Chapter 685: Fishing in Fenghai Prefecture

The tone of this voice was sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, sometimes rapid, sometimes slow. After being combined, it made this sentence full of a sense of eeriness.

And it itself indeed contained eeriness. The moment it spread, the sky changed color, the earth rumbled, and the plants growing outside the forbidden zone were all shattering, and its range of influence was even more massive.

Although the area was sparsely populated due to the existence of the forbidden zone, there was no lack of insects and beasts.

These insects and beasts living outside the forbidden zone had their hearts changed by the forbidden zone and were influenced by foreign matter to varying degrees, their lives mutated and became more tenacious.

But now, under the coverage of this murmuring sound, one by one they began to go mad.

Looking around, countless insects and beasts of various kinds emerged from the ground and from all directions, circling around Xu Qing, emitting hisses, dense and shocking.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual, his gaze sweeping over these insects and beasts around him. On them, Xu Qing felt traces of being controlled; that was one of the shadow's abilities.

It was just that now the range was larger, the number that could be controlled was more, and most importantly, it was no longer limited to the shadow's integration.

It could be controlled by the murmuring sound!

"Devouring the forbidden zone, sound control!!" Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, looking ahead.

That mass of black shadow constantly wriggling on the gray earth! At this moment, as time passed, the speed of the black shadow's wriggling also slowed down quite a bit.

It seemed to be gradually stabilizing, and its form was also slowly stabilizing, looking like a head.

And at the center of this head's brow, although it was pitch black, a totem could vaguely be seen!

The shape of this totem was exactly the same as the forbidden zone that had been devoured by the shadow before.

"No, it's not a totem, this is!!"

Xu Qing's heart stirred, focusing his attention to observe the shadow's brow carefully. Soon, he confirmed his previous guess; the thing at the brow was indeed not a totem, it was the forbidden zone!

The forbidden zone devoured by the shadow appeared within the shadow's brow, becoming one with it.

This discovery made Xu Qing feel even more strange in his heart, and what made his pupils shrink even more was that in this forbidden zone, which had been reduced countless times, there grew a tree that was different from the others at its center!

That was a huge tree that the shadow had once displayed in its second form!

Hanging on the tree was an empty coffin, and this coffin was exactly the shadow's second form.

Xu Qing snorted coldly. This coffin was swaying like a huge pendulum, and inside it, there was the harsh sound of fingernails scratching against wood, as well as the murmurs echoing in the eight directions!

"I am dark, returning to emptiness, spirit accumulates, body arrives, soul lacks, god is born, stars fall and extinguish, all living things obey!" The moment the last word was transmitted, a vast soul-coffin power like the sea erupted from within this coffin, targeting Xu Qing. Xu Qing's expression did not change at all, standing there, coldly looking at that mass of shadow, his eyes pitch black, poison rising.

And this vast soul power, under Xu Qing's gaze, stopped alive a zhang away from him, appearing distorted and struggling, seemingly instinctively rising with malice but instinctively not daring to continue, until Xu Qing snorted coldly!

That terrifying soul power immediately fluctuated, booming and scattering toward the sky above, influencing the firmament, gathering clouds, and arranging three large characters: "Master is a good person!"

Immediately after, a fawning emotion emanated from the black shadow!

"Master!! Behave!! I... calm!"

Xu Qing looked at the shadow speaking. He could see it; the shadow's murmuring words were normal, but if it wanted to speak, it would be like this, seemingly its realm growth was not proportional to its ability to speak!

However, Xu Qing was too lazy to beat it up for now. He was more concerned about the divine fire the shadow had expressed before.

"Where is the divine fire?" Xu Qing said!

Upon hearing this, the shadow opened its mouth wide and roared outward!

The moment this word was transmitted, those dense insects and beasts around Xu Qing that were controlled by the shadow all stood still, then one by one they fiercely devoured and tore at each other, each emitting miserable wails and screams.

There were even some that devoured themselves, the sounds miserable in this self-mutilation.

But their behavior did not stop for a bit; the more miserable they were, the more fiercely they bit. It was only ten breaths of time, and all the insects and beasts around Xu Qing died!

Like self-sacrifice, Xu Qing's expression condensed at this scene. At the same time, a patch of brown light spots floated up from the corpses of these insects and beasts, flying straight toward the shadow.

These light spots felt somewhat similar to the power of all living things in the Jiyue Domain to Xu Qing, but it seemed that the essence was also different, because the naked eye could not see them!

Even with cultivation base sensing, it was difficult to detect, and only Xu Qing's eyes contained poison wood, which could see them clearly. They soon gathered together, forming a brown light, only the size of a fingernail, flashing brightly and darkly, sometimes expanding outward, sometimes rapidly shrinking, seemingly extremely unstable.

What was even more surprising was that its appearance triggered the sky's clouds and mist to rapidly turn pitch black, and thunderous sounds instantly came, with lightning wandering within, seemingly attracted and extending outward!

And the shadow, with even stronger fawning emotions, blew a breath at the brown light mass. Immediately, this light mass flew straight toward Xu Qing, floating in front of Xu Qing!

The sky's thunder, following the movement of the light mass, turned together and locked onto it.

Xu Qing frowned. He couldn't see what this was, but instinctively felt danger. It seemed that his whole body's flesh and blood possessed independent consciousness at this moment, all screaming at him, telling him this thing was extremely dangerous!

Xu Qing looked at the shadow. The shadow transformed a tail, swaying, and even stretched out a black tongue, also swaying like a puppy, and kept nodding at Xu Qing.

"Master...! Sacrifice!! -- Master... -- Good --! --! -- Divine fire!"

Xu Qing pondered. He did not trust the shadow, and the intuitive danger made him very vigilant about that brown light mass.

Thus, he retreated a few steps and was about to raise his hand, but Xu Qing felt it was still not safe enough, so he retreated hundreds of zhang before raising his right hand and waving it gently toward the brown light mass!

Under this wave, the brown light mass drifted toward the distance. Until it drifted very far, the sky's thunder gathered to a certain degree, like a fountain, and suddenly erupted!

In an instant, countless lightning bolts descended from the sky, whistling toward that light mass like a thunderstorm. In the blink of an eye, they struck it. The moment the thunder fell, this already unstable light mass suddenly exploded.

A piece of terrifying thunder fire erupted within, and there was even a trace of divinity contained within, forming a heaven-shaking storm, sweeping across the eight directions with a rumbling sound!

Wherever it passed, everything was extinguished. The power contained within was extremely vast, even Xu Qing's cultivation base felt his heart shake, and he retreated rapidly, but it was still a bit late.

Even though he was cautious enough and was already very far away, the explosive momentum of the brown light mass was too fierce! In an instant, Xu Qing was affected. The brown light mass collapsed, forming a storm, rushing toward his face.

Xu Qing's whole body shone, the first divine spirit state suddenly formed, and he retreated hundreds of zhang before neutralizing it.

And the earth in the ten-thousand-zhang range in front of him, following the disappearance of the brown light and the dissipation of the storm, appeared a bottomless pit!

Looking at this, Xu Qing had lingering fears. As for the shadow, it didn't know what method it used to hide and avoid the damage.

At this moment, it reappeared on the ground, unharmed, transmitting fawning emotions mixed with pride toward Xu Qing!

"Powerful...!! I...!"

Xu Qing asked with an ugly face, "Is this divine fire?"

The shadow nodded tightly!

Seeing Xu Qing's unkind gaze, it shook its head rapidly again, wanting to express but not knowing how to describe it, and finally, it could only!

"Boom boom boom!" "Stop booming!" Xu Qing's voice was cold. The shadow was a bit confused, not knowing how it had provoked Xu Qing again.

Thus, it felt aggrieved. Feeling the shadow's grievance, Xu Qing sighed. In his heart, he missed the Jin Gang Sect ancestor even more, and at this moment, he finally understood why the shadow had to make a "boom boom boom" sound when describing divine fire. The brown light mass exploded earlier, wasn't it just "boom boom boom"...

Xu Qing looked at the shadow and dismissed the idea of continuing to ask. His body flickered, heading straight for the place where the brown light mass exploded, needing to investigate here!

"At the moment of the previous explosion, that light mass once emanated divinity!!" Xu Qing floated in the pit, touched the surrounding soil, his eyes revealing thought, and looked up at the sky, which was currently dissipating.

Gradually, a guess formed in his heart!

This thing was more like a kind of forbidden fuel, inherently unstable, and could attract thunder. Even if the thunder didn't descend, a strong wind blowing would likely cause it to explode!

"A piece the size of a fingernail emanates such terrifying power, so is it possible that this thing is the fuel to ignite divine fire?"

This thought sprouted in Xu Qing's mind, his eyes revealing a sharp light, thinking of the way the shadow obtained this kind of fuel: sacrifice.

The Gods I know all have needs for sacrifice. Could it be that this is the reason why Gods like to be sacrificed to?

Xu Qing didn't know if his guess was correct, but he was quite moved by the shadow's ability to actively sacrifice after this improvement!

"First control, then forcibly sacrifice!"

Xu Qing looked at the shadow!

The shadow emanated proud emotions.

"I...! Have... use!"

Xu Qing found it hard to refute. The shadow's change this time was too great, whether it was devouring the forbidden zone or sound control, until finally sacrificing to himself!

Everything was by no means ordinary! That was the ability of a God!

"Then what exactly is it?" Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, suppressed this thought, and spoke faintly.

"Roll back!" Upon hearing this, the shadow happily flew back to Xu Qing's feet, transforming back into his shadow.

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and didn't speak again. His body flickered, ascending into the sky, returning toward the Fenghai Prefecture Capital!

At this moment, the sun was strong. Xu Qing was flying in the sky, and the shadow was moving on the ground, getting larger and larger, disproportionate to Xu Qing's body, finally transforming into thousands of zhang in size!

Within it, the forbidden zone at the brow vaguely opened two rows of blood-colored eyes, and the corners of its mouth even split open, emitting silent laughter, like a discarded god!

If anyone were watching, they would definitely be shocked by this scene!

Because Xu Qing was that person who raised a demon god!

Time passed. Some things that were meant to come would eventually come. The fundamental reason for the series of war preparations in Fenghai Prefecture was that the Seventh Prince and the Tianlan King were like sharp blades hanging over the heads of the cultivators in Fenghai!

Xu Qing had once thought about pacifying the hearts of the people!

But Seventh Master and Yao Hou had both tactfully stopped him. They were playing a big game of chess!

This game of chess, although they didn't say it clearly, Xu Qing had experienced so many things, he had long seen through the truth.

Seventh Master and Yao Hou were fishing!

Today, the first fish took the bait!

News came from the front line of the Heitian Clan that five batches of Fenghai Prefecture cultivators who went to the battlefield, after experiencing several life-and-death war missions, did not all die, and more than ten thousand people were still alive!

Out of five million Fenghai cultivators, only these ten thousand survived. They experienced pain and torture, multiple life-and-death situations, and were finally treated as abandoned pawns!

Kong Xianglong and some Sword Holders were among them!

And they escaped with difficulty, but did not choose to return to the mountain to join the Tianlan King's army, but left the battlefield. They wanted to return to Fenghai Prefecture!

This matter was strange, did not conform to logic, and had places that could not be explained. It seemed that there was a black hand behind the scenes manipulating, pushing the footsteps of these survivors to walk a designated path!

But no matter what, the news transmitted to Fenghai Prefecture contained a video jade slip, which clearly recorded their exhausted figures!

And on the way, they also encountered the pursuit of the Tianlan King's personal guards, with the charge being impossible to argue against: fleeing the battlefield!

Now they were trapped in a desperate place, only waiting to die!

Fenghai Prefecture would face a choice!

Regarding these survivors, to save or not to save, how to handle it, how to announce it!

If saved, then it was equivalent to confirming an attitude. If not saved, watching them be sanctioned, the hearts of the people in Fenghai Prefecture would scatter.

"So, Zheng Kai, Yao Tianyan, what will you two choose?" Inside the Imperial Capital where the Seventh Prince was located, the original Eight Sect Alliance General Alliance.

Chen Yangzi dropped the first piece on an empty chessboard!

"According to my understanding of your style of doing things, you will definitely go to save them! But to save these people from thousands of miles away, ordinary people are of no use. The people who go must be strong, and must be strong. One is probably not enough!"

"Then will Immortal Zixuan be among those who go? If so, then this 'luring the enemy into the trap' will be both simple and smooth."

Chen Yangzi smiled. Regarding this "besieging a point to strike reinforcements," he actually didn't care much. If Immortal Zixuan was there, it was naturally best. If Immortal Zixuan was not there, then this plan was "luring the tiger away from the mountain."

"In the entire Fenghai Prefecture, only Zheng Kai and Yao Hou are the two I cannot defeat. They will definitely have one person go out. Otherwise, the rescue will be insufficient. And I also have a way to deal with those two puppets!"

Chen Yangzi looked forward to it, looking up in the direction of Fenghai Prefecture. He naturally would not rashly walk directly into Fenghai Prefecture, but the Seventh Prince's mission also had to be completed, but this was not difficult for him.

Besieging a point to strike reinforcements, luring the enemy into the trap, luring the tiger away from the mountain—these three moves merged into one. How to rotate, how to change, he had ways to deal with them and control them as he wished!

And when Chen Yangzi looked in the direction of Fenghai Prefecture, on the pavilion of the Fenghai Prefecture Overseer's Mansion, Xu Qing and Seventh Master, as well as Yao Hou, stood there, also looking into the distance at the original Tianfeng Kingdom Imperial Capital where the Seventh Prince was located!

"Xu Qing, what do you think!" Seventh Master spoke faintly!

"The other party is luring the tiger away from the mountain! Master, the fish has taken the bait!" Xu Qing said softly!

Seventh Master laughed upon hearing this, his eyes full of appreciation!

"So! You go or I go?" Yao Hou looked at Seventh Master.

"You go. I will wait a bit longer to see what the other party's second move is. Otherwise, if I go out, the other party will suspect it is too smooth! Remember to bring the puppets, don't be careless!" Seventh Master looked at Yao Hou.

Yao Hou nodded. As a veteran among the original high-level officials of Fenghai Prefecture, he had his own sense of propriety in doing things.

Thus, he stepped forward, and in the next instant, disappeared from the pavilion. Soon, the Palace Masters of the Administration Palace and the Sword Palace, as well as various Sect Masters, followed Yao Hou out, tearing through the sky.

And as for Seventh Master, a few days later, he also received the second move he was waiting for!

Multiple sects within Fenghai Prefecture suddenly rebelled!

These sects were scattered, erupting at different times, spreading rumors and causing chaos in all directions, with a momentum of a single spark starting a prairie fire!

Not only that, many foreign races also suddenly sent troops, launching attacks from multiple coastlines of Fenghai Prefecture, including several prefectures including Yinghuang Prefecture!

Not only that, outside the Seven Blood Eyes port in Nanhuang Prefecture, a large number of maritime foreign races appeared, and there were even strong armies pressing down!

In an instant, the hearts of the people in Fenghai Prefecture were in panic, and the war seemed to erupt all at once. Facing such a crisis, a large number of Sword Holders went out, and Seventh Master chose to lead the team personally to suppress it.

And his and Yao Hou's successive departures made the Prefecture Capital here unprecedentedly empty. This emptiness was gazed at by a pair of eyes hidden behind the chessboard.

"A bit too smooth!!" Chen Yangzi dropped the second piece, his eyes revealing thought. After a long while, he dropped the third piece! ===== CHAPTER 686 =====