Chapter 650: Chapter 643 Worry

The white beam released by the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger contained a thread of Chen Hai’s intention.

Although the Great Demon Red Tiger’s dying words were not loud, they had clearly reached his ears.

While Ye Qingqing and Zhang Tianci were present, Chen Hai did not bring this matter up with them.

After all, faced with the Great Demon Red Tiger, they had no strategy to cope, and knowing that there was an even more powerful Demon King Chili behind Red Tiger, it wouldn’t benefit them at all—it would only cause panic.

Filled with worry, Chen Hai returned inside the great hall and meditated with closed eyes for a good while.

A Great Demon like Red Tiger, at the Earth-level tier, wasn’t even that powerful; he, having the advantages of time, place, and harmony, had used the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger to slay it, yet it had still taken considerable effort.

Facing Demon King Chili, who might possess the strength of a Heavenly Immortal, could he succeed by employing the same method used against Red Tiger?

Without thinking, Chen Hai knew there was no chance at all.

Should he just watch as the West Barbarian Mountain Territory fell into the hands of the Demon Clan, then flee overseas with Ye Qingqing and the Bloodthirsty Sect people in disgrace?

Unless absolutely forced, he was unwilling to make such a choice.

“Why is it so difficult to cultivate in peace without disturbance?”

“It seems I am the tallest in the West Barbarian Mountain Territory, already the strongest person.”

“As the tallest one, when the sky falls, it seems only I must bear it.”

“Although I have never thought of sacrificing my life for righteousness or being the savior, there are some things—if I don’t try and just flee in defeat, I really can’t be reconciled.”

“Forget it. For the fate of the human race within West Barbarian Mountain Territory, let’s be impulsive and act with great benevolence just this once!”

…

Inside the great hall, Chen Hai sat down and then stood up on a Taishi Chair, repeated several times. After that, he simply started pacing back and forth within the hall.

With furrowed brows and a mind spinning in circles, he bit down on his teeth and sighed.

Then, biting his tongue, he spit out a mouthful of blood, which dropped to the ground.

With this blood, he condensed seven or eight Blood and Flesh Avatars.

These avatars hovered in strength between the Nine Realms Heavenly Tribulation and the True Immortal Realm, significantly weaker than the Blood and Flesh Avatar he had formed to deal with Red Tiger.

Creating so many avatars at once made even Chen Hai look slightly fatigued.

“Go immediately to the Ten Thousand Mountains and find out Demon King Chili’s location.”

“On the way, do not alarm the enemy or act rashly. I do not ask you to kill the enemy, just to see Demon King Chili and know what he looks like. That’s all.”

“That’s it, go now!”

Sitting back down on the Taishi Chair in the hall, Chen Hai waved his hand and commanded the newly formed avatars.

“Will comply with the master’s command!” The avatars, expressionless, nodded and walked out of the great hall. In the blink of an eye, they had vanished.

“I hope this tactic will be of use against Demon King Chili, keeping him occupied so that he cannot attend to us here in the West Barbarian Mountain Territory.”

“It’s frustrating to be less powerful than your opponent.”

“The most pressing matter right now is to enhance our strength as soon as possible!”

Muttering to himself, Chen Hai took several deep breaths, and after catching his breath, he stood up and walked toward the Cultivation Hall.

…

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Within the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain, there were numerous sects both large and small. Normally, these forces might have ongoing conflicts and intense internal competition, but when it came to the invasion of the Demon Clan, they were quite united.

After all, anyone with a bit of sense knew that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken.

In the eyes of the Demon Clan, the human race was nothing but food. Should the Demon Clan occupy the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain, even if some chose to defect to the Demon Clan and become traitors, they could at best hope to live on in a merely pathetic state.

If the Great Demon Red Tiger were still alive, with his strength, he could naturally suppress all dissenters.

Faced with this situation, the powerful and well-established sects certainly did not want to hit a stone with an egg. They would preserve their strength and retreat to other regions.

However, now that Red Tiger was dead, many sects truly saw the hope of driving out the Demon Clan from the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain.

Since they could remain in the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain, nobody wanted to leave for a distant and uncertain land.

The various sects were exceptionally diligent in suppressing the remaining demon beasts.

Originally, True Immortals and True Demons were rarely seen within the sects of West Barbarian Mountain, but suddenly, as many as twenty to thirty cultivators of this level emerged.

With these True Immortals and True Demons leading the charge, united in heart and mind, the calamity of the Demon Clan within the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain was essentially quelled.

Of course, it’s impossible to eradicate demon beasts completely.

The so-called quelling merely involved breaking up organized groups of demon beasts and driving them back to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Nevertheless, achieving this much, the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain could be considered to have barely returned to its former peace.

During this process, the Bloodthirsty Sect led by Ye Qingqing naturally expended great effort.

Within the Bloodthirsty Sect, the true combat power at the level of True Immortal and True Demon consisted only of Ye Fangxian and Zhang Tianci, who, just in terms of numbers, did not have an advantage compared to other sects.

After all, the sudden appearance of so many True Immortals and True Demons meant that, currently, there were two or three other forces with two or more combatants of the True Immortal or True Demon level, apart from the Bloodthirsty Sect.

But there are differences in strength even among True Immortals.

In the battle against the Demon Clan, the contributions made by both were clear for all to see.

Ye Fangxian was invincible in close combat, while Zhang Tianci, with his Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger, achieved Divine Transformation, elusive as a ghost. His greatest feat was that with his power alone, he slashed three Earth-level demon beasts, and they couldn’t even lay a finger on his shadow.

Many regarded Zhang Tianci as the number one powerhouse within the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain. Of course, he himself would just laugh it off.

He was well aware that his strength was nothing compared to that of his Master, Chen Hai.

It was only because Chen Hai was low-key and disliked showing off that he had not appeared before the public for many years. Even his former title as Sea King was gradually being forgotten.

The matter of Chen Hai killing the Great Demon Red Tiger from thousands of miles away was only known to Zhang Tianci, Ye Fangxian, and a few others; Chen Hai had no desire for them to spread the word widely.

After all, high profile people easily attract trouble; he merely wanted to cultivate peacefully. As for gaining fame, he had never given it a second thought.

In the eyes of Zhang Tianci and Ye Fangxian, the number one powerhouse of the Territory of West Barbarian Mountain was undoubtedly their Master, Chen Hai.

They could only keep this belief in their hearts and were certainly not going to spread it carelessly.