The Demoness in Red Appears — Why Won't You Come Out and See Me?
The Demoness in Red Appears — Why Won’t You Come Out and See Me?
At Gu Changge’s request, the various great sect leaders exchanged glances, a strange light flashing through their eyes, but they did not refuse.
Moreover, judging by the strength Gu Changge had displayed, he was indeed qualified to participate in this formation-laying hunt.
On the contrary, the several ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain furrowed their brows slightly, feeling an ominous premonition. They did not trust Gu Changge very much, worried that he harbored malicious intentions — and this worry was not without reason.
Since Gu Changge was capable of even releasing the demoness in red, what in this world would he not dare to do?
However, in front of everyone, no matter how domineering Gu Changge was, they reckoned he would not dare to defy the will of the entire world and snatch this fragment of array patterns.
Thinking of this, they felt considerably relieved, though their gazes still fell upon Gu Changge, watching him closely.
“This is the array pattern that Elder Qing gave us back then. It is quite mysterious.”
Soon, several great sect leaders exchanged glances and, without concealment, worked together to retrieve this fragment of array patterns from within a spatial pocket.
Because they feared accidents, they had kept this fragment sealed away all along, guarded jointly by everyone.
Now, seeing this scene, many people looked over curiously, divine light blazing in their eyes, radiance flowing. They were all intensely curious about this fragment of array patterns, wanting to know just how mysterious and profound it truly was.
This was actually the key to this Demon Slaying Event?
“So this is that fragment of array patterns?”
Gu Changge’s brow furrowed slightly as he spoke with a hint of surprise, sensing an aura similar to the array patterns within the Demon-Burying Abyss.
But it was only similar — at most it could be called a crude imitation, not even qualifying as a proper replica.
Yet in the current epoch, such array patterns were simply unimaginable; they were absolutely not something an ordinary person could have laid down.
The divine might contained within was vast beyond measure, majestic and weighty. As streak after streak of patterns emerged and surfaced, dense as stars, they gleamed brilliantly.
No one knew what material this fragment of array patterns was forged from. It was only the size of a palm, yet radiant light shone upon it, with streaks of mysterious aura flickering in and out of existence, constantly rising and sinking within the void.
The moment it appeared, it caused the void to tremble, and even signs of time itself fluttered about. Everyone’s expression changed drastically as they came under enormous suppression.
One could well imagine how terrifying the power contained within would be once this fragment of array patterns revived and erupted.
This brought joy to their faces and settled their hearts.
After all, with this, didn’t the chances of slaying the demoness in red increase greatly?
“With this fragment of array patterns, we can rest assured. If combined with Young Master Changge’s strength, slaying the demoness in red will surely pose no problem.”
Just as everyone was examining the fragment of array patterns, the Ancestor of the Qingluan Clan spoke up, laughing cheerfully, her words rather fawning toward Gu Changge.
She also cast a flattering gaze toward Gu Changge.
At this scene, the faces of the many experts of the Golden-Winged Roc Clan turned faintly livid.
If the Qingluan Clan managed to curry favor with Gu Changge, it would be an absolutely devastating blow to their clan — especially given the situation where their own Ancestor had just been slapped to death by Gu Changge.
Those bald donkeys of Buddhist Mountain were utterly selfish and would not concern themselves with their affairs at all.
Even though their Ancestor had been slapped to death by Gu Changge because of Buddhist Mountain’s affairs, those monks had not said a single word, appearing utterly indifferent, keeping themselves entirely out of it.
Gu Changge casually glanced at the Qingluan Clan, paying them no mind.
There were plenty of people eager to curry favor with him; not just anyone had the qualification.
His mind was still dwelling on the matter of this fragment of array patterns.
Judging from the aura fluctuations just now, this fragment of array patterns could indeed pose a threat to Hongyi.
If she were somewhat clear-headed and rational, she should not step into this trap.
But now that he had already appeared here, Chan Hongyi would inevitably sense his aura and come hunting him down swiftly.
By then, with her ferocity erupting, she would be like a vicious beast that had lost all reason — how would she care about any schemes or traps?
“This fragment of array patterns must be under my control.”
“If others control it, it will ruin my plans.”
Gu Changge pondered inwardly, withdrew his gaze, and came up with a way to handle the matter.
“This is the plan for this operation. What we must do next is lay down a world-shaking grand formation within Divine City, using this fragment of array patterns as the Eye of the Formation.”
“In the four directions — east, south, west, and north — we will dispatch experts to guard the four corners of heaven and earth, to Seal the Heaven and Earth, all wielding Nirvana Grade Artifacts. I refuse to believe the demoness in red can still escape with wings once she steps inside.”
At this moment, an old monster of very ancient seniority stepped forward and spoke, his words carrying confidence.
He looked extremely gaunt, with sunken eye sockets, yet chaotic mist coiled around his body, and his eyes were golden like divine lamps. With crane-white hair and a youthful face, his cultivation was unfathomably deep.
Having reached their level, everything in the world was but fleeting vanity.
Even if the demoness in red were to slaughter all living beings under heaven, as long as it did not threaten them, they would not interfere.
The reason they had emerged this time was entirely out of interest in the demoness in red’s cultivation attainment. They planned to study her flesh and blood after slaying her, to see whether they could gain enlightenment from it and advance their cultivation one step further.
Otherwise, they would not have been so kind-hearted as to gather at this Divine City and expend great effort hunting the demoness in red.
So what if she slaughtered billions of living beings? If their lifespans withered in the future and the Five Immortal Decays proved hard to overcome, they too would devour blood offerings from all sides.
After all, their level of existence had long since diverged from that of ordinary living beings.
Hearing this, everyone said nothing more, withdrawing their gazes, each harboring their own thoughts, calculations, and plans.
“In that case, when the time comes, how about letting me guard the Eye of the Formation together with the people of Buddhist Mountain?”
“If you seniors are not at ease, you may dispatch additional experts as well. However, this junior feels that for the location of the Eye of the Formation, this much manpower is sufficient.”
But just then, Gu Changge suddenly spoke again, his gaze sweeping over everyone as he smiled.
“What does Young Master Changge mean by this?”
One great sect leader, puzzled, could not help but ask.
The others also looked at Gu Changge in confusion, not understanding why he would suddenly bring this up at such a time.
The people of Buddhist Mountain furrowed their brows even more deeply, unable to fathom Gu Changge’s intentions, feeling as though they had been led by the nose by him from beginning to end.
“As for the Eye of the Formation, why not leave it to me and the eminent monks of Buddhist Mountain? You need only seal off the four city gates.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly and answered thus.
“If anything goes wrong, this junior and the eminent monks of Buddhist Mountain will bear the responsibility together.”
“Young Master Changge truly intends this? With your strength, there is really no need to take such a risk.”
One great sect leader tried to dissuade him — not because he thought Gu Changge incapable.
Rather, he worried that if something happened to Gu Changge here, it would implicate them.
Moreover, the location of the Eye of the Formation was of paramount importance, the very crux of the matter, brooking not the slightest mishap.
That was why they had been discussing these past few days how to guard the Eye of the Formation and whom to dispatch as the most suitable choice.
When the time came, if the demoness in red attempted to break through the array patterns, she would absolutely strike at the Eye of the Formation. How dangerous that place would be went without saying.
Many experts were unwilling to go, feeling that place was incomparably perilous, where one could lose one’s life at any moment.
This had become the difficult problem they were considering. Yet now, Gu Changge had actually volunteered to go guard the Eye of the Formation, together with the many ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain.
This shocked everyone, and their expressions turned somewhat strange.
That Gu Changge and the people of Buddhist Mountain were at odds was a fact plain for all to see. Yet now he actually wanted to guard the Eye of the Formation together with them.
Could it be that he planned to use this opportunity to settle accounts with Buddhist Mountain?
Or perhaps he did not trust Buddhist Mountain and intended to keep them under watch through this?
In short, everyone’s thoughts varied, and speculation ran wild.
“Since Young Master Changge says so, we naturally have no objections.”
At this moment, the many ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain also spoke in unison, agreeing with Gu Changge’s proposal.
If Gu Changge had designs on that fragment of array patterns, with them watching from the side, they reckoned he would not dare act recklessly.
“Since it is so, then when the time comes we will dispatch some additional experts to assist you from the side.”
Seeing that both the ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain and Gu Changge had spoken thus, the great sect leaders exchanged glances and agreed as well, inexplicably breathing a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Afterward, more experts appeared and arrived within Divine City, their strength terrifying — a single stamp of their feet could trigger a great earthquake.
They brought their respective powerful methods and many rare divine materials, arranging them throughout Divine City.
And today’s events had shaken many people.
Gu Changge’s strength had reached a level they dared not ignore. Even a clan Ancestor had to treat him with respect before him.
The Qingluan Clan was one of the foremost ancient great clans in the Beyond.
Yet now, even their clan’s Ancestor had to treat Gu Changge with careful courtesy — this already spoke volumes.
His wings gradually growing full?
No — he had already reached the point of standing on equal footing with them, to the point where some even needed to look up to him.
After today’s incident, Divine City was no longer peaceful.
The many ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain, leading the numerous experts of their affiliated forces, began discussing the matters to come.
Gu Changge, on the other hand, was quite leisurely. He even sought out the brother and sister of the Ancient Ye Family to reminisce about old times.
However, Ye Langtian was incomparably deferential toward him, no longer as at ease as he once had been. And Ye Liuli, ever since returning from the Overworld, had undergone a drastic change in temperament.
She had forgotten many things, but she could not forget the past — how she had once been humiliated by Gu Changge and had nearly been killed by him.
However, she merely buried these matters deep in her mind, harboring a fear of Gu Changge that came from the bottom of her heart.
In the following days, Divine City grew busy.
Nearly all the experts were arranging and inscribing, laying down array patterns upon the city walls, palaces, and pavilions.
Heaven and earth shifted; an inexplicable aura emerged, enveloping the entire expanse of sky and land as though stirring the sun, moon, and Astral River — as if the Milky Way itself were surging forth, converging upon this place.
Endless essence energy of heaven and earth rushed over, pouring into this Divine City.
The starfields above the firmament began to pale, and countless strands of starlight sprinkled down, incomparably dazzling and piercing to the eye.
The profound meanings of the Great Dao emerged within the void, while boundless runes evolved simultaneously.
The phantom images of many ancient immortals flickered in and out of existence within space, seemingly bowing in worship toward this Divine City, kowtowing again and again.
A vast and ancient chanting of scriptures resounded, as though immortals had appeared in the four corners of heaven and earth, sitting cross-legged there, reciting passages for the deliverance of the dead.
The entire Divine City was enveloped in a faint divine radiance; rosy light flowed, and brilliance interwove, flickering in and out among the walls and palaces.
The Grand Array was complete — it could be called a feat that seized the very creation of heaven and earth, reversing the cosmos of sun and moon.
At the Eye of the Formation, all was a hazy expanse. That fragment of array patterns connected heaven above and earth below, rising and sinking there, flashing with dazzling light, vast and unfathomable.
Gu Changge appeared at this place, his black robes like unfurled banners, his hair crystalline, flowing with a faint chaotic radiance.
Behind him followed Ah Da, who was tasked with guarding the area beside the Eye of the Formation.
In another direction, accompanied by Buddhist light, the many ancient monks of Buddhist Mountain appeared, their bearing solemn and majestic, Buddhist light flickering about them, with brilliant divine halos behind their heads.
In the other directions, supreme experts also arrived, including several old monsters of unfathomable cultivation, all coming to the location of the Eye of the Formation.
All the supreme experts had made their preparations, hiding in the shadows, waiting for the demoness in red to appear.
“The cultivation of that guard behind Young Master Changge is truly unfathomable.”
Many people were curious about the identity of the guard behind Gu Changge, feeling apprehensive toward his cultivation.
Gu Changge smiled with breezy nonchalance. “Ah Da’s strength naturally goes without saying. After all, I selected him with great care.”
Hearing this, that old monster grew even more wary of Gu Changge in his heart.
He had lived for a very long time, and his judgment was exceedingly sharp.
This guard clad in Dark Iron Battle Armor held a reverence for Gu Changge that had reached an unprecedented degree.
A young man — no matter how terrifying his talent, how heaven-shaking his strength — how could he make an expert of such a level follow him with such unwavering devotion?
And just half a day after the array patterns were laid down, from the sky beyond Divine City, from the distant end of the horizon, came a terrifying rumbling sound.
It was as if a boundless sea of blood was being pushed forward, its killing intent blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
In an instant, it shook the vast land; even the stars beyond the domain trembled, as though about to fall.
“The demoness in red is here!”
Within Divine City, nearly all the supreme experts changed expression, incomparably grave, staring fixedly at the end of heaven and earth.
Everyone felt this unparalleled, terrifying aura — as though thousands of troops and horses were charging forth from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, bone-chillingly cold, yet piercing straight through the divine soul, making one shudder.
At the end of heaven and earth, blood-colored light soared into the sky — rolling crimson clouds condensed from baleful aura, boundless and endless, shaking the entire world.
A woman in red, her dark hair reflecting the blood-light, her bare feet whiter than snow, was like a lotus blooming within a sea of blood.
Pure and breathtakingly beautiful, yet her face held not a trace of emotion — cold and heartless.
She walked slowly through it all. Her pace was not fast, but with every step she took, heaven and earth seemed to tremble.
Everyone’s hearts involuntarily clenched, feeling as though she were walking upon their very hearts.
Even beings of the Sacred Emperor Realm changed countenance, incomparably solemn, deeply uneasy.
At this moment, some of them even began to doubt — the demoness in red was powerful to such a degree that her baleful aura alone could crack the sky. Could this Grand Array truly slay her?
Almost in the blink of an eye, the demoness in red arrived at Divine City.
Blood clouds pressed down upon the city, threatening to crush it. The many array patterns here seemed to be beneath her notice.
Perhaps even knowing that this place held great danger, she still stepped into it without the slightest hesitation.
Monstrous baleful aura spread out, enveloping the Divine City that stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles.
She stood high in the sky, her eyes cold and emotionless, sweeping over the many buildings and pavilions within.
Within this ancient city was his aura.
He was hiding here right now.
“Why won’t you come out and see me?”
At this moment, the faces of all the supreme experts changed drastically as they heard the voice coming from the demoness in red’s mouth.
Though it was as pleasing as the sounds of nature, it contained hatred terrifying to the extreme, making one’s hair stand on end.
Many people could not help but shiver. They had always believed the demoness in red had no reason left — that since emerging from the Demon-Burying Abyss, she knew only ceaseless slaughter.
Yet now she had actually spoken, and in an incomparably obscure and ancient language at that.
At the Eye of the Formation, Gu Changge’s expression was calm and composed. He knew Chan Hongyi was speaking to him.
However, he remained unmoved. To go see her at this moment — setting aside the risks to his identity, even the hatred Chan Hongyi bore toward him, her desire to kill him, would be difficult to resolve.
“The demoness in red seems to be saying — why won’t you come out and see her?”
“Who is she saying this to?”
An old monster deeply versed in ancient history could not help but furrow his brow.
From the obscure words the demoness in red had just uttered, he had discerned their meaning.
This made them look at one another in dismay. Could it be that the demoness in red had walked this path, slaughtering all the way, merely to find someone?
Judging from her bone-deep words of hatred, this person likely shared a deep history with her, with many unknown secrets — perhaps a tangle of love and hatred, or perhaps a hatred vast as the heavens.
What epoch the demoness in red belonged to, they knew perfectly well in their hearts.
At this moment, their hearts were nothing short of a stormy sea.
If her words were true, then did that not mean there existed in this world another person from the same era as her?
Of course, the possibility that she was merely murmuring to herself, rather than speaking to someone, could not be ruled out.
“She has entered the city — activate the Grand Array!”
The next moment, a great sect leader shouted lowly, abruptly activating the runes in his hand. In an instant, brilliant radiance erupted from every corner of Divine City, the profound meanings of the Great Dao circulating, immediately enveloping every area.
At the same time, pillar after pillar of light shot into the sky, seemingly slashing into the firmament.
Then came sounds like shattering, as chaotic mist descended in clusters from the sky, covering the entire Divine City.
This place instantly became a hazy expanse, incomparably blurred and indistinct, as though one had arrived at the most ancient of times, before heaven and earth were separated.
The Grand Array revived, emanating a terrifying aura, trapping the demoness in red within.
However, her expression showed no change whatsoever. She walked through the city gates, and neither the array patterns here nor the traps laid down caused any ripple in her.
Cold and emotionless, as though she knew only slaughter.
Boom!!!
“Strike quickly! Slay this demon and return peace to heaven and earth!”
“Kill!”
Then, from the four city gates — east, south, west, and north — supreme experts appeared, divine light coiling around their bodies, beginning to coordinate with the array patterns here to strike at her.
“He is there.”
The demoness in red’s crystalline eyes carried a crimson hue, like flawless red gemstones.
At this moment, they fell upon the depths of Divine City, where she sensed that familiar aura.
And so, she walked forward. Streak after streak of array patterns revived from the streets beneath her feet, erupting with incomparably powerful and peerless divine might, bombarding her body.
Every inch of void here was covered in array patterns, refusing to allow her to take even one more step.
Dazzling radiance erupted here, like countless stars exploding, making it impossible to open one’s eyes.
Under such peerless divine might, even an Enlightened being would struggle to resist.
Even the demoness in red seemed to be held back at this moment. Her gaze fell into the distance as she advanced with difficulty, step by arduous step.
“She is searching for the direction of the Eye of the Formation.”
“Her gaze is fixed on that place.”
“Quick, strike and stop her! Otherwise, if the demoness in red breaks free, all our efforts will have been for naught!”
A giant figure of an Ancient Royal Family, seeing that the demoness in red seemed momentarily dazed, suddenly roared. In his hand he wielded a purple-gold great hammer, lightning crackling and snapping, purple runes submerging forth like stars as he charged before the demoness in red.
Upon his palm, countless divine radiances evolved.
But the demoness in red merely turned her head to glance at him, as though swatting away an annoying fly. With a wave of her sleeve, without the slightest fluctuation—
That giant figure of the Ancient Royal Family, horrified, tried to retreat.
But it was already too late. That sleeve struck his body, instantly making him scream miserably. His many divine abilities were ground away in an instant, and he directly turned into a mist of blood, collapsing and bursting apart.
Blood mist filled the sky, spreading through this place — incomparably horrifying, making one’s hair stand on end.
A being of the Sacred Emperor Realm... was slain by her just like that?
Everyone could not help but feel a chill of terror. The demoness in red was truly too powerful. Were it not for the array patterns here suppressing her, they would likely be in even greater danger.
“Use the Nirvana Grade Artifacts! Other methods are useless against her!”
A great sect leader reacted and could not help but roar, golden light surging from his body like a brilliant great sun, beginning to trigger other methods.
The other supreme experts and old monsters did the same. Having reached this point, there was no other possibility — either slay the demoness in red, or be killed by her.
Boom!!
An unprecedented, terrifying fluctuation erupted here. Heaven and earth turned dark. All the buildings, even those inscribed with array patterns, were utterly destroyed and collapsed, reduced to ashes.