Chapter 96: Chapter 96 Enraged Will

ZHAO QIAOCHEN WAS pissed off when someone tried to contact him through the token as he was busy fighting against the Death Hydra with Zhang Wei.

“Zhao Qiaochen! Focus!” Zhang Wei screamed which made the other forcefully break his token into pieces. “We need to subdue this creature. Otherwise, we will be the ones who will die!”

Above the river, Shen Zui was trying to stand firm in the face of the Will of Da Sishen, having his body scorched with lightning. Some crackling noises could even be heard from his body as he struggled against his faceless and incorporeal opponent.

“How dare a measly human dares to defy the Will of Da Sishen!” a resounding voice reverberated in the entire Da Sishen.

It had shaken everyone’s hearts. Cultivators and beasts alike stopped everything that they were doing after hearing that voice. It was like a voice coming from the deepest of the oceans, filled with profundity and peculiarity.

No one knew whose voice it was, but Shen Zui very well knew as he had to face the voice’s owner head-on. Even he was shaken by it.

On the one hand, Yang Lujia temporarily stopped the crane from flying further and turned his gaze in the direction of the Hundred Deaths Gorge.

“It seems like something is happening there for the Will of Da Sishen to personally take action. Nevertheless, that’s none of my business. I still have to save those three. I just hope I am not too late.”

And so, he continued.

*

Bai Qian sat back down after the voice faded into the distance. The moment he heard it with Xia Zhiguang and his daughter, he could not help but stand with them. Even at the moment, they could hear each other’s heartbeat..

It had to be known that they were born in Da Sishen, hence if the Will would want to restrain them or even kill them, they would end up like that.

“Who dared anger the Will of Da Sishen just like that?” Xia Zhiguang asked subconsciously as he performed another divination, but he only saw a very bright light.

He knew that if he continued, that person behind that light would give him another large backlash.

“What did you divine, old man?” Bai Qian hurriedly questioned.

City Lord Ice’s ears perked, wanting to hear the City Palace Lord’s divination as well.

“I didn’t see anything except for bright light, but it was something familiar. It was as if I was seeing an old friend. Moreover, that person behind that light must be so strong that made me instinctively stop divining him,” Xia Zhiguang said, somewhat baffled.

Bai Qian then tried to give his insight. “Bright light? As if you were seeing an old friend?”

Xia Zhiguang nodded.

“You only have a few friends left almost at your level. Let’s crush myself out.”

Xia Zhiguang was speechless. “You’re not strong for me, even if I was heavily injured now.”

“Just shut up, old man! I am trying to narrow it down for you, alright?”

Later, Xia Zhiguang did not bother arguing with this person. Although Bai Qian was a bit scrupulous and shameless, he had to acknowledge his ability to deduce something with only the given information received by him.

Bai Qian crossed his arms on his chest and thought hard. “The Diabolos City’s City Lord… it’s not him… then in Guile City… no, that old man was only a God Emperor. He’d only be courting death if he really angered the Will. Then, we can only attribute this to one person.”

Xia Zhiguang also realized this and spoke of one name. “Shen Zui. It couldn’t be Cao Nima. Shen Zui was only the one who could emit that bright light.”

“Yes,” Bai Qian said as he nodded. “I don’t know what he’s doing this for, but Shen Zui is also a good friend of mine. He’s someone who is noble and righteous in nature. He must have his reasons. Rather, let’s focus more on the events happening every day in Da Sishen. Old man, did you feel it?”

City Lord Ice remained quiet, but she got what her father meant. In fact, her cultivation at the peak of the God Emperor Realm was loosening. She only needed enough time to break through to Half-Step Saint to comprehend a rule.

“I can feel it. It’s getting stronger—the heaven and earth qi… no, rather, it’s getting denser,” Xia Zhiguang replied. “I don’t know what this implies, but it’s a good opportunity for everyone to cultivate faster. But however big this benefit is, there must be a price paid. I’m afraid the Death Purge that we talked about will soon start.”

“But why was its commencement accelerated?”

“There’s news that the population of Da Sishen had reached the limit, especially now that several women had given birth to their children, and the resources here in the realm had also become scarce. I also surmise that these resources’ heaven and earth qi were made to quicken that creature’s awakening.”

“Death Hydra…” Bai Qian mentioned.

“Yes, the Death Hydra of the legends, a creature with nine snake-like heads.”

City Lord Ice shuddered at the thought. Naturally, as she became the City Lord in the Southern Territory’s biggest city, her father told her stories about legends and this was one of them.

Well, it wasn’t exactly legend. Only in the eyes and minds of the weakest. For those who have lived for centuries, it wasn’t.

“Father, uncle, what would happen if that beast was successful in awakening?” she asked.

Xia Zhiguang then responded, “It would be the doom of all living things in Da Sishen. As long as the beast is still there, Da Sishen’s natives and other people would meet their death. Only a few could survive. Most of them were only the strong ones.”

Bai Qian nodded. “We, your uncle and I have lived more than you think. For hundreds of thousands of years, we witnessed every Death Hydra. Fortunately, we were able to hide away from it, but that is at the expense of sacrificing others for our sake.”

“Yes, and every time it happens, after the Death Purge ends, Da Sishen will restart anew. There may be races that would become extinct and another would be born. I’ve seen enough of it. Now, I think it is time for me to fight it, or perhaps I might not need to,” said Xia Zhiguang and spoke once more after remembering someone.

“Do you remember that Cao Nima?”

Bai Qian nodded. City Lord Ice did the same.

“Cao Nima, like I said, is an overlapping factor of our realm. He was not restricted by the Will of Da Sishen, only his immense powers were. I’m afraid… if that kid would erupt… he would be able to destroy the entire realm…”

City Lord Ice’s eyes gleamed with shock. “That strong?”

“Yes, that strong. This is why I was forced to humble myself in front of him,” said Xia Zhiguang. “I don’t know where he came from, but it seemed like he had some quests on his own to finish. He might not be from the Five Realms. He could be someone from the so-called void. You know that I already ventured outside Da Sishen and he had that aura the same as the void…”

*

Zhao Fenhua hurriedly went back to the hall where he left Long Guang with curse rules looming over him. As he stared at the unconscious kid, he was afraid. A foreboding feeling arose in his heart.

He felt that if he continued to make this kid suffer or those other two, the race would meet its doom.

“Junior Ancestor Zhao Yi, did you really not find anyone protecting when you captured this little dragon and his companions?” Zhao Fenhua’s heart filled his mind with doubts.

“No,” Zhao Yi replied, frowning. “It might be because the one protecting them was separated from the three.”

“How strong do you think he is?” Zhao Fenhua asked, almost timidly.

Zhao Yi contemplated. “Based on these rules of curses, at least stronger than our eldest brother.”

Zhao Fenhua swallowed a mouthful of saliva. “Then, shouldn’t we release them?”

“No, although that person could curse us. It was only at this time. Also, I know that he could not find our place. Remember that this is a separate world. Otherwise, would he be forced to curse our entire race?”

“You’re right,” Zhao Fenhua said as he sighed in relief, but the lingering fear in his heart remained.

‘Will we really be okay?’

“Besides, we need that little dragon’s body and bloodline to be devoured by Zhao Dilao. From then hereon, Zhao Dilao would become an existence that’d surpass even us,” Zhao Yi added.

*

Zhang Wei held their posts tightly, not trying to flinch their bodies away from the restriction while silently chanting the Core Subduing Art. They were almost there. The creature had almost given up on their collective effort.

The only problem left was the Will of Da Sishen’s interference, which Shen Zui was currently fighting against. “I don’t think I can win against you, but we are with your plan. We plan to purify this realm and start anew! My friends there are trying to control your creature, not for their personal wants but the purification of the realm. Will of Da Sishen, please understand.”

The rolling thunder and lightning in the skies did not disappear. They were screaming rage. It did not talk, but after a while, it did not attack and was even starting to fade away.

Shen Zui heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like he convinced it enough. However, a few minutes after, it came back and hit him again.

“Who are you trying to fool, human?!” it roared and streaks of lightning stormed their way down to Shen Zui.

“Who is so bold to fool the Will of Da Sishen? Didn’t that person know that the Will could see through the emotions of the natives of Da Sishen?” Xia Zhiguang commented as he heard the voice once more with Bai Qian and City Lord Ice.