I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 343 - 239: Sixty Years of Planning, All for a Single Death!_2

Chapter 343: Chapter 239: Sixty Years of Planning, All for a Single Death!_2

There was no True Qi inside.

The physical body was still exhausted.

"Senior, have a good journey!"

Lin Yan’s entire body bore down.

This slash, rather than saying it was delivered by himself,

would be more accurate to say it was the weight of the saber itself.

The sharp blade fell,

landing at the elder’s neck.

As if it fell onto a piece of tofu,

it cut through effortlessly.

The saber sliced through the neck and then directly onto the ground.

The atmosphere became extremely stagnant.

"..."

The Commander watched this scene unfold before his eyes.

Lin Yan held the saber, having collapsed onto the ground.

And this old friend still knelt there,

His head moved as if trying to lift up to say farewell,

but at that moment, the head fell from the neck, rolled a couple of times, and came to rest by his feet.

The headless corpse fell over.

Blood gushed from the severed neck.

The deed was done!

But there was not a trace of joy in the Commander’s eyes.

He opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, but blood surged out from his mouth and nose again, and he could only let out a low sob.

——

To the southwest,

Chen Long’s gaze became rather complex.

He had not expected Wu Chang, who came from High Willow City, to actually dare to strike Liu Venerate with a saber.

"This time, in the ancient Pure Land of Residual Prison Mansion, I obtained a few scrolls about the olden times,"

"Back then, the leader of the Human Clan was supreme, known as the Emperor."

"The Emperor was the ruler, the ruler was as a father."

"There are records of some anecdotes, for the ruler as a father, a single decree could make a subject willingly take their own life."

"When I first learned of Liu Venerate’s intentions, I resolved to serve the Venerate God with all I have, unafraid to face a thousand deaths."

"I assumed Wu Chang would be the same."

"Yet he dared to strike at the Venerate God!"

Chen Venerate said with a frosty expression, "This man is without ruler or father, without reverence!"

"Such a person, without fear, will sooner or later seek to surpass the entire Human Clan, thus becoming corrupt with power, inevitably lose his nature, and is bound to spiral out of control!"

"He is our opponent now, but he will not be for long!"

"His time within the Human Clan will also not be overly long!"

After that, Chen Venerate waved his hand and sighed, "Enough, it’s time to leave."

"This..."

Zhu Qi said in a low voice, "Just like that, we’re leaving? If we go now, we might kill them!"

Chen Venerate replied calmly, "The power of the Venerate God has been severed... At this moment, Liu Zun Temple has taken back the real body of the Venerate God, should we approach, it’s very likely that the temple priests will be able to summon the roots of the Venerate God and crush us into powder!"

Zhu Qi, upon hearing this, was shaken and dared not say more.

He looked forward with some regret and said softly, "What if we had gone to the rescue just now?"

After Wu Chang wielded the saber, it was expected that the fire seed would fall entirely upon him.

Unexpectedly, it was intercepted by that old fellow.

The old fellow not only shielded Wu Chang, but also confined the Tribulation Ashes within himself, willing to die to extinguish this fire seed.

"Actually, even if we couldn’t get Wu Chang, taking the old fellow away would have been good enough,"

said Zhu Qi softly, "After all, he bears the most intense fire seed!"

Chen Long shook his head slightly and said, "He is just a ’vessel’ that had been hidden for sixty years, used to contain the fire seed! This person cannot become a part of my Tribulation Ash! If we were to save him, he would become a disaster for my Tribulation Ash in the future!"

——

Atop the Observatory Tower,

the view in the Heavenly Observation Divine Mirror returned to normal.

The lights representing Wu Chang and the Commander were extremely dim.

Even the light of Mr. Lu was flickering uncertainly and gradually dimming.

"The will of Liu Shen has been severed,"

the Twelve Temple Priests exhaled deeply and looked to the other side, saying, "Chen Long has left, that’s good..."

"What in the world is going on?"

Ling He fell silent for a long while before finally speaking up.

"The Great Temple Priest should have already unshackled himself. Tonight’s planning, as your teacher, I’m merely acting on orders, only aware of the part I’m responsible for."

The Twelve Temple Priests shook their heads and said, "The complete layout was discussed with Mr. Lu, involving Great Temple Priest Lu Changsheng of Wutong Temple, and the Commander of the Observatory... Once they arrive, we will be able to understand the whole situation."

Miss Ling He asked, "So, did tonight’s planning succeed?"

The Twelve Temple Priests replied, "Half of it did."

Ling He asked, "What about the other half?"

The Twelve Temple Priests pointed to the dim light symbolizing Mr. Lu and said, "It should have succeeded, but now... I fear it’s difficult!"

"Huh?"

At that moment, both the master and the disciple involuntarily looked up at the Heavenly Observation Divine Mirror above.

The light symbolizing Wu Chang was flickering and growing significantly larger.

It was actually recovering True Qi at an extremely fast rate.

In the blink of an eye, it had become quite bright.

—

Outside the south gate of High Willow City.

The scene was desolate with uneven ground and scattered stones and dirt.

Even sections of the city wall had collapsed, resembling ruins.

Lin Yan felt utterly exhausted.

Both his physical body and mind were incredibly fatigued in the darkness.

But he ultimately chose not to succumb to sleep.

By killing that nameless old man, he had actually obtained 9,547 strands of Evil Qi.

This was the largest amount of Evil Qi he had received since awakening his Divine Skills!

Yet, this strike was the weakest he had felt in his training so far!

However, he knew in his heart that the strike wasn’t against the old man.

It was against the Tribulation Ashes!

"Add!"

Lin Yan added the Evil Qi to his True Qi to recover.

With True Qi within his body, the fatigue of his flesh and the exhaustion of his spirit were suppressed.

He gripped the saber in his hand and slowly propped himself up.

"..."

The almost-ruined Commander, struggling to get up, noticed that Lin Yan was already standing.

A mix of astonishment and amazement filled the Commander’s eyes.

"It’s good you’re not dead."

Lin Yan, seeing that he was still alive, breathed a sigh of relief, but then he looked down at the body that was decapitated.

The other had taken the brunt of the Tribulation Ash for himself.

He had struggled constantly to prevent going mad.

Even lowering his head to let Lin Yan’s saber strike more smoothly.

To seek death, he pushed himself to his limits.

"He didn’t seek death to protect High Willow City."

The Commander sighed, "The meteoric iron he gifted you was extremely precious. I thought he valued you and wanted to resolve the flaws of your Blood Evil Divine Saber... Now it seems he feared an accident tonight and prepared an extra method to kill himself!"

The Commander’s saber had failed to chop off the old man’s head earlier because the power of the Tribulation Ashes blocked the blade!

But the Treasure Night Saber had passed through the true fire within the old man’s body during its forging.

The old man’s Qi Mechanism was on the saber!

Therefore, the Treasure Night Saber, for the old man, wasn’t a foreign object.

When the blade fell, it was like "one’s own blood" returning to itself, so it did not provoke the power of the Tribulation Ashes.

That’s why, even though Lin Yan was exhausted, the saber still decapitated the old man.

The Commander, with a self-deprecating tone, said, "He really exhausted all his scheming for this death he headed towards."

"Who was this predecessor?"

"The chief disciple of the previous Great Temple Priest of Liu Zun Temple, if not for the chaos back then, he should have been the current Great Temple Priest."

"I remember in the secretive archives at the Observatory, there was mention of him, but he was recorded as a temple traitor?"

"The previous Great Temple Priest also died like that... The difference is, that time it happened amidst chaos, witnessed by all!"

The Commander said with a sigh, "Since it involved Liu Venerate and the root of the Tribulation, they could only declare to the outside world that he was a temple traitor who murdered his mentor and attempted to usurp the position..."

"So, this elderly person was a traitor who ’died’ sixty years ago?"

Lin Yan’s expression was complex as he said softly, "For sixty years, living a fate worse than death, so his death today is a liberation."

The Commander spoke slowly, "For these sixty years, he has been waiting for this day to die!"

At that moment, within High Willow City, a figure suddenly broke out in a panic.

"Han Commander?"

Both of them looked over.

They heard Han Commander, pale-faced, say, "Mr. Lu’s Qi Mechanism is leaking, the momentum of Refining God cannot be maintained, I fear it’s going to fail..."