Chapter 399: Into the Demon Abyss

"Hong Lian Witch?"

Lin Chuan was startled.

That title was exactly Sangyu's name before she became famous.

She earned it because Sangyu's source of power was the pure Demonic Path‑infused Hong Lian of the Pure World.

For some reason, the Pure World Hong Lian readily recognized Sangyu.

As a result, Sangyu rose in a short time and became a notorious Great Demon Lord.

"Is this destiny's arrangement?"

According to memory, this incarnation of Sangyu truly has no good title; she is a thorough Demon Cultivator.

She has slaughtered numerous sects.

However, compared with her Xue Mo Chuan incarnation, which due to dueling the Mo Zu destroyed all life in an entire Star Domain, this is slightly better.

The group of cultivators before her, shouting to subdue the Hong Lian Witch, are destined to be slaughtered.

The Demonic Path is just like that.

"You want my life! I will slaughter your entire clan!"

In this regard, Sangyu, who grew up on the Demonic Path, is even more hot‑tempered than Ye Xue; back then she almost died at the hands of a demonic‑state Sangyu.

As for why Sangyu practices the Demonic Path.

Lin Chuan can probably understand.

In the Ancient God Absolute Realm dream Reincarnation, both being Human Race Clan Chiefs, Sangyu and his ideas had serious differences.

At that time, Sangyu already had a tendency toward practicing the Demonic Path.

Only that world defined the Demonic Path differently from this world.

Arriving in this world, Sangyu basically let herself loose.

Facts prove that Sangyu truly is suited to the Demonic Path.

"Cut the Hong Lian Witch! Restore peace to Huan Xu Prefecture!"

"Cut the Hong Lian Witch! Restore peace to Huan Xu Prefecture!"

A group of cultivators raised their arms and shouted.

Lin Chuan glanced around: only two or three legends of the First Realm, the rest were Mortal Dust Eight Realms; with such a lineup, to subdue Sangyu?

It's no different from suicide.

In the end, they'd probably need the Human Emperor's banner to become brothers.

Still, a few minor prefectures gathering such force is already noteworthy.

Apart from Dao Tian Zhou, Futu Prefecture, Tianjin Prefecture, or Qingqiu Shi San Zhou—these super large prefectures, or other super‑power‑garrisoned large prefectures,

the vast majority of prefectures can scarcely produce one or two legends, which is already impressive.

Yet, looking across the entire Mortal Earth, it's nothing special.

The Mortal Earth's three thousand prefectures is a figurative number; in reality there are far more than three thousand.

"Young sir, are you also here to join the Hong Lian Witch subjugation gathering?"

At that moment, a voice interrupted Lin Chuan's thoughts.

Turning his head, he saw a gentleman holding a folding fan, elegant and graceful, with a jade‑like handsome appearance.

"I am Fan Yu An; may I know your esteemed surname and given name?"

"Lin Chuan."

"Young Master Lin shouldn't be from Huan Xu Prefecture or the nearby prefectures, right?"

"Hmm."

"No wonder, I was just saying when the Huan Xu area produced a figure like Young Master Lin; I didn't expect a talent like him to also join the campaign against the Hong Lian Witch."

Fan Yu An smiled, quickly drawing the attention of many cultivators nearby.

"Is that… the deadly scholar Fan Yu An?"

"Even he came!"

A group of cultivators, shocked, hurried over, clasped fists toward Fan Yu An, "We have met Young Master Fan."

"Daoist Friends, no need for courtesy."

Fan Yu An waved his folding fan, "The Hong Lian Witch has committed countless evils; today I, Young Master, have come, determined to eliminate her."

"Young Master Fan, who is the gentleman beside you?" someone asked.

"Lin Chuan, Young Master Lin."

Fan Yu An introduced, "The traveling outsider Lin, having heard of the Hong Lian Witch's heinous deeds, wishes to lend a hand."

Lin Chuan: "??? "

This scholar, how does he finish the whole act alone?

"We have thanked Young Master Lin."

The others, seeing this, clasped fists, appearing magnanimous.

"No need to thank."

Lin Chuan smiled, "The Hong Lian Witch is indeed ferocious; I have long heard of her name and have been searching for her."

"Today I will go with everyone."

"We must definitely capture that witch!"

Lin Chuan's bold proclamation drew much cheering.

The crowd did not realize that the 'subjugation' they spoke of was entirely different from Lin Chuan's.

Someone was still laughing,

"Today, with Lord Fan and Lord Lin's assistance, we can surely leave that Witch with no way to ascend to heaven nor to enter the earth!"

"Indeed! Lord Fan is a genius who once retreated unscathed from the hands of a top‑tier power's Holy Son; he is not someone the Hong Lian Witch can contend with."

"Lord Lin, though young, is already a legend; I suppose he also comes from a prestigious family."

The assembled people were in high spirits.

Lin Chuan asked: "Everyone, do you know where the Hong Lian Witch is?"

"We have received reports that within the seventh layer of the Demon Abyss, a Pure World Hong Lian is faintly about to bloom; given the Hong Lian Witch's nature, she will inevitably go for it."

"If we hunt there, we can capture her."

The one at the head, a Legend Realm, said.

"Good!"

Lin Chuan now knew.

"Is everyone gathered?"

Fan Yu'an asked.

"Gathered."

"Our punitive expedition will consist of four Legend Realm practitioners, plus you, Lord Fan, and Lord Lin, totaling six legends."

"This time that Witch will be unable to escape!"

"Go!"

After a burst of passionate shouts, numerous cultivators boarded flying vessels and rushed toward the Demon Abyss.

……

The borderland between Tianjin Prefecture and Futu Prefecture.

Here stands a bone‑chilling Demon Abyss.

It resembles a massive black gash, tearing the link between earth and the heavens.

At the edge of the Demon Abyss, a thick, ink‑dark fog drifts, as if condensed from the wails of countless wronged souls.

The fog churns, sometimes shaping into snarling ghost faces, other times into twisted humanoid forms, as if issuing desperate curses toward living beings outside.

This is the renowned Demon Abyss! The revelry holy ground of countless demonic cultivators!

In this unique place, countless special treasures are born, the most famed being the Pure World Hong Lian, fervently pursued by demonic cultivators.

"Arrived!"

The cultivators aboard the flying vessels were all taut, their faces as still as water.

Some even could not lift a foot.

"All disembark the flying vessels! Into the Demon Abyss!"

The leading Legend Realm shouted, "If you don't even dare to enter the Demon Abyss, how can you speak of subduing the Witch? Don't forget how your fellow sect brothers and sisters suffered the Witch's poisonous hand."

"If the Witch is not eradicated, the calamity will only grow!"

"We will eventually die at her hands."

"All of you, pull yourselves together!"

Spurred by this Legend Realm's encouragement, the many cultivators swallowed, then gradually rose and set off toward the Demon Abyss.

Lin Chuan and Fan Yu'an walked side by side, leading the way.

Upon stepping into the Demon Abyss, a whiff of decay assaulted their nostrils.

The ground beneath was slick, cold, seeming to flow endless blood water; the surrounding stone walls were studded with strange stones emitting eerie light.

The light flickered, as if monster eyes were watching every move of the intruders.

Within the Demon Abyss echoed sharp screeches, occasional heavy roars, and heart‑rending cries, making the atmosphere ever more eerie.

The crowd felt their souls shiver.

And this is only the first layer of the Demon Abyss; the whole Abyss has as many as ninety‑nine layers, and it is said that the deeper one goes, the stronger the demonic cultivators become.

Fortunately, the Witch is only on the seventh layer.