Starting with the titmouse, seventy-two transformations

Chapter 226 The nun is missing, the mastermind has vanished!
"It's them?!"

Liu Sheng raised an eyebrow, recognizing the person, and was not surprised.

After all, among the humans and demons who were previously trapped in the Four Phases Tribulation Realm, the two of them were the most outstanding.

The heir apparent of the Prince of Jin, and Dugu Ba, the leader of the Rakshasa sect.

One of them was of the highest status and carried countless magical artifacts and hidden protective measures.

The strongest cultivator, a Qi Refiner at the Yellow Court Realm, can rival the Black Wind King and is also the leader of a sect. He must possess powerful magical artifacts and techniques.

Including the mysterious and unpredictable Black Wind King, he is indeed the most likely to survive among all the humans and demons.

In reality, Liu Sheng underestimated his own role.

These four realms of tribulation are interconnected, existing in the same time and space yet also in different time and space, much like being "neither on this shore nor on the other shore."

He was in the same tribulation realm as everyone else and the demons, yet he was not in the same tribulation realm.

It's a bit like being mirrored four times by the calamity realm, and then simultaneously trying to pass through the level.

For him personally, there was a sequence: first the Tribulation of the Heart, then the Tribulation of the Tongue, then the Tribulation of Slaughter, and finally the Tribulation of the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

In reality, he was simultaneously trapped in the Four Tribulations Realm and was attempting to overcome the challenges at the same time, without any particular order.

Once the Four Phases Tribulation Realm was completely broken, he appeared on the stone platform.

The same applies to other humans and demons.

The reason why Black Wind King, Prince Jin, and Dugu Ba survived was not because they broke through their cultivation levels, but because they had deep foundations and could endure for a long time.

Once Liu Sheng broke through the Tribulation Realm, they were able to survive.

If Liu himself had not succeeded in breaking through to the next realm, these two people and one demon would likely have followed in the footsteps of others and demons, perishing in the Tribulation Realm.

However, this information was too advanced, and none of the four beings, including Liu Sheng, who were now on the stone platform knew the cause and effect.

Strictly speaking, Liu Sheng was the savior of the two of them and the demon.

"This Four Phases Tribulation Realm is indeed dangerous. I was trapped in it and almost didn't get out. Then, for some reason, the tribulation realm suddenly broke through..."

The Prince of Jin was covered in wounds, with three fingers on his right hand missing, and the folding fan in his hand was stained dark red with blood.

He instinctively shook the fan ribs, and with a "whoosh," he tried to open the fan, just like before, but accidentally flung the folding fan away.

The scene was awkward for a while.

Overall, however, his injuries were not serious, perhaps because the Prince of Jin's mansion had provided him with sufficient means to protect his life.

In contrast, Dugu Ba, the number one martial artist in Jinzhou, had terrible injuries.

His entire body was covered in wounds, with flesh torn open to reveal deep white bones. There was a two-foot-long gash in his chest and abdomen, revealing his still-wriggling internal organs.

The most serious injury was to his skull, which looked as if it had been crushed, with several deep dents that were barely held together and not completely shattered.

Pinkish fluid seeped from the crack; it was blood mixed with brain fluid.

Compared to the miserable state of these two, the injuries on Black Wind King's body were rather minor.

It's just its mental state—

"La la la, I laugh triumphantly, laugh triumphantly, laughing at the world's impermanence, I laugh triumphantly, laugh triumphantly..."

"Shut up, what are you laughing at!"

"I'll sing, I'll sing whenever I want, I want to fly higher, fly higher..."

"So noisy! Amitabha!"

At the edge of the stone platform, after greeting Liu Sheng, the bear demon stopped in place, talking to itself, sometimes singing wildly, sometimes whispering coldly.

It's as if there are two different souls arguing inside my body.

Then, it started dancing!
She tiptoed, waved her staff, made a delicate gesture with her fingers, and sang and danced at the top of her lungs.

Its eyes were one red and one black, radiating a terrifying glow.

"Is it the demonic influence within the cassock that possessed it?"

Liu Sheng's pupils contracted, and a strange look appeared on his lips as he gazed thoughtfully at the brocade cassock on the bear demon's body.

The robe looked as if it had been pulled out of blood; it was a deep, glistening crimson, radiating a bloody glow, and was exceptionally sticky.

In the dim light, it seemed as if ghostly faces floated and sank in the blood-red glow. "One or two of them, all in terrible condition..."

Liu Sheng shook his head and looked down at his feet, which were clean and spotless.

He wasn't injured at all.

But who knew that he had died several times in the Tribulation Realm before?

If it weren't for the [Dao Fruit] protecting him, I'm afraid...

He looked down at the pool below the stone platform, and his breath hitched.

In the pool, four figures stood frozen in place, like stone figures, yet they retained the poses they had in life, lifelike.

They were all humans and demons who had previously fallen into the Four Phases Tribulation Realm together.

Unlike the Black Wind King, they couldn't hold out until Liu Sheng broke through his cultivation realm. They perished in the pool, their life force extinguished, and their corpses remained there.

It resembles the previous corpse puppet.

But for some reason, he always felt that something was amiss.

It seems something has been overlooked.

"It seems that only the four of us survived, but... what about Abbess Jingyue?"

At this moment, the Crown Prince of Jin spoke. He glanced at Liu Sheng, who was standing on the Treasure Bottle Stone Mountain, and then turned to look at the pool below the stone platform:
"Could it be that they also perished in the previous tribulation realm?"

Abbess Jingyue?!

Liu Sheng was suddenly startled, finally realizing what he had overlooked.

From the moment he fell onto the stone platform, he never saw Abbess Jingyue again.

The old nun gained a divine connection from the blank mural and had an exceptional understanding of the Four Tribulations Realm. Logically, she should have broken through the realm before everyone else and even the demons.

But why is she not on stage?

Did they take the mango pomelo sago and leave first?
Based on Liu Sheng's understanding of her, this elder of Shuiyue Nunnery was fiercely opposed to evil and had a strong and unyielding nature; she would never do such a thing.

But how do you explain her disappearance?

Don't forget, the black severed hand also disappeared!
"hiss!"

Liu Sheng gasped, feeling a chill run down his spine and involuntarily getting goosebumps all over his body.

Could it be that she came for the black severed hand?

Recalling the nun's change in demeanor, a bad feeling arose in his heart:

A being emerged from that blank mural, whether it possessed her or took over her body, and came to this place, taking away the black severed hand.

The purpose is unknown, the means are unknown, and the destination is unknown.

However, his cultivation and methods far surpassed his own, and even powerful demons and cultivators like the Black Wind King and Dugu Ba could not detect him at all.

However, to confirm the truth, he casually mentioned the black severed hand.

"Who is behind this? Could they be hiding behind the scenes, plotting against me?"

The Black Wind King, carrying his staff, transformed into a black wind and circled the Treasure Bottle Stone Mountain several times, looking fierce and menacing.

"There's a black severed hand supporting the bottom of the bottle? Why don't I remember it before?"

The heir apparent of the Prince of Jin descended on clouds and landed in front of Liu Sheng, his expression solemn:

"Could it be... a remnant species?"

"The restrictions here have been lifted."

Dugu Ba looked up, and the wounds on his body contracted violently, sprouting pink buds that healed rapidly at a visible speed.

With a leap, he soared a hundred feet into the air, landing behind the Prince of Jin's heir. Looking down at Liu Sheng, his eyes narrowed.
"This boy knows a great deal. Why not capture him and interrogate him thoroughly?"

"Click——"

Just then, a shattering sound came from beneath the feet of everyone and the demon.

(End of this chapter)