Chapter 568 - Kill (1/2)

Chapter 568: Kill

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

“Stop, stop. Stay your hand,” the Howling Devil Cult Leader hurriedly shouted.

“What else is there to say?” Xue Ying’s true body was accompanied by his nine world bodies to surround the Howling Devil Cult Leader. He was ready to act at any time.

The Howling Devil Cult Leader said, “Unless I’m mistaken, you were sent here by His Highness, Dong bo Xue Ying. Is that correct, Tavern Master?”

“How did you know?” Xue Ying frowned.

“Hahaha…” The Howling Devil Cult Leader did not answer. The actual reason related to the fact that he obtained part of the memories of each of the nine souls with the greatest willpower. This included some basic information from Chi Qiu Bai’s memory, which let him know that a certain famous character originated from Chi Qiu Bai’s hometown, and that was Xue Ying! His reputation was too big, having long since spread across the whole Deity world and Dark Abyss, and his background wasn’t secret—he was native to the Xia Clan world from the material realm.

It wasn’t difficult for the Howling Devil Cult Leader to deduce that Chi Qiu Bai, a mere Transcendent from the material realm, could not know anyone with enough influence to invite someone over other than Xue Ying.

“It seems you know quite a lot about Chi Qiu Bai,” Xue Ying said in a cold tone of voice.

“Tavern Master, Dong Bo Xue Ying is just an expert from the Deity world; is it worth becoming my opponent for the sake of an outsider?” The Howling Devil Cult Leader then added, “In truth, I’m sure you can guess that I’ve already used up Chi Qiu Bai’s long ago during the cultivation of my secret technique. I couldn’t bring him out even if I wanted to! You can kill me, but you still won’t gain anything out of it. I can only hope that Tavern Master might show mercy. I, the Howling Devil Cult Leader, will definitely do my best to repay Tavern Master for any kindness you show.”

“He’s already dead?” A tinge of fury appeared in Xue Ying’s eyes.

“That is the case.” The Howling Devil Cult Leader was nodding ceaselessly.

“Then pledge an oath to confirm that his soul has already dissipated. Do this, and I’ll just start thinking up ways to bring him back from the river of time,” Xue Ying said. If he was unable to accomplish something, he could just ask someone else to do it in his stead. The stronger the person being reincarnated, the greater the price that had to be paid. Eternal Wind died as a Transcendent, so it would not be so difficult to reincarnate him. With Xue Ying’s current influence, it would be very easy to do so.

“That is…” The Howling Devil Cult Leader was clearly hesitating. Pledging an oath? Strictly speaking, Chi Qiu Bai could not be said to have truly died.

“You won’t pledge the oath? Does that not mean you’re lying?” Xue Ying no longer hesitated. The Howling Devil Cult Leader first said that he gave the souls over to some other powerful existence, and then immediately changed his mind, saying that how Chi Qiu Bai’s soul dispersed. Even then, he was ultimately unwilling to pledge an oath.

This meant he could only act!

“Hong hong hong!”

Xue Ying’s nine world bodies all waved their poles at the same time. Indeed, for the sake of concealing his identity, Xue Ying forewent using spears in favor of poles! In truth, poles and spears were similar in many aspects.

‘This isn’t good.’ The Howling Devil Cult Leader’s expression went completely pale. ‘Damn it! This Tavern Master is clearly a powerful existence from the Dark Abyss, but for the sake of that Dong Bo, he’s not showing me any mercy.’

Xue Ying’s nine poles were like nine pillars surrounding the world. Everything around was twisted and smashed entirely as if the cosmos apocalypse itself was descending upon this area. His surroundings turned into streams of particles, mainly because every last world body was powered by the luminous sun force coupled with the extreme annihilation mysterious body. Their physical prowess wasn’t any lower than that of the true body, making them so powerful that it felt exaggerated—he could rely on pure strength to produce an effect similar to the apocalypse.

Faced with this heaven-shattering assault, the Howling Devil Cult Leader felt his heart tighten; such power was truly too fierce. He could no longer afford to conceal any part of his combat power, so he erupted out with his full strength.

“Peng~”

Having fallen under the shrouding assault of the nine poles, the Howling Devil Cult Leader began feeling a strand of despair, yet he was nonetheless doing his best to fight back. His body began distorting, eventually taking on the form of a bloody shadow. While it was true that his body cultivation technique was not completely, he had already reached the final step, leaving him quite different from an ordinary figure.

Nine powerful souls were snarling out from the surface of his body, some male, other female, humans or beasts, young and old. Every last one of these nine souls was filled with hatred.

“This…” A feeling of great alarm overcame Xue Ying’s heart.

Of the nine illusions filled with rancor, one was a white-haired man with an appearance strikingly similar to that familiar older brother of his. This was the person he followed when he first became a Transcendent—he was the Eternal Wind Knight, Chi Qiu Bai. However, the current him was no longer as unruly as he had been in the past, and neither was the grief he had always been hiding inside visible. Instead, he seemed like nothing more than a crazy ghost, struggling with hatred as he leaped against the blood shadow.