Chapter 1659 - Sage Abomination

Chapter 1659 - Sage Abomination

Before those frenzied powerhouses, blinded by greed for the demon Sage’s inheritance, the gathered masses were utterly overwhelmed. What unfolded was not a battle, but a brutal culling.

A crimson haze seeped through the battlefield. One after another, bodies burst apart, reduced to drifting clouds of gore. The breaths they took were filled with the odor of blood.

Chen Fan watched silently from the side, watching without intervening.

A few combatants, maddened by slaughter, rushed him. He erased them instantly. After that, no one dared draw near. Although he didn’t make a move, everyone soon understood that he was an existence on par with the top-level Immortal Kings.

The stench of blood grew increasingly thicker in the air. Strangely, the metallic scent failed to draw in a single ferocious beast.

Chen Fan waited silently. His gaze swept across the berserk crowd. Unlike the others, he noticed something subtle: the Blood Night Tower Master wore a faint, unnatural grin.

This raised suspicion in his heart.

What was this sacrifice truly meant to appease?

Who was meant to receive it?

Suddenly, the crowd heard hurried, heavy breathing sounds.

Huff!

Huff!

As if struck by a spell, everyone froze. The chaos evaporated into dead silence.

The crowd finally noticed that the bloody aura was fading at an astonishing rate; soon, it was gone.

Rumble!

A deafening tremor followed. The mountains split apart as blinding, multihued radiance erupted skyward, swallowing the horizon.

Everyone knew that the result of their culling was about to show.

Out of the thousands who had entered, fewer than half remained. Yet no one spared them a glance.

Everyone looked at the crack: the source of the light. The legends of prismatic radiance were no longer distant tales. Tension gripped every heart.

A gigantic, sharp claw reached out from the light and descended in an instant. Several experts failed to evade and were seized, crushed into torrents of blood that were immediately siphoned away.

Everyone was stunned.

What exactly was hidden within?

Soon, the creature revealed its true form.

A terrifying figure appeared before the crowd, warped by distorted space, its form impossible to define clearly. However, its aura made one thing clear: it was much stronger than Immortal Kings.

The instant it appeared, it plunged into the survivors. Death followed in its wake. Dozens fell within seconds.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

What exactly was that thing? It was so terrifying!

The monster’s aura grew with the death toll, as it seemed to be devouring their blood essence to recover.

Someone in the crowd shouted, sending everyone into a panic.

“Run! It’s a Sage abomination!”

Everyone was stunned.

They knew a little about Sage abominations.

They knew the legends: manifestations of a Sage’s corrupted half. Normally suppressed within their creator, such abominations were unleashed only when a Sage died or entered eternal slumber.

Beings born of premature death, they could grow endlessly by consuming malice, despair, and sin. Bound by no cultivation limits, their ascent knew no ceiling.

There were countless types of Sage abominations, all unimaginably terrifying to mortals. Both Heaven and Hell cursed them. Once sealed away for ages, they occasionally escaped through chance or force.

The appearance of one was enough to plunge entire worlds into chaos.

A creature spoken of only in whispers now stood before them. Did this mean a Demon Sage had truly fallen here?

Initially, the crowd was skeptical of the rumors of a demon Sage. Many had long doubted the rumors, as no one had ever seen proof.

However, the Sage abomination confirmed the rumor's authenticity.

At this moment, the crowd finally recalled that pool of blood.

“That dark golden blood... it wasn’t a Sage’s. It belonged to the abomination!”

“Heavens, what kind of a monster have we drawn out? Run, quickly run!”

“Escape from the Land of Chaos, quick! The entire land is no longer safe!”

The crowd fell into panic.

The Sage abomination was too powerful. No one could defend themselves. No one could escape. Wherever it passed, blood rained from the sky.

It struck again, reaching out with its claw. Heaven and earth changed colors, and a huge crack appeared in the sky. In the blink of an eye, over a hundred people exploded into blood mist, crushed before they could even turn to flee.

Everyone was fleeing frantically for their lives. Even the Blood Night Tower Master and the others who went around slaughtering others were no exception.

Chen Fan was no exception. Compared to abomination, everything else was insignificant.

The abomination charged straight into the fleeing crowd, harvesting lives with brutal efficiency.

Bang!

It spread its hand wide and reached out, catching that middle-aged beauty. Before the top-level Immortal King could even struggle, she was crushed, her essence devoured in a single breath.

In front of the Sage abomination, top-level Immortal Kings were barely stronger than Half-step ones. At most, it needed to take one or two extra steps.

Moreover, the abomination seemed to be targeting the experts with robust vitality.

Those top-level Immortal Kings had been very active previously, their murderous aura reaching the heavens. Now, that very vitality made them perfect prey.

Following that middle-aged beauty, the Blood Clan’s expert was crushed on the spot.

They fled with everything they had, but their speed was laughable compared to the abomination.

Just as they were about to escape this mountain range, the multicolored rays in the sky turned into barriers, blocking their escape.

Shrill screams rang out across the battlefield.

There was no choice left. Everyone turned back and charged at the Sage abomination.

It was exactly as they had feared. Facing the terrifying Sage abomination, they stood no chance. No matter how many people charged at it, they were instantly blown apart into blood mist.

Poof, poof, poof!

Human and demon experts alike were pulverized and devoured. With every life it consumed, the Sage abomination’s aura grew more terrifying.

“It’s injured!” someone screamed in despair. “It’s devouring us to recover!”

The crowd finally came to a realization.

Sage abominations were nearly undying unless destroyed. The fact that this one needed to devour others meant its injuries were severe.

But instead of relief, terror deepened.

Who could have severely wounded the Sage abomination?

Minor injuries would heal in an instant. To force it into such a desperate recovery, devouring everyone present would not even be enough.

As expected, no matter how many people it devoured, the abomination was never satisfied.

In the blink of an eye, only a little more than a hundred survivors were left. The others had either died from the massacre earlier or were buried in the Sage abomination’s stomach.

Suddenly, a fierce shout rang out. Then, an earth-shattering saber light tore through the sky and struck the multicolored rays.

“

Ha

!”

Rumble!

The saber light collided violently with the barrier.

Crack! Crack!

Cracks appeared on the multicolored barrier; soon, it collapsed with a boom. The one who struck was none other than Chen Fan.

He stood with the Vicious Suppressor Saber in hand, saber light surging, forcibly breaking open a path of escape.

The expressions of the three experts from the Demon Suppression lineage, even from a distance, changed drastically.

Chen Fan’s strike directly broke through their setup. It would be very troublesome for them if these people escaped.

“That damned bastard. Get moving!” roared the eldest brother.

“Big Brother, what do we do about that little bastard?”

“Ignore him for now. Someone will take care of him sooner or later. Hunting the Sage abomination takes priority. Junior Brother Hua needs this divine tribulation now.”

They had planned to let the Sage abomination slaughter everyone, saving themselves the effort. Chen Fan just had to turn the situation around, forcing them to intervene in advance.

As for Chen Fan, they could only set him aside for now.

“You’re right. Our only choice is to let this little bastard off for now. Damn it, that sinful bastard actually ruined our plans!”

“Attack, kill the Sage abomination!” roared the eldest brother furiously as he struck instantly.

His terrifying strength at the Quasi-Emperor realm erupted at once, shaking heaven and earth violently.

Three terrifying experts charged forward in an instant. The terrifying shockwaves that swept out from them wounded several experts and sent them flying.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They had no idea who these three were to dare come out and hunt the Sage abomination head-on. However, the crowd didn’t dare linger around. Whether it was the Sage abomination or these three experts, both were far beyond what they could contend with.