Chapter 348: The Main God Space (Part Four)

Su Chen approached the rotting corpse.
He discovered that the corpse was infected by a peculiar substance.
"This is demonic energy... a powerful demonic martial artist must have perished here, causing the entire world to be corrupted by demonic energy and resulting in this anomaly."
Su Chen remembered that every Nightmare-level beginner dungeon contained hidden rewards.
The powerful demonic martial artist who had unexpectedly fallen must be the hidden reward within this dungeon.
"The Undying Netherworld Emperor Scripture can no longer be cultivated; I must forge a new path."
In his previous life, Su Chen hadn't concealed his origins, but it was likely that all his past abilities had been thoroughly investigated by various forces. Continuing to cultivate his old techniques would be tantamount to walking into a trap.
A thought suddenly flashed through Su Chen's mind.
His eyes turned cold, and almost instantly, a dark current slowly emerged.
That current flowed unimpeded, and in the blink of an eye, Su Chen had already stepped onto the path of cultivation, entering the Awakening Realm.
Su Chen casually flicked his wrist, and a tiny black particle adhered to the rotting corpse. In less than three breaths, the corpse completely withered, turning into a pool of corpse fluid. The black particle doubled in size and re-entered Su Chen's body, transforming into a surge of powerful blood energy.
At this moment, Su Chen's cultivation level changed, breaking through from the first level of the Spirit Awakening Realm to the second level.
Such methods were undoubtedly demonic, universally condemned.
In Su Chen's eyes, whether grand and imposing or universally despised demonic, they were all merely paths to becoming stronger. Worldly conventions were meaningless to him.
...
The 53rd year of the Great Yin Dynasty
Fifty years had passed since the outbreak of the demonic calamity.
Scenes of scorched earth, broken walls, and cannibalism were commonplace in the Great Yin Dynasty.
Some say that the Great Yin Dynasty's king ascended the throne illegitimately, defying the will of Heaven and incurring its wrath, thus unleashing a demonic calamity to destroy the dynasty.
This claim is indeed plausible. The Great Yin Dynasty's ruler seized power by breaking his oath, murdering his predecessor, and usurping the throne. Within three years, the once peaceful and prosperous land was transformed into a living hell.
This world originally lacked the power to defeat a thousand alone; heroes from across the land united to attack the Great Yin Dynasty.
But then, on that day, twelve individuals appeared within the Great Yin Dynasty, wielding different weapons and calling themselves the Twelve Divine Weapon Masters. Each, relying on their divine weapon, could easily defeat a thousand, even ten thousand, and a casual strike was enough to pierce the seemingly impregnable city walls... This otherworldly power easily subdued the heroes and stabilized the Great Yin Dynasty.
From then on, the lives of the people of the Great Yin Dynasty became even more difficult. Even with their utmost efforts, they could not bring down the Great Yin Dynasty. With the Twelve Divine Artifact Envoys present, the Great Yin Dynasty's rule was forever secure.
That day, with the arrival of a heavy snowfall...
The Demonic Calamity erupted!
This was all that Su Chen knew about the history of the Great Yin Dynasty.
In Su Chen's eyes, the Great Yin Dynasty had likely already discovered the corpse of the fallen demonic cultivator, seeking to extract its secrets... They succeeded, but also failed. That demonic cultivator was at least a Transcendent Realm martial artist, far beyond the control of ordinary mortals, ultimately leading to the leakage of demonic energy and the outbreak of the demonic calamity.
Su Chen casually handed a piece of silver to the old man. The old man clutched the silver, about to express his gratitude, but when he looked up, the handsome young man had vanished. It all felt like an illusion, except for the silver in his hand, which told him it wasn't.
"Oh my, this old man must have encountered a god today!"
The old man muttered, his eyes wide. "A god...it must be a god descending to earth! The Great Yin Dynasty has incurred the wrath of heaven and man; a god will surely seek justice for us common people!"
The old man continued to mutter.
Su Chen, of course, couldn't hear the old man's murmurs; he had already left the city.
He was not a god upholding justice.
The tragedies of this world were merely one among countless tragedies in his eyes, unable to stir any emotion within him. On the contrary, in his pursuit of demonic cultivation and to enhance his power, he casually killed many of the world's so-called 'experts'.
"It's you?"
Shortly after Su Chen left the city, four disheveled figures walked together on a deserted road.
These four were Su Chen's 'teammates'.
Compared to the four ragged and wretched individuals, Su Chen, dressed in clean white robes with a sword at his waist, looked every bit the refined young master on a leisurely stroll.
The burly man roared upon seeing Su Chen, recognizing him now, his eyes filled with jealousy and greed.
Su Chen was somewhat surprised that these four fools had survived until now. However, judging from their tattered belongings, it seemed that an even more foolish fool had shielded them from a calamity.
"How can you be so selfish? You have a better way to survive in this world, yet you don't even think to share it. Are you even a man?"
The woman with the innocent-looking profile picture was now hiding, having not bathed for over half a month, looking no different from a refugee in the wilderness.
She had had enough of these past two weeks of hiding and not even getting a good night's sleep. Now, seeing Su Chen so different from their wretched state, she felt jealous and resentful, standing on her moral high ground, wanting to threaten Su Chen.
Su Chen thought her thinking was right. A fool is a fool, even after being beaten, he hadn't changed in the slightest.
A flash of white light, and with a head flying off and a body collapsing, kicking up dust, the other three seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move. Hot blood splattered on their faces and bodies, but they only felt a chill, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
"B-Big Brother..."
Another woman's voice trembled, but before she could finish speaking, she too followed suit.
The burly man, seeing this, turned and ran, but before he could escape, he saw a headless corpse... and that corpse seemed to be him?
Only the bespectacled youth remained, frozen in place.
"You...you actually dared to kill your teammate? Aren't you afraid of being punished?"
He was filled with confusion.
Su Chen's expression was indifferent as he casually sent them away.
Killing a teammate deducts 100 points at the end of the newbie dungeon. Without enough points, one is eliminated by the God Space. For most people, gaining 100 points in the newbie dungeon is incredibly difficult, let alone losing 400.
For Su Chen, the so-called twelve divine artifacts of this world were already his. 400 points for peace and quiet, saving him the trouble of carrying four easy winrs.
Just after killing the four, Su Chen followed the direction they had fled from, and a thought struck him.
He... sensed an aura that didn't belong to this world!
"Interesting."
As the four corpses turned into a pool of liquid, Su Chen vanished without a trace.