Chapter 503: Chapter 504: Is There a Fairy Here? [2nd Update]

With a great BOOM, dust billowed into the air.

As the churning dust was blown away by a subterranean wind, Wu Tian was revealed standing there, completely unscathed. His handsome face was serene, as if nothing had happened—a perfect calm amidst the storm.

A glance at the Silver Immortal Seekers revealed a grim sight. Of the one hundred, over seventy had been shattered to pieces by the spiritual power in Wu Tian’s fist, leaving behind nothing but pools of fresh blood. The remaining thirty were also covered in their own gore, collapsed on the ground. The violent spiritual power from his punch had completely destroyed their skin, rendering them unrecognizable. They were not dead, but they were barely hanging on by a single thread of life—a thread that would not last long.

Wu Tian looked down upon them, like the Heavenly Emperor gazing upon ants.

The barely-living Silver Immortal Seekers gritted their teeth. "You... you’ve killed us... but the Honorable Master... the Honorable Master won’t let you get away with this! Our deaths will be avenged! It was worth it!"

"Worth it!"

"Worth it!"

The others who still clung to life also grit their teeth, mustering their final ounces of strength to utter those two words. The Honorable Master was highly regarded within the Great Sect, held dear in many of their hearts.

Wu Tian’s expression was cold. "The Honorable Master dares to seek revenge for you?" he scoffed. "If he comes, I’ll just kill him too."

Hearing these words, the dying Silver Immortal Seekers’ eyes widened in utter disbelief.

"You... how dare you say such a thing?"

"How dare you?"

The Honorable Master was a supreme, lofty existence. Even the Monarch of a nation on the surface was of a far lesser status.

And Wu Tian? He spoke of killing the Honorable Master? Such words were audacious! Unbelievably so.

Shocked, their hearts pounded erratically before their last breath left them. They died in a state of endless astonishment, and perhaps because of it, their eyes remained wide open. They died with a grievance, unable to rest in peace.

Wu Tian and his companions briefly dealt with the bodies of the Silver Immortal Seekers. Afterward, the group arrived before the Abyss.

It was a bottomless chasm, pitch-black as if it sought to devour everything. Tao Qianyang picked up a stone and tossed it in. He waited for a long time but heard no sound of it landing.

Although the plump girl had been down there once before, it had been an accident. She was still terrified. "Maybe we should go back," she suggested.

There were many paths from the surface to the Underground World. Humans had discovered countless caves across the planet, subterranean corridors that twisted and turned in a complex maze. But while the paths through those caves were unknown, none were as terrifying as this. The Abyss was different. One could easily fall to their death just by going down, and no one knew where its depths truly led.

Liu Tianji and the others looked to Wu Tian, awaiting his decision.

Standing before the horrifying Abyss, Wu Tian uttered a single word.

"Down!"

Embracing Qin Yuhan, who held their little one in her arms, Wu Tian simply jumped.

Liu Tianji and the others steeled themselves, mounted their Flying Swords, and followed him down.

「Two days later.」

Wu Tian and his companions were still falling, with no end in sight. It was utterly dark, without a speck of light. They only knew they were continuously descending, and the sensation was terrifying.

「Meanwhile.」

The bodies that Wu Tian’s group had moved into a nearby forest were discovered. The Silver Immortal Seekers were dead. Xiang Feixie was dead. Liu Tianji had arranged the scene to make it look as if Xiang Feixie and the Silver Immortal Seekers had annihilated each other.

When the news reached Xiang Lingtian, Alliance Hierarch of the Evil Alliance, he was stunned.

The Great Sect rarely made an appearance. It was difficult for ordinary people to even find one of its members. For the longest time, the only one from the Great Sect anyone ever saw was Luo Qingyi. This meant that the odds of encountering someone from the Great Sect were lower than winning the lottery.

But as fate would have it, his son, Xiang Feixie, had run into them?

"Heavens, what is going on? What is the Great Sect doing? Are they so determined to kill my son?" Xiang Lingtian, a mighty figure in his own right, raised his Overlord Spear and roared, tears welling in his old eyes.

How could his son have offended the Great Sect? He was just a bit of a philanderer. In Xiang Lingtian’s eyes, there was nothing else wrong with him.

"It seems the Young Master discovered one of the Great Sect’s secrets and was silenced," Fan Yisheng speculated.

Xiang Lingtian nodded. "Accompany me there. I want to see for myself what’s in that area!"

"Yes!" Fan Yisheng acknowledged. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

「At the same time.」

Luo Qingshan rushed thousands of miles back to the Great Sect. The organization had one hundred and eight branches, and its headquarters possessed thirteen palaces. Aside from the final Palace of the Honorable Master, there were twelve great halls, beginning with the Hall of Taurus, a testament to their fearsome power.

"They’re all dead?" Luo Qingshan reported to the Honorable Master, who remained concealed behind a screen. Luo Qingshan’s status was too low to grant him the privilege of seeing the man’s face. Hearing his words, the Honorable Master’s voice was filled with rage.

"It’s my fault! It’s all my fault!" Luo Qingshan knelt before the screen. Beside him stood twelve others: the Twelve Golden Immortal Seekers. "It’s my fault. Xiang Feixie discovered the secret of the Abyss and attacked us. I wanted to fight, but they told me to run. I was useless! They sacrificed their lives to protect me."

Luo Qingshan’s voice was thick with regret, as if he wished he had been the one to die.

From behind the screen, the Honorable Master’s cold voice choked out, "They... they..." He seemed too overcome with grief to speak.

Outside the screen, one of the Twelve Golden Immortal Seekers exclaimed with relief, "Thankfully, the Young Master is unharmed!"

The other eleven nodded in agreement. "Indeed, we are thankful the Young Master is safe!"

Luo Qingshan lowered his head. He, like Luo Qingyi, was a child of the Honorable Master. But she was a treasured daughter, while he was as insignificant as grass.

Suddenly, a figure flashed before him. Before Luo Qingshan could even make out his father’s features, the man had hoisted him into the air like a sacrificial cauldron and bellowed, "For a worthless whelp like you, I lost a hundred Great Generals!"

Then, he hurled Luo Qingshan violently to the ground.

Luo Qingshan slammed into the floor, coughing up blood.

"Honorable Master!" the Twelve Golden Immortal Seekers immediately cried out, pleading for mercy.

Gravely injured, Luo Qingshan tried to raise his head, to see what his father looked like. I’ve grown this old... and I’ve never even seen my own father’s face! Who would believe it?

But just as he lifted his head, the figure had already vanished back behind the screen. "You should thank your twelve uncles for pleading on your behalf!" the cold voice declared. "Otherwise, I would have certainly killed you today!"

Luo Qingshan nodded weakly.

「A short while later.」

Wu Tian and his companions finally reached the bottom of the Abyss.

The place was a world unto itself. It was no longer dark; the chasm walls glowed, illuminating the area as if it were broad daylight. The plants here were exceptionally vibrant, a species yet undiscovered by the people of the surface or the Underground World, each looking as if it were carved from flawless jade.

Could there be immortals here?