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
The night's breeze blew gently in the somber mood of the night.Under the gossamer illumination of the moon, the heavily forested Wujin Mountain, surrounded by a ring of its accompanying peaks, looked as if it was being surrounded by a horde of skulking monsters waiting to pounce.Sparse walkers were walking up the road leading uphill, their silhouettes wavering in the distance like the shapes of wraiths."Seal all exits. Let no one pass," a voice ordered, its tone portended the gloomy message it conveyed.Up on the crest of the mountain, was a large spread of ancient buildings all clustered together, and on the battlements of this citadel stood many sentinels whose eyes kept a watchful eye over the quiet city.Unfortunately, they failed to notice more than a dozen figures approaching unnoticed under the cover of the night."Allow me to first deal with some trash," a shrill voice so high that goose bumps c
With her small frame, Jiu You stood fearlessly at the head of the defenders, her spear glinting dangerously like the eye of a serpent.Her warlike nature, owing to her being a demon, helped fortify her audacity even in the face of overwhelming odds.She glared furiously at the elderly Human King – the very same who had just expressed an interest in studying her like a specimen.The gnarly old man chuckled, as if he hardly noticed the burning glare. He stepped forward slowly, indicating that he was the next challenger.Swoosh!Jiu You attacked. Her spear came up, trailing with a stream of glitter behind its tip, and it charged at the old man like a bolt of lightning.The old man hardly moved an inch. But a jet-black dagger, with a blade no more than a half-meter long, materialized into his grasp.The air around the old man thickened with a spine-chilling aura that easily made everyone nearby ji
None of the defenders of the Rock Sect could believe that Yu Cheng would choose to defect and in mere split-seconds, he had murdered Wu Busi in cold blood."Yu Cheng, you sniveling swine," Yan Yi growled, his eyes flushed red with anger, "I'll kill you for this..." He would have hurled himself at the Lord of Healing, but he was held back by his own injuries that would immediately kill him if he were to move and coughing up more blood was the most he could do.Every one of the Tianwu Sect and the Rock Sect all bellowed and yelled angrily at Yu Cheng."Yu Cheng, you treacherous cur! I'll kill you for this, I swear!" roared Lei Bao too.Swish!Jiu You's eyes burned with infuriation herself. She swung her silvery spear, whipping it like a true serpent of quicksilver that came alive, snapping its tip around with trails of glitters closely behind, that for a moment, the two Human Kings began to feel overwhelmed by her rekind