Chapter 460: Ri Nuo and Yue Ji, Xia Hou Nian
Chapter 460. Ri Nuo and Yue Ji, Xia Hou Nian
It was somewhat eerie. Bai Nuo found it strange but didn’t dwell on it. He directly activated the Rashomon Eye, imbuing the replicated information into the [Faceless Ones] to create [Noh Masks].
Soon, among the Faceless Ones army, one of them, beneath a straw hat and cloak, had its face transform to resemble Xia Feng. Its eyes were vacant, and its expression blank. Aside from its entire body still being white, as if coated in white paint, it was indistinguishable from the original.
The white Xia Feng stomped its foot and leaped out of the crowd, charging forward. Xia Feng, hands behind his back, hovered in mid-air, looking with some confusion at the replica charging towards him. He wondered if this thing was just a… Novice Spirit Master?
The white Xia Feng conjured a small fireball in its hand and hurled it at him. It was the N-level Spirit Robe skill, Fireball. Its speed was incredibly slow, soft and light like a dandelion. Xia Feng casually waved a hand, deflecting and annihilating it.
Xia Feng: “…”
Isn’t this a bit too weak? He wasn’t particularly happy about Bai Nuo’s ability failing. Who is he looking down on? Is my true strength that weak?
Bai Nuo: “…”
What the heck? Bai Nuo grew even more perplexed. This was the first time he had encountered such a strange situation. The enemy clearly possessed true martial spirit pressure and powerful Spirit Robe skills, but the replicated Noh Masks knew nothing and had terribly low Strength and Agility attributes. Their Mental Power, however, was very high, reaching the mid to late Venerable level.
Bai Nuo refused to believe it. With a thought, he dispersed the Noh Masks corresponding to the Spider Man and Bone Snake Man, forming two new Noh Masks. The Rashomon Eye could create up to three Noh Masks simultaneously. The replication targets were not limited; it could be the same person multiple times.
Soon, two white Xia Fengs were born. The three white Xia Fengs moved their palms in sync, igniting small fireballs. Wielding the N-level Spirit Robe skill, Fireball, they leaped into the air again.
Xia Feng, cloaked in black and high in the sky, casually pointed a finger. Three tendrils of electricity shot from his fingertip and struck the foreheads of the three white Xia Fengs. The three white Xia Fengs stiffened and then suddenly dispersed into wisps of white airflow. In the next instant, they reformed into their Noh Mask appearances.
“…” Xia Feng withdrew his hand silently. He felt severely insulted, his voice laced with anger, “Can you even do it, Bai Nuo? Is this all your Rashomon Eye can do?”
Hearing the human male’s words, filled with helpless questioning, Bai Nuo believed Xia Feng was mocking him, mocking his Rashomon Eye ability! He also felt severely insulted. How could he tolerate this! Bai Nuo began summoning the other two Bai Nuos in his mind. Their father had created a total of three Bai Nuos, each possessing the Rashomon Eye, capable of commanding the Faceless Ones and using replication abilities. The other two Bai Nuos were currently on capture missions elsewhere in the Calamity Demon Sea. Hearing his call and sensing the terrible insult he had suffered, they couldn’t help but drop their current tasks and begin shuttling through space towards this location. Bai Nuos were not human, but they had dignity! The dignity of Bai Nuos was not to be trampled upon!
“Brat, Bai Nuo is angry,” He Jianzhu whispered. “The Rashomon Eye is his pride.”
“…” Xia Feng rolled his eyes. “I’m angry too. He’s openly discriminating against my strength with his Rashomon Eye! It’s simply outrageous!”
Not far away, the dying Bone Snake Man and Spider Man, who had been silently observing, watched this scene with bewilderment. They had initially thought this human would soon be severely injured, overwhelmed by the enemy. But they hadn’t expected this human to be completely unfazed by Bai Nuo’s eerie replication ability, killing three replicated figures with a single casual strike! It was utterly outrageous.
“Now, it’s my turn!” Xia Feng’s calm voice, imbued with a cold killing intent, echoed from all directions. The Bone Snake Man and Spider Man were startled, their hearts filled with terror. They felt their vision stretch infinitely, Xia Feng’s figure seeming to stand at an endless distance. But in the next instant, Xia Feng, cloaked in black, appeared directly above them, his blood-red long saber raised, his eyes disdainful, like the descent of death itself. The Bone Snake Man and Spider Man’s faces contorted in horror, but in the next moment, white vortexes swirled beneath them, instantly engulfing them and dropping them out beside Bai Nuo in the distance.
“Plop—” After surviving a brush with death, their faces pale, they breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Feng glanced back. Bai Nuo’s vortex eyes let out a hoarse chuckle, “Your Excellency, the lives of these two trash pieces already belong to Father. They cannot be yours.”
Xia Feng frowned, saying nothing, but inwardly wondered, “Miss Jian Zhu, why is Ri Nuo capturing them?”
“Ri Nuo wants to break the seal, and he needs to collect a large amount of Heart Calamity Demon Blood and a large number of living beings.”
“So, almost everyone who enters the Calamity Demon Sea searching for treasure is captured by Ri Nuo’s Faceless Ones…”
Hearing He Jianzhu’s explanation, Xia Feng was startled and mused, “Meaning to say, the rumors about the Refining God Tower and the large amount of Heart Calamity Demon Blood in the Calamity Demon Sea, whether true or false, were actually spread by Ri Nuo? The purpose being to attract outsiders to come treasure hunting?”
“Something like that,” He Jianzhu nodded. “However, there really is a Refining God Tower here, and indeed a large amount of Heart Calamity Demon Blood. Well, once those children of the Calamity Demons enter one after another and are captured by Ri Nuo to have their Heart Calamity Demon Blood taken, there will naturally be a large amount of Heart Calamity Demon Blood in the Calamity Demon Sea.”
“So, both of these pieces of news are true, no lie.”
“…”
“!”
This makes so much… sense. Xia Feng nodded silently, his black eyes narrowing slightly. In other words, all the Heart Calamity Demon Blood currently in the Calamity Demon Sea has been collected by Ri Nuo? Thinking of this, Xia Feng’s heart pounded. A crazy thought flashed through his mind: What if I… pull off a big job? Yes, a big job! Xia Feng quickly made up his mind. However, snatching food from the tiger’s mouth, from a terrifying existence like Ri Nuo, was no easy feat. He didn’t actually know much about Ri Nuo, only that he was once a disciple of the Second Gate Pillar and possessed terrifying strength at the seventh-tier Sage level. But later, with the Imperial Civil War, the Second Gate Pillar was shattered under the encirclement of the other three Gate Pillars. His disciples Yue Ji and Ri Nuo were severely injured and fled, while the Pillar State Xia Hou Nian died in Bei Qiu. Bei Qiu, also known as the Battle of Bei Qiu, was the final battlefield of the Imperial Civil War and the bloodiest battle with the most casualties. The fifty-one Great Areas of the Empire, each once guarded by a Venerable, saw several Venerables fall after the Battle of Bei Qiu, including the Great Area 51 where Xia Feng lived. The world would likely never imagine that Ri Nuo, once a demigod-like figure and a disciple, would end up in the Nightmare Realm and ultimately be sealed in the Calamity Demon Sea.
“So, who sealed Ri Nuo in this place?” Xia Feng wondered.
He Jianzhu raised her beautiful eyes slightly and said softly, “Disciple, Yue Ji.”
Yue Ji? Xia Feng was surprised. Just as he was about to ask more, his danger sense made his scalp tingle, and he suddenly looked up. Above the Faceless Ones army, a ten-meter-long white crack suddenly appeared in the dim void. Within it, blood-red light swirled, and an ancient and majestic aura emanated, like a divine descent. Xia Feng frowned. He could feel his entire body, even his soul, trembling involuntarily, a natural fear in the face of a higher being.
“Father, the seal has not yet been broken. Forcing yourself out like this will deplete your origin,” Bai Nuo looked up and said in a deep, puzzled voice. His Rashomon Eye’s power was exhausted, and he was about to call for the other two Bai Nuos to reinforce him. After all, if he couldn’t replicate that strange human, he could at least replicate the Bone Snake Man’s strength and still capture the strange human. But he hadn’t expected something unknown to have piqued his father’s interest, causing him to forcefully break the seal and descend. If this further worsened his injuries, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.
