Supreme Cultivation Chapter 332 - 331: Scarlet Killing Intent

Chapter 332: Chapter 331: Scarlet Killing Intent

The next day, Ye Fan woke up early. For him, last night was undoubtedly a miserable one.

He swore to himself that he had to break through as soon as possible. Otherwise, being constantly suppressed by his own wife was just too humiliating to even think about.

Soon, he found the Ice Phoenix Saintess and said, "Let’s go. We’re leaving for Dragon Horn Peak now!"

"Wait, I’m coming too!" Su Qingxue imdiately spoke up, sounding a bit panicked.

Ye Fan was speechless. "What are you going for? You should stay here."

"Why can’t I go?" Su Qingxue retorted.

Ye Fan was at a loss for words when the Ice Phoenix Saintess chid in, "That’s right, why can’t she go?"

"I give up on you two. You want to co along? Fine."

Ye Fan was frustrated. How could I not understand what she’s thinking? She’s just afraid I’ll develop feelings for the Ice Phoenix Saintess.

The three of them set off imdiately.

「Two days later.」

They arrived at Dragon Horn Peak.

Dragon Horn Peak was a mysterious mountain. Of all the renowned mountains and great rivers in the Divine Land, it was definitely an obscure one, yet it was also a place filled with legends. The peak had nothing remarkable about it, save for the perennial dense fog and the vast abyss shrouded beneath it.

Entering the Mist Canyon of Dragon Horn Peak, Ye Fan imdiately said, "This place isn’t simple. The air is filled with a familiar scent!"

Indeed, two familiar scents lingered in the thick fog, refusing to dissipate. Perhaps this was the secret behind the fog’s formation. With no breeze to stir the air, the dense vapor remained trapped, forming a dangerous miasma.

"I feel my father’s power!" the Ice Phoenix Saintess exclaid.

Ye Fan said, "It’s not just your father’s power. I also sense an even more terrifying power—scarlet killing intent!"

Scarlet killing intent? he thought, then froze. That scarlet killing intent belonged to Sha Que. The realization terrified him.

Sha Que was one of the top experts in the Divine Dragon, his strength terrifying beyond asure. Back when Ye Fan was still far from the illustrious King of Heaven, he had once seen Sha Que lurking in the darkness. At that ti, Sha Que had rely released a sliver of his aura, and that alone beca Ye Fan’s eternal nightmare.

He looked at the Ice Phoenix Saintess and said, "I might know who killed your father!"

"Who?" she asked.

"Sha Que," Ye Fan answered grimly.

"Who is Sha Que?"

"He is the embodint of slaughter. His killing arts have reached a divine level, and his strength is absolutely terrifying!" Ye Fan said. "Even now, I have no confidence I could defeat him in a fight."

"If he’s as strong as you say, why didn’t he co after you himself instead of targeting my father?" This was sothing the Ice Phoenix Saintess couldn’t comprehend.

Ye Fan explained, "The core of the Divine Dragon’s strategy is that no one can ever guess their true plan. If I knew what their plan was, I wouldn’t be so passive."

This was a secret he had learned back when he was part of the Divine Dragon. Their thods had always been extre. Even during his ti with them, Ye Fan had found the organization’s ways to be inconceivable. They could clearly take action themselves but chose not to, preferring to toy with their opponents. Perhaps that was simply the Divine Dragon’s way.

"I still need to find clues!" The Ice Phoenix Saintess clearly didn’t believe him. In her view, it was possible Ye Fan was deceiving her, so she remained wary of him.

Su Qingxue said nothing. She believed Ye Fan’s speculation, but seeing how pitiful the Ice Phoenix Saintess looked, she kept her thoughts to herself.

The three continued forward, and the two intertwining powers in the air grew stronger.

Sure enough, they found more than ten corpses within the canyon. Although the bodies were disfigured beyond recognition and nauseating to look at, their attire revealed them to be mbers of the Ice Phoenix Sect.

The Ice Phoenix Saintess’s heart sank. Finally, she saw an intact headless corpse and knew it was her father. Though he was decapitated, the tattoos on his arm and the style of his clothes were unmistakable.

"Father!"

The Ice Phoenix Saintess finally broke down and wept. Even for a strong woman like her, the pain of losing a loved one was unbearable. She sobbed, heartbroken, as Su Qingxue tried to comfort her.

Ye Fan felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He knew that cooperating with the Divine Dragon was like bargaining with a tiger for its hide. They would never allow their collaborators to learn their secrets. From this perspective, the Ice Phoenix Sect Master had been wrong from the very beginning. He should never have cooperated with the Divine Dragon; if he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have t such a tragic end.

He helped the Ice Phoenix Saintess dig graves and bury the dead.

Unable to contain her grief, the Ice Phoenix Saintess snarled, her expression ferocious, "I want revenge! I want the Divine Dragon to be buried alongside my father!"

"Don’t be rash," Ye Fan warned. "The Divine Dragon can play hundreds of factions in the palm of their hand. They possess exceptional abilities. Let’s not even ntion their overall strength. Just Sha Que alone is enough to give us a major headache."

"So I’m supposed to stand by and do nothing after my father was killed?" she shouted back.

"I understand how you feel," Ye Fan said, "but forbearance is not submission. Right now, forbearance is what we need."

"I won’t listen!" The Ice Phoenix Saintess thought Ye Fan was being unmanly, choosing patience over avenging a great wrong. She continued to argue unreasonably, and Su Qingxue didn’t know how to intervene.

Finally, Ye Fan slapped her across the face.

The Ice Phoenix Saintess was stunned. Su Qingxue was shocked. Neither could have imagined Ye Fan would strike her.

Ye Fan yelled, "I understand how you feel, but do you think you’re the only one with a grudge against the Divine Dragon? I have one too, and my hatred is no less than yours!

"My forr brothers were all humiliated and killed by the Divine Dragon. For years, those events have beco my Heart Demons.

"You think I don’t want revenge? You’re wrong. I wish I could kill them this instant to avenge them, but do you have any idea how strong they are? To face them head-on now would be like throwing an egg against a rock!"

Ye Fan was agitated and heartbroken. That scene of inhuman cruelty from all those years ago constantly haunted him, making it impossible to forget.

Perhaps this is sothing that can never be forgotten—not unless I die, or the Divine Dragon is destroyed. In the face of absolute power, one must be extrely cautious.