PHS Chapter 208 (Patreon)

Chapter 208: Only the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets Can Counter the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets

"We're saved!"

Inside Sunset Cloud City, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

The Great Chu Imperial Dynasty was the closest power to the demon race, so naturally they were first to respond. An Ancestor of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty had arrived.

This time, the Lord of Sunset Cloud City would not escape, even if he grew wings!

"A Saint King!"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City's expression turned ugly.

He had long anticipated this scene, but not so quickly. He had yet to make a move, and his opponent was already upon him.

He was merely a peak Saint. Even if he stood close to the Saint King realm, he was not a Saint King.

Against a true Saint King, the gap was far too great.

"Cultivating a demonic art and slaughtering your own kind—you deserve to be executed!"

The Saint King of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty, his hair unbound and his eyes like blazing suns radiating eternal, undying brilliance, shouted and struck out with his palm.

The palm print expanded rapidly in the void, covering tens of thousands of li and blotting out the sky. Before it even landed, the ground cracked, shattered rocks shot through the air, and entire blocks of palaces crumbled to rubble.

Fortunately, he had protected the people of Sunset Cloud City from the very beginning.

Otherwise, it wasn't certain if the Lord of Sunset Cloud City would die from this palm strike, but he himself would likely earn a spot on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard.

Hmm… that was assuming there was a Heavenly Sin Leaderboard for the Saint King level.

"Such a ruthless move!" the Lord of Sunset Cloud City gnashed his teeth.

His opponent had opened with a killing blow, clearly not wanting any unexpected complications.

"Swoosh!"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City shot into the sky, summoning a black ancient shield. It was covered in dense symbols and shone with an indestructible luster, blocking the attack from behind.

"BOOM!"

A world-shaking sound erupted.

The palm descended, followed by a "crack" that set one's teeth on edge. The black ancient shield, before the Lord of Sunset Cloud City's horrified eyes, turned to flying ash.

"Pfft!"

The Lord of Sunset Cloud City coughed up a large mouthful of blood, his body covered in fissures as he screamed and crashed a thousand li outside Sunset Cloud City.

"This wicked path of devouring the essence blood of others leads to an unstable foundation. Even if you were to step into the Saint King realm, you would be no match for this old man, let alone now."

"Your strength is mediocre, but your heart is vicious!"

The Great Chu Imperial Dynasty's Saint King glanced at the Lord of Sunset Cloud City lying in the ruins, his status unknown, said no more, and waved his hand in a horizontal slice.

"Clang!"

A brilliant streak of sword light bloomed between heaven and earth, vast and mighty like a great river, surging and roaring as it flooded the land.

"RUMBLE!"

The sword light struck the ground, and the world trembled violently. An area several thousand li in radius was turned to flying ash, and the aura of the Lord of Sunset Cloud City vanished.

After confirming the Lord of Sunset Cloud City's complete demise, he glanced at the people of Sunset Cloud City and said faintly, "In a few days, someone from the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty will come to assume the position of City Lord. There is no need for you to panic."

With that, the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty's Saint King turned and departed.

After he left, countless people in Sunset Cloud City wept with joy. Without experiencing it, one could not truly comprehend the feeling of surviving a calamity.

They had thought they were doomed. Who could have imagined they would survive at the final moment?

As many people were celebrating, news of this event spread in all directions at an extremely fast pace.

Great Desolate City.

Before the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

Countless people gathered around the leaderboard, every one of them in high spirits.

"Look, the Lord of Sunset Cloud City's ranking has disappeared! In a single day, three names have vanished from the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard!"

"If I'm not mistaken, they must be dead. After all, when Ye Chen was defeated in a single move by Yu Qingxian and heavily injured, his ranking didn't change. But these three have vanished completely. Besides death, I can't think of a second possibility."

"I wonder who's been making the moves."

"I just received news. The one who killed the Lord of Sunset Cloud City was a Saint King from the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty."

"Of all the leaderboards the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets has released, the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard is surely the most dangerous. For three people to die in one day... that's a bit terrifying."

"This is only the beginning. I heard that members of the True Dragon clan were hunting someone on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard, but the target had a Great Teleportation Talisman and escaped. The True Dragon clan was furious and has sent people to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, saying they will pay any price to have that person killed."

"You're not talking about Yang Qiu, are you?"

In the crowd, a man dressed in black, his entire body shrouded in a layer of mist, listened to the discussions and looked at the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard before him. He couldn't help but shiver.

"Three are already dead. Even the Lord of Sunset Cloud City, who was ranked above me, is dead. Then my fate... wouldn't it be..."

This person's name was Zhao Wusheng.

He was ranked eighty-first on the Heavenly Sin Leaderboard and bore countless blood debts. He believed his own strength was perhaps greater than the Lord of Sunset Cloud City's, but only by a limited margin.

Since the other was dead, he probably wouldn't last much longer either.

After all, he had no powerful backer. The reason he had been safe in the past was his extreme caution, but it seemed that was no longer enough. With the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, even running to the ends of the earth was a dead end.

The Master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets was said to be able to calculate all of fate. How could a mere Saint like him escape his grasp?

According to the others in this world, only the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets can counter the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

Therefore…

Zhao Wusheng glanced at the not-so-distant Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, and with an apprehensive heart, he stepped inside.

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