Chapter 358: Chapter 14: The Tianqing Alliance Leader Who Infiltrated the Enemy Alone (Happy New Year)_2
The Tianqing Alliance Leader gazed down, while the Ancestral Demon Tree did not intervene.
The Evil God Battlefield quickly collapsed by a large part, finally turning to ash in the end.
"We won."
"We have finally won."
"We defeated the Foreign Evil God."
"We protected our homeland, the Tianqing World."
Countless powerful beings of the Tianqing World had tears in their eyes, even the Tianqing Alliance Leader, whose thoughts began to surge.
Four hundred years.
A war that lasted an entire four hundred years.
It has finally come to an end.
"Duan Lang, let's go home."
"We're going home, back to the place we used to live," Ayan said joyfully by his side.
"Home..."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader was silent for a while.
"Wait a moment."
"Even though the Evil God Battlefield is destroyed,"
"the Foreign Evil God is still alive."
"I must leave the World Sword here to prevent the return of that Evil God..." the Tianqing Alliance Leader said somewhat reluctantly.
As the wielder of the World Sword, the Tianqing Alliance Leader knew all too well how powerful this weapon was.
Under normal circumstances, such a weapon should not even exist.
Even if it did come into being, it had a great impact on the consciousness of the Tianqing World.
But the threat of the Foreign Evil God to the Tianqing World was too great.
That's why the Tianqing Alliance Leader became the wielder of the World Sword.
Without the World Sword, the Tianqing Alliance Leader had little resistance against the Foreign Evil God.
But with the World Sword, he was able to fight back and forth with the Ancestral Demon Tree.
"Leave the World Sword here?"
Ayan was stunned, looking at the Tianqing Alliance Leader.
"Indeed."
"The World Sword is a condensation of the Consciousness of the Heavenly Dao. Only by placing it here can it block all the methods of that Foreign Evil God," the Tianqing Alliance Leader said with a nod.
"Ayan, you go back to the world with the others first. I will set up the World Sword and then join you," the Tianqing Alliance Leader said.
"Alright."
Ayan nodded and turned to leave.
After Ayan disappeared,
The Tianqing Alliance Leader looked at the World Sword floating in front of him.
"Old pal, we must part ways."
"But if you detect any activity, notify me right away."
Though he couldn't take the World Sword with him, after so many years, the Tianqing Alliance Leader had already refined a part of it.
If he wished, he could sense the World Sword at any moment, even summon it back to him.
Hum!
The World Sword turned into a ray of light, engraved beyond the world.
"It's time I returned," the Tianqing Alliance Leader sighed.
He too flew toward the heart of the Tianqing World.
At the edge of the Tianqing World, twelve Vice Alliance Hierarchs, four Holy Beast Kings, thirty-three protectors, one hundred fifty-six elders, and ninety-three Demon Beast Kings were all standing there.
Full of eager and exhilarated anticipation, they waited for him.
"Everyone..."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader felt overwhelmingly emotional, "let's all return home."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader, leading his own forces, traveled along the Golden Light Path toward the depths of the world.
Along the way, countless beings of the Tianqing World bowed in worship; as a legendary figure who saved their world, the Tianqing Alliance Leader very much enjoyed this sensation.
As everyone passed the Black Mist Mountain Range,
One of the Vice Alliance Hierarchs suddenly furrowed his brow and said to the Tianqing Alliance Leader, "Leader, I feel an unusual presence below..."
"Oh?"
The Tianqing Alliance Leader immediately took it seriously.
This Vice Alliance Hierarch was a Seventh-Rank Peak expert, specialized in searching. Had it not been for his actions over the past four hundred years, locating the Foreign Evil God's position, the casualties might have been far worse.
"Black Mist Mountain Range..."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader looked down below.
"Let's go."
"Let's see what exactly is down there," the Tianqing Alliance Leader said with a cold laugh, fearing nothing.
He had repelled both the Foreign Evil God and the Ancestral Demon Tree; any unusual presence within the world...
If not for passing by coincidence and the discovery being reported by a Vice Alliance Hierarch he esteemed,
The Tianqing Alliance Leader probably wouldn't have given it a second glance.
"Alright."
"We will follow the Leader's orders."
"What kind of damned presence dares to reveal itself as we pass? It deserves death," the many powerful beings echoed.
"Then let's go down together," said the Tianqing Alliance Leader with a nod, leading his subordinates towards the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountain Range.
According to that Vice Alliance Hierarch, the location with the unusual aura was precisely at the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountain Range.
"Hmm?"
As they drew closer to the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountain Range, the Tianqing Alliance Leader's frown deepened.
He vaguely sensed that the aura emanating from the deepest part of the range was somewhat strange, even bearing some similarity to that of the Foreign Evil God.
This was a significant matter.
The Tianqing Alliance Leader's expression became grave.
The previously relaxed expression on his face had disappeared.
"Everyone, be careful," he cautioned his numerous subordinates.
Shortly afterward,
The Tianqing Alliance Leader and his subordinates arrived at the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountain Range.
This was a valley with an ancient, evil presence subtly lingering around it.
In the center of the valley stood an ancient tree with countless black vines hanging down.
"The Foreign Evil God?"
The Tianqing Alliance Leader looked shocked.
Having dealt with the Ancestral Demon Tree for many years, he immediately recognized that this ancient tree was eerily similar to the Ancestral Demon Tree.
"Wait, no."
"It's not the Foreign Evil God."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader observed carefully.
He was very familiar with the Ancestral Demon Tree, and it was exactly for this reason that he was sure the tree before him was not the cruel and wild Foreign Evil God.
"It's an offspring of the Foreign Evil God..."
"Who would have thought that the one we missed over a hundred years ago could have survived until now?"
The Tianqing Alliance Leader immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of killing intent appeared on his face.
Over a hundred years ago, the Ancestral Demon Tree paid a huge price to pry open the world barrier of the Tianqing World, scattering hundreds of thousands of Demon Seeds within the world.
The Tianqing Alliance Leader was aware of this matter and had ordered a dedicated effort to deal with it, striving to eradicate all Demon Seeds.
However, he never expected that one of the Demon Seeds would survive and grow to such an extent.
In a flash, the Tianqing Alliance Leader sorted out the cause and effect.
"Even your ancestor was repelled by me; what are you in comparison..." he thought to himself, his heart cold as he stared at the swaying ancient tree in the distance.
At that moment, he saw Lin Yuan as dead for sure. Leading so many powerful beings, along with himself, a Seventh-Rank Peak existence, they would be able to resist even the true Ancestral Demon Tree for some time.
As for an offspring of the Demon Tree?
"Vice Alliance Hierarch, I'll leave it to you to take action and personally deal with this remnant of the Evil God," said the Tianqing Alliance Leader indifferently.
Mr. Fang, the Vice Alliance Hierarch who had noticed the unusual aura in the Black Mist Mountain Range, possessed Seventh-Rank strength, nowhere near sufficient to confront the Ancestral Demon Tree.
But for an insignificant offspring...
In the eyes of the Tianqing Alliance Leader, there would be no problem.
"Take action?"
Mr. Fang fell silent for a while, then gave a slight bow to Lin Yuan and said, "Master, what should we do now?"
As these words were spoken,
The atmosphere suddenly became eerily strange.
The Tianqing Alliance Leader's pupils shrank sharply.
He had never imagined that his most trusted subordinate would call a remnant of the Evil God their master?
"Fang Zhengqing, how dare you?" the Tianqing Alliance Leader roared in fury.
His thoughts whirled rapidly, and scenes that had passed along the way flashed through his mind.
Fang Zhengqing had discovered the unusual aura in the deepest part of the Black Mist Mountain Range, then led them all here, and now Fang Zhengqing was addressing that remnant of the Evil God as his master.
That meant...
Fang Zhengqing had led them here with premeditation.
"This isn't good."
"Everyone, retreat."
"It's an ambush!!!"
Predicting everything, the Tianqing Alliance Leader's expression changed drastically, and he was about to instruct his subordinates to leave the area.
But at that moment,
Ayan, who stood behind the Tianqing Alliance Leader and was his beloved confidante, gently lifted her right hand and placed it on the Tianqing Alliance Leader's back.
Thump.
The Tianqing Alliance Leader's expression changed dramatically.
His vital energy visibly weakened at an alarming rate.
The Tianqing Alliance Leader turned around in shock to look at Ayan, "Ayan, you?"
He could never have anticipated that his beloved woman would strike him such a fatal blow.
"Ayan is also untrustworthy."
"You all must..."
The Tianqing Alliance Leader tried to suppress his injury and take off into the sky to flee with his remaining subordinates.
In the next instant,
The many subordinates whom the Tianqing Alliance Leader had protected, stepped forward in unison, surrounded their leader, and their auras converged, pressing down upon him.
"You as well?"
The Tianqing Alliance Leader looked at his numerous subordinates, his face briefly showing a mix of confusion and shock.
And a feeling of utter estrangement filled him to the brim.