Stellar Transformation-Chapter 186 - 9 episodes 7 - s Massacre one scene

Today’s first Chapter!

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Within a certain underwater mountain range controlled by the Black Flood Dragon Cave Mansion under the Star Pavilion.

No one knew that this underwater mountain range was now the sole surviving stronghold of the Nine Evil Hall — a lair of Di Nai. This lair was equipped with a large formation, and aside from Di Nai himself and his two deputy valley masters, Yan Mou and Yan Xin, plus the Six Great Guardians, no one else knew the way out.

Holding a jade cup, Di Nai savored the taste of fine wine.

"Yan Xin, how is the outcome of the ten teams you dispatched?" Di Nai asked indifferently.

Standing below him, Yan Xin and Yan Mou, who were Di Nai’s most trusted, immediately reported, "Reporting to the Valley Master, this time ten teams were dispatched from various places of the Qin Dynasty to infiltrate, but the Star Pavilion’s defenses are indeed numerous; nevertheless, four of the teams were killed."

"Oh? Four teams were still killed?" Di Nai slightly furrowed his brows.

This time, the ten teams he had dispatched had entered from ten different directions: some had entered city gates openly under the broad daylight, others from hidden corners in gloomy mountain ranges, and some had even taken a big detour, first entering from the sea area into Primordial Wilderness before entering the Qin Dynasty.

Even so, four of the teams had still been wiped out.

Di Nai sneered a few times, "It seems Qin Yu really goes out of his way to protect his family."

Yan Xin echoed, "From this, it can also be seen how much Qin Yu values his family. Only by killing Qin Yu’s family can the Valley Master make Qin Yu feel sorrow and pain. Only then can the Valley Master’s fury be somewhat vented."

"Makes sense."

Di Nai smiled, "If he did not value his family, killing his family would have no effect on him. Then my actions would be useless. I only want him to feel pain and suffering. The more pain he feels, the happier I will be."

"Six teams, sixty people have divided into twelve squads upon entering the Capital. It’s unknown how many they can kill," Di Nai said after finishing his drink and then stood up to leave.

Yan Xin and Yan Mou, the two brothers, bowed to see him off.

"Big brother, the Valley Master’s hatred for Qin Yu has penetrated deep into his bones, reaching almost a demonic level. But the Star Pavilion’s power is much greater than ours, and both the Green Dragon Palace and Bishui Mansion stand with Qin Yu. If this continues...," Yan Mou frowned and communicated spiritually.

Although the two brothers were unwaveringly loyal to Di Nai, they were somewhat perplexed about the future. However, this matter could only be discussed between them through spiritual communication without letting Di Nai know.

Yan Xin sneered and then replied through spiritual communication, "Little brother, both of us were brought up by the Valley Master himself. All the other lords are dead; can we still betray him? Moreover, those who go out are just ordinary people, while us brothers and the Six Great Guardians don’t leave the valley. There’s no danger for us..."

After pondering for a moment, Yan Xin continued, "Little brother, just focus on cultivating. Kill as many of Qin Yu’s relatives as possible; don’t bother with other things. With the Valley Master hidden so deep, I don’t believe Qin Yu can find him."

Yan Mou nodded in agreement.

After all, anyone with a bit of sense could see that Di Nai was at a disadvantage. However, his current advantage was that he was hidden, whereas Qin Yu was exposed.

From the shadows, Di Nai could attack Qin Yu, but Qin Yu, unable to find Di Nai’s location, was powerless to strike back.

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In the Qin Dynasty Capital, inside a pavilion of a city tower, two demon cultivators were talking.

"Hey, Brother Yan, we have been here for over half a year now, but the remnants of the Nine Evil Hall just won’t show up. Meanwhile, we’re forced to monitor with our spiritual senses. It’s truly..." a short man said.

The other, a brawny man sitting cross-legged, also opened his eyes and said, "Be careful. If there’s a mistake, and the Pavilion Master is furious, watch out for your life."

Just then, the brawny man’s expression changed.

"A demon cultivator appears!"

On top of this city tower, within a kilometer, there were over ten demon cultivators. In an instant, the brawny man communicated spiritually with a nearby demon cultivator. Just then, from each small pavilion on the tower, figures dashed out like flashes of light.

Spiritual Communications were sent one by one, and within that several kilometers radius, nearly a hundred Demon Cultivators dashed in one direction instantaneously.

"It’s broad daylight, hurry up, don’t let those Mortals see us,"

The Guard Captain immediately used Spiritual Communication to command his subordinates, and instantly, the hundred men reached their speed limit, each like a strong wind, and had already traveled a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

Such speed could only be barely discerned by Innate Experts. But how many Innate Experts were there in the Hidden Dragon Continent altogether? And within this distance, how many Innate Experts could there be?

"Pfft~~"

Blood splattered!

"Boom!"

Flesh was violently torn apart!

"You’ve killed the wrong person, I’m a Guard of the Star Pavilion." Among the five attacked, a thin man with green hair immediately used Spiritual Communication to speak to the attacking Demon Cultivator, as killers of Demon Cultivators didn’t have time to speak and could only rely on Spiritual Communication.

"Killed the wrong person? Guard of the Star Pavilion?"

The Guard Captain stood in front of the surviving green-haired Demon Cultivator and sneered.

In the blink of an eye, four of the five Demon Cultivators had been killed, only this one remained.

"Sir, I really am a person from the Star Pavilion, if you don’t believe me, you can sense my Identity Jade," the green-haired Demon Cultivator said frantically in terror.

The Guard Captain sneered, "Your Identity Jade indeed belongs to the Star Pavilion, but... the Pavilion Master has long issued an order, any Demon Cultivator entering the Qin Dynasty’s Domain must be killed without mercy."

"I am..." the green-haired Demon Cultivator still wanted to argue.

The Guard Captain with a hint of mockery on his face said, "Kid, stop making up stories. I’m telling you, the Pavilion Master has already informed Zhuang Zhong, the overall manager, that no Star Pavilion personnel are allowed within the borders of the Qin Dynasty."

The green-haired Demon Cultivator’s eyes shifted, and he said, "Sir, I was one of the ten thousand Demon Cultivators who came initially; I was assigned to guard at the border of the Qin Dynasty."

"Uh..." The Guard Captain was momentarily stunned.

That could be possible, indeed, five thousand troops were guarding various borders.

"Didn’t the Pavilion Master order that you’re not allowed to leave your posts without permission?" the Guard Captain questioned, still not lowering his guard at that moment.

The green-haired Demon Cultivator’s heart leaped with joy, seeing a glimmer of hope.

"Ah... Sir, the few who were just killed were with me, you’ve killed your own people," the green-haired Demon Cultivator said sorrowfully.

"Ah." The Guard Captain looked astonished.

At that moment, the green-haired Demon Cultivator had already thought of a way to escape; however—

"Pfft!"

A Sharp Sword pierced through the abdomen of the green-haired Demon Cultivator, who stared wide-eyed at the Guard Captain in disbelief, "You... why would you..."

"Brother, you are quite clever indeed, but unfortunately, do you think the Pavilion Master wouldn’t anticipate even this loophole? Our ten thousand Guards, each had their Identity Jade remolded. The first time we sensed you with Spiritual Sense, we knew... you weren’t one of us."

The Guard Captain’s face beamed with a smile.

"Then why did you... still talk so much with me..." Being critically wounded, even a Golden Core Stage cultivator was severely injured, yet he still wanted to know the answer.

The Guard Captain said seriously, "Well, that... why did you guys only show up now? We’ve been waiting here for almost half a year and haven’t seen a trace of you, it was boring, of course, I had to tease you a little!"

"Ha ha..."

The nearly hundred demon cultivators all burst into laughter, leaving some nearby mortals puzzled as to what the group of burly men was laughing about. But seeing the robust appearance of the nearly hundred men, no one dared to approach.

"Brothers, take care of it and let’s move out."

After destroying the evidence, this hundred-man team leisurely, without any hurry, entered through the city gate and then returned to their respective posts on top of the city wall.

...

Almost simultaneously, other teams of five were secretly trying to break into the Capital.

However—

The Capital’s defenses were nearly impenetrable; team after team was slaughtered. The Star Pavilion guards, who hadn’t killed in over half a year, wantonly toyed with these fools.

But the Star Pavilion guards were too complacent.

As they killed one team, another would appear and continue to enter the Capital at the same location because the guard originally posted there had gone to kill the previous team. Subsequent teams could then safely enter.

If the Star Pavilion guards remained vigilant and kept their spiritual sense active, they could have possibly caught the second team of five.

However, vigilant guards seemed to be few.

Out of twelve teams of five, five teams still managed to penetrate into the interior of the Capital using this method.

As for entering from the sky, that was even less conceivable because the entire airspace above the Capital was sealed by restrictions, not even a small bird could hope to fly in.

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Inside Prince Yu’s Mansion in the Capital.

Qin Yu was seated on a chair while Yan Rui and Liang Tan stood before him; Yan Rui was dressed in black battle armor that outlined her curvaceous figure and Liang Tan had a solemn, straight-faced expression.

"Pavilion Master," said Liang Tan solemnly, "alarms from various parts of the city tower have signaled that squads are attempting to infiltrate the Capital. Whether any squad has broken through our defenses remains unknown."

Qin Yu nodded and smiled, "Quite impressive. Let every demon cultivator in the Capital be cautious and thoroughly investigate. As for those in the Imperial Palace, I need not say more, right?"

"Rest assured, Master," said Liang Tan confidently, "no matter how many men Di Nai sends, they are bound to die. Not a single one will succeed."

Qin Yu smiled and nodded again.

He naturally felt reassured.

Not only were the Star Pavilion guards monitoring the Qin Dynasty’s borders, they were also on the city walls....and inside the Capital itself, there were over a thousand demon cultivators scattered throughout, casually monitoring everything.

The Imperial Palace was fortification incarnate.

...

"My lord, the defenses inside the Imperial Palace are too strict. Of the surviving twenty-five brothers, most were killed instantly," a scholar-like demon cultivator sat in a teahouse, listening to the spiritual communication from a subordinate, then ordering, "Change the target, attack the princes, ministers, and see how many can be killed."

"Yes."

The scholar took a sip of tea and sighed.

"The Valley Master is really sending us to our deaths," said the scholar with a bitter smile on his face, but they dared not defy the order. If they didn’t comply, what Di Nai would bring them was not death but a fate far worse.

Suddenly—

"Brother, you dare to trespass in the Qin Dynasty Capital? You’ve got guts," a youth directly approached the scholar.

The scholar’s face turned pale; he could not discern the cultivation level of the youth before him.

"Golden Core Late Stage, a mere Golden Core Late Stage dares to invade the Capital, you’re really courting death." As these words rang beside the scholar’s ear, the youth was already by his side. But by then, the scholar couldn’t move at all.

Because... he was already dead.

This youth was one of the ten Guard Captains among ten thousand guards of the Star Pavilion.

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"Awoo~~"

A terrifying cry followed by an explosion resounded and the mansion of the Minister of Military Affairs was nearly destroyed.

"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"...

In an instant, more than a dozen figures appeared inside the mansion with ugly faces. Each important minister was protected by three demon cultivators, yet the attacker, who turned out to be an octopus, transformed into its huge true form and in frustration self-destructed when its attack failed, killing more than half of the Minister of Military Affairs’ family and the Minister himself.

"Sir." The three demon cultivators specifically tasked with protecting the Minister were absolutely terrified.

"Slap!"

A cold-faced burly man violently slapped one of them, then coldly said, "Three of you couldn’t overcome one, you just had to hold on a little longer; we were almost there. But...you couldn’t even handle that. Prepare for the Pavilion Master’s punishment."

Hold on?

The enemy had self-destructed, how could they hold on?

The three demon cultivators also felt extremely aggrieved.

...

At the same moment, rampant attacks broke out all over the Capital. Of the twenty-five demon cultivators who entered, more than half died within the Imperial Palace, but they still managed to kill dozens of eunuchs, dozens of palace maids, and one concubine.

The remaining nearly ten demon cultivators killed several ministers as well as hundreds of ordinary people.

...

Seeing these results, Qin Yu’s expression turned ugly.

"Pavilion Master, our guards only possess Golden Core Stage cultivation. Despite depending on numbers, it’s unlikely they can kill in one strike. If they can’t kill in one strike, the mere Qi Force released by the enemy is enough to kill many mortals....Mortals are too fragile," Yan Rui said helplessly.

Qin Yu gave a bitter smile.

Indeed, in a great battle between demon cultivators, even though they had greater numbers, the Qi Force alone released during combat could kill the mortals. This time, a concubine and several ministers died, while the number of eunuchs, palace maids, and ordinary people killed was over a hundred.

"On the city walls, enhance surveillance; it’s unacceptable to have let so many demon cultivators break in. From today on, increase the number of monitors; the best way is to prevent the enemy from entering the Capital at all," Qin Yu immediately ordered.

The death of a nation’s ministers, and that too several at once, indeed had a great impact on the Qin Dynasty.

Yet this attack was merely Di Nai’s probing attack; the real severe assault had not even begun!

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