Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 431: Chapter 429: No Way

Chapter 431: Chapter 429: No Way

At the entrance to Mountain of the Divine Medicine at this moment, Eastern Ancestor and the others had all risen to their feet.

“Giant Ferocious Beast, Fish King Flood Dragon… and the Top-Grade Demon Beast like the Seven-Colored Famous Bird!”

Nihility Abyss of One Slash Palace took a breath and, clasping his fists towards Eastern Ancestor, said, “This beast tide is inevitably a great one, I implore Eastern Ancestor to make a decision quickly!”

“Make what decision?”

Before Eastern Ancestor could speak, Duan Yunshan of the Jade Void Palace snorted coldly, “In another two months, the Sect competition will come to an end. No matter what, I, for one, cannot possibly interrupt the competition!”

His face was still pale at this moment, as if the slap from Eastern Ancestor had damaged his foundation.

Even his Cultivation Base was emitting a slightly trembling aura, seemingly unstable, fluctuating up and down continuously.

Nihility Abyss gave Duan Yunshan a glance, his eyes sharpened, revealing a chill.

But he said nothing more; he knew that arguing with Duan Yunshan was pointless, because he had previously stopped Duan Yunshan from entering Mountain of the Divine Medicine, and he had prevented him from interrupting this Sect competition. Duan Yunshan already bore a grudge, and with the slap from Eastern Ancestor, he dared not direct his anger at Eastern Ancestor, so he turned all his rage towards One Slash Palace.

It wasn’t just that Duan Yunshan would not agree; he probably didn’t even have time to revel in malice.

“This can’t be done.”

Yuy Qi of the Sect of the Battle God also spoke coldly, “The competition is the competition; no matter what happens, it will not be interrupted unless there are others within Mountain of the Divine Medicine. Otherwise, what’s the point of having the competition? It is a trial for us, disciples of the Top Ten Super Sects. Those who survive will surely accomplish something in the future, and those dispensable ones, being eliminated is just as well.”

Hearing this, Nihility Abyss glanced at Yuy Qi again but remained silent.

Naturally, he understood that speaking up was futile.

Yuy Qi was a close friend of Duan Yunshan and naturally sided with him, so anything he said would be useless.

“Eastern Ancestor, this is different from the previous competitions,” Nihility Abyss clasped his fist towards Eastern Ancestor and said. “This is a beast tide, and a great one at that. Even a Pinnacle Demon Beast like the Seven-Colored Famous Bird has emerged. If the competition continues, all the disciples of our sects will die inside.”

“So what?”

Duan Yunshan snorted coldly and pointed at the Crystal Shards scattered all over the ground in front of him, “The disciples of my Jade Void Palace are almost entirely gone, and even if some survived, there are probably just a few hundred left. With the number of disciples at Jade Void Palace, a mere few hundred doesn’t matter to me. If they die, they die.”

These words were clearly meant to provoke Nihility Abyss; he had just taken the risk of offending Eastern Ancestor and the other sects to try and enter Mountain of the Divine Medicine for the sake of a mere thousand disciples—how could he not cherish those disciples?

However, it was different for Nihility Abyss. At most two thousand disciples of One Slash Palace had died, with a good two thousand eight hundred remaining.

Duan Yunshan intended to trade the lives of those few hundred disciples of Jade Void Palace for the lives of the twenty-eight thousand of One Slash Palace!

He wanted Nihility Abyss to understand what it felt like to watch helplessly as disciples died, utterly powerless to stop it!

“For Jade Void Palace to have someone like you in charge, those disciples really were blind!” Nihility Abyss finally couldn’t hold back and retorted. ℴ

He was well aware of Duan Yunshan’s intentions.

“Indeed, they were blind.”

Duan Yunshan laughed coldly, “I remember, when I wanted to enter Mountain of the Divine Medicine earlier, you were the one who persistently obstructed me. What, now that the disciples of your One Slash Palace are dying, you know pain as well? Did you see clearly the slap I received just now?”

The implication of his words was clearly a threat to Nihility Abyss that if he tried to force his way through, Eastern Ancestor would stop him.

This was, of course, also a message meant for Eastern Ancestor.

“The Sect competition demands fairness,” Yu Qi said coldly. “My Sect of the Battle God, as well as their Giant Island, Jade Void Palace, Sword Immortal Tomb, Immortal Dao Court… all have already suffered over twenty thousand casualties, even nearly facing annihilation. It’s only right that the disciples of One Slash Palace join them in their fate.”

“Eastern Ancestor!”

Nihility Abyss looked again towards the Eastern Ancestor, anxiety filling his heart, but he was powerless against Duan Yunshan and Yu Qi.

“Calling the Eastern Ancestor is useless,” she sneered. “The Eastern Ancestor is the host of this competition and is absolutely fair.”

Yu Qi scoffed, “Do you remember the competition thousands of years ago? Didn’t it also encounter a Sixth Order Demon Beast? Weren’t almost all the disciples wiped out? Did they stop the competition then? No!”

“Eastern Ancestor!!!”

Nihility Abyss’s eyes reddened, still fixed on the Eastern Ancestor.

The gaze of the Eastern Ancestor had remained on the One Slash Palace’s screen. He could see countless Demon Beasts, on land and in the Void, all converging towards the disciples of One Slash Palace.

If they intervened right now, those disciples could be saved.

But…

They couldn’t intervene, and he certainly could not!

“It’s not possible…”

The Eastern Ancestor shook his head and looked at Nihility Abyss. “I understand your feelings, but the existence of Demon Beasts is part of these disciples’ trials. One Demon Beast is a trial, a group of Demon Beasts… is also a trial.”

As he said this, the Eastern Ancestor sighed inwardly.

Everyone knew that this beast tide was inevitably a major one.

With the appearance of the Seven-Colored Famous Bird, the Fish King Flood Dragon, and the Giant Ferocious Beast, no one would believe it wasn’t a major beast tide.

Facing such a massive beast tide, the disciples of One Slash Palace were doomed, no matter how well they hid or how fast they ran.

The feeling of knowing his disciples would die yet being unable to save them was reflected in the grim and almost ferocious expression that could be seen on the face of Nihility Abyss.

“I did not witness the death of Jade Void Palace’s disciples with my own eyes, but the Lifeblood Crystals in my Space Ring kept shattering. Yet, you still refused,” Duan Yunshan scoffed.

“You can’t say I’m being selfish,” Duan Yunshan retorted. “It’s just you, Nihility Abyss, that didn’t leave any path for retreat for yourself or your disciples of One Slash Palace.”

Nihility Abyss did not reply but the heaving of his chest showed how furious he was.

And in truth, Duan Yunshan wasn’t wrong.

If Nihility Abyss had agreed to Duan Yunshan’s proposal earlier, the Sect competition might have been halted by now, and the disciples of One Slash Palace wouldn’t find themselves in their current predicament.

“I’ll remember this.”

After a long time, Nihility Abyss took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged, with a wave of his hand a Space Ring was tossed aside.

Within that Space Ring were the Lifeblood Crystals of One Slash Palace’s disciples. He didn’t want to feel them shattering; to him, it was true torture.

Seeing him like this, both Duan Yunshan and Yu Qi sneered in delight.

Their eyes were glued to the situation at One Slash Palace, almost as if they wanted to see exactly how these disciples would die and what kind of wretched state they would be in at the moment of death.