Chapter 540 - 324: Bluff (2)
"Is that all? Why should we put up with his attitude?"
The surrounding Demon Fiends chimed in, their eyes filled with contempt.
The Golden Soul Sect might be high and mighty in the Fusheng Domain, but that meant nothing here at Earth Demon Cliff.
Jishan’s expression instantly darkened. He had long known these fiends were a lawless bunch, relying on their immortality within Earth Demon Cliff to do as they pleased, but facing them directly still made his blood boil.
Usually, these Demon Fiends were just looking for ways to get themselves killed. For them to act so out of character today... Jishan was convinced it had something to do with the man who had just entered.
Yet there was truly nothing he could do about them. If he killed them, they would just resurrect. If he dragged them out of Earth Demon Cliff by force, they would simply reappear inside the moment they left.
Jishan snorted. Deciding to ignore them, he prepared to fly deeper into Earth Demon Cliff.
But the moment he moved, the surrounding Demon Fiends swarmed him. Without a word of warning, they attacked, charging him with no regard for their own lives.
’Something is definitely wrong,’ he thought.
"Courting death!"
Jishan flew into a rage. With a raise of his hand, countless black shadows shot from his body, boring into the charging Demon Fiends with lightning speed.
Before the Demon Fiends could even get close, they exploded one after another.
The stench of blood instantly permeated the air. The ground was littered with gore, mangled flesh, and severed limbs.
A murky black substance oozed from the Demon Fiends’ corpses, while the rest of their flesh and blood liquefied, seeping into the earth and vanishing.
Although he couldn’t kill them for good, it was a decent way to blow off some steam.
"Insects who don’t know their place!"
Jishan snorted, paying no mind to the Spirit Juice the Demon Fiends left behind—the black substance.
The Golden Soul Sect had studied this substance long ago. While it could rapidly increase a Cultivator’s Magic Power Cultivation, the actual price was far steeper than mere insanity.
Anyone who consumed too much Spirit Juice would end up just like these Demon Fiends: trapped here, their cultivation stagnant, suffering the exact same fate.
Otherwise, Earth Demon Cliff wouldn’t be home to so many Demon Fiends. In the beginning, there was only the so-called Death Lord.
Jishan continued flying deeper into Earth Demon Cliff, his figure a black streak against the landscape.
He hadn’t gotten far, however, when another horde of Demon Fiends appeared and attacked him without a word.
He dealt with these Demon Fiends in a matter of moments. Although they failed to halt his advance, Jishan frowned. Still, he pressed onward.
When the third wave of Demon Fiends appeared, their numbers swelled to over a hundred. Some of them even had a Cultivation Level equivalent to the Late Stage of Zombie God.
After slaughtering this wave of Demon Fiends, Jishan came to a halt.
One or two attacks from the Demon Fiends could be dismissed as coincidence. But three in a row? Something was very wrong.
It was as if these Demon Fiends were attacking him on someone’s orders.
"Death Lord! Get out here!"
Jishan bellowed, his voice instantly spreading in all directions and creating vast, rolling echoes.
The shockwave of his voice was like a gale, flattening the surrounding flora. Even the thick fog was blasted away in an instant, revealing his surroundings with stark clarity.
The next moment, Jishan spun around to see a figure standing where there had been nothing but empty space.
A look of slight disappointment on his face, Yang An materialized before Jishan, the two of them separated by several hundred meters.
’I had hoped to use the Demon Fiends in Earth Demon Cliff to test some of Jishan’s techniques,’ Yang An thought.
’But these Demon Fiends were utterly useless. They weren’t a match for Jishan for even a single exchange and were swept aside in an instant.’
’As expected of a Golden Soul Sect Elder, a Great Power of the Insect Dao Realm. For him, killing a Zombie God is as easy as slaughtering a chicken.’
’I wonder... can I really stand against an expert of his caliber?’
The moment he saw Yang An, Jishan’s gaze hardened.
He immediately recognized Yang An as one of the people who had attacked the Golden Soul Sect’s branch—the very man he was looking for.
Jishan became so furious that he began to laugh.
"How bold of you, daring to show yourself before me. You’ve got some nerve. Boy, state your name."
A smile spread across Yang An’s face as well. He had come specifically to test the strength of an Insect Dao expert, so he was naturally unintimidated—especially since he still had Huan as a hidden ace.
"I’ve no reason to hide my name. I am Life Crane!"
Yang An knew why Jishan had come, but Jishan had no idea why Yang An was here, or why he’d willingly revealed himself. ’He’s only at the Middle Stage of Zombie God,’ Jishan thought. ’Such arrogance.’
Anyone who reached his age and Cultivation Level was bound to be a wily old fox, so he didn’t rush to attack.
"Life Crane, let me ask you: why did you attack our branch in Chongwen State? Do you hold some grudge against my Golden Soul Sect?"
"Of course I do."
Yang An nodded, his gaze sweeping subtly across the ground.
A slight breeze stirred, and the grass and flowers on the ground began to RUSTLE.
"And what grudge is that?"
Jishan raised an eyebrow. As far as he knew, the people who attacked the Chongwen State branch were all strangers, none of whom had ever been seen in the Fusheng Domain before.
Meeting Jishan’s gaze, Yang An slowly uttered three words.
"Golden Thread Pavilion!"
Jishan’s expression changed instantly!
"You’re from the Golden Thread Pavilion?! So you really were acting on their orders!"
Seeing the change in Jishan’s expression and hearing his accusatory tone, Yang An knew he had hit the mark.