The sky turned dark, and there were cold breezes in the air.
The Longcheng City was brightly lit, but the roars of beasts kept resounding outside the city.
Yan Yi left.
"Master, can we trust him?" Yan Chong asked after hesitating for a while.
Chu Xun nodded slightly. He possessed the Evocation of Heavenly Secrets, so he would never make a wrong judgment about a person.
"I think he is something," Lei Bao said.
Winsome Widow nodded in agreement and said, "This man has a fair appearance. I don't think he is a scheming person. It's just that... his cultivation is a little low."
"I don't care whether he is trustworthy or not. If he dares to betray us, I'll kill him." Jiu You's childish voice was full of murderous intent.
Chu Xun raised his hand and flicked on her smooth forehead, saying, "While we adults are talking, you, a small child, should keep quiet."
Jiu You pulled a
Darkness shrouded itself over the crests and peaks of mountains like a sinister cloak of enigma and gloom."Do you seek death?"A voice clamored from amongst the crowd."Arrogant fool. You'll weep when you've tasted Death yourself. Now begone before you regret!""Impudence! Charge!"For the sake of the best position, fights and brawls broke out.The frown on Chu Xun's forehead creased deeper, more so, the foreboding dread swelling inside him.Even Jiu You could not resist being silent with grim apprehension.For the want of getting closer to the mountain, more battles sparked off.Boom!The mountain shook."Look!" screamed a voice, "The light's dying."Everyone froze and the battle died as quickly as it erupted and everyone rushed like a stampede for the mountainside.Three columns of lights shot up into the sky from
Swoosh!A squalid breeze of foul air poured from inside the cave, rolling up the foul aura wafting lazily around in waves.Reverently, the cultists remained kneeling with their heads on the ground. Their hoods obscured their face and everyone could not see their faces, although one could almost make out the excitement and thrill in their voice.Everyone else was shaking as well, but not because of excitement so much as because of fear.The presence that flooded out the cave entrance was so morbidly terrifying that even Human Kings could not help feeling their hairs stand, never mind other warriors with far more inferior strengths.Chu Xun peered solemnly in silence, projecting his spiritual senses in hopes of finding what lurked inside and the images of what transpired inside appeared in his mind.The walls of the cave bore the hallmarks of ancient, forgotten, but ornate furnishing—they were stones hewn an
Chu Xun howled with agony, desperately trying to resist as his body shone. Yet, nothing he did could stop his blood from being forcibly drawn out through the pores all over him that he was completely wet with his own blood from top to bottom.The blood coagulated and flowed up his arms, his shoulders, and floated to the air like weightless droplets rising higher until they were absorbed by the gigantic skeletal hand.Chu Xun screamed and screamed maniacally, yet there was nothing he could do, for the force of the monstrous hand was too powerful."My Lord...""His Lordship..."Yan Chong and the others caught up to the fleeing warriors, stopped them, and finally discovered what was happening.Without any hesitation, they raced up the slopes and when they arrived, what they saw stunned them beyond words.Frost formed on Jiu You's fair little face. Brandishing her silver spear, she lunged towards
Like a withering plant coming back to life quickly, Chu Xun's body recovered at an exponential rate—his hair began to shine once more, his hair soft and smooth again, and his aura spiking high speedily."Stop that, you puny ant! I'll let you go! I'd even take you as my personal apprentice!" The voice in the cave boomed with a tinge of fear.Such was the indomitable might of the Firmament Chain, that whatever the giant skeletal hand had robbed from Chu Xun, it was being drawn back in full.The monster inside the cave let loose a series of angry, guttural howls.Forged by the very laws of Nature, the Firmament Chain had been consuming Chu Xun's True Energy while keeping him in check, and the gigantic skeletal hand's draining away of Chu Xun's life had angered it.The Chain pulsed with another blinding glow, then it withdrew quickly.Crack!An ear-splitting clap of bones cracking resounded and th
Near the outskirts of Pingshun Town was a thirty-three storey tall building. It was originally close to the town center until the shift of the earth's crust moved it away from the heart of the little borough.It was then purchased by a rich landlord to be used as a house of pleasure.Being out of reach of the law, and far enough in front of larger social issues to be just out of reach of local politics, this place became a heaven for warriors and wealthy folks to come indulge in exotic epicurean pleasures of wild beasts.It was boisterous and noisy on the thirty-second storey of this lavish alehouse, but every patron who was there could not help but shift their gaze furtively towards one direction.On a table by the window sat a woman with the grace and beauty of a fairy of the High Heavens. She nibbled at her food, although the faintly sour frown on her forehead indicated that the savories were nowhere near agreeable to her appeti
Chu Xun could not quite understand. Why did the silver-haired woman, a stranger to him, hate him so much, that she wanted his life?"Have we met before?" asked Chu Xun. He failed to recall if they had seen each other once and that meeting had gone badly."No," said the woman coldly with a clear and shrill, "You wouldn't be alive now if we met before.""But why? Why do you hate me so?" asked Chu Xun, frowning, "At least tell me why you want me dead? Let me know the reason."The woman kept silent for several seconds until she finally said, "Why should a treacherous man like you need any reason to die?"Stunned, Chu Xun fell into a fit of laughter. This woman must have mistaken him for the wrong person, he mused. But before he could explain, another voice interrupted him."This seat belongs to me," said Leng Bufan coldly with an imperious glare at Chu Xun.Chu Xun's brows slanted curiously. His e
Chu Xun could not believe that apart from Emperor Ao, the silver-haired woman was another Cultivator before him.Unfazed by Chu Xun's shocked demeanor, the silver-haired woman looked relatively calm. Having seen the visions of the Lovesickness Tear, she knew Chu Xun was a Cultivator too.Hum!The air quivered and the ground shook. A thick and ancient aura swept across the area and a huge stone obelisk came crushing down on into the ground.Chu Xun stared motionless, as stunned as a hare caught in a snare.The Demon-slain Finger! The silver-haired woman demonstrated the very same Demon-slain Finger technique he used so many times!?The Demon-slain Finger—scaring all the gods and ghosts by the third finger!Boom!The huge obelisk-like pillar drove into the ground, kicking up a storm of sand and dust that engulfed Chu Xun whole.The crashing force threw him into the air
A dark look hung over Chu Xun's eyes. What a cruel contrivance this was, to bleed the boy dry and compound it into pills.Even from his height, he could smell the faint fruity aroma of the boy's blood. That must be the innate properties of the magical fruit manifesting."What a rich scent," the Grandmaster clutching the bucket grinned vilely, "The Young Master's words might be true."Woosh!Encouraged by what he saw, the Grandmaster holding up the boy swung his dagger again, adding another gash to expedite the process.The terrified boy never stopped shuddering with panic. Even with his Acquired Realm strengths, there was no way he could do anything against the mights of two Grandmasters.But it could be the magical fruit's magical properties that whenever the assailants made a gash on him, it would heal quickly.This prompted the assailants to stab and slice at him more frequently that he loo