Chapter 2100: Increasingly Difficult Stealth
Chapter 2100: Chapter 2100: Increasingly Difficult Stealth
"This..."
Inside the tavern, a group of martial artists suddenly fell silent.
In the corner, Xiao Yi, who initially saw the martial artists dispel the gloom from their hearts, breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Now, he furrowed his brow again.
The old man shook his head and sighed, "A few days ago, Xiao Xun was indeed unmatched in fame, even when the powerful of the Evil Lord Mansion went all out, they couldn’t do anything to him."
"But now?"
"I heard that even the first generation Evil Lord personally made a move."
"So he had to hide away, not daring to show himself anymore."
Initially, the old man spoke in a deep voice, "No matter how outstanding Black Robe Xiao Xun is, he is ultimately just a young man."
"It’s normal not to be able to defeat the first generation Evil Lord."
The old man spoke coldly, "That’s not what I mean, I’m talking about the Eight Palaces."
"If the Eight Palaces were useful, why would he need to hide, conceal his traces?"
"As the successor of the Black Demon Three Palaces, if the Three Palaces could protect him, why would he be running and hiding? What courage does the Evil Lord Mansion have to move against him?"
The old man shook his head heavily, "Today’s Eight Palaces are no longer the Eight Palaces of the ancient times."
"Today’s Eight Palaces have disintegrated."
After his words fell, an oppressive atmosphere once again spread through the tavern.
What everyone was thinking, was probably the same question.
The Eight Palaces were once their faith.
Once the existence respected by all the martial artists on the continent.
But this time, a vast area was ravaged by evil cultivator disasters, affecting at least several hundred regions.
Yet the Eight Palaces had no substantial means to contain it.
In this region, every day, martial artists continue to die tragic deaths.
Every day, evil cultivators rampage incessantly.
Are today’s Eight Palaces really as unstoppable as they were in ancient times, guarding human lives, swearing to resist demon beast disasters?
In the corner.
Crack...
The wine cup Xiao Yi had raised and sipped suddenly paused in mid-air.
The clear wine in the cup was originally calm as a mirror, but now, ripples appeared.
His hand holding the wine cup tightened slightly.
Along his journey these days, everywhere was filled with cries of anguish.
In the scope of several hundred regions, everywhere was filled with tension, people’s hearts were uneasy.
He had long said that in this world, the most terrifying thing is not anything else, but the human heart.
The Eight Palaces, passed down through countless ages, still stood unmoved.
What the Eight Palaces would become, Xiao Yi wasn’t worried about.
What he worried about was the human heart, the originally passionate heart of the martial artists covering this region.
Human, losing the last bit of hope, the last bit of belief, would be quite terrifying.
Once, the Demon Hunting Hall was Xiao Yi’s faith.
After coming to the Central Region, the Eight Palaces also became a part of Xiao Yi’s respect.
In fact, he didn’t want to see a single human martial artist here, showing that look of despair towards the Eight Palaces.
If even the last line of defense for the mind collapses completely, the martial artists here will collapse too.
"Sigh." Xiao Yi took a deep breath, he didn’t drink that wine anymore.
He casually took out a silver note, pressed it under the cup, and then stood up to leave.
Under the black robe, his fists clenched a bit tighter.
He was powerless against the evil cultivator disaster here.
Even if he wished to unleash his strongest power, he couldn’t help much.
Disasters and slaughter spread through hundreds of regions; this was not something he alone could stop.
The only thing he could do now was to accelerate his pace.
As long as he left this blockade, as long as his figure appeared in the Heavenly Mechanism Main Hall, then everything about the evil cultivators in this blockade would be meaningless.
At that time, the evil cultivator disaster would vanish instantly.
Of course, if he accelerated his stealth, the chances of being found would be greater.
His situation would become even more dangerous.
But compared to the regions he passed through daily, the majestic achievements he passed every hour, the earth-shattering places he saw each moment, and those pairs of despairing eyes...
He would rather take a gamble.
He can indeed be aloof, he can indeed kill decisively, he can indeed treat human lives as worthless.
But he hasn’t lost the last shred of humane nature in his heart.
Swoosh...
Xiao Yi’s figure transformed into a black phantom, traversing forward silently.
...
A few days later.
Xiao Yi crossed several dozen regions in one go.
At this moment, high in the sky, silhouettes controlling the air passed one after another.
Judging by their attire, it was a group from the Black Demon Hall Law Enforcement Team, along with the Heavenly Mechanism Hall Law Enforcement Team.
"Damn, those evil cultivators escaped." The leading Law Enforcement Captain gritted his teeth.
"The intelligence was perfectly accurate, yet we were still a step late."
At the same time, another group controlling the air approached.
Judging by their attire, it was a team from the Asura Hall Law Enforcement Team.
"Hmm? Did those evil cultivators escape?"
"Damn it, the Wind Master’s intelligence can’t be wrong..."
In the distance, another team hastily approached controlling the air.
Judging by their attire, it was the Demon Hunting Hall and Flame Hall Law Enforcement Team.
"Did those evil cultivators escape?" The leader of the Demon Hunting Hall Law Enforcement Team furrowed his brow.
"Not good, we’ve been tricked, they’re making a diversion, damn, those cunning evil cultivators."
...
Below, Xiao Yi’s figure flashed by.
Since several hours ago, he gradually witnessed more and more enforcement teams from various halls.
Clearly, the evil cultivator disaster within this blockade has completely caught the attention of the Eight Palaces.
Law enforcement teams from various regions of the Eight Palaces are increasingly heading towards this area.
But although they suppressed the degree of evil cultivators’ rampage to a certain extent, the effect was not as significant as imagined.
Many times, often multiple intelligence overlapped with several tracks.
Which means, it’s very likely that the law enforcement teams from various halls are chasing the same target, wasting large amounts of martial artist forces.
It’s also possible that this is merely a diversion by evil cultivators, cunningly drawing most of the enforcement team forces, while serious combat breaks out in the missed places.
This excess of martial artist forces arises from the absence of unified leadership among the enforcement teams of the halls.
Fighting individually like this, efficiency is too low.
On the surface, enforcement teams appear to coordinate smoothly across alliances, but actually, they often fall into traps.
To truly surround and counterattack this area’s evil cultivators, nothing less than ten times the martial force is required.
Xiao Yi’s judgment at this moment was identical to the Soul Hall Master.
But this was plainly impossible.
Unless other regions were neglected, such a massive martial force could never be assembled.
The Evil Lord Mansion was already an ancient and formidable force in enormous numbers.
The collision between two ancient forces clearly shows the Evil Lord Mansion in absolute dominance.
...
Another few days later.
"Almost there." Xiao Yi squinted and stared ahead.
Seven days had already passed since he began his stealth journey.
Initially, he thought four or five days would be enough to stealth out of this blockade.
But these days of unforeseen variables greatly surpassed his expectations.
The Evil Lord Mansion was not as fragile as he imagined.
Thirteen thousand regions of evil cultivators, all gathered entirely within this blockade, representing an immensely dense and terrifying number.
And under the Evil Lord Mansion’s own unified coordination, the efficiency of evil cultivators’ actions was very high.
Such sprawling, overwhelming acts of slaughter and search, this blockade was increasingly shrinking.
Meaning, evil cultivators were becoming denser.
His progress was becoming more difficult.
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Fifth update. (Burst)