Divine War Pill Emperor

Chapter 313: Chapter 311: Vermilion Bird Fire

"Jiang Chen..."

Jiang Chen shoved Zhan Yang, JinLing, and the others into the channel.

But he himself was left behind.

As soon as they entered the channel, they turned to look back at him.

They saw that Jiang Chen, who was right behind them, hadn’t made it into the channel in time.

They cried out in shock.

In truth, they knew Jiang Chen could have been the first to rush into the channel.

If he had, they would have been the ones left behind. After Jiang Chen’s whirlwind shield shattered, countless Ghosts would have pounced on them and devoured their souls.

Instead, Jiang Chen had given them this chance to escape, putting himself in peril.

JinLing cried out, tears streaming down her face.

To be blunt, Jiang Chen was just a chance acquaintance. They had no real connection, yet he had saved them time and again. Now, at this critical moment, he was covering their retreat.

They could only watch as Jiang Chen was swallowed by the countless Ghosts.

He was so close.

But that short distance was like an uncrossable chasm.

"Jiang Chen, get in here, quick!"

"Jiang Chen..."

The four of them watched as Jiang Chen disappeared into the swarm of Ghosts, JinLing the most distraught of all.

She wanted to rush out of the channel to save him.

"Sister, calm down."

"You have to calm down. You can’t save him."

Zhan Yang hurriedly grabbed his sister.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to save Jiang Chen, but that they were completely powerless.

Jiang Chen had gone to great lengths to get them to safety. If they charged out now, they would just be devoured by the Ghosts, achieving nothing.

It would only render Jiang Chen’s sacrifice meaningless.

"But... he saved us."

"We have to get him out of there!"

JinLing was frantic.

Zhan Yang shook his head.

"It’s no use. We saw it before. Once a Ghost possesses someone, their soul is devoured, and they become a corpse."

"There’s nothing we can do to save him."

He comforted his sister.

At the same time, he studied her closely, realizing that at some point, she had started to care deeply for someone.

That someone was Jiang Chen.

Tears welled in Niu Tuo’s and Lu Beifeng’s eyes.

Fortunately, they were safe inside the channel, which, strangely, no Ghosts entered.

"Brother Yang, what do we do? Jiang Chen... he isn’t really dead, is he?"

Lu Beifeng supported his weary body as he stared at the countless Ghosts outside.

He revered Jiang Chen, who had taught him the most profound Sword Dao.

He had helped him find his own path of the Sword Dao.

A path he called "Forging Ever Forward."

Seeing Jiang Chen trapped among the Ghosts, his eyes turned red.

As for Jiang Chen, he stood just a meter away from them like a statue, facing them, his eyes filled with a crazed light.

But at this moment, Jiang Chen couldn’t move an inch.

He had become like an eternal statue.

It was clear that in his final moments, Jiang Chen had used every last ounce of his strength.

He had exhausted his Cultivation.

Zhan Yang wore a bitter expression as he held onto his sister.

"We should be grateful to him. He helped us so much."

"Remember him."

They all knew Jiang Chen couldn’t possibly survive.

In that final moment, as even Jiang Chen himself tried to take one more step forward, the endless swarm of Ghosts rushed down.

They completely surrounded him.

That short distance had truly become an eternity.

’Am I going to die?’

The thought flashed through Jiang Chen’s mind.

He, too, was powerless against these Ghosts.

If the whirlwind shield formed by his Nine Heavens Spirit-Seizing Technique hadn’t shattered, he might have been able to hold on for a while longer.

But now, he couldn’t move at all.

The instant the shield broke, dozens of Ghosts pounced on him simultaneously.

His body went completely rigid.

Then, he felt a jolt, and an excruciating pain made his whole body tremble.

Dozens of Ghosts frantically charged into his sea of consciousness and found his soul.

The Ghosts shrieked with delight as dozens of them instantly began to devour Jiang Chen’s soul.

It was like ravenous demons finding a delicious meal.

On their bald faces, mouths abruptly appeared and began tearing at his soul.

His soul was instantly torn to shreds.

Jiang Chen trembled uncontrollably, shaking like a leaf.

"No..."

Outside, JinLing broke down completely watching Jiang Chen being tortured.

She was heartbroken.

"Sister, don’t. We can’t save him."

Zhan Yang held his sister tightly.

Perhaps in this short time, his sister had truly fallen for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was undoubtedly an outstanding man.

Even Zhan Yang assessed him this way.

If nothing had happened to Jiang Chen, Zhan Yang would have even been willing to let his sister pursue a relationship with him.

Now, it would only end in regret.

"AHHH..."

His soul torn into dozens of pieces, Jiang Chen let out a bloodcurdling scream.

The pain of his soul being ripped apart was unbearable.

The faces of Zhan Yang and the others were pale, filled with remorse. They wished they could take his place.

"Don’t look."

Zhan Yang blocked his sister’s line of sight, but he couldn’t block her Divine Thought.

THUD!

Watching Jiang Chen being consumed by thousands of Ghosts, JinLing fainted on the spot.

She couldn’t watch anymore. It was too cruel.

Jiang Chen knew he was done for.

After all, his soul had been torn to pieces. The Ghosts were about to retreat from his sea of consciousness.

They only devoured souls.

WHOOSH!

Just then, inside Jiang Chen’s sea of consciousness...

...a red light was suddenly born.

The red light was faint at first, but then it erupted, forming a towering pillar of red flame that soared upward.

It was a pillar of fire.

SCREECH...

Following the red light, a bird’s cry suddenly echoed within Jiang Chen’s sea of consciousness. The sound was filled with arrogance, reverberating throughout heaven and earth.

Immediately after, a crimson shape appeared.

In an instant, the red light transformed into a massive, fiery-red bird. The great bird spread its wings and soared toward the sky.

Its divine wings unfurled, blotting out the heavens.

It was the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast.

It was a Vermilion Bird.

At this moment, Jiang Chen’s Vermilion Bird Seal activated on its own, and the Vermilion Bird danced in the air.

This Vermilion Bird was born from Jiang Chen’s comprehension of the Divine Beast in the Great Ruins. It possessed a portion of the original Vermilion Bird’s divine essence.

The moment the Vermilion Bird appeared, the very world changed color.

Jiang Chen’s sea of consciousness was completely flooded with red light.

The Ghosts that had charged into his consciousness were illuminated by the red light, appearing incredibly frail.

SCREECH...

The Vermilion Bird’s eyes were cold as it let out a cry that filled the entire sea of consciousness.

The Ghosts immediately began to tremble violently.

They let out wretched wails and tried to flee.

But the red light enveloped everything. When they tried to escape, they found themselves trapped by the endless crimson glow, unable to move.

At the same time, this red light immediately transformed into flames that began to burn them.

Even though the Ghosts possessed an Undying Body and were immune to Magical Treasures, they now burned furiously under the Vermilion Bird Fire.

Like dry tinder meeting a blazing inferno.

The Ghosts shrieked in agony.