Chapter 271
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Chapter 271 271 Return to Three
The invasion of Purgatory was not simply the entry of ordinary creatures, but a large-scale invasion by an entire army.
In a very short time, a large number of troops were mobilized and the inner city seal of Tu Yue was breached in one fell swoop.
After slaughtering the Black Army at the sealed fortress, they took advantage of Tu Yue's absence to quickly paralyze the formation and destroy the monitoring moon tower, causing all the experts in the city to fall into a situation of acting independently.
In the end, only a very few escaped with their special abilities, while the vast majority were devoured one by one and eventually perished.
By the time Tu Yue returned, it was too late. Without the amplification of the formation, she and Xie Jun could only hold out for a little longer before being repeatedly defeated by the Duke of Purgatory and the Queen of Extreme Cold. In the end, they had no choice but to flee in panic to Xingdao.
At this moment, the entire Tu Yue site is divided into two major areas: one occupied by Purgatory and the other by Extreme Cold.
At this moment, the two people are a man and a woman.
The man was tall and strong, with dark red skin. He wore heavy black armor with silver patterns, and his face was square. He held a huge, blood-red long-handled battle axe in both hands.
Another woman wore leather armor with gold trim that resembled dark red underwear, revealing large areas of white skin on her chest and abdomen. Her eyes burned with red flames, and her long hair was made up of dense, fire-breathing snakes that constantly twisted and wriggled behind her.
“That person is crucial. We still don’t know how he bypassed the seal and leaked the power of the Holy Prison. If we can replicate this situation again, this airspace will be ours for the taking!” the man said in a deep voice. “Your Highness Lanxi, this group carries the aura of that person from back then. Please do not disturb them. We must follow them to find our target.”
"That's your mission, what does it have to do with me? Father didn't tell me to restrict myself," the woman said lazily, a smile on her face. "I'm tired of constantly devouring Blood Ancestors. Changing to something ordinary can help to refresh my mood."
"Your Highness." The man wanted to persuade her, but in a flash, the woman disappeared without a trace.
He was startled and hurriedly headed towards Yunxiazi's group.
Fortunately, His Highness did not take action directly, but seemed to be hiding to the side, with other plans.
This put him at ease.
At this point, some people in the line below had fallen behind because they couldn't keep up with the main group.
Most of these people came here to seek safety by following Yunxiazi. There are both men and women among them, and many of them are former members of the Moon Tower.
However, those of the original bloodline who were not nobles lacked fel energy and were therefore not considered upper echelons within the Moon Tower. Consequently, this group was the most likely to survive. They were not the primary targets of attack.
But living the longest doesn't necessarily mean living a good life.
Because of their past sycophancy and bullying of their superiors, these people transfer the psychological pressure of being humiliated by those above them to the weaker, lower-class individuals, causing many of them to have distorted minds.
Now that they felt the original blood fading away, their fear was far greater than that of anyone else.
The group was rushing along, escorting two teenagers in the center. They were feeling the decline of their original bloodline, and with the appearance of a purgatory monster chasing them from behind, they became increasingly panicked.
"No, we'll all die carrying those two burdens!"
Someone couldn't help but shout.
"Scatter! Don't stay together, or we'll all die!" another voice added.
"No, we're not attractive at all. It's probably those two nobles who attracted those two hellish monsters! We can only survive if we get rid of them!"
Upon hearing this, the two noble girls with original bloodlines who were surrounded immediately turned pale.
"You were the ones begging us to take you with us when we ran away!! We even protected you so many times! You!!?" a girl with long, black hair shouted angrily.
"Stop talking, Anling," Shaye said calmly from the side. "They're saying this on purpose for us to hear. By not transmitting their voices but spreading them out, they simply hope to avoid conflict with us, win over others to reach a consensus, and then leave us behind to escape safely."
The hardships of this time allowed Shaye to mature at an unimaginable speed.
She saw through the original bloodline's plans at a glance. None of them were naive; they had all lived for at least several decades, and some things were simply not said outright.
"These despicable bitches!!" The girl called Anling gritted her teeth, but still didn't say anything more.
She used to share Saeyo's aversion to those nobles who resorted to cannibalism, even though they were also members of the nobility. But the thought of eating someone of her own kind in appearance was something that gave her nightmares.
Whether it's her or Shaye, there will always be a few such outliers among the original blood nobles every now and then.
They were driven by pure fear, especially after witnessing their parents using evil energy to devour people they had captured from outside. From then on, they would dream that they were just like those captured people, and one day, because they disobeyed, they would be captured by their cruel parents and devoured bit by bit.
So although she and Shaye are both nobles and possess evil powers, they have never used them. They also do their best to save people everywhere, and the people they help the most are other non-nobles with original bloodlines who are closest to them.
As a result, they were ostracized by the former aristocratic class. And now, the very people they had been helping were treating them this way.
“I think these people are even worse than those cannibalistic nobles!” Anling said fiercely.
"At least the last of them, though brutally cannibalistic, died with dignity. Most of them showed no fear, only a willingness to fight to the death!"
"Alright, stop talking." Shaye stopped her. She quickly glanced back; thankfully, the two infernal creatures that had appeared earlier were gone.
Although they didn't know why no one came to hunt them down, at least for now, they were safe.
Little did she know that just a few meters above her head, a dark red figure was hiding in a special area, observing the two of them with great interest.
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Whoosh!
Jade Sea Coast.
A semi-transparent phantom suddenly pierced through the thick fog and rapidly landed outside the boundary wall.
The phantom accelerated rapidly, as if teleporting, covering a vast distance in just half a minute, passing through the Misty Village, skimming over large tracts of wasteland, and finally appearing directly outside the maze ruins.
hiss.
The illusory image landed and solidified into Lin Hui's figure.
He looked at the gray stone ruins before him.
On the rolling gray-black hills are dilapidated stone buildings, remnants of ruined stone walls, and palaces floating in the air in the distance.
There was no fog here; it was exactly the same as when he first came, with no changes.
*Pfft.* Lin Hui lightly stomped his foot.
A rumbling sound quickly arose, and soon, a crack more than a meter long suddenly appeared in the ground directly in front of him.
A pair of large, purple, fluorescent eyes emerged from the mouth.
"It's you. You've worked hard these past few days." Lin Hui recognized the person as the Purple Crystal Flame Dragon, whom he had arranged to guard the underground area long ago.
This infernal monster, which was once evolved from the Amethyst Infernal Tyrannosaurus Rex, has now become a loyal Blood Seal creature.
The purple light blinked, closed its eyes again, and disappeared.
Lin Hui also stepped forward and quickly went inside for a look around.
But as soon as he entered the herb garden, the empty and silent environment caused his expression to change slightly.
The entire medicinal herb garden has changed quite a bit.
Previously, there was a medicinal herb garden, a pond, and a cluster of wooden houses where people lived. There were also two vegetable plots.
Now a small bamboo grove has appeared between the herb garden and the pond. The serene and verdant atmosphere is quite lovely.
Behind the wooden house were piles of wooden frames and stone boxes.
Besides these, Lin Hui also saw something else.
A small cemetery has been newly built beside the pond.
He flashed over and saw the water figure awakening and solidifying in the pool.
The water creature grew to over five meters tall, its entire body was grayish-black, and a V-shaped crystal with a purple glow had appeared on its chest at some unknown time.
The man flushing the toilet nodded. Lin Hui walked into the cemetery, glanced around, and saw that all the tombstones were unfamiliar.
But one thing made him stop in his tracks.
'The Tomb of Nine-Tailed Scorpion Ahei.'
"..." He had mentioned that one of the guards had gone missing, and now it seems he's dead.
He had originally assigned Nine-Tailed Scorpion, Water Spirit, and Amethyst Flame Dragon to guard the labyrinth ruins' herb garden together. Now, Nine-Tailed Scorpion is dead, Water Spirit has changed drastically, and Amethyst Flame Dragon seems to have forgotten how to even bark.
He remembered that this guy could communicate simply through his barks.
Has he been beaten senseless?
Lin Hui sighed inwardly and took a walk around the herb garden. He found that the purple fungus was growing very well, with neat and beautiful rows of purple-black glistening mushrooms.
"Unfortunately, the effects of this medicine are already waning for me now."
Although the efficacy of Ziyunzhi (紫云芝) is diminishing, this medicinal garden, as a secluded base, is highly safe and still possesses considerable value. Lin Hui has no intention of giving up on it.
"The medicinal herb garden plan can't keep up with changes, but it can be replaced by planting other needed medicines or food."
After wandering around for a while, he left the maze ruins and flew at high speed towards the old site of Tu Yue.
Next, it's time to visit my hometown.
Tu Yue died at his hands, which gave him a strange feeling that he had personally destroyed his hometown.
To avoid attracting the attention of the monsters from Purgatory and the extreme cold, and also to search for survivors along the way, Lin Hui began to slow down, flying at a slower pace while observing any possible signs of life below.
After flying for only a few minutes, he immediately spotted the entrance to an abandoned underground ruin with slight signs of human activity.
The entrance was set up with a warning trap array, and even some plants that had been contaminated by purgatory were incorporated to disguise the real entrance.
However, Lin Hui eventually discovered it.
He landed gently and walked to the entrance of the rocky cave. Instead of going in, he used his mind to probe and sense the movements inside.
Telepathy is a very mysterious feeling.
It's like having an infrared scanner installed inside your body; within a certain range, all conscious and mental targets around you will appear in your mind without any obstacles.
Of course, there are a few materials that can block the mind, but these materials are generally expensive, and they don't exist here.
Lin Huicai released his mind and 'saw' the situation inside the cave of the ruins.
More than a dozen Summoners and martial artists gathered together, taking turns raping the five targets with the aura of primal blood.
The five original bloodlines belonged to two men and three women.
The man was surrounded by a group of strong women, while the woman was surrounded by the rest of the men.
The original blood aura on the five people was already very faint, and Lin Hui guessed that the degeneration was about to end.
If I wait another ten days or so, I might be able to completely become an ordinary person.
Unfortunately, they won't live to see that day.
Standing outside the cave, Lin Hui could hear the angry and resentful outbursts of the perpetrators inside.
"My father didn't beg for mercy when you ate him!"
"Kill him! What are you dawdling for? Don't let things get complicated!"
"You've finally met your match?! Tu Yue is finished. Let me tell you, Tu Yue is long gone!!"
"They're still alive after all this?! They're really tough."
"My sister died in his bed! These beasts! They didn't even leave her body alone!"
(End of this chapter)