Chapter 23: The Three Ferocious Little Ones Want to Slay an Immortal
Chapter 23: The Three Ferocious Little Ones Want to Slay an Immortal
The three who had ascended after the others were not human.
Their appearance came as a surprise to everyone.
All Nine Great Saints were utterly incredulous.
"You… hid yourselves so well!" Kunlun Immortal Maiden's beautiful eyes flickered as she cast a cold glance at the three demonic beasts.
The demonic beast that had just ascended noticed the Nine Great Saints and instinctively pressed close to the other two, on high alert.
"The Nine Great Saints… you people… are still alive!" one of them said.
The three demonic beasts were corrupted creatures.
They were, respectively, the Black-Blooded Kylin, the Dark Demon Dragon, and the Black-Feathered Phoenix!
These three were infamous fallen beasts.
In order to break the rules of the Great Dao, they had committed countless crimes throughout Qiankun Realm.
For example, they had established forbidden zones of corruption, periodically triggering dark upheavals to harvest the vital blood of living beings, all in pursuit of an undying, indestructible existence.
Every one of these fallen creatures was a nightmare for the cultivators of Qiankun Realm — and a mortal enemy of the Saints.
These despicable beings often ambushed cultivators who had just attained Sainthood and had not yet firmly established themselves in the Saint Realm, draining their vital blood to replenish themselves.
Fallen creatures were the common enemy of the entire cultivation world.
The whole world wished nothing more than to see them annihilated.
Unfortunately, their cultivation was far too monstrous, and they always moved in groups. A lone Saint who encountered them could only swallow their resentment and retreat — so cultivators everywhere both feared and despised them.
Finally…
After the righteous path of Qiankun Realm flourished and could endure no more, it made a decisive move to purge the forbidden zones of corruption.
That battle was extraordinarily brutal.
Countless powerful fighters on both sides — the righteous path and the fallen zones — perished.
In the end, the fallen zones never recovered.
Every fallen holy creature was hunted down and eliminated.
Kunlun Immortal Maiden and the others had assumed that all fallen creatures were dead. Seeing these three ascend together now was naturally a shock.
"Hmph… very well. Since you've ascended to this place, you can die here." Kunlun Immortal Maiden recovered from her brief surprise and resumed her cold, peerlessly beautiful composure.
She was domineering, and she was breathtaking.
As the only woman among the Nine Great Saints, one could only imagine how extraordinary she was.
After cultivating in the Immortal Realm for so long, she was no longer the same person she once was.
In the past, Kunlun Immortal Maiden facing a fallen creature alone might have been in trouble. But now…
She could crush them at will.
"On your own? Or with all of you?" The Black Kylin's body was enormous…
Well, roughly the size of an adult's fist.
In the world of the miniature people, that was already considered a creature of considerable size.
Facing the Nine Great Saints, the fallen creatures showed not a trace of fear, even with only three of them.
Their method of advancing their cultivation was harmful to the natural order, but it had to be said — it was effective.
In terms of raw combat power, they were indeed stronger than an average Saint Realm cultivator.
The Black Kylin, the Black Dragon, and the Black Phoenix were all brimming with arrogance.
Even having just ascended, even being outnumbered, they were completely unintimidated.
In their eyes, the Nine Great Saints hadn't ascended that long ago either — how much stronger could they have gotten?
"Hmph…"
Looking at the three fallen creatures who had clearly never seen the wider world, Li Qingxuan and the others regarded them the way one might look at three country bumpkins who had just stumbled into the city.
Were they still living in the past?
Still thinking this was the era when fallen creatures were a step above Saints?
Come on…
What era do you think this is? You're still stuck in the past.
Keep dreaming…
"Do you… have a history with them?" Su Ning watched as they were about to come to blows and spoke up with genuine curiosity.
From beginning to end, he had been gazing down at the little people's quarrel from high above.
The three fallen creatures hadn't noticed this towering colossus looming over them from the sky.
Now, hearing a voice like rolling thunder, they couldn't help but look up.
"What… what kind of monster is that???"
"A human?"
"A giant?"
The three fallen creatures were horrified and instinctively pressed together, on guard.
The Nine Great Saints paused at Su Ning's words as well…
Right — the old grudges were from Qiankun Realm. Now they were all in the Immortal Realm, on the turf of the Immortal Senior. What to do with the three fallen creatures was ultimately up to him.
They had no right to decide whether the three fallen creatures lived or died.
"There is some history between us…" Li Qingxuan said.
"But that is all in the past. Whether these three beasts live or die is for the Immortal Senior to decide. We would not dare overstep and make that call ourselves — nor should we. We ask for your forgiveness, Senior."
The Nine Great Saints realized they had gotten carried away for a moment, and felt they truly shouldn't have tried to make decisions on Su Ning's behalf.
They all offered apologies.
In truth, Su Ning didn't care about such details at all.
He was simply curious.
He was purely like a creator watching a show unfold.
The three fallen creatures saw how the Nine Great Saints behaved in the presence of the "giant" in the sky — bowing and scraping, like slaves — and their expressions instantly changed…
At the same time, the contempt and disdain in their eyes was completely undisguised.
They had lost all respect for the Nine Great Saints.
"Ha ha ha…" The Black Kylin laughed wildly and arrogantly.
"I had originally thought that even though you were enemies of our kind, we would still respect you — after all, your bearing was worthy of a second glance. But now I see… you are all nothing but spineless cowards!"
"So much for being Saints, so much for being the great champions of the human race…"
"To think you would willingly become slaves to a creature of the Immortal Realm. I: formal elder male tone have misjudged you all. You… are not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as I!"
The Black Kylin and the others had nothing but contempt for the Nine Great Saints.
They wore the expression of those who would rather die in battle than bow and scrape as these nine had done.
They felt even more superior than before.
Even more self-righteous.
"To think that the pride of the human race would willingly become servants — I spit on you!" the Black Dragon sneered.
Li Qingxuan and Kunlun Immortal Maiden were not angered.
This was something they had chosen of their own free will. Besides — Su Ning had never once demanded that they serve him as slaves. If not for his care and generosity, they would have been dead long ago.
Never mind that he hadn't asked. Even if he had… so what if they did?
There was no shame in serving an immortal.
"Ignorant," Great Xia Sovereign replied coldly.
"If the Immortal Senior hadn't decided to let you live, do you think you'd still be here barking?" Kunlun Immortal Maiden's phoenix brows arched with disdain.
Perhaps because the gap in cultivation had surpassed what the three fallen creatures could even comprehend, they couldn't see through it — and couldn't even feel the pressure bearing down on them.
Those three… still thought the Nine Great Saints were the same as they had been back then.
"Immortal Senior… I truly cannot stand them any longer. Please give the order… let me beat them to death!" Abyss Devil Lord had battle in his very bones.
Abyss Devil Lord was a demon — but different from the fallen creatures.
He cultivated the demon path: neither wholly righteous nor wholly evil, acting only according to his own heart.
The fallen creatures were purely savage harvesters of living beings.
"There's really no need for that. Three animals that managed to ascend all the way up here — keeping them around would actually be quite fun. That one looks like a dog, so it can be kept as a dog. That one looks like a bird, so it can be kept as a bird. And that one can be kept as a snake. It's actually rather entertaining." In his divine amusement park, biodiversity was important too — that was Su Ning's genuine thought.
He actually had a fondness for dragons, phoenixes, and Kylins.
Perhaps it was something all people of Chinese heritage carried — a deep affection for divine beasts.
The last time he had cleaned out the vegetable garden and found bones of such creatures, he had deeply regretted not being able to keep one. Now that the opportunity had presented itself, he was certainly going to fulfill that wish.
"Ha ha… indeed."
"The Immortal Senior speaks wisely."
"Keeping them as pets does sound rather amusing."
"Though these pets don't seem very obedient."
Hearing Su Ning's words, the Nine Great Saints burst into delighted laughter.
Keeping fallen creatures as pets?
Back in Qiankun Realm, who would have dared entertain such a thought?
Who could have pulled it off?
Fallen creatures…
Pets…
The moment those words sank in, the pent-up frustration the Nine Great Saints had been carrying instantly dissolved.
But the three fallen creatures were absolutely livid.
They glared furiously at Su Ning.
"How dare you… insult our fallen kind like this?!"
"You will pay for this!"
"Even if you are an immortal… we will cut you down!"
"Nine pitiful rejects of Qiankun Realm — watch closely… watch how we slay an immortal!"
"We are nothing like you worthless lot. As the peak combat force of Qiankun Realm, you have not a shred of backbone!"
These three little ones were absolutely furious.
Clearly… they intended to put on a grand performance of slaying an immortal.
Seeing the fallen creatures strike such an outrageously arrogant pose, the Nine Great Saints crossed their arms and stood back, ready to enjoy the show…