novelraw Chapter 349 - 324 Two-Way Down_2
Chapter 349 - 324 Two-Way Down_2
"But since you require them, it is their honor." The person replied solemnly.
Zhang Rongfang smiled and nodded. The increasingly fanatical attitude of the Thousand Stone Sect sometimes left him unsure of how to respond.
"You all wait outside for now," he said.
"Yes."
Swish!
A shadow flickered, and Zhang Rongfang stepped into the cave.
Inside the dimly lit cavern, iron bars as thick as a child’s arm formed cages, neatly arranged on both sides of the cave.
Most of these cages were against the walls, containing shadowy figures hunched or standing inside.
They mostly wore no clothes, filthy beyond measure, with long hair drooping down, nearly obscuring their faces.
Zhang Rongfang didn’t mind; those imprisoned here were all traitors and villains of the Thousand Stone Sect.
In other words, everyone here was a martial artist, and of considerable rank.
The Thousand Stone Sect sends people regularly to siphon the spiritual line from some of these prisoners, preventing them from regaining strength and escaping the cages.
He activated his dark vision, and the gloomy cave instantly lit up like day, crystal clear.
His gaze swept over the prisoners in the cages.
Suddenly, various attribute values appeared.
Ignoring the stench of excrement and sweat, Zhang Rongfang carefully sniffed, searching for the individual with the most alluring scent to him.
Since completing the mad monk Kongyu, most people have lost that previous fragrance.
Evidently, the genes and flesh of the majority are now useless to him.
Now, he speculated he should seek out certain special individuals.
As Zhang Rongfang stepped deeper into the cave.
Prisoners continuously passed him on both sides.
Click.
He finally halted abruptly.
His gaze fell upon a thin figure, resembling a monkey, with long hair.
’It’s her!’
A scent more intense and clear than any other prisoners wafted from this person.
Using his dark vision, he discerned she was a woman.
Zhang Rongfang walked slowly to the front of the cage.
His footsteps seemed to have startled the woman inside.
The woman raised her head, staring at him vacantly.
"What? You bastards want to pull another trick!? Kill me if you dare!"
"Sorry."
Zhang Rongfang took out a key, unlocked the cage door, then bent down and walked in.
"Can you tell me why you were locked up here for?"
"You know nothing, yet you dare step into my cage!?" The woman laughed sharply.
"This madwoman likes to snatch newborns to drink with wine, ended up snagging someone from the Thousand Stone Sect’s elder circle, and got caught." Another prisoner coldly replied.
"Is that so?" Zhang Rongfang sighed. His gaze briefly skimmed over the speaking prisoner.
"That’s quite heinous indeed... but now I’m reassured." He stared eerily at the woman.
Examining closely, the woman seemed to maintain a graceful figure due to divine worship, looking besides dirty, nothing else seemed wrong.
Her facial features were quite pretty.
"What? What are you up to??!" The woman suddenly felt an instinctive chill.
She retreated a few steps, back pressing against the bottom of the cage, watching Zhang Rongfang warily.
"I don’t want anything, except to give you an opportunity." Zhang Rongfang calmly said.
"What opportunity!?" The woman asked cautiously.
"I crave a certain fruit, very rare, very precious, guarded by someone. I can’t taste it."
Zhang Rongfang spoke softly, eyes fixed utterly on the woman.
"So, if you can get me that fruit, I will set you free. How about it?"
"You have that authority!?" The woman asked surprised.
"Certainly. If I wish, I can release any prisoner here." Zhang Rongfang nodded, face serene.
He produced a waist badge representing the Thousand Stone Sect, a token of identity gifted by Zuo Han.
Seeing the badge, the woman believed it.
"Then open the gate first!" She said firmly.
"Alright." Zhang Rongfang stepped aside, giving her room to exit.
He seemed so natural, so innocent, a pure appetite visible in his eyes.
And precisely due to this pure appetite, the woman believed him somewhat.
She had seen such an appetite in many greedy diners.
Therefore, she knew how far such a person would go to eat.
Immediately, she cautiously avoided Zhang Rongfang, heading to the cage opening.
Glancing back at Zhang Rongfang, she still found it hard to believe she was actually getting out.
Zhang Rongfang gestured for her to proceed.
The woman took a deep breath, feeling incredulous.
He had no defensive measures, yet he was letting her out?
Crack.
The cage door opened wide, and with a flicker, her body technique was fast as she darted out of the cage.
She completely ignored Zhang Rongfang behind, rushing straight towards the exit.
No one stopped her, no one, no one!
The woman’s heart burst with laughter.
She rushed out to the forest, seeing the long-missed sunlight, unable to restrain herself, releasing a piercing laugh.
"How does it feel?"
Suddenly, Zhang Rongfang’s voice echoed behind her.
"!!?" The woman turned sharply, a meter behind, the towering figure of Zhang Rongfang stood.
He resembled a wall, silently trailing behind.
The woman staggered back two steps.
"Weren’t you asking for the fruit!? Now you can tell, where is the fruit?" She sensed something amiss.
"..." Zhang Rongfang gazed at her eerily. His massive frame flickered swiftly, moving serpent-like into a position behind the woman.
His large hand gently rested on her fragile neck.
"You... you’ve already brought me the fruit...."
Splutter.
His sharp fingers penetrated her blood vessels instantly, drawing torrents of life-representing blood into Zhang Rongfang.
Only then did the woman react, frantically trying to escape.
But just as she raised her hand, her body suddenly lost strength.
As if all her energy points were scattered accurately.
It struck her then, the ’fruit’ was her all along!!!
"You!!?" She wanted to shout.
But Zhang Rongfang swiftly covered her mouth and nose.
In a flash, the body Zhang Rongfang embraced rapidly shriveled, losing all color.
Splutter.
Finally, he snapped her neck and released her, allowing her to slump to the ground.
His gaze then fell upon the attribute panel he had opened.
The panel indicated a new improvement in the blood and flesh completion line.
From 56 previously, it jumped to 61.
Torrents of power continuously flowed from his blood-sucking right arm to his entire body.
A sense of self-completion, of becoming more whole, surged again into Zhang Rongfang’s mind.
He felt, at this moment, his overall physical qualities once again had improved.
The feeling of enhancing oneself through predation was truly captivating.
"Next, I should see what that so-called ’luring the snake out of its hole’ is all about...."
After a long search, he found one individual capable of enhancing himself.
He had exhausted sources nearby.
Next, perhaps the hope could only be placed on the Western Sect’s side....