Plain Palace, one of the three top forces of the Southern Domain, was now a mess, with broken walls everywhere. The traces left behind by the battle were clearly visible.
On the various mountain peaks, the remaining cultivators all set up camp, each of them wearing a look of lingering fear on their faces. Every time they thought about what had happened a few days ago, they couldn’t help shivering.
The group of people from the Northern Region, on the other hand, were constantly shuttling back and forth between the Emperor Realm masters of the Southern Region, asking about their well-being. The thirty-two Wild Ancient Land Monster Kings occupied a Spirit Peak, and from who knows where they found a lot of good wine and food, drinking and enjoying themselves. The atmosphere of celebration was a stark contrast to the gloomy atmosphere of the Southern Region. To them, the life and death of the human race was of no concern. If they had not followed Yang Kai here, they would not have interfered in the Southern Region’s affairs.
On the other hand, the people from the Southern Domain were happy to see this. After all, every Monster King was not to be trifled with. The Monster Race had a violent personality, and if they were to really mix with humans, it might lead to some kind of conflict. No one here could restrain them, so if they wanted to drink and enjoy themselves, they would let them do so.
After a few days, Murong Xiaoxiao, who was quietly floating in the air and monitoring the surroundings, suddenly straightened her expression and carefully looked in a certain direction. A moment later, she shouted happily, “He’s back!”
Shua…
Wen Zishan’s figure suddenly appeared beside her and she nervously looked in that direction, only to see a few figures rapidly approaching. The one leading them was Yang Kai, followed by the seven or eight year old little girl and the three Holy Spirits from the Eastern Region, and then… there was no one else.
Wen Zishan’s complexion immediately became incomparably pale as he clenched his fists tightly.
Murong Xiaoxiao also seemed to realize something and her pretty face changed slightly, her eyes turning red.
“Temple Master!” Yang Kai flew over to Wen Zishan and cupped his fists. Suddenly seeing the strange expressions on his and Murong Xiaoxiao’s faces, he couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong?”
Wen Zishan took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, “Where is Lei Gu?”
Yang Kai said, “Fortunately, Lei Gu died!”
Wen Zishan nodded and said, “Good, thank you for your hard work.” He opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask something but didn’t dare to ask, afraid that he would receive an answer he didn’t want to hear.
Murong Xiaoxiao asked on his behalf, somewhat choked up, “Where’s Senior Sister Gao?”
Only now did Yang Kai understand why these two people’s expressions were so serious. It was because they were worried about Gao Xueting’s safety. With a solemn expression, Yang Kai whispered, “Senior Sister Gao, she…”
Murong Xiaoxiao suddenly covered her mouth as big drops of tears rolled down her cheeks.
Yang Kai was speechless, thinking to himself, I haven’t finished yet, what are you crying for? Turning his head to look at Wen Zishan, he found that he had a look of deep sorrow on his face. Even his body swayed a few times, as if he could fall at any moment.
“Senior Sister Gao suffered some injuries, but she’s fine,” Yang Kai continued, waving his hand and releasing Gao Xueting from the Mysterious Small World.
As soon as she appeared, Gao Xueting was obviously still not used to it and quickly circulated her Emperor Qi to stabilize herself. Looking up, she asked curiously, “Junior Sister, what’s wrong?”
Murong Xiaoxiao’s tears were still streaming down her face, but her eyes were wide open as she stared dumbly at Gao Xueting. Soon after, her tears turned into laughter as she called out, “Senior Sister Gao!”
Gao Xueting nodded slightly before turning to look at Wen Zishan, her brow slightly furrowed, “What happened to you again?”
Wen Zishan swallowed hard and walked towards Gao Xueting step by step, as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. Only when he arrived in front of Gao Xueting did he stand up and stretch out his hand to caress her face.
Gao Xueting’s cold face suddenly flushed red as she leaned back slightly and bit her red lips, “What are you doing?”
“Don’t move!” Wen Zishan shouted in a low voice, causing Gao Xueting’s body to stiffen for a moment. Sure enough, she didn’t move, allowing the large hand to touch half of her face. The light trembling of the hand caused her heart to become flustered, and when she realized that Wen Zishan seemed to be worried about her safety, a shy look immediately appeared on her face while her heart felt warm.
How many years had it been since she had last seen him so nervous? The last time she had seen this was when she had secretly gone out to play when she was a child and had nearly been bitten to death by a Monster Beast. In a daze, time seemed to flow back and the memories of their hundreds of years together were imprinted into her heart.
The next moment, Wen Zishan suddenly pinched Gao Xueting’s face and lifted it slightly, his eyes widening as he asked nervously, “Does it hurt?”
Yang Kai, who was enjoying the show, covered his face, unable to bear to watch.
The redness on Gao Xueting’s face receded as a cold light flashed across her eyes, and she kicked Wen Zishan’s lower abdomen, sending him flying.
Gao Xueting’s face was cold as she coldly snorted, “Does it hurt?”
Wen Zi’s back was bent as he held his abdomen, but he was still laughing happily, “It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much.”
“What’s wrong with you!?” Gao Xueting rubbed her face and turned to Murong Xiaoxiao, “I’m fine, I’ve made you worry.”
Murong Xiaoxiao immediately nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice, but after a moment, her expression darkened, “Senior Brother Luo… was killed.”
Yang Kai’s expression changed slightly, “Senior Brother Luo died?”
Murong Xiaoxiao nodded, tears streaming down her face again. Although he had already guessed this, when he heard this news, he couldn’t help sighing. Although he had never interacted with Luo Chen before, they were both from Azure Sun Temple after all, so he couldn’t help feeling a bit sad.
“What about Xiao Bai?” Yang Kai asked. Although he was certain that the Xiao Bai he had killed before was an illusion, he didn’t know the exact situation of Xiao Baiyi.
Murong Xiaoxiao replied, “Senior Brother Xiao suffered some minor injuries, nothing serious.”
At this moment, Wen Zishan returned to his usual posture and sighed lightly, “This time, the Southern Domain really suffered… heavy losses.”
Yang Kai raised his eyes and swept his Divine Sense across the battlefield. He quickly understood the situation and knew that the losses were severe. Out of the hundreds of Emperor Realm, one-third of them had died, and more than half of the tens of thousands of elite disciples had died. After this battle, the Southern Domain would need at least five hundred years to recover.
“What’s going on over there?” Yang Kai suddenly pointed towards the valley where the Martial Meeting was being held and asked. At this moment, the valley was wrapped in countless vines, and as far as the eye could see, the entire valley seemed to have transformed into a ball of vines. Inside the ball, a terrifying black Demonic Qi was constantly being emitted, causing even the vines to turn pitch black.
Over a hundred petite wood spirits stood guard around the stone puppets, seemingly casting a spell.
Wen Zishan said, “It’s the methods of the Wood Spirits you brought with you. They seem to have a way to suppress the Demonic Qi, so we’ve gathered all the people who have fallen into the Demonic Qi there.” Saying so, he sighed again, “But this isn’t a solution at all. Their methods can’t solve the root of the problem. Sooner or later, those people will be completely corroded by the Demonic Qi, and when that happens, they won’t be able to reverse the situation.”
“I’ll go take a look,” Yang Kai said before speeding off.
Ma Qing and Xiao Yuyang were also overseeing the situation. After all, no one knew if the methods of the Wood Spirits were useful or not. If the cultivators who had become bedeviled suddenly attacked again, someone would have to take action to subdue them.
The two of them had already seen Yang Kai return, but because of their duties, they couldn’t ask him anything. Seeing Yang Kai arrive, Ma Qing asked anxiously, “How is it?”
“Lei Gu is dead.”
When Ma Qing and Xiao Yuyang heard this, their expressions both changed and they clapped, “Good!”
If he really let Lei Gu escape, who knew what would happen in the future? Since Lei Gu had already been executed, this matter was basically resolved. All that was left was to deal with these Demonic Cultivators.
They also felt a headache coming on. There were more than ten thousand of these cultivators, and if they had really been killed in a fight, it would have been fine. But now that these ten thousand Demon Race cultivators had been captured, it was difficult to kill them, and they couldn’t release them, let alone worry about them.
Almost all of the Sects had disciples amongst these tens of thousands of people, so who could be so determined to slaughter all of them? Although they were using the Wood Spirits’ magical methods to suppress the Demonic Qi, they were still unable to cure the root of the problem.
Xiao Yuyang asked thoughtfully, “Does Elder Yang have a way to awaken the consciousness of these devils?” He had also seen Gao Xueting return safely, he had known that she had also been demonized before.
Now that it seemed like nothing had happened, it meant that the Demonic Qi that had invaded her body had been purged. The only ones who had such a miraculous method were either Yang Kai or the three Holy Spirits. After witnessing Yang Kai’s methods this time, the expectations for Yang Kai were even higher than the three Holy Spirits.
“I’ll try,” Yang Kai nodded. He didn’t need Xiao Yuyang to say anything, he also wanted to do the same. Turning to Mu Na who was not far away, he said, “Patriarch, please withdraw this Secret Technique.”
Hearing this, Mu Na nodded and worked together with a group of Wood Spirits to cast a spell. The vine sphere that wrapped the entire mountain valley suddenly shrank back, revealing the situation inside.
The tens of thousands of devils stood there motionless. Yang Kai stared at them for a moment, knowing that if his guess was correct, they had only been bedeviled for a short time and were unable to act on their own for the time being, unless they were driven by Demonic Consciousness.
However, this was also a convenient way for him to perform his magic.
In a flash, he arrived in the middle of the valley and waved his hand, tossing out the several Emperor Realm Demonized Men who had been suppressed in the Mysterious Small World. These Demonized Men had ambushed him on the mountain peak and had been knocked unconscious by him. They had been suppressed in the Mysterious Small World for a long time, so now that he wanted to expel the Demonic Qi, he naturally released them as well.
After everything was prepared, Yang Kai took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Yang Kai suddenly opened his eyes and his aura underwent an incredible change, becoming extremely ancient and desolate.
Xiao Yuyang and Ma Qing both stared blankly at each other, not knowing what kind of amazing technique it was to be so special.
A complex chant rang out as Yang Kai slowly pointed his finger downwards, releasing a burst of light that swept across the bodies of the tens of thousands of cultivators.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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