novelraw Chapter 593: The Vine Emperor Descends!
Chapter 593: The Vine Emperor Descends!
The light of the Bamboo Emperor flickered as he descended from the pinnacle of the firmament, appearing over Jishui City.
When he witnessed the tragic scene in Jishui City, his expression showed uncontrollable shock.
"What is going on here!"
The Bamboo Emperor received a transmission from the cultivators of the Bamboo Hall, claiming that there was a large-scale conflict among cultivators within Jishui City.
He hurried back to Jishui, only to see a mass slaughter among cultivators in the city!
Hundreds of Divinity Transformation and Void Refinement cultivators from the Western, Southern, and Northern Forest Seas were wantonly killing on Jishui’s long street!
Their eyes were bloodshot, killing anyone they encountered, and instantly annihilating lower-level cultivators. When they met cultivators of the same level, they would madly self-destruct, perishing together with their opponents!
If it were just cultivators from other forest seas killing in Jishui, the Bamboo Emperor would not have been so shocked.
What shocked him the most was that many tree tribesmen affiliated with the Bamboo Hall from the Eastern Tree Ocean were also wantonly slaughtering in Jishui City, even killing their own kind!
Even many Divine Envoys, Elders, and Hall Masters of the Bamboo Hall were crazily attacking their fellow hall cultivators!
The Bamboo Emperor took a group of Pill Masters to the forbidden area of the Bamboo Realm, and it had only been two hours!
Within those two hours that he left Jishui, a tremendous upheaval occurred in Jishui!
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Within the eighth branch of the Bamboo Hall, the Evil Bamboo Hall!
The Evil Bamboo Hall Master, his eyes bloodred, was wielding a Slaughter Blade, slaughtering the elders and divine envoys inside the hall.
He had been a kind elder, with a cultivation at the Void Refinement Realm, greatly trusted and revered by his subordinates in the hall.
But at this moment, he was wielding a Slaughter Blade, easily turning his subordinates into flesh pulp one after another!
No trace of the usual kindness was left in his eyes, only bloodthirsty madness!
Deep pain and reluctance filled his eyes; he was unwilling to kill his subordinates, yet he had no control over his body, helplessly watching his former subordinates die by his own hands.
In this moment, he was a living puppet, conscious but manipulated by another!
"It’s Wan Chang Kong! Wan Chang Kong is controlling me, forcing me to kill my subordinates with whom I have shared so much! Stop, stop!"
"Kill me, someone kill me!"
His heart sent forth a heart-wrenching cry, but no one could hear it.
Finally, he single-handedly slaughtered all the elders and divine envoys of the entire Evil Bamboo Hall branch...
A beautiful woman in blue flew into the Evil Bamboo Hall, unbelievingly looking at the hall master, eyes filled with shock, anger, and disappointment.
"Husband, why did you do this, why... Jishui City suddenly fell into chaos, and I was still worried about your safety, never expecting you to commit such a heinous act, killing all the hall cultivators... Why did you do this..."
This woman was the Dao Companion of the Evil Bamboo Hall Master, his lifelong love.
She did not understand why her husband suddenly went mad and exterminated the whole hall of cultivators...
"Lian’er, run! Quickly run!"
The Evil Bamboo Hall Master wanted to warn the woman to flee, but he couldn’t utter a word.
Urgency filled the depths of his heart, yet his face bore a numb and bloodthirsty expression.
Swoosh!
The Slaughter Blade swung down, slicing the woman in two, not even allowing her Demon Soul to escape...
Aaaaaaah!
The heart of the Evil Bamboo Hall Master bled with grief and rage! Unable to control his body, he could only watch helplessly as he personally slew his beloved wife...
"Wan Chang Kong! I will dismember you into thousands of pieces! Thousands of pieces!!! Lian’er, I’m sorry, I’m sorry... Aaaaaaah!!!"
The Evil Bamboo Hall Master wanted to let out a heart-wrenching cry, yet no sound came out.
Any words that went against Wan Chang Kong’s will, he could not speak...
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Outside the palace where the Xingbai Clan was stationed, layer upon layer of formation light was opened, laid by the Xingbai Patriarch himself, enough to defend against a normal Absolute Void attack.
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Inside the palace, a young man with green eyes was organizing the Xingbai clan to resist the uprising in Jishui City.
This young man is the Young Sect Leader of the Xingbai clan, the one who was ordered to deliver the invitation to Ning Fan on that day.
"Young master! The reason for the upheaval in Jishui has been investigated by the subordinates! Now within Jishui City, there are a total of 3,749 masters who have suddenly gone mad, and are wantonly slaughtering in the city. Among those who have gone mad, there are masters from other Tree Oceans, as well as members from our Eastern Tree Ocean tribe, and even cultivators from the Bamboo Hall. Among those causing the chaos above Void Refinement, there are a total of 69... The reason for their madness is unknown! Do you want to report this immediately to the old ancestor?"
Several old monsters of the Void Glimpse stage knelt before the green-eyed youth, their expressions extraordinarily respectful.
The Xingbai old ancestor they mentioned is the Third Elder of the Bamboo Hall, a respected cultivator at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
"The old ancestor is the Third Elder of the Bamboo Hall, now that there’s a major chaos in Jishui, the old ancestor must be leading people to handle the turmoil in the city... Here’s what we’ll do, you guys pass on all the intelligence you’ve gathered to the old ancestor through sound transmission, maybe this will help the old ancestor calm the chaos in Jishui..."
Just as the green-eyed youth finished his sentence, a guard suddenly entered the hall and reported loudly, "Reporting to the young master, there are hundreds of people from the Baili clan outside the hall, clamoring to see the young master, asking the young master to remove the formation light of the palace and come out to meet them!"
"Baili tribe members... Did they state their reason for wanting to see this young master?"
"They didn’t specify!" The guard shook his head and said.
"Didn’t specify, huh. Heh, this young master has received intelligence that some Baili tribe members were seen participating in the upheaval of Jishui, slaughtering thousands of masters on the main street... Now within Jishui City, it’s hard to tell enemy from friend, anyone might suddenly go mad and become an enemy... The Baili tribe wants to see me, but doesn’t explain their purpose, this is very suspicious... Convey my order, swiftly strengthen the palace’s formation light, do not let Baili tribe members into the hall! This young master suspects these Baili tribe members have all gone mad, their intentions are not good!"
"Yes! This subordinate will immediately pass the order to strengthen the palace’s formation light!"
As the guard was about to pass the order to strengthen the formation light, suddenly, green light flickered in the hall, revealing an old man with green eyes, who was indeed the Third Elder of the Bamboo Hall.
The Third Elder seemed to have heard the words of the green-eyed youth, and nodded in satisfaction toward the latter, praising him.
"Xing’er, you are indeed the most outstanding young talent of my Xingbai clan, recognizing at first glance that the visitors from the Baili clan have malicious intent. You guessed right, all members of the Baili clan are enemies, and cannot be allowed into the hall without reason... Do you know, the Baili people are not mad, neither are the ones causing chaos in Jishui City mad... All the troublemakers in the city are being manipulated, refined into puppets by others, commanded to create chaos in Jishui. Their purpose is to annihilate the Bamboo Hall, this is a premeditated action..."
"What! They are not mad, but have been refined into puppets?!" The green-eyed youth and the Xingbai clan members present were shocked after hearing the Third Elder’s words, but they suppressed their shock and respectfully saluted the Third Elder, "Salute to the old ancestor!"
Afterward, the green-eyed youth composed himself and asked, "The old ancestor means that today’s chaos in Jishui City is a plot meticulously arranged by someone? The troublemakers have not fallen into madness but are controlled and turned into puppets, gathered in Jishui with the intent to annihilate the Bamboo Hall? But how is this possible... The troublemakers this time are all living people, this is absolutely true, how could they be puppets..."
Regular puppets are all dead objects. Some puppets are refined from the corpses of dead people or beasts. Some puppets are made from metal, wood, and other materials.
No matter which method is used to make puppets, they have a common point... any puppet is lifeless, they are dead puppets!
The aura of dead puppets is vastly different from that of living people, with cultivations in the Divinity Transformation and Void Refinement realms, it’s impossible not to discern the difference between dead puppets and living people.
The green-eyed youth does not have high cultivation, but he could also see, the troublemakers in the city are all living people, they cannot be dead puppets.
Moreover, if these people have dead puppet bodies, how could they have avoided the inspection of the strong experts of the Bamboo Hall to enter Jishui City?
"You don’t know, these people are not dead puppets but living puppets. ’Living puppets’ refer to puppets refined from living people. The Living Puppet Art is a lost puppet technique, all the troublemakers this time are living puppets, their aura is the same as living people, therefore infiltrating Jishui and not being noticed by the Bamboo Hall... Even the Bamboo Emperor has never seen living puppets in person, how could he know that among the cultivators entering the city, there hides so many puppets..."
"A real living puppet, even if standing in front of you, you’d find it very hard to detect. Of course, these living puppets were forcibly refined using a secret technique, not through regular means, so all the living puppets do not have Spirit or Demon Soul within them. To discern whether the masters in the city are humans or puppets, the method is very simple, just see if they have Spirit or Demon Soul within them..."
"By the way, within the body of this old man, there is no Spirit, nor Demon Soul..."
Pierce! Pierce! Pierce!
The Third Elder suddenly had blood-red eyes, erupted fiercely, unleashing slaughter within the Xingbai clan’s palace!
His gaze was indifferent and ruthless, but deep within his heart, there was profound desolation.
He too is a living puppet refined by Void Inquiry Stage!
In the moment of annihilation, the green-eyed youth still couldn’t believe his own old ancestor would erupt in violence, murdering Xingbai clan members...
All the deceased Xingbai clansmen, in their final moments, looked at the Third Elder incredulously, they couldn’t believe that the ancestor they revered and admired would wield the slaughter blade against them!
The Third Elder’s heart was bleeding, he slaughtered his own clan members with his own hands!
This generation’s Xingbai young master was one of his favorite younger generations, yet at this moment, he couldn’t control his own body, forcefully smashing the Xingbai young master into dust!
Among the Xingbai clan members present, several were his direct descendants, linked by blood... All these people died at his hands!
Among these clan members, there was even one person who was the grandson of his benefactor, but was similarly annihilated by him!
Kill, kill, kill!
All the clan members, all died at his hands!
"Void Inquiry!"
"Void Inquiry!"
"Void Inquiry!!!"
The Third Elder wished he could tear the manipulator into pieces, but he simply couldn’t control his own body.
He raised his hand and destroyed the formation light of the entire palace, carrying boundless resentment within his heart, followed the Baili clan members outside the hall unleashing slaughter within Jishui!
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First Branch of the Bamboo Hall, Hengzhu Hall!
The main and deputy hall masters of Hengzhu joined forces, slaughtering the entire Hengzhu Hall... They were all Living Puppets of Void Inquiry Stage!
Second Branch of the Bamboo Hall, Crimson Bamboo Hall!
This hall was breached by thirteen rebellious Void Refinement Tree Clans, with rivers of blood flowing!
And then the Third, Fourth, Fifth Branches...
When the Bamboo Emperor stood above Jishui, his spirit sense covered the entire city, deeply shocked by the scene before him, not knowing how to resolve this chaos.
Who is the enemy, who is the friend? Not sure!
Whose conspiracy is this chaos? Not sure!
In each Bamboo Hall branch, rivers of blood flowed, each Jishui force bloodied each other, more and more people suddenly went mad, turning and killing their clansmen...
This chaos started from Jishui City and spread throughout the whole Muye Kingdom!
The Bamboo Emperor’s Sound Lute kept ringing, sounding alarms of distress from various cultivation cities and Tree Clan forces in Muye Kingdom!
In the north of Muye Kingdom, in Sky Tree City, inside a tavern, the City Lord of Sky Tree, who was at the Void Inquiry Stage, was drinking and chatting with some fellow Daoist friends.
Suddenly, his eyes turned blood red, and he violently raised his magical treasure, directly striking the Tian Ling of a friend, killing him!
Afterward, this City Lord went into a frenzy, starting a massacre in Sky Tree City!
At the same time, tens of thousands of masters in Sky Tree City simultaneously went mad, killing indiscriminately without regard for kin...
Nobody knew that when the City Lord of Sky Tree killed his friend, his expression was cold and ruthless, but his heart was filled with remorse and grief.
"Void Inquiry! I am irreconcilable with you, not resting until death! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
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In the west of Muye Kingdom, in the Zao Wood Clan, Zao Wood Elder with the cultivations of the Void Refinement Realm was teaching disciples the art of refining, with a kind and friendly demeanor.
He was a grandmaster refiner famous throughout the Eastern Tree Ocean, known for his humility and respect towards others.
Yet in an instant, Zao Wood Elder’s eyes turned blood red, losing all reason, swinging the Slaughter Blade, killing all his disciples one by one!
Subsequently, tens of thousands of clan members in the Zao Wood Clan simultaneously went mad, following Zao Wood Elder in a massacre, and moved the Slaughter Blade towards other Tree Clans...
Nobody knew that when Zao Wood Elder slaughtered his beloved disciple, his heart felt like being pierced by a thousand blades with intense pain.
"Void Inquiry! I will kill you, kill you!"
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In the east of Muye Kingdom, a branch hall master of the Bamboo Hall was leading subordinates on a patrol of the east, meeting with the clan leaders of the seven major Tree Clans.
He possessed the Absolute Void Stage, always loyal to the Bamboo Hall, dutiful in responsibilities. As a Xuan cultivator of the righteous path, he never killed the innocent wantonly.
Yet suddenly, his eyes turned blood red, losing all reason, and started a massacre against the Bamboo Hall’s Divine Envoys and Elders behind him!
He even self-destructed his physical defense, annihilating all clan leaders of the seven major Tree Clans in mutual destruction!
Among those seven Tree Clan leaders, one was even his mentor...
Great Sky City, Jimu City, Wind Leaf Clan...
One by one, cultivation cities and Tree Clans transmitted heart-stopping alarms, causing great shock in the Bamboo Emperor’s heart.
Not just Jishui City, the entire Muye Kingdom was in turmoil!
At this moment, within Muye Kingdom, nearly ten million masters are simultaneously going mad, engaging in wild slaughter!
"Where are all the elders! Come to see me at once, assist my emperor in quelling the Muye turmoil!"
The Bamboo Emperor shouted loudly above Jishui, his voice like violent thunder, containing earth-shattering anger!
For the Muye turmoil today, who knows how many masters of the Bamboo Hall have fallen...
The Bamboo Emperor vowed, should he find out who orchestrated today’s events, he would tear them to pieces!
The Sixth Elder and Eighth Elder were still in the Bamboo Realm, and now in Jishui City, only six Fragmented Void Elders could be trusted.
The Bamboo Emperor gave an order, his voice resounding through the entire Jishui City.
Six streams of escape light soared into the sky, transforming into the figures of six Senior Suixu, all standing respectfully before the Bamboo Emperor.
Among these six Fragmented Void Elders, naturally was the Third Elder who had turned into a Living Puppet.
"Six Elders, follow my emperor to quell this chaos! My emperor shall find the mastermind behind this turmoil and tear them to pieces!"
The Bamboo Emperor gave an order, the Great Elder, Fifth Elder, and Seventh Elder immediately voiced their agreement, each with a look of radiant anger, wishing to find the mastermind behind this turmoil.
But the other three Fragmented Void Elders, each expression was wooden, unmoved by the Bamboo Emperor’s order.
Even the traditionally obedient Second Elder and Third Elder, were coldly sneering at the Bamboo Emperor, with a hint of contempt, saying,
"Your Majesty the Bamboo Emperor, things have come to this point, do you still not know who is behind this?"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Eleven silver beams of extreme light suddenly appeared out of thin air, striking towards the Bamboo Emperor’s back.
The attack came without warning, the eleven silver pillars of light immediately scattered into countless silver threads, falling from the sky!
An extreme sense of danger suddenly surged in the Bamboo Emperor’s heart!
The Bamboo Emperor suddenly turned around, flicking his fingers repeatedly, countless golden bamboo leaves appeared in the sky, forming a gigantic golden hand, striking towards the countless silver threads.
With one palm, he scattered the countless silver threads!
But just at this moment, the Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder suddenly made their move together, brandishing magical treasures towards the Bamboo Emperor’s back, full of murderous intent!
Purple Axe, Silver Bell, Precious Tree...
The three magical treasures were a sneak attack when the Bamboo Emperor was exhausted, at this moment, the Bamboo Emperor was busy fending off the countless silver threads, how could he expect to be sneak-attacked by the Second Elder and others!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three attacks simultaneously struck the Bamboo Emperor’s back, severely injuring him, making him spit out a mouthful of blood.
The Bamboo Emperor, with extreme shock and anger in his eyes, suddenly turned around, a single finger emanated countless golden light, shattering all three magical treasures, angrily staring at the Second Elder and others!
The Bamboo Emperor had refined Divine armor for himself, and was a First Heavenly Layer of the Nirvana Body Refinement Realm body cultivator, even though he was sneak attacked hastily, he couldn’t possibly be killed by three masters of the First or Second Heavenly Layer of the Fragmented Void.
He was heavily injured, but the injury was still within a suppressible range.
His eyes contained boundless outrage, this outrage was not because of his injury, but because he was betrayed by his most trusted subordinates!
"You dare betray me! Why, give my emperor a reason!"
"Reason? There is only one reason, we are Living Puppets of Lord Void Inquiry, with a single order from the Lord, we can strike at any time, annihilating the Bamboo Hall!"
The Second Elder and other three Fragmented Void seniors replied woodenly.
At the same moment the three voiced this, above in the sky, there appeared consecutive virtual silhouettes of eleven silver-haired elders, standing atop the sky!
Each of these eleven had the cultivations of the First Heavenly Layer of the Fragmented Void, with an awe-inspiring presence!
The eleven stood atop the sky, their auras combined, not even much weaker than the Bamboo Emperor’s aura!
"Your Majesty the Bamboo Emperor, we have not met for ten thousand years, do you still remember me?" The eleven silver-haired elders all coldly asked in unison.
"It is you! Void Inquiry! Are you the mastermind of today’s Muye turmoil!" The Bamboo Emperor roared.
"The mastermind this time is not Void Inquiry, it is me! The Vine and Bamboo halls have been arch-enemies, today annihilating the Bamboo Hall is a long-planned major strategy of my emperor!"
In the sky, suddenly seven more figures of Fragmented Void strong men appeared!
Among these seven, the leader wore Vine armor, his whole body flowing with the aura of the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance and strange purple light in his eyes, it was the Vine Emperor!
"Vine Emperor! It’s you!" The Bamboo Emperor’s eyes narrowed, the anger gradually faded, replaced with a look of solemnity.
If only Void Inquiry interfered in today’s matters, he still had a method to quell this chaos.
But if today’s matters involved the Vine Emperor, the Bamboo Hall’s turmoil repeated, with betrayal from within, perhaps unable to resist the Vine Hall, today the Bamboo Hall was likely facing a great calamity...
"Vine Emperor, we are both cultivators of the Tree World, even though the two halls are arch-enemies, there is no need to go to the extent of destroying the hall, right!" The Bamboo Emperor gritted his teeth and said.
"Spare me the nonsense! I am here to conquer the Eastern Sea and pacify the Bamboo Hall! After today, in the Tree World, there will be no more Bamboo Hall, no more Bamboo Emperor! Kill!"
The Vine Emperor’s eyes suddenly surged with killing intent!
Today his plan was nearly perfect, the Bamboo Emperor single-handedly could not support, surely dead without a doubt! The Bamboo Hall will be annihilated! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly votes for me at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)