Chapter 248: The real face of The Vast World
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
The nine black robed men were standing in a protective circle around Bai Xing. Their bodies glowed as they beat the attacking beasts backwards.
The pale green light continued to flicker on their foreheads.
Based on their Supernatural cultivation state, they would easily defeat any of the beasts.
However, a swarm of beasts was a different story. They were limited by their limbs and speed.
There were too many beasts in the throne room. There were over 1000 Blue Fire Wolves alone. Including the Steel Limb Golden Apes, Tri-horn White Rhinoceroses, and Torrential Thunder Lions, there were over 4000 beasts.
Xing Yuanguo's motive was to find the Heaven Dao Sage Tablet. Cang Ling Mountain was part of the Great Xia Dynasty's territory. Even though it was dangerous, the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army should have been sufficient. Furthermore, they had reinforcements from the the five northern constabularies.
He had left the capital in a hurry and only brought two Supernatural State deputies with him.
As such, he commanded the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army to avoid clashing with the beasts. He made them rush Bai Xing and the nine black robed men.
This way, they could press the nine black robed men hard.
They all looked hard pressed to fend off the attacks.
They had to battle over 4000 beasts and 2000 elite soldiers from the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army. The tide of the battle had shifted.
"Domain Chief!" One of the black robed men looked at Bai Xing anxiously.
"I really never expected that master's efforts to set up such a flawless trap would be... would be destroyed by a small little Fang Zhengzhi!" Bai Xing was unwilling to give up.
"Domain Chief sir, you cannot hesitate any longer. If our deaths can destroy the Stabilisation Constabulary, we would die a hundred times over!"
"Yes, we would!"
"Domain Chief sir, you cannot let the Stabilisation Constabulary out of The Vast World. Else, the grand plan of the demon race would be destroyed!"
Each of the black robed males pleaded with Bai Xing as they struggled to repel the attacks. Their expressions were determined.
"Okay then, begin!" Bai Xing grit his teeth as he retrieved a silver colored longsword, his red demon eye shining brightly.
At this point, all nine of the males looked relieved.
"Hum!"
A weird sound rang out.
Then, the entire throne room began to shake. Black crack lines appeared in the air, almost like a spider web. It looked like the space itself was being torn apart...
...
"F*ck, I think I guessed wrong!" Fang Zhengzhi's voice rang out, a wave of awe rising in his heart.
"You guessed wrong?" Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi in confusion.
"It's over, it's over... we are so dead!" Fang Zhengzhi was worried.
"What's going on?" Ping Yang was getting worried as well.
"Why is everyone so set in their ways? Why must everyone die together? This way, no one will get out!" Fang Zhengzhi ignored Ping Yang and continued lamenting.
"Oh I see!" Chi Guyan finally understood what was going on.
Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi and Chi Guyan. She was lost, but she heard Fang Zhengzhi say 'die together'.
She did not like that phrase... no one in this world would like that phrase.
...
When Xing Yuanguo saw this scene unfold before his eyes, his phoenix like eyes also flashed with awe.
"I understand now!"
"It's a pity you understood too late!" Bai Xing's voice rang out. He was protected by the nine black robed men, his sword lowered towards Xing Yuanguo. His voice was calm.
"I have never been afraid of death. I am glad to be accompanied by the domain chief of the demon Star Domain!" Xing Yuanguo was calm.
"Hahaha... let's have ourselves a great battle today!" Bai Xing's blades moved as he entered the stars.
The nine men guarding Bai Xing saw his actions. However, they did not stop him. The stage was set - everyone in The Vast World would die.
Demons, humans, and beasts alike.
They were all condemned to death!
"Woosh!" A silver ray of light shot through the air. It pierced through the foreheads of three beasts and a stream of blood flowed from the open wound.
Then, the three beasts fell to the ground, dead.
Bai Xing stepped firmly on the body of one of the fallen beasts.
He held the blade in his right hand as he stepped on the beast with his left foot. He raised his head slightly, his attitude arrogant as his eyes glistened like lightning bolts.
He did not speak, wielding the sword in his hand as he looked at the beasts around him.
However, in that moment, the world became immensely quiet. No one knew if it was because Bai Xing was too quick, or because he was too powerful. All of the beasts stopped moving.
There was a strange moment of quiet in the throne room.
However, it only lasted for a moment.
"Boom!"
At this point, a loud explosion rang out in everyone's ears.
Then, there were more than 2000 black robed masked men in the throne room. Each one of them held a long spear, just like those that the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army wielded.
However, their faces were all covered. One could not even see their eyes. It was almost as if they were mummified.
When the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army saw this, they all stopped moving.
They knew what the black robed masked men represented. Death, absolute death, no chance at life.
Whether they chose to battle or not.
There was only one end, death!
Xing Yuanguo's gaze scanned the 2000 masked black robed men, his eyes filling with rage. These were the men who had massacred the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army aboveground.
Of the remaining 2000 members of both armies, almost 500 of them were severely injured.
This was the worst losses Xing Yuanguo's had suffered to date, and his most painful loss.
And now...
He knew that the remaining 2000 soldiers in the throne room would not live. However, he could not stand idly by and watch the elite soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty die.
"They're finally here! I'm sure you recognize these things!"
"Yes!" The 2000 soldiers replied in unison.
"Okay, since you all recognize them, let me ask you this. You know that you will die whether you fight or not. Will you fight?" Xing Yuanguo asked.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"..."
They all answered in unison, their voices reverberating throughout the throne room.
Then, the 2000 strong Red Pinion Squad and Mountain Breaking Army moved like the waves, shouting as they charged the 2000 masked black robed men.
"Okay, let's battle!" Xing Yuanguo said solemnly when he saw this.
Just as he finished, his figure disappeared from his previous location. A purple ray of light shot towards Bai Xing.
"Bai Xing, let's have ourselves a battle to remember!"
"Come on!" Bai Xing stepped on the body of the beast with one leg, his other leg bent. He stared intently at the purple light, the light beneath him getting brighter by the moment. It was almost as if there was a galaxy behind him.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The sounds of killing seemed to ring out at the same time.
A silver ray of light clashed with the purple.
"Boom!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosions rang out as the silver light and the purple meteor clashed together. It felt as if an infinite number of silver light rays were clashing with a ball of purple fire.
Remnants of each clash filled the sky.
The ferocity of the beasts in the throne room reached a high. Roars echoed out as they began biting manically. For some beasts, they even attacked members of their own species.
A Steel Limb Golden Ape smashed its arm on the head of a Tri-horn White Rhinoceros, causing it to crumple to the ground.
At that moment, another Tri-horn White Rhinoceros fumed as it stabbed the Steel Limb Golden Ape in the back.
"Kacha!"
It's horn pierced through the body of the ape, coming out through its chest...
...
The battle in the throne room had reached its peak. The black robed masked men, the beasts, the soldiers of the Red Pinion Squad and the Mountain Breaking Army, and the demons, all killed without hesitation.
There was nothing to be said.
Ping Yang's eyes became watery as she continued to watch the battle unfold from the corner of the throne room.
"Why is Uncle Xing going into a duel with that Bai Xing?" Ping Yang said tearfully, still unable to understand.
"Bai Xing has sealed the only way out..." Chi Guyan stroked Ping Yang's face gently.
"The only way out?" Ping Yang still did not understand.
"Do you remember what Fang Zhengzhi said just now?" Chi Guyan subconsciously glanced at Fang Zhengzhi.
Fang Zhengzhi frowned slightly, almost as if he did not hear the conversation going on just beside him.
"Sister Yan is referring to why the demons would need to spend 12 years training an army of beasts when they had such a strange army already?" Ping Yang asked.
"Yes, think about it... those black robed masked men, should be an army belonging to The Vast World!" Chi Guyan stared at the 2000 strong army in the throne room.
"Belong to The Vast World?!" Ping Yang was even more confused.
"Initially, I had the same conjecture as Fang Zhengzhi. I thought the problem lay with the nine black robed men. I thought that the ones who had massacred our elite soldiers were the illusions of the nine men. But now..." Chi Guyan hesitated.
"Was it not?"
"No! Their illusions were of the Mountain Breaking Army and the Red Pinion Squad. Actually, they're illusions of every living soul in The Vast World!" Chi Guyan pointed at the 2000 black robed masked men.
If one followed Chi Guyan's finger...
A ray of purple light shot out from one of the black robed masked men. It was an exact replica of Xing Yuanguo's attack. It shot towards a Red Pinion Squad member.
At the same time, another black robed masked man began to glow, almost as if he was bathing in a galaxy. A silver light flickered around him...
"How... how is this possible?!" Ping Yang looked at the two black robed masked men in disbelief.
"Actually, this is genuinely "The Vast World"! Chi Guyan's tone was conflicted. No one could tell what she was thinking.
"Genuinely "The Vast World"?" Ping Yang said in awe.
"When we take an illusion as reality, reality becomes an illusion. When we think we have something we don't actually have, we end up losing what we have." Fang Zhengzhi seemed to be replying to Ping Yang and talking to himself at the same time.
"When we take an illusion as reality, reality becomes an illusion. When we think we have something we don't actually have, we end up losing what we have? This is quite apt, did you think of it yourself?" Chi Guyan looked at Fang Zhengzhi curiously when she heard it.
"Have you read "Dream of the Red Chamber"?" Fang Zhengzhi asked curiously.
"What is "Dream of the Red Chamber"?" Chi Guyan asked.
"The "Dream of the Red Chamber"... is a dream that someone had in a red colored chamber!" Fang Zhengzhi explained.
His heart skipped a beat. He had forgotten that there was no "Dream of the Red Chamber" in this world.
"What has dreaming... got to do with what you said?" Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi.
"Did I say it had any link? Mm, I thought of that phrase myself. Aren't I smart?" Fang Zhengzhi had no qualms about claiming the credit for himself.
"Oh please!" Ping Yang did not want to let Fang Zhengzhi win so easily. Even though what Fang Zhengzhi said seemed simple, it seemed to have much larger implications.
When we take an illusion as reality, reality becomes an illusion. When we think we have something we don't actually have, we end up losing what we have.
Is that very applicable to the current situation?
Ping Yang kept repeating this phrase to herself. Then, her eyes brightened up, almost as if she had a revelation.
"What you're saying is, even though these masked men are fake, they are drawing on real energies?" Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi and Chi Guyan excitedly.
"Aish... your intelligence needs a lot of work!" Fang Zhengzhi replied rudely when he saw Ping Yang's expression.
"You chide me again?! Argh... tell me... where... where have I gone wrong?" Ping Yang pouted, then asked weakly.
"Even though what you're saying is not completely wrong, you did miss it by a little bit!" Fang Zhengzhi watched the intense battle between Xing Yuanguo and Bai Xing unfold as he spoke.