That monster—was he human? How could a man look like that? But if not human, then what? Except for the lack of facial features and speech, his movements were no different from those of a human master!

"I'll cover you; you need to rest quickly."

Jun Mo Xie pulled out a large flask of water, a bottle of wine, several sizzling chunks of fragrant meat, and ten steaming buns from the Hong Jun Pagoda. "Eat! You might have to take over again soon!"

The Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells’ eyes lit up. "I didn't expect you to carry so many good things on you. What kind of technique is this?"

"It's a unique trick only I possess, so naturally, I have it. Don't you see who I am?" Jun Mo Xie felt a surge of smugness. But receiving no reply from the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells, he turned to look. The fellow was tilting his head back, hoisting the large wineskin, and gulping down the contents with loud, continuous gurgles.

The sound of incessant swallowing echoed, and the water bag visibly shrank at an alarming rate. Without even washing his hands, he grabbed a massive piece of meat and roared, Ah-woo, swallowing a huge bite in one go!

Jun Mo Xie’s eyes widened: That single mouthful must have been at least half a jin! He merely mashed it a couple of times in his mouth before swallowing it down whole.

It seemed the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells was truly exhausted and famished after two days and two nights! His energy reserves must have been depleted to a critical level!

Yet, reflecting on the current state of the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells, Jun Mo Xie felt no amusement; instead, his heart filled with shock and dread!

What caliber of person was the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells?

To put it bluntly, even if he didn't eat or drink for a year, nothing should have happened to him! He certainly shouldn't have reached this condition!

Moreover, given the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells' profound cultivation, his every pore could breathe and absorb external energy. If he merely had the thought of drinking water, with a slight exertion of his internal power, he could condense sufficient drinking water from the air in an extremely short time!

Even if you buried him entirely underground, as long as he desired water, he could still draw forth sweet spring water, without needing to move an inch!

But now, he was this thirsty, this hungry.

This proved that for those two days and nights, the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells had been exerting himself at his absolute limit, every waking moment, until the opponent was utterly annihilated. Even then, he couldn't rest, needing to conserve every shred of strength while awaiting the next wave of relentless assault!

During those two days and two nights, the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells had always held the absolute initiative. But facing an opponent who simply could not be killed by any means, holding the initiative held little meaning—at best, it only ensured he wouldn't be killed by the enemy!

Beyond that, there was no other solution!

What kind of terrifying entity was this?

When facing such a monster, if it weren't the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells, absolutely no one could have lasted this long; even retreating safely might have been impossible. It was fortunate that the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells was the first to discover it!

At this moment, Jun Mo Xie was stunned into speechless awe!

In the arena, a great boom resonated, accompanied by Gu Han’s roar, filled with fury and endless hatred: "It’s you! It was you all along! It is you! You sinner of this continent, you deserve a thousand cuts, you despicable cur… Old man, I will tear you apart…"

Jun Mo Xie and the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells simultaneously whipped their heads toward Gu Han: This monster, Gu Han actually recognized it?

The monster still made no sound, silently parrying Gu Han’s frenzied attacks. Occasionally, it looked for an opening, attempting to break through Gu Han’s defense and flee toward the allied forces tens of li away.

But Gu Han, at this moment, seemed to have gone completely mad, attacking with reckless abandon! Roars of rage erupted continuously from his throat, the veins on his face bulging fiercely. Jun Mo Xie saw clearly—Gu Han's eyes had turned the color of blood!

"Who is it?" Jun Mo Xie asked.

As soon as Jun Mo Xie posed the question, even the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells paused his chewing and turned to look at Gu Han!

"This is the Nine Illusions Quicksand! The Nine Illusions Quicksand accumulated by the Three Great Holy Lands for over ten thousand years…" Gu Han's voice sounded like a howl of lamentation. "That damned wretch actually used the Nine Illusions Quicksand to reconstruct his body for himself! That bastard, that… that son of a bitch! A depraved, insane son of a bitch!"

"It’s Zhan Kuang!" Jun Mo Xie leaped up in shock, staring in disbelief at the extremely ugly monster devoid of eyes, mouth, ears, or nose. This was Zhan Kuang? Zhan Lun Hui?

Could it be that after escaping the volcano, finding his physical body utterly destroyed, he had no choice but to use the Heaven and Earth’s rare treasure, the Nine Illusions Quicksand, to reform his physical form?

But… how was that possible?

"Zhan Kuang? Wasn't Zhan Kuang one of Miao Qingcheng’s eight personal disciples from the Illusory Manor back then?" the Fourteenth Young Master of Nine Hells asked in shock, half a piece of meat still in his mouth. "He’s not dead yet?"

Without waiting for Jun Mo Xie’s reply, he sighed. "No wonder he’s so tenacious; it’s him. No wonder…"

If one spoke of the enraged and frenzied, it wasn't just Gu Han alone. Since Jun Mo Xie and Gu Han arrived, the monster had also remained silent. Just as Gu Han unexpectedly exposed his true identity and fell into a rage, the monster simultaneously let out a sudden, strange cry.

As mentioned earlier, his head possessed no facial features, naturally meaning no mouth. Where that sound originated from was a mystery…

However, that roar was also filled with an indescribable sense of anger and hatred!

This monster was indeed Zhan Kuang, formerly Zhan Lun Hui!

The perpetrator who destroyed the Myriad Ancient Barrier of Tian Zhu Mountain with his own hands!

Yet, at this moment, within Zhan Kuang’s heart, there was also an inexpressible anger and vexation!

While he was the one who destroyed Tian Sheng Mountain, completely triggering the continental catastrophe and wiping out the Three Great Holy Lands entirely—making the people of the Holy Lands hate him to the core—he was also struck down into the crater by the combined forces of Jun Mo Xie and the Three Great Holy Lands, his physical body thoroughly incinerated and unusable!

It was akin to a living being being forcibly thrown into the crematorium of a funeral pyre. Although the primordial spirit remained intact and could barely coalesce into a human shape, in essence, it was nothing more than a wisp of smoke-like gas!

Zhan Kuang was filled with sorrow and indignation too…

In truth, Zhan Kuang’s current predicament was entirely self-inflicted.

If it hadn't been absolutely necessary, he would never have forcibly used the Nine Illusions Quicksand as the material to reconstruct his body. While the Nine Illusions Quicksand was a profound heavenly treasure with endless uses, it was never a flesh-and-blood body conceived over ten months of gestation. Compared to a normal human body, the Quicksand offered more utility, but it lost so much more!

More importantly, all the Nine-Seed Quicksand he had shamelessly stolen this time was the crucial item that the Zhan family had hoped for across generations for ten thousand years!

The Nine Illusions Quicksand was an indispensable and irreplaceable necessity for the daily functioning of the Misty Illusory Manor! To control this treasure was to hold the throat of the entire Illusory Manor; possessing it meant holding the dominant position within the Manor. Thus, this item held paramount significance for the Zhan family!

If Zhan Kuang did not hold the Zhan Clan in such high regard, why would he have schemed this series of plots over eight thousand consecutive years? If it hadn't been unavoidable, how could Zhan Kuang have been willing to use such a precious and irreplaceable item to reconstruct his body?

It was all because time was running out; if he didn't use it, he could only wait for his soul to dissipate!

After ten thousand years, he finally obtained the Nine Illusions Quicksand, only to use it to condense his physical form… How could Zhan Kuang not be furious? How could he not feel stifled?

However, even if using the Nine Illusions Quicksand saved his life, it didn't mean everything was fine!

Because of the unique properties of the Nine Illusions Quicksand, after fusion, while Zhan Kuang’s soul was preserved, he was no longer a human!

A being without any human characteristics, lacking even touch, taste, or any sensory perception—even with a shell that resembled a human form, could it still be called human?!

He was merely a monster!

Although Zhan Kuang was an unparalleled powerhouse, at his core, he was still a man, possessing those primal urges.

But after using the Nine Illusions Quicksand to forge a new shell, even if he were burned to ashes by the fire of desire in his heart, nothing below the waist would stir.

Well, it seemed there was nothing below the waist anyway. How could something without any sensory organs possess such intricate items as sexual organs? The only things retained were the memories of past pleasures and the surging lust that could never be vented again.

One could imagine: A person feels hungry, frantically consumes a pile of food, but feels discomfort in the stomach, yet has no way to excrete it, eventually having to dig open their own belly to remove everything completely…

For any psychologically normal person encountering such a situation, surely both the party involved and any bystander would find it unbearable? Moreover, the texture of the Nine Illusions Quicksand was nearly completely transparent. If you drank several cups of water, you could clearly see the water sloshing around inside your body…

The entire being was like a glass bottle—no, Zhan Lun Hui was now a humanoid glass bottle, a very thick glass bottle, one that couldn't be easily shattered, and if it did break, it could recover in an extremely short time…

So, facing Gu Han’s accusations, Zhan Kuang was maddened by frustration. Did I want to use this ghostly material? I still wanted to be human! But it was you all who forced me into a state where I no longer had the possibility of being human! Most infuriatingly, you forced me to lose even the qualification to be a man! And now you dare to be indignant about my use of the Nine Illusions Quicksand?

If he hadn't destroyed Tian Zhu Mountain, plunging the surroundings into unprecedented calamity, he could have found human bodies nearby, easily possessed one, and then sought a superior body elsewhere after leaving the area.

But by stealing all the Nine Illusions Quicksand, he caused the collapse of Tian Zhu Mountain and triggered countless volcanic eruptions. Within a radius of ten thousand li, aside from some of the extremely powerful figures within the Three Great Holy Lands, the area was practically deserted!

And after his disturbance, the Three Great Holy Lands were truly left with "no lingering worries"!

They had brought everyone to the battlefield!

Yes, if there was no "home" to return to, why would they need to leave personnel behind to guard it? (Please support with monthly tickets! To be continued)