The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 3169 - 3144: Blood Fiend Uprising! Return at Once!

Watching the departing figure of Shangguan Cun, Lin Bai softly muttered to himself, "Killing intent rises, a great catastrophe approaches; the Giant God’s descent, all living beings cannot escape!"

"It seems if there’s time in the future, perhaps I should visit the Ancestral Temple of the Southern Continent."

Lin Bai said, taking a deep breath.

At this moment, a young girl hurriedly approached from a distance; it was Gu Xiang, the daughter of the Clan Leader Gu Qi of the Daogu Tribe.

Gu Xiang’s face was anxious, but she was overjoyed when she saw Lin Bai and ran over, shouting, "Lord Lin, you are here; I’ve been looking everywhere for you."

Lin Bai asked, "Miss Gu Xiang, what are you looking for me for?"

Gu Xiang took a sealed jade slip out of her storage bag, handed it to Lin Bai, and said, "This is a secret letter from the Divine Martial Kingdom of the East Continent. The person who sent this letter is said to be an old friend of yours from the past, known as the Seventy-two Swordsman of Xian Dong Mountain."

"His name is Zhuo Lian!"

"He said this secret letter was personally written by Emperor Xiao and that you must see it yourself."

Gu Xiang whispered.

Lin Bai received the jade slip, his face urgent. Bai Xiaoxiao sending Zhuo Lian to the Southern Continent to find Lin Bai surely means something significant has happened.

Holding the jade slip, Lin Bai saw the national seal of "Shenwu Kingdom" imprinted on its seal, which was clearly Bai Xiaoxiao’s doing.

Lin Bai broke open the seal on the jade slip directly, and upon opening it, saw only nine short words written inside.

However, upon seeing these nine words, Lin Bai’s expression turned cold rapidly, and his eyes revealed an unprecedented intent to kill.

The seven words were: "Blood Demon unrest at the Miracle Ridge, return quickly!"

After reading, Lin Bai was furious, crushed the jade slip, and asked, "Where is Zhuo Lian?"

Gu Xiang said, "I originally wanted to invite Envoy Zhuo Lian to the Daogu Tribe for a rest, but he said that once you saw this jade slip, you would immediately return to the East Continent with him, so he is waiting for you on the Spirit Boat outside the Daogu Tribe!"

"Okay!" Lin Bai nodded, immediately turning and leaving quickly.

Upon returning to his residence, Lin Bai saw Yin Jiuling, Ning, Hu Qi, and Lin Ye standing together chatting idly.

"Back already? Weren’t you called away by the Old Man of the Lonely Boat?" Hu Qi asked curiously.

Ning said coldly, "Lin Bai, what happened? Why do you look so upset?"

Lin Bai said expressionlessly, "I have something that requires me to return to the East Continent immediately. What about you three? Do you plan to continue traveling in the Southern Continent or return to the East Continent?"

Yin Jiuling asked, "Is something wrong?"

Lin Bai nodded, "It’s a personal matter of mine."

Ning asked, "Are you going to fight?"

Lin Bai glanced at Ning and smiled without saying a word.

Hu Qi said, "Looks like Ning was right, you’re indeed going back to the East Continent for a fight."

Lin Bai shook his head, "I’m not going back to the East Continent to fight, but to participate in a war!"

Yin Jiuling said, "Then all the more reason for us to go! Let’s go, back to the East Continent!"

Immediately, the group left the residence and headed straight outside the Daogu Tribe.

Upon leaving the Daogu Tribe, Lin Bai suddenly saw, floating in mid-air ahead, a magnificent Spirit Boat with the flag of "Shenwu Kingdom" hanging on it.

On the Spirit Boat stood a sword cultivator dressed in gorgeous embroidered robes, full of dignity. Seeing Lin Bai and Yin Jiuling and the others arrive, he hurriedly descended, cupping his fists and shouting, "Senior Brother Dongfang!"

On the Spirit Boat, the soldiers, upon seeing Lin Bai, all kneeled on one knee and respectfully shouted, "Paying respects to the Sword Prince!"

Lin Bai walked directly onto the Spirit Boat, saying, "We’ll talk on the way back to the East Continent."

Zhuo Lian nodded, "Alright! Set sail!"

At Zhuo Lian’s command, all the soldiers returned to their posts, and the Spirit Boat immediately departed the Daogu Tribe, flying swiftly towards the East Continent.

On the Spirit Boat, Lin Bai stood on the deck, watching the Daogu Tribe slowly disappear from view, and thought to himself, "Bauer, perhaps the Old Turtle was right, I can’t take you with me this time!"

Inside the Daogu Tribe.

The Old Turtle lay on Bauer’s head.

At this time, Gu Xiang came before Bauer, cupped her fists, and shouted, "Holy Ancestor, Lord Lin has left!"

Bauer was taken aback, pausing his Elixir Pills consumption, tears welling up in his eyes, quietly calling out, "Father..."

The Old Turtle asked, "So soon?"

Gu Xiang said, "Just now, an envoy claiming to be from the Shenwu Kingdom came to the Daogu Tribe to find Lord Lin. After showing Lord Lin a jade slip, he left the Daogu Tribe immediately with his friends, boarded the Spirit Boat, and departed."

The Old Turtle’s eyes narrowed, coldly saying, "It seems something has happened in the East Continent, otherwise Lin Bai wouldn’t be in such a hurry to go back!"

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Accompanying Lin Bai on his departure are only Hu Qi, Yin Jiuling, Lin Ye, and Ning.

Hu Qi had originally been expelled by the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures, and now that the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures had wandered across the world, his senior brothers and sisters had also left the Southern Continent one by one, so Hu Qi was now all alone.

As for Yin Jiuling and Ning, they were originally warriors from the East Continent, naturally wanting to return there.

Inside the cabin, Lin Bai gathered everyone together.

Zhuo Lian stood before Lin Bai, and Lin Bai asked, "How long has it been?"

Zhuo Lian cupped his fists, his face solemn: "It’s been about two months, I believe."

"Two months ago, the scout camp sent by Emperor Xiao in the Miracle Ridge suddenly reported that the crust of the Miracle Ridge was moving, seemingly hiding treasures that attracted many strong ones from the Territory of all nations to explore."

"But within a few days, the warriors who had gone to the Miracle Ridge to explore the treasures almost all disappeared, unseen alive, without corpses if dead."

"And a month ago, some monsters began to emerge from the Miracle Ridge, endangering Lingdong and Lingnan!"

"Scout reports described these creatures as completely hairless, resembling the Human Clan, with a pair of flesh wings on their backs, having a head but no ears, eyes, or nose, and a huge blood-red mouth in the center of their face, emaciated, looking like an Ancestor, with sharp teeth, extremely fierce and ferocious!"

"Since a few of them escaped a month ago, Emperor Xiao has dispatched the Seventy-two Swordsman of Xian Dong Mountain to investigate, and we learned that beneath the Miracle Ridge lies countless such monsters."

"Moreover, the sealing seems to be slowly disintegrating. Soon after, presumably, these monsters will all rush out of the Miracle Ridge!"

"From that moment, Emperor Xiao dispatched me to the Southern Continent to find Senior Brother Dongfang!"

"I’ve been away from the East Continent for a month now, and I’m not sure if the number of monsters in the Miracle Ridge has increased during this month."

Zhuo Lian slowly recounted the events.

Ning asked, "Lin Bai, do you know those monsters? What are they?"

Lin Bai whispered, "Burial God Curse! Blood Fiend!"