Grasping Evil

The cloaked burly man showed up in a vigorous manner. Everything had just happened within a single breath's time.

After Lin Su's death, the cold threat uttered by the burly man reverberated within the two elderly experts' minds, gradually transforming into the feeling of fear which flooded their hearts.

It can't be wrong! This cloaked burly man must be a Late Void Refinement Realm expert! He is a superb expert who can kill hundreds of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators all on his own!

Moreover, if the two of them were not wrong, that burly man's cultivation level seemed to have regressed due to the injuries he suffered.

"What exactly is his original cultivation level?"

"No, we can't mess with him… We absolutely can't mess with him!"

The two of them were originally helpers whom Lin Su invited to help him seize the emperor's star.

Currently, since Lin Su was already dead they, of course, did not dare to gamble their lives against a Late Void Refinement Realm expert just for the emperor's star which could boost their cultivation level.

"T-The key is right here…"

They both gulped and took out a ten thousand zhang* huge iceberg-like egg with difficulty from their storage pouch and placed it on the snowy ground.

After that, the two of them cupped their fists in the direction of the star mountain while their bodies shivered in fear. With a shaky voice, they spoke.

"This is the key… We, juniors, will leave nowfirst. Please excuse us…"

What the two old experts had in their minds was quite fanciful as they were thinking of leading the surviving members of the White Devil Sect to escape from Star Palace.

However, just as they took out the iceberg, their action immediately triggered the advent of their deaths.

"Hmm… Even though there are things that changed, it's indeed the aura of the demon marshal slumbering in this land. Judging from the situation, the original demon marshal had died and his body was then eaten by another Void Refinement Realm expert…"

The burly man took a step forward and in the blink of an eye, he appeared right before the ice egg which was now situated on the snow valley from the peak of the star mountain which was tens of thousands of li* (500m per li) away. With an indifferent tone, he spoke:

"The Key of the Star Palace is most probably with this wolf… Since you handed over the key, you, members of the White Devil Sect, can die now!"

As soon as his voice fell, the burly man immediately stretched his five fingers out like a claw. His action might look casual, but it immediately stirred up an unimaginable windstorm of the Void Realm!

He actually wanted to kill everyone who was there to get rid of witnesses!

Even Lu Jiefen and Qu Shun were no exceptions!

Under the windstorm of the Void Realm, all cultivators below the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm, including the Divine Transformation Realm experts were killed in just a moment!

The two elderly experts' faces scowled and they roared in rage.

"Y-You didn't keep your promise! We have already handed over the key! Why didn't you let us go?!"

"What a joke! I just asked you to hand over the key! When did I promise to spare you all? While I was in my prime, Void Fragmentation experts or even Life Immortals were just my snacks. I could have easily killed them with just a single wave of my hand! What qualifications do mere Divine Transformation Realm cultivators like you all have to reason with me?!"

The cloaked burly man pointed using his finger and four blades of the Void Realm flew swiftly towards Lu Jiefen and the other three men at an incredible speed.

It was just a random attack from the burly man. Even so, its destructive power was certainly not any weaker than that of an ordinary Early Void Refinement Realm expert's all-out attack!

Qu Shun waved his golden fan and a billow of golden flames blasted out. However, when the golden flames clashed against the blades, a hissing sound could be heard and the flames dispersed and died away.

Qu Shun hurriedly broke the life jade and a Void Refinement Realm protective light barrier enclosed his body.

However, when he was struck by the blades, the protective light barrier broke and his triple-layered battle armor shattered. Upon receiving the attack, Qu Shun was already in a grievous state and he was on the verge of dying!

Since Qu Shun was already so badly beaten, the two elderly experts of the White Devil Sect were even worse.

Previously, they were sneak-attacked by the black dragon and the black puppet. Moreover, when they were trying to seize the egg, their shoulders and chests were injured by Ning Fan's punch. After the two confrontations, the injuries they suffered were not light.

Now, as they were facing the blades of the void which dashed towards them, both of them panicked and immediately defended themselves with their magical weapons.

"Black Ice Tortoise, appear!"

"Pure Flask of Wind and Snow, suppress!"

These two magic weapons were Half-Step Void Treasures. However, even magic weapons at this grade were instantly crushed to powder upon contact with the blades.

Both of them summoned their spiritual equipment and armors. However, all of them were shattered one after another by the blades and in the end, their bodies were also destroyed along with whatever they had taken out to protect themselves, leaving only two panic-stricken primordial spirits. They hastily picked up their storage pouches. Out of fear, they took out a Treasure of Immortal's Abode and hid within it!

Among them, only Lu Jiefen has yet to suffer any injuries at all. Facing the incoming blade, he wielded his natal magical treasure - Purple Yang Mirror without hesitation.

He then spat out a mouthful of blood essence which seeped into the mirror. Under his control, the Purple Yang mirror shot out tens of thousands of purple light rays in succession which clashed against the blade.

However, the amount of purple light rays he conjured were not enough to deplete the power of the void blades and it gave the blade the opportunity to hit the Purple Yang Mirror instead. A precious mirror treasure that was in perfectly good condition was then split into halves. The probability of restoring the mirror to its original state was unknown.

Even though Lu Jiefen was unscathed, he had lost a great treasure. Lu Jiefen was definitely not calm after losing such a precious treasure.

"His random strike could even crush a Void Treasure! His power is just too terrifying!"

Lu Jie Fen's heart was flooded with astonishment. His lifelong dream was to break through to the Void Refinement Realm and become a powerful being like the demon marshal.

But when standing in front of the cloaked burly man, not even an ordinary Void Refinement Realm was worth mentioning at all since they can be killed instantaneously.

Moreover, this burly man was so arrogant and crazy enough to claim that he could kill Void Fragmentation Realm and Life Immortal Realm experts like crushing ants during his prime.

What exactly was his true cultivation level in his prime?

We can't fight him with strength!

"Prince Qu Shun, let's retreat!"

Lu Jiefen could not reconcile the fact that the emperor's star which he had been scheming and planning hard to get would brush past him just like that.

However, no matter how unwilling he was, he did not even have the strength to resist an overpowered expert like the cloaked man.

He patted his storage pouch and produced a golden black formation disk, lifting it into the air.

"I'm leaving now!"

The series of actions made by Lu Jiefen had caused the cloaked man to be a little surprised.

"Unexpectedly, you actually have a Void Treasure as an aegis…"

But when the cloaked man noticed that Lu Jiefen was trying to escape, he just laughed grimly and mocked.

"Once you've fallen into my hands, you… can never flee away!"

At first glance, the burly man knew that what Lu Jiefen took out should be some kind of formation disk that could allow him to teleport and flee. Thus, he did not pay much attention to it.

He did not think that anyone could escape from him simply with just a formation disk.

He spread his hand claw-like once more and clawed at the direction of the golden flame formation disk. Immediately, the disk trembled and was nearly broken but fortunately, it did not.

Upon seeing the condition of his formation disk, Lu Jiefen's face lit up and hurriedly activated the formation light. A dazzling formation light then covered his body. In a blinding flash, he then dashed into the Void Realm and his presence was nowhere to be spotted.

This had slightly astonished the cloaked man.

"Void Breaking Formation Disk! It can break into the Void and travel for millions upon millions of li* (500m per li) in an instant with the help of void power… It was unlikely for even Void Refinement Realm experts to own such an item… I was careless just now to let him slip away by luck!"

It all happened just within a short moment.

The cloaked burly man then turned his eyes immediately to the space where the two elderly experts of the White Devil Sect were hiding in.

"Hiding inside a Treasure of Immortal's Abode, huh? There are always some small fry who think that after picking up a Treasure of Immortal's Abode, they could then hide inside it during a life and death moments and won't be hurt by anyone. How ridiculous that is! In the face of a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, it would only need a little tear on the space of the Treasure of Immortal's Abode and it would all crumble!"

The burly man then clawed at the two elderly expert's hiding space. All of a sudden, a tremendous tearing force shredded that space to pieces!

As the space was destroyed, the two elderly men coughed out blood and revealed themselves. Their eyes were filled with terror. Within their hands, they held a broken Treasure of Immortal's Abode.

"Impossible! Even a cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm can only tear the Immortal's Abode Space but not destroy it. Only a creature of that kind would be able to do this… I understand now. You aren't human! Y-You are… a Realm Beast!"

"You know too much! Let me send you all to hell!"

The cloaked burly man no longer showed any mercy anymore. He lifted one of his fingers and an immensely huge power fell upon their primordial spirits. As the power spread, the two primordial spirits trembled and passed out. With a flick of his sleeve, they were kept into it.

Within the battlefield, there were only the cloaked burly giant and Qu Shun left.

After being struck by the blades of the void, Qu Shun was grievously injured and nearly met his death. He could not even use a trace of his demon power now.

Apparently, it looked like he was going to end up like the two experts of the White Devil Sec, dying under the burly man's hands.

His expression remained ferocious and unyielding. He bit the tip of his tongue and forcibly spat out a mouthful of golden blood. Within the blood, there were actually pieces of golden scales.

"Innate Talent of Golden Qilin, the Art of Bloody Terrain!"

Rivers and mountains were dyed with golden blood, using the golden light to travel along the sky!

When this mouthful of golden blood was spat out, countless golden blood began to well up from his skin and flowed out, spreading into the vast sky.

In the next moment, the space under the heavens was basked in golden light and the shadow of the Qilin. That golden light was so dazzling that it was even painful to the burly man's eyes, making him unable to clearly see Qu Shun's movement.

"I will definitely kill you the next time I see you!" Qu Shun spat out a harsh threat and disappeared ethereally in the golden light.

However, right after his departure, the cloaked man narrowed with coldness and he indifferently spoke.

"What an arrogant brat! If it wasn't for the sake of your identity as a member of the Golden Qilin Race, do you really think I can't break your Art of Bloody Terrain? The son of Emperor Qu of the Demon World… Hmmph! Killing you is like drinking soup if I didn't consider the relations that I once had with your ancestors. Crush!"

The cloaked giant stretched out one of his hands and clawed at the sky. The bright and majestic golden light which filled the boundless air faded.

Apparently, although the burly man was indeed careless to let Lu Jiefen escape, it seemed that he had decided to let Qu Shun go.

Towards the group of Divine Transformation Realm experts, the cloaked giant barely had any interest. He just wanted to quickly get the Key of the Star Palace and wait for Yuan Yao to fall right into his trap.

Looking at the ten thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) tall egg, the man slammed one of his palms onto it. The solid ice which was strong enough to withstand tens of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators' attacks shattered.

As for Tan Lang's corpse which was sealed in ice within the egg, it dropped onto the snowy ground in front of the cloaked man with a thud.

Tan Lang could be said to be the most unlucky expert in this Star Palace!

A Mid Void Refinement Realm expert who was in perfectly good condition lost his life just like that after Ning Fan intervened.

Undoubtedly, the cloaked burly man was also quite unlucky too. When he realized that the slumbering wolf no longer had any life force left after breaking the ice seal, his face changed instantly.

"It's dead?! How could a slumbering demon be dead? Huh? All of its demon blood was drained out!"

An extremely unpleasant feeling surged within his heart.

Without any hesitation, he slammed his palm onto Tan Lang's corpse making that lifeless body turn into a cloud of bloody mist. However, there was nothing like a key there.

"The key is not here?! How come there's no key here?!"

His heart was flooded with the feeling of being cheated. Furious, the cloaked burly man flicked his long sleeve and summoned the injured primordial spirits of the two White Devil Sect experts. He pointed at them with his finger to wake them up and asked with an imposing tone.

"The key! Where is it?!"

Previously, the two of them were grievously injured by the burly man. After that, they were knocked unconscious. Now, however, they were woken up again. After experiencing whatever they had been through, the two primordial spirits were already in a state of delirium. With blank expressions, they asked:

"The key? It's in the Wolf King's hands…"

"You lied!"

*Pong* The burly man crushed one of the primordial spirits and then coldly stared at the other.

This time, the other senior was completely shocked which brought him to his senses. He finally recalled how powerful and terrifying the cloaked burly man in front of him was.

"S-Senior! How could the key be lost? After we seized the egg, we had never opened it before…"

That remaining elderly expert tried hard to justify himself. However, when he saw the burly man's cold eyes which glowed with faint green light, he knew that the monstrous being was not satisfied with his answer!

As if he knew that he was going to die, his brain became abnormally nimble and his thoughts suddenly became extra clear.

He seemed to remember that before taking the ice egg away, he was severely injured by Ning Fan who stood on top of the ice egg.

"Could it be that Lu Bei has taken the key? Yes! It must be him! There was only one reason why he didn't chase after us after we had stolen the ice egg - he had already known beforehand that the key wasn't inside the Egg! Probably, that key… is already in his hands!"

That elderly expert decided to sling mud at Ning Fan. However, coincidentally, he had guessed the truth correctly. The key was with Ning Fan.

"Who is Lu Bei?" The cloaked burly man asked indifferently.

"Lu Bei is…"

That elderly expert felt like he had just seen the light of hope. In his mind, he thought that his life might last a little longer if he tried a little harder to satisfy the cloaked burly man.

Unfortunately, he had underestimated the degree of cruelty of the burly man.

"It's too troublesome. You don't need to talk anymore. Let me just search your soul directly!"

*Pong*

An enormous power of spirit sense invaded the elderly expert's Sea of Consciousness, crumbling it crushing his primordial spirit.

After searching that elderly expert's soul to death, the cloaked burly man did not even show any pity towards him. Instead, his eerie green eyes glinted with a hint of surprise.

"I found it! You lowly slave! I didn't expect you to be hiding by this Lu Bei's side!"

From that elderly expert's memory, the cloaked burly man did not manage to find the whereabouts of the key, but he discovered Yuan Yao's location!

In his memory, there was a Divine Transformation Realm female cultivator whose face was veiled standing behind Ning Fan. She seemed to have suffered some injuries. To the burly man, that woman was no doubt Yuan Yao!

"You lowly slave! This time, you won't be able run away from me again! As for Lu Bei… Hmph!"

The cloaked burly man made a cold sneer. There was nothing that could make him happier other than discovering Yuan Yao's whereabouts.

Once he kills Yuan Yao, his mission would then be accomplished!

He closed his eyes and let out a cacophony of devilish laughter. Then, he vigorously spread out his spirit sense which was much stronger than that of a Life Immortal!

He was injured and his divine sense was greatly damaged. However, if he goes all-out and ignores his injuries, he still could use the power of his divine sense.

Other than that, with the help of his spirit sense, he performed a hand seal and cast some kind of extremely formidable spirit sense technique. As soon as this technique was cast, the burly man's injuries were aggravated. He coughed out some blood and his cultivation level regressed back to the Mid Void Refinement Realm.

"World Sense Technique!"

The World Sense Technique was a special secret art of the Realm Beast Tribe.

As long as the caster is somewhere in a chiliocosm, this technique would allow the caster's spirit sense to fuse with the soul of that realm, enabling him to know everything within the area!

By casting this technique in the Star Palace, the views of all the locations within the Star Palace came into the man's eyes.

"I found you!"

The burly man suddenly opened his eyes wide and took a step forward, transforming into a gust of hollow wind. In just an instant, he had flown two hundred thousand li* (500m per li)!

"Lu Bei and you lowly slave! Where are you both trying to run?!"

He let out an evil and menacing bellow. With the help of the World Sense Technique, countless lands within the Heaven Hall crumbled under his roar!

That force which crushed everything in its way rushed towards the golden flame chariot at an unimaginable speed! Outside the Void Realm, a group of talented humans from the Four Heavens were trying to enter the Star Palace. None of them knew that the Star Palace had experienced a great change.

"Have you heard about it? Young Master Lin Su from the White Devil Sect has entered the Star Palace. He claimed that he's going to find that Lu Bei who had defeated Zi Chuan and humiliated him! I'm afraid that Lu Bei is going to die!" A short and small young man sighed while clicking his tongue.

"I don't think so? Although I don't know who Lu Bei is, since this person can beat Zi Chuan, he can already be considered as an outstanding expert among the young generations of the Four Heavens. Perhaps Lu Bei is not a match for Lin Su. However, it is rather impossible for him to be killed by Lin Su…" A fat and chubby expert rebutted.

"I suggest you do not trust that information! I heard that Lu Bei was just a nobody from the Mortal World. It was by luck for a person like him to beat Zi Chuan. One should know that Lin Su is much stronger and more powerful than Zi Chuan. Furthermore, he is an expert of the Late Divine Transformation Realm!" The short cultivator replied sternly.

However, just as his voice fell, the whole Star Palace in front of them quaked under a devilish voice of a peerless expert!

"Lu Bei and you lowly slave! Where are you both trying to run?!"

The owner of this voice seemed to have suffered some injuries and his cultivation level was greatly weakened.

However, the aura hiding within the words were enough to show that this person was definitely a peerless expert in the past!

"A Crossing Truth Realm True Immortal! When he spoke, the entire Star Palace trembled! He must be an injured True Immortal whose cultivation level has regressed greatly! This True Immortal Realm being is now in the Star Palace. We must not go in there if we don't want to get ourselves killed!"

"Based on this True Immortal's tone, the people whom he is pursuing seem to be a man and a woman… The woman's name wasn't mentioned but the man… is Lu Bei?!"

"Lu Bei! The man who beat Zi Chuan! Isn't he just at the Early Divine Transformation Realm? How did he mess around with a Crossing Truth Realm True Immortal?"

"Judging from his tone, it seems like he is pursuing Lu Bei but he actually can't catch up with him… This Lu Bei can escape from being hunted down by a True Immortal?! Isn't he just too powerful?"

Outside the Star Palace, tens of thousands of top talents who came from nearly one hundred different groups were astonished at the same time!

It was all because they had heard an angry bellow from a True Immortal!

It was all because they heard that a young man named Lu Bei was able to escape from a True Immortal!

"Who is Lu Bei?"

Each of the top talents who usually behaved in a supercilious and haughty manner revealed a look of admiration. They wanted to see how monstrous and powerful that person was to be able to run away from a True Immortal while only being at the Early Divine Transformation Realm!

That short cultivator was stupefied. Just now, he was still claiming that Lu Bei would certainly die in Lin Su's hands.

It now seems like that Lu Bei could even escape from a True Immortal alive. How would it be possible for him to be killed by Lin Su?

Moreover, if Lin Su meets Lu Bei, he might not be able to withstand Lu Bei for even a single round!

"Young man, you have just gotten yourself into huge trouble! You've just said something bad about Lu Bei. Beware that he comes out from the Star Palace and teaches you a lesson!" A few of his partners joked.

However, that short cultivator did not find it laughable at all.

"What the hell! I was just simply saying some words and because of that, I have just offended a fierce and powerful man? A man so fearless and strong that he could run away from a True Immortal?"

"It's bad! I'm going to flee now!"

Under the World Sense Technique, that voice echoed to a far distance.

It triggered a series of destructions in the hollow space. Even though it just happened within the Heaven Hall, it caused the three Star Seas in the Earth Hall to shake violently and produce tsunami waves.

At the central domain of the Heaven Hall, Ning Fan rode on his golden flame chariot which moved as fast as lightning. His face remained grim.

The unpleasant feeling within his heart was proven.

"Lu Bei and you lowly slave! Where are you both trying to run?!"

That bellow of rage, almost caused all the palaces in the Heaven Hall to crumble!

While the buildings were crumbling, countless windstorms of the Void Realm rushed at them. They were stubbornly chasing behind them as if they were tied to the chariot.

If the golden flame chariot were to stop even for a second, it would then be engulfed by the windstorm!

"Brother Lu Bei… Who is that? He's so scary. I'm scared… It seems like he wants to hunt us down. Why?!" Xi Ran asked as if she was about to cry.

"He is a… Realm Beast!"

Ning Fan's words immediately stirred up a wave of shock within Wu Yan, Xi Ran and Yue Lingkong's hearts.

"A Realm Beast?! That ferocious beast which lives in the Void Realm and catches immortals as their snacks?! Why would such a beast want to kill us?!" The three women were stunned.

"It's all because of me… I'm sorry. It's all my fault… Lu Bei, I'm leaving now. I don't want to get you all into trouble… He has already used the World Sense Technique. He is able to see everything in this place now. As long as I leave, you all will be alright…."

Yuan Yao gritted her teeth. She knew that she only had a slim chance of surviving if she faced that realm beast. However, she was unwilling to encumber Ning Fan.

"What are you talking about?! I've given you my word that I am going to keep you safe!"

Ning Fan frowned. If he cast Yuan Yao aside now, all the things he had gone through in the past would be meaningless.

"But I'm afraid that I will…"

"There is no but! We must run away and we will do it together!"

Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination. That determination in his eyes made Yuan Yao feel a sudden warmth in her heart. However, it caused her to become even more unwilling to cause Ning Fan trouble.

"I'm sorry. I just can't burden you…"

She gave Ning Fan a final look and suddenly leaped out from the edge of the chariot.

"Bei Yao!"

"Sister Bei Yao!"

All women on the chariot were surprised by her action. After all, after spending so many days together, there was bound to be some emotions and attachment between them.

"Come back!"

Ning Fan's brows knitted even more tightly together. He then leapt into the air and hugged Yuan Yao as tight as he could.

"Don't go away!"

<strong>Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel.</strong>

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