Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 792: Chapter 369 I Will… Ignite the Green Flame_2

And the humans who emerged from there established Yaoqing Giant City. Also, due to indebtedness to the Jing Family, the Giant City was very friendly towards them.

Yet as generations proliferated, the Immortal Bloodline within the Jing Family’s bodies would grow increasingly dilute.

Unless there was a rare instance of bloodline purification.

Otherwise, eventually, the proportion of Immortal Blood in the Jing Family’s lineage would diminish to an almost negligible level.

Hence, the Jing Family devised the strategy of creating a vessel for the Divine Son.

And they successfully birthed the second-generation Divine Son, effectively purifying the Immortal Bloodline once more.

“Do you need to face a challenge to enter?” Li Yelai asked.

“The Jing Family bloodline does not.”

“But an unexpected calamity has occurred within the Pagoda, it has been occupied by the survivors of yesteryear. After Jing Liang led people inside, the Yin Soldiers came. He did not come out to support us either. Perhaps he was willing but unable.”

Jing Ji quickly spoke up; he had already learned from Jing Lin that the situation was urgent. He immediately relayed the information to Li Yelai.

“Understood. You guys had better stay far away! Don’t let the Yin Soldiers bother me!”

As soon as Li Yelai finished speaking, he switched his Face again, Sealing Langju Xuhu Qubing.

Shadow Army, Swift as the Wind.

Thousands of phantom silhouettes of the Shadow Army Light Cavalry emerged, and in the next second, Li Yelai transformed into a meteor heading straight for the Pagoda.

The Jing Family members were astonished, while Jing Lin quickly explained everything that was happening outside.

Many Jing Family faces turned pale.

Calamity? Time Tree? Anchor?

“Outside the barrier, tens of thousands of human experts are rushing here! If we do not destroy the anchor, once the Time Tree is activated, we’re all done for! And many will die!” Jing Lin said rapidly while igniting the Yin Soldiers.

“How do we destroy the anchor? Just him alone?” A powerful individual from the Jing Family asked the crucial question.

Now that the barrier couldn’t be opened and outsiders couldn’t enter, how could Li Yelai destroy the anchor alone?

“I don’t know, but Old Li used some method to Knockdown a palace! Now, if we just destroy the Pagoda, it should in turn destroy the anchor,” Jing Lin responded.

“Destroy the Carefree Treasure Tower?” The Jing Family experts were shocked, instinctively objecting, “Absolutely not! That is our Jing Family’s greatest foundation!”

“Right, if the Pagoda is destroyed, what will become of our Jing Family?”

“Then… do you want to die in the Calamity? Do you want to let the Calamity kill countless human kin?” Jing Ji retorted.

“Then go, go stop my grandson, let the Time Tree grow. After that, we can all go down to Hell together, kneel before our ancestors! The Jing Family will be forever engraved on the pillar of shame!”

The Jing Family faces showed various expressions, but they still silently combated the Yin Soldiers.

…

On the other side, Li Yelai, having dashed towards the Pagoda, took out the Lucky Wheel from his reserve space.

Since he couldn’t open the barrier, he might as well try to directly destroy the entire Pagoda and thus the anchor!

However, at that moment, Li Yelai’s vision suddenly brightened.

Then, he saw the…

Green Flames flickering in the distance inside the Pagoda!

…

A few minutes earlier, inside the Pagoda.

Bodies lay strewn across the great hall, either survivors’ descendants or elite experts from the Jing Family. However, at this moment, they were all dead. Their bodies were violently opened up, Blood spilled onto the floor and was quickly absorbed by the ground.

Gazing at the lifeless elder in front of him, a middle-aged man with a pierced chest let out a pained sigh.

Beside him, a blood-covered Jing Liang also trembled as he stretched out his arm, struggling to close the eyes of a Jing Family Sixth-sense Expert.

“How could it… end up like this…”

Jing Liang looked at the Corpses covering the ground and finally, with difficulty, turned his gaze towards the figure above.

It was a handsome man wearing a Daoist robe, his whole body radiating a cleansing aura, as if an Immortal stepped into the world.

But that celestial and noble face now appeared somewhat cold and discordant.

Some tears appeared on his right sleeve, and a trace of a wound on his wrist.

He looked down at the two people below, revealing a slight smile, “Not bad, the Carefree Immortal really did have a way, after all, a single drop of his Essence Blood escaped the black hole and astonishingly gave birth to such interesting descendants like you. Good, very good.”

Then, his gaze shifted towards the middle-aged man, “Especially you, Jing Tianming. You were actually able to injure me? What a surprise.”

“Who says you’re not human?” Jing Tianming murmured, “These past one hundred and eighty years, I have truly been looked after by you.”

For these one hundred and eighty years, the humans trapped in the Immortal Palace lived on, once flourishing greatly.

From the initial three thousand or more people, they grew to tens of thousands. With the help of the power of the palace’s halls, their lives gradually stabilized.

However, a terrible curse followed one after another.

Giving birth to stillborns or monsters, falling into endless sleep, the dead returning to life, Spiritual Ability Users twisting together…

These curses devastated humanity, forcing them to draw closer to the depths of the Immortal Palace and inciting internal strife after strife. The population sharply decreased to a precarious level.

Fortunately, over these years, the bloodlines of the survivors intermingled. Nearly every survivor had Jing Family blood in their veins.

This allowed them to seek refuge in the Carefree Palace. Perhaps it was under the protection of the Carefree Immortal, that within these palace walls, they were no longer affected by the curse.

But some began to sense a conspiracy; perhaps… perhaps there was a being, imperceptible to humans, that had orchestrated this scheme.

Forcing them to draw near to the Carefree Palace.

No matter what the scheme of that being was, the survivors were determined not to let it succeed.

Considering that if the Immortal Palace were to open, the Jing Family main branch would inevitably enter, heading into the palace, the survivors prepared to block the Jing Family.

However, one side abhorred the Jing Family for trapping them in the Immortal Palace, while the other was bent on entering the palace and suspected the others of wanting to monopolize it.

The moment the two sides came into contact, conflict erupted.

The stronger Jing Family main branch still forcefully entered the palace.

Then, this fellow who called himself ‘Immortal’ appeared.

And with his unreasonably overpowering strength, he slaughtered almost everyone in an almost one-sided massacre.

Sixth-sense experts in front of him were like children, easily defeated.

Powerful attacks that struck him were unable to cause any damage.

Only Jing Tianming’s desperate spear thrust pierced his defense, leaving a wound on his arm. But that was all…

A terrifying despair descended, and the only two alive were already at death’s door.

Even standing was impossible; the gap in their levels was too large.

“I’ve put a lot of effort into getting you guys here,” laughed the ‘Immortal’. “Now, it seems my hard work has paid off. Your blood is thin, but after all, it contains the blood of the Carefree Immortal. Come and lend me a hand.”

“Go to hell. If it weren’t for that Immortal body, you would have been dead a long time ago! Piece of shit, if only I knew to bring some black dog blood.” Jing Liang spat out a mouthful of blood. But without enough strength, the blood spat onto the ground and was absorbed by it.

Beforehand, the Jing Family’s experts had already discerned the ‘Immortal’s’ identity.

His body was indeed a genuine Immortal Body! Unlike the Yin Soldier Commander’s skeletal form, his body was full of flesh and blood, indistinguishable from a living person.

And the consciousness within, or rather the soul, was some cold and ghostly creature.

Whether it was a corpse spirit or a Returning Soul occupying the body was unknown.

It was for this reason that the ‘Immortal’s’ combat power was frightening, almost completely ignoring any attack.

Jing Liang was a God Blood Ancestor, and compared to other Sixth-sense experts, had a higher Spiritual Power Strength.

He was already touching the threshold of the Overlord level, but still no match, easily defeated and both legs broken.

Thinking this, Jing Liang looked toward Jing Tianming, “What’s with that spear thrust of yours? When I fought you, it didn’t seem to have that much power. If you have any other moves, use them now. Forget about me… kill this thing!”

Saying so, he pushed some medicine toward Jing Tianming.

He couldn’t stand up anymore, so he planned to give this medicine to Jing Tianming, who had a higher output.

“Because you are human, and he isn’t….” But Jing Tianming’s eyes were already becoming clouded, and his heartbeat was slowly fading.

He was dying.

“Jing Liang, my companions, I leave them in your care…” he murmured.

Jing Liang sighed. He was about to die here, and still talking about companions. Trusting one’s dying wishes to someone reliable was one thing, but soon they’d all be off to drink Mengpo Soup, so what was the point of entrusting at all?

However, within Jing Tianming’s eyes, a green flame ignited.

“What a pity… I should have done better…”

“My kin… please help me… tear apart this… despair…”

The next instant, his flesh suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

“I shall… ignite the Green Flames!”