The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3500: Reunion with an Old Friend! (Sixth Update)
Previously on The Divine Urban Physician...
Right now, every shred of pride and his role as a Six Evil Inheritor had been totally abandoned by Hua Ling. Survival was the sole thing on his mind!
Hua Ling dropped low to the ground, lunging abruptly toward Ye Chen's feet and clutching his legs in a desperate grip, begging in a submissive tone, "Young Master Lianshen, please grant me one chance. I realize I've erred badly. If you offer me this opportunity, I'll become your dog from this point forward, your utterly devoted dog!"
Ye Chen gazed down at Hua Ling with cold indifference and stated flatly, "I don't keep worthless dogs."
With those words, he lifted his sword, ready to slice through Hua Ling's neck!
Yet in that instant, a subtle glow appeared, and a man's figure materialized suddenly right in Ye Chen's path. The man quickly urged, "Brother, we're fellow Six Evil Inheritors. To access Juesha Heaven, we rely on our combined power. Hold back your blade and let him live!"
Ye Chen's brow furrowed at these words, halting the descent of the Dragonslayer Sword.
This mercy toward Hua Ling stemmed not from the man's appeal, but from the necessity of pooling everyone's strength to enter Juesha Heaven...
Wu You Sha remained absent for the moment. Losing Hua Ling Sha at this stage could truly disrupt the process of unsealing.
Though Ye Chen's fighting prowess defied the heavens, managing the seal's breach single-handedly might prove beyond even him.
Ye Chen let out a chilly snort, shoving Hua Ling aside with a kick, "Consider this your one and only reprieve."
Hua Ling, sensing a profound pardon, bobbed his head frantically, vowing inwardly to show no further insolence or defiance toward Ye Chen.
Ye Chen sheathed the Dragonslayer Sword and turned his gaze to the newcomer. The man sported gray locks and gray irises, his face bearing a somewhat somber cast. Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, "So, you're Jue Ming?"
That deep, raspy tone rang familiar in Ye Chen's ears.
Jue Ming gave a nod, "That's correct."
This was none other than Jue Ming, who had been held up until now!
Just then, a masculine voice echoed from behind Jue Ming, "Brother Jue Ming, you called us all together here, yet you show up last?"
Jue Ming glanced back at the sound, eyeing Zhuipo with a grin, "Brother Zhuipo, it's been ages. As you know, this Gray Sea borders the Heavenly Demon Land, and now and then, certain peculiar demon seeds slip through, giving me a bit of trouble and causing my tardiness—my regrets."
The others nodded at his explanation, harboring no deep suspicions, especially since Jue Ming exuded a dense aura of Yin and demonic qi, a typical sign of clashing with devils.
Still, Ye Chen's forehead creased faintly.
Jue Ming's power was far from feeble—quite formidable, in fact!
He stood on the brink of the Heavenly God Realm's Eighth Layer, and his might even outshone Zhuipo's by a clear margin.
For someone of such caliber to be hindered by devils?
While the Gray Sea was undeniably a peril-filled zone in the Star Swirl Domain, its primary hazard lay in the bizarre spiritual pressure lurking inside, with devils being quite uncommon. For a powerhouse like him to run into real difficulty was rarer than finding phoenix plumes or unicorn horns!
Was it the vanished Demon Emperor?
Could Jue Ming have crossed paths with him by sheer chance?
Besides, an odd, unsettling vibe clung to this Jue Ming, one that Ye Chen couldn't quite dispel.
Once introductions wrapped up among the group, they scattered to spots across Juming Island for meditation and cultivation, biding their time until the Juesha Heaven seal hit its frailest point, while Hua Ling kept a wide berth from Ye Chen, head bowed low, pouring all effort into mending his wounds.
Ye Chen skipped prolonged recovery, his stare fixed on the nearby Heavenly Demon Land's direction.
Where on earth had the elusive Demon Emperor vanished to during this stretch?
Might there be ties to this very location?
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One day passed.
Jue Ming's eyes snapped open, his gray gaze revealing a tangled expression, as he rose gradually and addressed the assembly, "Friends, it looks like Wu You Sha, one of our Six Evil, won't make it. The moment draws near, so we ought to head out."
Ye Chen shot a look at Jue Ming and posed abruptly, "Brother Jue Ming, if I may inquire, how exactly do you sense the Juesha Heaven seal growing weaker?"
The others perked up at this query, their attention shifting to Jue Ming as well.
After all, their own might, though solid, paled against their forebears. Absent the seal's temporary vulnerability on Juesha Heaven, breaching it would lie utterly out of reach.
Jue Ming's gaze wavered for a split second, then after a short pause, he answered, "My Jue Ming bloodline has studied the Juesha Heaven seal across generations. My forebears foresaw this exact window long in advance."
Ye Chen regarded Jue Ming with a blank face. Foreseen ages ago?
If true, then for this venture into Juesha Heaven, the Six Evil Inheritors should've linked up and readied themselves far earlier. But Jue Ming's summons just days prior felt impulsive, riddled with inconsistencies.
That said, Ye Chen chose not to probe further, since entry into Juesha Heaven was non-negotiable for him. Tian Sha Qi's value to him stayed unclear, but freeing the fiend's Residual Soul could surely restore the Slaughter Sword to its peak might?
Above all, with the backing of ten Samsara Graveyard powerhouses, he needn't fear Jue Ming, who hadn't fully claimed the eighth-layer realm. Even against the full alliance of the other Six Evil, he'd hold his ground!
Having grasped the Extinction Divine Light, despite the Sword Soul's slumber, Ye Chen's battle skills, wielded wisely, rendered him nearly unbeatable within the Holy Ancestor Realm!
As the group geared up to move, tearing open space right there on Juming Island, abruptly, the fog over Gray Sea rippled, and a streak of blood-red golden thunder crashed down onto Juming Island.
The assembly stared gravely at the crimson glow, their spiritual energy flowing quietly, poised to strike without delay!
When the crimson light faded, a woman's form emerged, stepping before the crowd.
The Six Evil Inheritors all froze briefly at the sight of the black-robed woman...
Her beauty struck with breathtaking allure!
Even the attractive Extreme Yin paled beside her, the gap vast as between mortals and beasts!
Yet her exquisite features held an eerie pallor.
Among them, Ye Chen reeled the hardest!
His eyes locked onto her visage, a flicker of turmoil in his stare.
Ye Chen's astonishment arose not from her looks, but from knowing her identity!
This woman was precisely the Blood Family's Wu You he'd glimpsed during the Immortal Ascension Competition, the same occasion he'd first crossed paths with Senior Sister Zining upon arriving in Lingwu Continent!
As memory served, Wu You matched the name of the Six Evil Inheritor Wu You Sha!
At that time, Wu You had aligned with the Blood God Sect. But while Ye Chen roamed the Divine Kingdom, no word of Wu You surfaced. Neither had he spotted this enigmatic bloodline heir from their lone meeting at the Immortal Ascension Competition amid the Outer Heaven Demon assault.
Back then, Ye Chen hadn't dwelled on it, given that Wu You, prodigy though she was in the Blood Family, lacked his freakish pace of growth. In comparison, most prodigies amounted to mere averages.
Now, however, matters appeared far more intricate than Ye Chen had assumed!
Evidently, Wu You had stumbled upon some hidden fortune and wound up in this Outer Realm somehow. What's more, her cultivation had surged to an even stranger height!
And the aura enveloping her resembled a bottomless chasm, dense and unyielding, her power apparently eclipsing Jue Ming's!