he humphed once and said, “I don’t think it will be that easy.”

“Hehe, naturally this won’t be easy for Jingxuan, but for Tingyu, this is not a challenge.” Song Siyuan smiled.

Chapter 252: Negotiation

“Qin Lie, although the evil races of the Nether Realm are officially invading now, we will not be getting involved for a short while. Both Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple did not appear to have any thoughts of acting against us at the moment, and all of the Terminator Profound Bombs had been forged successfully as well.”

Chief Reverend Luo Zhichang pondered for a moment before saying, “The sect should not be facing any danger anytime soon. Maybe… it’s time to consider unfreezing Xingran and see if his life can be saved?”

Before the great war, Xue Li had inspected Ying Xingran’s injuries and told Qin Lie that he could still be saved.

After acquiring Ying Xingran and the three great reverends’ agreement, Xue Li had injected a wisp of thick blood energy to maintain the strength of Ying Xingran’s life magnetic field. Then Qin Lie took over and froze Ying Xingran into an ice sculpture to delay dispersal of his soul.

At the time Xue Li had said it very clearly; as long as he had time and the materials were prepared, he would be able to save Ying Xingran.

Now that Armament Sect had gained a valuable period of time, the three great reverends thought of Ying Xingran’s matter and so asked for Qin Lie’s opinion.

Under their hopeful gazes, Qin Lie smiled bitterly, “You’ve all seen Senior Xue Li leave. If he isn’t around, who else can I find to save the sect master?”

“Why did Senior Xue Li had to leave?” Second Reverend Fang Qi asked.

Qin Lie shook his head, “I don’t know.”

“Then Xingran…” Jiang Hao sighed deeply.

“Let me think of a way.” After pondering for a moment, Qin Lie returned to his personal small wooden house, closed the door and focused his mind consciousness into the Soul Suppressing Orb, contacting other half of Xue Li’s soul.

“Kid, don’t disturb me whenever you’re free! I have a lot of things to do as of late. I’m in a hurry right now!” Xue Li’s other half of the soul answered.

No matter how far apart they were, anywhere or anytime, both of Xue Li’s souls were connected to each other. Whatever his original body was doing could be felt by this half of the soul as well.

Qin Lie could hear frustration from Xue Li’s tone. It would seem that whatever Xue Li was doing wasn’t going too well.

He didn’t know that Xue Li had passed down the secret cultivation arts of Blood Fiend Sect to Lang Xie before he left—just in case.

That was to say, Xue Li might very well be killed during this journey.

“Congratulations, Senior. Judging from the energy of your soul, you are recovering swiftly.” Qin Lie said with discretion with his mind, “However, I do have something I need to ask you. My sect master’s mind and soul were damaged, and you once said that you have a way to treat it. What is it?”

“The method’s very simple. I will forcefully extract a martial practitioner’s mind and soul before sealing and forming it into a state that suits him. Then I’ll teach him a secret art that will allow him to absorb that mind and soul’s powerful soul magnetic field to restore his soul’s injuries. Then he will be able to recover swiftly.”

Xue Li explained briefly before saying, “But I have to be there to do it. But since I’m not, that method wouldn’t work. So just keep that sect master of yours frozen. If I come back alive, then I’ll be able to help him recover anytime.”

“Where did you go, senior? With your level of cultivation, there is actually a threat to your life?” Qin Lie was surprised.

“Hmph! How narrow-minded!” Xue Li replied, “The world outside is so wide that you’ll only understand it after you have seen it yourself. If I screw up during my trip my soul will be completely destroyed, so you’d best not rely on me.”

“Your soul will be destroyed…”

Qin Lie sat in the wooden house with a shocked look on his face. After a long while, he suddenly said, “Senior Xue Li, if you can return at this moment and help save my sect master, I can release the other half of your soul. How is it?”

Xue Li had helped him kill Blood Shadow, Yuan Tianya and Liang Yangzu and resolved the first wave of his crisis.

After that, Xue Li had trapped Xie Zhizhang, causing his second wave of attack to fail and stopped Song Siyuan, Xie Zhizhang and Zhan Tianyi from interfering with the fight as well… In truth, Xue Li had helped him quite a bit.

Now, with the opening of the evil nether passageway, Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple completely abandoned the thought of exterminating Armament Sect.

Armament Sect’s crisis was resolved temporarily. There was actually not much use to trapping Xue Li’s other half of the soul any longer. Basing off the fact that Xue Li had helped him quite a number of times, the thought of freeing Xue Li came to his mind.

“Don’t! You must not take out the other half of my soul!” Surprisingly, the moment Xue Li heard that Qin Lie was going to release the other half of his soul he turned shocked instead of joyful, “You mustn’t! My soul had recently examined closely the interior of this orb and discovered that, although this orb is shackling me, it is also a kind of protection at the same time. Moreover, there is another use to this orb… it has a pulling effect on the other half of my soul.”

Qin Lie was confused, “What does that mean?”

“It means that there is a high chance that I will die in this journey, and if I‘m not completely dead yet, I can slip out of my mortal body and possibly borrow this orb’s function to pull my faraway soul directly into it. Therefore, even if my mortal body is eliminated, my two souls would still join as one inside this orb.”

Xue Li explained to him in detail, “Even in the worst case scenario where both my body and soul that had left Scarlet Tide Continent were eliminated, I still have half a soul inside this orb. As long as my soul imprint isn’t completely eliminated, I may be able to come back in the future. Thus, you must not release this half of my soul no matter what!”

“So, you’re begging for me to imprison you right now?” Qin Lie said in a strange tone.

“Guess so. What can I say, your orb is a little special, and there’s a high chance that I may perish on this journey. I have to cover every base, so I’ll be borrowing your orb and stay inside it for a while; leaving an escape route for myself.” Xue Li said.

“You can’t just use me for free, can you senior?” Qin Lie suddenly said.

Xue Li snorted coldly before thinking for a moment. He said, “Kid, tell me the latest news on your side and I’ll help you sort things out. Let’s see if I can give you some suggestions and resolve some of your troubles. Just take this as a payment for borrowing your orb…”