Chapter 1587: Three People

In the dark Judian, the floor was smooth as a mirror, like obsidian, refracting the dim light again and again throughout the hall.

The Judian was vast and empty; only on the mirror-like floor were some eerie patterns inscribed, and these patterns writhed from time to time, as if possessing a certain vitality.

Until a certain moment, an inexplicable, eerie whisper spread through the black Judian.

Only to see those eerie patterns on the floor surge with a sinister flow of light, and then the light gathered like a tide, converging at three spots; after a moment, the sinister light vanished, transforming into three pitch-black giant eggs that emanated dense waves of evil intent.

Crack.

The next instant, cracks appeared on the giant eggs; the cracks spread rapidly, finally turning into black liquid that dripped onto the floor.

The scene within was then revealed.

On the right was a man whose body was as burly as a black tower; his body was covered in eerie patterns that seemed to writhe within his flesh and blood. His palms were abnormally huge, like ghostly claws, with fingertips black as ink, emanating a chilling fluctuation.

On the left, a slender figure draped in dark-golden garments; his skin seemed to bear some gray cracks, making him look like a shattered porcelain piece, yet at the same time faintly emanating an eerie aura.

And if Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge were here, they would recognize him at a glance—this person was none other than Shen Shen Jinxiao.

Only now, compared to when he was at the Heavenly Mirror Pagoda, he had clearly undergone an entirely different change; the most obvious was a pitch-black crack at his brow, and through the crack, one seemed to be able to see a beating black heart within.

And between the two stood a slender, graceful figure; her enchanting body was covered in fine black snake scales, like an extremely form-fitting snake-scale armor, perhaps precisely because it clung so tightly, it revealed every inch of her mesmerizing curves without reserve; her supple, boneless slender waist, like a snake's, exuded an enchanting aura.

The black snake slowly slithered along the curves of her body, finally merging into her somewhat pale skin.

She raised her head; her bewitching cheeks, under the dim lamplight of the black great hall, flowed with an unfathomably dark luster, making one inexplicably feel a creeping dread, yet unable to resist being immersed in that bewitching charm, wanting to fall for it.

She was like a poisonous fruit harboring deadly venom in this world—instilling awe at a glance, yet one could not help but be curious what taste that poison fruit actually held.

She was... Li Li Lingjing.

Long unseen, the temperament she exuded was now clearly different from before.

As if, within the darkness, she had sunk ever deeper.

Three figures appeared in the dark great hall, yet none of them uttered a word, until after a long while, a ball of dark-green flame suddenly appeared in the hall; the flame surged violently, finally transforming into a fire-shadow.

That was a figure entirely shrouded in dark-green flame, whose features could not be seen, but the tremendous oppressive force emanating from within caused the eyes of the three present to subtly narrow.

Because they knew who had come.

Among the Thirteen Ming Kings, the one who sat high in the third seat—Demon Flame Ming King.

"It seems those who survived absorbing the Extreme Evil Seed this time are only the three of you." From within the dark-green fire-shadow came an indifferent voice.

Originally, the Guiyi Society had spent over a hundred years brewing and cultivating seven "Extreme Evil Seeds," but in the end, only the three before them could fully withstand the Evil Seeds; the other four seeds had clearly been killed by the backlash.

"Not bad, this success rate is already far stronger than before." However, even though four had died, this Demon Flame Ming King was satisfied with the result.

This so-called "Extreme Evil Seed" was a top-tier secret art of their Guiyi Society; this secret art was passed down from the Faceless Holy Sect, and later modified in reverse by a Li Tianwang within the society, so its effect was similar to those Holy Seeds in the Li Tianwang lineages. Of course, some of its side effects were also rather severe; seedlings who could ultimately survive and fully absorb the Evil Seed were hard to come by even in a hundred years.

?

Whether these three before them could use this to ascend to the King Realm still depended on their own abilities.

"Now the Academy Alliance is at war with our Guiyi Society; the four Li Tianwang are confronting and battling the five great Li Tianwang of the Academy Alliance in the depths of the void, and the arrangements our Guiyi Society has made in Outer Shenzhou over the years have also been detected by the Academy Alliance; right now they are attempting to clear them out one by one."

"But their appetite is a bit too large; the Calamities in Outer Shenzhou have been nurtured by us for many years and have gradually grown into a force to be reckoned with. The Academy Alliance's attempt to root them out will only cause them to gradually sink into a quagmire, after all, the Calamity Kings descending among those Calamities are enough to wear out their King Realm powerhouses to exhaustion." The Demon Flame Ming King's indifferent voice echoed through the vast, dark great hall.

And Li Li Lingjing, Shen Shen Jinxiao, and that burly-as-a-black-tower man also subtly shifted their gazes; clearly, during their closed-door absorption of the "Extreme Evil Seed," the epoch-defining great war between the Guiyi Society and the Academy Alliance had already begun.

"Next, there is a mission to be handed to the three of you—proceed to the Eastern Region Shenzhou, to a country called Daxia; that land is being eroded by the 'Eight-Headed Black Demon King,' and it will be a key point in our Guiyi Society's plan this time."

Hearing these words from the Demon Flame Ming King, Shen Shen Jinxiao was somewhat surprised and said respectfully, "That remote corner of Daxia can actually be so important?"

The Calamity in Daxia had almost been pushed forward by Shen Shen Jinxiao back then, but he had always assumed it was merely a casual move by the Guiyi Society; after all, the Guiyi Society had done far too many similar things in the Eastern Region Shenzhou. But hearing it now, Daxia was actually a rather important link in the Guiyi Society's grand plan.

This was clearly somewhat beyond Shen Shen Jinxiao's expectations.

Regarding these three seedlings who had successfully absorbed the "Extreme Evil Seed," the Demon Flame Ming King was clearly still somewhat patient, and said indifferently, "Although the Daxia region is barren, it has its own hidden mysteries; otherwise, do you think that Demon King at the peak of the Three-Crowned King tier, the Eight-Headed Black Demon King, has spent years there simply to release evil-intent qi and pollute the world?"

"Sealed there is a Primordial Seed from the primordial era."

"Our Guiyi Society has been searching for him for many years as well; it was only recently, when Yin Li Tianwang personally took action, that his traces were detected."

Shen Shen Jinxiao and Li Li Lingjing both had shifting gazes: "A Primordial Seed passed down from the primordial era? Even a Li Tianwang might not survive such an endless span of years, right?"

"According to Yin Li Tianwang, that one was one of the last generation's 'Six Sons of Faceless' of the Faceless Holy Sect in the primordial era; he was once a Primordial Seed, and after surviving the great upheaval of the Faceless Holy Sect, he sealed himself with secret arts, eking out an existence and enduring the erosion of time."

"This one held an extremely high position in the Faceless Holy Sect back then, and he was known as the 'Pill Saint'; many of the Faceless Holy Sect's top-tier spirit pills were refined by him, including the Myriad Phase Golden Pill that pairs with the Myriad Phase Seed."

"He is our target; of course, the Eight-Headed Black Demon King should also have caught his scent from some hidden source, which is why it is so greedy for that barren land of Daxia—it wants to devour this Primordial Seed, already eroded by time to the brink of collapse, to help it step into the Great Demon King realm."

Shen Shen Jinxiao was deeply shaken; he had not expected that within that barren Daxia, a Li Tianwang-tier Primordial Seed who had survived from the primordial era would actually be hidden and sealed!

And such a figure was merely one of the Six Sons in the once Faceless Holy Sect; it was hard to imagine how terrifying the Faceless Sect Master, who could make such an existence bow its head, must have been.

"After you go to Daxia, while spying on the traces of that 'Six Son of Faceless,' if you encounter the Myriad Phase Seed and another Primordial Seed, you must also coordinate with the powerful experts we have over there to capture them."

A strange light surged in Shen Shen Jinxiao's pupils, and a bizarre smile slowly curled at the corner of his lips as he said, "May I ask if it is that Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge?"

The Demon Flame Ming King nodded and said, "From the intelligence, that Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge have already led Li Li Tianwang's lineage's forces toward Daxia, but they are now strong in men and horses, and not easy to deal with; and our Ming Kings must temporarily deal with the Academy Alliance, so once you go there, you must wait for the right opportunity to act. After all, the Eight-Headed Black Demon King will be our best enforcer."

"The Primordial Seed must be taken alive; as for the Myriad Phase Seed, if it resists stubbornly, dead or alive doesn't matter—just bring its corpse back."

Shen Shen Jinxiao's crimson tongue licked his lips, and a sickly smile surfaced in his eyes.

"Yes!"

The three within the great hall all answered in assent.

"Let's go. Before departing, you may go to the Black Vault to take some treasures to aid you in completing the mission. Once our Guiyi Society's plan this time is complete, no force in this world will dare to stand in our way." As the Demon Flame Ming King's indifferent voice fell, his figure had already transformed into dark-green firelight and dissipated.

"The two of you, Li Luo's head—when the time comes, please be sure to leave it intact for me; I want to keep it as a permanent collection!" A sickly smile surfaced on Shen Shen Jinxiao's face; after absorbing the Extreme Evil Seed, his state of mind had clearly undergone some changes as well.

And upon hearing Shen Shen Jinxiao's words, Li Li Lingjing beside him seemed to pause for a moment; her skin was pale, but her red lips were exceptionally vivid, and the corners of her lips curved into a slight arc at this moment, making her already bewitchingly charming cheeks even more brimming with demonic aura.

"Alright."

She smiled and nodded; her pale, slender fingers slowly tightened around the shaft of her staff, and the green-snake patterns coiled around the shaft also flicked out bright-red snake tongues at this moment, as if scenting the delicious, bloody scent that would be released when the skull was crushed.