The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 67 - 54 Unscathed_1
Chapter 67: Chapter 54 Unscathed_1
Chapter 67 -54 Unscathed_1
Zhou Qingchen’s heart sank in horror as he gripped the cold iron sabre, his arm trembling slightly.
Dong Tianze’s backhanded strike almost split the web of his saber-holding hand.
The magic spells and secret techniques of the Yin Spirit Temple were famous in the Third Realm for assassination and agility, lacking the force of the Red Mountain spell that he practiced.
Yet Dong Tianze shattered his preconceived notions of the Yin Spirit Temple!
The terrifying force of the black gold dagger’s strike left Zhou Qingchen utterly shocked.
After stopping the soreness in his arm, Dong Tianze had already vanished without a trace, not a ripple of blood to be seen on the lake’s surface.
In Zhou Qingchen’s mind, the image of that incredibly magnificent Heaven Phoenix on Dong Tianze’s forehead surfaced, unsettling him.
Wielding Ghost Howling, Dong Tianze burst forth with formidable power, his usually ferocious and brutal demeanor taking on a sacred and dignified air due to the presence of that peculiar phoenix.
“You all right?”
Han Duping rushed over and, seeing him standing there stunned, feared he had sustained severe injuries, quickly saying, “Don’t even think about chasing that mad dog, Dong Tianze. His current state is very strange.”
With a calm demeanor, Luo Hongyan descended the mountain and indifferently said, “Mm, don’t chase a desperate enemy.”
When Zhou Qingchen glared at her, she pulled a wry smile and said, “As a fellow practitioner of the Marrow Cleaning Realm, Dong Tianze has refined his sinews and visceral organs with Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood, and you haven’t. Additionally, he has refined a drop of Phoenix Marrow within him, which contains many divine properties. Chasing after such a wounded man would only get you killed.”
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Luo Hongyan also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Spirit Evil” Roman had self-destructed in Dong Tianze’s mind, and she could no longer see what was happening at the bottom of the well, wondering if Pang Jian had succeeded.
Pang Jian did indeed possess mysterious abilities, but Dong Tianze was no easy target and was also of the Marrow Cleaning Realm.
She worried that Pang Jian was no match for him.
It wasn’t until she saw Dong Tianze burst out of the well with the Dragon Pattern Spear still attached to his buttocks that she knew Pang Jian had indeed grievously wounded him at the bottom of the well after ensnaring him with a silver net.
To her, killing Dong Tianze held no meaning; she was only interested in Pang Jian and that bronze token.
Fearing to engage Dong Tianze who exhibited phenomenal latent power at the brink of death and wielded Ghost Howling – which could restrain her – she had no interest in diving into the lake to search for him.
Moreover, the “Spirit Evils” she had meticulously refined had all been exhausted in this battle.
Zhou Qingchen’s face darkened as he coldly glanced at her speaking indifferently and, without bothering to deal with her, approached the well and shouted down, “Pang Jian, how are you doing, kid?”
“I’m fine.”
At the bottom of the well, Pang Jian picked up the Dragon Pattern Spear that had fallen and, looking up with a furrowed brow, said, “That guy has such tenacious vitality. I stabbed a few bloody holes in him, and he still managed to escape alive.”
As he spoke, Pang Jian climbed up swiftly and soon settled himself outside the well.
Several gazes instantly fixed upon him.
He was covered in the sticky Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood, emanating a strong stench of blood as if he were a bloodthirsty demon god.
But upon closer inspection, it was clear that the blood was not his; no sign of injury could be seen on the side of his body facing them, his clothes and skin intact.
“You came out without a scratch?!”
Zhou Qingchen exclaimed in disbelief.
He knew the depths of Dong Tianze’s combat strength from the brief clash of cold iron sabre and Ghost Howling.
Such a fierce man who had been stabbed in the well should have come out embroiled in a bloody battle.
In the well, Pang Jian was his only opponent. How did Pang Jian remain completely unharmed?
Zhou Qingchen was baffled.
After “Spirit Evil” Roman had perished, Luo Hongyan, unaware of what followed, marvelled with shining eyes, “You’re even more monstrous than that lunatic, Dong Tianze.”
“Against Dong Tianze, who has tempered his flesh and blood with Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood and successfully refined a drop of Phoenix Marrow, standing out among the many Heavenly Phoenix Guards in this realm, you managed to remain unharmed…”
“Pang Jian, you truly surprise me!”
She exclaimed in amazement.
“Cut the sarcasm, will you?” Zhou Qingchen snorted.
In his view, from the start to the end of the battle, Luo Hongyan had done nothing but pick up a rock and disrupt Ghost Howling’s trajectory; she hadn’t taken any real action.
Zhou Qing was dissatisfied with Luo Hongyan’s evasion and her unwillingness to use the Star River Alliance’s artifacts, and thus he had no kind words for her.
“Someone was helping me in the shadows,” Pang Jian revealed without calling her “Demon Girl” this time.
Considering the situation, he said, “The one who created Spirit Evil… that person was coordinating with me from the shadows, making my hunt for Dong Tianze quite smooth. When that guy fell from the sky, the brilliantly blooming Blood Lotus suddenly vanished into thin air, causing Dong Tianze to misjudge and plummet down due to the huge inertia.”
Pang Jian shared the details he had noticed.
Including the moment Dong Tianze fell into that silver net, just as he was about to twist his arm to slash it with Ghost Howling, the last “Spirit Evil” suddenly disappeared into Dong Tianze’s body.
He also knew the crazed Dong Tianze had been in a state of extreme exhaustion, and his condition was very bad even before the attack on the pit well.
“Without that person’s cooperation, I might have been able to severely injure him in the well, but I definitely couldn’t have emerged unscathed. Moreover, the reason Dong Tianze chose to leave in a hurry was also because you used that person to deter him.”
Pang Jian looked at Zhou Qingchen.
“The escaped Dong Tianze will lick his wounds elsewhere, and once he recovers his combat power, he will surely return with a vengeance,” Han Duping said worriedly. “I really didn’t expect Dong Tianze to become so terrifying. Having been taken note of by the Yin Spirit Temple, he will become your powerful enemy once he reaches the Third Realm.”
He began to worry about Zhou Qingchen’s future.
“Once I arrive at Red Mountain, I will complete my Bone Severing Marrow Washing under the strange treasures prepared at Red Mountain,” Zhou Qingchen felt the pressure and sighed, “However, the treasures prepared by Red Mountain may not be comparable to the Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood, nor to… that mysterious Phoenix Marrow.”
“Still, be careful of that demoness… the one who hasn’t appeared,” Pang Jian reminded cautiously.
With her help, he was able to severely injure Dong Tianze without paying a dear price; he didn’t feel right calling her the ‘Demon Girl’ anymore.
Moreover, he always felt that the woman was somewhere on Lake Heart Island, secretly observing them.
Looking at him coldly was Luo Hongyan, who hummed when she saw he stopped in time without calling out the words ‘Demon Girl’ again, “How many of the eight meridians have you actually opened?”
“Four channels connected to both arms,” Pang Jian replied truthfully.
Luo Hongyan paused for a moment before nodding her head in feigned calm, “Not… not bad.”
“Four meridians? You just broke through to the Meridians Channeling Realm, and you’ve already opened four?”
Zhou Qingchen exclaimed.
Han Duping also started shouting in disbelief, “How is that possible? No, no, that’s not right! When we first met you, hadn’t you not even reached the first level of the Qi Refining Realm?”
The plump Han Duping looked at Pang Jian in front of him as if seeing a ghost, speaking in astonishment, “How much time has passed since then?”
He suddenly had immense admiration for Zhou Qingchen’s foresight; he felt that Zhou Qingchen, who had proactively offered an olive branch to Pang Jian at that time, was truly a rare genius in this world!
Someone like Pang Jian, an exceptional type of being, would not only stand out among the seven major families but also be a remarkable cultivator in the Upper Realm, right above them.
Zhou Qingchen suddenly said with grave seriousness, “Pang Jian, if we live to leave Solitude Mountain Range, I will recommend you to Red Mountain.”
Pang Jian’s eyes lit up, and he bowed seriously, “Thank you, Mr. Zhou.”
Ever since his sister was taken to the Upper Realm, his greatest wish had been to climb to the Upper Realm, hoping to reunite with his sister there.
He hadn’t expected that a wish that seemed so far out of reach was now seeing a glimmer of hope.
“No need to thank me; based on the abilities and talents you’ve shown, all the major sects in the Upper Realm, aside from Yin Spirit Temple, would likely want to recruit you,” Zhou Qingchen laughed heartily, teasing, “Dong Tianze has become an important member of the Yin Spirit Temple, holding a Ghost Commanded Token in his hand, plus you destroyed the Heavenly Spirit Tower, so the Yin Spirit Temple probably won’t be keen on having you.”
Pang Jian didn’t mind.
“With the Mysterious Turtle dead and the Beast Soul escaped, the spiritual energy of this Lake Heart Island will gradually dissipate.”
Luo Hongyan spoke up at this time, “The rare and exotic plants on the island should be collected as soon as possible, otherwise, they too will wither away. Oh, right, there’s also that Heavenly Spirit Tower…”
“Pang Jian, is there anything unusual in the tower?”
She had lost interest in this so-called forbidden area; with Dong Tianze’s departure, and only Su Meng of the Su and He families surviving, she didn’t want to stay any longer.
She secretly sighed at her loss.
So many “Spirit Evils” had died because of Dong Tianze, and with Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen watching, she had missed the best time to Refine Evil, letting the life souls of Su Yuntian, He Rong, and others dissipate in vain.
“The Spirit Jade, laid out in the Primitive Cloud Thunder Pattern, was drained of its spiritual power by me before my breakthrough to the Meridians Channeling Realm,” Pang Jian thought for a moment and then said, “There is also a stone containing Mysterious Yin Power on the fifth floor of the White Tower, those stones are materials for constructing a Soul Array.”
“That’s Mysterious Yin Stone!”
Luo Hongyan’s eyes sparkled, and she nodded, “The value of Mysterious Yin Stone is actually higher than Spirit Stone in the Upper Realm; it’s a rare item used for building a Soul Array!”
While speaking, she no longer paid attention to others, heading straight for the Heavenly Spirit Tower.
As she passed by the sobbing Su Meng, she didn’t pause but was instead tentatively called out by her.
“Sister Ning…”
Sitting hunched over by the body of Su Yuntian, crying like a delicate flower, Su Meng looked up at her and asked, “Where did Dong Tianze flee to?”
“No matter where he has fled to, he is not someone you should be confronting now,” Luo Hongyan said indifferently, pointing at the dim Sky Curtain above, “What you should do is go to Raging Sun Sect, cultivate diligently with the resources of the Raging Sun Sect, and when your realm is higher than Dong Tianze’s, only then should you consider taking revenge for your father.”
“Remember, you must be a whole realm higher than him to qualify to seek him out.”
“In the entire Fourth Realm, the only one who could fight Dong Tianze at the same realm would probably be Pang Jian alone!”
Glancing at the direction of the well, Luo Hongyan scornfully curled her lip corner, adding, “Zhou Qingchen won’t do either.”
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