Chapter 2436: Calamity Moves East

These two were Six-Wings and Ice Phoenix, who had been relentlessly pursued by the true immortal Ma Liang across continents.

"It goes without saying, he was likely enraged by our ambush with the Blood Sects on the Blood Sky Continent," Ice Phoenix replied irritably. "But there's no point discussing that now. Do you have any way to shake off the fiend behind us? This time, he'll probably catch up in less than two hours."

"If I had any other way, I wouldn't have let my True Essence be so severely depleted," Six-Wings said nonchalantly. "Heh heh, it seems this time, we're truly bound to share the same fate."

"Pah! Who's sharing the same fate with you?" Ice Phoenix scoffed lightly, then said with determination, "Sit cross-legged. I'll use a secret art to help you."

"What can you possibly do with your meager strength?" Six-Wings was slightly taken aback by her words.

"Although my cultivation is far inferior to yours, my true form is, after all, a direct descendant of the Five-Colored Heavenly Phoenix," Ice Phoenix said with a hint of pride. "The profundity of some of my innate secret arts is beyond your easy comprehension."

"Since you put it that way, I'll try anything," Six-Wings said, his expression shifting as he took a deep breath.

He then indeed sat down cross-legged in the large pit and closed his eyes without hesitation.

Ice Phoenix, meanwhile, let out a soft sigh. Her figure shimmered, and she appeared directly behind Six-Wings. She also sat cross-legged, and from her mouth, she exhaled a misty white cold mist, within which a thumb-sized, five-colored spherical bead glimmered and spun slowly.

With a low cry, she formed a hand seal with one hand. A shimmering aura swirled behind her, and a massive illusory Ice Phoenix appeared.

The illusory Ice Phoenix let out a clear cry. After a flap of its wings, countless shimmering threads of light suddenly surged from its body, all instantly vanishing into the bead before them.

In an instant, the bead hummed loudly. Layers of extremely dense True Essence gathered on its surface and quickly blurred and trembled, transforming into a viscous, almost liquid state.

At this moment, Ice Phoenix clenched her jaw and lightly tapped the bead with one finger.

With a whoosh, the bead trembled, then instantly became invisible and vanished into Six-Wings' back.

Ice Phoenix then chanted incantations, her ten fingers moving rapidly, forming hand seals like turning wheels. A shimmering aura emanated from her body, while her face gradually became pale and translucent, making her appear incredibly ethereal and strange from a distance.

At the same time, Six-Wings felt a living source point in his back. Countless strands of extremely cold energy surged out into his meridians, then transformed into countless threads of True Essence that converged in his Dantian.

A shimmering miniature figure, originally seated in his Dantian and appearing very listless, immediately perked up upon contact with this True Essence, dancing with extreme joy.

"This is Source Energy! You can actually directly infuse your Source into me!" Six-Wings could no longer contain himself and opened his eyes, saying, both surprised and delighted.

"Fortunately, you, like me, possess a body of extreme cold, and your cultivation of Source Divine Abilities is somewhat similar to mine," Ice Phoenix said expressionlessly. "Otherwise, even if I were willing to contribute my Source Energy, it would be impossible."

"With your Source infusion, I can naturally convert it into True Essence within a short time and use a secret art to escape again," Six-Wings said thoughtfully, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "However, your cultivation isn't high, so this method probably won't be effective more than a few times. We must come up with another escape plan."

"Oh? Do you have another idea?" Ice Phoenix's expression shifted upon hearing this.

"I originally had a strategy to divert trouble elsewhere," Six-Wings said without any concealment, "but that lunatic was pursuing us too closely before, leaving no time to implement it. Now, with your Source infusion buying me time, it might be possible to execute it."

"In that case, what are you hesitating for? Hurry and convert the True Essence; let's move quickly," Ice Phoenix said unceremoniously, raising an eyebrow.

"Heh heh, I don't need my fellow Daoist to remind me of that," Six-Wings said without hesitation. "As soon as I recover a bit, we'll immediately head to the nearest city with a teleportation array. From there, we'll teleport and rush to the territory of the Horned Chi clan as fast as possible. I've already found out that the Horned Chi clan is one of the top superpowers on the Thunderous Continent. There are definitely many Mahayana cultivators there; they should be able to tie down this true immortal lunatic."

A month later, Gailing City, one of the main cities of the Horned Chi clan, was completely submerged by an endless, surging river of blood.

Countless Horned Chi clan members struggled and cried out desperately in the river of blood, but it was utterly futile. They could only watch helplessly as their flesh and blood slowly melted away, eventually merging with the blood river.

Above the river of blood, a seemingly thin young man floated there expressionlessly.

Beside him, hundreds of mangled corpses of high-level Horned Chi clan cultivators were also floating haphazardly.

One seemingly intact corpse had its skull's crown blasted open, revealing an empty cavity.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded from the distant horizon. A green cloud appeared out of nowhere and transformed into a surging sea of mist, rushing towards them.

The thin young man showed no surprise, merely turning his head noncommittally to gaze at the mist.

With a clap of thunder, as the green mist rushed near the blood river, it coalesced in one spot, suddenly transforming into a colossal green demon a thousand zhang tall.

It had a straight horn on its head, its body was covered with green demonic eyes, and it held a glittering golden pagoda in one hand.

"Who dares to perform a blood sacrifice in Gailing City? Are you not afraid of being captured by our clan, torn into ten thousand pieces, and having your soul refined?" The green demon, with its thousands of demonic eyes, merely swept a glance downwards, then immediately let out roars. "Also, where is Daoist Tianxiang, who guards this city? Why would he permit you to do such a thing?"

"Tianxiang? Are you referring to this fellow here who tried to self-detonate his Nascent Soul?" The thin young man heard this, pointed a finger at the corpse with the opened skull, and said blandly.

"Impossible! Daoist Tianxiang's magical power reaches the heavens, and with the assistance of Gailing City's grand formation, how could he end up like this?" All the eyes on the green demon's body spun wildly, and a voice filled with extreme shock and fury emanated from them.

"You needn't be surprised," the thin young man said unhurriedly, as if the green demon was nothing to him. "If you don't hand over the two people I want, you'll soon follow in his footsteps and suffer the same fate."

"What two people?" This time, the green demon was genuinely surprised.

"These two juniors. Have you seen them?" The thin young man flicked his fingers within his sleeve, and a scroll suddenly flew out, unfurling slowly as it met the wind.

Inside, a pair of lifelike portraits of a man and a woman were revealed. They were none other than portraits of Six-Wings and Ice Phoenix.

"These don't seem to be members of our Horned Chi clan; how could I have seen them?" the green demon replied with a buzzing sound after a moment of gazing with its eyes. "What is their relationship to you, and why have you come to our clan to inquire about their whereabouts?"

"I am not satisfied with that answer," the thin young man said unhurriedly, not getting angry. He pointed a finger at the scroll, rolled it up, and put it back into his sleeve. "I am asking the questions now, not answering yours. Since you don't know, I can give you three days to produce these two people for me. If you fail to do so, I will continue to blood sacrifice your entire Horned Chi race, city by city."

"Want to blood sacrifice our clan? Haha, this is the first time I've heard such a joke in my life," the green demon said, laughing furiously as the eyes on its body suddenly glowed intensely. "I can tell you directly now: not only do I not know these two people, but even if I did, I would never hand them over to you."

"Since you refuse a toast and prefer a penalty drink, then stay and become part of the blood sacrifice," the thin young man said, a hint of mockery appearing on his lips.

As soon as his words fell, before the young man made any move, a rumbling sound erupted from the blood river beneath him, and over a dozen blood-red serpentine whips surged out, coiling directly towards the green demon.

The green demon naturally refused to sit idly by and wait for death. It immediately let out a loud roar and threw the golden pagoda in its hand towards the young man. The pagoda instantly magnified millions of times, pressing down directly on the young man. At the same time, countless demonic eyes on its body flashed simultaneously, firing dense green light threads that pierced directly towards the dozen blood-red whips.

For a time, green mist filled the sky above the blood river, and thunderous roars shook the heavens!

However, this seemingly fierce battle did not last long.

After an earth-shattering bang, all the green mist was scattered by some invisible force. The demon had long since vanished without a trace, and only countless pale green crystal-like fragments were scattered across the ground where it had been.

In the thin young man's hand, at the other end, there was a pale green orb of light. Inside, a tiny, one-horned figure vaguely struggled frantically in extreme terror, but it was utterly unable to escape the faint light membrane.

After the young man observed the tiny figure in the orb for a moment, a sinister smile appeared on his face. He plunged a finger into it, pressing it with pinpoint accuracy onto the tiny, one-horned figure's head.

The tiny figure immediately let out a miserable shriek, and after a brief convulsion of its body, it became utterly unable to move within the orb.

After a full tea-drinking's worth of time, the young man thoughtfully withdrew his finger from the orb. Then, after a slight contemplation, he tossed the orb into the blood river below. A shimmer of golden light enveloped his body, and he too transformed into a ball of golden light, plunging into the blood river below.

The next moment, a buzzing sound echoed from the blood river. The river waters churned violently, immediately surging with countless severed limbs and blood, rushing off in a certain direction.

At the same time, countless miles away, two seemingly ordinary Horned Chi clan members, a man and a woman, were desperately rushing towards another large Horned Chi clan city not far away.

"I truly didn't expect this method to actually work," the Horned Chi clan woman suddenly said with a sigh. "As soon as that true immortal lunatic arrived at Gailing City, he immediately performed a blood sacrifice on all living beings in the entire city without a word. Even the Horned Chi clan's Mahayana cultivator who guarded this city had his Nascent Soul extracted and was utterly annihilated."