Chapter 1881 - Baihuan Shenzi (1/2)

The Zhenyu Clan was ruled by three main families, namely the w.a.n.g family that focused on swords, the s.h.i.+ family that focused on talisman-making, and the Shen family that was proficient in formation arrays.

The Zhenyu Clan was one of the eighteen ancient clans of the Kunlun Realm, and at the same time, they were also the wardens of the Nether Dungeon. The clan too had its heyday in the past. At that time, the areas outside the clan’s holdings had G.o.d-level inscription arrays, and any living being can forget breaking into the Sword Vault.

As the Kunlun Realm fell, so did the Zhenyu Clan.

It was not until the recovery of Kunlun Realm that the Zhenyu Clan saw the birth of a few Saint King realm elites. The head of the Shen family, Shen Jia, was one of them.

When Zhang Ruochen and the others entered the grounds, it was Shen Jia who came out to greet them.

s.h.i.+ Ren asked, “Uncle Shen, where’s the patriarch?”

“The patriarch is in the Sword Vault Palace, let’s go, we’ll head there together.” Shen Jia said with a smile.

A color of doubt flashed past s.h.i.+ Ren’s eyes, as he walked he asked, “I’ve heard that a large number of Immortal Vampires have rushed out of the Darkmourn Mountains, they will certainly aim for the Sword Vault. Has anything happened in the Sword Vault recently?”

“The Sword Vault has ancient wards protecting it. It won’t be easy for the Immortal Vampires to break in.” Shen Jia said.

s.h.i.+ Ren and Shen Jia walked in the front and spoke, while Zhang Ruochen at the back, his expression became a little heavy as he noticed something wrong.

“The air isn’t flowing. Fairy, you know what’s going on?” Zhang Ruochen sent a telepathic message to Ji Fanxin.

Ji Fanxin’s spiritual power was much stronger than Zhang Ruochen’s. The things that he could not see through, perhaps ji Fanxin could.

Ji Fanxin looked on straight, as she transmitted a voice into Zhang Ruochen’s mind. “It’s an illusion. Everything you see before you is an illusion.”

Zhang Ruochen was secretly surprised. “To transform a whole place to an illusory world, and to be able to hide it from a spiritual saint king of the fifty-ninth level. Beneath a Supreme Saint, there’s someone whose attainment in illusions have reached such a point?”

Ji Fanxin said. “To deploy a real-world illusion, the biggest flaw would be wind. So the illusionist who had deployed the illusion here had stopped the wind, so naturally, the air will stop flowing as well.

“Wouldn’t it make the flaw even more glaring?” Zhang Ruochen asked. Ji Fanxin continued. “Perhaps, that illusionist had taken us for budding young cultivators. Or perhaps, our arrival was too sudden that he had no chance to set up a more elaborate illusion.”

As they spoke, they had come to the square outside of the Sword Vault Palace.

The Sword Vault Palace was eight hundred meters high and occupied an area in a ten miles radii. It was made out of carved boulders like a pyramid.

“The patriarch is in there, distinguished guests, please.”

Shen Jia stood before the Sword Vault Palace, and made a welcoming gesture, trying to get s.h.i.+ Ren, Zhang Ruochen, and the rest to enter the palace door.

s.h.i.+ Ren did not budge and looked at Shen Jia with a quizzical gaze. “The Sword Vault Palace is an important place of the Zhenyu Clan, there should be many of our clansmen guarding here. Why isn’t there anyone here today?”

Shen Jia said. “Sir, you may not know that the Zhenyu Clansmen had all went to the Sword Vault.”

“Sir? Uncle Shen. You don’t know that I’m the young chieftain of the Zhenyu Clan?” s.h.i.+ Ren asked.

Shen Jia’s eyelids twitched a little, as he mumbled. “Young chieftain…”

Duuushh!!

Murong Yue, like a phantom, appeared behind Shen Jia and used the Bluelight Blunt Crescent to slash through his chest.

A grunt slipped out of Shen Jia’s mouth.

However, there was no blood flowing out of Shen Jia’s body, and instead, his expression became strange as his body slowly dissipated.

“It’s just an illusion.”

Murong Yue pulled back the Bluelight Blunt Crescent out and looked at the surroundings on guard.

“Shatter.”

Zhang Ruochen raised his left foot and stomped the ground violently

Immediately, billowing flames burst out and torched the illusory realm into cinders.

The real world reappeared again.

It was still the square outside the Sword Vault Palace, however, the square was wrecked with broken stone and ruined walls, with bloodstains all over.

The Sword Vault Palace disappeared, and in its place was a three-hundred-foot-tall monster.

The monster had a menacing face, with blood-red scales, razor-sharp fangs, and a strong b.l.o.o.d.y scent coming from its mouth. It had been laying in front of Zhang Ruochen and the rest. If they had stepped into the Sword Vault Palace earlier, they would have been swallowed by the blood beast.

The beast let out a powerful aura which sent chills down everyone’s spine.

Zhang Ruochen immediately released his saint Qi and enveloped the group as they rapidly pulled back.

BAAM!!

Just as they pulled back, a b.l.o.o.d.y claw slammed at the position they were standing earlier, sinking the ground, and sending a large number of soil and stones flying into the distance.

After retreating all the way to the edge of the square, Zhang Ruochen and his group stopped and looked at the monster.

“A Bloodhunch Netherbeast. One of the war beasts raised by the Immortal Vampires.” Ji Fanxin said.

Zhang Ruochen’s eyes fell onto the top of the Bloodhunch Netherbeast, and he saw a two-meter-tall sharp-eared man standing there, with a glittering gemstone in his hand.

The surrounding area was enveloped by the light from the gemstone and reflected an illusory realm.

A loud voice came out of the sharp-eared man’s mouth. “It turned out to be a group of elites, I have underestimated you lot.”

s.h.i.+ Ren rumbled. “Who are you? Where are the Zhenyu Clansmen?”

“HAHAHA!”

The sharp-eared man smiled and spoke slowly. “Young chieftain, you’re too late! All of the Zhenyu clansmen have already been eaten by my mount.”

“Impossible… No… you are looking for death.”

s.h.i.+ Ren gritted his teeth, furious, as dense blood lines appeared in his eyes. He charged towards the sharp-eared man and blasted out twelve talismans.

Each talisman was like a white beam, which flew out very fast.

The sharp-eared man did not block the talismans, but instead stood on the top of the Bloodhunch Netherbeast’s head, and staring contemptuously at s.h.i.+ Ren.

BAM! BAM!!