Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

The power of the crimson flames was too much, and it took all of their strength to resist the Calamity Fiend. The crimson flames were mysterious and seemed to be able to ignite the very spirit Qi itself if left unguarded.

It was very dangerous and those at the Dao Treading realm could sense that there was certainly the Dao of Fire involved in this.

'Just what is the cultivation base of this Calamity Fiend. From its aura it is very overbearing, from it spirit Qi fluctuations it appears to be weak at time, but then when it attacks it is very strong.' The Long Clan elders were confused.

They had originally thought that the Calamity Fiend had the cultivation base at the Dao Shell realm. They had used several special techniques to confirm this and were relieved that it was merely at the Dao Shell realm.

It was also this information that had made them drop their guard. After all, to the top sects and top three clans, a Dao Shell realm expert was still something they could easily get rid of.

It didn't matter whether it was a man or beast, it would only be a chicken on the chopping block to them.

And now that they had really faced it, they realized just how wrong they were. The Calamity Fiend didn't just use Qi skills, it could even use skills that had the Dao Traces contained within them!

~CRACK~CRACK~CRACK~

Under the intense heat of the flames, the moisture in the ground and rocks had already dried out. It reached a point where cracks started to develop in the ground.

And not just that, the places that were very close to the crimson flames were already melted.

Puddles of red hot molten rock could be seen all around the Calamity Fiend. The rubble and broken structures of the Great Hall that were nearby were also melting under the heat.

The restructure would melt and drip over the body of the Calamity Fiend too. To any normal creature, this should have been very dangerous and perhaps even deadly, and yet to the fiend, it was nothing.

There was no sizzling sound, no burning smell, no reaction. The red molten substances simply dripped on the Calamity Fiend's body and slid down from the side.

"It's resistant to fire, ice, wind, lightning and water… just how is it this tough?" Shirong wondered.

These were the different kinds of attacks that had been used against the Calamity Fiend and none of them had managed to damage it.

Instead, the Calamity Fiend seemed to find it funny and pretended to be injured, taunting them again and again.

"Argh!" While everyone was trying to resist, a cry was suddenly heard.

Cang Anyu looked at the source and saw that it had come from one of the elders of the Cang Lan sect.

"Elder Zhou Pei!" Cang Anyu saw the elder's body igniting. "No!"

But before he could do anything, the crimson flames had already covered the man.

~slick~

As if that alone was not enough, the Calamity Fiend stabbed the burning elder with one of its spiked tentacles before throwing it into its wide open mouth that still continued to spew fire.

Everyone felt appalled at this, especially the other elders.

Elder Zhou Pei was one of the Dao Shell realm elders of the Cang Lan sect and his death was a loss of morale for them.

"Mmm… first down, more to go." The Calamity Fiend spoke and stopped the fire.

"NOW!" Patriarch Bing sent out a wave of icy swords towards the Calamity Fiend while Wang Xiong took the chance to retreat with Cang Qing.

But before they even reached halfway to safety, the ground suddenly split apart.

"Dammit!" Wang Xiong jumped up, avoiding the fissure.

~thud~

He had a bad landing and ended up rolling on the ground. Flying up wasn't possible because there were already the Calamity Fiend's tentacles preventing that from happening.

But while Wang Xiong managed to jump away, the person he was protecting couldn't do the same.

"AAAAHHH!" A shrill cry was heard, that shook the hearts of everyone that heard it.

"Cang Qing!" Both Wang Xiong and Patriarch Cang Anyu shouted frantically.

The bride to be had been caught by several small tentacles that had risen from the fissure.

"My, my, guess I get to have some young and tender meat." The Calamity Fiend said with a hint of joy.

"Don't you dare!" Wang Xiong spoke.

"Or what?" The Calamity Fiend replied with nonchalance.

"If you do anything to her, I assure you that King Lin Wu will hunt you down to the ends of this world!" Wang Xiong warned.

"Leave my daughter or the Cang Lan sect will also declare you our mortal enemy forever!" Cang Anyu also threated.

"Oh no, I'm so scared." The Calamity Fiend said in a grotesque but somehow feminine voice.

The people could only watch in a mixture of fear and confusion as the monster played with the strong elders.

"Nah! Not like I want it either way! AHAHAHA!" The Calamity Fiend laughed before the tentacles all pulled the tied up Cang Qing.

"STOP! I ORDERED YOU!"

~BOOM~ BOOM~ BOOM~

Everyone attacked in that moment, trying their best to stop the Calamity Fiend. Unfortunately for them their attacks were useless and did nothing to the monster. It was simply invulnerable to all of them.

Shirong watched the fear in the girl's eyes as she was grabbed by the Calamity Fiend. With her mouth gagged up and limbs restricted, she couldn't even resist. Cang Anyu had tears of rage in his eyes and despair in his heart.

The feeling of being unable to save his daughter despite being the patriarch of the top sect felt devastating to him.

The Calamity Fiend cared for nothing though and simply opened its jaw full of teeth, swallowing the poor girl whole. She didn't even get to let out a cry before her life had ended.

The horrifying scene left everyone frozen in their places.

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" but soon after, a heart-rending cry was heard.