Chapter 94: Master is protected by me

No… why am I even explaining things to you?

Chu Huaizhou overcame his physical revulsion, and once he opened his mouth, he found himself getting more and more addicted to the lecture.

“Then… then this Seat would like to see who in this world still dares to stop me.”

Feeling that wasn’t enough, he shook his head and continued:

“This Seat intends to punish the Mo Sect; what does that have to do with the Netherworld Sect?”

He completely failed to notice the rapid shift in Chen Tianyi’s mental state.

Bai Li stood behind him, her face filled with shock.

Her Master was usually so cold; she remembered that before his memory loss, whenever he encountered an enemy, he would slash them with his sword without saying a word.

But now…

She held onto Chu Huaizhou and slowly retreated backward.

Has Master completely missed the change in Chen Tianyi’s aura? He seems to have reached an unexpected level!

What a clumsy, foolish Master; it really is up to her to take care of him.

Chen Tianyi was, after all, a Sect Master and an early-stage Great Ascension demonic cultivator; he still possessed the necessary backbone.

After confirming the other party’s purpose for coming here, the last shred of hope in Chen Tianyi’s heart vanished.

He knew that if a peak Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse personally graced the Netherworld Sect, they clearly wouldn’t just say a few words, grab some items, and leave.

Faced with the other’s legendary hatred for evil, he feared he would repeat the fate of the previous Sect Master today!

That kind of thing was absolutely unacceptable!

“Since you are heartless, don’t blame this Seat for being unjust!”

Chen Tianyi secretly activated the grand array hidden in the pits below, turning the “livestock” accumulated over decades into raw power!

Just as Chu Huaizhou had anticipated, this guy wanted to refine a Blood Pill.

The name “Blood Pill” was plain and simple, a basic skill that almost all disciples of demonic gates knew.

It involved extracting the essence, energy, and spirit of living people and using secret methods to refine them into a Blood Pill that defied the heavens.

Its uses were vast: it could heal injuries, grant a massive short-term boost in cultivation, or be swallowed like a Qi Gathering Pill.

The Blood Pill Chen Tianyi intended to refine would use the accumulated lives of hundreds of thousands of people over decades to create an unprecedented, terrifying pill!

Chen Tianyi had never faced Chu Huaizhou’s swordsmanship head-on.

He thought that even if his own cultivation was insufficient, with this pill, he could truly exchange a few moves with the Sword Immortal Chu!

The grand array was close at hand; every pit contained an array powered by ten Golden Core golems or a hundred Foundation Establishment golems.

In an instant, a thick, blood-green light erupted.

“Argh!”

“What’s happening?”

“It hurts so much…”

“So…”

The atmosphere below turned chaotic instantly, and the bloody light in Chen Tianyi’s eyes surged!

A gu insect emerged—jet black all over, its shell covered in decaying corpse spots, with a wide mouth dripping with blood-green venom.

In a flash, it tore through the White Mist’s Manifestation Domain and lunged toward Chu Huaizhou’s face!

“Chu Huaizhou!!!”

“White Mist!!!”

Sizzle—!

In the next moment, the insect’s mouthparts swept through, and the figures of the two were shredded like paper.

Venom splashed, corroding pits several feet deep the moment it hit the ground, even turning solid rock into stinking, puss-like water!

However, White Mist was a master of evasion, after all, and possessed many life-saving trump cards.

The insect had only shredded an afterimage.

Dozens of meters away, the white mist solidified.

A few figures appeared within the mist, yet the insect seemed afraid.

The White Mist recoiled.

It curled around their ankles, making a crisp sound.

[Master, don’t taunt him so harshly! I’m not good at frontal combat; it’s very hard to fight it alone!]

[And you know I’m most afraid of gu insects! If I get hit by one, I’ll really cry!]

Chu Huaizhou snapped back to his senses, gasping for air.

Everything had happened too fast; he only realized what had occurred now that he saw the incredibly powerful gu insect occupying his previous position.

‘Crap, I overdid the posturing. High-level matches really aren’t for everyone.’

Because his disciples were all in the Great Ascension stage and he had previously settled Emperor Jialan with a single strike, he had become a bit carried away.

He… really needed to reflect on this.

‘I’m sorry, White Mist. I’ll reflect. I won’t talk nonsense anymore.’

[Leave this to me and Little Bai Qian.]

Bai Li took a deep breath, staring straight at Chen Tianyi, completely ignoring the swarming gu insects around him.

It was as if she were saying, “If you dare move again, we won’t be polite!”

Chu Huaizhou was enveloped in softness, and the mental transmission gave him a strange sense of security.

‘I’m sorry, Whitey. I’ll never call you Whitey in my heart again. Baby Bai, you are a fragrant, soft little strawberry cake.’

He looked at Chen Tianyi, preparing to maintain his cold expression to intimidate the opponent.

But he found that the other man was actually… laughing?

The sudden attack of the gu insect was merely a probe in Chen Tianyi’s plan.

Normally, it should have been annihilated instantly by a single glance from the Sword Immortal.

How could… the rumors be true!

Chen Tianyi remembered the gossip circulating among the higher-ups of the major sects.

The Sword Immortal Chu had supposedly run into problems due to a failed tribulation.

Could it be… true? Was the sharp edge he displayed earlier against Emperor Jialan actually just a final burst of radiance before the end?!

A fierce glint appeared in Chen Tianyi’s eyes as he clenched his fist.

“Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—”

The blood qi rising continuously from below was surging into Chen Tianyi’s body, nourishing the gu insects.

The insects did not disappoint; together, they tore a hole through Bai Li’s domain.

For a moment, the surrounding space began to glitch, making a sizzling sound.

The white jade pillars rapidly aged and peeled, several gu insects perching upon them, while more insects attached themselves to the layered clouds.

Chu Huaizhou watched as the environment shifted from a celestial realm to the underworld, nearly losing his composure.

“Eek! Ahhh!!!”

Seeing this, Bai Li completely lost it, throwing aside all the techniques and Divine Abilities she knew.

She immediately grabbed Chu Huaizhou.

Her legs went weak as she clung tightly to him, screaming via mental transmission:

“Hey—hey—hey—hey, you old immortal!”

[K-k-k-k-kill these little bugs quickly!]

However, she hadn’t finished shouting.

In the past, she always had her Master to protect her, so she never had to worry about encountering danger.

Everyone she met treated her with respect; this was the first time she had faced such things.

Her brain stalled, and she subconsciously cried out for someone to save her, just like always.

But now, he didn’t seem able to protect her… instead, she needed to protect him.

Hearing Bai Li’s anxious transmission, Chu Huaizhou felt a bit helpless.

This “Haji-Bai” is the same as always. No choice then—I’ll have to use an eighth-grade pill.

But in the next second, Bai Li suddenly lifted her head, her fox-like eyes full of determination.

‘No, I must protect Master!’

‘Master always protected me; this time, it’s my turn to protect him!’

Bai Li activated a mental technique to force down her fear. Her spiritual power circulated at full strength, absorbing the surrounding energy like a vortex.

A massive phantom of a green Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox appeared behind her. As the fox tails swayed, various colors of light rippled like water.

She cast debuffs on all the Saint Insects and Chen Tianyi.

But for some reason, the effect was poor.

Clearly, these weakening spells should have stripped the Saint Insects of most of their abilities, even if they didn’t kill them.

Why did their aura become stronger instead?!

Seeing this, Chen Tianyi felt the irony was increasingly ridiculous. On a whim, he thought:

‘Could it be? I can actually slay the Burning Sword Immortal! I can eliminate the number one target on the Demonic Cultivator Kill List, the existence that is like a nightmare to countless demonic cultivators?!’

“Hahahahaha! Burning Sword Immortal, I didn’t expect you to have such a day!”

Bai Li gritted her teeth, her chest heaving; the difference in momentum between the two sides was clear.

Just then, a crisp, bell-like laughter rang out, echoing through the space.

“That’s enough, little fox. You’ve done great. Leave the rest to me; I will protect Master.”