I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 243 - 176: Blood Slaughter God General! Tribulation Ash Great Master! [Three Updates!]

Chapter 243: Chapter 176: Blood Slaughter God General! Tribulation Ash Great Master! [Three Updates!]

This was the first Pure Land that Lin Yan came to inhabit in this world.

The woman suddenly committed suicide, which triggered the town object of the Pure Land, transforming into the mighty Blood Slaughter God General.

Even with Lin Yan’s current level of cultivation, thinking back on the presence of the Blood Slaughter God General that day, he couldn’t help feeling a grave heaviness in his heart.

"At the time, I had just awakened, still in the midst of recovery," he reflected.

"Its might was tremendous, every move it made was powerful and weighty, as if it could split mountains!"

"But relatively speaking, it was clumsy, slow, and heavy, so it couldn’t catch up to me."

"I wonder what state it’s in now?"

Lin Yan looked at the collapsed cavern, drew his sword from its sheath, and swung down resoundingly.

With a flash of the sword light, the fallen rocks were cleaved apart by him.

Immediately, a golden light sparkled around Lin Yan, and he kicked forward.

The rocks were kicked away, revealing a passageway.

Lin Yan then stooped low and entered the cave.

His gaze was stern as he looked around.

The rocks and the ground seemed as if they had been scraped away.

But this was just a sealed cavern, with no other traces to be found.

The Blood Slaughter God General had vanished without a trace.

"As expected..."

Lin Yan did not hesitate, turned around, walked out, and resealed the cavern.

The Little White Ape and others waited for a moment, then saw him return with a heavy expression.

"What’s wrong? You look like you’ve lost a fortune," Lv Tang stepped forward and asked involuntarily.

"You are very familiar with this Pure Land, aren’t you, Mr. Lu?" Lin Yan suddenly asked.

"More or less, back then, you had many ominous signs about you, and you were being pursued..." Lv Tang said, "Mr. Lu had secured this Pure Land in advance; although it’s small, it’s only because the cave is small. The town object within is quite extraordinary."

"The town object is a Blood Slaughter God General," Lin Yan mused. "I have mentioned this to Mr. Lu."

"What happened?" Ji Baochang inquired.

"It’s gone," Lin Yan said.

"Gone?"

Everyone was astounded.

According to reason, once the town object in a Pure Land awakened, the place would become a Forbidden Land.

No creature of this world, whether the Human Clan, birds and beasts, or demon evil spirits, could enter it.

One would have to wait a long time for the town object to fall back into slumber.

That often required a cycle of the zodiac, which is sixty years.

But some Pure Lands would take up to a hundred years, or even centuries, to recover.

"Once the town object awakens, it must be within this Pure Land. How could it just disappear without a trace?" Ji Baochang frowned.

"Is this one of the nine great Pure Lands? Has it joined with the other eight Pure Lands to become an ancient site?" Lv Tang asked involuntarily.

"No," Ji Baochang immediately shook his head.

"The Human Clan’s understanding of the town objects is still far too scarce."

Lin Yan spoke slowly, "Moreover, there are many ways a Pure Land can be destroyed, according to legends."

Ji Baochang nodded, "When a creature dies within, it often awakens the town object!"

"But each town object is different, so the so-called ominous signs are also different."

"For example, some town objects are like a lamp; if the Pure Land is disturbed, it will draw the lamp’s flame, kindling a fiery hell that is hard to extinguish for a hundred years!"

"Some town objects are a painting, and upon being disturbed, people turn into images within it."

"Master once said that the Blood Slaughter God General, before the ancient times, was probably also a Guardian, perhaps once living!"

Ji Baochang hesitated, "Maybe it just slumbered here, which is why this place became a Pure Land that demons and evil forces could not set foot in!"

"But this isn’t the place it is supposed to protect."

Lin Yan’s gaze grew intense, and he said softly, "So after it came to its senses, it left this place?"

After some thought, Ji Baochang said, "Actually, there’s another possibility, it wasn’t complete, so it went to seek its own remnants."

"You knew that too?" Lv Tang couldn’t help but express his surprise.

"The predecessors of the Human Clan have explored Pure Lands for generations," Ji Baochang said softly. "The Tribulation Ash originated from within the Human Clan, so they also know the clan’s secrets."

"But how much of Tribulation Ash’s secrets does the Human Clan know?" Lin Yan asked out loud.

"Hard to say, for example, me, I have infiltrated their ranks and learned some... surely there must be many like me," Ji Baochang paused, then said, "However, in the past two to three hundred years, most of the Human Clan’s strong ones have been within city walls."

"In contrast, many Tribulation Ash were in Pure Lands," Lin Yan pondered. "So, over the years, regarding Pure Lands, town objects, and ancient sites... those from Tribulation Ash who have been exiled are likely to understand more than those living a stable life within the cities of the Human Clan?"

"That’s about the gist of it," Ji Baochang nodded slightly.

"Understood," Lin Yan exhaled and rubbed his forehead.

"Why is the master troubled?" The Little White Ape, who understood him best, immediately asked.

"Before, Mr. Lu mentioned to me that, in the dark, strong demons would devour weaker ones, and strange creatures might also consume other strange creatures."

Lin Yan’s expression was grave as he spoke, "He believed that the town objects might be the same."

He looked at the sealed cavern and said softly, "Plus, before leaving, Han Commander spoke to me, and now I roughly understand where It might have gone."

——

Within an unnamed cavern.

The general clad in blue scales hesitated for a moment before entering.

The dripping sound of water was just as before.

"How have the arrangements come along?" a naïve voice came from within.

"This..." The Green-Scaled General seemed to be choosing his words carefully.

"Speak!" The childish voice suddenly turned icy.

"I had arranged for a group of people to enter the ancient relic first, to set up an ambush for those who followed," the Green-Scaled General hurriedly explained.

"And then?"

"A very strange demon appeared!"

"Demon? Strange?"

"Covered in blood light, wearing armor and wielding a long halberd, it was like a god of war, slaughtering anyone it saw and roaring continuously, as if it were a living creature."

"It had a physical body?"

"Its body was formidable, but it was not a warrior of the Human Clan nor a demon," the Green-Scaled General said. "According to the Cultivators, its existence was considered by those ’old ancestors’ to be more like a great Evil Spirit that transcends the ’ultimate evil’."

"Indeed curious." The childish voice asked, "Where did it go?"

"With no other choice, we lured the old farmer there."

The Green-Scaled General had a complex expression.

After the old farmer lost control, the strange aura completely destroyed his body, turning it into a puddle of rotting flesh, becoming a powerful Evil Spirit with a physical form!

At that moment, in the vicinity, only the Evil Spirit transformed from the old farmer was suitable to confront the situation.

If it were before, the Green-Scaled General might have thought his decision was the correct one.

But after the last incident of the old farmer losing control, the great master still attempted to let the old farmer regain his senses.

He knew then that the old farmer had a significant clandestine relationship with the great master.

Therefore, he appeared to be extremely uneasy at the moment.

"What happened then?"

The childish voice of the great master came from within, calm, without any ripples.

"The Evil Spirit that the old farmer became was no match for that Blood Slaughter God General," the Green-Scaled General spoke softly.

"Afterward, the old farmer seemed to act on instinct, fled in fear onto the golden bridge, and the Blood Slaughter God General followed... The bridge shook and both fell into the Abyss below."

"Did they perish together?"

"I don’t know."

"You cannot blame yourself; it was my oversight," lamented the great lord of Tribulation Ash. "How did a Blood Slaughter God General like this pop up in Qifeng Prefecture? Or maybe the Commander of the Observatory foresaw more than I did..."

I thought by sending people to enter the ancient relic first, we would have the upper hand.

Unexpectedly, they played such a move to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf!

"But fortunately, among those of us in the ancient relic, whether it is the level of Cultivation of the various leaders or the number of people... we still surpass the powers that came from High Willow City!"

The Green-Scaled General said, "Based on our previous exploration of the ancient relic... overall, the advantage is still with our side!"

The childish voice slowly said, "Continue to send more people."

The Green-Scaled General whispered, "The Commander of the Observatory has personally left the city, preparing to clean the outskirts of the ancient relic... To send more people now, it might be too late."

"He won’t reach the outskirts of the relic."

The childish voice said, "I personally took action and ambushed him."

The Green-Scaled General quickly said, "My lord, you must be cautious!"

The childish voice, laughing, said, "He maintains human form but his Cultivation has not advanced an inch; he is far from being my opponent now."

"This time, he has been ahead of me in every move."

"It seems that in all these years, this Commander has not improved his Cultivation at all, focusing instead on mastering stratagems."

"Today, I will let him know what it means to break strategies with sheer strength... these so-called schemes, in the face of true power, are nothing!"

As the voice continued to resound.

The Commander covered in green scales held his breath tightly, involuntarily stepping back, step by step.

In the depths of his eyes, there was a color of deep reverence.

As he retreated outside the cave, he stepped aside, holding his breath.

He saw masses of flesh squeezing out, scrapping against the rocks and soil, struggling to emerge.

Large pus-filled blisters on the flesh burst open, splattering everywhere.

Blood-soaked tendrils of flesh writhed continuously.

On the most forward of the childish faces was a look of slight intoxication.

"It’s been many years since I’ve been out."

——

Meanwhile.

Lin Yan and the others had arrived just outside the next Pure Land.

"Shall we stay ahead tonight?"

"Chief Clerk Yang has already made arrangements; the people released from the city this afternoon were five less than yesterday."

Lin Yan said calmly, "The Pure Land they settled in has also been set by us..."

Lv Tang suddenly realized and said, "So, the reason you released five fewer people today was to make room for us?"

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Yes, so this Pure Land should have fifteen people inside..."

He looked ahead and said, "This is a small Pure Land that can accommodate over thirty people, plus the horses... it should be about right."

But as they neared the Pure Land, they saw a group of corpses lying at the entrance of the Pure Land.

And at the edge of the Pure Land, a man was leaning at the entrance, seemingly taking a rest.

Near him was planted a sign.

"Switch to another Pure Land, enter at your peril."