Chapter 1677: 21: The Cruel Arrival

Chapter 1677: Chapter 21: The Cruel Arrival

Some time after An Jing and her companions reunite.

Dark Realm.

The crystalline Spirit Stones formed a mountain range akin to being cast from jade, with liquid Spiritual Fiend emanating a silver light in the pitch-black darkness. Even the dust in the air seemed to burn like fiery particles, soaring brilliantly.

This place should have originally been the sanctuary of a certain clan, perhaps I don’t need to say “certain,” this was none other than the former sanctuary of the Qilin Clan, [Jade Kunlun].

And now, it has been transformed, the pure jade green has been invaded by deep blackness, yet this blackness doesn’t convey a feeling of utter oppression or silence. It’s more like a shadow, or perhaps like space, its black background suffused with star-like points of view, crystal clear and flowing, turning the originally bright jade into an even more profound Abyss. Countless swirling light fragments rotate and refract within, forming various geometric shapes, constructing a complex Kaleidoscope.

In some sense, this could be considered a form of beauty.

And at the pinnacle of this Jade Kunlun, there was a pavilion, its semi-transparent pillars supporting a silver curtain, within which shadows intertwined indistinctly.

This is the Great Demon Abyss of the Great Wilderness, and this pavilion was originally the place where the Eight Wind Qilin communicated through Divine Sense projection, and now it also serves as the command center of the Heavenly Demon.

Before the Heaven Collapse, the Qilin Clan had already been corrupted by Demonic Qi, but the Heaven Collapse instead gave them a chance to catch their breath, allowing some Qilin to escape. But in the end, everything will align with the will of the Demon Lord. In order to seize the opportunity of Harmonization, the Qilin Clan once again chose to cooperate with them, and this time, they will have no chance to escape.

But the messenger of the Qilin Clan doesn’t think so, likewise, the other partners of the evil demons are very dissatisfied.

A tremendous roar emanated from the pavilion, filled with extreme anger and fear.

“Now, immediately, launch the whole army, even if we can’t break the Desolate Alliance Headquarters, we must breach Chonggen Great Wall!”

“Don’t point fingers at us, the external Heavenly Venerates’ battle hasn’t erupted, we can’t fully transmit our power in!”

“Alright, alright, both of you, we are here to discuss the follow-up plan, not to fight among ourselves.”

The roar came from a Qilin, while it quarreled with a person of hidden identity, and surprisingly, it was the evil demons who mediated. Such a scene, if placed outside, would shock many, but here it happens frequently.

“The root of the problem lies with you,” but the evil demon’s mediation drew the attention of the originally quarreling parties onto itself. The Qilin, a massive beast with deep purple, rugged protrusions, gemstone-like scale armor, turned its head, its horns flowing with bright blue Thunder Light, brimmed with anger: “Shandaka, you’re just one of the generals of the Demon Abyss, you’re not someone who has the right to speak, so I won’t get angry with you, but if we really have to trace the cause, it’s entirely due to the failure of your plan.”

“Indeed,” a humanoid figure shrouded in a hooded robe, revealing only a hint of golden light, coldly snorted: “Our combined assault was flawless, attacking six fronts simultaneously, forcing the Desolate Alliance to deploy their core combat forces, then having the defectors distort their Great Void coordinates, transferring them into our encirclement, we could wipe out over seventy percent of the Desolate Alliance’s high-end combat forces.”

“And at that time, if all Heavenly Venerates engage in battle, we can also coordinate with your Heavenly Demon kin in the Great Void, seizing the chance to deploy an entire fleet into the Great Wilderness, and at that point, it’s complete domination.”

“Even if those True Persons are cautious and don’t betray so decisively, as long as the Desolate Alliance’s central is weakened, our infiltrated personnel, along with the Demon Men you’ve corrupted, can still sabotage most of the Desolate Alliance’s spaceports, crippling the entire Desolate Alliance’s strategic deployment capability.”

“But what happened? The planned defector True Persons only betrayed by a quarter, and although most Demon Men and our infiltrated personnel caused a certain amount of damage, it was far from crippling the Desolate Alliance, and even cleared a batch of toxic blood, making their operations smoother!”

“And the most crucial point,” the Purple Qilin roared: “You’re all planning to withdraw—when the plan went awry, you’re just going to wait it out? Do you know that the one who once destroyed our clan’s homeland and slaughtered billions, the Seven Evils Suppressing Evil Sword Master, might have already been resurrected?!”

When pronouncing that honorific, even the Qilin who dared to roar at evil demons in the Demon Abyss couldn’t help but subconsciously lower its volume, near reverently saying: “You’ve never experienced the power of that sword, and when I was young, I was right there in Jade Kunlun.”

“I saw with my own eyes, the entire Heavenly Continent shattering, like a giant hammer crushing glass, and our Kunlun Mountain was also shattered, blown apart, the ancient Great Formation dispersed like mist in a storm, otherwise how could you have easily taken our clan’s ancestral land? Not to mention, you’re occupying merely one percent of what was then Jade Kunlun.”

“That person, even if it’s just a notion that resurrected, it can enormously impact our plan… Quick! We must act swiftly, can’t let him recover, if he does, we’re all finished!”

Upon saying this, the Purple Qilin roared again, but this time, anyone could hear the fear deep within its heart.

“Why be so tense,”

The golden humanoid was somewhat indifferent towards the almost hysterical fury of the Purple Qilin, even showing a bit of disdain: “That An Jing’s name, I’ve looked into it too, the New Daoist, Seven Fiend Tribulation, Evil Suppressing Sword Master, indeed formidable, terrifying, but ultimately just one who hasn’t achieved Harmonization, at most equivalent to a Great Celestial Venerable.”