Chapter 2022

As the five middle-aged men appeared, the many cultivators in the city finally saw a hint of hope.

But just as this hope had barely risen, a identical voice sounded in everyone's mind.

"Run quickly."

Those two simple words were like a bucket of cold water from head to toe, completely extinguishing the hope that had just risen in everyone.

Everyone knew where the voice came from, and their gazes all turned to the five figures standing proudly in the sky.

Such powerful experts, five in number—could it be that none of them can deal with this monster before them?

What exactly is this monster?

Despair spread wildly in everyone's hearts, and some had already begun to turn and flee.

But before they could run very far, a black light like a heavenly canopy directly enveloped the Four Directions Immortal City.

"Formless Heavenly Demon..................."

Seeing this layer of black light, the man clenched his teeth and shouted; the Formless Heavenly Demon paid no heed, instead laughing loudly.

"Haha, I said it—everyone in this city must die, including you."

The Formless Heavenly Demon intends to let no one in the Four Directions Immortal City escape, completely blocking their retreat.

Seeing this, the five middle-aged men gritted their teeth but had no recourse.

From the start, they five knew they were no match for the Formless Heavenly Demon; finally revealing themselves, they had already prepared to die.

Thinking of risking their lives to carve a path of survival for everyone in the Four Directions Immortal City, they considered it a slight compensation.

Letting the Formless Heavenly Demon escape was already their dereliction of duty; now they could do only this much.

But even this was directly shattered by the Formless Heavenly Demon; the black light enveloping the Four Directions Immortal City could not be broken by these cultivators here at all.

Not to mention them—even if the five middle-aged men acted, they would be helpless in the short term.

Today, it seems everyone in this city will die here.

Moreover, an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon breaking its seal would cause severe consequences in the Immortal Realm—something the five dare not imagine.

They only hope that an Immortal Elder–level existence can break free quickly and come to slay this demon.

"Kill."

Things having come to this, the five middle-aged men said no more, shouted in a low voice, and then actively attacked the Formless Heavenly Demon.

Facing the five's assault, the Formless Heavenly Demon not only was unafraid, but even laughed excitedly.

Even though sealed for thousands of years and its strength greatly weakened, it still confidently believed it could defeat the five middle-aged men.

A great battle erupted in the sky, while inside the Immortal City below, people continued to spontaneously explode and perish, body and spirit destroyed.

Moreover, with the appearance of that black light, the evil aura that no one had ever seen seemed to grow ever thicker.

That evil aura that makes one's hair stand on end is simply like a bone-attached evil, able to infiltrate any opening.

Even with Línglì protection, these evil forces still, after breaking the Línglì guard, directly bore into everyone's bodies.

Even the slightest gap cannot stop these evil auras from invading.

Once these evil auras invade, the body feels a chill spreading from deep within the soul, and then the blood and Línglì inside erupt in uncontrollable turmoil.

The soul also feels as if it is being gnawed and torn, intense pain sweeping the whole body, and finally one dies in endless despair and agony.

Everyone's faces were filled with despair, as if no one could escape.

Even the strong, who had finally managed to reach the city's edge, despairingly found under the black light's shroud that there was still no exit.

No matter how frenziedly they attacked the black light, they used every means—formations, talisman seals, and so on.

But this black light remained completely still—not even a ripple, let alone being broken.

It's over, we can't get out.

What on earth is that?

Damn it.

In despair, many people broke down; some shouted in unwillingness, some stared blankly, dazed like wooden chickens, and others were so frightened they burst into loud sobs.

Regardless of identity or cultivation strength, under the shroud of despair everyone revealed their most unbearable side.

No one knows if the next person to lose their life will be themselves.

Inside the Canteen, the people of Prison Immortal Town were also desperately resisting that omnipresent evil aura.

But with everyone gathered together, they could still hold on.

And Ye Zhangqing, protected in the middle by the crowd, also frowned as he watched the battle in the sky.

The pig‑killers can't hold out anymore.

Beside him, a person from Prison Immortal Town gritted their teeth and said.

When the three middle‑aged men appeared, everyone was indeed startled.

But then the subsequent developments took everyone by surprise.

The pig‑killers hid so deep, their strength turned out to be so great, yet no one expected that in the end they still weren't a match for that ghostly thing.

Five of them joined forces, but even before the Formless Heavenly Demon they gained no advantage—instead they were firmly suppressed.

Every strike that fell gave a sense of imminent danger.

Even the woman among them had already been dealt a heavy blow by the Formless Heavenly Demon, vomiting blood without cease.

Could it be that we really have to die here?

This was everyone's thought; just as Ye Zhangqing thought so too, in his mind the system that had been playing dead for many years suddenly changed.

Huh???

Feeling the change in the damn system, Ye Zhangqing originally had no mind to pay attention to it—what time is this, still coming up with this?

If you're dead, changing back and forth is useless.

But the next second, the damn system, heedless, directly forced a stream of information into Ye Zhangqing's mind.

You fucking..................

He was so angry he wanted to curse his mother; he was already in a desperate situation, and this damn system still came to cause trouble, but after he accepted the information's content, Ye Zhangqing froze.

【Ding, detected Eternal-grade Ingredient, system upgrade conditions met, upgrading now.】

【Ding, upgrade complete, new system function, food ingestion function activated, specific usage can be checked manually.】

【Breeding space opened.】

After the damn system upgraded, it mainly just added two major functions: one is food ingestion, the other is breeding space.

The breeding space is actually simple, literally meaning it's specifically used to breed various ingredients.

Including various spiritual plants, spiritual fruits, etc.

But the most awesome part is, this breeding space can be altered according to the perfect survival environment needed by the ingredients.

It's not fixed, but determined by what ingredients are being bred.

Simply put, once ingredients enter this breeding space, Ye Zhangqing doesn't need to worry; they will definitely be raised fat and strong.

But this isn't the point; what really catches Ye Zhangqing's attention is the food ingestion function.

This thing seems like it can save lives.

After looking at the introduction to food ingestion, Ye Zhangqing's mood was complicated; was this damn system premeditated?