Chapter 562: Red Eyed Fu Young

The moment Ximen Xuanji showed signs of anger, he suddenly clutched his head, his face contorting as though he were suffering from an unbearable headache. He then plummeted from the sky.

Fu Young’s reaction was far stranger.

As soon as his expression twisted with that extraordinary rage, an enormous blood red waning moon appeared in the dark, lightless, greenish black sky.

A thick beam of crimson moonlight descended upon Fu Young, enveloping his entire body in a blood red glow.

In the next instant, Fu Young’s appearance changed dramatically.

His originally black hair and eyes remained no more. His hair rapidly grew into a cascade of blood red strands, reaching all the way down to his heels.

At the same time, the crimson glow condensed around him into a matching set of equipment: a crown, battle robe, boots, arm guards, and a sword shaped weapon. Each piece was adorned with faint, mysterious patterns resembling the ancient markings of an osmanthus tree, radiating an aura of immeasurable nobility.

"Is that Young’er?"

When the blood red waning moon suddenly appeared in the sky and his beloved disciple transformed into this strange form, Xiao Shou felt a surge of panic. A deep sense that he was about to lose something precious filled his heart. He wanted to rush over and get a closer look at the person, to find out who he really was and whether he was still his Young’er.

However, Tushan Shanhe stopped him.

While multitasking, Tushan Shanhe casually summoned spiritual energy to cushion the fall of the cultivators plummeting from the sky, helping them survive. At the same time, he grabbed Xiao Shou and frowned as he tried to reason with him.

"Ah Shou, calm down. Let’s observe the situation first. Don’t you think the aura that little brat is giving off right now is dangerously overwhelming?"

"Dangerous?"

Indeed, the intense killing intent surrounding Young’er was cold and viscous, so powerful that Xiao Shou could not help trembling. Yet that only made him more worried. What had happened to Young’er?

With tears gathering in his eyes, he turned to Tushan Shanhe.

"I know, but that’s exactly why I’m worried! Young’er has always been a good child. In this state, he could easily put himself in danger. I don’t care why he suddenly changed into this form, but I absolutely won’t stand by helplessly if he’s in danger!"

"Hey! Wake up and take a good look around! The ones in danger right now are those World Eaters, not your precious disciple," Tushan Shanhe said gravely as soon as Xiao Shou finished speaking.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou hurriedly looked toward Fu Young.

He saw that the blood red moon in the sky seemed to be growing larger and larger, as though it were about to fall. As it changed, a viscous, icy crimson glow spread outward in every direction.

Within that blood red radiance, Fu Young slowly opened his eyes. A pair of pure blood red pupils came into view, leaving Xiao Shou stunned.

But Fu Young was no longer behaving as he usually did. Normally, his gaze would follow Xiao Shou wherever he went, whether there was a reason to do so or not. Now, however, he did not even spare Xiao Shou a glance.

Without moving a muscle, he caused the enormous, crystal clear protective barrier before him and the endless torrent of ice blue, S shaped energy blades to suddenly shatter into countless tiny, sparkling particles.

The fragments drifted through the air, filling the vast stretch of dark greenish black sky before him with countless points of blue light.

The oppressive, terrifying battlefield suddenly became somewhat beautiful.

Meanwhile, the countless World Eaters that had been spewing ice blue energy blades seemed to have fallen into a strange state of suspended time. They remained motionless in various poses, as though everything around them had stopped.

The red haired, red eyed Fu Young paid none of this any attention. His expression was icy, and his blood red brows were tightly knitted together. He looked as though he were furious, yet his anger remained eerily calm.

He lifted a foot and began walking toward the World Eaters, treating the sky as though it were solid ground.

Step by step, he advanced at a leisurely pace, like someone taking a stroll through a garden. From time to time, he tilted his head to examine the blue lights drifting around him.

Each time he looked at them, the killing intent and anger radiating from his body grew even stronger. These emotions piled upon one another, layer after layer, until he finally reached the World Eaters.

His face was more flawless and noble than the finest white jade. His thin lips parted slightly as he spoke.

"I knew I wasn’t mistaken. This energy system belongs to the same source as the power that shattered My original body and consciousness. After enduring such a long passage of time, I have finally found it."

His blood red eyes fixed on the World Eaters.

"Where did you come from? Why don’t you tell Me the truth?"

At the sound of his voice, the World Eaters, which had been frozen in time or seemingly trapped within the confines of their own space time, immediately regained the ability to move.

These creatures were said to know neither fear nor exhaustion. They fought without regard for their own lives and possessed stomachs capable of devouring the heavens. Yet before the red haired, red eyed Fu Young, they seemed almost afraid. Without making a sound, they repeatedly retreated.

"Since you don’t want to talk, then you may remain silent forever."

Xiao Shou had assumed that if the World Eaters refused to answer, the red haired, red eyed Fu Young would find another way to extract the information from them.

Unexpectedly, he did not follow the usual rules.

After speaking, the crimson glow surrounding his body shifted slightly. A shadow flashed through the space occupied by the World Eaters, and the countless creatures vanished as though someone had erased them from a painting with a rubber.