Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Stone Pagoda sighed. He really did not want to do this as it could reveal some of the things he had been hiding.

But these two could be the last few members of that clan that they would meet. If Qin Yu killed them, their plan would be wasted.

Taking a deep breath, Stone Pagoda started to activate the power he had sealed and kept hidden all these years. A slight hatred and pain emerged within him. But together with these emotions, there was also an indescribable happiness.

Pain!

A pain that felt like one's bones were being grinded emerged from his soul. Then cold…a chilling aura added on to the pain. In a moment, it was enough for Qin Yu to regain his awareness. The redness in his eyes faded.

Stone Pagoda said calmly, "Master, in order to wake you, I had no choice. Please forgive me."

Under this calmness, there were a lot of other things that were hidden intentionally. He regained his consciousness and the memory that had been blocked appeared in his head. Qin Yu took a deep breath, "You did well."

However, that immense pain kept replaying in his mind along with the chilling power.

Stone Pagoda. What was he hiding? That feeling just now was horrible. Qin Yu felt a chill run through him at this moment.

Simply put, it was like a straw pierced through him and released a bone-chilling poison. It was the kind that would stun prey and then…absorb them!

Letting out a deep breath, he suppressed this chilling feeling in his heart. Qin Yu's gaze fell onto the cultivator, whose face was filled with despair.

"Whoever you are and wherever you come from, my clan will find you and tear you into pieces!" Fear and anger tangled within him, causing him to be extremely emotional. His voice was piercing as if it had broken. This conveyed the bitter resentment that he was feeling.

A ruthless feeling emerged from within him as the color on his face returned and it seemed like he was recovering.

Qin Yu clenched his fists and continued to remind himself that he was letting the cultivator go in order to cause more damage to that group in the future. It was only in this manner that he could suppress the murderous feeling threatening to emerge.

He could spare him from death, but not without a punishment. He had to take some interest.

"Since you put it that way, I can only tear you into pieces and turn you into ashes to repay you." With a sneer, Qin Yu lifted his hand and stepped forwards. The strong energy restricting the cultivator started to shake. His body started to bend awkwardly and his hands and legs bent at strange angles. 'Crack'. 'Crack'. The sound of bones cracking filled the air. His bones were being turned to dust from the immense pressure!

"Aaah! You devil! You monster! My clan will not let you go, we will never let you go!" That cultivator cursed out loud.

Qin Yu's face was deranged and sinister, "Did you call me a devil? But this is only the beginning, I will soon let you know what fear and despair are!"

As his bones were turned to dust and his flesh was being torn, fresh blood poured out from his injuries and flowed to the ground.

"Kill me! Just kill me!" His shouts were losing energy as he started to beg.

Qin Yu looked up and laughed menacingly, "Begging me? Hahaha! Fine, then let me give you a good ending to your pain!"

Lifting his hand, a black fire appeared and emitted a silent and deadly coldness, "You can howl and perish in the fire!"

Right at this moment, Qin Yu's expression changed. With a 'bom', a shapeless thing struck and he flew back.

Pfff -

Spitting out fresh blood, there was shock and anger in his voice, "Who is it?" He reached out and gestured. The black flame flew back to him. He then escaped without any hesitation, disappearing in an instant.

After the flame disappeared, all that was left was a puddle of rotten bones and fleet. Because he had been burnt by the flame, there were black streaks all over.

"Fire of Eternal Night…" A weak voice filled with hatred could be heard. 'Bom' an explosion could be heard as fresh blood flowed out and formed a ball before disappearing into the air.

At this moment, Qin Yu, who had just run away, was extremely calm as he stood and watched the area where the cultivator left. His expression was icy.

Alas - he was born to be an actor!

He had started to act after he regained his consciousness. From torturing that cultivator, his overall demeanor, and even the last part where he pretended to take a hit and run away. They were all part of his brilliant acting skills.

Of course, anger was still raging in him and a lot of it had been channeled into his acting, making it more exciting and without any loopholes.

At this point, the second step was done. Now he just had to wait for the West Desolate and that group to react - Soaring Sky and the others were ready to enter.

Woosh -

Qin Yu turned and left. He had to prepare…this time, he was going to make the two groups fight to their deaths!

……

They had found the killer!

One of their members had returned severely injured. He only managed to maintain consciousness for a short while before he fell into deep sleep and waited to be reborn. However, this time was enough to tell the rest who it was.

The West Desolate!

It was actually the West Desolate!

Moreover, before the killer murdered him, he summoned the Fire of Eternal Night. The Fire of Eternal Night was one of the strongest skills in the World of Darkness and was naturally in the possession of the West Desolate.

A very clear lead. There was no doubt!

The entire group was fuming.

A lot of them reacted at this moment. They should have thought about this sooner. Other than the West Desolate, who else would be able to hurt them in the fragmented area?

Damn it! How did the West Desolate do it? They did not know how entirely but they had some suspicions. They must have planned to do it for a long time and made lots of preparation before finding out how to inflict severe damage.

Moreover, they had always been fighting internally to obtain the southwest fragmented area and control the West Desolate. They had a motive and the position to do so. They looked at the Mysterious Clan as a mortal enemy!

Another thought popped into their heads - their spy had found out about the West Desolate losing the Inextinguishable Flame. Could this be a plot as well?

But this also meant that the Inextinguishable Flame was still in the West Desolate's hands. It was all to lure the Mysterious Clan out and fall into the trap that they prepared.

Of course, the West Desolate did it to chase them out of Bounded Zero Place and get the chance to create the treasure in the Mountain of Flames. If not, the Mysterious Clan found it very hard to believe that the West Desolate would suddenly dare to expose their cards and attack the Mysterious Clan when they had lost the Inextinguishable Flame.

Previously, they had not suspected the West Desolate because of this reason.

But it seemed like they had been tricked from the start. Not only were they being led around in circles, if their clan member had not been lucky enough to still remain slightly conscious, they would still be in the dark.

The more they thought about it, the angrier they became!

West Desolate, West Desolate, they had to pay for what they did.

Their Clan Leader ordered for the strongest members of their clan to speed up preparations and not hold anything back to enter Bounded Zero Place.

Didn't the West Desolate want to kill them?

Hehe, did they really think that our clan has not found a way to deal with their darkness puppets after all these years?

Today, my clan will make you pay for every one of our members that you killed. With interest!

……

Li Soar returned back alive. He was severely injured; a huge part of his body had been damaged and he barely managed to escape.

"Your Highness, I have to see Your Highness!"

Seeing someone so severely injured yet still calling out miserably to meet the prince, everyone knew that it was something important.

Moreover, after the sixth prince mercilessly got rid of a group of cultivators earlier, everyone was afraid.

Without any delay, Li Soar was brought in front of Li Zhouyi. One of his eyes was blind and the other was bleeding heavily. With both hands, he could not stop hitting the ground, "Where is His Highness? Where is His Highness?"

He was completely blind.

Li Zhouyi's expression changed slightly. He did not care that his hands would get bloody as he went over to hold Li Soar's hands. "I am Li Zhouyi, I swear to get revenge on whoever did this to you!"

Under everyone's gazes, this was called high EQ. With one action and one sentence, he made everyone watching think of him favorably. Maybe the sixth prince had his reasons to get rid of those people. Moreover, they were the third prince's people and did not have good intentions.

Tears of blood flowed down Li Soar's face. Hearing this sentence, it made him feel that whatever he had gone through was worth it!

"Your Highness, listen to me. That group has colluded with the rogue cultivators. I witnessed it myself and that is why I was hunted!

"And that group has already found a way to hurt our actual bodies through our puppets. You have to be careful!"

As he said this, it was as if he had used his last bit of energy as he fell to the ground. His body did not disintegrate and turn into black energy and disappear. Instead, it remained like an actual corpse in front of everyone.

The expressions of the people from the West Desolate changed drastically. There was only one explanation for this. Li Soar's actual body had died!

With his death, he provided evidence for what he had just said. That group had found a way to kill them.

This meant that his previous words about how that group was colluding with the rogue cultivators were most likely true!

If that was the case, then those people they had sent out to kill the rogue cultivators were in extreme danger!

Swish -

Swish -

Numerous eyes focused on him.

Li Zhouyi's expression was ashen as he gritted his teeth. Of course, he was just putting on a front. He had actually already known this.

Li Soar's return was just like a truth hammer knocking this fact in. There was no doubt.

"Pass down my order. Call all West Desolate cultivators to return. Prepare for battle!" As for why he did not choose to call them back when he first found out about this, it was because he was not willing to let others know that he had found out. He wanted to give himself more time to prepare.

And now, the news had reached the West Desolate. He was confident that he would be able to convince the previous West Desolate King and soon stronger cultivators from the West Desolate would arrive!

When that time came, he would be the one who saw through that clan's plot and beat them at their own game. He would then have a lot of contributions and would be able to make up for his past mistakes. He might even be able to turn the tables and get the recognition of the West Desolate King from this.

Now, Li Zhouyi was not afraid of going head to head. If that group wanted to act, then come!

It was perfect; he could become famous by leading the West Desolate cultivators into the bloody battle and fighting without backing down. He would be on a completely different level to his third brother who enjoyed plotting and had gone completely missing!

Moreover, when the stronger cultivators from the West Desolate arrived and accidently found out about his third brother colluding with that group and the rogue cultivators, it would be even more perfect.

So just come, I am ready!

……

Third Prince finally entered Bounded Zero Place. As for the keys, the woman simply took one from the two True Saints that died. There was even one extra.

Suppressing his emotions, Third Prince subtly sent out a summon. He had imagined that everyone would come as he called like an army responding to a signal. However, all of Bounded Zero Place was silent. Except for a few beasts, there was no one.

Where was everyone? Where the hell did they go?

The five Saints all frowned slightly as a heavy look appeared in their eyes. They could sense that something was not right.

Peachy's second body…okay, this name was troublesome and we can't keep calling her 'that woman'. She had long ago given herself the name Soft Peach.

Actually, this was not a name that she had given herself. Somehow, she felt like this was her name. Occasionally a scattered image would appear in her mind, and she was always called this in that.

But it was not important how this name came about. As she looked at Bounded Zero Place, vitality occasionally flashed through her eyes.

"So this is Bounded Zero Place, interesting, interesting…wooo. It seems like someone very strong died here a long time ago."

Li Four Seasons forced himself to hide the gloominess he felt as he hurried to reply, "Lady Soft Peach, your sense is very accurate. Bounded Zero Place was formed because the small world that a past Ruler died in fragmented."

Soft Peachy's lips curled to the side, "Ruler…it seems like I am at the right place. If I am lucky, I may get something good."

As she said this, her expression changed slightly as she lifted her head and looked straight.

Bom -

A low sound could be heard as if a huge stone had fallen from the top of a mountain and then landed on a surface covered in leather.

A heavy and low sound travelled outwards along with violent trembles.

In the next moment, the sky collapsed.

More accurately, it was the sky in Bounded Zero Place - which had already been badly shattered by the turbulent space waves - that collapsed due to a strong external force.

A silhouette appeared. A majestic and powerful aura exploded in that moment and caused all the broken rules within Bounded Zero Place to clash violently.

Several loud sounds could be heard exploding from beside him. The space was continuously being broken, split apart, and segmented, forming a circle where nothing else could get near. It was as if wherever that person stood, there was an invisible power surrounding him that was preventing everything from getting close.

Li Four Seasons' expression changed as he shouted, "That group!" His face paled as numerous beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. The person who had arrived was powerful. So powerful it exceeded the imagination.

That person was…a Half-King!