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Monster hunti...
Chapter 434 You're the ones who summoned me.
Although Han Ziyang was prepared, he was still shocked and terrified when he witnessed the scene of blood raining down.
His location was arranged in advance with Yu Sui, who also told Han Ziyang that if things didn't look good and she couldn't control the situation, Han Ziyang should immediately teleport Situ Jin and the others away.
Instead of retreating to create distance, they teleported away directly.
Because Yu Sui didn't know how far the impact would be after things got out of control.
Ah Quan and Situ Jin were both marveling at the power of Yu Sui's move, completely unaware that a fatal danger was just a step away from them.
"Is it her ghostly summoning?" A-Quan turned to ask Situ Jin, "Which deity did she summon?"
Situ Jin: "I don't know!"
A-Quan: "Aren't you quite knowledgeable about the Daoist arts of ghosts?"
Situ Jin: "..."
He was very familiar with the Ghost Daoists, but not with Nangong Sui! This kind of Ghost Daoist genius who could advance eight realms overnight was beyond his comprehension.
The power of this blood rain before our eyes would probably leave even a saint severely injured.
"Watch your surroundings!" Han Ziyang stared intently at Yu Sui's movements. "Don't let anyone interrupt us at this crucial moment."
A-Quan recast the barrier, his gaze sweeping over Cao Yan and the others who were still retreating rapidly, thinking that they wouldn't dare to go over for the time being.
Blood rained down, almost turning Yu Sui's white clothes into a red skirt, and the Hunyuan Five Elements Array that was transferring Qi to Madam Su was also destroyed in the blood rain.
Yu Suichao reached out to Madam Su, supporting her kneeling shoulders to prevent her from falling.
The rain has stopped.
The shimmering white light emanating from Madam Su's body surged towards Yu Sui, carrying with it the deadly chill emanating from the summit of Mount Luo.
When Yu Sui sensed the deadly chill, she frowned and swayed slightly. Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, Madam Su grabbed her wrist with her last breath.
The girl was forced to her knees by the grab, but she smiled as she met Madam Su's vicious gaze:
"If you had paid more attention to me when I was a child, you would have known that I was not afraid of the cold air on the top of Mount Luo at all."
Yu Sui grabbed Madam Su's hand with her other hand, and slowly tightened her grip under Madam Su's shocked and pained gaze.
Finally, Madam Su could no longer bear it and opened her mouth slightly to let out a painful wail.
“Your mother-in-law knows, but she has never told you,” Yu Sui said softly.
That last sentence dealt Madam Su a fatal blow.
The person she thought she trusted most had already betrayed her long ago.
Madam Su lunged at Yu Sui like a madwoman, but turned into a charred corpse just before she could touch him.
Yu Sui stood up unsteadily, her face pale as she looked back. Han Ziyang then said, "Let's go."
Situ Jin and A Quan simultaneously activated the teleportation array, taking Yu Sui and Gongsun Qi away from the Nangong Prince's Mansion.
The moment they left the Nangong Prince's Mansion, three figures flew through the air using wind manipulation techniques.
Wu Huaiwei landed at the Nangong Prince's Mansion with two Saints, gazing solemnly at the courtyard shrouded in blood.
"What happened here?" Tang Qing, who arrived a step later, looked around sharply.
Only Wei Xizhen, who was following behind Wu Huaiwei, remained silent, observing the charred corpses.
"Your Excellency!" someone shouted.
Tang Qing looked into the distance and, using his breath to project his voice, asked, "Where is Nangong Sui?"
Cao Yan had just landed and stood firm when he heard Tang Qing's shout. His brows relaxed slightly: "The Venerable One is back."
Han Bing and Sheng Fei hurried to Madam Su's courtyard together.
"Could this be Su Xing?" Wu Huaiwei stared at the charred corpse under the eaves.
Wei Xizhen landed using her Wind Riding Technique, stepping onto the puddled ground. She crouched down, examined Lady Huisu's corpse, and whispered, "The Ghost Path summons gods."
Wu Huaiwei was stunned. She turned around and looked, but Yu Sui was nowhere to be seen.
Could it be that she just now
“There are also traces of the barrier set by the mechanical family.” Wei Xizhen said, “If this corpse is Su Xing, then we are too late. With the Breath Soil separated from her body, the Luo Shan Cold Qi in her body will be integrated into Nangong Sui’s body along with half of the Breath Soil.”
Upon hearing this, Wu Huaiwei turned to scold Tang Qing: "I told you I wouldn't chase anymore, but you insisted on continuing, and now you've fallen into the divination formation and can't get out, making me late! If my disciple dies because of this, you can forget about ever studying at Taiyi again!"
Tang Qing was so scolded that he dared not utter a sound.
He dared not say that his purpose in going to Taiyi was not to study.
Wei Xizhen, on the other hand, remained calm and didn't even look at Tang Qing, who had been scolded. Instead, she carefully surveyed her surroundings.
Seeing his calm demeanor, Tang Qing felt a surge of anger and asked in a deep voice, "Wei Xizhen, why did you come to Qingyang?"
"Having learned of the Breath of the Earth Cold Poison, I came to inform Dean Wu," Wei Xizhen said without turning her head. "Unfortunately, you've come at an inopportune time."
He was originally going back to Taiyi, but on the way he received a message from Zou Qian saying that Wu Huaiwei might be in trouble in the capital of Qingyang, and asked him to come over. So Wei Xizhen changed course to Qingyang and rescued the two people trapped in the divination array.
Wu Huaiwei guessed what Qingyang Emperor was thinking and rushed back to find Yu Sui, but she was still a step too late.
People from the Prince's mansion rushed over, and Ah Chun ran crying towards Madam Su's body, wailing, "Madam!"
Cao Yan disregarded the presence of the other saints and immediately ordered, "Go to the palace and find the prince!"
"The Second Miss took the Breath Soil, but she is suffering from the Cold Poison and must still be in the city!"
"Notify those outside to light the Cold-Seeking Incense and find the Second Miss!"
Su Feng had originally planned never to return to the Prince's Mansion, but he rushed back now. Seeing the horrifying scene in the courtyard and hearing Cao Yan's instructions, he came to his senses and asked, "What do you mean by taking away the Breath of Earth and being poisoned by the cold?!"
Han Bing and Sheng Fei both looked over.
Cao Yan explained in a deep voice: "Madam and the second young lady both stayed on the summit of Luoshan for a long time. Both of them suffered from the cold of the mountain that had entered their bodies and had not been resolved. The second young lady, in particular, had been exposed to cold in her body since childhood, and the medical sage Mr. Zhou had not been able to completely resolve the cold in her body."
"If the Second Miss really returns and succeeds in killing the Madam... then the cold poison in the Madam's body will be transferred to the Second Miss along with the Breath Soil, which would be enough to kill the Second Miss in the cold mountain."
"So if the Second Miss kills the Madam, she won't survive either."
After Cao Yan finished speaking, everyone else's expression changed.
Just as Su Feng was about to leave and Wu Huaiwei was about to go to find someone, people suddenly felt the ground tremble.
The sky was overcast and gloomy with torrential rain, but there were flashes of red light.
"What is that?" someone asked in surprise.
People looked up and saw a black light flashing in the distant sky, shooting straight into the clouds. The red streak of light fell onto the black light in the blink of an eye.
The ground trembled so badly that the injured almost lost their footing and fell to the ground. Wei Xizhen looked solemnly in the direction of the black light and uttered a sentence that shocked everyone: "Strange Fire."
"What?" Wu Huaiwei was stunned.
Wei Xizhen stared in the direction of the black light and said, "It's on fire."
The soaring black light illuminated the entire Xuan Gu Continent. No matter where you were, you could see the extraordinary light and the trembling earth.
The five elements of the universe trembled invisibly.
Even Su Feng, who was in a hurry to find Yu Sui, froze in place, staring in disbelief at the direction from which the black light burst forth, his mind still echoing with the words "strange fire" that Wei Xizhen had mentioned.
Inside the main hall of the royal palace, Emperor Qingyang and the others rushed out of the hall and looked towards the sky. Their eyes reflected the falling red light and the soaring black light, and they all found it unbelievable.
What is that?
Emperor Qingyang asked in a trembling voice.
Nangong Ming couldn't answer. He stared at the black light, which resembled a burning flame or dancing ashes. The unknown sight easily stirred up the fear in his heart.
Qin Shan's expression changed instantly, and he immediately vanished, heading towards the Star Gazing Hall.
People who came out of their homes because the rain had stopped and the ground was trembling heard the sound of a golden bell. They looked up and saw a dark light on the horizon, and asked what it was.
Zhong Lishan helped the heavily injured Zhong Lici out of the house, and together they looked towards the horizon.
Inside the Star Gazing Hall, Zhongli Que, standing by the window, could not see the dark light on the horizon due to his eye injury. However, he suddenly glimpsed a large patch of black fire and heard the screams and cries of people in the last moments amidst the black fire.
Black ash danced between heaven and earth, like a winter snowstorm, covering thousands of mountains and rivers, submerging countless cities, and finally settling at sea.
The burning ships and flames on the sea resembled ferocious demons dancing and cheering.
Zhong Lique was covered in sweat and collapsed to his knees, his body weak. He was supported by a hand, and Qin Shan's slightly anxious voice came from beside him: "What did you see?"
"The Zhou Kingdom... was burned down by black flames."
After saying this, Zhong Lique fainted from weakness.
Qin Shan was shocked upon hearing this.
In Taiyi, far from the Zhou Kingdom, people stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky. The black light was reflected in their surprised or shocked and fearful eyes.
Some people were puzzled, while others were terrified.
The saints of the Water Boat were filled with disbelief. Sun Heng immediately chased after the direction in which the meteor fell from the sky, and the others followed closely behind.
Even though the heads of the mechanical families were in the heavenly palace in the clouds, they could still feel the tremors coming from the ground.
"This seems to be an unexpected turn of events," the Murong family head muttered to himself, sitting in his wheelchair.
After a long silence, Situ's grandmother finally said, "It is a strange fire."
On the snow-capped mountain, the two Taoist brothers who had been dealing with the Sage Changgen for a long time stopped and looked towards the direction of the Zhou Kingdom. Even the dark aura that filled the sky seemed to stand still.
He Yuan and his companions, who were traveling through the mountains, also stopped. The younger generation looked on in surprise, not understanding what was going on, while He Yuan looked solemn.
As Mei Liangyu stepped into the water-filled streets of Qingyang Imperial Capital, he turned back to look at the distant sky, his eyes reflecting the soaring black light.
The light reminded him of the last time he saw Gao Tianhao.
He slowly raised his hand and could feel not only the ground beneath his feet trembling, but also the omnipresent Five Elements Qi in the world.
But people cannot know whether the five elements are excited or fearful.
The black light gradually engulfed everything, and although it was midday, the sky turned pitch black.
In an abandoned house in the capital of Qingyang, Situ Jin and A Quan didn't have time to check on Yu Sui's condition or the corpse she brought back. They were both drawn to the light in the distance. Even though they were separated from the burning kingdom by thousands of miles, they were shocked and terrified at this moment.
While the two were engrossed in the strange signs, Yu Sui and the other two returned to the house.
All three felt the quiet flame deep within their souls now flickering wildly. They felt the pain of being burned alive, and from the flickering flames, they could also glimpse the ashes flying all over the sea.
They saw that in the black flames and ashes, the man standing on the small boat was half-burnt, while the other half of his body, which was not burning, was just charred bones.
The remaining eye of Mingyue Qing flickered with firelight. He said, "You were the ones who summoned me out."
"Are you crazy?!" Han Ziyang exclaimed in shock.
Yu Sui and Gongsun Qi remained silent.
They weren't looking at the bright moonlight, but at the sea of ashes and fire behind the man.
Mingyue Qing chuckled softly and turned away, leaving only the sudden burst of black flames that engulfed their vision.