Way of the Devil - Chapter 243

Chapter 243
"It's not impossible, but very unlikely . " Xu Fenghe shook his head . "Anyways, the situation is extremely dangerous right now . "



More sect masters were soon attracted to the site and came to check on the situation . Xu Fenghe explained the situation and his conclusion to the crowd .

Many of the sect masters present immediately fell silent .

"The other party dared to start the fight with so many sect masters and elders present, meaning they must have both abnormal strength and planning," one sect master whispered .

"But since they didn't dare come into the open and decided to assassinate instead, it means their strength is not great enough to fight against us all . That is why they chose to hide . Otherwise, they could just walk in and kill everyone . " Blood Infant Huang Fu, the first seat of the West Infinity Court, had arrived with a team of people . He was the leader and had full rights to attend the Hundred Lineages like other sect masters .

"Brother Huang is right . " The other two first seats also arrived one after another .

None of the masters nearby on the same journey would ever miss this huge explosion . They naturally hurriedly arrived .

Bai Xiu, the Chosen One, looked around .

"After receiving information on the explosion, my group and I examined the surroundings . We didn't find any signs of anyone leaving .

"This time, apart from the sects who stayed in the Heaven Lotus Sect and some others that traveled in the complete opposite direction, we had altogether a total of twenty-seven sects going this way .

"It's really easy to hide one or two people in this massive procession of hundreds of people . "

"You mean to say that there's a spy!?" Blood Infant Huang Fu furrowed his eyebrows .

"Perhaps," Bai Xiu replied coldly .

At this time, more and more sect masters have also arrived . Even the ones that didn't come sent disciples to ask what was going on .

The situation was also getting more and more chaotic . Using the West Infinity Court's name, Huang Fu ordered everyone to gather in an orderly manner and repeated what happened before .

***

Elders Huan and Jing from the Mirage Water Palace sat in a carriage opposite each other, their expressions serious .

"Something actually happened at the Eastern Talent Sect . Is it really because of that incident?" Elder Jing asked cautiously in a low voice .

"The people who pulled off the assassination have extraordinary strength . A force that can send such a strong group of people like this must be something to be reckoned with . " Elder Huan frowned . "It is hard to tell whether this is revenge against the Eastern Talent Sect or not . "



"The problem is how they fought the whole Eastern Talent Sect with so many sect masters nearby . As you should know, they brought along the master of Spring Island to be their team leader . He had gotten to the middle three grades at an early age and was much stronger than most of the sect masters in the lower three grades . It doesn't make sense for him to just completely disappear without a trace . " Elder Jing sounded worried .

Both fell silent in deep thought .

A moment later .

"Could it be… that?" Elder Huan's pupils suddenly shrank as if he suddenly remembered something .

"What did you think of?" Elder Jing asked in surprise . He knew his brother really well, and if it wasn't for something extremely severe, he wouldn't have such an expression .

Elder Huan took a deep breath, approached Elder Jing, and moved his lips slightly .

"Boom!!!"

Suddenly he slammed his palm into Elder Jing's chest .

Without a second of hesitation, he opened his mouth and spat out a circle of silver light, completely enveloping Elder Jing's head and his howls of pain .

The sound was suppressed before it could be heard .

After the silver light wrapped itself into a ball, it suddenly exploded and turned into a closed dome-like barrier . It quickly enlarged to a radius of more than thirty meters and covered all of their surroundings .

"You!?" Elder Jing finally separated himself from Elder Huan, but a bloody hole was already pierced through his chest, the flesh around the wound desperately trying to heal itself .

But before he could say anything else, Elder Huan gave him another strong blow to the back of his head .

His brain splattered everywhere—more than half of Elder Jing's head had been thoroughly caved in .

The opponent's outburst was too fast and too sudden . He couldn't react before getting hit . He never expected that his blood-related brother from the same mother would revolt against him so suddenly .

Caught off guard, Elder Jing completely lost his ability to resist . After being hit in the body multiple times, he didn't look human anymore, but rather like a meatball trying to recover its original shape .

"I didn't know that only one ray of the Power of the Divine Weapon would be so strong!" Elder Huan spat out another circle of the silver light, wrapping the "meatball" inside . His face also changed, turning into one of an elderly man wearing a bamboo hat .

"The main threat has been taken care of . Now it's time to handle the rest . "



Only now did the sect disciples who heard the noises get here, the sound of them arriving one after another .

***

The rear of the fleet of carriages .

Chong Yuezi looked at the snake-like line of carriages from a distance .

"Is the Hundred Temperings Sect in that direction?" he whispered .

"In the direction of your right hand, the flag that stands on the edge of weathered rocks is right above the Hundred Temperings Sect," the two snake-headed men standing behind him answered slowly .

The snake-headed men were tall and stocky . They were the most capable troops under Chong Yuezi .

They were much taller than their boss . Their black, dense snake scales made them look fierce and evil .

Chong Yuezi carefully sniffed at the air in the direction of the Hundred Temperings Sect, and suddenly his facial expression became strange .

"Interesting, this sect actually concealed so much of its strength . . . perhaps a small noble family?"

As a highly ranked demon who was in alliance with the Lin Family, Chong Yuezi wasn't afraid of ordinary noble families . The Nine Great Families of the Central Plains aside, while the rest of the families had strong Divine Weapon Masters, they couldn't easily deploy them .

Although Divine Weapon Masters were strong, that was mainly due to their Divine Weapons and not the ability of the masters themselves . The normal noble families didn't have enough assets, so they had to please the Divine Weapon by conducting large ritual sacrifices in order to harness their power .

By that time, Chong Yuezi could easily escape without a trace . Divine Weapons and Devil Blades were abnormally loud and distracting .

Therefore, famous demons weren't scared of the small noble families that much; what they feared were big noble families like the Lin Family, a well-known and cruel large clan .

In reality, the Nine Great Families of the Central Plains were also structured around Divine Weapons, but they didn't need to use them . They had a handful of Holy Weapons at their disposal, and could take any amount of the Weapons with them on a whim and pursue someone . They could easily chase down the great demons just like them . Although killing a single demon would come at a cost, when compared to killing a great demon, it was but a small price to pay .

"Master Long, there is a hidden noble family within the Hundred Temperings Sect? Then why wasn't the Lin Family notified of this beforehand?" another tall snake-headed man asked gloomily .

"Because I'm different . " Chong Yuezi laughed . "My sense of smell can identify countless kinds of smells humans cannot distinguish between . The smells of noble families and sects, although similar, still have some minor differences . Even though they covered up their tracks in different aspects very well, in the end, they can't hide from me . "

"What about the Prime Devil Sect then?" one of the snake-headed subordinates asked .

Chong Yuezi sniffed in the direction of another team .

"Everything is normal, just like a normal small sect . They probably used the Holy Weapon to kill the Wandering God . Well, I am going to take care of the Hundred Temperings Sect, you guys take care of the Prime Devil Sect . Remember to move swiftly and regroup at the same place after completing the task," he commanded quickly . His expression showed his interest .

"Yes, Master Long!" The two snake-headed ones bowed their heads one after another .

Chong Yuezi finally took a look at the color of the sky .

"The effect of the Time-Freezing Axe lasts only four hours, keep track of the time on your own . "

"Don't worry, master Long!" said the snake-headed guys hurriedly .

Both of them were the strongest snake demons among Chong Yuezi's troops, with monstrous strength and scales like iron armor . They both trained painfully in the Southern Mysterious Moon Lake for hundreds of years and had strong sorcery . Snake realm sect masters couldn't even come close to them .

They saw Chong Yuezi leave like a ray of electricity . He was gone in the blink of an eye . Only after he left did they straighten their backs .

"The Holy Weapon needs to charge at the Holy Weapon Pool . Since it hasn't been that long since the Wandering God was killed, there's no way that the Prime Devil Sect would bring out the Holy Weapon . "

"That is to say, all we need to face is a sect master from a sect in the lower three grades . " Both snake-headed men slowly opened their mouths, slowly flicking their snake tongues, revealing a nasty smile .

"I haven't eaten raw meat in a long time . I really miss it . . . " For those who were already at the Black Crystal Realm, they could actually fight hand-to-hand against difficult opponents from the middle three grades without losing .

As for a two-against-one fight against someone from the lower three grades, it was just like a walk in the park .

***

Fang Tan frowned at the direction of the faraway explosion .

"What's going on?" Zhan Hongsheng whispered .

The two were chatting while riding their horses . Suddenly, the sound of the explosion came and the horses were all scared, now lacking the courage to continue to go forward .

"Let's go take a look first," Fang Tan said unenthusiastically . "It looks like a secret technique went out of control and exploded . I can hear people talking about it in the distance . "

The two were in the field surrounding the carriage fleet, with neither He Xiangzi nor Chen Yunxiang . Instead, they followed outside the fleet alone, as if the entire world had only the two of them .

At this time, when he saw that another explosion took place among the carriages, Fang Tan quickly urged the horse to approach it . But, the horse was unwilling to move a single step further no matter what . It was obvious that it was scared by the loud noise . Zhan Hongsheng's horse was the same .

Without any other choices, they got down from their horses . Fortunately, the fleet stopped as well . They tied the horses behind a cargo wagon .

Fang Tan walked straight in the direction of his sect . Zhan Hongsheng followed behind him, looking left and right .

The strange thing was that when the two came out, there were still a lot of people . Now, when they came back to the sect, there didn't seem to many people at all .

"Why isn't there anyone around? There's a lot in the distance, but it's so peaceful here . Have they all gone to check out the situation?" Zhan Hongsheng asked in low voice .

Fang Tan felt that something was wrong and whispered, "Perhaps . Let's walk faster and have a look first . "

"Ok!" Zhan Hongsheng felt something was off as well .

They passed carriage after carriage . Although they could see people in the distance, it was like seeing a reflection in a mirror, indistinct and fuzzy . And if you took a close look, you could notice minor distortions .

Zhan Hongsheng saw someone laughing while he was eating something, but after walking some distance, she unintentionally noticed that that person was still laughing while eating .

The Chinese pancake in his hands . . . after being stuffed into his mouth for a while and chewed, it was still one large piece—its shape hadn't changed at all .

"Hiss… . " She got a little bit scared and quickly caught up to Fang Tan .

The fashionable short skirts and tight tops that they had originally worn all of a sudden felt like they weren't thick enough, making them regret sacrificing utility for appearances . . . They were chilled to the bone .

The two passed by a carriage, and when they were about arrive where the Jade Echo Clan and Fine Garden Sect's carriages were, Fang Tan suddenly stopped .

He looked down slowly and his pupils shrank .

"Is this . . . !?" A faintly discernible silver thread on the ground separated their spot from where the other sects were .

He looked to the left along the silver thread, which marked out a large circle that wrapped the entire area .

Both inside and out of the thread, everything seemed completely normal . As for them two, they stood within the circle .

"What… What is this?!" Fang Tan felt stress building up in his heart . Originally, he was a bit worried about Zhan Hongsheng, but at this point, there wasn't even a trace of her left .