Chapter 1361: Qin Jiujie's Choice

Squeak squeak!

On the enormous petals, eerie blood-mouthed fangs ground against each other, and torrents of blood ceaselessly streamed out from within, staining the nearby ground a sticky, blood-red.

A Marquis Realm expert of the fifth rank was thus devoured alive, used as flesh and blood nourishment, right before everyone's eyes.

The shock caused by this scene nearly caused the psychological defenses of many of the Marquis Realm experts present to collapse outright.

Especially the other Guard Commanders of the Ten Thousand Beasts Guard, who came from Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage—every single one of them had an ashen-white face, with thick terror flowing in their eyes.

And just as everyone was sinking into fear, they saw the enormous blood-red flower bud, at this moment, have its giant petals bloom wider and wider.

By now, everyone could faintly see that, at the center of the flower bud, what appeared to be a black lotus platform had emerged.

Every petal of the lotus platform was inscribed with extremely eerie patterns, patterns that seemed to gather the evil-intent energy of countless things in the world—even a Marquis Realm expert who glanced at them would give birth to countless negative emotions in their heart.

Beneath the lotus platform, black qi flowed, and faintly, what seemed to be hundreds of millions of twisted shadows appeared, their bodies bearing the black lotus on their backs, keeping it from falling.

The black lotus had not fully bloomed yet, but the moment it appeared, the blood-red light pillar that had originally shot out from the blood-red flower bud suddenly surged dozens of times stronger in an instant.

Originally, the "Four Li Tianwang Suppression Talisman" hanging above the Boundary River Treasure Domain had not only fully suppressed the blood-red light pillar, but could also intertwine and grind against the mysterious gray light falling from the depths of the Boundary River void.

But as this surge of the blood-red light pillar intensified, everyone could see that the Four Li Tianwang Suppression Talisman seemed, at this moment, to have grown faintly dimmer.

Although the Four Li Tianwang Suppression Talisman contained a sliver of power from each of the four Li Tianwang, the side facing the Boundary River Treasure Domain was its weakest point, and now that the blood-red light pillar was eroding and interfering from within, it naturally caused no small impact.

Moreover, this also showed that, as the eerie black lotus hidden deep within the flower bud was gradually brought to fruition, the guiding power released from within was growing ever stronger.

At the distant Boundary River void, the three-pupiled giant eye seemed to flicker at this moment too, its three pupils slowly rotating, as if surveying the entire Boundary River Domain.

Qin Qin Lian stared at the black lotus gradually blooming from within the blood-red flower bud, and a twisted, sickly smile also surfaced on her cold, stern face.

"Then next, whose turn is it?"

Her cold, sinister laughter rang out across the field, causing Qin Beiming, Li Zhihuo and the others' scalps to suddenly explode, and an overwhelming flood of terror to surge up from their hearts.

"Don't scatter! We can only join forces to fight it!" Still, Qin Beiming had considerable guts; he quickly suppressed the terror in his heart and roared with all his might.

At this moment, the more one feared and retreated, the less road there was to retreat on.

Li Zhihuo, Zhu Zhan and the others understood this principle too, so they hurriedly gathered together. One after another, towering, massive Marquis Platforms hung in the air like mountains, straining to gulp in the energy of heaven and earth, building up their momentum.

At this moment, they felt an unprecedented sense of tacit understanding with one another.

In that instant, they seemed to have become companions who had fought side by side for many years.

Of course, they were also clear that it wasn't that they had so much tacit understanding—it was simply that they had been scared out of their wits by Zhao Xiuyuan's fate.

Abyss City.

"Three-Pupil Fetal Demon King!"

"Faceless One, what exactly does your Guiyi Hui want to do?!"

When Qin Jiujie saw the giant eye containing three pupils within the Boundary River void, thick horror surged up on his face, and then he whirled his head to look at Faceless Mingwang and demanded sharply.

He would never have imagined that what Faceless Mingwang intended to guide in would actually be a Dark Realm Demon King on par with a Li Tianwang-level existence!

If such an existence truly succeeded in descending upon the Boundary River Domain, all the defenses the Outer Shenzhou had here would be destroyed.

With their ordinary King-level strength, they simply could not be a match for that Three-Pupil Fetal Demon King.

Moreover, given the other's rank, its ambition was probably not merely to occupy the Boundary River Domain—on the contrary, it would surely use this place as a bridgehead to invade the Outer Shenzhou.

At that time, an extremely terrifying alien calamity would descend upon the entire Outer Shenzhou.

Now, the Li Tianwang-level existences of the four great Li Tianwang lineages were all absent from the Outer Shenzhou; if something truly went wrong then, who could clean up the mess?

Although Qin Jiujie harbored ill will toward Li Li Jingzhe, hoping to see him fall so as to weaken Li Li Tianwang's lineage, he did not wish to see a terrifying-scale alien calamity sweep through the Outer Shenzhou.

"Qin Jiujie, the way you do things is just indecisive. If we don't lure in an existence like the Three-Pupil Fetal Demon King, who could possibly deal with Li Li Jingzhe, this pseudo Three-Crown King?"

"And besides, this kind of scheme actually has little to do with you. My coming here is only to guide its unfolding; the ones who truly established this place are certain existences within the 'Venerable Lord Court.' So whether it's you or me, we can only obey." Faceless Mingwang was likewise gazing up at the Three-Pupil giant eye that had appeared in the void of the Boundary River beyond the layers of emptiness, and his strange, hoarse voice rang out.

Hearing Faceless Mingwang mention the "Venerable Lord Court," even the furious Qin Jiujie fell silent, a trace of fear flashing through his eyes.

Because that "Venerable Lord Court" was the most terrifying reserve of power within the Guiyi Hui, and the existences within were all Li Tianwang-level.

Any single one of them stepping out would put these Li Tianwang lineages on high alert as if facing a great enemy.

Still, Faceless Mingwang's words did make Qin Jiujie feel somewhat better. This way, this calamity wasn't caused by him bringing Faceless Mingwang here—it was originally a far-reaching scheme of the Guiyi Hui, and had nothing to do with him, Qin Jiujie.

"And when this existence truly descends, the place it ravages will be within Li Li Tianwang's territory. The ones who'll have a headache and suffer losses then will be the King-level experts of Li Li Tianwang's lineage. Your Qin Li Tianwang lineage, on the other hand, can take advantage of this to gain quite a few benefits." Faceless Mingwang said with a grin.

Qin Jiujie's face shifted unpredictably, and then he said in a somewhat strained voice: "I can't trust you. I'm afraid I won't be able to wrap things up at the end!"

Faceless Mingwang spread his hands and said: "But not trusting me won't change anything. Now that every part of the scheme has already succeeded—surely you're not thinking of stepping forward to become the great hero who saves the Boundary River Domain?"

"Hehe, Qin Jiujie, don't make things hard on yourself. What kind of person are you—do you really think I don't know?"

"Once your relationship with us is exposed, not only will the other Li Tianwang lineages of the Outer Shenzhou hate you to the bone, but even within your own Qin Li Tianwang lineage, they won't let you off easily. It's possible that your old Li Tianwang will just personally uphold justice and destroy his own kin."

Faceless Mingwang's voice gradually softened.

"Qin Jiujie, your final destination will only be to become the next Mingwang of our Guiyi Hui. So what does the chaos of the Outer Shenzhou have to do with you?"

"Although you currently preside over the Qin Li Tianwang lineage, your potential has already been exhausted. If you want to advance further in the future, you can only rely on our Guiyi Hui. Even your decrepit Qin Li Tianwang probably can't help you with this."

This final sentence completely silenced Qin Jiujie, his gaze darkening. Although the Qin Li Tianwang lineage was a hegemon of this Outer Shenzhou, compared to the unfathomably mysterious Guiyi Hui, it still fell far short—Qin Jiujie knew this in his heart.

After all, the support of the Guiyi Hui had been crucial to his attaining his current strength and status.

In the end, Qin Jiujie turned his head, looked toward the direction of Sky Dragon Ridge, and said in a gloomy voice: "Then, when will I be able to see Li Li Jingzhe fall?"

Faceless Mingwang's blank face slowly writhed, and he said: "Thanks to that Qin Qin Lian, she's performed very well inside the treasure domain. The 'Ninth-Rank Summoning Platform' has initially bloomed, and it's already able to guide a portion of the Three-Pupil Fetal Demon King's power down. Look..."

Hearing Qin Qin Lian's name, Qin Jiujie's gaze stirred. He now knew that during Faceless Mingwang's time in Abyss City, he had quietly arranged some chess pieces, and Qin Qin Lian was one of them.

But it didn't matter anymore.

Qin Jiujie did not pity Qin Qin Lian. This woman had been too extreme over the years, and her path was essentially coming to an end.

Qin Jiujie raised his head, gazing toward the Boundary River beyond the layers of emptiness, and saw that in the void, the Three-Pupil giant eye slowly swept its gaze, and finally, one pupil cast toward a certain place in the Boundary River Domain.

That was the direction of Sky Dragon Ridge.

"The Three-Pupil Fetal Demon King will naturally sense the person in this Boundary River Domain who offers it the greatest resistance. And besides Li Li Jingzhe, who has reached the pseudo Three-Crown King realm, who else could that be?" Faceless Mingwang clapped his hands and laughed.

"Next, the real show is about to begin."