Shang Wuyang is an orphan, literally, without father, mother, home or hometown. Ever since he can remember, he has been a disciple of Shangxuan Immortal Venerable of Dongxuan Sect.
The master is the most powerful immortal in the entire universe. It seems that his starting point alone is a thousand times higher than others, not to mention that he is his only disciple.
Although Immortal Shangxuan never said a word, Shang Wuyang could tell how good his master was to him from the envy of others.
The rules of the Dongxuan Sect are very strict. Other disciples, even those who are disciples of the Sect Master, have to occasionally do the sect's chores, or deal with those boring people from various factions, or listen to lectures from the sect's elders, and have to worry about their own food, clothing, housing and transportation. Only Shang Wuyang can practice without distraction, and all affairs have been pushed aside by Master Shangxuan, so he doesn't have to worry about these mundane matters.
In his memory of the past two thousand years, he seemed to have always been practicing.
To put it another way, it can also be called killing people all the time.
Is it right to kill
If one is used to killing people before knowing right from wrong, good from evil, then killing will no longer matter whether it is right or wrong. The winner lives and the loser dies. In Shang Wuyang's opinion, this is the most just way of heaven.
When he was still a child, he killed two people from the lower world who were in the Qi Refining Stage. His master asked him if he felt that this was wrong. Shang Wuyang gave the answer without hesitation -
"Cultivators can hunt spirit beasts and cut down spirit plants as resources for their cultivation, just because they are stronger than them. But I am stronger than them, so I killed them. Then aren't the dead people also resources like spirit beasts and plants? How am I wrong?"
Shang Wuyang remembered clearly that after he gave the answer that time, his usually indifferent master actually smiled and praised him for the first time.
"not bad."
Even if he searched his memory, Shang Wuyang could only remember that Immortal Shang Xuan had praised him twice.
The second time was when he was a hundred years old. Shang Wuyang, who had just ascended, was thrown into a lower realm by his master. That lower realm was full of orcs, each of them was as crazy and strong as a wild beast. Even if their arms were cut off by swords, they would still pounce and bite to stop Shang Wuyang from moving forward to the center of the tribe.
In the end, Shang Wuyang became the final winner, even though he was bitten so badly that there was not a single piece of good flesh on his body and he couldn't even lift his arms. He could only lie in an endless sea of corpses and blood. Whether he opened his eyes or closed them, he could only feel the thick aura of death. However, he still killed those stupid orcs on the spot.
In this endless killing, Shang Wuyang finally understood the law of death.
And Shangxuan Immortal Venerable was standing not far away, watching him, and praised him for the second time: "You are very good."
After saying this, Immortal Shangxuan calmly drew out his sword and stabbed the ground with the tip of the sword. At that moment, all the surviving orcs in the lower world were instantly annihilated by the supreme sword intent, and transformed into one breath of death after another that rushed into Shang Wuyang's body, and the entire world turned into deathly silence.
Just a trace of sword intent was enough to defeat him in this world for an entire month.
That was the most advanced level of cultivation in the universe, and it was also the first time that Shang Wuyang realized how fascinating true power was.
So Master can never be wrong.
Since he said Ye Shubai was his opportunity, and since he said he could kill him, then he must be able to do it.
Shang Wuyang shook off the distracting thoughts that had just arisen in his mind and stood up with difficulty, supporting himself with one arm.
At this moment, the spirit of Immortal Shangxuan had gradually become dimmer, and finally turned into a point of light and flew towards the sky. After exhausting its energy, it returned to its original body.
This was also the gift Shang Wuyang received when he first realized the law of death. Immortal Shang Xuan used it to save his disciple's life. A trace of distraction is far superior to ordinary magic weapons. Even Elder Zhang, the guardian elder, did not know the existence of this trace of distraction.
Even when he was surrounded and attacked, Shang Wuyang was reluctant to use it.
Shang Wuyang looked at the place where his distraction disappeared, and after bowing deeply towards the sky with a respectful attitude, a hint of anger could not help but surface between his brows. He covered his broken arm, and felt the power of the law that was constantly approaching him, and his eyes became even gloomier.
He had originally planned to cultivate the Law of Death to perfection here before leaving. By then, let alone that couple, even the entire Yunhai Realm could be destroyed in the blink of an eye, just like his master wiped out the orcs in that world in the past. He would use the entire world as a resource for his own cultivation!
But he never expected that before he could complete his law, that bastard would come after him again! He repeatedly destroyed his cultivation, damn it!
The cloud beasts nearby have accumulated into an endless expanse of white, floating on the water like snow.
The cloud beasts were a very mysterious race. Even if Shang Wuyang had mastered the power of the law of death, he could not kill them directly. Just like the cloud beasts on the water, they were not actually dead yet. They had just lost their minds and were in a coma. When they woke up again, they would lose consciousness due to the law of death in their bodies. They would only rely on instinct to attack everyone in front of them crazily, and finally die of exhaustion.
When he first fell to the bottom of the sea of clouds, Shang Wuyang was nearly bitten to death by a cloud beast.
Now that his arm is broken and his sword is lost, if he wants to escape this disaster, he can only rely on these cloud beasts.
Shang Wuyang narrowed his eyes slightly.
Wen Yun and Ye Shubai didn't say anything. They just stared at the phoenix above their heads and ran quickly towards the front. With the group of cloud beasts lingering around them, their speed also increased a lot.
The Cloud Sea Realm is extremely large, and the Cloud Sea at the bottom is naturally not small either. Fortunately, Shang Wuyang and Shang Wuyang's power of law are mutually responsive, otherwise there would be no possibility of finding each other's trace.
However, Ye Shubai could sense Shang Wuyang, and vice versa, the latter could naturally sense him as well.
Judging from Shang Wuyang's personality of loving sneak attacks, it doesn't seem like he would wait quietly for a fair fight.
Ye Shubai cast a glance towards Wen Yun and said coldly, "I'm afraid there will be an ambush."
The latter immediately understood, tightened his grip on the dragon bone staff, and replied in a low voice: "I'm ready."
As she spoke, she threw out a stack of scrolls at a swift speed. They scattered and flew towards the dozen or so cloud beasts, instantly forming a holy light barrier.
As for Wen Yun herself, her mental strength was highly concentrated at this moment, and she was just waiting for Shang Wuyang to show up before entering combat mode.
The fire phoenix formed by the power of laws flapped its wings and let out a long cry, then stopped flying and circled low somewhere in the sky.
"There he is!"
Wen Yun held the staff in her right hand and slapped the mustard seed bag with her left hand. In an instant, hundreds of scrolls with attack attributes fell into her palm.
She was attacked by surprise before and had no time to react, but now the roles have reversed and it is her turn to launch the surprise attack.
Under the bombardment of one hundred high-level magic spells, she didn't believe that Shang Wuyang could still jump around!
Wen Yun's palm began to emit a light as dazzling as the sun. Perhaps it was because the pressure of this magic was too strong, even the air nearby was a little distorted. It was a sign that the source of power had been drained. Even Ye Shubai, who was on high alert, couldn't help but be attracted by it, and hurriedly glanced at her strangely.
At this moment, if there are knowledgeable people here, they will only sigh with the same words -
This woman holds a nuclear bomb in her left hand!
However, after seeing the situation clearly, Wen Yun forcibly suppressed the nuclear bomb in his hand and looked at the scene in front of him vigilantly.
The phoenix was perched right above, indicating that Shang Wuyang was indeed there.
But there was not a single person to be seen here, only endless white, as if all the cloud beasts in the entire Cloud Sea Realm had gathered here.
"Still alive." Ye Shubai said concisely.
Wen Yun naturally discovered this as well. She was just glad that she didn't throw all the scrolls away at the first moment, otherwise the number of cloud beasts that died at her hands would be more than that killed by Shang Wuyang.
"Be careful, there is a conspiracy." She replied quickly.
However, before Wen Yun could finish his words, the little cloud beasts behind the two of them had already rushed forward excitedly.
She cried out in surprise, "The cloud beast is back!"
However, not a single cloud beast looked back.
They could naturally sense that all of their kind here were still alive. In their excitement, they even forgot the danger they had encountered before and flew towards the cloud beasts on the water regardless of Wen Yun's obstruction!
Wen Yun's heart sank, sensing something was wrong, and he immediately flew forward with Ye Shubai to rescue them.
Sure enough, before the cloud beasts got close, the white area below suddenly surged wildly like an avalanche. In the blink of an eye, dozens of giant white shadows flew out, roaring and biting as they ran towards their own kind!
"Ding!" A crisp sound was heard, and a light curtain blocked the dozen or so cloud beasts, keeping the crazy cloud beasts out.
Seeing that their attack failed, the crazy cloud beasts instantly transferred their murderous intent to Wen Yun and Ye Shubai.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wen Yun quickly opened a barrier for himself and Ye Shubai.
However, more cloud beasts began to awaken.
From the initial dozens, to the hundreds later, and then almost ten thousand cloud beasts rushed over!
In Wen Yun's sight, he saw countless white lights hitting the barrier. The cloud beasts seemed to be attacking without caring about their lives. Even though Wen Yun had a terrifying number of Holy Light Protection Scrolls in his hand, he could not withstand such continuous attacks.
Frozen.
Yes, just freeze these crazy cloud beasts!
Wen Yun leaped back several meters to avoid the cloud beasts that were entangled in front of her. She shook open a scroll with one hand, and a bright green light shone from her hand. In an instant, a cold breath arose in the sky and earth.
"Thousands of miles of ice!"
The moment the scroll fell, an icy aura began to spread out from Wen Yun as the center. Wherever the cold air touched, whether it was the water surface or the cloud beasts, they all turned into hard ice crystals!
Ye Shubai also moved very quickly. With a flick of the sword tip, a gentle source of power lifted the little cloud beasts and helped them avoid the range magic, bringing them all under his protection.
However, there were too many cloud beasts on the water.
Even though there was a thousand miles of ice, countless cloud beasts flew into the sky and avoided the attack.
They seemed to be driven by something terrible, rushing rapidly upwards towards the rolling sea of clouds.
At this moment, Ye Shubai's eyes flashed.
The fire phoenix that was originally hovering at the top actually flew up after the mad group of cloud beasts!
Ye Shubai chased after him without hesitation: "Shang Wuyang is inside!"
It turned out that the frenzy of the cloud beasts was just a cover, and his real intention was to take advantage of the chaos at the moment, blend in with the group of cloud beasts and fly to the upper level of the Cloud Sea Realm!
"He still wants to escape!"
"Chase!"
Cloud Sea City.
More and more cloud islands have been devoured by cloud beasts. Now the people of the Cloud Sea Realm are in a panic. Even the silver-armored guards in Cloud Sea City have been alarmed and have begun to go out on patrol in groups to drive away the cloud beasts.
The people of Yunhai Realm who had nowhere to go had no choice but to crowd into Yunhai City. The huge open space in front of Yunhai Tower, which was used for stalls in the past, was now packed with people. Yunhai Realm was originally a happy place, but now everyone had a sad expression and no one could laugh.
"Hey, Fellow Daoist Wang? Why are you here too? I remember that your Wang family has three Dayun Islands, right?"
"Don't mention it. I'm so unlucky. The three Cloud Islands added together are not even as big as a palm!"
"I heard that all the beast hunters have taken action this time. Has anyone caught the cloud beast?"
As the crowd was discussing this, a shout suddenly came from the city gate: "The guards are back! Wait... they seem to have caught a cloud beast!"
Not many people paid attention to the first half of the sentence, but the second half quickly spread throughout Yunhai City. Obviously, in Yunhai City right now, the cloud beast is the target of everyone's attention. After all, the culprit of this incident is this legendary creature, but because the beast runs too fast, no one can catch it, so there is no way to vent their anger.
The monk surnamed Wang, whose three cloud islands were destroyed, had red eyes and said angrily: "The cloud beasts must pay for my cloud islands!"
There was also some noise among the crowd.
The silver-armored guard walking in the front was a pale young man. His deep eyes swept through the crowd quietly, and he said in a hoarse voice: "It's dead."
The monks from Yunhai City were stunned for a moment, then they looked down and found that the cloud beast placed in the crystal cage was indeed motionless, and even its body showed signs of disintegration.
The onlookers were immediately excited. This was the cloud beast that even professional hunters couldn't catch, and now it had become a corpse
"Did you, my lord, kill this cloud beast?"
"No." The silver-armored guard leader answered simply, then waved to the back: "Hutch, come and take a look."
At this time, a tall young man walked out from behind. He had blue-gray eyes, a slightly upturned nose, and a pair of gray animal ears. He looked like a wolf.
The leader raised his voice, and displayed his cultivation of the peak realm in full force, with every word resounding throughout the entire Yunhai City—
"The cloud beasts are behaving strangely. After investigating, we found that they seem to have lost their minds. I'm afraid there is something hidden behind this. Today, when the guards were out on patrol, they found the body of this cloud beast on the wreckage of a cloud island. According to the practice of Yunhai City, this matter is still being investigated in the presence of every citizen of Yunhai City!"
Next to him, the wolf boy named Hutch had already been lying in front of the crystal cage, his ears erected in alertness and his nose moving constantly, sniffing the scent inside.
There are many extraordinary people among the silver-armored guards of Yunhai City, and Hatch is one of them.
He also awakened the power of law when he ascended to heaven, but this power was extremely strange. It only allowed him to smell various subtle smells, which was completely useless in battle. However, as a silver-armored guard, this ability was a godsend. Many evildoers in the city were caught by him.
At this moment, Hatch's brows were furrowed more and more. Finally, he stood up with a pale face and said with an unsteady breath: "The cloud beast has a familiar smell... I remember this smell."
He paused, and his tone became more certain: "It's Shang Wuyang! This cloud beast smells exactly the same as the cloud beast remains we found earlier!"
As soon as these words were spoken, it was as if water was dripping and oil was boiling, and all kinds of discussions suddenly exploded.
Shang Wuyang is known as the greatest villain in Yunhai Realm. People who want to kill him can line up from the south to the north of the city, so many people are happy to see him disappear. Some relatives of the deceased even set off fireworks in Yunhai City to celebrate...
Apart from the people of Dongxuan Sect, probably no one is hoping for his safe return.
Now that they heard that the cloud beast was most likely related to him, the crowd became more and more angry. However, only those with high cultivation dared to curse loudly, while those with low cultivation only dared to discuss in a low voice.
because…
Suddenly, a thunderous roar came from the outside of the crowd: "How dare you slander my Dongxuan disciples without any evidence!"
Everyone's eyes silently glanced towards the east corner.
They were people from Dongxuan faction who arrived in Yunhai City at noon today.