Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

1In the ancient battlefield after dawn, there was still a dark fog that covered the sky, but without the endless Yin Demon s wreaking havoc, it made people feel much more relaxed.    3

    

The group of people were speeding away. The person in the lead was Lih Heequan.    

    

Lih Heequan was a decisive person. After Zhang Weiloong lost to Chen Yu, Lih Heequan acknowledged Chen Yu's strength and agreed to join hands with him temporarily.    

    

It was naturally not enough just for these few people to join hands. They needed to rope more disciples from the three great sects into their ranks so that they could work together to explore the depths of the ancient battlefield.    

    

Thus, they began the process of searching for the other teams.    

    

At this time, it could be seen how familiar Lih Heequan was with the environment of the ancient battlefield. He knew the locations of the Yin Ruins like the back of his hand, and it only took him ten minutes to bring everyone to the nearest Yin Ruins.    

    

In the second Yin Ruins, there were a few corpses, whose faces were hard to discern, but their Storage Bag s were still there. Through the things inside the Storage Bag, they were certain that they were Langya Sword Sect disciples.    

    

After confirming that her fellow sect members were the ones who died, Mo Rann buried the corpses with a sorrowful expression on her face.    

    

What both Chen Yu and Mo Rann admired was that Lih Heequan gave all the Storage Bag of the Wolf Ivory Sect to Mo Rann.    

    

Then, in the fourth Yin Ruins, the crowd found a group of seven martial artists from the Qiu Martial Arts Sect. The leader of these martial artists was called Ding Hao, a master at the eighth level of Spirit Accumulation Stage.    

    

Ding Hao's team was in a rather sorry state. Although they did not die, they still suffered greatly when they were besieged by the Yin Demon last night.    

    

Ding Hao and the others had difficulty holding on. When they saw Lih Heequan, Qin Zhongze and the others were overjoyed. After being invited by Lih Heequan, they joined the group without any hesitation.    

    

In the following eight hours, under Lih Heequan's lead, the group found more than ten Yin Ruins and seven teams.    

    

The three branches of the seven teams came from Ruling Spirit Sect, while the two branches came from Langya Sword Sect and Qiu Martial Sect. Other than the two teams in Ruling Spirit Sect, the other teams all joined without wasting any words. Because of this, Zhang Weiloong had ridiculed Chen Yu for not having any prestige or rallying power within the Ruling Spirit Sect disciples, and even rolled his eyes at him.    

    

The team was as big as a snowball. There were more than fifty people in the team, so naturally, there were some problems as well. However, Lih Heequan's strength and prestige were both very strong, so he could easily push them down.    

    

When it was about to turn dark, Lih Heequan found a Yin Ruins and spent the night there.    

    

"Junior Brother Chen!" After finding an opportunity, Mo Rann moved closer to Chen Yu and whispered, "Someone has received news that in the depths of the ancient battlefield, there are Holy Yin Fruit growing!"    

    

"Holy Yin Fruit?" Chen Yu was confused.    

    

"It's the fruit of the Death Soul Grass!" Mo Rann's expression turned serious, she glanced at Lih Heequan and the others who were far away and said: "Ordinary Death Soul Grass are not able to bear fruit, but a hundred leaf Death Soul Grass is a possibility. A hundred leaves of a Death Soul Grass are considered rare spirit medicine, and the level of the formed Holy Yin Fruit is as high as the fifth grade.    

    

Chen Yu was moved and said, "Where did this news come from?"    

    

"It's Ran Zheng!"    

    

Ran Zheng was the leader of the Langya Sword Sect team that had just gathered. His cultivation was at the eighth level of the Spirit Accumulation Stage and his strength was on par with Mo Rann's.    

    

"Where did his news come from?" Chen Yu felt like he smelled a conspiracy.    

    

Grade five elixirs were already extremely precious, and grade five elixirs that could directly raise a martial practitioner to the Profound Dark Stage were even more priceless, enough to shock the higher-ups of the three great sects.    

    

Taking Ruling Spirit Sect for example, there were no more than a hundred Profound Dark Stage Elders, yet there were at least a thousand Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage deacons and disciples. These thousand people were stuck at the barrier of Profound Dark Stage, and the vast majority of them would never be able to step into Profound Dark Stage in their entire lives.    

    

A single Holy Yin Fruit was enough to make those practitioners who were trapped in Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage go crazy for it!    

    

Even if it was someone like Lih Heequan, in the future, he would definitely be able to break through the Profound Dark Stage and rush like a flock of ducks towards the Holy Yin Fruit. Because, the Holy Yin Fruit could allow him to immediately break through the Profound Dark Stage and not waste time at the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage realm.    

    

On the path of martial dao, every minute of time was worth cherishing. If one wasted too much time on any bottleneck, it would restrict one's future achievements.    

    

However, Chen Yu seriously doubted the authenticity of this news.    

    

Under such a situation in the ancient battlefield, wasn't it too much of a coincidence for such a news to be spread out?    

    

"I've asked, his news came from Su Lian!" Mo Rann said: "Su Lian is my Sword Sect's genius disciple. He's only thirty-eight years old this year, and already possesses the strength of Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage. It is said that the news of the existence of Holy Yin Fruit s was obtained by him using a sword spirit to refine the divine intent of a powerful Yin Demon! "    

    

"Powerful Yin Demon? "How strong is he?"    

    

"It's rumored that it's Duke Level!" Mo Rann said.    

    

Some were strong and some were weak. It was not impossible for the weaker Yin Demon of the Duke Level to be refined by warriors. As such, this piece of news could not reveal any flaws.    

    

Chen Yu thought for a while, then asked about Su Lian's specific information. The answer he got was that Su Qian was extremely strong, had a reputation in the ancient battlefield, and that a lot of Sword Sect disciples who came to train in the ancient battlefield had received a favor.    

    

In other words, Su Lian and Lu Yem, who had died at the hands of Chen Yu, had a similar style of action.    

    

Chen Yu suspected that Su Lian was also under the control of the mastermind, but there was no evidence. Such a conjecture was meaningless and no one would believe it.    

    

Mo Rann also felt that this was too coincidental, and even though she felt uneasy, she couldn't tell what was wrong.    

    

Chen Yu pondered for a moment and said, "This should be Lih Heequan's purpose in entering the ancient battlefield. Let's wait and see!"    

    

As night fell, the Yin Demon once again began to wreak havoc on the ancient battlefield. But this time, with Lih Heequan's Mighty Glass Lamp, the Yin Demon was unable to approach. Although there were so many people that there were corners where the lights could not reach, this was not a big problem.    

    

Many people looked at Lih Heequan's Mighty Glass Lamp with envy. Some of them even had greed in their eyes, but they were afraid of the most people in the Martial Arts Sect and Lih Heequan was powerful. No one dared to turn this greed into action.    

    

No matter what, most people still felt fortunate. They felt that joining Lih Heequan's team was a very wise choice.    

    

Deep into the night, the cold wind howled and devils cried. Countless Yin Demon gathered in this Yin Ruins, and occasionally some of them would rush over, either to be purified by the lights of the Mighty Glass Lamp or to be exterminated by the many warriors.    

    

Although they were occasionally disturbed, but generally speaking, this night was rather peaceful. For those warriors who had struggled on the edge of life and death a few nights ago, it was fortunate to have the protection of Lih Heequan, the Mighty Glass Lamp.    

    

In the latter half of the night, the wailing of devils began to die down. As the night of danger was about to pass, a disturbance suddenly occurred at the edge of the martial artists that had gathered.    

    

Lih Heequan and the rest rushed over at the same time.    

    

While Chen Yuzheng and Mo Rann were talking, they couldn't help but look up at the commotion, only to see a figure floating towards the void at the edge of the light. He held a long sword, and blood was still dripping from it.    

    

All sorts of spiritual lights lit up, but all of them missed.    

    

Lih Heequan was the first to rush over and threw a punch at the shadow. That shadow didn't appear to be affected at all and twisted like green smoke, causing Lih Heequan's attack to land on empty air.    

    

Lih Heequan suddenly stopped and stood at the edge of the light, facing the figure that floated in the air.    

    

Chen Yu did not go over, but his eyes were bloodshot and the figure was clearly visible. Chen Yu did not go over, but his eyes were flashing red and his eyes were blurry.    

    

That figure was actually very illusory, and the longsword in its hand was a real longsword.    

    

"It's the devouring devil from Duke Level, it actually possesses a weapon!"    

    

"It was sneak attacking just now. Junior Brother Zhao was killed by its sword!"    

    

"…"    

    

Lih Heequan's body was stretched straight. He stood at the edge of the light and did not make a move.    

    

Qin Zhong and He Yifeng, who was also in Ninth Layer of the Spirit Accumulation Stage, shouted at the chaotic crowd, maintaining order.    

    

The Yin Demon floated seven to eight meters in the air. Its eyes emitted a faint purple light as it looked down on everyone, as if it was examining a lowly ant.    

    

Chen Yu could tell that from such a high altitude, Lih Heequan was confident that he could kill the Yin Demon in one hit.    

    

"Scram!" After staring at him for a while, Lih Heequan let out a sigh that sounded like thunder.    

    

Following the spitting out of the voice, a formless ripple appeared in the dark void, and rushed towards the Yin Demon.    

    

The Yin Demon did not dodge. Instead, it was affected by the formless fluctuations and its illusory body twisted a few times before returning to normal. Then, as if it was extremely afraid of Lih Heequan, it suddenly flew away.    

    

"It's alright, everyone be careful!" Lih Heequan said in a loud voice. He turned around and looked at everyone, his gaze fell on Chen Yu as he walked towards him.    

    

"We're being watched!" Arriving in front of Chen Yu, Lih Heequan asked, "Chen Yu, what do you think?"    

    

Chen Yu nodded, he also thought that he was being watched.    

    

Without a doubt, that Yin Demon was a Yin Demon of the Duke Level, but it shouldn't be very strong. If they were to fight, Lih Heequan could cut it down. However, there was more than one Yin Demon of the Duke Level in the ancient battlefield. If one appeared tonight, perhaps there would be three to five of them tomorrow. At that time, even Mighty Glass Lamp might not be able to stop the attacks of the Yin Demon.    

    

"Although there are quite a few teams, they aren't strong enough!" Chen Yu said, "We have to find Pei Aolai, Zuo Yan'er, and the rest as soon as possible!"    

    

"Once the sun shines, we'll rush to the Ruins City with all our might. If Zuo Yan'erang and the rest are still alive, they should be there!" Lih Heequan said, "Also, you and I will patrol the outskirts together. If the Yin Demon returns, we will kill him together!"    

    

"Hmm?" Chen Yu was shocked and said: "That Yin Demon is very vigilant, are you sure?"    

    

"Your Heaven Rank Fire Attribute Spiritual Soul plus my fifth grade battle spirit is enough to keep it!" Lih Heequan said, "I hope that you won't hide your strength, Junior Brother Chen!"    

    

"Alright!" Chen Yu nodded after a brief hesitation.