NOVPUBAccording to the speed of other Innate Martial Artists, traveling from Central State to the Profound Darkness Mountain outside the territory of the Great Flame Empire takes nearly a month. However, for Su Changkong, who had mastered "White Crane Escapes," it took a little over a day to traverse this vast distance!
Profound Darkness Mountain is not located within the territory of any country or empire, situated in an extremely chaotic region where bandits and brigands roam. Yet, regardless of whether they are travelers or the most ruthless of men, Profound Darkness Mountain remains a place they dare not set foot.
This is simply because the disciples of the Profound Darkness Sect on the mountain are even more wicked and ferocious than they are!
Falling into their hands, one would neither be able to live nor die!
In a heavily guarded hall of the Profound Darkness Sect, a man was tied to a wooden post. He was covered in blood, yet his eyes were red with rage as he roared, "You beasts will suffer divine punishment!"
In front of the man stood two young men dressed in black. Hearing his words, they exchanged glances and both chuckled. The one on the left with a more feminine air laughed out loud, "Lin Zhenghao, you dared to oppose the Profound Darkness Sect. Did you really think the Profound Darkness Sect couldn’t find you?
The Cultivation you’ve painstakingly practiced for a sexagenary cycle now belongs to this Young Master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the effeminate young man placed his hand on the spot where the Dantian of Lin Zhenghao was located, and a suction force emerged.
"Kikikiki!"
Instantly, Lin Zhenghao’s body trembled as if electrocuted. He felt the True Qi he had cultivated for many years wildly leaking out like floodgates had been opened, effortlessly absorbed by the effeminate young man. He wanted to resist, but his body was poisoned, his muscles weak, leaving him only able to watch helplessly as his hard-earned True Qi drained away from him.
The man clenched his teeth tightly, remaining silent. Having fallen into the hands of the Profound Darkness Sect, pleading for mercy was futile; he might as well die with some dignity.
After a short period, the effeminate young man withdrew his hand, nodding slightly, "Lin Zhenghao cultivated inner strength from the authentic Xuanmen practice, which is profound. I’ll digest what’s been absorbed before continuing!"
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The Profound Darkness Sect’s cultivation method, the Xuanming Secret Scripture, allows them to absorb others’ powers and use them as their own. Their disciples frequently venture out to hunt, targeting primarily weaker sects, as this is the safest approach!
Sweat dripped from the man’s body, leaving him limp as if boneless, unable to even speak.
The young man on the right sneered, "Divine punishment? What retribution is there in this world? Power makes right, and those with the strength are as heaven itself! It is only natural for you weaklings to become our nourishment. Now it’s my turn!"
The young man on the right extended his palm, placing it on the man’s Dantian and treated the profound inner strength within him as nourishment.
The two Profound Darkness Sect disciples were quite proud; their sect had a deep foundation and strong strength. As long as they didn’t provoke those millennia-old noble families or top-tier sects, no one would dare to risk utter destruction to oppose them.
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"Is this the Profound Darkness Sect?"
At nightfall, in the clouds a kilometer above Profound Darkness Mountain, Su Changkong sat cross-legged on the back of the White Crane’s shadow, looking down below. He saw the grey, towering buildings and the black-clad Profound Darkness Sect disciples on patrol.
Based on Su Changkong’s observations, none of these Profound Darkness Sect disciples were weak. Each one was surrounded by copious amounts of nature’s spiritual energy, indicating their formidable strength.
There were only a few thousand disciples in the Profound Darkness Sect, seemingly fewer than the Spirit Taoist Sect, but they had no fewer than a hundred Innate Martial Artists!
The reason is simple: the evil sects and Demon Gate have methods to extract Innate Qi from the corpses of Innate Martial Artists. In addition to waiting for their own Spirit Vein to produce Innate Qi, they also had the ability to fight and maintain their power by hunting down small sects with Innate Martial Artists!
"Let’s begin! Kill as many as possible!"
Su Changkong stood up from the back of the ethereal White Crane, his eyes emitting a chilly light. Su Changkong never had any mercy for these evil sect and Demon Gate people; killing them all wasn’t realistic, but he would kill as many as he could!
With a flip of his hand, Su Changkong took out the Star Pattern Gold Strong Bow and a quiver of arrows from the Bag of Book Fragrance on his waist.
Su Changkong’s spirit was focused; it was as if he had activated thermal vision, allowing him to clearly discern each individual below, even those inside buildings or obstructed by barriers.
Su Changkong locked onto a Martial Artist inside a building. Based on his perception of the flow of Spiritual Energy, he could tell that this was an Innate disciple of the Profound Darkness Sect.
"Whoosh!"
Easily drawing the bowstring, Su Changkong casually released an arrow, which accelerated as it broke through the air, turned into a dazzling rainbow light in the night, strikingly visible like a meteor streaking across the sky and plummeting downward!
"If this continues, the Xuanming Secret Scripture I’m practicing will soon reach the fifth layer. Then, the Sect Master will transmit the next three layers to me," the chilly young man said with a smile on his lips, watching his peer absorb the Martial Artist’s True Qi.
"Hmm? Be careful!"
But suddenly, the chilly young man’s expression drastically changed, and he shouted in alarm. He sensed a crisis!
"Whoosh!"
A shooting rainbow light descended, penetrating the thick walls and aiming straight at the young man absorbing the power.
"Thump!"
The Profound Darkness Sect young man barely had the time to turn his head, as the arrow in the streak of rainbow light had already pierced through his skull; blood and brain matter spurted out.
"Second brother!"
The chilly young man stared blankly at the falling body, somewhat incredulous. The death had come too abruptly, and after all, this was within the premises of the Profound Darkness Sect. Where did the arrow come from?
