Chapter 7284 Life-Stripping Devil Song

“This is definitely a trap, and it’s meant for you. Someone is baiting you over!”

Long Chen nodded. “I know. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that the disciples of my academy cannot die for nothing!”

“If you know it’s a trap, shouldn’t you...”

“No. Miao Yin, I know that the odds of victory improve if you first consider the situation and make a plan. But my time is very limited. I’m not going to waste it on these kinds of games. That is not my Dao.”

Long Chen’s tone was firm, and Miao Yin gave up on trying to persuade him.

He took out a map. There was a mark on the map that belonged to a barren desert—a desert that had once been a flourishing rainforest. During the primal chaos era, every single lifeform had been eradicated, down to the last blade of grass. Now, nothing could grow here anymore. The land no longer had the slightest hint of vitality to it. Long Chen had asked someone at the academy to place a marker there for that exact reason.

Using the map, Long Chen cast his senses in that direction. Starlight wrapped around him and the other two. They vanished.

When they reappeared, they were standing at the edge of the desert. The woman from Wind Bell Valley immediately turned pale at the sight. Could it be that this calamity could not be avoided? Was this place going to be her burial ground?

“Guard me!” ordered Long Chen. Without any other explanations, he flew straight toward the heart of the desert.

Miao Yin looked at the woman. Seeing her despair, she smiled and said, “Little sister, don’t worry. The young master isn’t as frightening as you imagine. He won’t hurt an innocent person!”

The woman relaxed slightly. It seemed that she wasn’t going to die today... With that, she also summoned up the courage to introduce herself to Miao Yin.

“Big sister, my name is Shi Yu...”

“My name is Miao Yin.”

Miao Yin also introduced herself. Clearly, Wind Bell Valley wasn’t anything to write home about in terms of either power or intel. The fact that Shi Yu didn’t even know who Miao Yin was said a lot about their level. To her merit, at least she was very respectful.

“Did that song start with the second pentatonic note?” asked Miao Yin.

“The second penta... Uh... I’m sorry, I never studied anything about music...” said Shi Yu.

“It would be like this.”

Miao Yin whistled softly, and that sound instantly caused Shi Yu’s expression to change as if a terrifying memory was dredged out of her.

“Yes, that’s it! But it also seemed to contain a devil’s curse. Honestly, at the time, it felt like I was seeing a devil sneering at me. Its eyes, its fangs, its mouth...”

Shi Yu’s hair stood on end. Terror overwhelmed her. And as she described what she had felt, Miao Yin’s expression grew grave.

“Life-Stripping Devil Song!”

The Life-Stripping Devil Song’s origin was actually not somewhere in the nine heavens. It originated in the music of the outsider devils!

During the primal chaos war, some of them who were skilled in music creates techniques that produced strange sounds capable of consuming the mind, injuring the soul, or even directly extinguishing a person’s will.

Unfortunately for them, these techniques were too low-level compared to the nine heavens’ music experts, and they ended up not being much of a problem. On the contrary, they ended up introducing the nine heavens to a new branch of musical theory. Some people used these so-called devil songs and modified them according to the musical theory of the nine heavens, causing their power to rise by multiple times. This discovery was akin to opening a devil’s treasure box.

One modified devil song in particular was absolutely terrifying; it was capable of driving music cultivators insane. Later on, people discovered that those immersed in this devil song would lose their minds and become mercilessly, bloodthirsty devils themselves.

This discovery made the experts of the nine heavens classify it as a forbidden technique. Anyone who had mastered it was to be imprisoned or killed, and no one was permitted to practice it again. It was presumed to be completely lost. Later on, some people secretly tried to recreate it, but due to the most important part of the inheritance being lost, its power was unable to reach a level where it could actually threaten people.

However, for it to be able to cause the deaths of three thousand of the academy’s elites meant that this devil song was no incomplete product. In other words, the devil song’s legacy had never been completely severed, and now, it had returned to the nine heavens and ten lands.

Considering Miao Yin’s skill in the Music Dao, other than Zi Yan, no one understood better than her how terrifying this devil song was. Furthermore, Miao Yin had a feeling that Zi Yan knew about the devil song the moment she saw those heads. But Zi Yan hadn’t mentioned anything about it. She had only given her an encouraging gaze, which was what had made Miao Yin take the initiative to accompany Long Chen.

After confirming that it was the Life-Stripping Devil Song, Miao Yin became particularly uneasy. She now knew that Long Chen had a terrifying heart-devil. That meant this song would be a hundred times more effective on him. In fact, Miao Yin had the uneasy feeling that the person behind this had specifically chosen this to target Long Chen’s weakness.

Long Chen also knew that this enemy was targeting him. Naturally they had factored in his weak points—specifically, his temper. But he had still come without any preparations. That made her very worried.

Suddenly, the world shuddered. A violent aura unfurled, blowing back the dust and sand.

“This is the young master’s aura. Is he breaking through?” Miao Yin was startled. “No, this aura is still a Sovereign Lord’s aura. But this fluctuation...”

Just then, a terrifying qi wave rumbled towards them, filled with the laws of the Grand Dao. Shi Yu instantly froze in terror. A sensation of death enveloped her. This qi wave was strong enough to crush all her defenses. She felt like she was an ant that could only wait for the foot of an elephant to descend and crush it.

Miao Yin raised a hand, and a golden shield appeared in front of them. This tsunami-like qi wave did not manage to crack it, but it pushed the two of them back.

What terrifying Grand Dao power. This power has a hint of a Heavenly Sovereign’s divine might... Miao Yin was shocked. Even at this distance, this qi wave’s power was simply despair-inducing!

Two sharp prongs sprouted from the golden shield and dug into the ground. It was as if the shield had taken root. Even so, they were pushed back another mile, leaving a long and deep trench in their wake.

“Long Chen, he...”

Shi Yu was absolutely shocked. Without Miao Yin’s protection, she would have been obliterated just now. She suddenly felt that calling herself an ant in front of Long Chen was still somewhat overestimating herself.

Just then, an eight-color ring appeared in the distance. A starry sea shrouded the heavens. Eleven golden lotus leaves filled the esky.

“And that’s the eleventh Heavenstage. Alright, let’s see who is trying to scheme against me!”

Long Chen stood atop the lotus leaves and clenched his fists, killing intent blazing in his eyes.