Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 327 Bloodbath

The concept of a monstrous creature being a "brain of a mob" has always been Pei Xia's perception of it.

Deep within consciousness, the tumor submerged in the dark ocean is indifferent to size.

All Pei Xia felt from Him was mental oppression.

The howling, screaming, roaring, and the terror and cunning that arise from the depths of one's heart when on the verge of losing control.

The tumor's long-standing power made Pei Xia almost forget that he had never actually seen the physical form of the Calamity Pig in the Nine Provinces.

Blood-red magma flowed through the intricate, winding ravines of his brain, and the gently pulsating pink flesh seemed to breathe, propelling his feet up and down.

His size is so great that those who walk upon it cannot even perceive its curvature.

What shocked Pei Xia even more was that the human brain he was standing on was not particularly large.

Just the size of a normal person, they were born by relying on their terrifying numbers, densely packed together, forming this ancient calamity pig called "Ru Tao"!

Ye Baicha's remaining mouth, smeared with sticky brain matter, opened and closed emotionlessly: "Take Him away, isn't this exactly what you wanted?"

A choice that should have been prepared for long ago, but now seemed unusually abrupt, was placed in front of Pei Xia.

That's right, he came for Ru Tao.

He traveled thousands of miles to the Liancheng Fire Vein in order to possess Rutao and thus force Him to form a balance with the calamity in his mind, achieving perfect peace.

But reason tells him, no, this is not right.

Ru Tao did not escape the seal of Zhen Gu. In other words, all the strange occurrences she encountered since arriving at Liancheng Fire Vein were not her doing.

Therefore, all the chaos can only point to another existence.

Pei Xia took a deep breath, and instantly slammed his fist into his head with a ferocious expression.

The calamity in his mind had never truly been at peace. Since entering the fire vein, it had been using another method to demonstrate the strange and terrifying power that it had never bestowed upon Pei Xia.

He is guiding Pei Xia to find Ru Tao.

If this is truly His purpose, then can we conclude that the weakening of the calamity by the fire of the heart, and even the mutual balance between the peach and Him, was fundamentally impossible to achieve?
Assuming Pei Xia really did take Ru Tao out of the Liancheng Fire Vein...

Beneath his feet, the fiery, blood-brain sarcoma, in its slow yet powerful rhythm, silently awaited his decision.

"I reject!"

His answer was straightforward.

Almost the instant the answer was uttered, a surge of firepower erupted from his right arm, and crimson spiritual light flowed through his meridians.

Pei Xia had been restraining his resurgent Fire Virtue body from beginning to end, and it was devouring his right arm in an out-of-control state!

"how come?!"

Pei Xia looked sharply at his arm, his eyes reflecting the intense firelight.

In his mistaken belief, he seemed to have used this power to kill Cheng Huoxiao of the Luoyan Sect.

Even if he did unconsciously regain his Fire Virtue body, how could this ancient technique that supports the heavens suddenly erupt at this moment?

The delicate red lips that had fallen to the ground repeated what it had said: "You? Which one is you?"

As the fire element surged and revived, the seven-colored light deep within Pei Xia's eyes was gradually covered by the flowing lava.

Pei Xia's expression shifted, and after a moment of stillness, she suddenly smiled.

He was neither delighted nor despairing; he simply clicked his tongue and let out a disdainful sneer.

"Is the place where fire elements converge trying to use the body of fire virtue to draw upon the earth's veins to break through the Zhen Gu...? He has indeed sensed something."

Pei Xia looked up at the pitch-black dome, her gaze piercing through the sealed town, as if she could see the fiery red sky above.

He was lost in thought, and after a moment of silence, his smile gradually turned sinister.

Liu Huo pressed his right arm against Ru Tao's body at his feet, and crimson flames surged toward his arm. With a muffled shout, Pei Xia leaped up!

Blood-red fiery arms trailed long fiery tails from Ru Tao's body, and the blazing fire finally dispelled all the darkness. He raised his head and roared towards the ancient people's bone-suppressing monument!

……

"Martial Uncle? Martial Uncle?"

The scene before her blurred for a moment. Pei Lan shook her head and looked to her side. It was Zong Heng, Senior Brother Ding's disciple, calling her.

Zong Heng asked in a muffled voice, "What's wrong, Uncle-Master? Weren't you leaving?"

Pei Lan looked down and realized that she was standing on the front of the magic artifact disc, her hands forming a hand seal, looking like she was about to take off.

It seems... it seems like I'm about to take off.

What caused the delay?
Suddenly, her ears rang, and a series of dark and chaotic images flashed through Pei Lan's mind. She shook her head again, which made Zong Heng look worried: "What's wrong, Uncle-Master? Is something wrong?"

Pei Lan remained silent at first, then placed her hand on Zong Heng's shoulder before uttering a shocking statement: "You killed your Junior Brother Ye in the Fire Vein?"

These words not only shocked Zong Heng, but also stunned the other cultivators from the Little Chen Kingdom on the disc.

Zong Heng's expression stiffened for a moment on his dull and honest face, but soon his eyebrows and eyes relaxed.

Now that his martial uncle already knew, he no longer needed to hide it: "I killed him."

He didn't mention the secret order from Ding Jia, since there were outsiders here, and it was unnecessary to discuss matters within the sect.

He had assumed that Pei Lan would definitely press him for the reasons and details.

However, to everyone's surprise, Pei Lan seemed completely unconcerned about these things.

She simply frowned, turned around, and scanned each of the people from Xiao Chen Kingdom with her gaze.

White tea leaves seem like a trivial matter.

"One, two, three... eight, nine."

She counted them one by one, until her fingertips finally stopped at her own chest.

Are there nine?

Zong Heng suddenly spoke up: "Uncle-Master, you forgot Junior Brother Pei from the Long Whale Sect, he's over there."

Following the direction Zong Heng pointed, Pei Lan looked up.

Yes, before the return journey, everyone had boarded the magical artifacts, except for that Pei cultivator from the Long Whale Sect, who moved slowly and hesitated.

She looked up and saw Pei Xia standing not far away, wearing the robes of an elder from the Changjing Sect.

He has small eyes, a flat nose, and buck teeth.

Pei Xia met Pei Lan's gaze and exchanged a glance.

Am I really outside the Fire Vein?

Looking around, one can also see the temporary camps set up by cultivators from various countries for this trip to the illusionary realm.

Pei Lan stood on the magical artifact, waiting for him to board the disc, looking as if she was about to return to Xiao Chen Kingdom.

Am I not in the Fire Vein Ancestral Land, in the Bone-Suppressing Seal, in the body of the Calamity Pig Ru Tao?
The moment their eyes met, in a gaze filled with doubt, astonishment, and solemnity, Pei Xia and Pei Lan were certain that it was not an illusion.

Pei Xia immediately asked, "What happened?!"

His voice was urgent and stern, not at all like the tone one would use when addressing someone like Pei Lan, a Heavenly Sense of Yunhu Mountain.

Xing Ye and Cheng Ming frowned, about to reprimand him for his disrespect.

But then she saw Pei Lan jump off the magical artifact and quickly walk to Pei Xia's side, her expression equally anxious: "I don't know! This looks exactly like it did before I went there. Back then, I saw you like this, we made eye contact, and then..."

Pei Xia pointed to herself: "This me?"

"Yes, you're incredibly ugly."

As he spoke, the Taoist priest pulled out a small mirror from somewhere and handed it to him.

Pei Xia looked at the person reflected in the mirror, and Pei Lan said after trying hard to recall the key points: "It's not the first time I've seen it. Before entering the illusion, when I went to your tent, I saw the same face."

Was it an illusion? Before entering the illusion, in order to prevent Pei Lan from affecting Pei Xia's actions, Huo Zhi distorted her perception, so it might have been an illusion.

But right now, he was right here, looking at his own face with his own eyes, and it really didn't seem like a hallucination.

More importantly, if he wasn't hallucinating, then the evil creature in his mind should also be inside his body.

So who is inside the bone-suppressing vessel?

Me? Is it me?
You? Which one is you?

Pei Xia remained silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself across the face.

It hurts!

It's okay if it hurts. Forget about "you" or "me". I am me. Whichever one I feel is me is me!
Pei Xia looked up at Pei Lan and said the exact same thing as last time: "Help me!"

As soon as the words fell, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the core ancestral land of the Liancheng Fire Vein in the far distance!

Everyone instinctively turned their heads to look, only to be met with a scene they would never forget.

A tiny, distant point of light, trailing a long fiery tail, crashed into the sky, followed closely by...

Crimson flames washed the sky with blood!
(End of this chapter)