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Chapter 324 - 224: Huang Mountain, the insurmountable peak for Old Demon Duan! (Please subscribe)

Chapter 324: Chapter 224: Huang Mountain, the insurmountable peak for Old Demon Duan! (Please subscribe)

For three consecutive days, the Netherworld Mountain Villa had become akin to purgatory, without light from the sun or moon.

This place, once considered hell for outsiders due to its fearsome assassins and traps,

had become the very hell for these assassins themselves, following the bloody purge by Old Demon Duan and Green Blade Demon.

Sporadic cries of "I want to be a hero!" would echo within the Netherworld Mountain Villa, terrifying the hiding assassins even more than death warrants.

Because it signified that their hiding spots were likely exposed by these "guides."

Anyone possessed by Old Demon Duan’s Dao Heart Demon Seed would become a "hero" who betrayed their own companions.

No one could grasp the dreadful pressure faced by the assassins hidden within the villa, nor could anyone understand the immense fear and emotional trauma induced by the repeated cries of "I want to be a hero!"

In short, the Netherworld Mountain Villa, haunted by the phrase "I want to be a hero!", had become the most terrifying place in the world.

Three days later, Duan Yun and the Murong brothers cease their actions.

Most of those who should be sent off had been dispatched on their way, and those who wanted to be heroes, deliriously shouting, had been sent off to pursue their dreams; they had barely completed the extermination of the Netherworld Mountain Villa.

It must be said, this act of performing heroic deeds and reaping treasures felt incredibly satisfying.

Just in the twisted Manor Master’s study alone, they had found nine pearls the size of dragon eyes and some ancient paintings and calligraphy.

The Murong brothers, after all, were the scions of a prominent family, and had considerable appreciation and fondness for such artworks.

The sight of the "Autumn Maples With Horseman" painting made them laugh uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Duan Yun couldn’t help but comment sarcastically, "Just stash away what you like stealthily, no need to laugh like that. You’re looking like a looting demon, nothing like a Young Hero should."

Upon hearing this, the Murong brothers immediately resumed a more "Young Hero" like demeanor.

But they were equally ecstatic when they got their hands on those dragon-eye pearls, excitedly saying, "Grinding these pearls into powder for consumption can preserve one’s beauty; I’ll surely become even more handsome. A few of these pearls would make fine betrothal gifts when I meet the love of my life."

Despite constantly being dealt emotional blows, the Murong brothers never gave up on love.

Initially, out of love, he wanted to starve himself to death; now, also for love, he had grown stronger.

He understood that although unrequited love has led to endless despair throughout history, he couldn’t halt his longing for beauty and affection.

It was in a secret chamber behind this study that Duan Yun and the Murong brothers learned some of the silver-faced Daoist and Manor Master’s secrets.

The chamber was filled with meridian maps and chunks of flesh stored in an ice cellar.

Duan Yun could guess that this flesh likely belonged to the silver-faced Daoist himself.

He was harvesting his own flesh and stuffing it with the Corpse King’s, blending it perfectly with the use of Cultivation Techniques.

The reason why these harvested flesh pieces were stored in an ice cellar was probably due to the Daoist’s reluctance to part with them.

After all, it was his own flesh, similar to how many eunuchs would preserve their severed parts in alcohol, a storage of sentimentality.

Yet, these resected tissues were not random; the meridian maps made it clear that they corresponded with different acupoints.

Perhaps once all the acupoints in the meridian map were replaced and fused with the Corpse King’s flesh, this man would’ve perfected his Evil Skill.

Unfortunately, he never reached completion and thus perished.

It must be said, the Netherworld Mountain Villa’s Manor Master was a top-notch expert, at least a few leagues above the Murong brothers.

Fortuitously, if a demon rises one foot, a hero rises ten; Young Hero Duan was just that little bit better than him.

Regarding those wooden stumps with open mouths, they had once tried to cut into them, only to find they hid people inside.

People both terrifying and pitiable.

The sight was truly horrifying.

These people were completely destroyed physically, squashed inside like meat worms, having also lost all reasoning, endlessly reciting scriptures.

Duan Yun tried to connect with them using the Beiming Divine Skill, but all he could feel was pain.

Therefore, the two of them set fire to Impermanence Hall.

The blaze got out of control very quickly, burning down half of the mountain.

For a time, the fire that consumed Netherworld burned fiercely, reddening even the sky.

Netherworld Mountain Villa, with its long history and countless lives taken, was thus reduced to ashes.

Watching the villa burn to ruins, Duan Yun and the Murong brothers left with great satisfaction.

That old crone watched as these two grim reapers were sent to their coffins, watching their departure; before they left, she respectfully said, "Young Heroes, please tread slowly!"

She almost blurted out "Feel free to visit anytime" by habit, but she held it back with great difficulty.

It was precisely because she dealt with coffins and hadn’t taken lives that she narrowly escaped the calamity.

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"Old Demon Duan and Green Blade Demon infiltrated Netherworld Mountain Villa through sneaky means, then relied on dishonorable tactics like ambush to barely overcome the Manor Master by half a move.

And that half a move determined the life and death of Netherworld Mountain Villa!"

"With the leader gone, Old Demon Duan and Green Blade Demon rampaged through the villa like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, repeatedly raping and slaying, going in and out seven times. The villa’s assassins washed their faces with tears daily, pleading in vain, but ultimately failed to escape the clutches of the two demons."

"In the end, the entire Netherworld Mountain Villa was set aflame! The fire raged for days and nights before dying down. The handful of survivors are said to be somewhat mad now, claiming the wind carries whispers of ’I want to be a hero!’, a sign that Old Demon Duan and Green Blade Demon are coming for their lives!"