"I'M FREE! I'M FREE AT LAST!" the Queen cackled maniacally like an evil witch, her laughter bouncing off the walls of the rock chamber incessantly.
Horrified, the crowd turned their eyes immediately in Chu Xun's direction.
Chu Xun's dashing features twisted with agony. Beads of sweat dotted his forehead as he flinched and shivered like a scarecrow. A sickening peal of rattling escaped his throat as he grunted hard against the indescribable pain.
Bang!
Chu Xun collapsed to his knees with such a force that made the ground crack beneath him. Blood trickled out of his nostrils and his mouth.
"Chu Xun…" breathed Gao Mohan, visibly worried.
But Chu Xun could hardly speak. No one but the Queen of Elves knew what pain and agony he was enduring right now.
The size of the little black stone belied the heft of a mountain. Chu Xun could take 50 tonnes, but this rock weighed at least 100 tonnes.
Time passed like a shadow.Five years had come and gone.The world speculated and guessed about what happened to the Devil.Eyewitnesses claimed to see Gao Mohan and the others leaving Yuchi Slope, but none saw Chu Xun.Thus began the rumors: has something happened to the Devil?Scores of Immortal-level champions tried prodding Gao Mohan and the others for answers about the whereabouts of the Devil, but they got not so much as the simple shakes of their heads.But even in the Devil's five-year-long absence, no one dared to offend the forces of the Chu Mansion. Not only were they watched over by the Flaming Qilin and the others, but there was also the duo of deadly but yet gorgeous damsels, Jing Hong and Hua Qingwu, both of whom too were formidable in their own right.Even so, those who still harbored ill intents upon the Chu Mansion faction were kept from setting their insidious plans i
The Flaming Qilin arrived first."Mongrel pups of the Immortals, show yourself!"The Flaming Qilin appeared outside the city, seething at the atrocities wrought at the hands of these strangers that even the common folks were mindlessly murdered for nothing.The strangers appeared, facing the Flaming Qilin at a distance away."And who might you be?" asked one of them haughtily."One of the renowned Sacred Beasts, the Flaming Qilin! I'll destroy you, you vermin of the Immortals!" challenged the Qilin."Oh? You're that Sacred Beast? I've heard of you," said another. "That's all fine. As it happens, I'm in need of a mount and I'm sure you'd do just fine."The irascible Flaming Qilin spewed a litany of expletives before saying, "Who do you think you are! Come right here this instant! Let me pound some manners into you!"The youth who expressed interest in keeping the Qilin as a
Jing Hong spared no expense. Right from the start, she unleashed the powerful Demon-slain Finger attack.With enough self-control to prevent himself from looking horrified, Jin Yujie quickly retreated with Wang He to a safer distance."Thinking of running?" Hua Qingwu appeared in their way with her sword drawn. The weapon flared with energy dancing along its blade.With their avenue of retreat cut off, the sons of Immortals could only fight.Attacking as one, both men fired simultaneous blasts of energy at the gigantic monolith falling. The huge column crashed into the energy blasts and with a huge explosion, the monolith burst into pieces amid a huge pulsing tremor, accompanied by a wind and dust storm of such proportions that even the sun was blotted out of sight.The blast knocked Jin Yujie and Wang He off their feet, sending them several hundred meters away. Yet even as they crashed into the ground, other th
The Flaming Qilin called and called for Chu Xun to no avail. To focus on his meditative training, Chu Xun had shut off all his senses. He could hardly hear a word.The frantic Flaming Qilin could only pace around in anxious circles. He could not go close; he could never be able to withstand the weight of the strange black stone's force field."You can stop calling. He'd never hear you," a shrill voice echoed from behind. It was the Queen of Elves. She had come when she heard about the Qilin coming here.She had never once visited this place since her escape fifteen years ago and seeing Chu Xun now in a sitting position sent a jolt of shock through her. The feat alone must have taken Chu Xun great resolve and grit.Fear began to seep into her as she grimaced at what she had done. If Chu Xun could get out, how would he exact vengeance? The Queen began to wonder if she had done the most stupid thing ever fifteen years ago by tr
When calamity struck and with no means to defend themselves, the common folk could only run.Some of the weak and frail were caught in the stampede leading out of the city and were instead trampled to death.Jin Yujie broke into delighted laughter. He could best Wang He by killing all these people.The lives of these ordinary humans meant nothing more than the instrument he needed for a frivolous if not brutal contest.Roaring with laughter, Jin Yujie threw himself off his perch. In mere seconds, he caught up to the panicking crowd of escaping people.Swoosh!He activated his oil lamp, blowing hard at it to send a huge wave of flames at the mob.Jing Hong and Hua Qingwu reeled with horror at what they saw.Every single warrior who witnessed the savagery could hardly remain sane."What evil is this?! This monster is trying to burn them all alive?!"
By the time the Queen of Elves and the Flaming Qilin arrived, the sons of Immortals were gone."A Charm of Pyromancy Conveyance."The Flaming Qilin looked grim as he uttered those words.The Queen nodded quietly, confirming the Qilin's findings; the sons of Immortals had retreated with such a tool.As members of races that have survived since the early epochs, they knew things that most people today did not.As heir to the long-lost knowledge and secrets of the Qilin race, the Flaming Qilin could identify a Charm of Pyromancy Conveyance.Meanwhile, Jing Hong and Hua Qingwu could not believe their eyes when they saw the Queen of Elves."Hong Ling?!"Jing Hong called hesitantly.The Queen looked surprised to be addressed as such, but she recalled how flabbergasted Chu Xun was when he first saw her.Evidently, the Flaming Qilin noticed their reactions
Leng Rui put a finger to his lips to motion for silence while he gave Wang He a look to tuck away the bodies on the floor.Once the corpses were hidden, Leng Rui took out a skin-thin mask and put it on. Then he signaled for everyone to hide while he strode to the door."What a bloody disgrace," grumbled Jing Lei.As the proud sons of the Assembly of Immortals, to hide and cower like mice was nothing short of a humiliation.Leng Rui opened the door once they were ready and found himself face-to-face with a group of acolytes of the White Feather Guild."How can I help you?" Leng Rui asked.The acolytes studied Leng Rui's face. With the photos of the sons of the Assembly of Immortals now circulating on the Internet, everyone could hardly miss them.But with the mask, Leng Rui managed to hoodwink the acolytes.The acolytes merely proffered some words of caution with barely any
So, the sons of the Assembly of Immortals were gone and no one could find them.Huaxia warriors scoured high and low but no one knew where the intruders had fled off to since they vanished from Baiyu City.After spending months at Baiyu City, the Queen of Elves, along with Jing Hong and Hua Qingwu, finally decided to leave.The past few months had been miserable for the governor of the city. He was forced to wait on the ladies’ hand and foot for months, hardly able to provide any resistance at all. It was only after their departure did he finally heave a breath of relief, celebrating his long-awaited freedom with a binge of wine and liquor.What followed was a brief period of peace. The alien races no longer fielded any more emerging lords for now and no one heard anything else about the five sons of the Assembly of Immortals as if they had vanished off the face of the Earth.Even so, the world knew without any