Chapter 670 - Demonic Qi Blasts The Peak (1/2)
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At a side, Shu Yuan was struck with a sudden thought, his expression changed as he exclaimed, “Junior Brother Yin!” With that said, he dashed towards the back mountain of the remaining half of the floating peak.
The others exchanged a look and immediately followed. Rounding past the floating peak, the entire back mountain was in ruins, the spirit fields originally full of spirit herbs were patches of charred black now, where the floating peak broke off, there was still a huge hole left, remnants of the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator and a shred of dark and cold black Qi was left in the air.
Yi Qing’s brows tightened, this black Qi was…
“It’s really Junior Brother Yin!” A trace of grief flashed across his face before anger took its place instantly. “Who exactly dared to put a hand on my sect’s Nascent Soul Elder and even forced him to self-destruct his Nascent Soul.”
Yu Luan’s expression also changed and he quickly turned around to order a disciple behind him. “Go, inform all disciples guarding the gates of every peak to lock the gates and guard the gates closely, no one is allowed to enter or leave!”
“Yes!” The disciple immediately turned and left to dispatch his orders.
Yu Luan was also boiling with rage, he didn’t expect the sect to lose a Nascent Soul Elder just like that and it was even on such an important day of the sect’s competition day, all done without a sound, using such a horrifying manner of self-destructing his Nascent Soul. The key was that none of them was aware of it, this proved that Elder Yin perhaps did not even have the chance to call for help.
He looked around the charred back mountain in detail, his eyes fixed on the black Qi that yet to dissipate. “This is heretic aura! Could it be that a fiendish cultivator infiltrated the sect?”
His eyes dimmed and was about to fly down for a sense when Yi Qing suddenly reached out and pulled him back. “Hold on!”
“Uncle-Master Yi Qing?”
“It’s not heretic aura…” Yi Qing glanced at those clouds of black Qi and said in a low voice, “It’s demonic Qi!”
“What?!” Yu Luan and even the Elders were shocked, everyone wearing looks of disbelief. “Demonic Qi! Uncle-Master is saying that this black Qi is…”
“Demonic Qi of the demon clan!” Yi Qing confirmed.
Everyone paled, taking a closer look at where the black Qi surrounded, they then realized that amongst the charred lands of the back mountain, wilted and rotting spirit herbs could vaguely been seen. It was evident that it wasn’t caused by Elder Yin’s self-destruction of his Nascent Soul but due to the influence of the black Qi.
“Causes vegetation to wilt instantly, destroys all living creatures, this… this is really the legendary Demonic Qi!” Someone exclaimed. Everyone’s expression became graver, even the few Elders who stood closer to the front also subconsciously moved back.
This was Demonic Qi! Written in the ancient legends, the aura of the Demon Clan that only the Divine race could rival.
“Then is it possible that whoever killed Junior Brother Yin is from the… De… Demon… Demon Clan?” Yu Luan was frozen, but that was a demon, not a fiendish cultivator, don’t mention the Gui Yi Sect, even if all the immortal sects were put together, they might not even be its match.
“No!” Yi Qing’s eyes dimmed as he said with certainty, “If a demon had appeared, it’s impossible that only this bit of demonic Qi was left behind.”
Yu Luan nodded as his heart eased, glancing down, his expression became more somber. “This demonic Qi… what should we do with it?” If it was the ordinary heretic aura, they didn’t fear it, but demonic Qi… they probably couldn’t even go close to it.
As if noticing their apprehension, Yi Qing stepped forward, with a wave of his hand, a red fire wall instantly swept towards those black Qi on the ground. Almost in the blink of an eye, the remnants of Demonic Qi on the ground vanished completely. Even the initially charred ground resumed some of its original color.