Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 572B - Struggle of the Prey

Seeing Shen Yuanyin look at him, Qin Yu shrugged his shoulders. “It wasn’t on purpose.”

This explanation was simply too lazy.

Shen Yuanyin didn’t say anything. However, her eyes turned colder and a frosty chill circulated around her body.

Of course, Qin Yu didn’t care about this. But deep in his eyes, a bit of worry appeared.

The sudden appearance of this third party had interrupted the slaughter between the withered corpses and decayed corpse. Their attention suddenly fell back onto the two ‘prey’.

In an instant, space seemed to freeze over!

To dare and try to ‘steal the food from a tiger’s mouth’ right in front of the withered corpses and decayed corpse, it was clear that this newcomer wasn’t some ordinary creature. The earth rumbled and was loudly torn open as something akin to an earthworm that was millions upon millions of times larger appeared.

It had no eyes or nose and its mouth grew entirely off one end. Its smooth and wriggly body seemed to be covered with a thick layer of scaled armor.

The decayed corpse roared out loud. The earth beneath it disintegrated into powder. Its figure instantly vanished and in the next moment it appeared in front of this creature and punched out a fist!

The loud and deep thumping sound was like a shaking mountain but also like the strike of an infinitely large drum. Where the fist fell, flesh and blood violently shivered and ripples spread outwards like a wave.

But at this time, the decayed corpse’s complexion changed. It tried to withdraw its arm, but to its surprise the worm creature’s armor-like skin had turned soft like glue, wrapping around its fist. It wasn’t able to break free for the time being.

The scene that followed that surpassed everyone’s expectations. On the part where the worm creature had been struck, its body suddenly split apart and opened outwards, forming a slightly smaller mouth filled with similarly sharp teeth. Then, it swallowed the decayed corpse into its stomach.

Undying’s voice suddenly sounded out, “Hurry and leave! Its targeting has vanished!”

Undying’s voice was tense and nervous. It was clear that his true state of mind wasn’t as calm as he showed before.

The existence of the decayed corpse had already placed a similarly great pressure on him. It seemed that the more differences there were between existences, the more they could understand how terrifying each other was.

Even though the surprise came quickly, he maintained a silent demeanor. He looked at the woman across from him and he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

But this change in emotion disappeared in the blink of an eye. Qin Yu cursed himself for being a l.u.s.tful idiot. Still, he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. This was really a world where looks mattered!

At this time, Shen Yuanyin suddenly turned around. Their eyes bumped into each other and Qin Yu’s expression stiffened. He wondered, had she realized his plans?

Hum –

A light trembling spread out. Shen Yuanyin still stood in front of him, but her true body had already left.

Outside the city ruins, in front of the seven female cultivators, cold energy condensed into a figure. Shen Yuanyin didn’t even turn her head as she indifferently said, “Let’s go.”

Whoosh –

After losing their prey, the withered corpses fell into a brief daze before they started to howl into the air. Their blood red eyes stubbornly locked onto Qin Yu.

Even though Qin Yu possessed incredible willpower, when he was targeted by all those blood red eyes he was still left stunned. As expected, a woman’s heart was the most poisonous!

Just a moment ago he had been feeling guilty and uneasy about abandoning her, but who would have imagined that in the next moment he would be sold off without a thought.

If he didn’t have his own methods of escape, would he have had to stay here and stare on helplessly as he was ripped to pieces?

Looking at the direction Shen Yuanyin left in, Qin Yu clenched his jaws, “We’re leaving too!”

You want this master to leave? It’s not that easy!

Space suddenly shattered, forming a black hole. Like a giant mouth, it swallowed Qin Yu up.

Shua –

His aura thoroughly vanished.

The enraged withered corpses stopped where they were. They stared around, dumbfounded. What the hell was this?

In the blink of an eye, their two blood meals had disappeared one after another. Hey, if you had this ability to begin with, why didn’t you use it earlier?

Are you playing with us?

They became even angrier!

The worm creature that swallowed up the decayed corpse suddenly screeched in pain. Its massive figure wildly whipped back and forth, causing the world to shake all around it for a time.

Pa –

Flesh and blood fell apart. A giant hole was torn open in its body and the decayed corpse leapt out. The worm-like creature froze and slowly toppled down backwards. Then, its flesh and blood began to rapidly wither away. In a breath of time, all that was left behind was a thin layer of skin that was sent flying away in the wind.

The decayed corpse’s hair fluttered in the wind. It looked in the direction Qin Yu had vanished off towards, then it lifted a fist and punched out.

Space collapsed to form a black hole. It was about to leap inside, but then the hole violently trembled before thoroughly collapsing.

The decayed corpse roared out in anger. But, the last of its aura targeting had already been destroyed.

It had lost its prey!

The decayed corpse turned around and dove into the crowd of withered corpses. Terrifying fluctuations of aura erupted all around and faint traces of black fog drilled out from the void, condensing in the skies over the ruins.

Time slowly passed. The sound of movements within the ruins became increasingly small. The panicked and horrified screams of the withered corpses became weaker and more fragmented.

As for the black fog above the city ruins, it grew increasingly thick until it formed layers of clouds.

The decayed corpse stepped out of the city ruins. It lifted a finger and pointed downwards. Then, the black fog started to loudly rumble as black rain fell in a pouring storm.

Although it was similar to rain, when this ‘rain’ fell onto the city ruins, it turned into black flames. The black flames wildly spread outwards, turning everything into ashes.

“Ahh!”

Pain, despair, horror, agony – screams of all kinds spread out from the city ruins. These came from the withered corpses that lived there. Their nearly indestructible bodies were like dry kindling in front of the black flames.

After bitterly waiting for endless years, suffering infinite torment and suffering, in the end they weren’t able to wait until the day when they came back to life. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, like this they returned to the earth, no more traces left of them.

When the black fog lifted and the black flames extinguished, the city ruins had already vanished from sight. All that was left behind on the ground was a massive pit. Its edges were melted into crystal and black energy surged within, occasionally twisted into pained faces. These pained faces looked up into the dim skies, opened their mouths and roared out loud, as if asking something that would never be answered.

The decayed corpse stood at the edge of the pit. It looked into the distance. Its gaze was incomparably deep and profound, as if it could pierce through the barriers of space and time.

“Little thing, no matter where you go, I will find you.”

…

The earth phantasm thorn bushes that sprawled over the ground grew by deriving slaughter energy from below the earth. They were incomparably hard and the thorns that covered them were coated in poisons that caused a powerful hallucinatory effect.

In addition, earth phantasm thorn bushes were plants that wildly grew grouped together in massive swathes. Once they grew and wove together, even the formidable monster beasts and evil beings in the Sea of Purgatory wouldn’t enter easily.

A thorn forest lay ahead. Just by looking at it, one couldn’t see where it ended. This thorn forest had grown for at least several tens of thousands of years if not longer. Looking through the gaps in the thorns, giant white skeletons were visible inside.

These were the remnants of powerful creatures that had accidently rushed into this thorn forest long ago. As for the smaller and weaker creatures, they had already fully decomposed and been absorbed by the black earth.

And at this time, in the skies above this thorn forest that could be called a forbidden area, space suddenly shattered and a figure flew out.

This black-robed figure was Qin Yu.

His sharp eyes swept around his surroundings and he determined there wasn’t anything dangerous in the vicinity. When he looked upon the vast and endless thorn forest below him, he revealed a happy expression.

Things like violent poisons and toxins were useless against him. Rather, they helped serve as a natural barrier instead. Thus while this thorn forest might be called extremely perilous, it was actually the best place for Qin Yu to recover in.

He flicked his sleeve and destroyed a mass of thorns, completely disregarding the poison they released when they were broken apart. He landed and sat down, taking out some pills and swallowing them. Because that little girl had interrupted his recovery, now it was more than his bones that ached. He had suffered extreme losses.

The pills entered his stomach. Warmth gradually spread out, and a smile appeared on his face.

As the Demonic Path’s Holy Son, he naturally received the best supplies. These were top quality pills from the Demonic Path, and after being purified by the little blue lamp their potency was even more astonishing. He would be able to restore himself to peak condition in a day at most.

Without warning, Qin Yu opened his eyes and his heart violently raced. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Just now, he felt as if he had been locked onto by a vicious beast lurking in the darkness. He felt like he could smell something fishy in his mouth and nose.

After sensing around, he discovered that everything was calm again. But Qin Yu knew that he wouldn’t give birth to such a feeling without reason.

It seemed to represent some kind of sign…

Decayed corpse!

This thought immediately popped up in Qin Yu’s mind. Perhaps he might encounter it again.

His face was cloudy and uncertain. After a long time, he took a deep breath and suppressed these thoughts.

Without expression, his pupils were like still lakes, a cold ice within.

So what if they met again in the future? He wasn’t a match today so he could only flee in distress.

But who could determine what the future would hold?

Perhaps the next time they met, the identity of hunter and prey would be switched.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu no longer felt any alarm or fear. He closed his eyes and composed himself, galvanizing all of his strength to absorb the medicinal efficacy.

Time quietly went by. In the blink of an eye, a day passed.