At that moment, vast righteous energy swept in, and even Ning Ye found it troublesome.
Just then, a streak of black light suddenly appeared from behind, launching later yet arriving first. It struck the vast righteous energy ahead, actually erasing it without a trace.
Huh?
As Ning Ye was still startled, a deep voice sounded from behind. "Bastard, you've gotten me into a real mess."
With those words, a streak of dark light shot into the sky and flew into the distance.
But the moment it flew out, a great divine ability descended from afar, transforming into an endless net of lightning. The black light could not break through it and immediately turned back, falling beside Ning Ye. It was a dark-faced cultivator.
Ning Ye had seen this cultivator before. He had been below earlier, merely an ordinary cultivator in the marketplace, with Wanfa Realm cultivation. Yet what he displayed now was unmistakably the power of a Nirvana Realm expert.
The moment the cultivator appeared, he shot Ning Ye a vicious glare. "You little bastard, why aren't you joining me in fighting our way out of here?"
As he spoke, he showed no courtesy, directly unleashing a swath of black flames.
Demonic flames smoked up into the heavens, coiling into soaring black fire.
Demonic path!
What the hell!
This guy was actually a demonic-path cultivator?
In that instant, Ning Ye understood.
So this was where Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign's scheme lay?
There were demonic cultivators in the Heaven's Center Realm, but they had never amounted to much. Most of the time, they kept themselves hidden, and righteous cultivators would kill them on sight.
Yet there were always occasions when certain demonic-path cultivators were discovered but not killed, instead being allowed to serve some special purpose.
The scene before him was