Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

4In the end, Chen Yu did not leave the group and walked into the Yin Swamp with Liang Zhen.    1

    

Of course, it wasn't that Chen Yu shamelessly insisted on following Liang Zhen and the others, but he thought of one problem. Who knew if the next route's markings were not fake?    

    

If this sign with the word 'Pei' on it could be fake, then the other marks could be fake as well. If that was the case, then the only way would be to create a new path of his own. This was the first time Chen Yu came to the Yin Demon Swamp, so he knew nothing about this place.    

    

Chen Yu could only smile wryly in his heart at this kind of situation.    

    

If there really was a hand behind his back that was arranging all this, then everything was probably all part of his plan. Even the flaw of the mark was not that he did not realize this point, but that he did not care that the flaw had been seen through!    

    

After he understood all of this, Chen Yu felt a chill run down his spine.    

    

However, Chen Yu could not turn back. He came to the ancient battlefield to find the Golden Essence Extract, the last one of the five Spirit Vortex. It was impossible for him to give up halfway before entering the depths of the ancient battlefield.    

    

Seeing that Chen Yu did not leave, Faang Suzhen and the others could not help but mock him.    

    

The swamp was difficult to traverse and there were pits everywhere. Fortunately, everyone in the team was a practitioner of Spirit Accumulation Stage, and when they flew through the air, they were able to travel a dozen or so meters, which was pretty smooth at the start.    

    

The sinister mist grew increasingly thick, curling upwards as they stared at the misty skies. Countless shadows were hovering about, yet they did not fall.    

    

The whole journey took two hours, and surprisingly, everything went smoothly, without even a single Yin Demon harassing them.    

    

Faang Suzhen and the rest couldn't help but taunt him. The other neutral people also wavered a little and threw a peculiar look at Chen Yu.    

    

However, Chen Yu didn't have the mood to care about Faang Suzhen and the others. The more successfully the journey went, the more he felt that this group of people had fallen into his trap.    

    

Looking around, other than the marsh water, there were only the surrounding hills and oasis. This Yin Demon Swamp was as peaceful as an ordinary swamp, and could even be said to be more tranquil and quiet than an ordinary swamp … …    

    

Faang Suzhen and the rest also realized that something was wrong and went silent, no longer having any sarcastic remarks.    

    

When they stopped on a floating island, Liang Zhen asked for everyone's opinion. Although they all realized that something wasn't right, the vast majority of them didn't want to turn back this way, so they continued forward.    

    

But this time, Chen Yu walked to the front and followed closely behind Liang Zhen. Liang Zhen still had to borrow his Flamingo s to deal with this.    

    

Another hour passed. Liang Zhen suddenly stopped on a path that was halfway out of the water. He revealed a look of shock.    

    

Looking around, he saw five or six corpses lying in the shallow water on either side of the path.    

    

Compared to the corpses he had seen last night, the corpses' faces were very clear. The cause of death was also very obvious, and most of them died from having their chest pierced through.    

    

"It's Zhao Beicang, Lu Mingchun!" Liang Zhen's expression was extremely solemn, and his voice even had a slight tremble, "The elite disciples of Little Yan Feng, especially Zhao Beicang, have the realm of Spirit Accumulation Stage eighth level, and are not inferior to me in strength!"    

    

Faang Suzhen and the others arrived at the scene and were shocked.    

    

"With their strength, passing the Yin Demon Swamp is definitely not a problem. They have all died here!" Liang Zhen looked bitter as he said, "Junior Brother Chen, there is indeed something wrong with this path. We should listen to you!"    

    

Chen Yu shook his head and walked over to Liang Zhen's side. He squatted down and checked the wound on the corpse.    

    

The wounds were extremely big, and were badly mutilated. There was an intense Baleful Yin Force within the wounds.    

    

"It's a Yin Demon, a very powerful Yin Demon!" Liang Zhen forced himself to calm down and after he squatted down to check, he said, "Only by using the Yin Demon Consolidated Equipment to attack, can you cause such a wound. The Yin Demon that was used to kill Zhao Beicang and the others, was at least at the Duke Level, or even the Emperor Level! "    

    

Chen Yu looked at the ground between the corpses and saw many traces of Sword Aura.    

    

Suddenly, Chen Yu felt that he had overlooked something. He suddenly pulled Zhao Beicang's corpse out of the water, and after looking at him, Chen Yu said: "None of their Storage Bag and weapons were left behind!"    

    

"Hmm?" Liang Zhen was shocked. He said, "There is indeed someone controlling this from behind the scenes!"    

    

Chen Yu nodded.    

    

Faang Suzhen and the rest were all silent. Some of them who lacked experience had expressions of fear on their faces.    

    

"Let's go back immediately!" Faang Suzhen said.    

    

Liang Zhen's expression kept changing.    

    

Chen Yu raised his head and looked at the sky above him. On the dense layer of dark mist, the dark lightning had become denser. He did not say anything.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen, what do you think?" Liang Zhen hesitated for a long time before speaking to Chen Yu.    

    

"I'm afraid I can't go back!" Chen Yu smiled and said, "The people in that arrangement allowed us to get here. It's fine if we continue walking forward, but if we go back, I'm afraid we will be attacked very soon!"    

    

Liang Zhen's expression was bitter, "Then who arranged all this? Could he be a disciple of Langya Sword Sect or the Qiu Martial Arts Sect? "    

    

Chen Yu shook his head. In his heart, he did not feel that the disciples of the two sects were that capable. Just by driving the Yin Demon s alone, the disciples of the two sects would not be able to do it. All useless guesses were useless. Chen Yu retracted his gaze and said, "Senior brother Liang, I think that the Yin Demon is probably watching us from above. You should make a quick decision now!"    

    

"Let's move forward!" Liang Zhen gritted his teeth as he turned to look at the disciples behind him and said, "Junior sister Fang, Junior brother Qin, even Little Swallow Peak's Zhao Beicang has died here. We are not much stronger than them. Right now, there is no other choice. The only way to survive is to move forward! "    

    

Everyone began to discuss in a low voice. Immediately, some of them opposed Liang Zhen and wanted to go back the way they came from.    

    

Chen Yu looked at this scene and didn't say anything.    

    

At this moment, Liang Zhen finally came to a decision. "My fellow junior brothers and sisters, follow me. I will do my best to protect his safety. If you want to return via the same route, feel free to do as you please." "Junior Brother Chen, we'll still lead the way!"    

    

After all, Liang Zhen was someone with good points. Chen Yu smiled and said, "I'll go to the front!"    

    

Liang Zhen didn't object and followed behind Chen Yu.    

    

Everyone had the mindset of following a strong warrior and following a crowd. The two warriors who had the best relationship with Liang Zhen followed Liang Zhen first. The others hesitated, but eventually followed along.    

    

"Senior brother Liang, have you met a Yin Demon of the Duke Level before?" Chen Yu's eyes were flashing red. He raised his head from time to time and asked Liang Zhen.    

    

Liang Zhen shook his head and said: "No, generally speaking, Yin Demon of the Duke Level only exist in the caves in the depths of the ancient battlefield, and very rarely do they come out to wander around the entire ancient battlefield. However, someone has encountered and was very difficult to kill. Even normal Fire Attribute Spiritual Soul would not be able to harm them! "    

    

"Why do I feel that there are some similarities between Yin Demon and Spiritual Soul?" Chen Yu said.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen's words are true. I've met a General Level Spiritual Soul before, they can change their size and transform between the real and the fake. If you don't have the Spiritual Soul to stop them, it would be difficult for a warrior to kill them without manifesting God's Will! " Liang Zhen suddenly said after a moment of shock.    

    

Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.    

    

Walking forward, Chen Yu suddenly slowed down and looked at the water on the left side in front of him.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen?" Liang Zhen had already decided to treat Chen Yu as his pillar of support as he asked.    

    

"Be careful!" Chen Yu said, "Why don't you try putting a gale over there!"    

    

Liang Zhen was stunned for a moment. With a flick of his finger, a strand of wood attribute astral energy condensed into a sword and shot towards the spot Chen Yu pointed.    

    

The Astral Qi penetrated the surface of the water, causing huge waves.    

    

The next moment, a shadow suddenly rose up and rushed over like a gale.    

    

Faang Suzhen and the group acted as though they were facing a great enemy.    

    

"It's a Yin Sha Demon!" Liang Zhen said, "Only one?"    

    

The Yin Demon's speed was surprisingly fast, but Liang Zhen's True Divine Spirit did not have any effect on it. In the blink of an eye, the devil pounced on Chen Yu's body.    

    

A bloody light flashed and spread across the Baleful Yin Demon's body. In an instant, the Baleful Yin Demon was completely burnt to ashes.    

    

Liang Zhen was about to make a move when he saw Liu Tie exterminate a soldier Yin Sha Demon without even raising his hand. He couldn't help but have a complicated expression on his face as he said, "Junior Brother Chen is very capable!"    

    

When Faang Suzhen and the rest saw this scene, they also had a complicated expression on their faces. It had to be known that last night, their large group of people had their heads and faces covered in dirt from the limited number of Baleful Yin Demons they had.    

    

After the time it took to make a cup of tea, an enormous floating island suddenly appeared in front of them. The floating island was a few miles in length.    

    

In the air above the floating island, the cloud of Yin Qi was very low.    

    

Out of caution, Chen Yu and Liang Zhen watched from a distance for a long time before slowly approaching this large floating island.    

    

The closer they got, the more they realized that the miasma on the island was not much, and their line of sight was also much better. However, other than the ash-black soil and rocks, this floating island was barren.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen, this island is probably strange!"    

    

"Of course!" Chen Yu nodded and said, "Everyone, be careful!"    

    

When they were only thirty meters away from the floating island, Liang Zhen leaped up and rushed to the floating island to investigate.    

    

After reaching the floating island, Liang Zhen looked left and right, but nothing happened. He looked at a loss.    

    

After Chen Yu followed them onto the floating island, he glanced at Faang Suzhen and the others who were following them and said with a smile, "It's good that you guys are fine. However, it's better for us to explore all the floating islands first!"    

    

"Alright!" Although it was a little troublesome, he had to be careful. Liang Zhen immediately told Faang Suzhen and Qin Zhengming to be on their guard, and followed Chen Yu toward the hills in the middle of the floating island.    

    

Reaching the edge of the mountain, Chen Yu felt even weirder. He looked up and saw that the cloudy layer above the floating island seemed to be even lower than before. The floating island was only about a hundred meters away from the ground.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen, look over there!" Liang Zhen suddenly exclaimed in shock, "It's the Thousand-sword Peak disciple!"    

    

Chen Yu looked towards Liang Zhen's direction. He saw a dead body lying on the edge of a mound. Chen Yu and Liang Zhen could clearly see it from the angle.    

    

Chen Yu had some impression of that corpse. Before entering the ancient battlefield, it was a warrior standing behind Shi Zhiyue.    

    

The body was intact, not even the clothes were damaged, but there was no sign of life.    

    

Chen Yu suddenly thought of something and shouted: "Not good, let's retreat quickly!"    

    

However, it was already too late.    

    

"Rumble." The faint sound of thunder suddenly enlarged in the air. Raising his head, he saw a hole suddenly open up in the dark cloud above the floating island. The hole had expanded to the size of the entire floating island.    

    

Chen Yu knew why this floating island was barren!