Blood Stained Boundless City

"Sarami Realm!"

Seeing how quickly the cultivators in Boundless City were fleeing, Fang Ling simply unleashed his divine ability, enveloping the entire city.

He had not used the Sarami Realm right away because maintaining the barrier consumed a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

Earlier, he had not known how powerful the experts in Boundless City were, so he had not dared to waste his spiritual energy lightly.

Only after the alluring Second Madam Peach appeared did he gain a clear idea.

The golden domain separated Boundless City from the world outside.

The cultivators who had yet to escape the city were plunged into despair and utter panic.

"What is this thing? Let me out!"

"Don't panic, everyone! If we attack together, we can definitely break through it!"

The rioting crowd attacked the domain frantically, but no matter how desperately they tried, they failed to stir even a ripple.

"This won't work! Our attacks are too scattered. We need to concentrate them on a single point."

"I refuse to believe this barrier is that powerful! There are hundreds of thousands of us-how can we not break it open?"

Behind them, the cries of slaughter drew ever closer, deepening their panic.

Two people stood out amid the frantic crowd.

They kept some distance from the others, and no one dared approach them.

The cold corpses on the ground were the reason everyone kept away.

With Boundless City in chaos, Granny Yu did not want her young lady to be shoved around or groped by this rabble, so she ruthlessly killed anyone who dared come near.

"Granny, can you break through this barrier?" Shangguan Haiyue was beginning to panic too.

She had finally managed to get out and experience the pleasures of life. She did not want to die here so soon.

"I'll try again!" the old woman said gravely, a rose-colored longsword appearing in her hand.

She secretly gathered her power, then swung her longsword at the barrier, unleashing a powerful sword technique.

But the sword light struck the barrier without accomplishing anything. It did not even cause the slightest tremor.

"Even with my cultivation at the middle stage of Jade Balance, I cannot shake this barrier in the slightest."

"That murderous fiend is formidable. If we fought, I wouldn't survive even a single exchange with him," the old woman said gravely.

"Our only hope now is to rely on the Shangguan Family's prestige and ask him to spare our lives..."

"Of course, someone intent on slaughtering an entire city is steeped in demonic wickedness. He probably won't agree..."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so willful, I wouldn't have dragged you into this, Granny." Shangguan Haiyue looked at the old woman, sorrow clouding her face.

"You already urged me to return alone, young lady. I was the one who refused to leave. You cannot be blamed for that," Granny Yu said with a smile.

Shangguan Haiyue had grown up without a mother, and Granny Yu had helped raise her with her own hands.

In her eyes, her young lady was her own granddaughter. Their bond had long since become one in which blood was thicker than water.

"Come! Let's meet this great fiend."

"I'd like to see just what sort of ruthless character the Blood Marsh has produced."

With that, she sprang into the air and flew toward the loudest cries of slaughter in the city. Shangguan Haiyue hurried after her.

Elsewhere, on a market street in the city.

Fang Ling moved through the crowd like a ghost, his expression utterly indifferent.

His hair had long since been stained red by spurting blood, making him look exceptionally sinister.

The Life-Bound Blood Sword in his hand radiated killing intent that had taken tangible form. Some of those with weaker cultivation were killed outright by that tangible killing intent.

Suddenly, Fang Ling stopped in the midst of his slaughter and sharply raised his head.

He had stopped because he sensed two somewhat familiar auras.

"Fang Ling?" In midair, Shangguan Haiyue stood behind the old woman, her eyes wide with astonishment.

"How could it be you? Have you suffered cultivation deviation?"

In her impression, Fang Ling had always been aloof and cold.

But she would never have imagined that the fiend slaughtering people in Boundless City would be him!

Even harder for her to accept was that Fang Ling had once saved her and Granny Yu. He was their benefactor.

"Granny, has Young Master Fang been possessed?"

"How could he suddenly become like this?"

Shangguan Haiyue turned to the old woman beside her and hurriedly asked.

Granny Yu shook her head gently. She had lived for three thousand years, experienced many things, and met many people.

She could tell at a glance that Fang Ling's mind was clear. He was neither being controlled nor suffering cultivation deviation.

His mental state was perfectly normal. He was merely practicing a demonic art!

Rather than answer Shangguan Haiyue, she addressed Fang Ling. "Young Master Fang."

"My young lady and I entered this city by mistake. Could you do us a kindness and let us leave?"

"We are willing to swear a heart-demon oath that we will never reveal what happened here."

No cultivator dared swear a heart-demon oath lightly.

If they broke it, they would suffer a backlash at a critical moment during a future cultivation breakthrough and be unable to advance for the rest of their lives.

The Shangguan Family had deep foundations, and Fang Ling did not want to provoke them without reason, so he nodded lightly.

Seeing this, the old woman inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately swore a heart-demon oath before Fang Ling.

Shangguan Haiyue, however, remained silent behind her, and Fang Ling immediately looked toward her.

"Young lady, this is our only way out now..." The old woman hurriedly tugged at the hem of her clothing and reminded her in a low voice.

Shangguan Haiyue drew a deep breath and had no choice but to swear a heart-demon oath as well, promising not to spread word of what had happened here.

Once the two had sworn their heart-demon oaths, Fang Ling transported them out of the Sarami Realm.

Within the Sarami Realm, he was the sole sovereign. Controlling the passage of living beings in and out was effortless.

After sending the Shangguan Family's mistress and servant away, Fang Ling resumed his slaughter.

Blood stained the entire great city, and the scent of terror and despair spread everywhere.

"Young man, stop!"

"You've gone too far!"

Just then, an old man in black robes slowly emerged from the end of the street.

The black-robed old man also possessed an aura-concealing divine ability, so Fang Ling could not sense his cultivation realm.

"I am Nan Tianhui. In years past, people called me the Witch Daoist."

"I have lived in seclusion in Boundless City for three thousand years."

"I have seen all manner of vicious people, but this is the first time I have encountered someone as savage as you."

"The Blood Marsh may be a lawless land, but even here, you cannot be allowed to slaughter a city to cultivate."

"If you stop now and leave Boundless City, I can pretend I saw nothing."

The Witch Daoist spoke with his hands clasped behind his back, putting on the airs of an elder.

He was already over five thousand years old. He refused to believe that his five thousand years of cultivation could not cow a young upstart.

"If you're willing to let me eat you to further my cultivation, I'll leave," Fang Ling replied.

At this, the Witch Daoist flicked his sleeve and snorted coldly. "Young man, you're far too arrogant!"

"You want to eat me? Can you even gnaw through these old bones?"

A staff appeared in the Witch Daoist's hand. He raised it and pointed it at Fang Ling, sending a streak of gray light shooting forth.

The beam struck Fang Ling, but seemed to have no power at all.

Yet the Witch Daoist showed no surprise. Instead, he burst into laughter.

"You were far too conceited. You've already been afflicted with my witch poison."

"Before long, you'll die a miserable death right before my eyes!"