Chapter 562: Holy War Black Angel

A shrill, piercing cry—“Li—” shattered the rhythm of the battle.

It was like a harbinger of death, instantly piercing the souls of everyone present.

All who heard it felt their scalps tingle and their hairs stand on end in an instant.

“Gui Shou roar?”

The group in red robes turned back in alarm.

Even the blood-soaked Minotaur nearby was momentarily set aside.

Shou Ye, Hei Ming, Xin, and the others all turned their heads toward the source of the cry without hesitation.

“This is…”

At the edge of the Feng Tian Da Zhen, a massive surge of ghostly energy suddenly rose.

This dark aura was not as pure as Shou Ye’s darkness attribute.

Instead, it was filled with a chilling, sinister, and evil essence.

“Second Gui Shou?”

The red robes in the field were all stunned.

They had entered the Bai Ku with the expectation of encountering multiple Gui Shou.

But according to the records, they were all ordinary ones.

As long as a few red robes coordinated, capturing them wouldn’t be too difficult.

Yet, just from this Gui Shou’s cry, everyone could sense that this newly appeared one was likely not weaker than the blood-soaked Minotaur they were currently fighting.

“Xin?”

Shou Ye immediately turned to look at Xin.

Xin was in charge of investigating the Gui Shou information.

If there were any firsthand data on this new Gui Shou, it would definitely be with him.

“Don’t look at me, I didn’t find this one in my investigations…”

Xin responded with difficulty.

He was completely baffled.

Where on earth had this thing come from?

That cry, sounding like an eagle or hawk, was a type he had never encountered.

“Xiu!”

As everyone watched, the distant black mist suddenly burst open.

In the next second, a figure shot through it with the speed of lightning.

“This is… a person?”

Everyone stared in astonishment.

This newly appeared Gui Shou didn’t have a massive body.

On the contrary, it had a human form.

Wrapped entirely in dense ghostly energy, its features were impossible to make out.

However, in its right hand, it actually held the “You Si Jian”!

“A Gui Shou has gotten hold of the ‘You Si Jian’?”

The red robes were utterly shocked on the spot.

How could something that loses all consciousness after transforming possibly wield the “You Si Jian”?

And how could the “You Si Jian” obey it?

“Be careful, it’s still evolving!”

Hei Ming warned in a low voice.

The shadow was rushing toward them quickly.

Compared to the throne level, its speed was merely passable.

But the problem was,

As the distance grew, the Gui Shou seemed to be adapting to its power, with its speed rapidly increasing.

Its cultivation aura was doing the same!

“Shua!”

Suddenly, the void trembled.

Behind the speeding figure, a pair of black wings, over a yard long, unfurled.

With a flap of the black wings,

The figure’s speed more than doubled, becoming too fast for the eye to follow.

No one could describe this embodiment of ultimate yin and evil darkness.

The moment the black wings appeared, it was as if the Grim Reaper had arrived, instilling fear in everyone’s hearts.

“It’s growing!” Hei Ming’s pupils contracted.

The figure, which had been at the grandmaster level just moments ago, surged to the throne level with the emergence of the black wings.

And it was still rising, on the verge of reaching the Dao-Severing level.

“This is impossible. What’s the origin of this thing… It, it’s definitely not an ordinary Gui Shou!”

One of the red robes muttered, his voice full of disbelief.

As everyone knew, once a Gui Shou host was released, it could only wield as much power as the Gui Shou provided.

How could there be such a bizarre situation where the cultivation kept rising over time?

And at such a rapid rate!

“This rat…”

Shou Ye frowned, staring at the black wings, which were more than twice the size of a person, deep in thought.

“Shou Ye, do you recognize it?” Xin quickly turned back.

This thing was completely beyond him.

“Gui Shou Pearl!”

Shou Ye recalled something and said, “This kind of thing that squeezes out human potential to boost strength can only be the legendary Gui Shou Pearl.”

“But it’s extremely rare. Ordinary people… or ordinary Gui Shou hosts don’t even qualify to touch it.”

His words suddenly halted, his eyes flashing with shock.

“Xu Yue Hui Gong!”

Then, his surprise turned to fear.

Shou Ye’s eyes widened as he fully realized.

“Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi!”

“I’ve seen this thing before. During the great encirclement of Nan Yu Qing Cheng, Xu Yue Hui Gong used it to break through the siege.”

“Damn it!”

With that, all the red robes felt their minds go blank.

Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi?

No one here except Shou Ye had been part of that operation in Nan Yu Qing Cheng.

But the name “Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi” was infamous among the red robes.

“One of Xu Yue Hui Gong’s three great Gui Shou Pearls, at its peak, it even had combat power rivaling Tai Xu. Encounter it and retreat—only a Dao-Severing team or a Tai Xu can fight it…”

Xin murmured, as if reciting from old records.

Then he snapped to attention and shook his head.

“No.”

“The Gui Shou host right now isn’t strong enough; it doesn’t have Tai Xu-level power.”

“But if we let it keep growing, it’ll at least reach Dao-Severing level…”

“What do we do?”

“Damn it all, how did something like this end up here?” Hei Ming cursed in shock.

Xin said with a headache, “No time left. Let’s all go at it together and take this bastard down…”

“Moo—”

A fierce roar erupted from behind.

The red robes turned back.

The blood-soaked Minotaur, which had been on the verge of falling apart after the red robes exploited an opening to destroy its blood sea, had actually stood up again.

And it split into two!

Even though they were smaller and their power dispersed…

It was still two of them!

“What the hell!” Xin’s eyes bulged.

A Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi in front, and now two Minotaurs behind?

“Xin, take people to hold off those two at the back. It’s been weakened.”

Shou Ye shouted immediately.

Boom! Boom!

Before he finished, Xin had already charged at the two Minotaurs alone.

Two wild bull heavy punches hit him at once, sending him flying.

“The rest of you, follow me!”

Shou Ye turned and roared at the stunned red robes.

“Yes!”

The other red robes didn’t dare delay.

Drawing on the power of the great array enhanced by Lan Ling, they quickly took on one of the Gui Shou for Xin.

They didn’t aim to kill it.

As long as they held it back, the Minotaur with only half its power wouldn’t withstand Xin’s single-target damage.

Then, the red robes’ full strength could be freed up!

“Li—”

At that moment, the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi, transformed from Cheng Xing Chu, had already darted in front of Shou Ye and Hei Ming.

“Let’s go at it together and take it down!”

Hei Ming called out lowly to Shou Ye. At this point, he couldn’t afford to dwell on old grudges.

A constantly growing Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi, plus the You Si Jian.

Who could handle it one-on-one?

With that, he lunged forward.

“Xiu xiu xiu.”

The fierce demonic sword energy of the You Si Jian slashed from the side, stirring up the evil desires in Hei Ming’s heart.

After dodging, Hei Ming immediately severed those desires from his mind.

As he closed in, he caught a familiar scent on the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi and suddenly understood.

“Ji Luo Diao Pian!”

“This guy has the aura of Ji Luo Diao Pian inside him. No wonder the You Si Jian is obeying…”

“Shou Ye, go for it!”

Infusing his spiritual energy, Hei Ming cut off the heavenly connection the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi was drawing upon, preventing it from growing to Dao-Severing level, and charged straight in.

But as the opponent’s sword slashed, he had to dodge.

“Yin Shi Da Yu!”

With a raise of his hands, the gates of the Yin Shi hell opened, dividing the space into north and south, completely isolating heaven and earth.

Even if the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi halted its charge and tried to go around,

The gloomy chains rushing from the Yin Shi gates still bound it instantly.

Pull, tug…

Pull, tug…

Hei Ming realized that in just this short moment, the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi’s power had fully ramped up.

He could only restrict its movement; he couldn’t pull it into the Yin Shi hell at all.

Naturally, suppressing or sealing it was out of the question.

“Shou Ye, cut it down!” Hei Ming decided quickly.

The Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi was alone, but he, Hei Ming, had teammates.

This was the red robes’ way of fighting!

However, Shou Ye soared past, directly bypassing the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi and flying into the distance.

Hei Ming: ???

“Shou Ye, you…”

“The Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi is yours to handle. I can see the Gui Shou host isn’t strong; its power is forcibly boosted. You’ve got this.”

Shou Ye transmitted his voice: “You can do it.”

“Are you kidding me!”

Hei Ming was shocked. “You’re letting the rat go and talking about ‘you’ve got this’? Is this the time to settle old scores?”

“It’s not that…”

“Then cut it down for me!” Hei Ming was frantic; he hadn’t expected Shou Ye to be so petty.

The consumption of Yin Shi hell increased with time.

And the opponent’s power was still growing.

In this mutual drain, the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi might actually break free.

Then, if this thing fully matured, they’d all be done for!

“Hei Ming, the Gui Shou Pearl wouldn’t appear here for no reason.”

“Xu Yue Hui Gong wouldn’t send these mindless rats out on their own.”

“The real mastermind behind this is someone else!”

Shou Ye looked toward the direction the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi had come from.

Faintly, there was a very weak throne-level aura there.

But that was just a facade.

If the Gui Shou host itself had that level of strength, after releasing its Gui Shou form, there wouldn’t be many red robes here who could stop it.

And who was there was already obvious.

Though the aura had hidden now,

Since it had appeared, the Feng Tian Da Zhen would have recorded it.

With Lan Ling around, they could dig it out, and he’d cut it down himself.

Without a leader, those two small Gui Shou at the back wouldn’t cause much trouble.

“Wait!”

But Hei Ming watched Shou Ye’s retreating back anxiously and roared, “At least help me land one strike!”

“Find Lan Ling.” Shou Ye didn’t even look back.

Hei Ming: ???

Lan Ling?

That woman who’s always competing with me for leadership?

“Damn it!”

“Not just one-on-one? A trash rat with only two wings…”

The more Hei Ming looked at the black angel, the angrier he got.

With a hand seal,

“Get in here!”

Thick fog from the Yin Shi hell gates formed a hand of death, grabbing the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi and trying to pull it inside.

“Clang clang—”

The chains rattled wildly.

But the demonic sword intent directly tainted the hand of death black.

Sword energy exploded.

The hand of death shattered, and even the chains binding the Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi showed signs of softening under the ghostly energy’s corrosion.

Hei Ming’s brows twitched wildly.

“This…”

“Do you need help?”

A slightly teasing female voice sounded in his ear.

Lan Ling… Hei Ming gritted his teeth in annoyance at this woman!

He was about to refuse.

But then, with a “Duang” sound, several chain links snapped.

“Need it!”

Hei Ming said in a panic, “Quick, use the great array’s power to pin it down for me first!”

“Oh my little darling.”

Deep in the underground pit, Xu Xiao Shou had already been on the verge of not being able to hide.

He didn’t want to see Xin Gu Gu die.

But acting rashly would just get him killed too.

He had thought about inciting the storyteller to intervene and disrupt the situation.

But who could have imagined that Jiao Tang Tang would directly turn Cheng Xing Chu into a Gui Shou!

Xu Xiao Shou was terrified.

He didn’t know what kind of ability that was.

But as an outsider with a god’s-eye view, having witnessed everything, he fully understood that it all stemmed from that strange pearl.

“Gui Shou Pearl?”

“Sheng Zhan Hei Tian Shi?”

He had heard the red robes’ initial cries of shock.

A Dao-Severing-level Gui Shou with the “You Si Jian,” a fully berserk Xin Gu Gu, and the returning Shou Ye.

All of this told Xu Xiao Shou one thing:

This damned place was no longer safe.

“What ‘You Si Jian,’ what schemes within schemes—screw it all! Is this a place for humans?”

Never before had Xu Xiao Shou felt such a strong urge to escape.

He was just a fake “Sheng Nu” number two.

Any random thing here, whether red robe or Gui Shou, would kill him for sure if he faced it.

“But…”

What puzzled Xu Xiao Shou was,

Even in this chaos, how was the storyteller still so composed?

Jiao Tang Tang had already made her move.

That meant “Xu Yue Hui Gong” had finished their preparations and launched their plan.

What was the storyteller waiting for?

Just to recover the unconscious Lei Shuang Xing and do nothing else?

“Old Seven.”

Xu Xiao Shou couldn’t worry about that anymore and directly sent Mu Zi Xi into his Yuan Mansion.

He couldn’t let his junior sister stay in this danger.

“Hmm?”

The storyteller’s voice rang in his ear.

He didn’t seem to mind this small detail of sending someone away.

His nasal hum held only a hint of curiosity, with no worry or concern about the situation at all.

Xu Xiao Shou really wanted to ask, “Why the hell aren’t you joining the big brawl? Why aren’t you making your delivery?”

But the words turned into a calm, “Stay steady.”

“Mhm,” the storyteller replied with a laugh: “Don’t worry, everything is under control.”

Xu Xiao Shou’s heart sank to the bottom.

Under control?

You damn sissy, what exactly are you controlling?

This confident tone was making him panic!

By now, Xu Xiao Shou had secretly moved from the underground to the edge of the Feng Tian Da Zhen.

His “perception” could pierce through throne-level domains.

But it was completely useless against this array derived from the “San Shi Liu Tian Feng Wu Zhen,” unable to probe what was outside.

“Can’t wait anymore. I’m getting out!”

Xu Xiao Shou couldn’t hold back.

Instinct told him that if he stayed, once the storyteller acted, he’d definitely get dragged in.

With a “pa,” he pulled out the “Tian Shu Ji Pan” that had been dormant in his Yuan Mansion for a long time.

“Old Two, what’s this?”

“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t.”

Xu Xiao Shou cut him off directly, “You have your tasks; just mind yourself. As for me… I have other plans.”

“Dislike received, passive value +1.”

The storyteller fell silent for a moment, then asked again, “Tian Shu Ji Pan? What’s this thing? Old Two, aren’t you a pill refiner? How do you know this?”

“Shut up! Do you think I’m like you? Stuck in your ways with no growth at all after all these years? Aren’t you ashamed?”

Xu Xiao Shou scolded directly.

The storyteller: “…”

“Cursed, passive value +1.”

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot.

Once he realized he could talk to the storyteller like this, Xu Xiao Shou didn’t even bother with explanations or lies.

He just scolded outright!

This was the greatest respect for Old Sang’s face.

“Tian Shu Ji Pan…”

Xu Xiao Shou looked at the patterns on the array disk that echoed the great array from afar, steeling his resolve.

He was going to seize control of the Feng Tian Da Zhen from Lan Ling and Yu Zhi Wen.

He had to get out.

He had to leave this hellish place that wasn’t fit for humans.

“Old Seven, help me conceal the heavenly secrets. Don’t let the red robes notice!”

PS: Seek.