Chapter 659: Chapter 290: Upheaval, Flame Emperor’s Magic Body, Human Furnace and Guizang (Part 2)

Lei Kun, Zheng Li, Rong Kui... all of them count as powerful existences among the Nirvana Realm Demons.

The entire Dark Abyss City was in an uproar!

If earlier Xu Guang’s actions were merely provocative, then slaying Lei Kun, who held authority over an area, was a direct slap in the face, trampling on the dignity of Dark Abyss City!

"Outrageous! Too outrageous!"

"We absolutely cannot let him go!"

"Request the Demon Kings to take action and suppress this scoundrel!"

The crowd was indignant, especially those Demon Kings who had grudges against Xu Guang or boasted of great strength; they were furious beyond measure.

Finally, under immense pressure and rage, the highest echelons of Dark Abyss City made a decision.

Led by the Mystic Turtle Demon King, together with five other powerful Second Nirvana Realm Demon Kings, a total of six Demon Kings, they all left the core region of Dark Abyss City!

They emitted overwhelming Demon Qi, their Divine Thoughts like six giant nets, interweaving and covering a vast area of the sea, launching a dragnet hunt for Xu Guang!

They vowed with an earth-shattering force to drag out this unruly human and tear him to pieces!

The joint effort of six Second Nirvana Realm Demon Kings—such a grand formation was extremely rare in the nearly millennium history of the Mystical Sea.

All living beings believed that Xu Guang was doomed to die this time, with no escape even with wings!

However, to the frustration and disbelief of all demons, including the six Demon Kings—

Xu Guang disappeared.

Just as they set out together, aggressively heading towards the last few areas Xu Guang appeared, that extremely arrogant Xu Guang, who seemed to provoke all the Demon Kings of Dark Abyss City, vanished as if evaporated into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever.

The sensation of the Soul Blood Pursuing Soul Order became extremely weak and erratic, as if being gradually weakened and isolated by some power.

No matter how the six Demon Kings searched, even at the cost of their essence to perform large-scale secret techniques probing, they could no longer capture Xu Guang’s exact position. He became like a drop of water, blending into the vast Mystical Sea, leaving not a single ripple.

...

In the core area of the human gathering place, within a relatively well-preserved ancient hall converted into a "council chamber," the atmosphere was much more complicated and grave.

Here gathered the masters among the human race of Dark Abyss City, co-governing the city alongside the high-levels of the Demon Clan.

Most of them were Five Boundary Cultivators, having secured a respite for humanity in Dark Abyss City through joint forces and the protection of arrays.

Sitting in the primary position was an elder with white hair and eyebrows, a face thin and clean, known as "Master Qingsong," regarded as the backbone of the human cultivators here, with his cultivation in the late stage of Five Boundary.

Sitting below him were several individuals, including a middle-aged sword cultivator with firm features, an elegant woman priest, and a sinister-looking unorthodox cultivator exuding faint demon qi.

"A stranger in the Nirvana Realm, suddenly appearing and causing chaos throughout the Mystical Sea, what does everyone think?"

Master Qingsong asked with a smiling tone.

As the words fell, the unorthodox cultivator with faint demon qi spoke up.

"An unknown junior coming out of nowhere, ignorant and reckless, causing such turmoil, our human race’s situation will only become more difficult. Brother Qingsong, you are a profound Qing Zhen cultivation, with remarkable skills in arrays, perhaps you could help capture Xu Guang, lest those demons think this person acts on our behest."

"Mr. Ghost Bone seems far too servile, doesn’t he? Those unaware might think you’re just an underling of the Three Boundary,"

The woman priest, looking like a peach blossom and elegant, said with a smile on her face but none in her eyes.

"Me, servile? After all these years, it’s been hard enough to change our human race’s situation, and now with Xu Guang causing such a storm, what will happen to the juniors?" Ghost Bone sneered, taunting, "Do we solely rely on you, Lancang? You’re not taking yourself for a Saint, are you? Hahaha."

Lancang Fairy’s eyes turned cold, but seeing the middle-aged sword cultivator beside her subtly shaking his head, she held back and said no more.

Ultimately, Master Qingsong decided to remain unchanged in response to change, concluding this meeting.

After everyone left, only the middle-aged sword cultivator and Master Qingsong remained in the chamber.

Master Qingsong, who had shown no emotion at the meeting, was now furrowing his brows, as if puzzled over something.

"Is this Xu Guang one of yours, too?"

The middle-aged sword cultivator asked.

The reason for such a question was that Master Qingsong was different from them; he had voluntarily entered the Mystical Sea and got trapped.

He managed to become the leader of humans in just over a hundred years, apart from rivaling the sword cultivator in strength, he also brought news that a Saint had sensed the Sea Clan’s intentions in the Mystical Sea and planned to join forces to destroy it.

The middle-aged sword cultivator knew that things wouldn’t be so simple. Saints are not philanthropists; even when targeting the Sea Clan’s plots, they wouldn’t move without reason unless there’s some unknown benefit.

However, he didn’t care, he just wanted to leave, and as long as Master Qingsong could get them out, nothing else mattered.

Master Qingsong shook his head slightly.

"That’s what puzzles me... With the power this person displayed, he would be a Saint Heir level existence in any Holy Land force. Who would let such a person enter a ghost place like the Mystical Sea?"

...

In the depths of a highly hidden, forbiddingly intense sea fissure somewhere in the Mystical Sea.

Xu Guang sat cross-legged, his aura retracted to the extreme, the "Concealment" forbidden technique on his arm resonating subtly with the ancient prohibitions in the surrounding environment, perfectly hiding everything about him.

Before him hovered several clusters of incredibly pure origin power, and through slaying demons along the way, Xu Guang had become extremely proficient in applying the Returning Treasure Divine Techniques.

’This is the true usage of Returning Treasure Divine Techniques... Combined with the Qi Refiner’s Human Furnace Talent to absorb everything, these demons, in a certain sense, are just resources...’