Chapter 95

Illusory Realm!

Chen Changqing's eyes turned cold, and all fourteen layers of his Heavenly Martial Qi burst forth. He took a step forward, and a chilling, bloodthirsty aura instantly erupted.

Hundred Battles Saber Technique!

Solo Army Charge!

At this moment, it was as if he were surrounded by a thousand troops and ten thousand horses. Only by fighting with all his might could he carve out a bloody path for himself.

"Slash!"

With a roar, the Cold Moon Saber struck down with a thunderous force.

The desolate village tore apart like a piece of cloth. When he looked again, Chen Changqing found himself still in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, just one step away from leaving it.

On the other side.

A gust of wind came from behind.

Chen Changqing did not turn to block it. Instead, he took another step forward, completely leaving the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion.

At the moment of leaving.

He turned and blocked with his saber, just in time to clash with a pale hand.

A bone-chilling coldness spread up the saber, trying to freeze Chen Changqing's blood and qi.

The Heavenly Martial True Qi in his dantian surged, driving away the coldness.

"Very impressive!"

The sound of clapping echoed, and Chen Changqing turned his head to see a graceful woman in a red dress walking over.

As she approached.

An extremely strong and sinister aura hit him in the face.

Facing this sinister aura, Chen Changqing's blood and qi boiled, forcefully expelling the coldness that had invaded his body.

"Fiend of the Eternal Alliance!"

He did not act rashly, locking his senses on the person in front of him.

The woman smiled lightly. "My name is Hongyi. I can be considered a member of the Eternal Alliance. You are Chen Changqing, who destroyed the Lin'an City stronghold not long ago. Indeed, your reputation is well-deserved."

"Do you know me well?"

Chen Changqing's expression remained unchanged. While talking to her, he also paid attention to the surroundings.

The street at this moment.

Was eerily quiet.

Although it was evening, it was not yet curfew time. Normally, there would be people walking around.

However.

In his perception, not a single person appeared.

Not only that.

Even the intense commotion of breaking the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion's door did not attract any onlookers, which was very unusual.

"I wouldn't say I know you well, just heard about you."

Hongyi shook her head slightly, her gaze still fixed on Chen Changqing.

"Your strength is very powerful. Staying in the Demon Suppression Bureau is a waste of your talent. Why not join the Eternal Alliance? It would be much better than staying in the Demon Suppression Bureau."

"Whether to join the Eternal Alliance can be put aside for now. What I'm more curious about is whether the missing people in Jincheng and the Zhou family's incident were done by your Eternal Alliance."

Chen Changqing's long saber pointed diagonally at the ground, answering with a question.

He could see.

The person in front of him did not take him seriously, so she displayed a confident and fearless attitude.

In response.

Chen Changqing was not angry but wanted to take this opportunity to learn more.

After all, asking the person directly was better than painstakingly investigating on his own.

Hongyi smiled. "The missing people in Jincheng are indeed related to us, but the Zhou family's incident was not done by the Eternal Alliance. To be honest, if the Zhou family hadn't been wiped out, we wouldn't have acted so quickly."

Hearing this.

Chen Changqing immediately had some thoughts.

"So, the ones who wiped out the Zhou family are not part of your Eternal Alliance. You were worried that the Zhou family's destruction would attract strong forces from the Demon Suppression Bureau, so you abandoned the plan to hide and directly gave up the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion."

By now, he could understand some things.

The Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion was indeed a stronghold of the Eternal Alliance, but to prevent the stronghold from being exposed, they had to act low-key.

However, the incident at the Zhou family's ancestral home and the Zhou family's destruction would inevitably draw the attention of the Demon Suppression Bureau to Jincheng.

Once the Demon Suppression Bureau focused on Jincheng.

Even if the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion was well-hidden, it would not be able to remain hidden.

To put it bluntly.

The Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion's concealment was only effective against the Heaven Inspection Guard's strongholds.

If the Demon Suppression Bureau conducted a thorough search, it would be exposed.

"I'm curious, if the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion is a stronghold of the Eternal Alliance, why did you make people disappear? If you had remained low-key, the Demon Suppression Bureau might not have noticed anything!"

Chen Changqing asked another question that had been on his mind.

Hongyi covered her mouth and laughed, her charm radiating. "If I answer you, will you join the Eternal Alliance?"

"I can consider it."

"It's simple. The Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion's purpose is to collect the essence of living beings. Some people lose too much essence and start to show abnormalities or die at home. At that point, the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion would be exposed more quickly. So, we make those who have lost a lot of essence disappear, allowing the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion to remain hidden longer."

Hongyi's face turned cold as she spoke.

"To be honest, even if the Zhou family hadn't been wiped out, the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion didn't plan to hide for long. Once the essence of the people in Jincheng was drained enough for me to make a breakthrough, it would be enough. Unfortunately, it was just a little short. If not for the interference, I would have succeeded in a few more months."

Breakthrough!

Chen Changqing keenly heard these two words.

When Hongyi appeared, his attention was on her.

Just from the Yin energy alone.

Hongyi's strength could be described as powerful.

Chen Changqing even suspected that she might have reached the Master level, but after hearing her words, his heart settled.

If she needed to collect essence to break through, she was unlikely to be a Master-level expert.

In other words, the fiend in front of him was more likely at the peak of the Innate stage.

"You want to break through to the Master level!"

"Who doesn't want to break through to the Master level?" Hongyi countered, then laughed lightly. "I've said everything I needed to. What do you think? Do you want to join the Eternal Alliance?"

Then, she continued. "Staying in the Demon Suppression Bureau has no future. The fiendish races are growing stronger, while the Demon Suppression Bureau's power is weakening, making it difficult to handle everything. Moreover, there's something you don't know. The emperor of the Great Qin is old and will soon die. Once the emperor is gone, the Great Qin will become a paradise for fiends. Even the Demon Suppression Bureau will not be spared. I see that you have great potential, so I'm giving you a chance to join us."

Hongyi's words.

Shook Chen Changqing's heart.

From her words, it was clear that the main reason the Great Qin remained stable was not the Demon Suppression Bureau, but the emperor of the Great Qin.

In other words.

The emperor of the Great Qin was also an extremely powerful expert.

However, this powerful expert's lifespan was coming to an end.

In a short moment.

Chen Changqing's thoughts raced.

"I've thought about it seriously. Being a fiend is not what I'm pursuing."

Hearing this, Hongyi's face changed.

Before she could get angry, Chen Changqing moved, and his cold saber slashed through the night sky.

"Ungrateful!"

Hongyi was enraged. As she struck with a palm, a chilling coldness swept in all directions, and the terrifying palm force shattered the saber's energy, continuing to strike at Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing did not retreat, but struck with a palm as well.

Bang

The two palms met.

The fire poison of the Iron Sand Palm combined with the Heavenly Martial True Qi exploded, instantly forcing Hongyi to retreat. Her delicate, white hand was burned and charred by the force.

"Impossible!"

Hongyi's charming face was filled with shock.

That palm strike had completely exceeded her limits.

Master!?

"Are you a Master?"

Hongyi screamed, and black scales began to spread across her beautiful face and limbs.

Then, her body twisted and fell to the ground, her green eyes fixed on Chen Changqing.

No!

He is not a Master!

After the shock, she quickly realized that Chen Changqing's strength, while powerful, did not manifest the true intent of martial arts, so he could not be a Master expert.

Realizing this.

In the next instant.

Hongyi leaped up, moving like a ghost, and instantly appeared in front of Chen Changqing.

Faced with such an attack, Chen Changqing was not afraid.

He used the Heavenly Luo Step, evading her attack, and then slashed with his saber, aiming to kill the fiend in front of him.

In an instant.

The fiend disappeared again.

Before he could think too much, a cold aura struck his mind. Chen Changqing turned and struck with a palm, hitting a figure flying away.

"Zombie Puppet!"

Seeing the figure flying away, Chen Changqing immediately recognized it as Qing'er, whom he had seen a few days ago.

Looking at the Ten Thousand Flowers Pavilion, the zombie puppets that should have disappeared emerged, instantly surrounding him.

On the other side.

Hongyi, like a giant spider, climbed onto a nearby building, her green eyes fixed on Chen Changqing, as if she wanted to devour him alive.

"Kill him!"

At her command, many zombie puppets rushed at Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing was prepared for this.

Gripping his saber tightly, he took a step forward, and a powerful, bloodthirsty aura erupted, spreading like a wave.

Rip

With one slash, several zombie puppets' heads flew into the air, black blood spraying out.

Chen Changqing could not avoid the black blood, which splashed onto his clothes, corroding a hole and causing his skin to smoke.

A slight pain came from his hand, which was slightly red and smoking. He immediately calmed down and began to slaughter the zombie puppets.

Although the zombie puppets' blood was highly corrosive.

It was clear that.

The Seventh Level of the Invincible Golden Body could completely resist the corrosion of the blood.

As the zombie puppets were being slaughtered, Hongyi, who had fallen on the roof, attacked again, pouncing on Chen Changqing.