Chapter 140: Escaping and the Venerable One

Heng Xian turned around without any fear, even smiling: "Why talk about dying? You're too polite, everyone!"

His body turned, transformed into a black gas, and disappeared in place in a flash.

When he appeared again, he had already passed through the densely packed demonized people and arrived dozens of meters to the west.

"Wind Demon Escape? You are also... a demon?" Ke Zhenhai and the others were surprised.

"Demon or not, you can't catch me!" Heng Xian smiled indifferently, flashed, arrived in Ke Zhenhai's arms, and threw a punch.

"Bang!"

Ke Zhenhai's chin was beaten crooked, and the whole person flew out, looking bewildered in mid-air.

The several demonized clan leaders beside him were also stunned, then gritted their teeth and pounced toward Heng Xian.

This pounce also missed.

Heng Xian arrived dozens of meters away again, this time without even looking back: "Not playing anymore, flashing!"

He disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ke Zhenhai and a group of clan leaders looked on blankly, powerless, and dumbfounded.

At this time, the whole city had become a demon domain, everywhere were demonized people, and even spirit beasts and animals had transformed into strange shapes.

Heng Xian traveled west all the way, performing the *Creation Twenty Escape Techniques*, which were nothing else, but first-class for escaping; without a Yuan Dan Realm expert, they couldn't stop him.

I wanted to just leave and wander around; to hell with the mission, I'm not doing it.

But then I had second thoughts. After all, it is a sect; if I just walk away, who knows how the sect will deal with me? Besides, cultivation still requires sect resources!

Furthermore, I haven't finished fighting with that old dog Song Rufeng and his disciples!

Forget it.

He changed direction and headed straight for the north of the city.

Not long after, he arrived at the North City, where Ke Zhenhai and thousands of demonized people had already rushed out.

The giant fox demon and the giant pig demon were flanking from both sides.

Ahead, Song Rufeng and his group had already run two miles away.

Heng Xian breathed a sigh of relief and was about to chase after them when he saw Lin Shuyu suddenly return, her face anxious.

Heng Xian immediately shouted, "Why are you coming back? Go!"

Lin Shuyu said urgently, "Junior Sister Ye Ling'er and two junior brothers haven't caught up yet!"

Heng Xian looked back and saw that inside the city wall, there was a dense crowd of demonized people; in the middle of the crowd, Ye Ling'er and two male disciples were completely surrounded, and all of them were injured.

"You go quickly, I'm going to save them!" Lin Shuyu made a move to rush over.

Heng Xian glanced around; Ke Zhenhai and the others were leading a dense swarm of demonized people toward them, and the two great demons were also closing in. He quickly grabbed Lin Shuyu, "It's too late, let's go!"

Lin Shuyu broke free and said angrily, "How can we see our fellow disciples die without helping them?!"

Saying this, she prepared to rush forward again.

Heng Xian took a deep breath and grabbed her again, "I will go save them, you go. Song Rufeng is half-dead, and Ma Buying's group isn't very bright; without you, they won't be able to escape. Go quickly, take them to the Sang Guo capital first. Don't wait for me, or we'll all be wiped out!"

"You..." Lin Shuyu was stunned.

"My movement technique is better than yours, let me be willful for once!"

Heng Xian chuckled, his figure flashing dozens of meters, then flashing again for another dozens of meters.

Ke Zhenhai and his group had already pounced over by this time.

Lin Shuyu had no choice but to retreat while shouting, "Junior Brother Heng, you must come back alive!"

Heng Xian, in the middle of rushing forward, cursed under his breath about the trouble.

However, since he had promised, he certainly had to save them.

He used the "Wind Demon Escape Technique" to its limit, heading straight for where Ye Ling'er and the other two were.

However, despite his haste, when he arrived at the edge, he was still too late.

The two male disciples had already fallen into a pool of blood. Ye Ling'er had lost all hope, and after repelling a group of mindless demonized people, she raised her sword to her own neck.

"Wait!"

Heng Xian formed a seal and swung his sword.

The "Cow-B-Sword" flashed, blasting open a group of demonized people, and headed straight for Ye Ling'er's sword.

"Clang!" It knocked away Ye Ling'er's blade.

Ye Ling'er was stunned, then looked at him, her eyes filled with a deep desire to live and immense surprise: "Senior Brother Heng..."

Before she could finish her sentence, tears flowed uncontrollably.

Heng Xian was also taken aback, a complex emotion inexplicably rising in his heart; perhaps he was all the hope Ye Ling'er had right now?

The bond of fellow disciples—sometimes, just thinking of them as a burden won't do...

Immediately, he leaped to Ye Ling'er's side and put away the "Cow-B-Sword": "Go!"

Ye Ling'er said through teary eyes, "Is it possible to take the bodies of the two junior brothers with us?"

Heng Xian nodded, "Not a big problem, get on my back!"

Ye Ling'er threw herself onto his back. Heng Xian kicked away the demonized people pouncing on them, picked up the two bodies with one hand each, and with a flash of his figure, slipped away in the opposite direction, due south.

The dense crowd of demonized people reacted somewhat mechanically and couldn't keep up, so the path was surprisingly clear.

The two great demons who had reached the north of the city looked back, and for some reason, they didn't pursue, instead slowly heading north.

Heng Xian carried one person and two corpses, not feeling burdened, and soon arrived outside the southwest of the city.

At this time, the demonized people in the north of the city were running in chaos, and the northern route was blocked.

He had no choice but to continue running south.

However, after running for two or three miles, he suddenly discovered three great demons appearing in the due south direction, each with demonic energy soaring to the sky, no less than the peak of the Qi Hai Realm.

No! It wasn't just the due south direction, but along the entire southern line, every one or two miles, there was one or two demons at the peak of the Qi Hai Realm guarding it.

It was as if a giant net had surrounded the Weiwu County area.

Now, only the east and west directions were available.

Heng Xian frowned and had no choice but to run west.

He ran for a full twenty miles before stopping in a forest: "Get down, you're choking my neck!"

Ye Ling'er had been clinging to his back with admiration, staring blankly at him; at this moment, she realized what was happening and jumped down in a hurry.

Heng Xian casually placed the two bodies on the ground.

Both bodies were new inner sect disciples from this year, both exhausted and drained of spiritual power, having been grabbed to death by the demonized people; their appearance in death was very gruesome.

Upon seeing this, Ye Ling'er couldn't help but be overcome with grief, sobbing uncontrollably: "They were two very obedient junior brothers; last night they even told me they wanted to cultivate hard, break through to the Qi Hai and Yuan Dan realms in the future, and return home in glory..."

Heng Xian sighed, "In the world of cultivation, where power is unrestrained, the law of the jungle prevails, and there is danger everywhere. My Heng family has sent eighteen disciples to the sect in the last thirty years, and not a single one survived. Please grieve in moderation!"

Ye Ling'er nodded and crouched down to tidy the clothes of the two bodies.

Heng Xian walked out of the forest, glanced south, and then looked toward Weiwu County, feeling some doubt in his heart.

Those two great demons, including the many peak Qi Hai great demons in the south, could have easily caught up with Song Rufeng, Lin Shuyu, and the others, yet they seemed to be deliberately letting them go.

What are these demons trying to do?

Thinking of this, he quietly left the forest and headed straight for Weiwu County.

Twenty miles, he arrived in a moment.

He saw that demonic energy still permeated the city, and the fox and pig great demons had returned, standing on the roof of the County Lord's Mansion, chatting about something under the moon.

They actually didn't go to pursue them?!

Heng Xian thought for a moment, then carefully squeezed among the demonized people, used a demon clan escape technique to get closer, and hid on a remote roof beam to eavesdrop.

He heard the fox demon Hong Yin say in a sharp voice, "Very good, they have all gone north!"

The pig demon said in a rough voice, "It is estimated that within two days, all the human sect disciples will be able to gather at the Sang Guo capital!"

Hong Yin said in a crisp voice, "What the Venerable One ordered has been completed!"

(End of this chapter)