Chapter 146: Overbearing and Sinister

Chapter 146: Imposing and Menacing Evil

After regaining consciousness, the very first person Wu Hong saw was Huang Ling. The first person he grew to love was Huang Ling, and the first person to whom he poured out his entire heart was Huang Ling. For the awakened Wu Hong, whose memories were lost, Huang Ling undoubtedly held the number one, irreplaceable position in his heart.

At this moment, Wu Hong’s heart was filled with hatred. He wanted to find Lord Yama and annihilate his organization! Yet, he could not bear to part with her final resting place. Every three steps he took, he would look back; every five steps, he would pause, feeling a heart-wrenching reluctance as he dazed and stumbled his way out of Huang Yun Town.

No sooner had he stepped out of Huang Yun Town than a blur flashed before his eyes. Wu Hong instinctively moved to attack.

"Stop! It's me, Huang Hu!!!" Huang Hu suddenly appeared in front of Wu Hong. Seeing the wild, violent fluctuations of energy all over Wu Hong, he turned pale with fright and shouted at the top of his lungs.

By this time, Huang Hu was completely and utterly in awe of Wu Hong's terrifying strength. Although Huang Yun Town was not particularly large, spanning a radius of about ten miles, its entire area had been shaken by Wu Hong's inner Qi into a veritable ghost town, with every single resident perishing unnaturally.

Even some of the experts from their Heavenly Fiend Organization who had failed to evacuate in time had met violent deaths.

More than ten days had passed since Huang Ling’s death. It was not as though no one had come to investigate, but anyone who approached was contaminated by the lingering demonic energy within Huang Yun Town and died a sudden, gruesome death.

Right now, Wu Hong was enveloped in a protective inner Qi, blazing with demonic flames. There was not a shred of the sacred aura he used to possess.

Looking at this drastically changed Wu Hong with a mixture of apprehension and uncertainty, Huang Hu asked, "Wu Hong, are you alright?"

"Brother, is that you? Why are you here? Tell me quickly, where is the gathering place of the Earth Fiend Organization?"

Having recently suffered a great tragedy, even upon encountering an acquaintance like Huang Hu, Wu Hong’s voice remained bone-chillingly cold. Huang Hu felt a shudder wrack his entire body merely from hearing that voice.

Huang Hu had originally intended to ask about how Huang Ling's funeral arrangements were handled, but seeing that Wu Hong’s state of mind was deeply abnormal, he swallowed the words back down his throat.

"Wu Hong, I know you are grieving and heartbroken, but matters are far more complicated than you imagine! You had better run away quickly!

Using some unknown method, that Lord Yama has summoned an Immortal Envoy from an Earth Fiend Organization in the Origin Realm and stationed him at their headquarters. They are just waiting for you to walk right into their trap!"

Listening to Huang Hu’s words, Wu Hong remained silent. At the mention of the Earth Fiend Organization, a flash of crimson light crossed his icy eyes, and the inner Qi surrounding him surged outward, whipping up a chilling wind in the vicinity.

Huang Hu felt a sudden shiver run through him. His entire body turned ice-cold, his hands and feet freezing as if he had been cursed by a malevolent spirit. Any further attempts to persuade Wu Hong died on his lips, swallowed back down once again.

Unnerved by the way Wu Hong was staring at him, Huang Hu asked with a trace of panic, "You brat, why are you looking at me like that?"

Wu Hong still did not reply. He just stared at Huang Hu with that icy, unblinking gaze, waiting for the answer he desired!

An oppressive silence fell between the two. Wu Hong continued to look at Huang Hu devoid of any human emotion, his gaze chillingly cold. Undergoing immense psychological pressure, Huang Hu finally gave in with a helpless sigh: "I only know that the headquarters of the Earth Fiend Organization is in Yunluo County. As for whether Lord Yama is currently there, I honestly have no idea!"

Panic reached its absolute peak in Huang Hu's heart. The moment he finished speaking, he felt a dark shadow flash before his eyes, and Wu Hong had already vanished from the spot.

Huang Hu was himself a martial artist at the peak of the Post-Heaven realm, yet he had no idea how Wu Hong had disappeared, making his scalp tingle with dread.

He thought to himself, "Could this Wu Hong be a ghost? How can he be so bizarre? That aura of his is terrifying beyond measure just by sensing it! Perhaps he really can eliminate the envoy from the Origin Realm after all."

Wu Hong did not know where Yunluo County was! He only found the name of the place intimately familiar—it was the very location where he had once stepped foot into the Heavenly Book grotto-heaven.

Following the main road, Wu Hong sprinted at a furious pace. He still could not remember any of his past martial arts techniques, nor did he have any idea how to circulate his inner Qi.

Knowing only to unleash his full physical strength to run endlessly, the pitch-black, hair-raising demonic energy within his body surged frantically outward.

Because his speed was simply too fast, onlookers mistook him for some sort of monstrous demon descending upon the mortal world, leaving their scalps prickling with fear.

Ordinary people who were brushed by this terrifying aura fell gravely ill the very next day and breathed their last within a few days.

Though the nature of Wu Hong’s inner Qi had drastically changed and his personality had turned cold and menacing, it did not mean he had lost his intellect.

After walking along the main highway for a short while, Wu Hong gathered the general direction of Yunluo County from the conversations of passing travelers.

Before long, relying on Wu Hong’s current speed, the sprawling, beast-like silhouette of Yunluo City appeared before his eyes.

Everything before him was so achingly familiar, yet Wu Hong forced himself not to reminisce, forcing himself to remember only that he must slay his enemies.

Yet, traveling across the land in this manner had long since exposed his whereabouts, and word had already reached the assassins guarding Yunluo City.

Deep within an underground chamber, Lord Yama’s expression was rather unsightly. Wu Hong had truly become his worst nightmare. As an expert of his caliber, dreams should have been a distant realm of slumber, yet over the past few days, Lord Yama had been plagued by endless nightmares.

In those dreams, Wu Hong’s appearance and demeanor had completely transformed, resembling a fiend from the depths of hell. His imposing and menacing evil aura was even more terrifying than that of Lord Yama himself, a fiend who had accumulated a mountain of killing intent over years of assassination.

"Lord Yama, look at yourself! What have you reduced yourself to? A mere martial artist at the peak of the Post-Heaven realm has frightened you to this extent. How can you ever hope to accomplish great things in the future?"

Standing beside Lord Yama was a figure draped in black robes whose face remained obscured, yet he rebuked Lord Yama in the tone of a master lecturing a subordinate.

Yet Lord Yama adopted the posture of a humble student, bowing slightly as he replied, "You are entirely right, Envoy. It is merely that I have been somewhat overly nervous!"

Internally, Lord Yama desperately tried to reassure himself: *Wu Hong, as long as you dare to come, I will ensure you find your burial place right here! I have the backing of the Origin Realm Envoy, what is there to fear?*

An Origin Realm Envoy was an elite who had descended from the Origin Realm. Although their cultivation base was sealed at the peak of the Post-Heaven realm, they stood at the absolute limit of that boundary and were practically invincible in the mortal world.

Furthermore, such an Origin Realm Envoy was permitted to unleash a single Heaven-Realm technique while in the mortal realm, the sole price being that they would be immediately forced to fly back to the Origin Realm and barred from ever descending again.

Therefore, although Origin Realm Envoys were frequently stationed across the mortal world, very few were ever willing to make a move.

They served primarily as a deterrent for major factions. Moreover, Origin Realm Envoys possessed profound comprehension of martial arts mysteries and understood the pathways to advance from the Post-Heaven realm to the Heaven realm. Consequently, the status and prestige of every single Origin Realm Envoy were exceptionally noble.

They were treasured by major sects, and an Origin Realm Envoy represented not merely an individual, but the formidable influence of the entire Origin Realm.

Not a single soul was willing to offend an Origin Realm Envoy.

Just as the black-robed, masked Origin Realm Envoy was preparing to continue lecturing his favored Lord Yama, a black-clad assassin suddenly materialized within the secluded underground chamber and reported, "My Lord, that Wu Hong has appeared ten miles outside Yunluo County!"

The reason the Origin Realm Envoy held Lord Yama in such high regard was entirely because Lord Yama's murderous aura perfectly aligned with the essence of an assassin. Furthermore, individuals of this caliber, upon advancing to the Heaven realm and successfully surviving the Heaven-Realm tribulation, would possess strength far surpassing ordinary Heaven-realm experts.

This was precisely why the Origin Realm Envoy valued Lord Yama so greatly and was willing to stick his neck out for him.

"What? He actually dares to come?" Lord Yama felt as though his very voice was trembling.

"What is there to fear? With me here, everything is under control! What a spineless coward!" the Origin Realm Envoy scolded Lord Yama sharply.

"Yes, yes, yes, my Lord! However, that Wu Hong is no ordinary foe. Two years ago, he was capable of shattering five mountains with his bare hands..."

Not daring to talk back to the black-robed Origin Realm Envoy, Lord Yama replied repeatedly.

"Hmph—today, I shall personally test this mortal legend and see just what is so extraordinary about him—"

With a cold snort, the Origin Realm Envoy’s figure vanished strangely from the underground chamber.

Gritting his teeth, Lord Yama rushed out of the underground chamber as well.

As Wu Hong walked forward, his heightened spiritual sense detected an extraordinary presence rapidly speeding toward his location from within Yunluo City.

Gazing up at the sky, Wu Hong muttered to himself, "Sister Ling, my enemy is coming. I will surely avenge you and tear my enemy into a thousand pieces!"

Suddenly, a streak of black light flashed a hundred meters ahead of Wu Hong. A black-robed, masked figure radiating a terrifying wave of energy materialized before him.

Wu Hong’s pupils constricted sharply, and he thought to himself, *The newcomer is an expert! A formidable adversary!*

Upon catching sight of Wu Hong, whose entire being radiated an imposing and menacing evil aura, the Origin Realm Envoy was likewise startled, thinking inwardly, *This former mortal legend is indeed extraordinary. His energy fluctuations approach the threshold of the Heaven realm with almost no limits... This is somewhat troublesome.*

"Are you Wu Hong?" the Origin Realm Envoy spoke first, his voice icy and devoid of mortal warmth.