Chapter 84: Yang Spirit Realm

Half a quarter of an hour later, just as the group was fleeing desperately in terror—

Seventeen auras of the True Yang Realm suddenly appeared behind them.

“Elder Zhu Yang, stop running. Why don’t we sit down and talk it out!”

Zhu Yang spat and sneered coldly:

“Talk to your head! If you’ve got the guts, back off ten li first, then I’ll give you a chance to talk!”

As he spoke, Zhu Yang’s speed surged once again with the others following closely.

There was a brief silence behind them, before another person let out a cold snort and said:

“This place is far from your Heavenly Evil Sect. You won’t talk? Then all of you will stay!”

As soon as the words fell, seventeen True Yang Realm attacks were launched from behind, aiming to kill Gu Fan and the others!

“Protective Scroll!”

Zhu Yang turned around and threw out a scroll. It blocked the attack, but shattered in the process.

“Damn it! These so-called righteous cultivators really have no shame!”

Lin Yi was panicked now too. He enjoyed fighting and killing, but that didn’t mean he liked being slaughtered!

“Master, how many of those scrolls do you have left? Can we hold on until the bigwigs from the sect arrive?”

“Hold on your ass! That was the only one! The next wave of attacks—just dodge!”

At this moment, another wave of attacks closed in from behind.

“We’re finished!”

Everyone’s faces turned pale.

Gu Fan’s eyes flickered with hesitation. He was debating whether to escape into the apocalypse world to hide for a bit.

Just then, everyone suddenly felt as if time and space had frozen.

“Hmph!”

A cold snort echoed out, followed by an invisible ripple that swept away the incoming attacks.

In an instant, all the attacks vanished like sand, as if they had never existed!

“What a group of righteous cultivators, to ambush the disciples of my Heavenly Evil Sect. Do you truly think my sect has no one?”

The seventeen righteous cultivators chasing them froze in place, not daring to move an inch.

Before them, a young-looking man appeared mid-air, his demeanor lazy, yet laced with killing intent!

Yang Spirit Realm! The strength of a sect leader!

The Heavenly Evil Sect had actually dispatched a Yang Spirit Realm expert!

At this moment, everyone—even Gu Fan and the others—felt a bone-chilling cold seep through their bodies.

The chill crept up from the soles of their feet to their backs, and cold sweat drenched their bodies in an instant.

Zhu Yang was the first to react. He bowed his head and saluted.

“Subordinate greets the Sect Master!”

Gu Fan looked at the young man. He was the very same Sect Master of the Heavenly Evil Sect who had sat at the central main seat during the prior summons!

“Disciple greets the Sect Master!”

The young man waved his hand casually, then looked toward the seventeen True Yang Realm cultivators.

“I advise you not to think about escaping. With just a twitch of my finger, I could annihilate all of you.”

The seventeen True Yang Realm cultivators instantly dropped to their knees, unable to resist.

At that moment, an elder from Liuli Garden struggled to speak:

“Sect Master of Heavenly Evil Sect, we mean no hostility. It’s just that your sect, together with the Six Demonic Sects, has taken four of the Upper Realm Slots…”

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by another cold snort.

“So what? Even if my Heavenly Evil Sect takes all six slots, what can you do about it?”

The cultivator who had spoken was silenced, his face turning red and pale in turn.

He wanted to refute, but didn’t have the courage.

At that moment, another cultivator stopped the others and very straightforwardly lowered his head to admit fault.

“Senior, you’re absolutely right. We’ll leave immediately and never disturb Elder Zhu Yang again!”

As he finished speaking, he prepared to lead the retreat.

At the same time, he glanced disdainfully at the cultivator who had spoken earlier.

What a joke—to confront a Yang Spirit Realm powerhouse head-on?

Wasn’t that courting death?

The man was clearly already angry, and yet the other kept yapping. If that wasn’t seeking death, then what was?

But just as he turned around and was about to move—

He realized his body couldn’t move at all. And it wasn’t just him!

Looking at the surrounding people, everyone revealed expressions of shock and confusion.

“Made a mistake and now want to leave?”

The young man sneered coldly.

“Making mistakes must come with consequences. Otherwise, wouldn’t that mean anyone could step on disciples of my Heavenly Evil Sect in the future?”

As he finished speaking, the young man waved his hand, and a domineering, intense aura swept over everyone.

Gu Fan and the others only heard the sound of something shattering again and again.

Next, the aura of the seventeen True Yang Realm cultivators on the scene withered all at once.

Their True Yang Realm aura immediately fell back to the peak of the Primordial Yang Realm!

“No!!”

“My realm has dropped!”

“No! I spent over a hundred years cultivating to break through to the True Yang Realm!”

For a moment, the whole scene was filled with cries of agony!

“Take this as a small lesson for now, hmph!”

As he finished, the young man’s sleeve swept up Zhu Yang, Gu Fan, and the others, and they disappeared from the spot!

“Damn Heavenly Evil Sect! My cultivation! My decades of bitter cultivation—damn it!”

“Heavenly Evil Sect bastards, I will remember this hatred in my heart forever!”

Unexpectedly, a flash of light swept across.

The two who had just spoken immediately had a bloody hole appear between their brows, and their life aura vanished completely, their bodies falling stiffly to the ground!

Now, everyone fell silent. Though their eyes were filled with fury, not one dared to voice even a single complaint!

The overbearing dominance of the Heavenly Evil Sect made everyone understand—say one more word, and the next to die might be you!

Heavenly Evil Sect.

Only after entering the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation did Gu Fan and the others finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Along the way, several people had been worrying whether the sect masters of the major sects would make a move.

After all, nowadays, if you couldn’t win, calling for your elders wasn’t uncommon.

The young man, that is, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Evil Sect, dropped them in the Inner Sect Square and then vanished in a flash, leaving behind only a sentence.

“Come to the Council Hall tonight. I have something to assign.”

Gu Fan and Lin Yi exchanged glances, then immediately bowed.

“Disciple obeys!”

Seeing no response, the three finally relaxed a little.

Zhu Yang swept a glance over the two and smiled as he said:

“Congratulations to both of you for obtaining the Upper Realm Slots. Now it seems, this old man’s judgment was excellent, hahahaha!”

Gu Fan thought for a moment, then smiled and inquired to Zhu Yang:

“Elder, do you know why the Sect Master summoned us?”

“I’m not entirely sure, but I can make a pretty good guess.”

Zhu Yang glanced around at the disciples already gathering to spectate and said:

“Let’s head to my cave residence first. I’ll explain on the way.”

Seeing Gu Fan nod, the three of them headed directly toward Zhu Yang’s cave residence.

Once they returned, the three sat down.

Zhu Yang activated a barrier to isolate external divine senses.

“Elder, may we ask what this is about?”

Zhu Yang thought for a moment and hesitated before speaking.

“I’ve only heard some things—you two just listen.”

“I’m guessing the Sect Master is going to talk to you about the Upper Realm Assessment.”

Lin Yi immediately asked in surprise, “Assessment? There’s still an assessment?”

“Of course. You thought it would be that easy to ascend to the Upper Realm?”

“It’s said that once you arrive, there will be an entrance assessment. That assessment is to strike the Dao Bell!”

Gu Fan frowned. Dao Bell?

That name was a bit too grand.

Anything related to the Dao was usually far from ordinary!

Seeming to notice Gu Fan’s doubt, Zhu Yang continued explaining:

“Of course, it’s not the original artifact. It’s said to be a very powerful replica, but even for you, it’s an extremely precious treasure.”

“And the assessment is to see how many times you can make it ring!”

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