Chapter Fifteen: Two Sudden Attacks

With no end in sight, Ya Wu Bian and his ninety-nine companions finally waited for them to awaken. Each of these companions had gained some benefits by using the Mysterious Sound, with over twenty of them even advancing one level in their cultivation. As soon as these ninety-nine members of the Earth Soul Demons woke up, they immediately charged at the adventurers surrounding Ya Wu Bian. Meanwhile, those two hundred adventurers fled in haste.

“Kill them!”
The ninety-nine members of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang targeted two adventurers each and rushed over swiftly, wielding their magical weapons to slaughter them mercilessly. In moments, the entire near-ground area was filled with the glow of magical energy as spells clashed, creating bursts of light everywhere.

Ah, ah, ah.
Painful cries echoed from all directions. The two hundred fleeing adventurers could no longer resist the pursuit of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang and died one after another.

Jun Bun Yun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Leng Yun flew together toward the Tree Top Layer. This area was composed of giant tree-shaped rocks connected together, forming undulating structures with no flat ground. Above it lay the white mist layer, where eerie green vapor occasionally appeared, capable of rotting a cultivator’s body—making it extremely dangerous.

At that moment, ten members of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang, all at the level of Six-Star Earth Soul Demons, were pursuing the three of them. Although their cultivation level was lower than that of Jun Bun Yun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Leng Yun, they were unafraid and determined to follow them wherever they went.

“You ten, mere Six-Star Earth Soul Demons, dare to chase after us three? How utterly arrogant!”
Suddenly, Jun Bun Yun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Leng Yun stopped. As Jun Bun Yun turned around, he shouted angrily.

Having lower-ranked Earth Soul Demons pursued by Six-Star Earth Soul Demons felt like an extreme humiliation to the three of them. They could no longer flee and decided to stop and kill those ten.

As they spoke, Jun Bun Yun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Leng Yun launched their attacks. Three streams of magical energy, each containing a separate dimension, flew toward the ten men. If hit by these transformed streams of energy, they would be trapped within the dimensions and subjected to energy attacks from within.

“Ten-Star Chain!”
The ten members of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang calmly shouted this command. They formed a circle back to back, each holding a magical weapon and releasing their own streams of energy, creating a swirling ring of combined magical energy.

All three alternate dimensions hit the ten people, but none of them were able to seal off the space where those ten were located, let alone trap them in their own alternate dimensions. Jun Buyun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Lengyun realized at this point that the purpose of those ten people coming here was to delay them, waiting for Ya Wu Bian’s magical energy to recover so that it would be their death day. “Hmph, you ten have combined spells; we won’t waste energy fighting you. Goodbye,” Jun Buyun said coldly. Immediately afterward, Jun Buyun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Lengyun decided to fly away from the Valley of Whispering Demons. The ten people chased after them once again. ※※※ The True Hero Adventurers Group and the Tiger Might Adventurers Group, along with twelve others, had also arrived deep in the Valley of Whispering Demons, to the place where Ya Wu Bian was fighting Jun Buyun, Tan Mo, and Zhuo Lengyun. By this time, most of the members of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves Group, who had been hunting adventurers, had successfully returned and gathered around Ya Wu Bian. After the fierce battle earlier, Ya Wu Bian had expended too much of his magical energy and was now recovering. When three or four hundred weaker adventurer groups arrived, they found that none of their leaders had enough strength to kill even one member of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves Group, causing fear to set in among all the adventurer groups—the fear of impending destruction. “Where are those adventurer groups with members possessing lower-level Earth Soul Demon powers? I don’t see any of them.” “Even the weakest member of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves Group has the power of a two-star Earth Soul Demon. How can we possibly be their opponents?” “Under these circumstances, not to mention surrounding and killing the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves Group, it would be lucky if we avoid being targeted by them.” … Many adventurer groups were filled with such fearful talk. Naturally, many of them immediately retreated, choosing to flee. After Qu Yi led everyone to the nearby area, he used the divine perception of the Artifact God to learn about the general situation of the recent battle, giving him confidence. “Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Tu Zun, you three take the Tiger Might brothers and others and head straight to the entrance of the Valley of Whispering Demons now,” Qu Yi said with a smile to the others. Upon hearing this, Long Hu Wei asked in surprise, “Brother Qu Yi, what do you plan to do by yourself?”

Qu Yi smiled, then winked at Jin Zun, Mu Zun, and Tu Zun. He said with a laugh, “You all retreat first. Right now, there are no adventurers with the cultivation level of Lower Earth Soul Demons here, so every adventuring party is in danger. I’ll stay and look for an opportunity to cause some damage to the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang.”

Before Long Hu Wei could ask more, he saw Jin Zun and Mu Zun lifting him up and flying him back. Naturally, the other four members of the Hu Wei Adventuring Party—Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong—also immediately flew back as well.

After seeing everyone leave, Qu Yi went to a secluded place and suddenly entered the Dimensional Sphere. The sphere turned into a speck of dust and flew toward the location where Ya Wu Bian was.

Ya Wu Bian had regained 20% of his demonic energy and now opened his eyes, looking at the nearly seventy members of the thieves’ gang around him.

“I’m fine now. Form teams and sweep through the surrounding areas. Destroy as many adventuring parties as you can and seize their wealth,” Ya Wu Bian said coldly.

The Ren Wo Xiao Adventuring Party he had once formed was called a thieves’ gang because it later changed its nature to specialize in robbing other adventuring parties. Now, seeing that the weaker adventuring parties around him were no match for his own gang members, Ya Wu Bian didn’t want to miss this rare opportunity. So, as soon as he regained some strength, he didn’t want his members to protect him but instead ordered them to start robbing immediately.

“Yes, Leader!” the seventy-plus members shouted excitedly.

In an instant, those seventy-plus strongmen with the cultivation level of Earth Soul Demons flew out and attacked the weaker adventuring parties nearby.

“Oh, the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang is coming!” the adventurers cried in terror and fled immediately.

Soon, members of various adventuring parties were flying in all directions to escape the pursuit of the Ren Wo Xiao Thieves’ Gang members. During their flight, they constantly prayed not to be targeted by them.

Unfortunately, since the seventy-plus thieves were determined to kill all the adventurers here, they would kill one and then immediately chase after others to continue killing them.

The seventy-plus thieves gradually flew away to hunt more adventurers.

Ya Wu Bian sat alone on the stone platform, continuing to recover his demonic energy.

Suddenly, Yu Wen Tian Lan appeared.

Ya Wu Bian’s eyes snapped open.

Yu Wen Tian Lan held the Wind-Embracing Sword and quickly sent out a beam of Immortal Energy, which formed into a sword and struck Ya Wu Bian’s head.

“Damn you!” Ya Wu Bian roared fiercely.
At that moment, Yu Wen Tian Lan thought a sudden strike would kill Ya Wu Bian, but unexpectedly, a yellow light layer appeared above Ya Wu Bian’s head, blocking that Immortal Essence Sword.
Yu Wen Tian Lan was stunned.
Ya Wu Bian then turned to look at Yu Wen Tian Lan and shouted coldly, “Who are you? How did you appear?”
Yu Wen Tian Lan glanced at Ya Wu Bian and noticed that his demonic energy fluctuations were much weaker than before—clearly, Ya Wu Bian had spent a great deal of his demonic energy resisting his fatal attack earlier.
The demonic energy Ya Wu Bian had barely recovered from was now reduced to about 10% again.
“Ya Wu Bian, you don’t need to ask for my name, because you’re about to die,” Yu Wen Tian Lan replied coldly.
Immediately, Yu Wen Tian Lan picked up the Wind-Embracing Sword again and swung it swiftly. The sword moved like a dancing butterfly, and wood-type Immortal Essence energy shot out throughout the space, enveloping Ya Wu Bian like a cocoon surrounding a pupa.
“Hmph! You wretched Six-Star Earth Soul Demon, you brought this upon yourself,” Ya Wu Bian shouted angrily.
He then raised his crystal-yellow long sword, held it vertically, and swiftly swept it in front of him. Earth-type demonic energy emitted from the sword formed a cylinder around his body, blocking the wood-type Immortal Essence energy in the shape of a cocoon.
Just as Ya Wu Bian cast his defensive spell, something unexpected happened—Qu Yi suddenly appeared.
As soon as Qu Yi appeared, he already had the top-grade immortal weapon, the Vast Heaven Sword, in his hands. His chaotic energy transformed into fire-type Immortal Essence energy, which he poured into the Vast Heaven Sword before slashing downward.
A wall of flames that tore through space descended from the sky, hitting Ya Wu Bian right on the head, instantly splitting his skull and then cutting his body in two.
Ya Wu Bian never imagined he would die from such a surprise attack by Qu Yi.
When the flames disappeared, Ya Wu Bian’s body vanished as well, leaving only a space ring and his life-bound demonic weapon on the ground.
Qu Yi quickly picked up the space ring and the mid-grade demonic weapon, saying indifferently, “With the Renwo Thief Gang gone, they won’t be a threat anymore.”
Yu Wen Tian Lan stared at Qu Yi in shock, then fixed his gaze on the Vast Heaven Sword, deeply attracted by this top-grade immortal weapon.
Top-grade immortal weapons could only be forged by celestial immortals, and there were very few in the entire immortal realm.
Qu Yi stored the Vast Heaven Sword inside his body and smiled, “Yu Wen Tian Lan, no need to stare so intently. You’ll be able to have your own top-grade immortal weapon someday. Well, since Ya Wu Bian is dead, we can leave now.”

With that, Qu Yi entered the inch-bound ball. The inch-bound ball landed on Yuwen Tianlan’s body and, as Yuwen Tianlan flew, it rushed quickly toward the entrance of the Valley of Mysterious Sounds.