Chapter 1483: Someone at the World's End

The lord above was only a junior Demonic General, but no intermediate Demonic General dared to say they could defeat him. This was in the context of the Late-stage Nascent Soul realm, where there was a huge gap compared to the previous two stages. If it were at the Demon Lord stage, Mu Sha, as an early-stage Demon Lord, would dare to fight a late-stage Demon Lord.

The “Undead Demon Vine” had now withdrawn from the Demon Blade Battalion, but he was even more infamous at the border between the Black and White Demon Clans. An army of the Black Demon Clan under his command had fought against all the White Demon Clan armies along his line of control. He had fought them until the other side didn’t dare to take the initiative to attack and could only cower in their camps and defend bitterly. This “Undead Demon Vine’s” greatest achievement was to have single-handedly fought against three of the other side’s Nascent Soul level Demonic Generals, two of whom were intermediate Demonic Generals. In the end, he had not only defeated the three of them, but had also killed the junior Demonic General on the other side. This battle record was astonishing.

“They are looking for Miscellaneous Spirit Root cultivators? Such cultivators have no future in their lives. They are almost only a little stronger than mortal experts, and will probably only have a Qi Condensation stage cultivation for their entire lives. What is the meaning of this?”

Mu Sha stared at the chiliarch below him. He felt that this intelligence was too absurd. In his eyes, a Miscellaneous Spirit Root was just a piece of trash, a small ant that could never establish a foundation in its life. And yet someone was sparing no manpower or financial resources to look for such a person. Of course, looking for someone based on a certain clue was understandable. Everyone had relatives and friends. It was just that according to the chiliarch’s report, the force behind the search for this person was not small, which made it a bit incomprehensible to him.

“This is still unclear. The cultivators who are searching in secret do not know the reason themselves. Their origins are very mixed. I have already had some people captured. After a soul-search, they had only accepted a mission from the market and appeared here to search. In fact, they can also be found in other places. Most of these people are rogue cultivators, and there are also some cultivators who belong to sects. They have begun to spread into the cities in the rear of our clan. My lord, how should we handle this matter? Should we capture all the nearby cultivators?”

After the chiliarch replied, he continued to ask for instructions.

Mu Sha narrowed his eyes and then waved his hand.

“Expel them from here. Warn them not to approach within a thousand miles of the border army, otherwise they will be killed on the spot! As for those who have begun to spread towards the cities to gather information, you gather this matter into a written report and notify the rear. Let them handle it themselves.”

Soon, Mu Sha had made a decision. He did not let his subordinates go and kill these people. The Black and White Demon Clans had always been fighting at the border. In any case, they would not cross the line that had been agreed upon back then. It was just to continuously wear down the other side’s strength and troops. And along this endless border, all kinds of cultivators would often come to seek opportunities. There were also some sects that, after finding the tentacles of both sides, had simply established strongholds near the border.

The Black and White Demon Clans had long had a tacit understanding. They would relax the conditions for cultivators of other races. As long as they were not spying on military intelligence, they would usually not be killed. This was to avoid giving the other side a handle to use, to publicize it and isolate their own side.

Although Mu Sha found it very strange that someone would spend a lot of effort to find a Miscellaneous Spirit Root cultivator, as long as it wasn’t spying on military intelligence, he was not very interested.

After receiving Mu Sha’s order, this chiliarch immediately left. Only Mu Sha was left in the large tent, just sitting there. After thinking about the matter for a while longer, Mu Sha put this small matter aside. This kind of matter was actually a trivial matter. If the other party’s actions hadn’t been a bit strange, it was estimated that the lower ranks wouldn’t even have reported it to him.

Then, his gaze went to the outside of the tent. Through the slanted door curtain, he could see a piece of the sky. There, in a certain place in the air, he seemed to see a stern and beautiful face materialize.

‘Mother, I have already become a Demonic General. When I complete the death mission, I will ascend to find you. The clue you left… I found it. Thank you for letting me know some things… Desolate Moon Continent, Malevolent Spirit Sect! But why is he human? Since you decided to let me know, why didn’t you tell me his name…

‘Human race. In my body, there is actually the blood of the despicable human race that I look down on the most. And yet it is this bloodline that has made me the Undead Demon Vine…’

The moment Mu Sha thought of this, a complex and difficult-to-understand thought arose in his heart. And this matter, in this world, should only be known to him and his mother. He finally knew why he hadn’t grown to be as almost monstrously handsome as other members of the Demonic Clan, and appeared very ordinary in the clan. It turned out that half of his bloodline was human. And this human bloodline did not come from the Forsaken Continent, but from the Desolate Moon Continent that they had always wanted to cross over and occupy!

He finally guessed his mother’s thoughts. Why, until she left, she was unwilling to mention that person. Her husband was actually an enemy of the Black Demon Clan. Such a thing, no matter what, could not be known to the clan. Otherwise, his own mother would be expelled from the clan.

When Mu Sha learned all of this, his entire person fell into a deathly silence. It was something he could not accept. For that period of time, apart from cultivating, he was constantly finding people to kill.

Until one day, when he, covered in wounds, woke up from a coma, he once again heard another Demonic General mention the four words “Undead Demon Vine,” which many people no longer dared to say casually. The Demonic General looked at him as he woke up and laughed out loud.

“Mu Sha, you really are the Undead Demon Vine. I knew you wouldn’t die!”

And at that moment, Mu Sha suddenly seemed to have woken up.

‘Yes, I am the Undead Demon Vine, the Undead Demon Vine with an extremely good bloodline…’

He had fought his way through, how many times had he fought his way out of life and death, because he possessed an extremely strong bloodline that others did not have. And of his companions from the beginning of the Demon Blade Battalion, very few were still alive now. Especially when others talked about him, they all had a look of astonishment. It was envy of his natural talent. From that time on, Mu Sha no longer felt that he was lowly.

He was already an adult, and he had a deeper consideration for many things. He knew that in order to boost morale, the enemy would often be described as worthless. Especially the Black Demon Clan, from a young age, they would be instilled with the concept of racial supremacy. Even the White Demon Clan were a primitive tribe that did not know the advancement of bloodlines. So the human race was not necessarily a lowly race. He began to abandon some of the ideas of the Black Demon Clan and rethink some things.

Mu Sha guessed that that person should be a top expert among the human race, and his bloodline was definitely not something that a normal human could possess. The bloodline of a normal human was indeed inferior to that of the Demonic Clan. Only the strongest and most supreme of the human race could have caught his mother’s eye.

He knew his mother’s personality too well. Even the clan’s Demon Marshal might not necessarily make her feel respect. She felt that she would definitely reach that realm too. So, he had a dual noble bloodline and became a very special Demonic Clan general!

“…Desolate Moon Continent. The two known passages are already sealed. Unfortunately, the two sides regard each other as mortal enemies, so I can’t go over and investigate!” Mu Sha continued to think in his heart.

As a Demonic General, he was naturally very familiar with the information about the Desolate Moon Continent. And he was also quite clear about the Malevolent Spirit Sect. That was one of the top forces on that continent, and also a super-sect that hated the Demonic Clan the most, possessing a powerful and arrogant force. Therefore, he could not go over to gather information.

But it was precisely because of these reasons that he found it even more incomprehensible how his mother and that person had met. The two sides were mortal enemies, the kind that would not rest until one was dead!

Mu Sha knew that with his identity as a Demonic General, going over was just sending himself to his death. Even if he were to be promoted to a Demon Marshal one day, he would not be able to easily go to the Desolate Moon Continent.

‘It took me hundreds of years to find out my identity. I will definitely find you! I will ask you to your face why you abandoned me and my mother!’

Mu Sha thought to himself. Since the clue his mother had given him did not mention the other party’s death, it meant that the person was, in all likelihood, still alive.

…

Because of the matter with Jin Xueyu, Li Yan led his men on a detour, completely changing their original route. Along the way, they once again discovered cultivators wearing the clothes of the nine major forces, who were fighting with the other clean-up teams. And this time, even if Li Yan sensed them, he no longer actively approached, but directly snuck past and avoided them. Because on several occasions, he had sensed the powerful aura of a Spirit Transformation cultivator, and there was more than one. If he were to go up, that would be a direct fight to the death. He, of course, chose to continuously detour.

You could say he didn’t care about his own sect, or that he was cold-blooded. Li Yan’s actions could not be judged by common sense. Everything was up to his own heart. In any case, he had no sense of belonging to the Soul Suppression Palace. It was just a temporary residence. As for the Golden Core cultivators under his command, they only knew to follow their captain. Most of the time, they didn’t even sense the enemy. But along the way, they had seen too many traces of battle.

In this way, their journey back was much slower. After walking and stopping for four days, they were still more than forty thousand miles away from the Soul Suppression Palace.

…

At the edge of a dense forest, Li Yan, standing in the forest, looked at a large river that stretched across in front of him and was constantly observing. His group of people were all hiding in the dense forest at the edge of the riverbank. They had been here for some time. The river in front of them was rushing by, and the river was about thirty miles wide. This distance, they could cross with just a single leap.

However, Li Yan was not sure if there was an ambush in this large river. Last time, they had been ambushed from the bottom of the river. So, even though they had been here for a quarter of an hour, he had not led his men to fly across, but was still carefully observing. The dangers they had encountered were becoming more and more frequent, which made him not dare to be careless.

Upon arriving here, because he needed to observe the river surface and the opposite bank, Li Yan was afraid that the Golden Core cultivators behind him would accidentally expose their aura, which would be a waste of all their previous efforts. Li Yan first set up the “Mirror Flower” illusion formation and the “Mo Kai” formation, and then enveloped all of them here. Even so, Li Yan was still not at ease. He ordered the Golden Core cultivators to hide their auras to the best of their ability, and not to move without his order.

Mu Guyue was also carefully sensing the surrounding danger. The group of Golden Core cultivators behind her were all staying quietly in place. At this time, the way they looked at Li Yan was even more respectful. The other party had not abandoned them because the journey back was dangerous. Along the way, they had seen too many severed limbs of cultivators. Those cultivators were from both the Soul Suppression Palace and the nine major forces. The battle was extremely tragic. It was clear that after the changes here, once the cultivators from both sides encountered each other, it would be a situation of life and death.

With their strength, if Li Yan had led them and fought his way back regardless of anything, it was unknown if Li Yan and that Soul Slave would die, but they themselves would definitely not have survived.

At this time, Li Yan was controlling a first-rank demonic beast he had captured on the road, which was constantly running along the riverbank in front of them. He had also attached some soul power to the surface of the demonic beast’s body. This was a detection method specifically for Soul Cultivators. If someone was hiding in the river or lurking nearby, once they sensed soul power moving around, it was highly likely that they would come out to check. Even if it was just checking in secret, Li Yan should have a chance to sense the approach of danger, so that he could judge the source of the danger.

After another few tens of breaths, Li Yan’s brow slowly relaxed.

“It should be safe!”

Li Yan had been staring at the demonic beast that was walking and stopping by the river. Without turning his head, he said in a low voice to Mu Guyue, “We can go over!”

Mu Guyue also gave a short reply. Based on her intuition, she also did not sense any killing intent.

The two of them had cooperated very tacitly along the way. And Mu Guyue had come to understand Li Yan more and more. This man was filled with caution to the bone. But it was not a blind caution. He was always paying attention to the surrounding situation. Li Yan would make various predictions in advance based on the changes in the surrounding environment, rather than being paranoid.

This made Mu Guyue more and more at ease. As long as it was a place Li Yan had scouted, she would not go and verify the situation again. This was completely different from the situation when she and Ting Lan were fleeing before. At that time, no matter how others scouted the situation, Mu Guyue would not believe it too much. Only after she had scouted it again herself would she be at ease. And today, the situation where the two of them were scouting an area at the same time was because they felt the danger was too great. They were scouting at the same time and repeatedly verifying each other’s findings.

“We’ll go over now. The rest of the journey should be completed in one or two days!” Li Yan immediately made a decision.

He did as he said. He looked at the river surface and was about to remove the formation and lead his men to fly across this large river, when his body suddenly froze, and then he immediately stopped. At the same time, Mu Guyue also crouched down like a leopard and quietly looked up at the high sky above the large river.

In this short period of time, several figures flew rapidly through the sky. These few figures were flying along the direction of the large river, coming from one side. They came one after another, like meteors chasing the moon.

The person in front was speeding along, clearly having left the few people behind him a certain distance. It looked like he was being chased. The person chasing at the very front suddenly raised his hand, and a streak of green light shot towards the person fleeing in front. The distance between the two of them was only about ten miles.

The streak of green light was extremely fast. It suddenly surpassed the speed of the person in front. With just a slight flash, it had already reached the person’s back. The moment the green light unfolded, it transformed into a green-faced, long-fanged vicious ghost. The vicious ghost’s body was not solid, giving people a feeling of being ethereal. The moment it got close, it drilled towards the person’s head.

“Buzz!”

With a tremor, a circle of white light suddenly appeared on the surface of the person in front’s body. The moment the vicious ghost came into contact with the other party’s head, a wisp of green smoke immediately rose from its body. After the vicious ghost let out a hiss, it immediately retreated in panic. But the person he attacked, when the white light appeared on his body, was also as if he had been hit by a heavy object. His body swayed and he flew out stumbling.

In this way, although the attacker from behind had not succeeded in one blow, it had made it so that the person being chased in front could no longer fly in a straight line quickly, which was equivalent to slowing down his escape speed.

Taking advantage of the other party stumbling and being thrown out diagonally, the few people in the rear exchanged a glance and then suddenly accelerated and spread out.

After the person in front had flown out diagonally, he had also slid for a mile before he stabilized his figure. At this time, after the two sides had been forced to a stop, they were hovering over the large river, about ten miles away from Li Yan and the others.

After the light on these people’s bodies had all receded, four figures were immediately revealed. Li Yan, who was hiding in the dense forest, upon seeing them, his pupils suddenly shrank violently.

He actually knew one of these four people, and was very familiar with him.

The person he knew was the one being chased in front. The faint white light on his body was still receding, but his entire face had already been revealed.

“Tang Feng!”

Li Yan was stunned in his heart.

He had not expected to run into Tang Feng here. He had gone to find him before leaving the sect, but after looking for him twice, he had not found him. And in the law enforcement hall of the Strange Sparrow Hall, Li Yan still had not seen Tang Feng’s figure.

But he had not expected that after changing his route because of Jin Xueyu, he would meet the other party here, and he was being chased alone.

At this time, Tang Feng had already lost his usual dashing and handsome demeanor. There was a large patch of blood on his chest, and there were also residual bloodstains at the corners of his mouth. His face had turned a bit sallow, and his eyes had also lost their usual brilliance. His hair was messy, and a few strands were stuck to his forehead and face due to sweat.

“This place is extremely remote. If you want to find help, I think you are just dreaming!”

As the light from behind receded, a voice with a hint of mockery said to Tang Feng.

In the heaven and earth, apart from the gurgling of the river below, only this voice echoed, instantly filling this place with a murderous aura.