Chapter 245

"Good treasure, good treasure!" Zheng Danlian laughed loudly; although he had tried his best to overestimate it before, after the actual battle, he found that he had still greatly underestimated the combat power of the mechanical black snake.

"Come back." Zheng Danlian controlled it secretly.

But the next moment, his expression changed slightly.

The mechanical black snake did not respond instantly; it took a full three breaths of time before it was controlled by Zheng Danlian to swim back.

The other Jin Dan cultivators did not pursue for a time—they were all shocked by the power of the mechanical black snake.

The Grand Clarity Palace true transmission covered his severed arm, his heart still lingering in fear: "This is definitely not an ordinary Night Rain demonic soldier!"

The Purple Firmament Pavilion true transmission also stared at the mechanical black snake, his heart shocked: "I didn't expect that in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, a small Zheng family would actually control such a sharp mechanical weapon."

"Hahaha, I'm back!" Zheng Shuanggou returned to the clan grounds.

And the clan grounds had long since raised a huge defensive array, with its power fully activated.

Zheng Shuanggou fighting within the array would definitely have a huge geographical advantage.

"Ugh!" Zheng Shuanggou's laughter stopped abruptly.

He widened his eyes and looked at his hands.

The Demonic Sect's True Scripture held in his hands was dissolving rapidly, like ashes drifting after paper is burned.

Soon, Zheng Shuanggou had empty hands.

"Wh-what's going on?!" Zheng Shuanggou was stunned.

"Hand over the True Scripture!" Luo Shang, who hadn't seen this scene, commanded the Ghost General to kill again.

Zheng Shuanggou hurriedly shouted: "Wait, there's a problem with this True Scripture!"

"There's no damn problem; the True Scripture is the True Scripture!" The Grand Clarity Palace true transmission sneered.

He had personally felt the profound meaning of the True Scripture enter his mind, so he was very certain that this was the True Scripture.

Even though Zheng Shuanggou had hidden in the family array, the Grand Clarity Palace disciples were also frantically attacking the array's light shield, wanting to snatch back the Demonic Sect's True Scripture.

"Demonic heretics, how dare you continue to attack my clan's array!" Seeing his own clan grounds being affected, Zheng Danlian let out a cold snort and rushed over at full speed.

The mechanical black snake followed closely by his side.

Zheng Danlian soon faced the Grand Clarity Palace true transmission.

He reached out and summoned, and the mechanical black snake pounced, transforming in mid-air. By the time it fell into Zheng Danlian's hand, it had already turned into a long-handled sickle.

The sickle was entirely pitch-black, without a trace of other colors. Its aura was extremely restrained, restrained to the extreme, almost like the most ordinary object.

Zheng Danlian held the sickle and slashed fiercely at the Grand Clarity Palace true transmission.

The Grand Clarity Palace true transmission stood still.

In an instant, he seemed to be in the night rain, feeling desolate, sorrowful, painful, and desperate beyond compare!

His eyes became unfocused.

He was cut into countless pieces, and blood, magic power, and so on all burst out.

This was just a single slash of the sickle.

All the Jin Dan cultivators present, including those of the Three Families Alliance itself, gasped, truly feeling that the sickle was incredibly powerful!

Zheng Danlian himself was also stunned.

The next moment, his palm loosened, and the sickle in his hand transformed again, turning into the mechanical black snake.

The black snake swam rapidly, directly crushing the countless pieces of flesh of the Grand Clarity Palace true transmission, and then the snake opened its mouth, swallowing the Jin Dan of the Grand Clarity Palace true transmission disciple directly into its belly.

Zheng Danlian felt an immense chill in his heart!

Because this series of actions by the mechanical black snake was not controlled by him at all, but was the mechanical black snake acting on its own.

"Th-this demonic soldier is still unruly and murderous; our previous forging plan... failed!"

Everyone was shocked.

The battlefield suddenly fell into a dead silence.

All along, the group of Jin Dan cultivators, although they fought, were relatively restrained and did not wantonly slaughter civilians or destroy the city.

Because they all knew that Meng Kui, the Yuan Ying-level City Lord, was at the top of the mountain in the clouds.

No one expected that the black sickle would directly behead a Jin Dan.

And it was so clean and neat!

All the Jin Dan cultivators present, including Zhu Xuanji and Zheng Danlian, felt a sense of horror.

They put themselves in the other's shoes; if they were the shadow demonic cultivator (Grand Clarity Palace true transmission), could they resist the fierce power of this demonic sickle?

No one had such self-confidence.

The things of the Night Rain Dynasty were vastly different from the cultivation principles of today, making them very difficult to defend against.

Looking at Zheng Danlian holding the black sickle, everyone's fire of battle was like encountering extreme cold ice, extinguished in an instant.

The first to leave was the shadow demonic cultivator (Purple Firmament Pavilion true transmission).

As for Sun Lingtong and Yang Chanyu, they had already left in the middle of the chaotic battle.

"Do not use this demonic soldier again." Zhu Xuanji dropped this sentence and chased after the shadow demonic cultivator (Purple Firmament Pavilion true transmission).

Zheng Danlian reacted, holding the long-handled black sickle, and shouted: "I killed the shadow demonic cultivator! Someone, collect his corpse; this is my contribution, the contribution of my Zheng family to Fire Persimmon Xiancheng!"

However, the next moment, a Ghost General appeared beside the corpse of the shadow demonic cultivator (Grand Clarity Palace true transmission disciple).

The Ghost General clapped his hands with a cheeky smile and shouted: "It's over, it's over, this person is a true transmission disciple of the Grand Clarity Palace!"

"You're talking nonsense!" The two Jin Dan cultivators of the Zheng family instantly changed their expressions.

The other Jin Dan cultivators also changed their expressions and looked toward the corpse one after another.

Zheng Shuanggou realized something was wrong and hurriedly ran to the corpse, wanting to collect it.

But at this time, another Ghost General appeared and blocked Zheng Shuanggou.

Just as the two sides were about to start a war, Zheng Danlian shook the black long sickle in his hand. In an instant, one Jin Dan-level and one Foundation Establishment-level Ghost General were all cut into countless pieces.

But it was already too late.

Luo Shang's voice came again: "Zheng family of Fire Persimmon City, have you thought about how to give an explanation to the Grand Clarity Palace? Hahaha."

His laughter was full of schadenfreude.

And on the other side.

"Zhu Xuanji, you can't catch up to me, give up on that idea." After the Purple Firmament Pavilion true transmission left the Xiancheng, he finally exerted his full strength.

His body was like purple lightning, his speed surged to the limit, and he quickly disappeared into the horizon.

"Purple Firmament Pavilion!" Zhu Xuanji saw his origin and also discovered that the other party indeed had a strong speed advantage; after thinking about it, he turned and returned to the city.

There, there were more important things to solve.

Not long after.

In the Zheng family's meeting hall.

Zhu Xuanji and the Three Families' Jin Dan cultivators all had grave expressions, and the atmosphere in the hall was very oppressive.

Regarding the black long sickle and the extremely unlucky Grand Clarity Palace true transmission Jin Dan, everyone discussed it for a while, but none had any reliable way to handle it.

And the Demonic Sect's True Scripture they had pinned their hopes on, Zheng Shuanggou had only grasped to the level of the fifth layer of Qi Refining.

After the meeting, Zhu Xuanji hid his original appearance and aura, walking alone in the street.

"The matter has blown up." He frowned deeply and sighed.

The matter of beheading the Grand Clarity Palace true transmission during the chaotic battle brought the Zheng family to the brink of destruction.

Should he protect the Zheng family or not?

Could he protect them?

These were all things Zhu Xuanji had to consider and deliberate carefully.

If he didn't protect them, the Three Families Alliance he had worked so hard to pull together would immediately fall apart.

But if he wanted to protect them, he would have to face accountability and face the Grand Clarity Palace, this super sect. That was very terrifying.

This left Zhu Xuanji in a dilemma!

"How did things develop into this state?"

"This Night Rain demonic soldier is much more evil than I imagined."

"How exactly did the Zheng family obtain it?"

Zhu Xuanji knew that the Zheng family had obtained this opportunity from the Lava Immortal Palace. But he had never delved into the specific details.

Today's battle made Zhu Xuanji deeply understand how fierce this demonic soldier was!

This undoubtedly broke Zhu Xuanji's original plan.

"The good news is that the shadow demonic cultivator appeared."

"The bad news is that there is more than one shadow demonic cultivator, and I didn't catch a single one."

"Strange..."

A strange feeling lingered in Zhu Xuanji's heart.

But he thought about it over and over, and just couldn't figure out where the strangeness lay.

When he came back to his senses and returned to reality, Zhu Xuanji unexpectedly discovered that he had actually come to Unlike Ning Zhuo's residence again.

"In any case, this time the Demonic Sect's True Scripture fell into Zheng Shuanggou's hands, so the danger on Unlike Ning Zhuo's side has dropped by a large margin..."

"..." Zhu Xuanji suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

He just stood outside the courtyard gate, staring quietly at the house in front of him for a good while.

He entered the house and saw Unlike Ning Zhuo again.

Zhu Xuanji smiled, hiding golden glints in his eyes: "Unlike Ning Zhuo, I previously used you as bait, making you bear quite a lot of risk."

"This time, I will reward you with a cultivation technique; thank you for your cooperation."

Unlike Ning Zhuo pretended to be overjoyed, his eyes shining, and hurriedly asked for instruction: "Lord Zhu, I don't know what cultivation technique it is?"

Zhu Xuanji smiled slightly: "Demonic Blood Tendon Dyeing Technique."

"Demonic Blood Tendon Dyeing Technique?" Unlike Ning Zhuo chewed on the word, as if he were hearing it for the first time.

Zhu Xuanji didn't see any flaws and added: "Before you cultivate, let me test your foundation first to see if you are suitable for this cultivation technique."

"Come, reach out your hand; I will check your three dantian for you and finally evaluate your aptitude."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he had to bite the bullet and say: "Thank you, Lord Zhu!"