Chapter 793: Catastrophe!

"What is wrong with you?"

Between the sea and the sky, two figures stood; they were none other than Zhao Zhugui and the Ji Master.

Ji Chen had reshaped the Ji Master's physical body, but the appearance was not as devastatingly beautiful as the original; yet, at a single glance, one could still feel the endless coldness and majesty that the other party emitted unintentionally.

The Ji Master did not care about appearance; ever since reshaping the body, even though she possessed vast martial Dao truths in her mind, she could not quickly convert them into substantial combat power.

Then her appearance and identity were nothing but poison to her.

During this time, the Ji Master had been cultivating her martial Dao while following behind Zhao Zhugui, seeing the great mountains and vast seas, seemingly indifferent to the world.

The reason the Ji Master still followed by Zhao Zhugui's side was that to modify future causality, she needed to intervene constantly, letting causality proceed according to what Ji Chen had evolved.

Without her, it would be impossible for Zhao Zhugui to become the one Saint who slaughters the demon.

Although Zhao Zhugui possessed a God-level array, his mind had no concept of cultivation; for Zhao Zhugui, traveling the world was his own mission.

And what Ji Chen wanted was for the Ji Master to devour the demon slaughtered by the Three Saints, letting the Ji Master absorb all the foundations of that demon.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the Ji Master could not be separated from Zhao Zhugui.

Zhao Zhugui's development required the Ji Master's constant interference.

During this time, Zhao Zhugui was always being reminded or forced to cultivate by the Ji Master.

Because he possessed a God-level array that could directly devour the energy of all things, Zhao Zhugui's progress was extremely rapid.

Now, his Qi and blood path had already entered the Creation Realm.

His hard-body cultivation was still at the fifth rank; this was not because the God-level array was ineffective, but because hard-body cultivation required tempering one's own body and suffering hardships, which was difficult for Zhao Zhugui to accept.

Fortunately, the Ji Master also discovered that although Zhao Zhugui had his own mission, as long as she slowly persuaded him, Zhao Zhugui's actions could still be influenced to some extent.

Only.

Since just a moment ago, Zhao Zhugui had been standing stiffly in the void, motionless.

"I..." Zhao Zhugui pursed his lips:

"I can feel something drifting away from me..."

Endless confusion and struggle appeared in his eyes, and he murmured:

"Better to be a shattered jade than an intact tile."

The Ji Master narrowed her eyes; she knew that Zhao Zhugui had a very deep connection with that Lord of Will.

Even in the Retrospection Mirror, in the modified future, Zhao Zhugui was that one Saint among the Three Saints who slaughtered the demon.

And the demon, naturally, was the Lord of Will who had fallen into becoming an Ancient God.

Zhao Zhugui's current changes were certainly related to the changes in the Lord of Will.

"What did you feel?" the Ji Master asked cautiously.

Zhao Zhugui frowned:

"I saw myself... walking toward a path of endless dead silence, where there was endless evil and chaos, yet I still walked into it."

The Ji Master narrowed her eyes:

"But you are right here now, and have not been to any other place."

She furrowed her brows; could it be that Zhao Zhugui could also see the future, or was what Zhao Zhugui saw a sudden emergence of past memories?

Zhao Zhugui's expression gradually changed:

"I don't know, but I can feel that palpitation coming from within my heart."

He suddenly looked at the world in all directions, the sea and sky one color, the clouds rolling and unfurling all within his sight:

"I can walk the path no one else can walk, and I will hold up the sky no one else can hold!"

As he spoke, the next instant that heroic spirit gradually disappeared, and when he looked at the Ji Master again, he returned to the appearance of being indifferent to the world as before.

The Ji Master pursed her lips:

"Where to?"

Zhao Zhugui flicked his sleeves and stepped forward:

"The world!"

The Ji Master looked at Zhao Zhugui at this moment, thinking in her heart that perhaps just now was the most real Zhao Zhugui.

Since the other party appeared, there had been a program in his heart that could not be disobeyed, but the spirit revealed bit by bit would not lie.

This person was too mysterious; she had no idea where he came from, and perhaps he could pull out some of the deepest secrets of the human world.

"Where is the world?"

"Great Xia!"

…………

A shrill roar suddenly exploded within the abyss, and black mist surged out from the rock crevices like a tide.

Like maggots on rotting bones, once the malice stained human flesh, it was difficult to peel off; it would gradually burrow into the body, and even the brain, affecting one's sanity.

Sounds of wailing rang out one after another.

When Jidao Wu arrived, he already saw large groups of military guards being eroded by the malice.

Some of the severe cases had eyeballs bulging, blue veins wriggling under their skin like live worms, and their fingernails scratching their armor, making a teeth-aching scraping sound.

By this time, everyone was more worried about the comrades beside them, not knowing when they would turn into Ancient God beasts.

The Will-cultivators of the Tiger Dragon Battalion and the Min Battalion were erupting with the power of will one by one; the invisible power of will spread continuously, touching the malice and making 'hissing' sounds.

The fifth-rank and sixth-rank military guards stood at the very front, relying on Qi, blood, and force to block the spread of the malice.

Aside from the power of will, Qi, blood, and force could not devour or extinguish the malice at all; they could only block it like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

It would not be long before the twenty thousand military guards within the abyss would all be eroded by the malice.

"It is definitely the Five Clans that deployed seventh-rank malice crystals, and not just one." Chen Min's face was cold:

"Sometimes the Five Clans are more like Ancient God beasts than the Ancient God beasts themselves!"

Endless killing intent surged in the depths of his eyes; if he had the Blood Brand in his hand, he would have already fought his way out.

He was not afraid of death; he was only worried about dying too sloppily.

"Take out your respective independent cultivation chambers. The bluestone of the cultivation chambers can block the malice. Brothers who have been too severely eroded by the malice should go in first."

Jidao Wu took out an independent cultivation chamber.

Xi Congyun, Chen Min, and some Sixth-Rank martial artists also successively took out over a dozen independent cultivation chambers.

Some military guards who had already suffered enough from the torment of the malice crawled inside.

The independent cultivation chambers could indeed block the malice, but for the current Great Xia military guards, it was merely a drop in the bucket.

The expressions of Xi Congyun and Mu Zigui were also extremely ugly.

The methods of the Five Clans were extremely cruel; when you thought there were only twenty thousand people here, they would easily annihilate them by leading an army.

They were not even willing to send out a single soldier or horse, wanting to use the malice to wipe everyone out.

This was even more hateful than killing them.

Li Zhiyi and Zhang Yu arrived.

Chen Min coldly glanced at Li Zhiyi; although Mu Zigui and Xi Congyun were calm, there was still some alienation in their micro-expressions.

If not for what was happening at this moment, these few people would have already moved against Li Zhiyi.

"There are a total of three entrances to this abyss, and the malice is being poured in from these three exits," Jidao Wu said in a deep voice:

"Chen Min is at the second realm of the Will Path, and so is Li Zhiyi; I am only at the peak of the first realm.

Xi Congyun and Mu Zigui are both at the first realm."

He glanced at Li Zhiyi and spoke with complex feelings in his heart:

"Chen Min will lead the fifteen Will martial artists of the Min Battalion to guard the rightmost exit..."

Jidao Wu paused, and Chen Min frowned, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

Chen Min clearly wanted to guard the same exit as Li Zhiyi.

Xi Congyun looked at everyone's demeanor:

"Those at the second realm of the Will Path are all precious combat forces. Jidao Wu, you and Li Zhiyi take the leftmost passage."

Jidao Wu nodded.

Li Zhiyi swept a quiet glance over everyone and looked at Zhang Yu behind him:

"Brother Zhang, just follow behind me."

Zhang Yu's body stiffened, and he nodded.

Soon.

Jidao Wu finished arranging the Will martial artists, glanced at Li Zhiyi, and then walked toward the leftmost exit.

Chen Min went to the rightmost exit.

Xi Congyun and Mu Zigui walked into the middle exit.

At this time, everyone was not worried about the Five Clans attacking.

Unless the Five Clans also did not want their lives.

At the middle exit.

Xi Congyun's eyes flickered; while releasing the power of Will to devour the malice, he said to Mu Zigui beside him:

"Zigui, you go to the exit where Jidao Wu and Li Zhiyi are."

Mu Zigui was stunned and looked at Xi Congyun in surprise.

A strange look flashed in the depths of Xi Congyun's eyes, and he continued:

"The most urgent matter now is the Blood Brand!"

Mu Zigui's expression stiffened:

"Are you worried that Li Zhiyi will flee?"

Xi Congyun nodded and said:

"Li Zhiyi holds the Blood Brand, which can keep Chen Min from getting close. Do you think if Li Zhiyi wants to flee, Jidao Wu can stop him?"

As Xi Congyun's voice fell, not only Mu Zigui, but even the dozen or so Will martial artists behind them looked at each other in dismay.

A Will martial artist named Li Qingyuan spoke up:

"Earlier, the Five Clans' Creation Realm experts even came to personally invite Li Zhiyi, and Li Zhiyi refused.

He shouldn't be someone who would betray us."

"Shut up!" Xi Congyun glanced at Li Qingyuan, who choked and stopped speaking.

Xi Congyun continued:

"I have looked into Li Zhiyi's background; he only entered the military because he stole an item of clothing from a Heavenly God General.

After entering the military, he was even used as a human bomb by his own squad.

This person cannot possibly have any loyalty to Great Xia; in fact, he is disgusted with Great Xia in his heart."

As Xi Congyun's voice fell, the thoughts of Mu Zigui and the others changed.

"Moreover, earlier Chen Min and both you and I showed hostility toward him, wanting to forcibly seize the Blood Brand.

If you were Li Zhiyi, would you choose to leave Great Xia?"

Mu Zigui fell silent.

Li Qingyuan and the group of Will martial artists behind them looked at each other.

Li Qingyuan heaved a heavy sigh.

Isn't this exactly what you all did to force him to this point?

But no one said anything.

Everyone knew exactly how important the Blood Brand was to everyone at this moment.

Mu Zigui understood the gravity of the situation and nodded:

"I understand, take care."

She then departed.

Xi Congyun took a deep look at Mu Zigui's retreating figure, remaining silent.

He raised his head, as if having made a decision, and let out a long sigh.

Time passed slowly, and Xi Congyun remained standing in place.

Behind him, Li Qingyuan frowned:

"Vice Battalion Commander?"

Xi Congyun shook his head slightly and sighed for a long time:

"Think of me, born in poverty, walking on thin ice every step of the way; to enter the Creation Realm before thirty, I am already an extraordinary figure.

Yet the path of a First-Rank General Star has long been blocked.

Despite repeatedly performing meritorious deeds, I can only serve as a Vice Battalion Commander; even with the full support of the Mu family, I have no path to advancement at all."

His voice was calm, and the eyes of Li Qingyuan and the others behind him instantly narrowed.

The next instant, Xi Congyun raised his left hand slightly and waved it with one hand.

Swish!

A bloodstain appeared on the necks of Li Qingyuan and the others.

"You...!" Li Qingyuan clutched his neck, looking at Xi Congyun in disbelief, and kept backing away.

Beside him, the other Will Martial Artists fell one by one, their expressions filled with incredulity even in death.

"Don't blame me." Xi Congyun's expression turned icy:

"If you must blame someone, blame Chen Yan for being too arrogant, and blame the Great Xia for being too doting and trusting of him!"

Xi Congyun gritted his teeth and growled:

"All the resources of the Great Xia are his, and all the favoritism of the higher-ups is his!

The eyes of the world are all on him, and the words of the world are all about him!

This Great Xia is his, this faith is his, and this military power is all his!!!

But where is he?!"

Boom!

Terrifying Qi and blood erupted from within Xi Congyun's body, and he roared toward the sky:

"I, Xi Congyun, twenty-nine years old, Creation Realm mid-stage, Supreme Master of Arrays, can I join the Five Clans?"

His voice was vast and mighty, filled with determination.

Li Qingyuan lay on the ground, his eyes filled with nothing but hatred before death.

The next instant.

Hum!

A figure in a green dress appeared slowly; Chen Youqing was shrouded in dreamlike immortal mist, looking down at Xi Congyun:

"Have you thought it through?"

She was an Eighth-Rank, so naturally, what happened within the Abyss could not be hidden from her.

Just because an Eighth-Rank does not enter the battle does not mean an Eighth-Rank has no eyes.

What appeared now was merely one of her Qi and blood clones.

Xi Congyun looked at Chen Youqing:

"Ten years!

Give me ten years, I will enter the Eighth-Rank and shake the world!"

Chen Youqing raised her head:

"Good!

It would be even better if you brought your little girlfriend along to submit to the Five Clans."

Xi Congyun was startled and said bitterly:

"The Mu family are loyal dogs of the Great Xia; even if I asked her, she would not follow."

This was the true reason he had let Mu Zigui leave first.

"She is not my girlfriend; the Mu family only values me. Now that I have no influence in the Great Xia, the Mu family is already preparing for her to choose another Dao companion."

Xi Congyun narrowed his eyes.

Among the Second-Rank General Stars of yesteryear.

Yin Youming, Li Muyun, Jidao Wu, Jiang Miaoxuan, and others were all Battalion Commanders.

Jiang Yuan was even a candidate for Army Commander.

Only he, who was the most outstanding among the Second-Rank General Stars back then, was now merely a Vice Battalion Commander.

Now, Chen Min had appeared halfway, and it was said that Jiang Yuan's younger brother, Yu Sixian, was also a General Star in the military.

Yet the future of him, Xi Congyun, was filled with confusion.

Now, being trapped in the Abyss and merely surviving, there was even less hope for life.