Chapter 15 The Enemy

The white-clad woman stood in the void, gazing at the continuous mountain range. She flipped her hand, and a bronze token appeared in her palm. She channeled her elemental power into the token.

"Buzz~~~" The token grew hot.

This mountain range was actually the lair of the Blood God Church, known as the 'Blood Lake Mountains.' The mountains were thick with formations and restrictions, such that even the Andong North Mountain clan could do nothing about them.

Within the mountains.

In a towering hall, a jade bed emitting faint green light sat at the head of the hall. On the jade bed sat cross-legged a man in a blood-red robe, his eyes tinged with blood. He was the leader of the Blood God Church, 'Blood God Child'!

"Hmm?" Blood God Child frowned. He flipped his hand, and a bronze token appeared in his palm, growing hot to the touch.

Startled, Blood God Child vanished from the jade bed.

He then appeared above the mountain range. Sensing through the token, he spotted a white-clad woman in the distance. Blood God Child stepped forward and arrived before her, bowing respectfully: "Greetings, Envoy!"

"Another Return to Void Earth Immortal in your Andong Commandery is undergoing tribulation," the white-clad woman said calmly. "It's the Return to Void Earth Immortal called 'Diancai Immortal' from the Black-White College. Here is the detailed intelligence." As she spoke, a beast-hide scroll appeared in her hand, and she tossed it directly to Blood God Child, who received it respectfully.

The white-clad woman glanced at Blood God Child, then snorted and drifted away, soon disappearing into the distant void.

Standing midair, Blood God Child held the beast-hide scroll, watching the white envoy leave with cold eyes: "Just a white-clad envoy, putting on airs before me? If not for the power behind you, I could destroy you with a flip of my hand."

"Whoosh." Blood God Child unrolled the beast-hide scroll, which contained a detailed route map of Diancai Immortal's tribulation site.

"It's in a small world, with the entrance in the North Sea?" Blood God Child shuddered. "This mysterious force is too formidable. How do they know such a secret tribulation site?"

He had only been in contact with this mysterious force for about thirty years.

But the more contact he had, the more he felt the terror of this force!

With just a little help from this mysterious force, the Blood God Church had gained the strength to contend with the 'Andong North Mountain clan.' Although its foundation was not as strong as the Andong North Mountain clan's, the Andong North Mountain clan could not destroy the Blood God Church.

"They've already told me about two Earth Immortal tribulations before. This is the third time." Blood God Child frowned. "How do they know?"

A spy?

Blood God Child didn't believe it!

Earth Immortals undergoing tribulation were extremely cautious. The protectors they invited were absolutely trusted! Even when the Earth Immortal used spatial teleportation to bring the protectors to the tribulation site, the protectors themselves didn't know the detailed map. For example, Ji Ning and the Mad Five Immortal weren't entirely sure where the island with the small world entrance was in the vast North Sea!

"How do they know?"

"It's too incredible. I've heard that the Three Realms are turbulent now, and the heavenly secrets are chaotic. Calculating the tribulation site is almost impossible." Blood God Child was puzzled. In normal times, powerful beings in the Three Realms could calculate some mysteries with a snap of their fingers. But now, with the heavenly secrets in chaos, calculation was impossible!

"No wonder they don't take the Great Xia Dynasty seriously, no wonder they stir up the entire Great Xia." Blood God Child thought to himself, "Whatever. I don't intend to be their enemy anyway. I just need to use their power to make myself stronger and make my Blood God Church stronger."

"Hmm, this Diancai Immortal is from the Black-White College, which is the right-hand man and most loyal lackey of the Andong North Mountain clan. I must take this opportunity to eliminate him." Blood God Child nodded to himself.

Although the white-clad envoy delivered the intelligence, she did not order Blood God Child to do anything.

Whether to kill or not?

Everything was voluntary for Blood God Child. If Blood God Child didn't want to act, the mysterious force wouldn't care.

"Whoosh."

Blood God Child returned to the hall.

"Summon the Seven Dharma Kings of the Guardian Order to see me immediately." Blood God Child sat high on the jade bed and gave the order.

"Yes." The attendant replied respectfully.

Soon.

Seven Dharma Kings in black robes arrived.

"Greetings, Leader." The seven black-robed Dharma Kings said respectfully.

"Diancai Immortal of the Black-White College is undergoing tribulation. The Black-White College is the most loyal lackey of the Andong North Mountain clan. We must take this opportunity to eliminate Diancai Immortal." Blood God Child ordered calmly. "For this tribulation, the other immortals of the Black-White College are all in the college. His protectors are likely his disciple Ji Ning and the strongest of the Black-White College, the Mad Five Immortal."

"You will come with me to destroy these three from the Black-White College." Blood God Child said. "Without these three, the Black-White College will suffer a severe blow, cutting off one of the Andong North Mountain clan's arms."

"Leader, just the seven of us going with you? Isn't that too few? I've heard that Ji Ning disappeared for over thirty years and might have become a disciple of a powerful being in the Three Realms."

"The Black-White College is not to be trifled with. Even if we succeed with just the seven of us and you, Leader, we might suffer losses."

The Seven Dharma Kings hesitated.

Blood God Child said calmly, "Rest assured, I, the Leader, am fully confident. Would I let the Seven Dharma Kings take risks?"

The Seven Dharma Kings looked up at Blood God Child.

"Hmph." Blood God Child snorted, flipped his hand, and a small black boat appeared in his palm.

"This is?" The Seven Dharma Kings' eyes lit up.

"I have obtained this treasure. Now, are you reassured?" Blood God Child said calmly.

"We naturally obey the Leader's orders." The Seven Dharma Kings no longer hesitated.

Blood God Child immediately transmitted his voice: "Three Elders, I am going out with the Seven Dharma Kings. The church is temporarily in your hands."

"Leader, rest assured. Leave everything to us."

The three elders transmitted back.

"Let's go!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Blood God Child led, and the seven Dharma Kings followed, turning into eight streaks of light that flew into the sky. Soon, they directly teleported and disappeared.

...

Above the distant North Sea, over the island with the volcano.

Blood God Child in his blood-red robe and the seven black-robed Dharma Kings stood above the island.

"The entrance to the small world is inside that volcano." Blood God Child said calmly. "According to the intelligence, Diancai Immortal should have been undergoing tribulation for two days. If he didn't survive the three tribulations of wind, fire, and thunder, he would be dead or become a loose immortal. Even if he survived, he should now be undergoing the heart demon tribulation."

"We'll do as I said earlier." Blood God Child's gaze swept over the seven Dharma Kings.

"Yes, Leader." The seven black-robed Dharma Kings said respectfully.

"Enter."

Blood God Child gave the order.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!! Eight streaks of light shot across the sky and plunged into the volcano's mouth.

Shortly after they disappeared, the void beside the volcano's mouth twisted, revealing twelve white-clad figures. The leader had a blood scar on his arm.

"The Blood God Church of Andong Commandery has entered." One of the white-clad youths said with a smile. "The captain truly knows everything. You knew the Blood God Church would go in."

"The Black-White College has been built in Andong City for endless ages and has always been close to the Andong North Mountain clan! The Andong North Mountain clan has always protected the Black-White College. Among the eight major powers, the Black-White College is the most loyal. With Diancai Immortal undergoing tribulation, the Blood God Church would naturally seize the chance to eliminate him." The leading white-clad man said calmly. "We can use their help to make this assassination more certain."

"Is it necessary to be so cautious about a Ji Ning?"

"Exactly. Even the higher-ups told us to be careful of Ji Ning's master sect. Ji Ning himself is not worth our caution. We've killed Celestial Immortals before. A kid who has cultivated for less than a hundred years, even if he's a disciple of a Dao Ancestor, how strong can he be?"

They all spoke up.

The leading white-clad man with the blood scar smiled and said, "Ji Ning is naturally insignificant, but I'm afraid of accidents that might cause his master sect to intervene. So this assassination must be quick! Delay leads to change!"

"Hmm." Everyone nodded.

Each of them was most worried about Ji Ning's master sect.

They feared that a True Immortal or Heavenly God might suddenly appear and crush them!

No one knew where Ji Ning had gone for over thirty years, but from the intelligence the Blood Cloud Tower had obtained, Ji Ning's disappearance for over thirty years likely meant he had encountered extraordinary opportunities!

"Execute the assassination plan." The white-clad man with the blood scar then spoke solemnly.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!!

The twelve figures instantly turned invisible, imperceptible to the naked eye, and entered the volcano's mouth.

...

In the scorched, deathly small world.

Diancai Immortal sat cross-legged.

Around him, within a thousand zhang, a massive sealing formation enveloped him, its light radiating.

Inside the sealing formation were only Diancai Immortal and the White Water Marsh.

Ji Ning and the Mad Five Immortal were both outside the sealing formation!

During the wind, fire, and thunder tribulations, Ji Ning and the others dared not set up formations—otherwise, interfering with the heavenly tribulation would trigger 'heavenly punishment,' and it would be over! Now that the final heart demon tribulation had arrived, setting up a sealing formation had no effect. Ji Ning and the Mad Five Immortal were worried that enemies might avoid 'divine sense' and approach, so they set up this sealing formation.

With the sealing formation in place, one had to break the formation or use spatial teleportation to reach Diancai Immortal!

"Master has been undergoing the heart demon tribulation for the second day." Ji Ning turned to look at Diancai Immortal, who sat calmly cross-legged inside the sealing formation. No one knew what the heart demon tribulation was for Diancai Immortal. Generally, heart demons were easy to resist, but when they lasted a hundred or a thousand times longer, they became terrifying. The external time alone lasted at least seven days. The world created by the heart demon tribulation probably lasted in units of 'years,' possibly thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Some people undergoing tribulation lasted over ten thousand years in the heart demon world, even forgetting reality, completely sinking into the heart demon world, and eventually dying!

"Hmm?" Ji Ning suddenly startled.

An ominous danger loomed over him.

"Danger!" Ji Ning quickly transmitted: "Brother Mad Five, Uncle White, be careful. I sense danger approaching!" The instinct of cultivators was very accurate. But this time, he himself felt threatened, which shocked Ji Ning. Having cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, he should rarely feel threatened.

"If enemies are targeting Master, could the force they send be enough to threaten me?" Ji Ning couldn't believe it. "If so, we're in big trouble."

Ji Ning's eyes suddenly lit up with candlelight.

Candle Dragon's Eye!

He immediately looked in all directions, using both divine sense and the Candle Dragon's Eye to probe.

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