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Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress's End
🕑 Added 2023-10-26 21:15:09 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 57 ---
The horror descended upon the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress.
Not only did they lose one of their Fortress Masters in a gruesome blast, but they also missed their best chance to eliminate the threat!
The red-scaled behemoth over 100 feet long before them is ready to strike anytime.
Its muscular and fiery body that could melt red-hot steel exudes intense power, making everyone in the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress breathe heavier in fear.
GRR! ROAR!
The scarlet dragon roared.
"What's the meaning of this, humans?!"
Gulp!
Mu Tianbei swallowed nervously. Cold sweats are running all over his body.
It's over!
The Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress is over!
They couldn't possibly fight this scarlet dragon.
Although the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress can be considered the best sect under the Four Great Sect of Blue Wind Empire, they are not profound practitioners entirely.
They focused too much on making explosive and hidden weapons. Even their Heavenly Spear's division isn't the pure spearmanship path that everyone expected.
Many people praised their sect for its status.
Still, they are just a group of serial bombers.
Dark Sun, their 'greatest' creation over hundreds of years, was 'skillfully' made with specific materials and could kill Sky Profound Realm Expert and injure even the Emperor Profound Realm.
Yet it failed at the most crucial moment.
"...Y-Your Majesty." Mu Tianbe trembled slightly. "That man was our sect's traitor."
"We don't know he'd do such a thing to you." His tone is full of contempt toward his now-died sworn brother.
"P-Please spare us!"
The elders caught what their leader meant and also buttered the scarlet dragon.
"Yes, your majesty! That man before was a coward!"
"His action is truly disgusting!"
"How could he sneak attack you? Pui, he deserves to die!" Someone even spat in disdain.
"Please spare us!"
"Be magnanimous, your majesty."
Above the clouds, Hong Guan stared at this sight with a mockery in the corner of her mouth. "A group of animals." She said coldly.
"They don't deserve to live this long."
"I should have killed them months ago."
"At this moment, even a sliver chance of survival causes them to act like this." Yu Long commented casually. "They didn't honor their dead comrade as they cherished their lives more."
"Normal things, especially in this petty world."
"Didn't we just see an army sent to our front door because of someone of higher status? These people are the consequence afterward."
"Whimpering like pigs, hoping not to get slaughtered."
"Bully the weak, and fear the strong. The table turned around when one variable showed up."
Hong Guan digested Yu Long's words and nodded in agreement. She also has seen family members betraying each other to get rich.
Deception.
Betrayal.
Sacrifice.
Corruption.
As long as you come victorious, that's all that matters.
"Let's go. It's time to reveal ourselves." Yu Long offered his right hand to the red-haired lady.
Hong Guan stared at his hand and smiled, accepting the invitation.
Amidst the endless begging of the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress's elders and fortress master, two people descend from the sky and look at them indifferently.
"W-Who are you?" The scarlet dragon felt intense pressure upon sensing Yu Long and Hong Guan. His True Dragon's bloodline trembled.
The people of the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress are also shocked.
They could feel that Yu Long and Hong Guan aren't ordinary people.
They aren't old and could fly like the elders and fortress master, meaning they are Sky Profound Realm or above!
And one thought surfaced in their minds.
"Great Experts, please save us!"
"Great Experts, please save us from this evil dragon!"
"He killed humans and wants to devour us."
"Haha, hahaha~!" Yu Long laughed at their sudden change of face.
Those hopeful looks sickened him more than anything.
"Hong Guan, do you hear that?"
"They want us to save them."
More so for Hong Guan.
Hong Guan's green eyes seethed in coldness. These shameless people dared ask for help when they weren't even on her good side.
She was on the verge of dropping a great fireball at their faces. Still, she didn't want to end this quickly.
A smile appeared on her beautiful face and entranced them.
"You want help?"
"Sure."
"Hand me five people from the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress."
"Mu Gei, Mu Hai, Mu Shi, Mu Qin, and Lastly... Mu Beibei."
After hearing the names, everyone was confused.
They wondered how Hong Guan knew these names but followed her request. Soon, five people were brought over and kneeled on the ground.
Two women and three men.
They are five people who ran away from Earth Profound Beast five years ago and the preparator of Hong Wuji's death!
Out of the five, Hong Guan hated Mu Beibei the most because he was the one who disabled her brother's tendon, so he couldn't run away and become bait for a profound beast.
"G-Goddess, please forgive us!"
"If we have done something wrong in the past, please be kind and forgive this once. Give us a second chance."
"We are wrong, we are wrong. You can do anything, but please don't kill us."
"Hic, Hic. I don't want to die young. I haven't married yet."
"Spare us..."
Five of them are pleading.
Hong Guan descended slowly and landed on the ground near them. She emotionlessly stared at the five people and said, "Five years ago..."
'Oh, no...' Everyone from the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress doesn't feel good about this.
"A hunter went to the Drifting Cloud Mountain Range." She continued without paying attention to everyone. "He was a skilled hunter and always careful of his pathing."
"Nevertheless, who would have thought despicable garbage to bring him down into unwanted death."
"He crawled out of the mountain range, even with bleeding legs. At his very last moment, he couldn't even meet his sister..."
The five kneeling people paled immediately.
A memory buried at the back of their head resurfaced.
They visited the Drifting Cloud Mountain Range five years ago and encountered the mountain king. They thought the hidden weapon they brought was invisible but soon learned the harsh truth.
The profound beast is way 'stronger' than them.
Left with no choice, they ran away. And the mountain king is too fast, catching them tirelessly even with a wounded body.
Fortunately, they met a random peasant in the forest and used him to distract the mountain king. It was like fate giving them a chance to survive!
But no! It's not a chance but a curse.
And it's going to bite them right at this very moment!
Karma served them right.
"The hunter was my brother..." Hong Guan's tears slowly dropped.
Mu Tianbei cursed in his head, 'FUCKING BASTARDS! Why are you guys dragging us more!'
None of them could deny Hong Guan's story. If they could, she wouldn't be here.
Hong Guan stood before Mu Beibei, "Mu Beibei, do you feel guilty of killing my brother?"
"Five years... I waited five years."
"I hope you enjoy those five years because I'd give you 50 years worth of torture right fucking now!"
"NOOO!" Mu Beibei wanted to run away.
Unfortunately, Hong Guan controlled everything within a hundred meters radius as an ethereal dragon covered by black-green scales appeared.
BOOM!
The sky shook violently.
Typhoons appeared one after another, grinding Mu Beibei rapidly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHH!"
"This is just the beginning." Hong Guan's voice got laced with poison.
[Unorthodox - Yin Poison Dragon Aspect]
"Art of Illusion - Temporal Blood Field."
Mu Beibei's consciousness was 'abruptly' dragged to an illusion as he discovered himself tied to a cross in an unknown world. He gagged on something, and it was a spit and blood.
'HUU!'
'HUUU!!' He panicked and saw Hong Guan appear out of thin air.
Hong Guan gazed at him and said, "This is for my brother."
"You caused over 215 cuts all over his body. I'll multiply that by five million and make you suffer."
"And don't worry, you won't die until I let you to..."
Mu Beibei wished he wasn't so arrogant and despicable. But what could he do?
It is his karma.
The pain he experienced is like no other.
He couldn't even scream anymore. It was just too much.
After a while, Mu Beibei woke up in the same situation.
"Huu, huu..."
"Is it over?"
"Can I die now?"
"Hahaha~!" Hong Guan's hearty laugh echoed.
"What do you mean, not even five seconds pass..."
"F-Five seconds!" Mu Beibei's eyes dilated.
"No, no! That CAN'T BE!"
"KILL ME!"
"KILL ME RIGHT NOW!"
"STOP THIS!"
"LET ME DIE!!!"
Soon, fifty years passed in the illusion, yet only a blink of an eye passed in the real world.
"End this, end this, end this, end this..."
In the real world, Mu Beibei's bloody body entered a praying position as he smacked his head against a boulder. He kept doing so until his head split apart.
"Next..." Hong Guan turned around to her next target.
"NOOOOOO!" Everyone witnessed the five people Hong Guan picked experience weird death.
They are entering a praying position before ending their lives through a blood-curdling method of suicide.
After the last person killed herself, silence ensued in the area.
No one said everything.
They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Hong Guan kowtowed respectfully toward heaven and earth, staring into the distance. "May you rest in peace, older brother."
"I've avenged you."
Wiping her tears, Hong Guan glanced at the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress and the scarlet dragon.
"Leave them alone. Your treasure isn't with them." Hong Guan said while floating to Yu Long's side. "Follow me, and I'll give you the answer."
"O-Okay." The scarlet dragon answered fearfully. His sense is much stronger than these puny humans.
This red-haired woman is not something he could mess with.
Mu Tianbei and others sighed in relief.
She kept her promise.
"Oh, it's my turn now." Yu Long stepped forward with a grin.
"Do you think everything is over so easily?"
"No, no... Hong Guan didn't mention it, but her older brother is also my teacher."
"The only person I ever accepted as one..."
"So, Encore. Let's start the second round!" He said indifferently.
"The rule is simple."
"Use everything you have to stop my attack..."
"One chance, no repeat."
"And it starts now." Yu Long lifted his index finger, and a burning globe of orange flame appeared.
The globe becomes bigger and hotter each second, making the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress lose their fighting spirit.
As Yu Long slowly floated to the sky, the globe now could cover the whole mountain.
"Cruel Sun..."
His voice dropped alongside the fiery globe.
Everyone's vision is 'thoroughly' filled by the incoming rotating fire sphere, knowing this is their end!
All they could do was pray before getting turned into ashes.
BOOOOOOOM!!
The Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress evaporated. They are gone from this world entirely.
One might think, what if innocent people exist in the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Sect?
Using the Phoenix Flame, the fiery globe only burns people with evil hearts and bad karma.
So, the answer is no, there are none.
If good people exist in the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress, they are probably out and doing good things rather than staying in this corrupted place.
Yu Long waved his hands, and countless essence spheres manifested one after another, spiraling to his palm.
"Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress is no more." He said while storing the essence spheres in his inner world.
"I have decided from now on, Shadow Realm will start emerging to the surface and shock the world!"
