Chapter 200: Purging The Demonic Qi, The Mysterious Black-Robed Man, Soul-Devouring Dagger
“This turn of events has happened too quickly.”
“In less than three days, this demonic beast has already broken the seal that was left behind by the Sage Ruler. The tremendous amount of demonic qi that spreads from its body is engulfing nearly the whole capital, and quite a few folks have been infested by this demonic qi.”
The White Lotus Leader sighed.
“Were there no signs before things developed till this point?”
Honorable Qing Lan asked.
“No.”
“Let’s not discuss how the demonic beast managed to break the seal. I think we should first work on purging this demonic qi,” Chu Kuangren said.
The demonic qi that the three-headed hound’s body emitted was too horrific, and any normal human folk would lose their minds upon contact with it.
Even in the case of cultivators, prolonged contact with it would scatter their thoughts too.
“This was the reason why I invited the Supreme Elder to come here. The Sage from my School has her hands full of suppressing that demonic beast, so only you, Supreme Elder, can help us negate the demonic qi by using your White Lotus Light of Purification,” the White Lotus Leader said.
“Right, let’s get moving then.”
Chu Kuangren said.
He then walked in the direction of the demonic qi as an extremely mysterious Daoist Rhyme began to emanate from his body. Numerous white lotuses started to form in thin air.
The sky was filled with white lotuses swaying to the rhythm of the breeze. Wherever these lotuses pa.s.sed, the demonic qi were rapidly dispelled just like snow melting under the blazing sun. They were soon wiped off, disappearing completely.
The ma.s.sive amount of demonic qi had been swept clean, while those common folks who had been infected by the demonic qi had slowly recovered their senses too after encountering these white lotuses.
“Where am I?”
“What happened, why… why did I become like that?”
“These white lotuses… Is it the Sage Ruler?”
When they saw Chu Kuangren who was surrounded by white lotuses, those common folks who had just regained their senses knelt hastily. Those who were praying earlier did the same too when they saw the sight before them, continuously giving kowtows in the direction of Chu Kuangren.
They all had a hint of pa.s.sion in their eyes like they were devoted believers.
“It’s the Sage Ruler. The Sage Ruler has transcended among us.”
“Waa, we have salvation now.”
“Thank G.o.d. It’s the Bachelor Sage, the only person who possesses the White Lotus Light of Purification left by the Sage Ruler.”
“The Bachelor Sage has to be a reincarnation of the Sage Ruler.”
“But wasn’t the Sage Ruler a female?”
“Didn’t I say reincarnation? Which means that there’s a possibility of either male or female.”
Behind Chu Kuangren.
A white light flashed across Lan Yu’s body, and silvery-white armor covered her body. She then spread open both her wings and set flight into the air, flying above the demonic qi.
An endless ray of white light was emitted from her body as she activated her Holy Radiant Physique to the fullest.
Daoist Physique Transformation, Endless s.h.i.+ning Light!
Under the illumination of the white rays, the demonic qi began to dissipate.
“That’s an angel!”
“It must be an angel!”
The Holy Radiant Aura on Lan Yu’s body especially stood out in the midst of the ma.s.sively-encompa.s.sing demonic qi, many people immediately spotted her.
In one second, words about the Sage Ruler’s angel descending to salvage the people began to circulate.
At the very middle of the boundless demonic qi.
The demonic beast that was pressed under the giant lotus let out a fierce as it looked furiously in the direction of both Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu.
“Holy energy and this abhorrent Daoist Rhyme. Is this White Lotus Sage Ruler b*tch?”
“No, that can’t be right. She has long been deceased. It seems like someone has inherited his vessel. She can’t even let me be after she’s dead!”
The middle head of the three-headed hound growled in rage.
On top of him, the lady in the white lotus said with anger seething through her eyes, “You’re seeking your own death by shaming the Sage Ruler like that!”
The Daoist Rhyme surrounding her coursed, amplifying the giant white lotus which pressed onto the demonic beast with brute force. A crus.h.i.+ng sound then erupted from the three-headed hound’s skull.
“D*mn you!!”
“You guys better not let me break open this seal. Otherwise, I’d surely eat you all alive! Eat you alive!”
The three-headed hound roared in berzerk.
Just then, a black-robed figure was seen approaching from afar.
This person walked amongst the demonic-qi-encased street, but his body was not affected by it at all. It was as though he had already become one with the demonic qi.
“Who’s that?” The White Lotus School’s Sage frowned when she saw that.
“Oh, this energy… fascinating.”
On the contrary, the three-headed hound’s eyes lit up when they saw this black-robed figure and it said, “I can sense the demonic qi energy from your body.”
That black-robed figure walked to the front of the three-headed hound and revealed his skinny face. He then took out a pitch-black dagger, circulated his spiritual power, and thrust it onto the three-headed hound’s throat with force.
With a loud clang, this dagger made a metallic clanging noise when it pierced into the three-headed hound’s throat. A gush of demonic qi erupted, and this black-robed man was surprisingly hurled into the air by the gush of demonic qi.
The three-headed hound’s expressions became incredibly vicious, and all three heads stared towards the black-robed man. It said with gritted teeth, “What are you trying to do?”
“Hmm, a demonic beast that is truly a Sage Ruler’s match. Even after so many years of getting sealed, your flesh form is still indestructible. It’s unbelievable how my Soul-Devouring Dagger failed to penetrate your body.”
The black-robed man said as he let out an odd laugh.
The School of White Lotus’s Sage was quite taken aback at the sight of that. Could this mysterious black-robed man be their ally?
However, this person still gave her an uncomfortable vibe.
“Soul-Devouring Dagger?!”
“One of the Thirty-Three Sacred Weapons of the Demonic Realm, the Soul-Devouring Dagger! How did this item come into your possession?!” The three-headed hound’s expressions instantly changed.
The hound stared at the dagger in the black-robed man’s hand with a kind of fear and shock seeping out from their eyes. The Thirty-Three Sacred Weapons of the Demonic Realm were the most terrifying sacred weapons in the demonic world. Each one of those was at least of Sage Ruler Weapon quality.
The Soul-Devouring Dagger was one of them.
While this dagger had a function, which was strengthening its user through harvesting the souls of living beings in the Demonic Realm, it was also a weapon that countless Demonic Realm beings dreaded, even to someone as formidable as the three-headed hound.
“Cut the c.r.a.p, and hand out your demon soul.”
The black-robed man activated the spiritual power in his body, infusing them into the Soul-Devouring Dagger that he was holding, and then fired them out in jets.
The Soul-Devouring Dagger turned into a beam of light, striking onto the three-headed hound who was already fixed into place by the suppression from the white lotus. The violent encounter burst into a spark of fire.
Eventually, under the full-power activation of the mysterious black-robed man, the dagger finally tore open a hole on the three-headed hound’s body.
It was just a seemingly harmless tiny opening, but it made the three-headed hound let out an incredibly agonizing squeal.
Streams of soul energy smoothly seeped out from the hole that was torn open by the Soul-Devouring Dagger before it was absorbed by that mysterious black-robed man.
“Oh…”
The moment the soul energy entered his body, the mysterious black-robed man let out an extremely satisfying expression. He felt like his power and his Dao Techniques Realm were rapidly escalating, and the sheer scale of that far exceeded his thousands-year-worth of pure cultivation.
“All the trouble that I have gone through to break the seal and release you seem to be worth it now. The effect that this soul energy brings is indeed very tremendous!”
The mysterious black-robed man said.
Upon hearing that, the expression of the School of White Lotus’s Sage changed. “What did you just say? This demonic beast was released by you?!”
“You heard that right!”
“You… you b*stard!” The face of the School of White Lotus’s Sage sank.
“Haha, what else could you have done to me? The moment you withdraw your spiritual power, this demonic beast would break through the seal and unleash itself. Do you really want to endanger the lives of many in the Full Moon Kingdom just to have a go at me?”
“Sc.u.mbag!”
The Sage’s elegant face was ruined by anger as she flew into a fit of rage.
However, just as the mysterious black-robed man had said, she was indeed occupied with oppressing the three-headed hound at the moment and could not free herself up to deal with him. Otherwise, the three-headed hound would break through the seal and be unleashed. Then, the entire Full Moon Kingdom and even the neighboring countries would be dragged into this chaos.
“I think it’s best you just focus on controlling this demonic beast while I absorb his soul energy. Once he’s dead, I will then become the person who has helped you resolve this crisis. By then, I’d think that the School of White Lotus would owe me a word of thanks.”
The mysterious black-robed man grinned.