Chapter 253: Episode 11, Chapter 11: Joining Forces! (Three Chapters completed today, asking for monthly passes!)

Qin Yu’s body was extraordinarily nimble as he weaved through corridors and pavilions while a barrage of attacks rained down around him, instantly reducing buildings to rubble and corridors to dust, shaking the very space they occupied. True Master Ming Shan had achieved his goal—under such conditions, it was impossible for Qin Yu to escape.

"Brother Ming Shan, we can’t keep going like this. We’ve already destroyed the mountain gates of three sects. I think this Skyfire Evil Lord is doing it on purpose. If this continues... it will turn many sects against our Qingxu Temple," said Ming Zhi, an Independent Immortal of Qingxu Temple, anxiously.

Did True Master Ming Shan truly wish to destroy the sects’ gates?

But that Skyfire Evil Lord with his bizarre divine skills was too odd and mysterious.

To get close to him was like having the weight of heavy mountains pressing down; just as one adapted to that intense pressure, it would abruptly vanish. But in the blink of an eye, that heavy pressure would reappear... Even the strongest fighters couldn’t maintain precise movements under such randomly shifting intense pressure.

To try capturing the Skyfire Evil Lord from up close.

It was simply impossible!

A long-range attack? A viable strategy, yes, but the Skyfire Evil Lord had already endured numerous attacks from them, yet he seemed as if nothing had happened. True Master Ming Shan could never have imagined that Qin Yu’s body possessed a horrifyingly extreme recovery power.

"Hey, are the five of you tired from the chase? But honestly, calling me ’Skyfire Evil Lord,’ I find that name... a bit distasteful. The titles you come up with are really too mundane," the voice of Qin Yu came from afar.

"How dare you!"

True Master Ming Shan and the other Four Great Independent Immortals were furious—they were in the midst of a relentless pursuit, and yet he had the leisure to joke with them; how could they not be enraged?

"Haha, if you’ve got the skills, catch me then, haha..." Qin Yu’s hearty laughter echoed through the mountain forests as he, like a streak of black light, darted at high speed through the heavens and the earth. Following behind him, five streams of rainbow light chased after him in a formation, one in front and four behind, with great velocity.

True Master Ming Shan and the others were indeed faster than Qin Yu, but not a single one of them dared to get close and fight him.

To approach and fight this peculiar Skyfire Evil Lord—were they courting death?

"Oh no, there’s a sect about five thousand li to the southeast. That would be the fourth one destroyed, right? Five Independent Immortals, keep chasing me. Our goal this time is to destroy one hundred sects. You’ve only demolished three so far, early days yet," Qin Yu taunted.

With a graceful curve, Qin Yu flew toward that sect.

"Brother, that sect belongs to ’True Master Lian Xu,’ a good friend I met in the Chaotic Star Sea. True Master Lian Xu has odd quirks, and he didn’t attend the Independent Immortals’ gathering this time. If we destroy his sect, things might get a bit messy," the Independent Immortal Ming Zhi said in a rush.

True Master Ming Shan frowned, but his body was already in pursuit.

"True Master Lian Xu is a Tenth Tribulation Independent Immortal. I heard he acquired a treasure in the Chaotic Star Sea. Is that true?" asked True Master Ming Shan.

"Indeed, True Master Lian Xu, though a Tenth Tribulation Independent Immortal, possesses a very peculiar Magical Treasure that he found in a seabed whirlpool within the Chaotic Star Sea. His strength is definitely not inferior to yours, brother," Ming Zhi replied.

True Master Ming Shan felt a trace of irritation.

"Let Brother Ming Liang make the decision," said True Master Ming Shan as he immediately sent a Communication Order to True Master Ming Liang.

A regular sect’s destruction mattered little to True Master Ming Shan. But this sect was backed by the powerful True Master Lian Xu. Offending him, while not a threat to Qingxu Temple, would still be an extremely troublesome matter.

×××

The battlefield between the Independent Immortals and the Independent Demons was quiet as both sides were stationed and resting, except for True Master Ming Liang, Wu Kongxue, and other experts atop the same mountain peak.

True Master Ming Liang flipped his hand and took out the Communication Order.

"What?"

Upon seeing the series of messages sent by True Master Ming Shan, True Master Ming Liang was finally shocked and furious, for the first time, he, True Master Ming Liang, harbored such intense killing intent. The messages sent by True Master Ming Shan could be summed up in four points!

1. Fire burned Qingxu Mountain into a wasteland with no grass growing.

2. The surrounding mountains at the foot of the ’Upper Heavenly Palace,’ a holy land, were all burnt down, and the palace itself had fallen into the crevices of the mountain.

3. Nine-tenths of the Qingxu Temple Disciples had perished, and even adding the survivors from the Ten Variations Illusion Array and those who escaped outside, the total was barely around two hundred.

4. Now, True Master Ming Shan was forced to destroy one sect gate after another unwillingly.

Destroying sect gates was a matter of deep enmity. Yet if True Master Ming Shan did not attack to collapse the space, what could be done about the Skyfire Evil Lord’s escape?

Could they allow the Skyfire Evil Lord to escape?

"Junior brother, we must not let the Skyfire Evil Lord escape at any cost, spare no efforts! I am acquainted with True Master Lian Xu, and if his sect needs to suffer some losses, so be it. If it comes to it, I will personally talk to True Master Lian Xu," roared True Master Ming Liang in anger.

"Remember, we must not let the Skyfire Evil Lord escape. If we don’t kill him, I, Ming Liang, won’t have the face to meet our predecessors of Qingxu Temple, even if I reach the Immortal Realm," he asserted.

Glancing over the Mortal World.

Among the Independent Immortals, there was no one who could make him, True Master Ming Liang, feel fear. Even that eccentric True Master Lian Xu, although he possessed some divine skills, was no big threat in front of True Master Ming Liang.

After issuing his order to his junior brother, True Master Ming Liang grew more anxious.

If his junior brother continued the chase for so long without catching the culprit, his junior brother would be forced to destroy one sect after another. To destroy a few sects was not a fear for him, True Master Ming Liang. Destroying dozens, he could still bear it as well.

But what about hundreds? Even if he, Ming Liang, was formidable, he would be isolated and besieged.

The anger of the masses was hard to defy!

"Ming Liang, what’s wrong? You seem to have an awful look. Have you caught that Skyfire Evil Lord?" Wu Kongxue’s pupils reflected the grim face of True Master Ming Liang.

True Master Ming Liang glanced at Wu Kongxue but did not speak.

Suddenly—

True Master Ming Liang had a thought: "This Wu Kongxue really doesn’t care about the lives or deaths of the Independent Demons of the Tenglong Continent, but he doesn’t care, Lian Yue must do, and not to mention, that Skyfire Evil Lord has also destroyed Lian Yue’s sect gate, their grudge is significant."

Without speaking, True Master Ming Liang communicated through his Immortal Consciousness to Lady Lian Yue.

"Lian Yue, I know that your Yin Yue Palace was destroyed by that Skyfire Evil Lord, and my Qingxu Temple was likewise burned clean by a heavenly fire unleashed by that Skyfire Evil Lord," said True Master Ming Liang, sharing his grievance, trying to forge a shared hatred against their common enemy.

Lady Lian Yue glanced at True Master Ming Liang, and through her Devil’s Consciousness, transmitted, "Oh, why do you bring this up, True Master?"

True Master Ming Liang thought to himself that there was hope.

"Lady Lian Yue, the Skyfire Evil Lord has bizarre divine skills. Even Wu Kongxue failed to capture him back then, which shows how remarkable his escape abilities must be. Now my junior brother is pursuing the Skyfire Evil Lord. Although he hasn’t captured him, he has been following closely behind. I think... if our forces join together, we will definitely capture the Skyfire Evil Lord," suggested True Master Ming Liang.

Lady Lian Yue pondered for a moment.

"Are you saying that you want our two sides to cooperate? We’ve already lost so many Loose Cultivators to each other. Can we really work together?" Lady Lian Yue clearly had some doubts.

True Master Ming Liang continued, "I also know that cooperation between us two is unrealistic, but what I’m talking about is only cooperation in the matter of capturing the ’Skyfire Evil Lord.’ After we capture the Skyfire Evil Lord, whether we fight or kill, that can be discussed later. How about it?"

Lady Lian Yue began to think.

"Wu Kongxue isn’t actually one of your Yin Yue Palace members; he doesn’t care about the great enmity of your palace. But you are the number one person in the Yin Yue Palace. The palace has been destroyed, so many disciples have died. If you don’t kill the Skyfire Evil Lord to avenge this, will you have the face to meet the elders of your sect in the Demon World in the future?" True Master Ming Liang continued to persuade.

Lady Lian Yue’s heart trembled.

The Skyfire Evil Lord, she too hated him to the bone.

"Last time, he set fire to the Yinyue Mountain Range; this time, he set fire to the Qingxu Mountain. The number one sect of the Demon Path and the number one sect of the Immortal Path have both been burned. I think he must be quite satisfied. If we let him escape this time, he might choose to hide away and not show himself again. After this opportunity, there might never be another chance for revenge," True Master Ming Liang’s last words woke Lady Lian Yue.

Right.

Both the Immortal and Demon Sects had been burned. This mysterious ’Skyfire Evil Lord’ was likely to hide away contentedly. If the culprit escaped, how could she, Lian Yue, face the previous generations of elders from the Yin Yue Palace?

"Fine, I agree," Lady Lian Yue transmitted through her Devil’s Consciousness, "However, our cooperation is only in terms of capturing the Skyfire Evil Lord."

"Of course."

A smile appeared on True Master Ming Liang’s face, and finally... True Master Ming Liang started to speak.

Until now, they had only been secretly discussing through Immortal Consciousness transmission; now they were about to negotiate openly.

"Wu Kongxue, the Skyfire Evil Lord’s escape divine skills are incredible, aren’t they?" True Master Ming Liang said with a faint smile.

Wu Kongxue suddenly recalled that incident and nodded, "The Skyfire Evil Lord was hit by my attack, yet he vanished so abruptly in the end that even my Devil’s Consciousness couldn’t locate him. You must know that space was still fluctuating at that time; I really can’t imagine how he escaped."

True Master Ming Liang said, "Now the Skyfire Evil Lord has burned down my Qingxu Mountain and is being pursued by my junior brother Ming Shan. Although Ming Shan hasn’t caught the Skyfire Evil Lord, he has been following right behind him. I think, should our two sides not join forces first and capture the Skyfire Evil Lord before anything else?"

Wu Kongxue had a trace of sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth and was just about to speak when Lady Lian Yue interjected.

"Good," Lady Lian Yue’s eyes flashed with hatred, her voice filled with intense anger, "The Skyfire Evil Lord destroyed the entrance to my Yin Yue Palace, and ninety-nine percent of the disciples died. I, Lian Yue, cannot coexist under the same sky with him. If I do not capture this Skyfire Evil Lord, I, Lian Yue, will have no face to meet the ancestors of my sect."

Lady Lian Yue then said, "Ming Liang, listen, I am only agreeing to temporarily cooperate in matters concerning the capture of the Skyfire Evil Lord."

"Of course, of course," True Master Ming Liang said with a nod and a smile.

"Lord Wu Kongxue, this Skyfire Evil Lord has a great enmity with my Yin Yue Palace. I’ve agreed to cooperate with Ming Liang. Lord Wu Kongxue, you wouldn’t mind, would you?"

Although Wu Kongxue was slightly irritated, Lady Lian Yue’s position within the ranks of the Independent Demons was actually not lower than his.

He, Wu Kongxue, although formidable in strength, stood alone. On the other hand, Lady Lian Yue was the leader of Yin Yue Palace, and the Demon Emperor himself had personally ordered Lady Lian Yue to oversee matters concerning the Sky-breaking Map, naturally placing her in a high position.

Moreover, Wu Kongxue was keen to kill the Skyfire Evil Lord as soon as possible.

"Of course, I wouldn’t mind, True Master Ming Liang. With both of us joining forces, I believe the Skyfire Evil Lord is bound to die," Wu Kongxue said with a smile, glancing at True Master Ming Liang, "Eh, it seems... this is the first time we’ve teamed up."

True Master Ming Liang nodded, "Indeed, it is the first time."

Thereupon, the higher-ups of both sides reached an agreement, temporarily halting the fighting and setting off together with a super-powerful team led by True Master Ming Liang and Wu Kongxue at the helm, and supported by figures such as Lady Lian Yue, the Fire Demon, True Master Lan Bing, Xue Yuyang, and others.

When the mightiest of both factions struck, they aimed to succeed with a single blow.

×××

In a world blanketed by endless white snow, a black light and five white lights were chasing each other, one after the other.

To date, Qin Yu had flown millions of miles, and the total number of Sects that had been destroyed reached over thirty. Among the destroyed Sects, there was even one belonging to one of the Five Great Independent Immortals who were pursuing Qin Yu.

True Master Ming Shan had agreed to apologize and compensate with various treasures to persuade that Independent Immortal.

"Skyfire Evil Lord, if you have the guts, stop running!" Not just True Master Ming Shan, but the other Four Great Independent Immortals were also enraged.

Throughout the pursuit, the Four Great Independent Immortals had destroyed many temple gates, and even inadvertently killed many Cultivators. The Sects that Qin Yu chose to attack were all those of Cultivators, and it became obvious to the Five Great Independent Immortals that the Skyfire Evil Lord was doing this intentionally.

"If you’ve got what it takes, catch me! Ha-ha... what’s the use of all the shouting?" Qin Yu burst into laughter, but midway through, his laughter abruptly stopped.

"Keep laughing now, Skyfire Evil Lord, go on and laugh,"

A familiar sinister voice arose.

In the sky, a vast expanse of Blood Cloud floated, and the scent of blood spread even wider as the Blood Cloud swiftly congealed into blood-red robes. The number one expert of the Demon Path, Wu Kongxue, stood aloft in the air, looking at Qin Yu with a sneer, as if beholding a lamb awaiting slaughter.

"So you are the Skyfire Evil Lord." Another cold voice sounded.

In moon-white robes and with eyes as serene as deep pools, the aura around his body was condensed to the utmost, Wu Kongxue was the complete opposite. One was violent, the other calm; one’s aura was wildly explosive, while the other’s was supremely condensed.

This person was the foremost figure of the Immortal Path, True Master Ming Liang. Even in his usual calmness, Ming Liang’s gaze at Qin Yu carried an unprecedented killing intent.

Almost at the same time, multiple afterimages appeared.

The seductively noble Lady Lian Yue, Wu Hei who cultivated the aggressive "Black Demon Demon Path," the Fire Demon as fiery as flames itself. The elegant True Master Lan Bing, the cool-faced Xue Yuyang, and True Master Chi Yang, brimming with murderous intent...

The superb experts of both the Independent Immortals and Independent Demons gathered in one place, under the icy sky and snow, everyone’s gazes were focused on one person. A mysterious individual who dared to burn down the number one Sect of both the Demon Path and the Immortal Path—the Skyfire Evil Lord.

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