NOVPUBTherefore, Su Changkong had to do his utmost to help him!
"The Vice Master of the Association... has been defeated..."
"Go... hurry up and go..."
Surrounding Monster Warriors, seeing Pang Shengwu fall like a collapsing colossus, all realized the fight was lost. Without any hesitation, each chose to scatter and flee, including the elders of the Life Extinguishing Association, scattering like birds and beasts.
With so many Monster Warriors scattering to the wind, it was unrealistic to slaughter them all. Some had already slipped away when seeing the situation turn dire during the conflict.
Even if the Life Extinguishing Association learned it was ’Dao Wufeng’ who did this, it wouldn’t matter. Su Changkong came here for exactly that reason, to prevent the association from finding out about Kuoba Ming’s death and implicating the Giant Whale Gang.
His slaughter would only lead the Life Extinguishing Association to believe that Kuoba Ming’s death was due to bad luck, having unfortunately encountered Dao Wufeng, an enemy of the association.
The Life Extinguishing Association’s headquarters was now a complete mess,
Su Changkong looked at the unconscious Pang Shengwu on the ground, lost in thought.
After a while, Su Changkong looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice, "Come out!"
In the sky, from within the dark clouds, a figure emerged. It was the Heavenly Corpse Old Man!
Enveloped in a grey mist and hovering in mid-air, he did not approach Su Changkong. There was wariness in his eyes, having witnessed Su Changkong seemingly use the power of the Divine Seed to defeat a terrifying Monster Warrior like Pang Shengwu.
He feared getting too close and Su Changkong having designs on him.
"Brother Blade, your strength is astonishing; this old man admires you!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man exclaimed from afar, not as flattery but with a sense of genuine admiration. He supposed the man before him was a reincarnation of a Martial Saint, a Divine Son possessing a Divine Seed. Given his age and remarkable abilities, he had the potential to reach the realm of Martial Saint, prompting admiration and envy in the old man.
Su Changkong said to the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, "I have to thank you for helping me find this place. Let’s consider our previous grudges settled. But... if someone wants you to help them deal with me, I hope you give it serious thought."
Those were Su Changkong’s words of caution to the Heavenly Corpse Old Man.
This Heavenly Corpse Old Man had a very high level of tracking skills. Even though Su Changkong’s Turtle Breathing Technique reached the 11th realm, capable of completely concealing his aura, it was quite possible that the Heavenly Corpse Old Man could use something else to track Su Changkong.
For example, Pang Shengwu. If Su Changkong took Pang Shengwu with him, the old man could entirely determine his whereabouts by tracking Pang Shengwu’s aura.
Or perhaps the Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s tracking method did not rely on aura but on some kind of ’pseudo-Divine Skill’. He had to be on his guard!
Of course, the most secure method would be to kill the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, forever ending this threat.
But first, although the Heavenly Corpse Old Man was not a good person, he had indeed helped Su Changkong honestly, and Su Changkong was not yet capable of being so ungrateful as to kill a benefactor.
Secondly, after the battle with Pang Shengwu, four of the five drops of the Mysterious Turtle True Essence had been used. He was left with only one drop, and he might not necessarily be able to subdue the unfathomable Heavenly Corpse Old Man.
Therefore, Su Changkong merely warned the old man. If someone approached him seeking assistance to deal with Su Changkong, they should think carefully, or bear the consequences!
"This Dao Wufeng is ruthless... and revengeful; not an easy character to provoke! It’s best not to make an enemy of him!"
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man, wary, glanced at the unconscious, bloodied Pang Shengwu on the ground, and muttered to himself.
That Su Changkong was an enemy of the Life Extinguishing Association who came directly to their doorstep and incapacitated, captured alive the Vice Master of the Association truly made the old man wary.
If someone sought his help against Su Changkong, the Heavenly Corpse Old Man must find a way to refuse!
"This old man knows... I won’t bother Brother Blade any longer and will take my leave now."
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man’s aged face squeezed out a trace of a smile, then without hesitation, his body wrapped in grey mist, quickly vanished into the horizon.
With the Heavenly Corpse Old Man gone, Su Changkong was left alone at the site.
"Let’s see what there is to gain."
Su Changkong didn’t delay, and began searching through the ruins that once were the Life Extinguishing Association’s base.
"There is a Spirit Vein beneath the Life Extinguishing Association’s site, much stronger than those of the Profound Darkness Sect and the like—a good few hundred strands of Innate Qi can be harvested."
The Spirit Vein was first on Su Changkong’s list; he was determined to drain it completely! With enough Innate Qi, Su Changkong could use it to refine Mysterious Turtle True Essence!
Beyond that, Su Changkong found seven figures!
These seven, each with different appearances, lay quietly under a small mountain a few miles away. The only thing they had in common was their powerful aura, stronger than even the elder level members of the Life Extinguishing Association, and yet they lay motionless, as if soulless.
"Could it be... these are Pang Shengwu’s former bodies?"
A thought crossed Su Changkong’s mind; previously, he had seen Pang Shengwu instructing He Yuchen to move these people to a safe place, which seemed quite significant to him.
And since Pang Shengwu’s Demon Art could occupy other people’s bodies, akin to possession, it was likely these bodies were once his!
"I’ll take these with me later."
Su Changkong didn’t destroy the seven Monster Bodies but decided to take them with him. He sensed that the demonic power inside Pang Shengwu’s body was connected to the demonic power within these seven bodies. Pang Shengwu’s rapid progress in such a short time was probably due to drawing on the power from his previous bodies.
Without wasting time, Su Changkong located the Spirit Vein, then activated the Guiding Technique. He swiftly extracted the Spiritual Energy, refining it into strands of Innate Qi, and stored them in the Bag of Book Fragrance.
