Chapter 597 - Aftermath (1/2)

”Brother Yuan! Where's Brother Yuan?!” Chu Liuxiang rushed to the hospital after returning to the Jaded Garden with Meixiu and Sebastian.

”Daoist Yuan is currently resting in the patient room.” Senior Wang said to them.

”What about his condition?” Meixiu then asked.

”Don't worry, he's no longer in a critical condition.”

”Thank you…” Meixiu released a deep and relieved sigh.

”We don't deserve your gratitude, as we didn't really do anything. There was a massive hole in the center of Daoist Yuan's chest, but it closed up on its own before we could treat it.”

”However, he's still in a coma, and we don't know when he'll wake up.”

Senior Wang then led them to the room that Yuan was resting in.

Inside the room, the other grand elders as well as some of the elite disciples such as Wang Ming and Li Jinxi were there.

”Brother Yuan!”

Chu Liuxiang ran to the bed where Yuan was resting.

”What happened after we left?” Meixiu asked them.

”Take a seat. It's a long story.” Senior Hong said.

Once they were seated, he began telling them about what had happened after they were separated.

”After all of you left, we stayed behind to stall the demon, but it was simply too strong, overpowering Daoist Yuan even though he was using his golden aura that allowed him to defeat Li Jinxi effortlessly.”

”As shameful as this sounds, we didn't really do anything, as we were all frozen from shock. If you were there to witness the demon that looked like something from hell, you would understand…”

”Daoist Yuan slashed the demon in half more times than we can count, tearing holes in its face every few seconds, but no matter what kind of damage he did to the demon, it would regenerate completely within mere seconds.”

”After fighting for some time, the demon suddenly ran away from the tomb for some reason, and we chased after it.”

”Daoist Yuan was much faster than us, so he went ahead.”

”By the time we returned to the Jaded Garden, the demon had already gone on a rampage, killing many disciples, and we are still figuring out how many people had fallen to the demon.”

”Shortly after we arrived at the Jaded Garden, we heard this inhuman scream coming from the immortal caves. We thought it was someone crying for help, so we rushed there as soon as possible.”

”However, to our shock, when we arrived, we could only see Daoist Yuan and the demon— with the demon being pinned on the ground by some glowing swords. We decided to remain distanced to watch the situation, and we quickly realized that it was the demon that had been screaming for help.”

”We don't know what happened to Daoist Yuan, but he seemed like an entirely different person when he fought the demon for the second time, completely overwhelming it without giving it any chance to fight back, even torturing and playing with the demon like it was some kind of toy.”