NineClouds
patreon
Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign's End
🕑 Added 2022-08-26 01:20:24 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 87 ---
Hayate and Luna flew across the sky and approached the southern ocean with incredible speed. A visible shockwave rendered from their movement pushed several wild flying profound beasts away.
"What a bad place to create a holy land," Hayate commented while staring at the vast ocean. After all, The sea is unstable compared to the land.
Luna shook her head and replied, "They built the Supreme Ocean Palace under a huge island connected to several minor islands for disciples to cultivate."
"The areas separated by layer, outer for disciples, inner for elders, core for their leader that greedy old hag." She spat with a disgusted look for the last part. "I wonder how the Supreme Ocean Palace's Ruler has a husband."
"Hmm, She has a husband?" Hayate glanced at the little prankster, who grinned playfully. She seemed to have been planning something.
Luna waved her hand to catch a seagull and nodded lightly to Hayate's question. "Her husband is Black Moon Merchant Guild's Master." She answered while patting the seagull's feathers.
Hayate sneered, "Ah, that prideful money-grubber... Since Silver Lake City is gaining popularity on the continent, the Black Moon Merchant Guild has been trying to outsell their product by reducing the price."
The Black Moon Merchant Guild is a merchant guild that sells anything one could imagine. It is considered the biggest merchant guild chain in the Profound Sky Continent. Well, not anymore since two years ago.
The guild headquarters actually be found within the Divine Phoenix Empire. Its branch guilds have reached every country and big cities except Blue Wind Imperial City and Silver Lake City.
The guild had a tremendous reputation for being stringent but fair in transactions and would never be biased against any side. The guild usually only dealt in merchandise with a high grade and never goods of low quality until Hayate revolutionized the entire market with his idea.
Hayate's existence knocked everything they currently have, and no matter how much Black Moon Merchant Guild tried to copy his ideas, none of them had succeeded. This series of events led to an economic war between them, but Silver Lake City was just never lost.
With Kaiju's power, Hayate doesn't have a reason to lose resources. Even if the Black Moon Merchant Guild buys the entire stock, he could grow them in the "Secret." farmland he built.
The only reason Silver Lake City couldn't destroy Black Moon Merchant Guild is their mysterious backing, which Luna revealed to be the Supreme Ocean Palace. No wonder that organization could do well.
"Zi Ji, huh." Hayate spouted the Black Moon Merchant Guild's Leader name. His golden eyes shone a little because a plan suddenly formed in his head.
'"A prank?" Luna gave him a knowing smile.
Hayate chuckled and replied, "I'll inform Hong Guan and Xun'er to prepare something later."
"We can't let the old husband-wife duo work anymore, no? They should rest at their current age."
"Now you're talking, Master~! Let's send those old fossils to retirement called bankruptcy~!" Luna giggled while releasing the seagull, which she tamed with her abilities. She told the wild bird to do something and blinked a few times.
Hayate smirked and noticed dark energy was close to them. He moved his gaze to the front and saw an island with dark seawater around it.
A barrier also entered his sight, but he casually passed through it with Darkness's Teleportation. As they arrived above the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest, the little prankster pinched her nose and said, "Yuck, I can smell something bad from this place!"
Weirdly, Hayate agreed with Luna this time. He has never felt so wrong in his entire life because something is releasing such an intense "Evil." inside this island.
An ordinary cultivator with a weak will would go insane just stepping into the island. The barrier around the place also doesn't help because it doesn't purify but instead contains darkness, causing it to leak outside.
"Is this the place?"
"Yes, Master~!"
Hayate nodded slightly and approached the barrier from above with Ebony in his right hand. He frowned because he could hear an intense fighting sound inside.
He aimed at the barrier and pulled the trigger, causing a bright golden light to pierce through it.
BAM! BOOM!
As the barrier was broken to pieces by Hayate's single shot, he could see everything clearly now. Chu Yuechan is standing half-naked with a rag-like snowy robe she wore last time, a blue ice sword gripped tightly around her scarred hand.
Across the lifeless lady, there is a male devil with a human-like appearance but taller with a grayish skin tone. It makes him intimidating, but Hayate has Kaiju with more "Terrifying." looks in his inner universe.
Chu Yuechan's body was shaking when looking at Hayate. "Is this dream?" She whispered with tears running down her dull eyes.
She lost her balance and swayed down, but Hayate quickly caught her from behind. Her thin body entered Hayate's embrace, feeling the warmth once again.
'Ah, I longed for this warmth.' Chu Yuechan thought while resting her head on Hayate's firm shoulder. All her fatigue seemed to disappear into thin air and be replaced by a sweet feeling.
"Are you okay?" Hayate asked naturally. It's been quite a long time since he saw her. And the current Chu Yuechan is very different, like she was a completely new person.
Chu Yuechan's skins are so pale now, and her body is thin, clearly malnourished though any cultivator who reached Sky Profound Realm doesn't need to eat anymore. They can survive for an entire year without food and drinks.
Her mental state is also abnormal. The usual Chu Yuechan is aloof with a bit of pride, but now she looks like a broken doll.
Hayate grabbed her frail hand and flowed [Mystic Art of Body Cultivation] into her body, checking her condition. His golden eyes widened because everything was perfectly normal inside.
However, he discovered something, "This... A speck of light is shining inside Chu Yuechan's heart."
"That's Chu Yuechan's only hope, a crystallization of her blood, profound energy, and deep emotion," Luna answered with a wry expression. Out of the possibilities in her vision, this version of Chu Yuechan is the most different.
Chu Yuechan should have been scared to live and forcibly bore someone's baby in other timelines, while this version of her is the strongest with an unbreakable iron will.
Even though she was unstable at the moment, Chu Yuechan will be one of the "most powerful." individuals in primal chaos in the future. Her adaptation and learning speed is beyond the genius realm.
The proof of that is her learning Frozen End Divine Art, which should be impossible without "Special Bloodline." like Phoenix and Dragon God. Xia Qingyue is an exception because of her broken perks.
'Well, the catalyst of that is...' Luna thought while moving her gaze to the pitch-black pillar near Netherworld Udumbara Flower. There is an item inside that black pillar, an item that shouldn't exist in this primal chaos, but everything should be in balance.
Light and Dark. Justice and Evil.
Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations is the source of Yin in this universe and is capable of destroying everything. It ranked second in the Heavenly Profound Treasures, but Gods and Devil know just how terrifying this thing is.
(An: This thing is the reason why the Era of Gods ended)
'Even the Evil God died because of it.' Luna thought while feeling a little sad. Ni Jie's emotion caused her to release tears.
Regardless, even evil allows weak individuals like Chu Yuechan to become strong. With the price of losing her sanity, the Fairy of Frozen Cloud Asgard gained almost perfect immortality. The reason why the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign couldn't kill her.
"Balance, huh."
'My lovely grandma is a very confusing individual~!' She sighed in defeat. And yes, she meant it.
(An: Yes, Ancestral God is technically her grandma)
Luna looked back at Hayate, who draped Formless Emperor's Robe around Chu Yuechan's body. So sweet~! She thought naturally.
"Stay here, okay." Hayate smiled while giving Chu Yuechan a pill to recover her physical condition.
"I'll be back in just a minute." His golden eyes become cold all of a sudden.
Chu Yuechan watched Hayate's firm back and felt reassured by his presence. She clutched the Formless Emperor's Robe with her frail hand. 'Everything is perfect with him around.' Her lifeless eyes become brighter.
'Hehe...'
For the first time in months, Chu Yuechan released a giggle that woke up the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign from his shock.
'T-That monster is giggling! How!' The devil opened his mouth in disbelief.
He was mad about Chu Yuechan's contrast in personality and caused his hair to fall. Being an old Devil is hard, and this monstrous creature doesn't help him. The stress is too much.
"Y-You!" The Moon Slaughter Devil finally noticed Hayate's presence and felt Evil God's aura from him. It causes his anger to resurface again. "Evil God! BASTARD!"
Luna giggled, "Poor guy."
"My master is currently pissed. I would run away as fast as possible if I were you~!"
"Well, it was too late."
"3rd Stance Hwechook." Hayate controlled his strength and attacked the Moon Slaughter Devil on the head.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE-!"
BLERGh!
Hayate's fist made contact with the devil's guts, destroying his internal organ with Light Force. It would be a painful experience because it's the bane of evil.
"M-Miracle of Life, How did you-."
BAM!
"S... STOP!!"
BAM!
Hayate kept bombarding the poor devil with punches and kicks, dosing his grayish body with Light Force to destroy everything to atoms. His golden eyes shone coldly every time the devil tried to fight back.
BAM!
"I-!"
"AM-!"
"THE!!"
"VICTIM HERE!!" A painful roar escaped the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign's mouth. His body was beaten to pulps, literally.
Hayate raised his left leg in the air and looked down at the devil with an emotionless gaze. "Any last word?" He asked while charging Light Force.
"YOU PUNY-!" The devil screamed immediately.
"I thought so." Hayate dropped his leg and smashed the devil's skull, killing him instantly. A normal-looking kick powered by one of the most powerful energies in the Primal Chaos is definitely strong against this kind of enemy.
The devil becomes ash, leaving a purple pearl and a dark core falling from thin air. Hayate sighed and calmed himself down by breathing in and out.
Chu Yuechan suddenly stood behind him with the blooming Netherworld Udumbara Flower in her hand. "I kept my promise~." She said while smiling cheerfully.
"Thank you." Hayate returned the smile and took the flower.
...
