Chapter 358: Mutant Spirit Beasts (1/2)

Chapter 358: Mutant Spirit Beasts

As the sectmaster of the Cloudsoaring Sect, Jiang Zhisu was at the late Worldly realm, only one step away from entering the Profound realm.

No more than a handful of experts in the entire Realm of Flame Heaven had the ability to injure him so badly, and most of them had been gathered by Nie Tian’s side.

Nie Tian was shocked by Jiang Zhisu’s bedraggled appearance, not knowing what he had gone through on his way over.

Two others came with Jiang Zhisu, one of whom was Yuan Xian from the Grayvale Sect, who Nie Tian knew fairly well.

Since the moment she had arrived, her ice-cold gaze had never left Nie Tian.

She was from the Yuan Clan, and Yuan Fengchun was her older brother.

Apparently, she had already learned about the heaven-overthrowing incident that had happened in Black Cloud City, and that Nie Tian was the one to blame.

“Alright, Yuan Xian!” The other man, Song Wenshi from the Mystic Mist Sect, called out softly. “Every sect gave you face and didn’t interfere when the Yuan Clan decided to move to Black Cloud City. However, we didn’t foresee that your big brother would actually rely on our mercy and do those underhanded things to the Nie Clan and the An Clan over and over again, which eventually resulted in the tragedy.”

Song Wenshi was a middle Profound realm Qi warrior, and the most powerful expert in the Mystic Mist Sect. His status in the Mystic Mist Sect was similar to Wu Ji’s status in the Cloudsoaring Sect.

Jiang Zhisu jumped in and said, “What’s done is done. I hope you can calm down and not create new disturbances.”

Li Jing from the Blood Sect was originally trying to receive enlightenment from the profound grand spell formation. However, the moment Yuan Xian arrived, her eyes snapped open and locked onto her.

In a flash, her eyes turned blood-red as they became filled with an intense killing intent.

Various expressions flashed across Yuan Xian’s face.

The Grayvale Sect also had a Profound realm expert. However, he had sustained heavy injuries when the Grayvale Sect had been flooded by the invading Demons.

Seeing that the Grayvale Sect was almost gone, and it would only be a matter of time before the entire realm fell, that Profound realm expert had decided to betray his sect and leave the Realm of Flame Heaven.

The way he had seen it, the Grayvale Sect would never rise to prominence again, and he didn’t want to be dragged down by it.

His leaving and the great losses they had suffered were the reasons why the Grayvale Sect existed only in name now.

Chang Sen chimed in by saying, “They’re right, Yuan Xian. Try to look at the bigger picture.”

After glaring at Nie Tian for a while, Yuan Xian forcibly calmed herself and sat down without uttering a word.

After all, she sensed that, at this sensitive time, Nie Tian shouldered the keen hope and responsibility of the Realm of Flame Heaven, the Realm of Mystic Heaven, and the Realm of a Thousand Devastations.

In this situation, not to mention that Nie Tian had only killed Yuan Fengchun, even if he had killed Yuan Xian as well and annihilated the entire Grayvale Sect, no one would do anything to him.

Since she knew she couldn’t do anything to him for the time being, she decided to restrain herself.

“What happened to you, Brother Song?” Chang Sen asked.

With a grim expression, Song Wenshi from the Mystic Mist Sect replied, “We encountered mutant spirit beasts on our way here.”

“Mutant spirit beasts?!” With a frown, Chang Sen looked the three of them up and down, and discovered that Song Wenshi seemed unharmed, but both Jiang Zhisu and Yuan Xian had sustained injuries to certain degrees. Surprised, he asked, “The mutant spirit beasts in this area shouldn’t be of very high levels. Considering your strengths, how could they possibly hurt you?”

Since the Hell Sect was very close to this area, Chang Sen had recently come to this area every few days to see if there were signs of Demon armies arriving.

He had discovered that, as demon Qi had submerged this area, large amounts of spirit beasts had died. The spirit beasts that had survived the demon Qi had mutated and developed the ability to practice cultivation with demon Qi, instead of the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

After mutation, those spirit beasts had become much more powerful, but their grades hadn’t seemed to have increased noticeably.