Chapter 563: Disappearance of Fu Young

The red haired and red eyed Fu Young had not even moved his hands.

After dealing with the World Eaters, he raised his head and looked in the direction from which they had come. As though he had locked onto a particular location, he chuckled coldly.

"So that’s where you are. Heh... I’ve found you..."

Hearing that chilling laugh, Tushan Shanhe felt that it was no different from the unsettling presence of that brat. To relieve the immense pressure bearing down on him, as though billions of tons were weighing on his body, he desperately complained inwardly.

What kind of monstrous disciple had his Ah Shou, taken in?

His instincts had been right back when Fu Young used the power of the Divine Osmanthus Tree while fighting the Demon Abyss Clan. Fu Young really was connected to the legendary existence.

However, Tushan Shanhe had never expected that the arrogant, cunning little brat would actually cause that legendary being to manifest.

Such overwhelming and absolute power...

Could that brat Fu Young be the reincarnation of a divine fragment belonging to this legendary existence? He could use this Ultimate One’s abilities and even allow the Ultimate One to awaken within his body. No matter how Tushan Shanhe looked at it, they seemed to be one and the same.

These thoughts raced through his mind.

Nearby, Xiao Shou stared helplessly at his beloved disciple, who was now enveloped in a blood red glow and had transformed into a red haired, red eyed figure.

He wanted to call out to him as he usually did.

Young’er.

Yet his lips parted several times, and he still could not utter the name.

He could no longer sense even the slightest trace of Young’er’s familiar aura from this person. The power radiating from him was simply too immense and domineering.

Xiao Shou could barely keep himself from collapsing to the ground. He could do nothing else, whether it was moving even slightly or gathering his thoughts.

"Oh? There is actually some of My scattered power here."

Just as Xiao Shou stood frozen in place, the red haired and red eyed Fu Young was about to move toward the location he had identified. Suddenly, he frowned and looked down.

Since transforming into this form, it was the first time he had reached out his hand. He made a slight beckoning motion toward the ground, and a stream of blood red energy rose from below and entered his body.

"Ugh!"

At the same time, a muffled groan came from below. It was Ximen Xuanji.

Before the sound had even faded, he collapsed unconscious onto the ground.

The red haired and red eyed Fu Young paid him no attention. His figure vanished in an instant, disappearing without a trace.

As soon as he disappeared, the blood red waning moon in the sky moved rapidly across the heavens before vanishing into the layers of dark greenish black ghost clouds.

It was nowhere to be seen.

Staring blankly at what had just happened, Xiao Shou felt as though a huge hole had been torn open inside his heart. An empty, desolate coldness filled him as icy winds swept endlessly through that emptiness.

Yet he could only stand there in a daze, murmuring softly,

"Young’er, where are you going?"

"Ah Shou, pull yourself together. I suspect the being possessing that brat has some kind of grudge against the World Eaters. He has probably gone after their main nest. As long as we find it, we should be able to catch up with him."

Seeing Xiao Shou so completely drained of spirit, Tushan Shanhe hurriedly shared his guess.

At his words, Xiao Shou finally came back to his senses. A faint glimmer returned to his dim eyes.

"Really?"

"Yes! But first, we need to obtain information about the World Eaters from these people."

Seeing that Xiao Shou had recovered somewhat, Tushan Shanhe glanced at the dozen or so people lying unconscious on the ground. He then looked meaningfully at Xiao Shou and spoke with a serious expression.

With his beloved disciple on his mind, Xiao Shou’s thoughts were sharper than ever. He immediately understood what Tushan Shanhe meant and flew down without hesitation.

After examining the unconscious cultivators, he explained, "They were already suffering from serious internal injuries. Fighting the World Eaters exhausted them even further, so when that overwhelming pressure struck them just now, they were knocked unconscious. I’ll wake them up right away."

"Wait! Let’s examine him first."

Tushan Shanhe was particularly interested in the resemblance between Ximen Xuanji and Fu Young, as well as the blood red energy that the red haired and red eyed Fu Young had just extracted from Ximen Xuanji’s body.

After landing alongside Xiao Shou, Tushan Shanhe immediately went to examine Ximen Xuanji. To his surprise, he discovered that the man’s soul was severely damaged, leaving his face somewhat distorted. He also looked less and less like Fu Young.

This caught Tushan Shanhe’s attention.

Xiao Shou was taken aback by his words. Then he remembered that the being possessing his beloved disciple had seemed to take something from Ximen Xuanji.

Worried that his disciple might be blamed for whatever that being had done, Xiao Shou immediately went over to examine Ximen Xuanji himself. He soon discovered the same thing as Tushan Shanhe.

However, while Tushan Shanhe was eager to find out why this had happened, Xiao Shou simply took out a piece of Seventh-Grade Soul Nourishing Jade and guided the pure white energy within it to envelop Ximen Xuanji.

"His soul is merely damaged. It’s nothing serious. I can heal him right away," Xiao Shou said.

"Why waste Seventh-Grade Soul Nourishing Jade on him? Forget it, I won’t ask. This must be another mess you’re cleaning up for that brat."

Tushan Shanhe’s face darkened as he complained helplessly.

However, inwardly, he thought, What do you mean it’s merely soul damage? Before Ah Shou invented Soul Nourishing Jade, repairing a damaged soul was a major problem for any cultivator. Hmph!