novelraw Chapter 891 755: Multi-Eye
Chapter 891 755: Multi-Eye
The enemies from ten thousand years ago have long been gone and changed; where do I go to seek revenge? It's like drawing cakes to satisfy hunger; first, I'll lure them onto the pirate ship, then talk about it.
Once decided, he left immediately, unwilling to stay even a moment longer. With a wave of his hand, he directly swept San into his bag.
Then he quietly dropped a Soul Capturing Bag, and together with Zhu Xiangxin, they slipped into the dark world of night, finding a cave to seal off the entrance again.
The way to leave was naturally still using the 'Death Refusing Incense'; he dared not leave through the Demon Altar entrance.
The two of them reached the Netherworld directly through the Two Realms Channel.
Upon arriving at the Netherworld, Zhu Xiangxin looked around in wonder, feeling the presence of a great amount of Yin energy yet clueless about the place, as Shi Chun wouldn't tell her, nor would he let her ask too much.
No matter how she thought, she couldn't imagine this could be the Netherworld; in her understanding, no one, no matter how mighty their divine skills were, could enter or leave the Netherworld.
Through contact with the Mother-child Talisman, Shi Chun took her to meet with Wu Jinliang and others.
Chu Jingtang and Lao Changtai, who were given the order, stopped Zhu Xiangxin for a chat, watching Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang burrow into the depths of the cave.
In the space covered with white curtains blocking the Yin energy, those demon cultivators stripped naked lay all over the ground, numbering over thirty people.
With a gesture from Shi Chun, Wu Jinliang knew what he intended to do; it wasn't just a simple visit, so he went out to guard.
Shi Chun, left alone, naturally wanted to absorb the Demon Essence from them. He had neither idleness nor patience to interrogate these people, nor could he let the uninformed do the interrogation. Besides, between him and Wu Jinliang, how long would it take to interrogate each one? Hence, he only wanted the Demon Essence.
With too many people, it was inconvenient to manage.
He first picked out those with low cultivation at the Human Immortal Realm, then sat cross-legged, repositioning himself to absorb their Demon Essence one by one.
Regrettably, the Demon Essence from more than ten at the Human Immortal Realm couldn't even fill him up once, and he was far from satisfied.
Then he picked out seven or eight at the Earth Immortal Small Achievement Realm and, after another round of absorption, he still wasn't filled. The gap between the Small Achievement Realm and the Great Achievement Realm Demon Essence was indeed substantial.
After absorbing Demon Essence from two Earth Immortal Upper Realm demon cultivators, he finally felt adequately satisfied for once.
In total, he absorbed from twenty-five people. These twenty-five people barely had a breath left; Shi Chun didn't leave them for Chu Jingtang and the others to interrogate; without blinking, he finished them all off.
There were still seven at the Earth Immortal Upper Realm and one at the Heavenly Immortal Minor Realm left.
With only eight people left, it seemed much easier to manage.
Upon leaving, these eight were again left to Chu Jingtang and Lao Changtai to guard. Shi Chun repeatedly instructed them to watch carefully, lest things fall out of place; otherwise, he wouldn't hesitate to turn hostile.
Afterward, he left with Wu Jinliang and Zhu Xiangxin.
The exit was still within the Extreme Abyss, as before, not too close nor too far from the place where the Soul Capturing Bag was abandoned.
The distance was secondary. Before emerging, Shi Chun carefully observed with his right eye superpower, fearing they might jump into the horrifying devouring maw. Luckily, the exit didn't collide with the devouring maw, and both returned safely.
Following the golden thread's direction, they quickly found the place where the Soul Capturing Bag was deposited.
Having found this, they also discovered the location coordinates along the route.
Swiftly advancing along the mastered route, it wasn't long before they reached the place where Feng Chi's group was handling remains.
In the enormous cave, under the shine of Sandal Gold Flame Energy, numerous corpses were divided into two piles—one pile had been searched, the other hadn't. The scene resembled a bloody purgatory, indescribable.
The workers, each with stuffed nostrils, didn't show irritation; only numbness remained, like walking corpses.
"Whoa." Wu Jinliang couldn't help but fan the air in front of his nose against the inevitable stench of blood.
Upon seeing him alive, Feng Chi excitedly approached, asking, "Are you alright?"
Others also stopped their work and gathered around.
Wu Jinliang looked around at everyone, patted his chest, and chuckled: "It's okay, I luckily survived by a hair."
Feng Chi asked, "What exactly happened?"
Wu Jinliang sighed, "I don't know either; suddenly, masked men attacked inside the Crystal Stone Cave. I was lucky to escape quickly, though I got lost. Fortunately, I knew Chun Tian would definitely come looking for me, so I stayed put without wandering far, and as expected, Chun Tian came looking later."
Without witnesses, the tales could be spun freely.
Zhu Xiangxin, standing aside, felt a slight doubt, unable to understand what they were talking about because she didn't know what happened.
Feng Chi patted his chest, "Good thing, good thing. Others don't know the situation either."
Others? Wu Jinliang glanced at Shi Chun, who had just killed twenty-five.
Shi Chun changed the topic, asking, "How's the search going? How many tokens have you found?"
Feng Chi directly pulled out a stack, roughly a dozen, saying, "Not many, we've only found fourteen so far."
Shi Chun widened his eyes, "How can that be? With tens of thousands of corpses, there should be at least a few hundred tokens, right? You've searched nearly half, haven't you? There should be at least a hundred, shouldn't there?"
Feng Chi smiled wryly, "We initially thought so too, but as we searched, we didn't find many tokens. Noticing none wore armor, we realized these were all secretly sent by various battle teams without wearing position-revealing armor. How could they carry position-revealing tokens? Before coming down, they must have turned them over to others for safekeeping. These dozen or so must have been seized from other teams by the deceased beforehand."
"…" Shi Chun was speechless as he realized indeed, then asked, "How about gathering the valuables?"
Tong Mingshan sighed, "There are many people, but few of them have wealth."
Feng Chi explained, "The dangers of the Extreme Abyss are known to all. The scouts sent by various forces, to put it bluntly, are basically insignificant figures, and most of them have prison backgrounds, so there's truly nothing valuable. However, it's not too bad; with enough quantity, there are still some Qiankun Bags, and also some Pills and the like. Altogether, it actually amounts to quite a lot of money."
Shi Chun's face darkened, feeling that helping the Demon Path this time was a big loss, letting the Demon Path reap the benefits.
Feng Chi turned around, took the dozens of blood-stained Qiankun Bags piled on the ground, and handed them over along with about a dozen Tokens.
Shi Chun waved a hand and directly stored everything into the Qiankun Bracelet. "You continue working. Sect Master, come with me."
After mingling with someone like Mulan Jin, he was no longer too afraid of the Qiankun Bracelet being exposed.
Seeing that they still had to continue flipping over bodies, Feng Chi and a few others sighed, while Tong Mingshan seemed to be relieved of a great burden.
After they left, they reached Huang Yingying's hiding spot, with Xiao Sheng and Shen Moming present.
Faced with Shi Chun's inquiry, Huang Yingying promised repeatedly, "No, not even a passing shadow."
What's the situation? Shi Chun rubbed his chin in thought. Logically, there should've been a response; did none from the Demon Altar come out?
After much consideration, he was really tempted by those Demon Cultivators at the Heavenly Immortal realm and finally made up his mind, "Jinliang, you wait here. I'm going to take a look."
Others didn't know he was going to the Demon Altar, but Wu Jinliang did, and hastily said, "I'll go with you."
Shi Chun shook his head, waved his hand to refuse, hooded his coat, and covered his face again, leaving alone.
He knew very well that if he ran into those Heavenly Immortal experts, having Wu Jinliang along wouldn't help and would rather be a burden.
Now, having San, who runs fast, paired with his right eye superpower for navigation, he figured he could probably escape in the Extreme Abyss, especially since those Heavenly Immortal experts also dared not run wildly in the Abyss. Entering and exiting were determined by the reference points on the cliffs.
Unlike him, who could run all over the Abyss, coupled with San's ability to change direction mid-air freely and the protection of the Boundless Banner, he might just manage an escape if trouble arose.
He didn't have the leisure to explain this to Wu Jinliang now and planned to talk about it later.
Along the way, he stared with his right eye superpower, flying swiftly in the darkness towards the Demon Altar without illuminating anything, knowing he could still find his safe route even if he didn't travel along the usual safe paths.
Soon, he reached the weightless space area, where the light still shone, and the plenty of Sandal Gold Flame Energy scattered before still lingered. However, it was deserted all around, and the Demon Altar was still there, only the gentle white light on the altar had vanished.
Immediately on guard, he slowly approached to inspect.
As soon as he appeared around the Demon Altar, deep inside a cave within the Extreme Abyss, Du Wulang, sitting cross-legged with ghostly white eyes, suddenly took a deep breath, "Someone's here."
The nearby group was startled as if in a shock.
The previously escaped elites from the Demon Path Three Lineages were all here, including the Sect Hierarchs of the Three Lineages.
The sole reason they huddled together temporarily was fear!
Before the Battle of Great Pardon ended, they could only continue hiding in the abyss, not daring to show up easily, combined with severely damaged cultivation, they instinctively grouped together cautiously.
Taking refuge was one thing, but giving up the ambition to the Demon Altar wasn't something they could easily do, yet dared not approach recklessly.
Just then, with Lianshan Lineage on this side, Du Wulang practiced an evil technique called Raising Insects with the Body, named 'Multi-Eye', a skill few dared to learn, because it required the practitioner's own blood to nurture. Once mastered, it constructed a special link between the user and the insects, showing what the insects saw in the controller's vision.
However, exercising this method consumed a great deal of energy. Identifying countless images from numerous insect eyes simultaneously was extremely arduous.
If it was just hard work, it wouldn't be that bad, but the key was that it shortened one's lifespan. Each over-exertion would deplete one's longevity, depending on frequency and duration of use.
Thus, there were few willing to practice this method, and Du Wulang learned it for some personal reasons in his early years.
This was also why Lianshan Lineage earlier managed to find where Tianyi Lineage opened the Demon Altar.
That time already left Du Wulang heavily drained, and after the purpose was achieved, he was supposed to rest.
However, the strange incident outside the Demon Altar forced Lianshan Lineage to deploy Du Wulang again at all costs to find out about the situation around the Demon Altar.
Yet, such extended depletion was beyond Du Wulang's endurance, so he had to reduce the monitoring range to focus on the Demon Altar area.
In short, the Three Lineages wanted to return to the Demon Altar but feared an ambush.
Now it seemed they had discovered something amiss.
Lianshan Sect Master quickly asked, "How many people?"
Du Wulang, gazing with white eyes weakly replied, "One person, masked, investigating the altar."
A masked man? The crowd exchanged glances.
Gui Cang Sect Master suddenly turned to look at her men, "Send a Demon Eye, find out that person's origin."
Seeing no one respond, she directly pointed at someone.
The latter had no choice but to bow in acceptance and leave.
"Send someone to assist." Tianyi Sect Master also quickly pointed to a person.
"You go too." Lianshan Sect Master was not to be outdone.
The reason for such enthusiasm was only one, at this point, the right to know was crucial.