Chapter 458 - 218: I Beg You, Beat Me! Let Me Wail

Chapter 458: Chapter 218: I Beg You, Beat Me! Let Me Wail

After listening to the explanation, Chen Xuan’s expression finally turned to one of surprise.

"So a creature emerged from the depths of the darkness, has been on a killing spree, and the Alliance Leader has already fought it twice?"

"Yes."

Yin Jiuxuan hurriedly replied, "That creature is simply toying with the world, and it’s now feeding on human Martial Artists. At first, it only killed ordinary demon beasts, content with just absorbing their blood essence.

But it gradually lost control and turned its attention to humans. First, it killed a great number of experts from my Ten Thousand Immortals Sect. Then it escaped and began targeting others. The experts it’s killing now are getting stronger and stronger—it has even targeted some on the Heaven Roll. Not long ago, it went after the old abbot of the Vajra Temple, Master Fa Chan. I heard Master Fa Chan was severely injured and only managed to survive by using a Buddhist treasure.

Now, this monster has grown increasingly cunning. Your esteemed Alliance’s leader, Alliance Leader Chu, is searching the whole world for it. Unfortunately, after their two encounters, the monster got smart and went into hiding. Its whereabouts are completely unknown!"

"So you’re telling me all this to distance yourself from the matter?"

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes at Yin Jiuxuan, the pieces instantly clicking into place in his mind. "To make it clear that this has nothing to do with you."

’This Yin Jiuxuan is clearly afraid I’ll come after him to settle the score later.’

’If I were to blame him for the deaths and injuries in the Martial Alliance...’

’The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect would inevitably suffer a second blow.’

’That’s why he came clean right away.’

"It... it is related to us. We were the ones who discovered it initially, but we truly knew nothing about what happened afterward."

Yin Jiuxuan immediately dropped to his knees. "Young Hero Chen, you can do whatever you wish with me. I beg you, spare my life! I can provide other clues."

"Speak!"

Chen Xuan’s tone turned cold.

"The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has preserved many of the bodies, all of them killed by that monster. The bodies might still retain some of the creature’s aura..."

Yin Jiuxuan offered.

"Plenty of people from the Martial Alliance died too. Why would I need to see your bodies?"

Chen Xuan’s gaze went frigid.

Yin Jiuxuan jumped in fright and quickly said, "But you’ll need loyal servants! All the members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect are willing to serve Yama and obey his commands from this day forward. Surely that’s enough to trade for my life?"

Chen Xuan’s expression was cold and detached as he looked down at Yin Jiuxuan.

After a moment of silence, he took out a communication Jade Pendant and contacted Chu Shanhe directly.

"Alliance Leader, how are things on your end?"

「Meanwhile.」

Chu Shanhe’s face was grim as he scoured the Grotto Heaven.

Recently, the Martial Alliance had suffered a crippling blow: seven Inner Realm masters had been brutally killed in succession.

Even Old Deng had almost been killed.

Luckily, while Old Deng might have been lacking in other skills, his ability to kneel was second to none.

The moment he sensed danger, he dropped to his knees before the monster.

The monster, having never encountered someone so... interesting, was amused by Old Deng’s sudden display. This bought just enough time for Old Deng to send a message to him.

That was when he had charged out of seclusion to fight the monster.

In their two encounters, the monster had grown stronger each time.

It could absorb blood essence to strengthen itself!!

’This thing is definitely not from our world!’

’It’s not even from the shallow darkness!’

He strongly suspected it came from the deepest parts of the darkness.

The creature’s dense, dark origin energy only confirmed his suspicion.

That dark origin energy was extremely similar to what he had witnessed in the dark tides—in fact, it was even more terrifying.

At this moment, Chu Shanhe felt absolutely terrible. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

It was bad enough being held up by this monster in the outer world.

Over in the shallow darkness, Feng Wuji was also constantly sending messages, asking him to hurry and help.

He simply couldn’t be in two places at once.

’Could this monster be related to what Feng Wuji is dealing with? A few creatures from the deep darkness appeared over there, and now one has appeared here... Don’t tell me they belong to the same faction?’

Chu Shanhe’s mind raced.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed!

’If not, how could it be such a coincidence that a dark creature appeared in the outer world as well?’

No matter what!

No matter what, after it killed so many people from his Martial Alliance, he would never let it escape.

And he wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination...

but he always felt like the monster had its eyes on him, too.

The creature seemed to be treating this all as a game!

He was hunting it.

But it was also very keen on hunting him!

’Damn you, you like to play, do you? When I find you, I’m going to tear you limb from limb!’

Chu Shanhe cursed inwardly.

He had been tracking the monster for days, and now it had fled into the Grotto Heaven. Even he didn’t know its exact hiding place.

But he had already called on many of his friends within the Grotto Heaven to help him search.

The only thing he had to worry about was.

the possibility of some Grotto Heaven factions secretly contacting and harboring the creature.

If that were the case, the situation would become much more complex.

Just as he was grimly pondering all this, he suddenly felt a connection. He took a communication Jade Pendant from his robes, his eyes flashing.

’It’s from Chen Xuan. Has he finally returned to the Martial Alliance?’

Before, when he saw that Chen Xuan hadn’t returned to the Martial Alliance, he hadn’t bothered him with this matter.

In his eyes, this was something he could have solved himself.

But now things were different.

To have Chen Xuan’s help would naturally be for the best.

"Chen Xuan, I’m in a Grotto Heaven rift right now. Are you back?"